History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E07IAccuseMyParents

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[[caption-width-right:350:"''Truck Farmer: The Special Edition'': includes scenes the studio originally thought too graphic for audiences."]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Jimmy is such a BadLiar, [[AmbiguousSituation they probably should’ve sworn him in]].

* ValuesDissonance: The crew gets a lot of mileage over the short happily describing the clearcutting of forests, using dangerous chemicals on plants, low paid migrant labor, and worship of the automobile.

* MoneyForNothing: By Joel's own estimate, Jimmy managed to get $35 from his parents by doing nothing.[[note]]$10 left with a note from his mom at the start of the movie, $5 from his dad for winning the essay contest, and $20 so he can hang out with his friends for his birthday. This is approximately $600 in 2023 dollars.[[/note]]

* LanguageDrift: The term "Truck Farming" baffles Joel and the 'Bots, who repeatedly ask each other if anyone's seen a truck yet. For the record, "truck" in this context refers to market vegetables, from an even earlier sense meaning to barter. It's quite rare these days, and most people would be much more familiar with the completely different word "truck" (from the Greek for "wheel") that refers to a wheeled vehicle for carrying heavy loads (or small wheels on heavy objects to allow movement).

* LanguageDrift: The term "Truck Farming" baffles Joel and the 'Bots, who repeatedly ask each other if anyone's seen a truck yet. For the record, "truck" in this context refers to market vegetables, from an even earlier sense meaning to barter. It's quite rare these days, and most people would be much more familiar with the completely different word "truck" (from the Greek for "wheel") that refers to a wheeled vehicle for carrying heavy loads.

!!The ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' presentation provides examples of:

** Joel and the Bots also tear ''The Truck Farmer'' a new one for its unflinching praise of terrible land management and exploited cheap labor.

* ValuesDissonance: Invoked:
** The crew gets a lot of mileage over the Truck Farmer short happily describing clearcutting of forests, using dangerous chemicals on plants, low paid migrant labor and the worship of the automobile.
** Plus "Thank god I'm white!" when the judge lets Jimmy off scot-free.

* Dr. Forrester presents Cake n' Shake, an easy-to-make cake mix that comes with its own pre-packaged exotic dancer. Unfortunately, Frank decided to "skip a step" by putting the dancer inside ''before'' baking, and now the Mads have to dig the dance out or risk getting in BIG trouble with Chippendales. Joel shows off the Junk Drawer Organizer, a kit to make sorting all your random odds and ends quick and easy.

* Tom Servo has become a real boy, or as real as a robot painted pink can become.

* Dr. Forrester presents Cake n' Shake, easy-to-make cake mix that comes with its own pre-packaged exotic dancer, but Frank put the dancer in before baking and now the Mads have to dig him out or risk getting in trouble with Chippendales. Joel shows off the Junk Drawer Organizer to make sorting all your random odds and ends quick and easy.

* Joel has asked the 'Bots to draw their ideal family. The results are a bit concerning.

* The crew recreates the movie's musical number, with Gypsy singing along to Kitty's song. It gets cut short when waiters Crow and Servo crash into Cambot and make a mess.

* In order to get to the bottom of Jimmy's complexity, Joel puts together an illustrated model of what goes through Jimmy's witless head.

* Servo and Crow demand that Joel give them "a charbroiled hamburger sandwich with french fried potatoes garnish". Joel plays dumb until the 'Bots threaten him with a tank and he relents. The Mads have finally gotten the exotic dancer out of their cake and are rewarded with a complimentary dance.

* MoneyForNothing: By Joel's own estimate, Jimmy managed to get $35 from his parents by doing nothing.[[note]]$10 left with a note from his mom at the start of the movie, $5 from his dad for winning the essay contest, and $20 so he can hang out with his friends for his birthday[[/note]]

-->'''Joel (as Charlie)''': ''(from the closest) Goodnight, Jimmy-- ''OH!''

-->'''Tom (as Jimmy):''' ''(sad)'' Ohhh... okay... Goodnight, Mr. Blake.
-->He '''Joel (as Charlie):''' ''(from the closest) Goodnight, Jimmy-- ''OH!''

'''Joel (as Charlie):''' ''(from the closest) Goodnight, Jimmy-- ''OH!''

* DawsonCasting: [[invoked]] Lampshaded. The fact that Robert Lowell is quite obviously a bit too old to convincingly play a teenager is frequently used for jokes.
-->'''Joel (as Jimmy):''' Oh boy, oh boy! I won, I won! After 11 years in high school I finally won... ''something!''

* DawnsonCasting: [[invoked]] Lampshaded. The fact that Robert Lowell is quite obviously a bit too old to convincingly play a teenager is frequently used for jokes.

-->'''Tom''': (as Jimmy; sad) Ohhh... okay... Goodnight, Mr. Blake.
-->'''Joel''': (as Charlie; from the closest) Goodnight, Jimmy- ''OH!''

-->'''Crow''': (as Jimmy) I'll just put this over here with Mom's suicide note.

* EverybodyKnewAlready: Parodied: During the scene where Charlie [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim forces Kitty to break it off with Jimmy lest he kill him]], while he hides in Kitty's closet, the crew decides to spin it that it's not exactly ''subtle''. Tom has Kitty [[HintDropping keep muttering "guyinthecloset"]], Crow has Charlie loudly inquire about a tennis racket in the closet, and Joel has Jimmy remark about smelling cigar smoke. And then, when Jimmy finally decides to leave:

-->'''Crow''': (as Jimmy) I'll just leave this here by Mom's suicide note.

* TooDumbToLive: The crew's assessment of Jimmy when analyzing him. [[invoked]]

* WhatAnIdiot: Invoked, as the gang explain Jimmy's actions as chiefly coming about because he's stupid.