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2[[caption-width-right:263:"Look at this. It's another one of ''these''."]]
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5[[caption-width-right:263:[[SarcasmMode "This is great. Back to back thrills."]]]]
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7[[quoteright:263:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mst3k_robot_monster.jpg]]
8[[caption-width-right:263:''Robot Monster''... oh man...]]
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10-> '''Dr. Forrester:''' Anyway, your film today is ''Robot Monster''. It's a classic film that was nominated for a Golden Turkey Award for being one of the foulest films ever.\
11'''Dr. Erhardt:''' See, to call this film "wretched" would just be an insult to the word "wretched"! It stars '''no one!''' Oh, man, you won't ''believe'' this!\
12'''Dr. Forrester:''' Yes, and to further your viewing displeasure, we have a double dose of that classic Commander Cody serial, ''Radar Men from the Moon''. Deal with it, pink boy!\
13'''Dr. Erhardt:''' Enjoy!
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15Films watched: ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' Chapters 4 and 5 (serial) and ''Film/RobotMonster''
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17The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:1/videos/mst3k-028-robotmonster here]].
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19!!The Segments
20[[AC:Segment 1/Invention Exchange]]
21* Joel invents the cummer-bubble-bund. Dr. Forrester invents a flame-based whoopee cushion.
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23[[AC:Segment 2]]
24* Joel and the Bots discuss the physics-defying nature of Commando Cody's jetpack.
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26[[AC:Segment 3]]
27* While pretending to be Ro-Man, Tom is ordered by Crow, playing the Great Guidance, to kill Joel. Joel responds by smashing breakaway chairs over Tom.
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29[[AC:Segment 4]]
30* Joel and the Bots discuss surrealism, influenced by the sheer nonsensicality of the film. Even Cambot gets in on the fun.
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32[[AC:Segment 5]]
33* Joel and the Bots, clad in trash bags, present a pageant about the inconsistencies of Ro-Man.
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35!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (''Chapter 4: Flight of Destruction'') has examples of:
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38!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/RadarMenFromTheMoon'' (''Chapter 5: Murder Car'') has examples of:
39* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Bots attempt to leave the theater when this chapter of the serial begins, forcing Joel to retrieve them. Twice.
40-->'''Servo:''' This is Buddhist! You create us to suffer!
41-->'''Joel:''' I'm {{surrounded by idiots}} of my own design!
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44!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/RobotMonster'' has examples of:
45* ActionFigureSpeech: The Ro-Men, looking for all the world like a guy in a gorilla suit wearing a space helmet flailed around wildly while speaking.
46* AndCallHimGeorge: The TropeNamer is mentioned when one of the Ro-men picks up Alice.
47-->'''Servo:''' I got the girl! I got the girl! Oh happy day! I will love her, and pet her, and hug her, and squeeze her, and call her Georgette.
48* ForgotHeWasARobot: Servo sneezes at one point, prompting a bemused Joel to say “Hey, you’re not supposed to do that!”
49* LamePunReaction: When Joel identifies a V-2 rocket, Crow jokes "I could've had a V-8!" and gets slapped. Servo also gets a slap for admitting that he found it funny.
50* LogicBomb: When Joel tells the Bots about how bumblebees shouldn't be able to fly yet they do anyway, Servo's [[YourHeadASplode head explodes]], and so does Crow's. [[CameraAbuse It even causes Cambot to malfunction.]]
51* SanitySlippage: The bizarre, rambling eulogies Joel and the Bots compose for Ro-Man after the film even disturb the Mads with just how far gone they really are.
52* WhosOnFirst: "Wyatt Ordung" was the film's screenwriter. The Bots take his name as a question, and choose "Wyatt".

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