Can't we get beyond Atlantis?
Film watched: Beyond Atlantis.
This is the first episode to feature the cast from the MST3K live shows. Emily Marsh, Conor McGiffen, and Yvonne Freese reprise their roles as Emily Conner, Tom Servo, and GPC-2 respectively. Crow is now voiced by Kelsey Ann Brady, who served as understudy to Nate Begle during the 2021 Time Bubble Tour and took over the role after Begle left MST3K for family reasons.
The Segments:
Prologue- The Simulator of Love is up and running, and the new animatronic 'Bots are just as irreverent as the ones on the Satellite of Love. All that's left is for Kinga to sign the work order so Gizmonic technician Emily Conner can go home. That's not happening.
Segment 1/Invention Exchange
- Now stuck in the Simulator as Kinga's new second test subject, Emily quickly adapts as she engages with the Mads in her first Invention Exchange. Kinga's invention is Plantsodyne, a toothpaste used for brushing "plant teeth". Emily demonstrates one of her technical contributions to the Simulator: Mech Hands, a pair of ceiling-based limbs made to do everything from grab props to give very high high-fives
Segment 2
- Emily shows the 'Bots "East Eddie's SAT Prep Guide: 70's Dirtbag Edition", a handy study guide for aspiring sleazeballs.
Segment 3
- Crow puts Emily and Servo into a game show. It starts innocently enough, but takes a sadistic turn when incorrect answers are punished with trips to the crab pit.
Post-Intermission
- Jonah calls up Emily to see how she's adjusting to being the new host. Emily points out that they would have a better chance to escape if they worked together. Jonah only offers a cryptic response in rhyme before Movie Sign blares.
Segment 4
- The Simulator of Love hosts Eddie-Con, bringing together Eddies from every direction of the compass to share their love for beards and fractions and their hatred of crabs.
Segment 5
- The crew perform a rap song declaring themselves as "mothercrabbers". Emily also shows off another new upgrade to the Simulator: a smaller and more mobile GPC that she names GPC-2.
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of Beyond Atlantis has examples of:
- Call-Back:
- "Can't we get Beyond Atlantis?"
- "BANG!"
- Plantsodyne. Toothpaste for plants with teeth. Whose idea was it to develop plants with teeth?
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: During the show open, the "stolen specs" Kinga and Max are examining are those for the plants.
- Ensemble Dark Horse: The crew latches onto East Eddie within minutes of his introduction in the film, making him the centerpiece of all their running gags and sketches.
- "Everybody Laughs" Ending: How the crew wraps up the film when it ends with East Eddie laughing over losing the briefcase of pearls.
- Lame Pun Reaction: Tom's riff of "And that's how I NET your mother" gets pained groans from Emily and Crow.
- Oh, Crap!: Emily exclaims the series' traditional version of it ("Oh, poopie!") when the Deep Hurting leaves without her and she realizes she's now Kinga's prisoner.
- Running Gag:
- The fact that Vic and Logan look practically identical.
- Cathy's frequent wardrobe changes.
- Pointing out how animals were seemingly harmed during the movie (particularly the lamb).
- The "BANG!" joke from Cry Wilderness and Robot Wars turns up once again.
- Sadistic Game Show: Crow's game show, "Milk & Honey".
- Shout-Out:
- The opening has Emily remarking that she cannot believe that she is actually working on "the dark side of the moon!" Max replies: "Matter of fact, it's all dark."
- "Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story... Incomprehensible."
- "Damn, these cards ARE against humanity!"
- "Mr. Logan?" "I prefer Wolverine."
- Nereus's stone mask is compared to Majora's Mask and Olmec from Legends of the Hidden Temple.
- "The Enchanted Tiki Room! NOOOOOO!"
- Special Effect Failure: Mocked in-universe, as a scene set in a museum features very bad "crowd sound" that was clearly sourced from a busy sidewalk, complete with traffic. Emily, Tom, and Crow all begin to add more engine revs, brake squeals, horns, sirens and angry pedestrians, until they're drowning out the dialogue with machine-gun fire and explosions.
- Unusual Euphemism: See the stinger below.
