Line #66 Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine


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3	''Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine'' is a 1965 spy spoof produced by Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures and directed by [[Film/{{Skippy}} Norman Taurog]], in which the eponymous, gold-slippered villain (Creator/VincentPrice), with the "help" of his resurrected flunky Igor (Jack Mullaney), constructs a gang of programmable female [[SexBot sexbots]], which are then assigned to seduce and rob various wealthy men. Opposing Goldfoot, sort of, are the (very) low-level government agent Craig Gamble ([[Film/BeachBlanketBingo Frankie Avalon]]) and one of Goldfoot's targets, Todd Armstrong ([[Series/TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis Dwayne Hickman]]). After various comic shenanigans involving Robot #11, aka Diane (Susan Hart), being romantically sicced on our hapless heroes, the film culminates in an extended slapstick ChaseScene through the streets of UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco.
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5	This is where things get sort of weird, at least behind the scenes. Somebody decided this movie needed a sequel, and so the next year a bizarre hybrid vehicle was Frankensteined into existence in Italy (where evidently the first film was quite popular), combining the character of Goldfoot, again played by the ever-game Price, with the low-rent (but again, popular) stylings of an [[DoubleActsAndGroups Italian comedy duo]], Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia. Music/{{Fabian}} meanwhile replaces Avalon and Hickman as the erstwhile hero Bill Dexter, when he can spare a moment or two from his chasing after Laura Antonelli's character Rosanna. The plot this time around involves Goldfoot being hired by the Chinese government to mass-produce ''exploding'' female robots in an effort to disrupt a NATO war-games exercise, and then Goldfoot attempting to nuke Moscow and start WorldWarIII.
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7	And the man [[ContractualObligationProject assigned]], very much against his will, to direct all this? Creator/MarioBava. Yes, ''[[Film/BlackSunday that]]'' Mario Bava. The end result was edited into two different films, the English-language ''Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs'' (which focuses more on Price and Fabian) and the Italian-language ''Le Spie Vengono Dal Semifreddo''[[note]]The Spies Who Came in from the Semi-Cold[[/note]] (which features more of the Italian duo). Whichever version you're talking about, it's unsurprisingly a strong contender for the dubious honor of being Bava's worst movie, with Price and Fabian both firmly on record as to how awful it was.
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9	Oh, and there was also ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8dp7Ps6tX8 The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot]]'', a 1965 musical TV remake-sequel-promo... thing that aired as an episode of ''Shindig!'' on Creator/{{ABC}}, again starring Price and Hart, with [[Film/OldYeller Tommy Kirk]] and Aron Kincaid taking their turn as the protagonists, and Harvey Lembeck playing Goldfoot's cheerfully sycophantic assistant Hugo.
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12	!!These films provide examples of:
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14	* ActorAllusion:
15	** Avalon's ''Beach Party'' franchise co-stars Creator/AnnetteFunicello and Harvey Lembeck (as Eric von Zipper) [[TheCameo turn up]] as prisoners in Goldfoot's dungeon. (American International produced said franchise along with ''Bikini Machine''.)
16	** Avalon and Hickman swapped and reused their character names from ''Ski Party'', a movie they had recently appeared in. Their characters are even confused with each other in the movie.
17	* AndStarring: Fred Clark as Pevney rates a "Special Guest Star" credit in ''Bikini Machine''.
18	* AnimatedCreditsOpening: ''Bikini Machine'' features claymation credits, done by Art Clokey of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}'' fame, paired with a title song performed by Music/TheSupremes, of all groups.
19	* AntagonistTitle: The title of the film is taken from Dr. Goldfoot and his eponymous Bikini Machine.
20	* AscendedExtra: Aron Kincaid and Harvey Lembeck appear briefly in ''Bikini Machine'', before getting more prominent roles in the TV special.
21	* BadBoss: Goldfoot, especially towards Igor.
22	-->'''Goldfoot:''' Igor, you idiot, why must you listen to me when I'm ''wrong!?''
23	** Craig's uncle counts as this, too. He mocks his nephew's status in SIC, but refuses to take his claims seriously. [[spoiler: At the end of the film he's seen as Diane's next target.]]
24	* BreakingTheFourthWall: In ''Girl Bombs'', Goldfoot addresses the audience directly at more than one point.
