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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Joel rips Crow's ''other'' arm off for the latter comparing a scene in the movie where a rocket takes off into space to Joel's situation. The trope comes into play when Servo starts singing the [[ExpositoryThemeTune MST3K Theme Song]].
-->'''Crow''': Hey, Joel--[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Remind you of anything?]]
-->'''Servo''': (''Singing'') ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 In the not-too-distant future...]]''


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* ScoldingTheFourthWallBreaker: Joel rips Crow's ''other'' arm off for the latter comparing a scene in the movie where a rocket takes off into space to Joel's situation. The trope comes into play when Servo starts singing the [[ExpositoryThemeTune MST3K Theme Song]].
-->'''Crow''': Hey, Joel--[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Remind you of anything?]]
-->'''Servo''': (''Singing'') ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 In the not-too-distant future...]]''
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* Tom wraps up the training. For the invention exchange, Joel shows a salad box capable of holding much more salad than it appears capable of, while the Mads present a vacuum for cleaning bird cages that accidentally suck the bird in as well.

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* Tom wraps up the training. For the invention exchange, Joel shows a salad box capable of holding much more salad than it appears capable of, while the Mads present a vacuum for cleaning bird cages that accidentally suck sucks the bird in as well.



* Crow and Tom try to use voodoo to hurt Kenny, the obnoxious kid from the film. At Joe's urging, they outline the reasons behind their hatred to the character.

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* Crow and Tom try to use voodoo to hurt Kenny, the obnoxious kid from the film. At Joe's Joel's urging, they outline the reasons behind their hatred to the character.
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* Crow's, Tom's and Gypsy's beauty session is interrupted when Gamera(played by Mike Nelson), who asks for Cling-Free. The Bots use the opportunity to ask him a few question about his life as a giant turtle before Godzilla calls Gamera to ask about their crossover.

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* Crow's, Tom's and Gypsy's beauty session is interrupted when Gamera(played Gamera (played by Mike Nelson), who asks for Cling-Free. The Bots use the opportunity to ask him a few question about his life as a giant turtle before Godzilla calls Gamera to ask about their crossover.
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* Tom gives the cast of the film a "{{Where Are They Now|Epilogue}}" montage.
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* Crow's, Tom's and Gypsy's beauty session is interrupted when Gamera(played by Mike Nelson), who asks for Cling-Free. The Bots use the opportunity to ask him a few question about his life as a giant turtle before Godzilla calls Gamera to ask about their crossover.



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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnyngthing: When Gamera is sent to space.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnyngthing: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Gamera is sent to space.



!!The Comedy Central segments

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During Comedy Central version of the episode, the Bots mock Gamera's attachment to Kenny, the journalist character is deemed to be in need of a restraining order, and turtles all around the world are pitied.


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* LapshadeHanging:
-->'''Tom''': Oh! This is the universal 'unsuspecting drunkard about to have a brush with the supernatural'.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Gamera is sent to space.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnyngthing: When Gamera is sent to space.


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!!The Comedy Central segments
[[AC:Prologue]]
* Tom imposes a regimen of voice excercises and stretches to prepare Joel and Crow for the experiment.

[[AC:Segment 1]]
* Tom wraps up the training. For the invention exchange, Joel shows a salad box capable of holding much more salad than it appears capable of, while the Mads present a vacuum for cleaning bird cages that accidentally suck the bird in as well.

[[AC:Segment 2]]
* Tom Servo sings a sad love song to a turtle.

[[AC:Segment 3]]
* Crow and Tom try to use voodoo to hurt Kenny, the obnoxious kid from the film. At Joe's urging, they outline the reasons behind their hatred to the character.

[[AC:Segment 4]]

[[AC:Segment 5]]
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This is one of the nine Sandy Frank Japanese films originally used for a KTMA episode that was riffed again a few years later on ComedyCentral.

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This is one of the nine Sandy Frank Japanese films originally used for a KTMA episode that was riffed again a few years later on ComedyCentral.
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-->'''Servo''': (''Singing'') ''[[MysteryScienceTheater3000 In the not-too-distant future...]]''

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-->'''Servo''': (''Singing'') ''[[MysteryScienceTheater3000 ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 In the not-too-distant future...]]''
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* Joel shows how Crow was frozen into the SOL's Christmas tree, and that their doing another Gamera movie.

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* Joel shows how Crow was frozen into the SOL's Christmas tree, and that their they're doing another Gamera movie.
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!!The KTMA Segments

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** TheOtherDarren: In this case, Crow was played by J Elvis Weinstein.

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** TheOtherDarren: TheOtherDarrin: In this case, Crow was played by J Elvis Weinstein.

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!!The KTMA Segments
[[AC:Segment 1]]
* Joel shows how Crow was frozen into the SOL's Christmas tree, and that their doing another Gamera movie.

[[AC:Segment 2]]
* Joel checks up at Servo, who compliments Crow as a Christmas tree. Joel then answers a message about his hair stylist, which leads him to roll credits up to the stylist's name.

[[AC:Segment 3]]
* Joel answers some more messages, and asks Gypsy to do her Godzilla impression. Joel then asks the viewers about their opinions about colorization.

