History Headscratchers / MysteryScienceTheater3000

* If the Mads are trying to find a movie that's so bad they can use it to take over the world by showing Joel a bunch of awful movies, wouldn't all the terrible movies sort of wear him down slowly and they'd need to show all the movies to people to break them (Yeah, [=MST3K=] Mantra, but I'm not the only one over thinking things here)?
** [[WordOfGod Forrester is a man whose passion for depravity far exceeds his aptitude.]] In short: any flaw in the Mad's plans can be attributed to their insanity and lack of forethought.

** Mike is a clean-cut blond and writing room overachiever whose incisive wit and verbal precision leads to ''tremendously'' polished riffing. Joel brown-haired memetic stoner and unfathomable oddball whose comedy is so far out of left field that even when it doesn't work, it is a wonder to behold. In an ideal world they'd still be working together, but since they aren't, the BettyAndVeronica contrast makes it tempting to take sides.

* One thing that's gotten on my mind lately; why couldn't Joel and Mike just worked together? I mean it'd be understandable if Joel had other commitments, but [[WhatCouldHaveBeen think about what could have happened.]] I even wrote a theme new theme song for the ocasion. What do you think?

--> ''If you're wondering how they eat and breath,''

** JerryLewis also called the satellite that transmitted his annual Labor Day telethon the "Sattelite of Love".

* Did Crow ever get together with the "extra" time paradox Crow from ''TimeChasers''?

* In episode #611, ''LastOfTheWildHorses'', the evil mirror-universe Tom Servo is stuck in the theater with prime universe Crow and Mike, until the last act, when the prime Servo comes back into the theater. Though he had spent the entire episode trapped in mirror-Deep 13, he seems to automatically know what's going on the film, who the characters are, and even picks up on the running gags. How?

**** I always just figured the 'special parts' he used were the electronics that actually made the bots, you know, move and talk and stuff. Their bodies were just cobbled together out of some of the random junk lying around the SOL.

** [[DontExplainTheJoke Although I probably shouldn't do this,]] I'll clarify the above: SOL = "Shit Outta Luck." Similarly, the ship being bone-shaped could be a reference to the crew's being, as [[{{Futurama}} another show]] would say, "boned."

** End credits are actually a relatively new phenomenon in the world of movies. Prior to the formation of the MPAA, most films only had opening credits, and when the movie ended, it ended. For the later films, rights issues probably stipulated that they had to show all the credits if they wanted to air the film.

** The Satellite is named for the famous Lou Reed song on his 1973 "Transformer" album, which was sung at the end of all "[=MST3K=] LIVE!" preformances. It's bone-shaped because the writers needed to give the Demon Dogs a reason to attack the ship in episode 103, "Mad Monster".

** The show is named MST3K. The K stands for Karl. Karl is the man who invented lightning. (Canon explanation.)

** The Satellite is named for the famous Lou Reed song on his 1973 "Transformer" album, which was sung at the end of all "MST3K LIVE!" preformances. It's bone-shaped because the writers needed to give the Demon Dogs a reason to attack the ship in episode 103, "Mad Monster".

* If the Mads are trying to find a movie that's so bad they can use it to take over the world by showing Joel a bunch of awful movies, wouldn't all the terrible movies sort of wear him down slowly and they'd need to show all the movies to people to break them (Yeah, MST3K Mantra, but I'm not the only one over thinking things here)?

** Everything is played for the lulz on ''MST3K'', homosexual subtext included.

** Because if Joel hadn't left, Mike wouldn't have become host. Joel didn't leave due to a dispute with Mike, who he worked really well with--in fact, Joel even stated when he left that he felt Mike should have the hosting job. Joel and Jim Mallon, the show's owner/producer, had a dispute with regards to Joel's place in a potential MST3K film franchise in combination with Joel's desire to do other things and his discomfort with being in the spotlight.

* Slightly meta example but it bugs me a little bit that the TropeNamer for the MST3KMantra doesn't really need it. There's plenty of straight, non-comedy sci-fi that needs more handwaves and suspension of belief then MST3k.
** Yes, but no other show has said it better than "Just think to yourself, 'It's just a show, I should really just relax.'" MST3K had this sentiment in their ''theme song,'' which is why it deserves to be the TropeNamer.