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-> '''Joel:''' Alright. So, uh, what's this week's experiment?\\
'''Dr. Erdhardt:''' It's called ''The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy'', and it's almost as annoying as this stupid Chalkman here.\\
'''Dr. Forrester:''' Yes, but first, we're going to scour your palette with a little cinematic science-fiction sorbet. It's an old serial called "Commando Cody and the Rocket Men from the Moon".


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-> '''Joel:''' Alright. So, uh, what's this week's experiment?\\
'''Dr. Erdhardt:''' It's called ''The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy'', and it's almost as annoying as this stupid Chalkman here.\\
'''Dr. Forrester:''' Yes, but first, we're going to scour your palette with a little cinematic science-fiction sorbet. It's an old serial called "Commando Cody and the Rocket Men from the Moon".

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Films watched: ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' Chapter 1 (serial) and ''Film/TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy''

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Films watched: ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' Chapter 1 (serial) -> '''Joel:''' Alright. So, uh, what's this week's experiment?\\
'''Dr. Erdhardt:''' It's called ''The Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy'',
and ''Film/TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy''
it's almost as annoying as this stupid Chalkman here.\\
'''Dr. Forrester:''' Yes, but first, we're going to scour your palette with a little cinematic science-fiction sorbet. It's an old serial called "Commando Cody and the Rocket Men from the Moon".


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Films watched: ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' Chapter 1 (serial) and ''Film/TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy''
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!!The ''[=MST3K=]'' presentation contains examples of:
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: You cannot, in fact, weigh down an object floating in space to the point that it "falls" to Earth. (An object in stable orbit which increases substantially in mass is nudged ''away'' from its primary. It's complicated.)
* AudienceMurmurs: Joel and the Bots, in response to a character asking another to remain quiet, immediately start mumbling "peas and carrots" and "rhubarb".
* BBCQuarry: Joel lampshades this in ''Radar Men'':

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!!The ''[=MST3K=]'' Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation contains of ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (''Chapter 1: Moon Rocket'') has examples of:
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: You cannot, in fact, weigh down an object floating in space to the point that it "falls" to Earth. (An object in stable orbit which increases substantially in mass is nudged ''away'' from its primary. It's complicated.)
* AudienceMurmurs: Joel and the Bots, in response to a character asking another to remain quiet, immediately start mumbling "peas and carrots" and "rhubarb".
* BBCQuarry: Joel lampshades this in ''Radar Men'':this:



* DontExplainTheJoke: During the ''Radar Men'' short, there's a scene in the moon lab where a tall, tapered object with a round top is seen:

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* DontExplainTheJoke: During the ''Radar Men'' short, serial, there's a scene in the moon lab where a tall, tapered object with a round top is seen:



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Discussed in the ''Amazing Colossal Episode Guide'':
-->'''Michael J. Nelson:''' We were still experimenting with the movie comments and we look back with embarrassment at two particular gags. One involved Joel covering the mouth of a woman singing and the singing becoming muted. The other, even more shameful, was adding the sound of men, ahem, urinating when there was a shot of them with their backs turned. Both broke the rules of the show and both were quite stupid. We're really very sorry.
** Kevin Murphy also said this was the one and only time they ended up doing tequila shots to get through the writing of the riffs.
** Also; Gypsy at this point is basically a very dim-witted "family pet" type and stupidly eats Enoch, the ruler of the Demon Dogs at the worst time.
* ElevatorFloorAnnouncement: During ''Radar Men'', as Cody descends in an elevator to the moon lab:

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Discussed in the ''Amazing Colossal Episode Guide'':
-->'''Michael J. Nelson:''' We were still experimenting with the movie comments and we look back with embarrassment at two particular gags. One involved Joel covering the mouth of a woman singing and the singing becoming muted. The other, even more shameful, was adding the sound of men, ahem, urinating when there was a shot of them with their backs turned. Both broke the rules of the show and both were quite stupid. We're really very sorry.
** Kevin Murphy also said this was the one and only time they ended up doing tequila shots to get through the writing of the riffs.
** Also; Gypsy at this point is basically a very dim-witted "family pet" type and stupidly eats Enoch, the ruler of the Demon Dogs at the worst time.
* ElevatorFloorAnnouncement: During ''Radar Men'', as As Cody descends in an elevator to the moon lab:



