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* Previously on the Satellite of Love... Mike and the 'Bots run through every television cliffhanger cliché they can think of.

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* Previously on the Satellite of Love... Mike and the 'Bots run through a series of disjointed vingettes to replicate every cliché television cliffhanger cliché they can think of.



* In Castle Forrester, Brain Guy and Bobo are stuffing their faces with chili dogs and watching ''Jerry Springer''. As Bobo goes to get more food, Brain Guy gets a sudden visit from his fellow Observers. They are ashamed to see one of their own become such a lazy slob and insist on taking him back to their restored planet before blowing Earth up. Pearl does not take this news very well.

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* In Mike tells Servo, trying to choke him, that they're done with the cliffhangers and he's not in any real danger. Down in Castle Forrester, Brain Guy and Bobo are enjoying some relaxation time, stuffing their faces with chili dogs and watching ''Jerry Springer''. As Bobo goes to get make more food, dogs, Brain Guy gets a sudden visit from is suddenly visited by his fellow Observers. They Observers, who are ashamed revealed to have started restoring their destroyed planet. Ashamed to that see one of their own become such has deteriorated into a lazy slob and slob, they insist on taking him back to their restored planet homeworld to complete the restoration before blowing Earth up. up out of spite. Brain Guy tries to prove that he's still evil so he can stay in the castle, but using his omnipotence on Mike results in the guy getting a new tie, which he somehow manages to spill a gallon of gravy on. When Bobo tells Pearl does not the news, needless to say, she doesn't take this news it very well.
well, but Brain Guy is still allowed to send a final movie before he leaves.



* Crow has written a sonnet for the "cigarette hag" Mrs. Hargrove.

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* Crow has written a sonnet for become infatuated with Mrs. Hargrove, the chain-smoking "cigarette hag" Mrs. Hargrove.
from the film, and has dressed in Shakespearean attire to write a sonnet for her, which he recites as Servo accompanies him on the crumhorn.



* Inspired by the movie's bee farm, Crow and Servo decide to raise lice and wood ticks. Brain Guy is preparing to return to the Observer planet and sings his farewells while Pearl and Bobo insistently sing for him to stay. It takes some convincing, but Brain Guy's loyalty to the Mads wins out.

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* Inspired by the movie's competing bee farm, farms in the film, Crow and Servo decide to raise different kinds of invertebrates, respectively settling on lice and wood ticks. In the castle, Brain Guy is preparing to packs his things for his return to the Observer planet his home planet, and sings expresses his farewells while to Pearl and Bobo through a jaunty musical number. His fellow Mads insistently sing for him to stay. It takes stay, and after some convincing, but Brain Guy's loyalty to the Mads Pearl and Bobo wins out.
out. When Mike tries to sing his own version of the song, he accidentally knocks his mechincal pals' insect farms to the floor, leaving them to infest the bridge.



* Wearing a ridiculous bee costume, Mike announces his idea to communicate through body movement like bees do. Servo asks him interesting and complex questions. Crow just wants to know where his Just For Men hair coloring went.

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* Wearing Crow asked Mike where his bottle of Just for Men hair coloring went, to which he left without a word. Mike then returns dressed up in a ridiculous bee costume, Mike announces announcing his idea to communicate through body movement a wiggling "dance", like bees do. He turns out to be very good at speaking Bee, as Servo asks is able to ask him a series of interesting ideas and complex questions. questions, but he neglects to tell Crow just wants to know where his Just For for Men hair coloring went.



* Harcourt passes through the SOL to the crew's confusion. Brain Guy is locked in a literal battle of wits with the other Observers. With help from Pearl and Bobo, he triumphs and banishes them to Wisconsin. Harcourt then passes through the castle and confuses the Mads.

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* Harcourt As the SOL crew sarcastically discuss how bees should be featured in every movie, the random man in the bowler hat from the film's ending passes through the SOL SOL, to the crew's their total confusion. Meanwhile, Brain Guy is locked in a literal mental battle of wits with against the other Observers. With a little help from the bored Pearl and Bobo, Bobo's chili dogs, he triumphs over the other Observers and banishes steals their brains, turning the formerly omnipotent beings into raging Packers fans who work at a dairy plant before banishing them to Wisconsin. Harcourt then He and the other Mads celebrate their victory, during which the man in the bowler hat randomly passes through the castle and confuses the Mads.
castle, confusing them.



* CelebrityResemblance: Several early riffs involve ''Series/TheJeffersons'' (and one for ''Film/{{Mandingo}}''), owing to Frank Finlay's strong resemblance to Paul Benedict (who played Mr. Bentley).

