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3	Michael John Nelson (born October 11, 1964 in St. Charles, Illinois) is an American comedian best known as the head writer of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' once the show jumped from KTMA to Creator/ComedyCentral. He later took over from series creator Creator/JoelHodgson as the human host character, [[TheDanza also named Mike Nelson]].
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5	Since the show ended, he has starred in ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' alongside fellow ''[=MST3K=]'' alumni Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett. He has also provided DVD commentaries for old B movies.
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7	He is married to fellow ''[=MST3K=]'' alum Bridget Jones and is good friends with Creator/DougTenNapel. He is also a devout Christian and politically conservative.
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9	* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''
10	* ''Series/TheFilmCrew''
11	* ''Podcast/RiffTrax''
12	* ''VideoGame/{{Armikrog}}'' as Tommynaut
13	* [[HeAlsoDid Story editor for]] ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTalesInTheHouse'' ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, really.]])[[note]]Mike left the show part-way through Season 2 due to [=RiffTrax=] comittments.[[/note]]
14	* ''[[Podcast/ThreeHundredSeventyTwoPagesWellNeverGetBack 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back,]]'' a podcast where Mike and fellow [=RiffTrax=] alumni Conor Lastowka reads through and riffs on ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne''. Has since continued to do further episodes, not only on Ernest Cline's other book, ''Literature/{{Armada}}'', but other infamous pieces of literature such as ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' and Creator/WilliamShatner's ''Tek War''.
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16	[[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds Destroyed a world that one time.]]
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18	!!Tropes common Mike Nelson's works include:
19	* DeadpanSnarker: Part of his bread and butter as the host of both ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' and ''[=RiffTrax=]''. Interestingly, he leans somewhat more to the "Snarker" side of the trope, whereas Joel is more to the "Deadpan" side.
20	* CausticCritic: One of the trope codifiers thanks to his role on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', a show revolving around people riffing on terrible movies.
21	* KubrickStare: Mike frequently does these in ''[=MST3K=]'' as well as ''The Film Crew'' and is really terrifyingly good at them. Just watch him in "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E23TheAmazingTransparentMan The Amazing Transparent Man]]" episode of ''[=MST3K=]'' as the {{Hillbilly Horror\|s}} "Mikey"; he holds the stare without blinking for over half a minute.

Context Creator / MikeNelson