History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E23VillageOfTheGiants

* ParentalSubstitute: At one point, Servo excitedly starts calling the gumball machine in Genius's lab his mother. A few minutes later, he promptly disowns her after seeing her "get bought off for a nickel" when Fred stops to buy a gumball while stealing the Goo.

* EndOfAnEra: The last movie by much-riffed B-movie director Creator/BertIGordon the show would ever do.[[note]]Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} would eventually tackle ''Film/AttackOfThePuppetPeople''.[[/note]] Gordon directed more movies featured on the show than anyone else -- in addition to his various movies about giants, he was also responsible for ''Film/TheMagicSword'' and ''Film/Tormented1960''.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A funny ''non''-event -- Frank is sitting on the couch [[GoofyPrintUnderwear in his underwear]] next to a pile of empty pizza boxes with a portable TV on his stomach during Torgo's job interview. He barely moves the entire time (other than a sarcastic "Oh, whoopee" when Torgo gets the job).

* HiredOnTheSpot: Dr. Forrester gives Torgo a very simple interview and immediately hires him to replace TV's Frank.

-->'''Dr. F.:''' First rule: No theme music.\\
'''Torgo:''' ''What'' theme music? (''walks away, Haunting Torgo Theme plays'')

* NoodleIncident: Frank tricks Torgo into doing something to Dr. Forrester offscreen. We never know what it is but it's enough to get Forrester to throw Torgo out on his ear immediately.
* ParentalSubstitute: At one point, Servo excitedly starts calling the gumball machine in Genius's lab his mother. A few minutes later, he promptly disowns her after seeing her "get bought off for a nickel" when the head teen stops to buy a gumball while stealing the Goo.
* PetTheDog: Mike and the Bots are super nice to Frank after he gets fired. They get ready to send him a card and even give him a job interview for a position on the SOL (although they really just do this so he doesn't commit fraud while trying to apply for unemployment benefits).

--->'''Crow:''' ''(defensively)'' Hey, I ''liked'' ''Willow''!

** ''Countless'' riffs based on Music/FrankZappa songs. Zappa was a fan of the show and the episode was dedicated [[InMemoriam in his memory]].

-->'''Mike:''' Oh, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Pollak Kevin Pollak]], you liked that?\\

--> '''Mike''' [''as Fred'']: I get it--I think she meant to put this around ''my'' feet, not those mannequin legs down there!

!!The Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 presentation contains these tropes:

* DualMeaningChorus: While "The Greatest Frank of All" is ostensibly meant to refer to ''TV's'' Frank, the end shows it was also meant as a loving tribute to Frank Zappa (see Trivia), who had passed away a month before this episode aired.

* Frank calls Mike and the 'Bots from the janitor's closet, asking if they can help him apply for unemployment. Wary about comitting fraud, the SOL crew takes the time to host a fake job interview with Frank, which ends when Dr. Forrester evicts him..

* Mike and the 'Bots decide to take up exercising, though it's mostly Mike. The 'Bots are not a fan of how he makes them get into it, specifically how he throws eggs and sausage into a juicer for a liquid breakfast.

* Mike and the 'Bots decide to take up exercising. Mostly Mike. The 'Bots are not a fan of how he makes them get into it.

* Dr. Forrester is doing some budget-shifts to Deep 13 in order to make his enterprise more profitable. His first task is to fire TV's Frank for no good reason. Frank is left speechless at his sudden shift to unemployment.

* As the now-jobless Frank loafs around Deep 13 like a slob, Torgo visits for a job interview with Dr. Forrester and is immediately hired.

* Frank asks Mike and the 'Bots to host a fake job interview with him so he can use it to apply for unemployment benefits. The interview ends when Dr. Forrester evicts Frank from the janitor's closet.

* Frank is all packed and ready to leave, but the crew try to cheer him up with a song to explain why he's truly the greatest Frank of all. Upon realizing how much of his soul and physical anatomy he's sacrificed for Dr. Forrester, Frank swears to get rehired.

* Frank puts an end to Torgo's career in Deep 13 with a little employee sabotage. Dr. F is so disgusted at Frank's treachery that he happily rehires him before proceeding to kill him.

->''[[PleaseDontLeaveMe "Please... please, don't go."]]\\

->''[[PleaseDontLeaveMe "Please, don't go."]]\\
[[InMemoriam "Goodbye,]] [[Music/FrankZappa Frank,]] [[InMemoriam you were enjoyed."\\
(singing) "Let me be frank about Frank..."]]''

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** The SOL recognize Tommy Kirk and Jim Begg from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E04CatalinaCaper Catalina Caper]]''.

* ContinuityNod: Awkward henchman/[[CrustyCaretaker groundssatyr]] Torgo from ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' briefly takes over Frank's job in Deep 13. During his job interview, he mentions running [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate his own delivery business]] that had to shut down [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E08OperationDouble007 because of "sanitation problems"]]. His "haunting Torgo theme" from ''Manos'' return along with him, and the cheerful jazz background music from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E19TheRebelSet The Rebel Set]]'' plays during the interview.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Frank is happy to take an offscreen ice augering if it means he gets his job back. Also the GoodTimesMontage of all the previous times Frank got killed during the song.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Invoked; when one of the women kisses a guy, she says "Please?", but it ends up sounding more like "Bees?" Mike runs with it: "Bees, yes."

-->'''Crow:''' [[Film/TheAmazingColossalMan What sin could a duck commit in a single lifetime...?]]