History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E18AttackOfTheEyeCreatures

Film watched: ''[[Film/AttackOfTheEyeCreatures Attack of the The Eye Creatures]]''

!!The [=MST3K=] treatment of ''[[Film/AttackOfTheEyeCreatures Attack of the The Eye Creatures]]'', along with proving that they just didn't care, provides examples of:

Film watched: ''[[Film/AttackOfTheEyeCreatures The Eye Creatures]] '' aka ''Attack of the Eye Creatures'' aka ''Attack of the The Eye Creatures''

!!The [=MST3K=] treatment provides examples of:

* An incensed Joel and the 'Bots that with all of the poor special effects and lack of plot/character development, the crew of the movie just didn't care. The Mads try to show that the film's director Larry Buchanan ''did'' care, but it sadly turns out that he really doesn't.

* Crow and Servo are going through a "best friends" phase, which doesn't last long.

* The Mads present the router Ouija board, to listen to spirits of dead woodworkers. Joel sends the Mads his invention, the Funny Gag fax, which squirts water to Dr. Forrester.

* Servo just wants to make out with someone. He first asks Crow, Gypsy and then Magic Voice.

* Joel and the Bots pay tribute to actor Earl Holliman.
-->'''Joel:''' Earl Holliman, who would have been Creator/WilliamShatner, had there not already been one.

* As the Rip Taylor Trio, Joel and the Bots present their line of Eye Creature gags.

* Upon analysis, Joel and the Bots conclude that [[RunningGag the the crew of the the movie]] just didn't care. Then the Mads try to show that the film's director did care, but sadly it turns out he really just doesn't care.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

** Because the Eye Creature have perpetually gaped mouths, Joel and the Bots periodically make yawning noises.

* WaxingLyrical: The movie doing a close-up on a character resembling Creator/RickAstley prompts Joel to [[{{Rickroll}} belt out the appropriate song.]]

* IncrediblyLamePun:
** After inventing the Woodworker Ouija Board, the Mads announce that they'll invent "Literature/TheLatheOfHeaven". When they ask the spirit of Ethan Allen to "Give them a sign," they receive a ''[[VisualPun literal]]'' [[VisualPun wooden sign]] that reads "BLESS THIS MESS."
** Eye puns abound, of course.

* PungeonMaster: Joel and the Bots for the duration of the film, but cranked up to eleven when they channel standup comic Rip Taylor in Segment 4. The density of eye puns is terrif''eye''ing.

* KillEmAll: Crow begs the crotchety shotgun-wielding old man to kill the entire cast.

* PungeonMaster: Joel and the Bots for the duration of the film, but cranked UpToEleven when they channel standup comic Rip Taylor in Segment 4. The density of eye puns is terrif''eye''ing.

* The the Mads present the the router Ouija board, to listen to spirits of dead woodworkers. Joel sends the the Mads his invention, the the Funny Gag fax, which squirts water to Dr. Forrester.

* Joel and the the Bots pay tribute to actor Earl Holliman.

* As the the Rip Taylor Trio, Joel and the the Bots present their line of Eye Creature gags.

* After analyzing the the movie, Joel and the the Bots conclude that the the movie crew just did not care. Then the the Mads try to show that the the film's director did care, but sadly he also just doesn't care.

* BrainBleach: The the final scene with the the CovertPervert military Officers:

* CallBack: The the "Sessions presents...!" RunningGag from ''Tormented'' makes its return for another couple scenes of {{Padding}}.%%InUniverse
* CreatorsApathy: Invoked, and the the original TropeNamer ("They Just Didn't Care"): the the entire final segment is devoted to pointing out all the the many ways in which the the filmmakers just. Didn't. Care.

* HollywoodDarkness: The the movie does a [[SpecialEffectsFailure less-than-stellar job]] with its day-for-night shooting.%%InUniverse

** After inventing the the Woodworker Ouija Board, the the Mads announce that they'll invent "Literature/TheLatheOfHeaven". When they ask the the spirit of Ethan Allen to "Give them a sign," they receive a ''[[VisualPun literal]]'' [[VisualPun wooden sign]] that reads "BLESS THIS MESS."

* KillEmAll: Crow begs the the crotchety shotgun-wielding old man to kill the the entire cast.
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Joel makes the the old man into one of these. Immediately after he promises to give the the kids and their friends "a backside full of rock salt":

* NotSoStoic: Joel ends up apologizing for the the rest of the the male sex, and later, actually loses his cool, berating one character:

* PungeonMaster: Joel and the the Bots for the the duration of the the film, but cranked UpToEleven when they channel standup comic Rip Taylor in Segment 4. The the density of eye puns is terrif''eye''ing.

