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On November 25, 2021, it was revealed that this movie would be one of the thirteen to be used as part of the thirteenth season of the cult-classic series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

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On November 25, 2021, Featured on a Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 episode for tropes about said episode see it was revealed that this movie would be one of the thirteen to be used as part of the thirteenth season of the cult-classic series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S13E05DoctorMordrid here]].


* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: Samantha gives her job as "researcher" for the police department, which could mean just about anything.

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* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: Samantha gives her job as "researcher" for the police department, which could mean just about anything. [[note]] She actually tells Dr. Mordrid that she's a special consultant for the NYPD on cults and Satanism, specializing in homicide cases.[[/note]]

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* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: Samantha gives her job as "researcher" for the police department, which could mean just about anything.


* CaptainErsatz: Doctor Mordrid (played by Creator/JeffreyCombs) is ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange''; the villain Kabal is more or less Baron Mordo. This is because Creator/FullMoonFeatures had optioned the right to adapt the comic into film, but the rights expired during pre-production. Rather than cancel the project, they pretty much just changed the characters' names.

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* CaptainErsatz: Doctor Mordrid (played by Creator/JeffreyCombs) is ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange''; the villain Kabal is more or less Baron Mordo. This is because Creator/FullMoonFeatures had optioned Creator/JackKirby designed the right character as an homage to adapt the comic into film, but the rights expired during pre-production. Rather than cancel the project, they pretty much just changed the characters' names.him.


* WizardDuel: In the climax, the heroic sorcerer Mordrid and the villainous sorcerer Kabal do battle in the halls of the Museum of Natural History. Further complicated because Mordrid is only present through an astral projection, so Kabal can't assault him directly while Mordrid can do everything right back to him. This prompts Kabal to animate a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' skeleton and have it attack random people to make Mordrid back off, but Mordrid fights fire with fire by similarly animating a ''Mastodon'' skeleton to hold off the dinosaur while he deals with Kabal.

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* WizardDuel: In the climax, the heroic sorcerer Mordrid and the villainous sorcerer Kabal do battle in the halls of the Museum of Natural History. Further complicated because Mordrid is only present through an astral projection, so Kabal can't assault him directly while Mordrid can do everything right back to him. This prompts Kabal to animate a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex'' skeleton and have it attack random people to make Mordrid back off, but Mordrid fights fire with fire by similarly animating a ''Mastodon'' skeleton to hold off the dinosaur while he deals with Kabal.

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On November 25, 2021, it was revealed that this movie would be one of the thirteen to be used as part of the thirteenth season of the cult-classic series ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.


* WizardDuel: In the climax, the heroic sorcerer Mordrid and the villainous sorcerer Kabal do battle in the halls of the Museum of Natural History. Further complicated because Mordrid is only present through an astral projection, so Kabal can't assault him directly while Mordrid can do everything right back to him. This prompts Kabal to animate a TyrannosaurusRex skeleton and have it attack random people to make Mordrid back off, but Mordrid fights fire with fire by similarly animating a ''Mastodon'' skeleton to hold off the dinosaur while he deals with Kabal.

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* WizardDuel: In the climax, the heroic sorcerer Mordrid and the villainous sorcerer Kabal do battle in the halls of the Museum of Natural History. Further complicated because Mordrid is only present through an astral projection, so Kabal can't assault him directly while Mordrid can do everything right back to him. This prompts Kabal to animate a TyrannosaurusRex ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' skeleton and have it attack random people to make Mordrid back off, but Mordrid fights fire with fire by similarly animating a ''Mastodon'' skeleton to hold off the dinosaur while he deals with Kabal.


''Doctor Mordrid'' is a 1992 fantasy film unofficially based on the ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'' comics.[[note]]The producers optioned to adapt the comic into film, but when the licensing expired the main character was made a CaptainErsatz of Doctor Strange[[/note]]

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''Doctor Mordrid'' is a 1992 fantasy film unofficially based on the ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'' comics.[[note]]The producers optioned to adapt the comic into film, but when the licensing expired the main character was made a CaptainErsatz of Doctor Strange[[/note]]
Strange[[/note]] For the film officially based on the character, see [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 here]].

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Some concept art was made by Creator/JackKirby.


* CombatPragmatist: Having a hard time magically hurting the demonic warlock trying to unleash literal hell with fate of the world at stake? Throw WizardDuel chivalry out the window and just have your multi-ton skeletal pachyderm charge and gore him.

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* CombatPragmatist: Mordrid. Having a hard time magically hurting the demonic warlock trying to unleash literal hell with fate of the world at stake? Throw WizardDuel chivalry out the window and just have your multi-ton skeletal pachyderm charge and gore him.