25	* BunglingInventor: Igor tries to follow Goldfoot's example, with very mixed results.
26	* CardCarryingVillain: Goldfoot is quite gleeful in boasting about his villainy.
27	* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: Twice!
28	* ChaseScene: Both film end with one, ground vehicles and aircraft respectively.
29	* ColdBloodedTorture: Goldfoot straps Diane into an electrocution cabinet after the robot fails at one of her assigned missions.
30	* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: The robot gals in ''Bikini Machine'' usually wear these over their [[{{Fanservice}} gold bikinis]] when out and about in public, paired with pretty snazzy fedoras.
31	* CreatorCameo: Bava briefly appears in the second film as an angel, of all things.
32	* CreatorInJoke: Along with the stuff listed above under ActorAllusion, ''Bikini Machine'' reuses the character name "Pevney" from ''Ski Party''.
33	* CuteMute: Hardjob, Goldfoot's assistant in ''Girl Bombs''.
34	* DaChief: Gamble's boss (and uncle) D.J. Pevney.
35	* DeadlyDodging: The heroes do this at the end of ''Bikini Machine'', causing Goldfoot and Igor to suffer their DisneyVillainDeath moment listed below.
36	* DisneyVillainDeath: Goldfoot and Igor seem to suffer this and more, going over a sea-cliff in their Jeep and then getting hit by a missile [[StockFootage from a warship]]. (Due to said cliff being on a military testing range.) But they somehow survive and reappear unscathed at the very end of the film.
37	* DistractedByTheSexy: Diane turns quite a few heads just strolling down the street in her ConspicuousTrenchcoat; Goldfoot then uses this trope [[ShowSomeLeg deliberately]] to lure in her assigned target.
38	* DrivingADesk: Rather painfully used during the final chase scene in ''Bikini Machine'', though as always Price gives it his all in the acting department.
39	* TheEndOrIsIt: ''Bikini Machine'' adds a question mark to "The End."
40	* EnergyWeapon: Another Goldfoot invention is a tube of "lipstick" which shoots these.
41	* EyeScream: One of Goldfoot's inventions is a pair of rigged opera glasses which ejects a pair of poisoned spikes when used. Mercifully we never see them in action.
42	* {{Fanservice}}: Both films feature a completely gratuitous scene where the fembots end up dancing in their skimpy gold costumes.
43	* FunWithAcronyms: Gamble is a S.I.C. man!
44	* TheGulag: Where Franco and Ciccio end up.
45	* HandsomeLech: The hero in both films is a skirtchaser.
46	* HarmlessFreezing: Rosanna in ''Girl Bombs'' get subjected to this after being kidnapped by Goldfoot. (Though she appears to be actually suffering more than is usually the case with this trope.)
47	* HoneyTrap: The whole scheme in ''Bikini Machine''.
48	* IdenticalGrandson: Combined with an ActorAllusion- Goldfoot's family portrait gallery features depictions of Price in various previous roles.
49	* IdenticalStranger: Goldfoot is the double of one of the targeted NATO [[StutterStop generals]] in ''Girl Bombs''.
50	* IdiotHero: Franco and Ciccio, in spades. The various other protagonists aren't a whole lot better. Kincaid's character in the TV special is the only one who actually comes across as competent, focused and professional.
51	* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: In ''Girl Bombs'', it's hinted that Hardjob is one of these towards Goldfoot.
52	* TheIgor: Igor is mentally an example of this trope, but he ''looks'' pretty normal.
53	* IgnorantMinion: Igor is not the brightest bulb in the bush. "Igor you idiot!" practically becomes Goldfoot's catchphrase.
54	* InstantCostumeChange: Diane does this at one point, switching back and forth between horse-riding togs and [[SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable Something More Comfortable.]]
55	* InsufferableGenius: Goldfoot, naturally.
56	* InvisibleHoles: Diane sprouts these after getting shot at by some trigger-happy bank robbers and then drinking milk.
57	* InvisiblePresident: One of these speaks over a HotLine in ''Girl Bombs''.
58	* KarmaHoudini: Goldfoot escapes in the end in both movies.