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* CelebrityResemblance: Several early riffs involve ''Series/TheJeffersons'' (and one for ''Film/{{Mandingo}}''), ''Mandingo''), owing to Frank Finlay's strong resemblance to Paul Benedict (who played Mr. Bentley).



** The other Observers return to bring Brain Guy back into the fold. Mike destroying their planet is also referenced; that these events happened 500 years in the future is not.

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** The other Observers return to bring Brain Guy back into the fold. Mike destroying their planet is also referenced; the fact that these events happened 500 years in the future is not.



* HumanityOnTrial: Parodied, through song. Among the "several million reasons" Observer shouldn't blow up the Earth, according to Pearl and Bobo: meat, string, tortillas stuffed with ham, Pearl promising to fold Observer's sheets. That's it. It ''works''.

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* HumanityOnTrial: Parodied, through song. Among the "several million reasons" Observer shouldn't blow up the Earth, according to Pearl and Bobo: meat, string, tortillas stuffed with ham, Pearl promising to fold Observer's sheets. That's it. It it, yet it ''works''.



* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Invoked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(band) The Birds]], a obscure UK band best known for having Ron Wood (later of Music/{{Faces}} and Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}) in its lineup. Mike notes it's not the US band Music/TheByrds, while Crow sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg Eight miles WRONG!]]" (Amusingly, when The Byrds had a UK tour, The Birds' manager tried to sue them for having a similar name. He was soon fired by The Birds.)



* SimilarlyNamedWorks: Invoked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(band) The Birds]], a obscure UK band best known for having Ron Wood (later of Music/{{Faces}} and Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}) in its lineup. Mike notes it's not the US band Music/TheByrds, while Crow sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg Eight miles WRONG!]]" (Amusingly, when The Byrds had a UK tour, The Birds' manager tried to sue them for having a similar name. He was soon fired by The Birds.)
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-->'''Mike:''' ''(pointing a gun offscreen, DramaticWind whipping his trenchcoat back)'' [[YouWouldntShootMe Don't make me shoot you...]] ''(dramatic {{zoom}})'' [[SayMyName CROOOOOWWWWW!!!!]]

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-->'''Mike:''' ''(pointing a gun offscreen, DramaticWind whipping his trenchcoat back)'' [[YouWouldntShootMe Don't make me shoot you...]] ''(dramatic {{zoom}})'' zoom)'' [[SayMyName CROOOOOWWWWW!!!!]]
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!!The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation contains examples of the following tropes:

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!!The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation of ''Film/TheDeadlyBees'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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* NoodleIncident: The "Previously On..." host segment is basically a whole string of these.
--> '''Servo:''' I think you ''knew'' that chicken puppet was stuffed with explosives; didn't ya? Didn't ya?!
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[[caption-width-right:427:Well, that's the Hee Haw font; how can it be deadly?]]

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[[caption-width-right:427:Well, that's the [[Series/HeeHaw Hee Haw Haw]] font; how can it be deadly?]]
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* RailingKill: How [[spoiler: Manfred]] meets his end.

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* RailingKill: How [[spoiler: Manfred]] Manfred meets his end.
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* SimilaryNamedWorks: Invoked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(band) The Birds]], a obscure UK band best known for having Ron Wood (later of Music/{{Faces}} and Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}) in its lineup. Mike notes it's not the US band Music/TheByrds, while Crow sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg Eight miles WRONG!]]" (Amusingly, when The Byrds had a UK tour, The Birds' manager tried to sue them for having a similar name. He was soon fired by The Birds.)

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* SimilaryNamedWorks: SimilarlyNamedWorks: Invoked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(band) The Birds]], a obscure UK band best known for having Ron Wood (later of Music/{{Faces}} and Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}) in its lineup. Mike notes it's not the US band Music/TheByrds, while Crow sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg Eight miles WRONG!]]" (Amusingly, when The Byrds had a UK tour, The Birds' manager tried to sue them for having a similar name. He was soon fired by The Birds.)

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* NamesTheSame: Invoked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(band) The Birds]], a obscure UK band best known for having Ron Wood (later of Music/{{Faces}} and Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}) in its lineup. Mike notes it's not the US band Music/TheByrds, while Crow sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg Eight miles WRONG!]]" (Amusingly, when The Byrds had a UK tour, The Birds' manager tried to sue them for having a similar name. He was soon fired by The Birds.)


