History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E06RingOfTerror

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[[caption-width-right:251:Playstar Productions? I gotta look this one up.]]

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[[caption-width-right:251:"Gee, it looks like an eye chart, doesn't it?"]]

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[[caption-width-right:351:Playstar Productions? I gotta look this one up.]]

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[[caption-width-right:351:"Gee, it looks like an eye chart, doesn't it?"]]

Films watched: ''Film/RingOfTerror'' and ''The Phantom Creeps'' (FilmSerial) Chapter 3[[note]](yes, ''after'' the movie)[[/note]]

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Joel and the 'Bots rejoice over the shortness of the movie, but that soon goes away when the Mads surprise them with this last-minute edition.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Joel and the 'bots rejoice over the shortness of the movie, only for the Mads to drop a short film on them.
-->'''Joel & Bots:''' [[BigNo Nooooooooonononono]]!\\
'''Dr. F:''' But first -- a ''commercial''.\\
'''Joel & Bots:''' [[AnythingButThat Nooooooooonononono!]]

Films watched: ''Film/RingOfTerror'' and ''Film/ThePhantomCreeps'' (FilmSerial) Chapter 3[[note]](yes, ''after'' the movie)[[/note]]

!!The [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] treatment provides examples of:

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the only episode in which the short is run ''after'' the feature, possibly so "If Chauffeurs Ruled the World" could serve as the episode's closing sketch.

* Tom and Crow enlist Cambot's help to trigger movie sign early just to mess with Joel. Granted, it makes hitting the commercial sign buzzer more difficult for them.

* The Mads have created a giant life-sized version of ''Operation'' which uses a "willing" subject. Meanwhile, Joel appropriates an X-ray fluoroscope and uses his own internal organs and a lump of barium to play "Pin-Bolus". Don't ask where the ball exits.

* Inspired by the film, the SOL crew pitch the "Old School for Old Students", where the elderly can return to get their degrees... ostensibly, though the offered curriculum might not lend itself to doing so.

* The 'Bots aren't terribly pleased when Joel performs an autopsy on a Hoover vacuum.

* Joel tries to motivate Tom and Crow to say some nice things about the movie for RAM chips. They have no shortage of grievances, at least. To make matters worse, the Mads reveal that they still have to sit through Chapter Three of ''The Phantom Creeps''.

* Inspired by the turncoat chauffeur in the ''Phantom Creeps'' episode, Frank takes a stab at singing with his original song "If Chauffeurs Ruled the World".

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* Joel tries to motivate Tom and Crow to say some nice things about the movie. They have no shortage of grievances, at least. To make matters worse, the Mads reveal that they still have to sit through Chapter Three of ''The Phantom Creeps''.

It is available on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-ring-of-terror/53cd482269702d27d3192f00 here]].

Films watched: ''Film/ThePhantomCreeps'' (FilmSerial) Chapter 3 and ''Film/RingOfTerror''

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: This is the only episode of the whole series to have the movie first and the short last.
** It's also the only episode to ''begin'' with movie sign immediately after the theme song, though it's a prank by Tom and Crow.
** Tom Servo is still sporting his "haircut" which he first got in the previous episode. This is the last episode which would feature this design.
** It's also the only time we see how Joel gets to the theater (though that same hatch would be reused as an airlock in future episodes).

** During ''The Phantom Creeps'', one character says in a tone resembling [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Ronald Reagan]] "The driver is either missing or he's dead.", prompting Crow to riff "Welcome to ''Death Valley Days''." [[note]]A Western radio and later TV series that Reagan had once hosted.[[/note]] in Reagan's voice. These two lines are combined into a recurring riff in later episodes.

** During ''The Phantom Creeps'', one character says in a tone resembling [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan Ronald Reagan]] "The driver is either missing or he's dead.", prompting Crow to riff "Welcome to ''Death Valley Days''." [[note]]A Western radio and later TV series that Reagan had once hosted[[/note]] in Reagan's voice. These two lines are combined into a recurring riff in later episodes.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the only episode in which the short is run ''after'' the feature, possibly so "If Chauffeurs Ruled the World" could serve as the episode's %% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the only episode in which the short is run ''after'' the feature, possibly so "If Chauffeurs Ruled the World" could serve as the episode's finale.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The following exchange.
-->'''Tiny:''' Well I almost made it to 36 inches. See?
-->'''Crow:''' Good. Now, about your waist.
** All over the place in this one.
-->'''Sorority Girl''': It's about to get sticky in here. ''(Joel reins in Crow and Servo before they can say anything)''
-->'''Moffit''': Still sore from last night? ''(talking about standing his girlfriend up; [[RunningGag Servo coughs loudly]])''
--> '''Girl, to friends''': I was never so bored in my life. '''Joel''': Did you touch it?