-->'''Crow:''' I don't know about you, but I'm rooting for the the Eye Creatures. (The therepeated "the" is in the the original quote. See RunningGag.
** Crow actively roots for a gun-toting character to "kill all the the characters" in the the film.

** Several jokes at the the expense of Susan's peculiar beehive hairdo.
** Smoochers! "Another carload a' them blasted smoochers on my property! I'll get the the law after 'em!"
--->'''Joel:''' ''[as the the old man]'' Oh, oh! A ''single'' smoocher! The the worst kind!
** Of course, they run with the "the the" mistake.
** Because the the Eye Creature have perpetually gaped mouths, Joel and the the Bots periodically make yawning noises.

* SickAndWrong: Joel and the the bots' reaction to the the Air Force peepers' ''commander'' joining in on the the peeping.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]. The the entire last segment is Joel and the the Bots ripping into the the movie's ''many'' poor effects with "They just didn't care!" highlighting each one.
** Most prominent is how the the movie was obviously shot [[HollywoodDarkness mostly at daytime]].

** And, of course, there's the the various PeopleInRubberSuits costumes of the the eye creatures themselves, a race "unfortunate enough to have evolved with heavy-duty zippers running up their backs."

* {{Squick}}: Joel says "[[SickAndWrong Ewwwwwwwwww]]" more in this film than all of the the previous experiments combined.%%InUniverse
* StealthPun: The the "Rip Taylor Trio" host segment features a lot of "eye" jokes; some of these are '''sight gags'''.

* ViewersAreGeniuses: Upon seeing the the movie title, Joel exclaims it's an anacoluthon. He's right: an anacoluthon is a syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence, like "Did you know that she-... I'm not sure."
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Parodied with Tom wanting to experience this thing called "making out" in the the first skit. He asks Crow, who is horrified; Gypsy, who bursts out laughing; and Magic Voice, who of course doesn't have a body -- yet making out is nothing new to her. Tom starts waxing philosophical about his many questions... until Joel [[ShutUpKiss shuts him up]] with a WesternAnimation/BugsBunny-esque TakeThatKiss.

* The Mads present the router Ouija board, to listen to spirits of dead woodworkers. Joel sends the Mads his invention, the Funny Gag fax, which squirts water to Dr. Forrester.

* Joel and the Bots pay tribute to actor Earl Holliman.

* As the Rip Taylor Trio, Joel and the Bots present their line of Eye Creature gags.

* After analyzing the movie, Joel and the Bots conclude that the movie crew just did not care. Then the Mads try to show that the film's director did care, but sadly he also just doesn't care.

* BrainBleach: The final scene with the CovertPervert military Officers:

* CallBack: The "Sessions presents...!" RunningGag from ''Tormented'' makes its return for another couple scenes of {{Padding}}.%%InUniverse
* CreatorsApathy: Invoked, and the original TropeNamer ("They Just Didn't Care"): the entire final segment is devoted to pointing out all the many ways in which the filmmakers just. Didn't. Care.

* HollywoodDarkness: The movie does a [[SpecialEffectsFailure less-than-stellar job]] with its day-for-night shooting.%%InUniverse

** After inventing the Woodworker Ouija Board, the Mads announce that they'll invent "Literature/TheLatheOfHeaven". When they ask the spirit of Ethan Allen to "Give them a sign," they receive a ''[[VisualPun literal]]'' [[VisualPun wooden sign]] that reads "BLESS THIS MESS."

* KillEmAll: Crow begs the crotchety shotgun-wielding old man to kill the entire cast.
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Joel makes the old man into one of these. Immediately after he promises to give the kids and their friends "a backside full of rock salt":

* NotSoStoic: Joel ends up apologizing for the rest of the male sex, and later, actually loses his cool, berating one character:

* PungeonMaster: Joel and the Bots for the duration of the film, but cranked UpToEleven when they channel standup comic Rip Taylor in Segment 4. The density of eye puns is terrif''eye''ing.

-->'''Crow:''' I don't know about you, but I'm rooting for the the Eye Creatures. ''[sic]''%%The repeated "the" is in the original quote. See RunningGag.
** Crow actively roots for a gun-toting character to "kill all the characters" in the film.

** Several jokes at the expense of Susan's peculiar beehive hairdo.
** Smoochers! "Another carload a' them blasted smoochers on my property! I'll get the law after 'em!"
--->'''Joel:''' ''[as the old man]'' Oh, oh! A ''single'' smoocher! The worst kind!