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Mordrid finally kills a distracted Kabal by having the animated Mastodon skeleton gore him with its tusk.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Mordrid finally kills a distracted Kabal by having the animated Mastodon ''Mastodon'' skeleton gore him with its tusk.


* CombatPragmatist: Having a hard time magically hurting the demonic warlock trying to unleash literal hell with fate of the world at stake? Through WizardDuel chivalry out the window and just have your multi-ton skeletal pachyderm charge and gore him.

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* CombatPragmatist: Having a hard time magically hurting the demonic warlock trying to unleash literal hell with fate of the world at stake? Through Throw WizardDuel chivalry out the window and just have your multi-ton skeletal pachyderm charge and gore him.


* CombatPragmatist: Having a hard time magically hurting the demonic warlock trying to unleash literal hell with fate of the world at stake? Through WizardDuel chivalry out the window and just have your multi-ton skeletal pachyderm charge and gore him.



* WizardDuel: In the climax, the heroic sorcerer Mordrid and the villainous sorcerer Kabal do battle in the halls of the Museum of Natural History. Further complicated because Mordrid is only present through an astral projection, so Kabal can't assault him directly while Mordrid can do everything right back to him. This prompts Kabal to animate a TyrannosaurusRex skeleton and have it attack random people to make Mordrid back off.

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* WizardDuel: In the climax, the heroic sorcerer Mordrid and the villainous sorcerer Kabal do battle in the halls of the Museum of Natural History. Further complicated because Mordrid is only present through an astral projection, so Kabal can't assault him directly while Mordrid can do everything right back to him. This prompts Kabal to animate a TyrannosaurusRex skeleton and have it attack random people to make Mordrid back off.off, but Mordrid fights fire with fire by similarly animating a ''Mastodon'' skeleton to hold off the dinosaur while he deals with Kabal.


* BehemothBattle: Kabal and Mordrid [[FossilRevival animate]] a ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Mastodon'' skeletons respectively in the final confrontation at the museum to slug it out.



* FossilRevival: During the climax, Kabal animates a Tyrannosaurus skeleton to keep Mordrid from interfering with his ritual, prompting Mordrid to animate a mammoth skeleton to counter it.

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* FossilRevival: During the climax, Kabal animates a Tyrannosaurus ''Tyrannosaurus'' skeleton to keep Mordrid from interfering with his ritual, prompting Mordrid to animate a mammoth ''Mastodon'' skeleton to counter it.


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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Mordrid finally kills a distracted Kabal by having the animated Mastodon skeleton gore him with its tusk.


* GroinAttack: Near the end of the movie, Samantha kicks Adrian in the nuts while [[TimeStandsStill he was temporarily frozen in time]] via a magic spell from Mordrid and when the spell itself had worn off, Adrian had fell down to the ground while aching in a state of excruciating pain.

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* GroinAttack: Near the end of the movie, Samantha kicks Adrian in the nuts while [[TimeStandsStill he was temporarily frozen in time]] via a magic spell from Mordrid and when the spell itself had worn off, Adrian had fell down to the ground while aching in a complete state of excruciating pain.


Doctor Mordrid (Creator/JeffreyCombs) is a sorcerer from the Magic Dimension who has been sent to Earth to stop the evil sorcerer Kabal (Creator/BrianThompson), who wishes to unleash his hellspawn upon the world. Aiding Mordrid is Samantha, a police consultant with a passing interest in the supernatural.

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Doctor Mordrid (Creator/JeffreyCombs) is a sorcerer from the Magic Dimension who has been sent to Earth to stop the evil sorcerer Kabal (Creator/BrianThompson), who wishes to unleash his hellspawn upon the world. Aiding Mordrid is Samantha, Samantha Hunt (Yvette Nipar), a police consultant with a passing interest in the supernatural.



* DragonTheirFeet: After Kabal is defeated by Mordrid, his one surviving minion appears to try to kill Mordrid's comatose body while [[AstralProjection his spirit is still outside his body]].

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* DragonTheirFeet: After Kabal is defeated by Mordrid, his one surviving minion minion, Adrian appears to try to kill Mordrid's comatose body while [[AstralProjection his spirit is still outside his body]].



* FossilRevival: During the climax, Kabal animates a Tyrannosaurus skeleton to keep Mordid from interfering with his ritual, prompting Mordrid to animate a mammoth skeleton to counter it.

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* FossilRevival: During the climax, Kabal animates a Tyrannosaurus skeleton to keep Mordid Mordrid from interfering with his ritual, prompting Mordrid to animate a mammoth skeleton to counter it.it.
* GroinAttack: Near the end of the movie, Samantha kicks Adrian in the nuts while [[TimeStandsStill he was temporarily frozen in time]] via a magic spell from Mordrid and when the spell itself had worn off, Adrian had fell down to the ground while aching in a state of excruciating pain.


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* HollywoodSatanism: Adrian.

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