* ShoutOut:
** As Commando Cody suits up in ''Radar Men from the Moon'', Tom riffs [[Music/DavidBowie "Take your protein pills, and put your helmet on!"]]
** "[[Series/{{Newhart}} This is my brother Xenon, and my other brother Xenon.]]"
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!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/TheRobotVsTheAztecMummy'' has examples of:
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: You cannot, in fact, weigh down an object floating in space to the point that it "falls" to Earth. (An object in stable orbit which increases substantially in mass is nudged ''away'' from its primary. It's complicated.)
* AudienceMurmurs: Joel and the Bots, in response to a character asking another to remain quiet, immediately start mumbling "peas and carrots" and "rhubarb".
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Discussed in the ''Amazing Colossal Episode Guide'':
-->'''Michael J. Nelson:''' We were still experimenting with the movie comments and we look back with embarrassment at two particular gags. One involved Joel covering the mouth of a woman singing and the singing becoming muted. The other, even more shameful, was adding the sound of men, ahem, urinating when there was a shot of them with their backs turned. Both broke the rules of the show and both were quite stupid. We're really very sorry.
** Kevin Murphy also said this was the one and only time they ended up doing tequila shots to get through the writing of the riffs.
** Also; Gypsy at this point is basically a very dim-witted "family pet" type and stupidly eats Enoch, the ruler of the Demon Dogs at the worst time.



** As Commando Cody suits up in ''Radar Men from the Moon'', Tom riffs [[Music/DavidBowie "Take your protein pills, and put your helmet on!"]]
** "[[Series/{{Newhart}} This is my brother Xenon, and my other brother Xenon.]]"



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the episode, Joel launches a ball-shaped probe from the Satellite to distract the Demon Dogs. Servo points out that "fetch" generally means "bring back," leading to a FacePalm from Joel at the implications they may return. However the Demon Dogs never appear again.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the episode, Joel launches a ball-shaped probe from the Satellite to distract the Demon Dogs. Servo points out that "fetch" generally means "bring "get and bring back," leading to a FacePalm from Joel at the implications they may return. However the Demon Dogs never appear again.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Robot?" "Yaaaay!" "Verses the Aztec Mummy?" "Booooo!"]]

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* A mob of extrarrestrial dog skeletons known as Demon Dogs invade the SOL, leaving Tom Servo to try (and fail) to shoo them away.

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* A mob of extrarrestrial extraterrestrial dog skeletons known as Demon Dogs invade the SOL, leaving Tom Servo to try (and fail) to shoo them away.
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* Joel invents the airbag helmet for motorcycles. Dr. Forrester invents the Chalkman, a record player that produces the sound of NailsOnABlackboard to get rid of lingering party guests.

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* Joel invents the an airbag helmet for motorcycles.motorcyclists. Dr. Forrester invents the Chalkman, a record player that produces the sound of NailsOnABlackboard to get rid of lingering party guests.
guests, then accidentally demonstrates his new security measures on himself and Larry.



* Demon Dogs invade the SOL! Tom Servo tries (and fails) to shoo them away.

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* A mob of extrarrestrial dog skeletons known as Demon Dogs invade the SOL! SOL, leaving Tom Servo tries to try (and fails) fail) to shoo them away.



* Enoch, King of the Demon Dogs, parleys with Joel and the Bots, but Gypsy winds up eating him.

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* Enoch, the King of the Demon Dogs, parleys with Joel comes aboard the Satellite to reveal that he and his subjects thought it was a giant bone-shaped chew toy that they intended to bury. After learning that it was inhabited, Enoch declares that he's changed his mind and will convince his subjects to leave the Bots, but ship alone. Unfortunately, Gypsy winds up eating him.



* Crow disguises himself as Enoch in an attempt to get rid of the Demon Dogs. It doesn't end well.

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* Crow disguises himself as Enoch in an attempt to get rid of the Demon Dogs.Dogs to listen to him. It doesn't end well.



* Joel plays fetch with the Demon Dogs.

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* The Demon Dogs manage to break inside the SOL and overwhelm the crew, but Joel plays is able to get rid of them by launching a tennis-ball shaped probe for them to fetch. Servo rains on his parade by reminding him that fetch with the Demon Dogs.
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** Also; Gypsy at this point was basically a very dim-witted "family pet" type and stupidly ate Enoch, the ruler of the Demon Dogs at the worst time.

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** Also; Gypsy at this point was is basically a very dim-witted "family pet" type and stupidly ate eats Enoch, the ruler of the Demon Dogs at the worst time.



* HordeOfAlienLocusts: Parodied with the Demon Dogs, whose only real threat is in weighing down the [=SoL=] to the point that it "sinks".

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* HordeOfAlienLocusts: Parodied with the Demon Dogs, whose only real threat is in weighing down the [=SoL=] SOL to the point that it "sinks".
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The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:1/videos/mst3k-023-therobotvstheaztecmummy here]], and on the MST3k YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhg2ofmCSaY here]].

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The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:1/videos/mst3k-023-therobotvstheaztecmummy here]], and on the MST3k YouTube [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 [=MST3k=]]] [=YouTube=] channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhg2ofmCSaY here]].
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It is available on the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 [=MST3K=]]] [=YouTube=] page [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhg2ofmCSaY here]] and on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-the-robot-vs-the-aztec-mummy/59cd7d910eda4a156b000802 here]].