** Because the Eye Creature have perpetually gaped mouths, Joel and the Bots periodically make yawning noises.

* SickAndWrong: Joel and the bots' reaction to the Air Force peepers' ''commander'' joining in on the peeping.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]. The entire last segment is Joel and the Bots ripping into the movie's ''many'' poor effects with "They just didn't care!" highlighting each one.
** Most prominent is how the movie was obviously shot [[HollywoodDarkness mostly at daytime]].

** And, of course, there's the various PeopleInRubberSuits costumes of the eye creatures themselves, a race "unfortunate enough to have evolved with heavy-duty zippers running up their backs."

* {{Squick}}: Joel says "[[SickAndWrong Ewwwwwwwwww]]" more in this film than all of the previous experiments combined.%%InUniverse

* ViewersAreGeniuses: Upon seeing the movie title, Joel exclaims it's an anacoluthon. He's right: an anacoluthon is a syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence, like "Did you know that she-... I'm not sure."
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Parodied with Tom wanting to experience this thing called "making out" in the first skit. He asks Crow, who is horrified; Gypsy, who bursts out laughing; and Magic Voice, who of course doesn't have a body -- yet making out is nothing new to her. Tom starts waxing philosophical about his many questions... until Joel [[ShutUpKiss shuts him up]] with a WesternAnimation/BugsBunny-esque TakeThatKiss.

* RootingForTheEmpire: {{Invoked|Trope}}:

-->'''Joel:''' [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've always wanted to do that!]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Tom during his queries about making out.
-->'''Tom:''' Do you suck or blow?

* IncrediblyLamePun: After inventing the Woodworker Ouija Board, the Mads announce that they'll invent "Literature/TheLatheOfHeaven".
** They also ask the spirit of Ethan Allen to "Give them a sign" [[note]]A ''literal'' sign that reads "BLESS THIS MESS"[[/note]]

* PungeonMaster: Joel and the Bots turn into these for the duration of the film. The density of eye puns is terrif''eye''ing.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Parodied with Tom wanting to experience this thing called "making out" in the first skit. He asks Crow, who is horrified; Gypsy, who bursts out laughing; and Magic Voice, who of course doesn't have a body. Tom starts waxing philosophical about his many questions... until Joel [[ShutUpKiss shuts him up]] with a WesternAnimation/BugsBunny-esque TakeThatKiss.

* CreatorsApathy: Invoked, and the original TropeNamer ("TheyJustDidntCare"): the entire final segment is devoted to pointing out all the many ways in which the filmmakers just. Didn't. Care.

* EyePoke: Forrester attempts an old-fashioned two-finger Stooges poke on Frank after losing patience with him, but forgets that Frank can turn his plastic face shield down and winds up only injuring his hand.

-->'''Crow:''' The the end! Let's let's go!

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Parodied with Tom wanting to experience this thing called "making out" in the first skit. He asks Crow, who is horrified; Gypsy, who bursts out laughing; and Magic Voice, doesn't have a body. Tom starts waxing philosophical about his many questions... until Joel [[ShutUpKiss shuts him up]] with a WesternAnimation/BugsBunny-esque TakeThatKiss.

-->'''Joel:''' Earl Holliman, who would have been Creator/WilliamShatner, if there had not already been one.

-->'''Joel:''' ''(angry)'' You know what? You are '''''one [[SickAndWrong sick]] mamma-jamma'''''.

** Many jokes at the expense of Susan's peculiar beehive hairdo.

** Most prominently is how the movie was obviously shot at mostly daytime.
-->'''Tom''': In fact, you couldn't have picked a nicer ''day'' to film a ''night'' sequence!\\
'''Tom:''' ''[later]'' Sure is dark out there! I hope they don't get a ''moon''burn!

* PungeonMaster: Joel and the Bots turn into those for the duration of the film. The density of eye puns is terrif''eye''ing.

* CallBack: The "Sessions presents...!" gag used as a RunningGag from ''Tormented'' makes a return for a couple scenes of {{Padding}}.

* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Joel says this (nearly) word for word in one host segment after his TakeThatKiss.

*** The first skit is even devoted to Tom wanting to experience "making out". Crow is horrified; Gypsy bursts out laughing; Magic Voice doesn't have a body. Tom starts waxing philosophical, but Joel [[ShutUpKiss shuts him up]] with a WesternAnimation/BugsBunny-esque TakeThatKiss.
--->'''Joel:''' I've always wanted to do that!

** Joel ends up apologizing for the rest of the male sex, and later, actually loses his cool, berating one character:
--->'''Joel:''' ''(angry)'' You know what? You are '''''one sick mamma-jamma'''''.

* {{Squick}}: Joel says "Ewwwwwwwwww" more in this film than all of the previous experiments combined.%%InUniverse