Line #31 Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E11HorrorsOfSpiderIsland


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2	[[caption-width-right:327:Hey, give us a chance to sit down!]]
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4	Film watched: ''Film/HorrorsOfSpiderIsland''
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6	The episode is available in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:10/videos/mst3k-195-horrorsofspiderisland here]], and on Creator/ShoutFactory [[https://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mystery-science-theater-3000/mst3k-horrors-of-spider-island/53cd482269702d27d3242f00 here]].
7	!!The Segments:
8	[[AC:Prologue]]
9	* Crow is running an opinion column in the newspaper. His column is a little lacking in actual opinions, but Servo doesn't seem to mind.
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11	[[AC:Segment 1]]
12	* Pearl is annoyed that she has to pay $50 a year for Bobo's ape license, so she's moved Castle Forrester out to the suburbs where it only costs $10. Brain Guy questions the financial benefit since it cost her millions of dollars just to move the castle in the first place.
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14	[[AC:Segment 2]]
15	* Somehow, Mike has ended up in a giant spider web that has been weaved on the SOL bridge.
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17	[[AC:Segment 3]]
18	* Mike imitates Gary from the movie and has the Mads audition for a show in Singapore.
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20	[[AC:Segment 4]]
21	* The crew wonders if crashing on a desert island causes one to become languid, helpless, and sex-starved (and to also murmur a lot). They decide to test the theory by crashing the SOL.
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23	[[AC:Segment 5]]
24	* Mike claims that he's turning into a spider monster. Crow and Servo don't believe him, but it's okay as Mike just wants to make a braunschweiger melt with them. Pearl calls from a truck stop as she's in the middle of moving Castle Forrester back to the mountains. As it turns out, the suburbs won't let her throw her trash out the window and she doesn't like that.
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26	!!The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation of ''Film/HorrorsOfSpiderIsland'' contains these tropes:
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28	* [[AllAnimalsAreDogs All Animals (And Machines) Are Dogs]]: Bobo, Crow, and Servo all get caught up in a 'chain bark' just before the movie begins.
29	* ArtisticLicenseGeography:
30	-->'''Servo:''' From Los Angeles, they take off from ''New York'' to go to ''Singapore''.
31	* AsYouKnow: Servo and later Mike snark at how Bob and Joe went on at length about how they're working for the Professor and making scheduled deliveries.
32	* BarbieDollAnatomy: Mocked by Mike and the bots during the skinny-dipping scene. The girls were meant to be nude in-universe, but since the actresses were wearing NudeColoredClothing, it had this effect.
33	-->'''Crow:''' (''As the girls'') We're nude and we have no nipples and we're uniformly colored!
34	* BerserkButton: Crow ''really'' hates it when the strength of spider mutants are questioned.
35	* BrawnHilda: At one point, Mike gives Babs a deep voice, saying, "Hey, try yourself a she-male, pal."
36	** Earlier, Babs is described as being a fullback for the Detroit Lions.
37	* CallBack:
38	** When Mike and the bots are joking about the scientist being caught in a web "in the midst of a cheerleading routine", Crow mentions "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E10TheGiantSpiderInvasion MRxL]]." [[note]] And intentional or not, that's a callback to another movie about [[Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion people being antagonized by giant killer spiders]]. [[/note]]
39	** Crow compares the island to [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E04CatalinaCaper Catalina]] at one point.
40	* CasualDangerDialog: Related to PlotArmor, when the plane is on fire and crashing at a 90 degree angle, Crow yells, "Does this mean drink service is over?"
41	* EndOfAnEra: This is the final black-and-white film that [=MST3K=] tackled on cable TV. The show wouldn't riff another black-and-white film until ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S13E11TheMask3D The Mask 3D]]'' on the Gizmoplex, over 20 years later.
42	* FailedASpotCheck: The bots invoke this when Mike gets trapped in a giant spider web on the SOL bridge.
43	* {{Fanservice}}: Referenced when one of the women removes her top:
44	--> '''Servo''': Ah, the movie reveals its ''true'' purpose.\
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46	'''Crow:''' I'm Curr V. Voluptuous!
47	* HandWave: Why couldn't Observer simply use his omnipotent powers to move the castle?
48	-->'''Observer:''' I'm not ''that'' omnipotent, Pearl!
49	* HeManWomanHater: Joe.
50	-->'''Crow:''' Hah. He saw an air molecule that respects women.
51	* HistoricalInJoke: When the girls try and fail to flag down a passing cruise ship, Mike remarks "Damn ''Californian'', never helps anyone!" The ''Californian'' was a ship that was in the vicinity of the ''Titanic'' when it sank but didn't render aid for reasons that remain vague. May also count as a GeniusBonus.
52	* HoYay: Invoked: The {{Sexophone}} music in the film causes Crow and Servo to come onto Mike, who rebuffs their advances.
53	* TheInternetIsForPorn: During one of the cat fights, Crow notes that usually you have to go online to find this sort of thing, namely "Naked Wrestling Giantesses dot com".
54	* IronicEcho: Mike and the bots tend to dramatically proclaim '''"THE HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND!"'''--shifting the emphasis between ''horrors'' and ''spider'' -- whenever the movie ratchets up the {{Fanservice}}. Likely inspired by the ominous way the title is read out in the movie itself during its own title card (and, as it happens, many times in the trailer).
