Line #19 Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E06AttackOfTheGiantLeeches


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2	[[caption-width-right:323:"Oh look, it's the Undersea Football All-Stars."]]
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4	[[quoteright:323:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mst3k_attack_of_the_giant_leeches.jpg]]
5	[[caption-width-right:323:"Looks like an e.e. cummings book cover."]]
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7	Films watched: ''Film/UnderseaKingdom'' (Episode 1) and ''Film/AttackOfTheGiantLeeches''.
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9	The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:4/videos/mst3k-077-attackofthegiantleeches here]], and on Creator/ShoutFactory [[https://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-attack-of-the-giant-leeches/53cd481f69702d27d3492a00 here]].
10	!!The Segments:
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12	[[AC:Prologue]]
13	* Joel turns out to have left the Holo-Clowns from [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E05BeingFromAnotherPlanet the last episode]]'s Rainy Day Fun Sketch turned on for a few weeks, and they’ve become more than a little unhinged from their continued existence.
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15	[[AC:Segment 1/Invention Exchange]]
16	* Tom recites a haiku inspired by his experience with the Holo-Clowns. Dr. Forrester uses Frank as a test subject for Patches, a leech that sucks all the desire to smoke straight out of a person’s bloodstream. Joel presents the Insty-Adolescence Kit and demonstrates it on Tom, turning him into a pimply, greasy, emotional, smart-mouthed teenager.
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18	[[AC:Segment 2]]
19	* Joel and the 'Bots ponder how they’d each take over the world. Specifically, what they’d wear when they do it, the complex plot they’d come up with to do it, and how they’d make the world pay. An unassuming Dr. Forrester provides visual aid.
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21	[[AC:Segment 3]]
22	* Over coffee, the crew reflect on how the movie reminds them of various unusual dreams they've had.
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24	[[AC:Segment 4]]
25	* Impersonating the backwoods yokels from the film, the SOL crew sing “A Danger to Myself and Others”.
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27	[[AC:Segment 5]]
28	* Joel tries to understand the motives of the giant leeches, then reads a letter. In Deep 13, Patches has been sucking Frank’s blood for a little too long. Dr. F then discusses various employment opportunities with the now-sapient Patches.
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31	!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/UnderseaKingdom'' (''Episode 1: Beneath the Ocean Floor'') has examples of:
32	* ActorAllusion: Intentionally invoked or not, when Ray "Crash" Corrigan starts swinging on ropes, the guys accompany it with ape noises. Corrigan was most famous as an Ape-suit performer.
33	* CompanionCube: After the episode, Crow claims not to have been affected by being blindsided by a short, only to call attention to his Billy action figure. He has the doll in the rest of the host segments.
34	* HypocriticalHumor: During the riffing:
35	-->'''Crow:''' I hate when they talk during the... (''has a realization'')
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38	!!The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of ''Film/AttackOfTheGiantLeeches'' has examples of:
39	* AndIMustScream: The Holo-Clowns are painfully aware of their circumstances.
40	-->'''Clown:''' ''(to the other clown)'' SHUT UP! SHUT UP! YOU THINK I LIKE IT, BEING STUCK HERE IN [[PurgatoryAndLimbo LIMBO]] WITH YOU?! '''''NO!!!''''' GET DOWN ON YOUR ORANGE-AND-YELLOW KNEES AND KISS MY CLOWN FEET THAT I HAVEN'T [[BlackComedy KILLED YOU]]!!
41	* ContinuityNod: In an unusual bit of direct episode-to-episode continuity, Joel accidentally left the [[{{Hologram}} Holo]]-Clowns (played by Paul Chaplin and Mike) from [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E05BeingFromAnotherPlanet the last episode]] on for three weeks, which made the clowns [[DrivenToMadness go crazy]].
42	-->'''Joel:''' Hi everybody, welcome to the Satellite of Love, my name's Joel Robinson. About three weeks ago, I came up with this Holo-Clown Sequencer to cheer up the 'Bots but now I can't get it to turn off and it's [[TheInsomniac getting hard to sleep at night and I'm tasting metal]]!
43	* FashionVictimVillain: Invoked by Joel and the 'Bots when they discuss this trope during one of the sketches.
44	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Joel is explaining the problem he's having with the holoclowns, one of them is beckoning Gypsy to come closer, setting her up to be asked if she'd like a salted nut roll.
45	* HolodeckMalfunction: Joel's Holo-Clown simulator from the previous episode [[ItWontTurnOff got stuck on the hexfield for the past three weeks]], with the previously [[NonIronicClown Non-Ironic Clown]]s becoming aware they're [[AndIMustScream trapped in a tiny simulated room]] and don't even really exist, [[DrivenToMadness slowly driving them insane]], which in turn is keeping Joel and the 'Bots [[TheInsomniac up all night]] and [[InfectiousInsanity making]] ''[[InfectiousInsanity them]]'' [[InfectiousInsanity crazy]].
46	* HormoneAddledTeenager: Joel's invention, the Insty-Adolescent Kit, turns Servo into a pimply, adolescent [[EmoTeen with a persecution complex]].
47	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Joel has to shut off the Holo-Clowns the hard way, even as they beg him not to. PlayedForLaughs.
48	* TheInsomniac: The Holo-Clowns being on nonstop for three weeks is keeping everyone else up.
49	* MythologyGag: As part of the demonstration of the Insty-Adolescent Kit, [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E08GameraVsGaos Joel makes Tom go through puberty]].[[note]]The KTMA episode doesn't have its own page.[[/note]]
50	* MonsterClown: The [[NonIronicClown friendly Holo-Clowns]] from the last episode have gone completely insane as a result of Joel being unable to turn them off for the past three weeks.
51	-->'''Clown:''' ''(to Gypsy)'' [[HarmfulToMinors Hey little girl]], would you like [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything a salted nut roll?]]\
52	''(everyone screams)''
53	* MustHaveCaffeine: Tom even has coffee inside his gumball-head.
54	* TheyKilledKennyAgain: TV's Frank gets all of his blood sucked out of his body by Patches the Leech.
55	* ThrowItIn: Servo's head falls off as they exit the theater at the end of the movie.
56	* YouWontFeelAThing:
57	-->'''Dr. Forrester:''' Now this leech ''[snip]'' when applied to the neck or head area, will suck any desire to smoke out of Frank.\
58	'''Frank:''' ''[loudly protests]''\
59	'''Dr. Forrester:''' But this won't hurt a bit.
60	** The leech, of course, turns into a BrickJoke at the end. Frank didn't do so well.
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62	->''[[[TheStinger Billy watches Crash fight from the ceiling]]]''

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