[[AC:Segment 4]]
* More messages are answered, including members of the "Coalition of Friends for Giant Mutant Turtles" and the "Friends of the Coalition for Giant Slimey Lizards with Long Nasty Tongues". Cambot replays footage from Gamera and Barugon's bout, which Servo concludes that it was a fair fight.

[[AC:Segment 5]]
* Joel thanks the viewers for their calls, and Cambot replays footage of Crow's freezing. Joel explains the Christmas and Hannukah to Gypsy, to which the two sing "O Tannenbaum" to Crow.



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!!The MST3K KTMA version provides examples of:
* AbsenteeActor: Trace Beaulieu was not present during the episode's production, as he was visiting relatives. To explain this, Joel had Crow was cryogenically frozen into a Christmas tree.
** TheOtherDarren: In this case, Crow was played by J Elvis Weinstein.
* {{Corpsing}}:
-->'''Scientist''': [Gamera] has certain organs that nearly function like a hydroelectric plant. ''(Joel laughs)''
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Gamera is sent to space.
-->'''Joel''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis So they. Shot him. Into. Space.]] [[NotSoDifferent Kinda reminds me of me.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Only aired episode where there are no bots in the theater.
** The Mads are still absent, as Joel picked out today's experiment on his own accord.

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!!The KTMA version provides examples of:
* AbsenteeActor: Trace Beaulieu was not present during the episode's production, as he was visiting relatives. To explain this, Joel had Crow was cryogenically frozen into a Christmas tree.
* {{Corpsing}}:
-->'''Scientist''': [Gamera] has certain organs that nearly function like a hydroelectric plant. ''(Joel laughs)''
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Gamera is sent to space.
-->'''Joel''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis So they. Shot him. Into. Space.]] [[NotSoDifferent Kinda reminds me of me.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Only aired episode where there are no bots in the theater.

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* AbsenteeActor: Trace Beaulieu was not present during the episode's production. To explain this, Joel had Crow was cryogenically frozen into a Christmas tree.

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* AbsenteeActor: Trace Beaulieu was not present during the episode's production.production, as he was visiting relatives. To explain this, Joel had Crow was cryogenically frozen into a Christmas tree.
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* RecycledScript[=/=]MythologyGag: The riff about how all stories come from the ocean comes from the KTMA version of the episode.
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-->''Scientist'': [Gamera] has certain organs that nearly function like a hydroelectric plant. ''(Joel laughs)''

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-->''Scientist'': -->'''Scientist''': [Gamera] has certain organs that nearly function like a hydroelectric plant. ''(Joel laughs)''
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* RecycledScript[=/=]MythologyGag: The riff about how all stories come from the ocean comes from the KTMA version of the episode.


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!!The KTMA version provides examples of:
* AbsenteeActor: Trace Beaulieu was not present during the episode's production. To explain this, Joel had Crow was cryogenically frozen into a Christmas tree.
* {{Corpsing}}:
-->''Scientist'': [Gamera] has certain organs that nearly function like a hydroelectric plant. ''(Joel laughs)''
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Gamera is sent to space.
-->'''Joel''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis So they. Shot him. Into. Space.]] [[NotSoDifferent Kinda reminds me of me.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Only aired episode where there are no bots in the theater.

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->''[[TheStinger "Bye..."]]''

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->''[[TheStinger ->[[TheStinger "Bye..."]]''"]]
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[[TheStinger "Bye..."]]

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* TheScrappy: The guys ''hate'' Kenny.
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* TheScrappy: The guys ''hate'' Kenny.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Crow getting his arm ripped off.

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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Crow getting his arm ripped off. Justified, as he's a robot.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Crow getting his arm ripped off.
-->'''Crow''': Hey! I need that.
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* VoodooDoll: During one of the host segments, they use an [[Film/ErnestPWorrell Ernest]] (Creator/JimVarney) doll, though without his [[NiceHat hat]].
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-->'''Crow''': Do you realize a robot just sang a love song to a turtle?
* TrustBuildingBlunder: Crow uses this as a practical joke on Servo.



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** InterspeciesRomance: It's not hard to feel more for Servo than for Kenny as we're watching the boy search for the turtle.
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Film watched: ''[[Film/GiantMonsterGamera Gamera]]'' aka Giant Monster Gamera
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!!The MST3K version provides examples of:

* IncrediblyLamePun: [[DisproportionateRetribution Joel rips Crow's arm off]] because of one during a scene where the military brings out the big guns.
-->'''Crow''': Oh, and that's the ''tanks'' I get?
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Joel rips Crow's ''other'' arm off for the latter comparing a scene in the movie where a rocket takes off into space to Joel's situation. The trope comes into play when Servo starts singing the [[ExpositoryThemeTune MST3K Theme Song]].
-->'''Crow''': Hey, Joel--[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Remind you of anything?]]
-->'''Servo''': (''Singing'') ''[[MysteryScienceTheater3000 In the not-too-distant future...]]''
* NotableOriginalMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFEyj3dZnTc Tibby, Oh Tibby...]]
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Servo narrates one for the cast and characters of the original Gamera film.

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