55	** This is also a CallBack (''way'' back) to ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos: The Hands of Fate]]'', where Joel and the Bots spent the first half of the movie doing the same dramatic title drops whenever nothing was happening onscreen (which, again, was pretty much the first half of the movie... And maybe a good deal of the second half, too).
56	* LamePunReaction:
57	-->'''Gary:''' There you are, Georgia.\
58	'''Servo:''' Just north of Florida.\
59	'''Mike:''' D'oh!
60	* MinskyPickup: At the start of Bobo's dance audition.
61	* NeverMyFault: After Gary inexplicably blames his kissing another woman on the heat.
62	-->'''Servo:''' "Yes, I've been unfaithful, but it was like 87 degrees."\
63	'''Crow:''' "It's also kinda windy. That, too. And high humidity..."\
64	'''Servo:''' "You see, if it was in the low '70s, I would never have jammed my tongue down her throat."
65	* NoAccountingForTaste: None of the riffers get why Gladys is head over heels for a guy who introduced himself by grabbing her while she was skinny-dipping.
66	* PlotArmor: When the plane hits the water at a ''90 degree angle'' and ''explodes'', Servo sarcastically quips, "I'm sure they're all fine."
67	** Sure enough, next thing we see of them is the whole group sprawled languidly in a liferaft.
68	* PowerCreepPowerSeep: When Pearl tells Observer that he could have ''teleported'' the castle instead of an arduous and expensive move, he huffs, "I'm not ''that'' omnipotent, Pearl!"
69	* RagingStiffie: When one dancer is nearly nude dancing for the promoter, Crow quips, "Try crossing your legs ''now'', pal!" Earlier, Mike has film Mike thinking, "Suppress it! Suppress it!"
70	* RememberTheNewGuy: Lampshaded as being a rare location variety.
71	-->'''Crow:''' Oh, right! The quicksand! Remember?
72	* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Pearl spent several million dollars to move the castle in order to save $40 a year on Bobo's ape license. And then had to move it back because she couldn't be bothered to leave her trash out on the curb like a normal person.
73	* RunningGag: Twice during the film, Tom Servo faints from the fanservice/cat fights.
74	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When the movie abruptly stops and flashes "THE END" at Mike and the bots:
75	--> '''Servo''': ''(annoyed)'' So, you wanna end your movie ''that'' way, huh? Okay, get bent! We're outta here.
76	** At one point during the "climax", Crow decides to go take a break. "It's been ten years, I think I'm owed one..."
77	* {{Sexophone}}: Invoked, as a dancer (voiced by Servo) said she wasn't even going to do anything sexy til the dirty sax started playing.
78	* ShoutOut:
79	-->'''Servo:''' (confused about Spider-Gary's abilities) So, [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 is he strong?]]\
80	'''Crow (enraged):''' [[BraggingThemeTune LISTEN, BUD! HE'S GOT RADIOACTIVE BLOOD!]]
81	** Also: "I see [[Series/FantasyIsland a tall Spaniard in a white suit with a midget]]!"
82	** Tom compares the shadow of a palm tree to [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Sideshow Bob]]; Crow responds by saying "Bart..." while imitating Creator/KelseyGrammer.
83	** During one of the host segments, Mike roleplays as the audition manager and has Pearl, Bobo, and Brain Guy do acts for him. Brain Guy's act is a parody of the "Maniac" scene from ''Film/{{Flashdance}}''.
84	** Servo and Crow listing off shrimp-based dishes (and more) a'la Bubba from ''Film/ForrestGump''.
85	* ShowSomeLeg: When Mike-As-Gary asks Pearl to show him some leg, she obliges - ''[[AnArmAndALeg by having Observer rip it off and teleport it to him.]]'' Mike is less than amused.
86	* SkewedPriorities: Mike is incredulous over Gary saying he'd rather be at a bar in Singapore than stranded on the island with the dancers.
87	* SoundtrackDissonance: Referenced; the film often plays jazzy music during what's supposed to be a horror or action sequence.
88	--> '''Mike''': ''(chuckles)'' You know, the Dukes of Dixieland also did the ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' soundtrack.
89	** Earlier, the skinnydipping scene is accompanied by what sounds like a busy '50s stock piece.
90	---> '''Servo''': Ah yes, the hustle and bustle of city life.
91	* TakeThat: One of the women in the film is from Minnesota, so Mike and the bots make many SelfDeprecation jokes about it, including referencing the passive-aggressive MinnesotaNice.
92	--> '''Crow''': [[Wrestling/JesseVentura Their governor]] is a huge, bald Nazi!
93	* TheTalk: Pearl gives one to Bobo after he buys some condoms from the Men's vending machine, but mistakes them for balloons. She does this off-camera, telling Mike and the Bots they're too young for it. We can't hear what Pearl says, but Bobo makes {{Squick}} noises.
94	** AmbiguouslyGay[=/=]HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday:
95	--->'''Observer:''' ''[takes the condoms for himself]'' My many ''lady friends'' will appreciate my caution.
96	* TechnologyMarchesOn: A series-long running gag about how ''huge'' cars were 50+ years ago. %%Invoked
97	-->'''Crow:''' Hey, that guy took his boat on land!
98	* TooMuchInformation: As the women relax on the porch and the man walks by them:
99	--> '''Servo''': ''(as the guy)'' "Hehehe. I'm impotent."
100	----
101	->[''[[TheStinger Plane dives, women scream]]'']

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