History YMMV / Hobgoblins

* UnfortunateImplications. The only way Amy becomes likable is [[MyGirlIsASlut by becoming slutty]], which is really sad because she looked a lot prettier before turning slut.
** Likewise, the conservatively-dressed "real-life" version of phone sex operator, "Fantazia", is actually somewhat more attractive than the hideous weirdo "fantasy/hootchie/David Lee Roth" version that tempts & almost kills Kyle.

* HilariousInHindsight: Daran Norris making out with the waitress named Pixie, after knowing he want on to play [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Cosmo]].

* SoBadItsGood: It's about as good as the movie can hope for.

** One MST3K fan wrote a [[http://dada.warped.com/cjclark/mst-907.txt one-act play]] about a supposed sequel, then a real sequel was made.

** The "decyphering" of the "Kiss Kicker 99" reveal that the first verse is "Why work for something when you can steal it?". Considering how this movie's status as a low grade ''Gremlins'' ripoff, it's quite appropriate.

!!''{{Hobgoblins}}'' contains examples of:

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Clearly, the movie would have been much better if Dennis, the irreverent music lover, were the hero. This is probably because no matter how stupid ''his'' friends are, there's no way they'd be as annoying as Kevin and his pals.

** That wasn't a woman, it was Music/DavidLeeRoth]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Club Scum MC played by Daran Norris and [[DecoyProtagonist Dennis]] are probably the only likable and funny characters in the movie.

* HamAndCheese: DaranNorris is abut the only truly funny thing in the movie, due to his bizarre mannerisms as the Club Scum MC.

* HilariousInHindsight: DaranNorris making out with the waitress named Pixie, after knowing he want on to play [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Cosmo]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: This was his first film role ever, but Daran Norris would go on to achieve a successful career - becoming [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Cosmo]], [[WesternAnimation/TheReplacements Dick Daring]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]] and many more.

** That wasn't a woman, it was [[Music/VanHalen David Lee Roth]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: This was his first film role ever, but Daran Norris would go on to achieve a successful career - becoming [[TheFairlyOddparents Cosmo]], [[TheReplacements Dick Daring]], [[TheSpectacularSpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]] and many more.

** That wasn't a woman, it was [[VanHalen David Lee Roth]].

* UnfortunateImplications. As Crow puts it, the only way Amy becomes likable is [[MyGirlIsASlut by becoming slutty]].
** Which is really sad because she looked a lot prettier before turning slut.

-->'''Crow T. Robot''': Someone's rubbing puppets on us!
** Before that:
--->'''Crow:''' ''(on seeing a victim covered in a really bad blood effect)'' The crowd threw beef gravy on him...

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!!The ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode of this movie contains examples of:
* CrowningMomentOfFunny
** '''Mike''': ''(singing)'' "It's [[TheEighties the '80s]]! Do a lot of coke and vote for RonaldReagan!"
** Servo's alternate lyrics to [[strike:Pig Licker]] [[strike:Ice Snickers]] Kiss Kicker:
--->'''Lead Singer''': ''(imperceptible singing)''
--->'''Tom Servo''': ''(singing)'' LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT OUR DRINK SPECIALS TONIGHT!
--->'''Lead Singer''': KISS! KICKER!
--->'''Tom Servo''': ''(singing)'' DON'T PARK IN THE ALLEY OR YOU'LL GET TOWED!
--->'''Lead Singer''': KISS! KICKER! ''(imperceptible singing)'' KISS! KICKER!
--->'''Tom Servo''': ''(singing)'' WHILE I'M UP HERE, LET ME POINT OUT THE RESTROOM!
** Crow's "documentary" where he "proves" that women ''do not exist''. This is mostly a joke on how TheSmurfettePrinciple applies to the show.
** "Hobgoblins. Hobgoblins. What'cha gonna do with those hobgoblins..."
** "Meet the Hobgoblins - Frankie, Sniffles, Bounce-Bounce and The Claw!"
** The aforementioned CardboardPal moment.
** This may have been unintentional, but anytime Cardboard Mike's pointing finger gets in range of someone's nose...
** The interview with cardboard Rick Sloane, especially Crow doing the voice. Even Mike is cracking up.
** "Pig Licker! A man who licks pigs... or perhaps liquor made from pigs!" "...I would not want Pig Liquor."
** DON KING!
** *as a Hobgoblin pounces on Daphne* "[[MarxBrothers Can't you see what I'm trying to tell you, I love you!]]"
*** Also:
-->(Daphne walks in, clothes disheveled)
--> '''Amy:''' Honestly, couldn't Nick wait?
--> (Hobgoblin pounces on Daphne)
--> '''Tom Servo:''' Now who's this "Nick?" Is there another man in your life?
* EarWorm: Mike's lyrics to "It's TheEighties" mentioned above.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In one scene, when a character remarks that "[Being a security guard] is not that difficult," Mike riffs: "JFK Jr. could do it." This was intended to poke fun at the ''George'' magazine he founded, which was losing money and not taken very seriously as a publication. A little more than a year later, John F. Kennedy Jr. died in a private plane crash he himself was piloting (the crash was attributed to pilot error caused by his inexperience). Suddenly, this riff sounds a lot more mean-spirited than it was meant to be. (Hobgoblins originally aired: 6/27/98. JFK Jr's plane crash: 7/16/99)
** And ''another'' one: a character picks up a gun, and Tom Servo riffs: "If found: please return to [[HunterSThompson Hunter Thompson]]," a reference to Thompson's vast collection of firearms. About six and a half years later, Hunter Thompson committed suicide with a handgun.
* HilariousInHindsight: Servo's riff on DaranNorris' emcee, "Proof that there's no life after drama club!" is ironic when you consider that Norris was one of two guys to have a career after acting in this stinkbomb. (The other was the guy who played [[strike:Toe Cheese]] [[strike:Back Sweat]] [[strike:Sweat Gland]] [[strike:Butt Crack]] Road Rash, who you may remember as Zed's pal Maynard in ''PulpFiction'')
* {{Mondegreen}}: Mike and the 'bots attempts to figure out the title of [[strike: "Pig Sticker" "Pig Licker" "Kids Snickers" "Iced Chicken" "Swiss Knickers" "Lint Kicker" "Fish Picker"]] "Kiss Kicker"

* [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible So Bad It's Horrible]]: Worst case scenario: it's this, seeing as the movie has all the attendant talent and production values of your typical porn flick, but none of the ''porn''.

* [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible]]: Worst case scenario: it's this, seeing as the movie has all the attendant talent and production values of your typical porn flick, but none of the ''porn''.

* SoBadItsHorrible: Worst case scenario, it's this, seeing as the movie has all the attendant talent and production values of your typical porn flick, but none of the ''porn''.

* EarWorm: ''It's TheEighties/Do a lot of coke and vote for RonaldReagan.''