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It The episode is available on in the [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 [=MST3K=]]] [=YouTube=] page Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:1/videos/mst3k-023-therobotvstheaztecmummy here]], and on the MST3k YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhg2ofmCSaY here]] and on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-the-robot-vs-the-aztec-mummy/59cd7d910eda4a156b000802 here]].
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* {{Corpsing}}: A Servo line during the ''Radar Men'' riffing ("Is the music always this poor in serials?") seems to genuinely crack Joel up.
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-->'''Crow:''' First floor: Lingerie, ready-to-wear, notions, toupees...

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-->'''Crow:''' First floor: Lingerie, ready-to-wear, notions, toupees...toupées...



-->'''Servo:''' [[{{Pun}} Threepees]]...

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-->'''Servo:''' [[{{Pun}} Threepees]]...Threepées]]...
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* ElevatorFloorAnnouncement: During ''Radar Men'', as Cody descends in an elevator to the moon lab:
-->'''Crow:''' First floor: Lingerie, ready-to-wear, notions, toupees...
-->'''Joel:''' Moon men...
-->'''Servo:''' [[{{Pun}} Threepees]]...
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* AudienceMurmurs: Joel and the bots, in response to a character asking another to remain quiet, immediately start mumbling "peas and carrots" and "rhubarb".

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* AudienceMurmurs: Joel and the bots, Bots, in response to a character asking another to remain quiet, immediately start mumbling "peas and carrots" and "rhubarb".



-->'''Joel:''' "Hey, the moon looks just like Arizona, you guys!"

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-->'''Joel:''' "Hey, Hey, the moon looks just like Arizona, you guys!"guys!
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* DontExplainTheJoke: During the ''Radar Men'' short, there's a scene in the moon lab where a tall, tapered object with a round top is seen:
-->'''Crow:''' "Fresh ground pepper?" ''(after a {{beat}}, turning to Joel)'' It looks like a pepper mill.
-->'''Joel:''' Yeah.
-->'''Crow:''' Yeah, get it?
-->'''Joel:''' Mm-hmm.
-->'''Servo:''' I'm laughing hard inside.
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** "[[Film/SinginInTheRain I ceean't stan' 'im!"]]
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* SmallAnnoyingCreature: The Demon Dogs.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the episode, Joel launches a ball-shaped prove from the Satellite to distract the Demon Dogs. Servo points out that "fetch" generally means "bring back," leading to a FacePalm from Joel at the implications they may return. However the Demon Dogs never appear again.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the episode, Joel launches a ball-shaped prove probe from the Satellite to distract the Demon Dogs. Servo points out that "fetch" generally means "bring back," leading to a FacePalm from Joel at the implications they may return. However the Demon Dogs never appear again.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the episode, Joel launches a ball-shaped prove from the Satellite to distract the Demon Dogs. Servo points out that "fetch" generally means "bring back," leading to a FacePalm from Joel. However the Demon Dogs never appear again.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the episode, Joel launches a ball-shaped prove from the Satellite to distract the Demon Dogs. Servo points out that "fetch" generally means "bring back," leading to a FacePalm from Joel.Joel at the implications they may return. However the Demon Dogs never appear again.
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** "[[Series/{{Dragnet}} My name is Friday. I carry a badge.]] [[Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre I don't need no stinking badge.]]"

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** "[[Series/{{Dragnet}} My name is Friday. I carry a badge.]] [[Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre I don't need no stinking badge.]]"]]"
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end of the episode, Joel launches a ball-shaped prove from the Satellite to distract the Demon Dogs. Servo points out that "fetch" generally means "bring back," leading to a FacePalm from Joel. However the Demon Dogs never appear again.
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It is available on the [=MST3K=] [=YouTube=] page [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhg2ofmCSaY here]] and on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-the-robot-vs-the-aztec-mummy/59cd7d910eda4a156b000802 here]].

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It is available on the [=MST3K=] [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 [=MST3K=]]] [=YouTube=] page [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhg2ofmCSaY here]] and on Shout! Factory TV [[http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-the-robot-vs-the-aztec-mummy/59cd7d910eda4a156b000802 here]].
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* AudienceMurmurs: Joel and the bots, in response to a character asking another to remain quiet, immediately start mumbling "peas and carrots" and "rhubarb".
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* BBCQuarry: Joel lampshades this in ''Radar Men'':
-->'''Joel:''' "Hey, the moon looks just like Arizona, you guys!"
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* LifeImitatesArt: Joel's airbag helmet for motorcyclists is supposed to be an absurd invention; several companies now make and sell airbag helmets or collars that inflate to protect the rider's head when they detect them falling.
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* LifeImitatesArt: Joel's airbag helmet for motorcyclists is supposed to be an absurd invention; several companies now make and sell airbag helmets or collars that inflate to protect the rider's head when they detect them falling.
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** Also; Gypsy at this point was basically a very dim-witted "family pet" type and stupidly ate Enoch, the ruler of the Demon Dogs at the worst time.

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