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* SimilaryNamedWorks: Invoked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(band) The Birds]], a obscure UK band best known for having Ron Wood (later of Music/{{Faces}} and Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}) in its lineup. Mike notes it's not the US band Music/TheByrds, while Crow sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg Eight miles WRONG!]]" (Amusingly, when The Byrds had a UK tour, The Birds' manager tried to sue them for having a similar name. He was soon fired by The Birds.)
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* NamesTheSame: Invoked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(band) The Birds]], a obscure UK band best known for having Ron Wood (later of Music/{{Faces}} and Music/TheRollingStones) in its lineup. Mike notes it's not the US band Music/TheByrds, while Crow sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg Eight miles WRONG!]]" (Amusingly, when The Byrds had a UK tour, The Birds' manager tried to sue them for having a similar name. He was soon fired by The Birds.)

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* NamesTheSame: Invoked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(band) The Birds]], a obscure UK band best known for having Ron Wood (later of Music/{{Faces}} and Music/TheRollingStones) Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}) in its lineup. Mike notes it's not the US band Music/TheByrds, while Crow sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg Eight miles WRONG!]]" (Amusingly, when The Byrds had a UK tour, The Birds' manager tried to sue them for having a similar name. He was soon fired by The Birds.)
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** The rather craptastic nature of Vicki's "holiday" is constantly invoked, between the Hargroves' lifeless, depressing farm and the attack by killer bees.

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** The rather craptastic nature of Vicki's "holiday" is constantly invoked, between the Hargroves' lifeless, depressing farm and the attack attacks by killer bees.
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* NamesTheSame: Invoked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(band) The Birds]], a UK band best known for its cover of "Tambourine Man". Mike notes it's not the US band Music/TheByrds, while Crow sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg Eight miles WRONG!]]" (Amusingly, when The Byrds had a UK tour, The Birds' manager tried to sue them for having a similar name. He was soon fired by The Birds.)

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* NamesTheSame: Invoked with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(band) The Birds]], a obscure UK band best known for having Ron Wood (later of Music/{{Faces}} and Music/TheRollingStones) in its cover of "Tambourine Man".lineup. Mike notes it's not the US band Music/TheByrds, while Crow sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74ttSR8lEg Eight miles WRONG!]]" (Amusingly, when The Byrds had a UK tour, The Birds' manager tried to sue them for having a similar name. He was soon fired by The Birds.)
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-->'''Bobo:''' Please stay... I... love you. ''(clings to Observer and sobs)''\\
'''Observer:''' ''(to other Observers)'' He's... like... a pet.

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-->'''Bobo:''' Please stay... I... love you. ''(clings to Observer Brain Guy and sobs)''\\
'''Observer:''' '''Brain Guy:''' ''(to other Observers)'' He's... like... a pet.



* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: After his victory, Bill!Observer turn Mike!Observer and Paul!Observer into slackers who work at a Wisconsin dairy.

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: After his victory, Bill!Observer turn Mike!Observer and Paul!Observer Brain Guy turns the other Observers into slackers who work at a Wisconsin dairy.



* MundaneMadeAwesome: Observer is amazed at the genius of chili dogs, the concept of which is beyond his omniscience. Later, Bobo manages to distract the other Observers by tempting ''them'' with another plate of chili-smothered dogs.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Observer Brain Guy is amazed at the genius of chili dogs, the concept of which is beyond his omniscience. Later, Bobo manages to distract the other Observers by tempting ''them'' with another plate of chili-smothered dogs.
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* ParanoiaFuel: Mocked[[invoked]] by Servo, while Vicki's snooping through Hargrove's belongings. "Great. Now, I'm nervous about pop stars going through my study."

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* ParanoiaFuel: Mocked[[invoked]] by Servo, while Vicki's snooping through Hargrove's belongings. "Great. Now, I'm nervous paranoid about pop stars going through sneaking around my study."
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-->'''Observer:''' ''(puzzled at first, then...)'' [[HandWave AHA! No one wants a tie for a present! Can't you see what a terrible gift that is?]]

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-->'''Observer:''' ''(puzzled at first, then...)'' [[HandWave AHA! No one wants [[GiftGivingGaffe a tie for a present! present]]! [[HandWave Can't you see what a terrible gift that is?]]
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** Crow [[LikesOlderWomen falls in love with Mrs. Hargrove]] ("Wha-- you mean the [[MustHaveNicotine cigarette hag]]?" "''Don't call her that!''") and writes her a {{sonnet}}, a la his sudden crush on Estelle Winwood in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E11TheMagicSword The Magic Sword]]''.