59	* LargeHam. It's Creator/VincentPrice, what do you expect? Franco Franchi leaves molar marks all over the set in the sequel. And then there's Susan Hart's portrayal of Number 11/Diane, with all those accents...
60	* TheLoad: Kirk's idiot-savant character in the TV special pretty much exists to be a pain for Kincaid's.
61	* MadeOfIron: Maybe literally; Diane gets hit by a car and the vehicle suffers [[PedestrianCrushesCar far more damage]] than she does.
62	* MadScientist: Guess who.
63	* MakeupWeapon: Dr. Goldfoot's inventions include two “gifts” which the robots can give to possible female rivals – opera glasses which shoot out poisoned darts when help up to the eyes, and lipstick that fires laser beams when applied.
64	* MirrorRoutine: Price and Ingrassia do this bit when the latter's character is trying to hide inside Goldfoot's lair.
65	* MurphysBed: Gamble is the victim of one of these.
66	* NextSundayAD: A title at the start of ''Bikini Machine'' says the film is happening in San Francisco "The Day after Tomorrow".
67	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Done intentionally, with Diane sporting a different accent in each of her appearances.
68	* PaperThinDisguise:
69	** Goldfoot dresses up as a very unconvincing (as in, bearded) nun.
70	** And Franchi dresses as one of the bikini-clad sexbots in ''Girl Bombs.''
71	--->'''Goldfoot:''' That was the day I forgot to oil the machine.
72	* PendulumOfDeath: Goldfoot has one of these in his headquarters in ''Bikini Machine''.
73	* PerpetualPoverty: Gamble is constantly broke; early in ''Bikini Machine'', his enraged date ditches him when he "treats" her to cheese sandwiches in a cafeteria.
74	* PetTheDog: Goldfoot makes a snarky comment, but allows [[PuppyDogEyes Hardjob]] to safely bail out of the Moscow-bound bomber with him near the end of ''Girl Bombs''.
75	* PlotHole: The choppy editing in ''Girl Bombs'' leads to these, in both versions. (To offer one example, in the English version, the fembots' [[FanService dance routine]] comes out of nowhere, while the Italian version shows that Franco gleefully triggered it.)
76	* PrettyInMink: Diane shows up wearing a white fur coat when she's selling stocks and bonds for Goldfoot.
77	* RidingTheBomb: Franco and Ciccio at the end of ''Girl Bombs''.
78	* RobotGirl: They look entirely human.
79	* RottenRoboticReplacement: A couple of the heroes in ''Girl Bombs'' get duplicated/replaced; one of them is even male.
80	* RunningGag: Pretty much every character in ''Bikini Machine'' gets hit in the head at some point (yes, even Goldfoot.) Also people having a boggled reaction on seeing Diane's disconnected hand.
81	* SceneryPorn: ''Bikini Machine'' gives the viewer a pretty good tour of mid-sixties San Francisco.
82	* SexyStewardess: Diane reappears pretending to be one of these at the end of ''Bikini Machine''.
83	* SharkPool: In ''Girl Bombs'' Goldfoot has the [[PiranhaProblem piranha]] variety, complete with the tossed-in side of beef being turned into a picked-clean collection of bones. In the Italian-language version a Mook falls in due to some DeadlyDodging and gets similarly stripped.
84	* ShoutOut: In ''Bikini Machine'', Goldfoot does a [[{{Ventriloquism}} Señor Wences]] bit with a skeleton in an upright coffin.
85	* SinisterSurveillance: Goldfoot engages in this, watching as his robots carry out their various missions.
86	* SleepingSingle: Diane insists on this arrangement, complete with a screen between the beds, after marrying Armstrong.
87	* SurroundedByIdiots: Goldfoot's default (and rather justified) mode in both movies.
88	* TokenMinority: Goldfoot's gang in ''Bikini Machine'' features one Asian and one black robogal.
89	* WillReturnCaption: A somewhat strange one in ''Bikini Machine'', which instead of saying Goldfoot will return, plugs the next installment in the American International "Beach Party" series. And while another Beach film did get made, it ended up with a different title.
90	* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Goldfoot extracts a strip of data from Hardjob's.
91	* WhatsAnXLikeYouDoingInAYLikeThis: "What's a rotten girl like you doing in a nice place like this?"

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