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** Crow [[LikesOlderWomen falls in love with Mrs. Hargrove]] ("Wha-- you mean the [[MustHaveNicotine cigarette hag]]?" "''Don't call her that!''") and writes her a {{sonnet}}, a la his sudden crush on Estelle Winwood Creator/EstelleWinwood in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E11TheMagicSword The Magic Sword]]''.
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* Brain Guy and Bobo are stuffing their faces with chili dogs and watching ''Jerry Springer''. As Bobo goes to get more food, Brain Guy gets a sudden visit from his fellow Observers. They are ashamed to see one of their own become such a lazy slob and insist on taking him back to their restored planet before blowing Earth up. Pearl does not take this news very well.

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* In Castle Forrester, Brain Guy and Bobo are stuffing their faces with chili dogs and watching ''Jerry Springer''. As Bobo goes to get more food, Brain Guy gets a sudden visit from his fellow Observers. They are ashamed to see one of their own become such a lazy slob and insist on taking him back to their restored planet before blowing Earth up. Pearl does not take this news very well.



* Inspired by the movie's bee farm, Crow and Servo decide to raise lice and wood ticks. In Castle Forrester, Brain Guy is preparing to return to the Observer planet and sings his farewells while Pearl and Bobo insistently sing for him to stay. It takes some convincing, but Brain Guy's loyalty to the Mads wins out.

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* Inspired by the movie's bee farm, Crow and Servo decide to raise lice and wood ticks. In Castle Forrester, Brain Guy is preparing to return to the Observer planet and sings his farewells while Pearl and Bobo insistently sing for him to stay. It takes some convincing, but Brain Guy's loyalty to the Mads wins out.



* Wearing a ridiculous bee costume, Mike announces his idea to communicate through body movement like bees do. Servo asks him interesting and complex questions. Crow just wants to know where his ''Just For Men'' hair coloring went.

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* Wearing a ridiculous bee costume, Mike announces his idea to communicate through body movement like bees do. Servo asks him interesting and complex questions. Crow just wants to know where his ''Just Just For Men'' Men hair coloring went.
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* Wearing a ridiculous bee costume, Mike announces his idea to communicate like bees do. Servo asks him interesting and complex questions. Crow just wants to know where his ''Just For Men'' hair coloring went.

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* Wearing a ridiculous bee costume, Mike announces his idea to communicate through body movement like bees do. Servo asks him interesting and complex questions. Crow just wants to know where his ''Just For Men'' hair coloring went.
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* Inspired by the movie's bee farm, Crow and Servo decide to raise lice and wood ticks. In Castle Forrester, Brain Guy is preparing to return to the Observer planet and sings his farewells while Pearl and Bobo insistently sing for him to stay. It takes some doing, but Brain Guy's loyalty to the Mads wins out.

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* Inspired by the movie's bee farm, Crow and Servo decide to raise lice and wood ticks. In Castle Forrester, Brain Guy is preparing to return to the Observer planet and sings his farewells while Pearl and Bobo insistently sing for him to stay. It takes some doing, convincing, but Brain Guy's loyalty to the Mads wins out.
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!!The Segments:
[[AC:Prologue]]
* Previously on the Satellite of Love... Mike and the 'Bots run through every television cliffhanger cliché they can think of.

[[AC:Segment 1]]
* Brain Guy and Bobo are stuffing their faces with chili dogs and watching ''Jerry Springer''. As Bobo goes to get more food, Brain Guy gets a sudden visit from his fellow Observers. They are ashamed to see one of their own become such a lazy slob and insist on taking him back to their restored planet before blowing Earth up. Pearl does not take this news very well.

[[AC:Segment 2]]
* Crow has written a sonnet for the "cigarette hag" Mrs. Hargrove.

[[AC:Segment 3]]
* Inspired by the movie's bee farm, Crow and Servo decide to raise lice and wood ticks. In Castle Forrester, Brain Guy is preparing to return to the Observer planet and sings his farewells while Pearl and Bobo insistently sing for him to stay. It takes some doing, but Brain Guy's loyalty to the Mads wins out.

[[AC:Segment 4]]
* Wearing a ridiculous bee costume, Mike announces his idea to communicate like bees do. Servo asks him interesting and complex questions. Crow just wants to know where his ''Just For Men'' hair coloring went.

[[AC:Segment 5]]
* Harcourt passes through the SOL to the crew's confusion. Brain Guy is locked in a literal battle of wits with the other Observers. With help from Pearl and Bobo, he triumphs and banishes them to Wisconsin. Harcourt then passes through the castle and confuses the Mads.

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