Line #26 Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S13E04Munchie


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2	[[caption-width-right:427:A quirky Sundance movie about Munchausen's Syndrome]]
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4	Film watched: ''Film/{{Munchie}}''
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6	!!The Segments:
7	[[AC:Prologue]]
8	* The attendance numbers are in and the Mads are ecstatic at their success. It seems like all their dreams for the Gizmoplex are coming true as Dr. Kabahl has foreseen. Jonah is trying to read through the exhausting rules of GPC's favorite game, ''Lawyers of Catan''.
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10	[[AC:Segment 1/Invention Exchange]]
11	* Kinga's new invention solves both global warming and zombie apocalypses in one go with the Deadmill, an eco-friendly power source generated by zombies on treadmills. Jonah's Sustain-A-Band also helps save the environment with elastic-cord microphones, boomerang drumsticks, and self-reassembling guitars to keep the landfills low.
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13	[[AC:Segment 2]]
14	* Munchie's introduction scene is so terrifying that it scares the crew right out of the theater. They refuse to go back in, so Kinga has to shut off the SOL's oxygen supply to get them back in line.
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16	[[AC:Segment 3]]
17	* To help desensitize himself to the pain of watching the movie, Jonah puts on Dom [=DeLuise=]'s voice auditions for Munchie, and they get pretty dark. Kinga is bragging about her success to Pearl and the Synthias, but Pearl would rather spend time reconnecting with her granddaughter instead.
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19	[[AC:Post-Intermission]]
20	* Kinga and Max meet with their new replacement Boneheads, M. Waverly and Growler.
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22	[[AC:Segment 4]]
23	* Jonah has to get a physical for insurance reasons, so Dr. Donna St. Phibes pays a visit to the SOL. The crew asks Dr. St. Phibes for her expert opinion on what Munchie is.
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25	[[AC:Segment 5]]
26	* The 'Bots are intensely focused on how Munchie is an immortal figure in all of Earth's history, which creeps Jonah out. Emily calls up Jonah and the two discuss their secret plans in rhyme, which apparently the Mads are genetically unable to comprehend.
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29	!!The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation of ''Film/{{Munchie}}'' has examples of:
30	* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The [=MST3K=] version cuts a pre-credits scene where the box containing Munchie is left in the mine by his prior "pal" in 1970.
31	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: [[invoked]] Lampshaded: "Did the [flying] pizza's wheels just ''screech''?"
32	* CallBack:
33	** One of Jonah's Sustain-A-Band contributions is the Rock-N-Wreck Guitar, originally conceived by Joel in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E17CrashOfTheMoons Crash of the Moons]]''.
34	** Kinga's cutting of the SOL's oxygen echoes Dr. Forrester's similar means of punishing Mike in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie The Movie]]''. Jonah also tries (and fails) to call her bluff by pointing out how she has threatened it in past episodes but never followed through.
35	** Dr. St. Phibes' evolutionary history of Munchie positions [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E07Hobgoblins the Hobgoblins]] as a distant relation of his.
36	** Jonah describes someone's car as being [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S12E01MacAndMe "pretty nice"]].
37	* CuttingTheKnot: As the pizza chef is chasing after the flying pizza in the streets, swinging a knife, the sight attracts the attention of a cop car. Jonah takes a reasonable guess as to what was called in:
38	-->'''Jonah''': (as the lights flash on; as the cop) Unit 72, we got a- ''[[{{Understatement}} there's just a lot goin' on]]''.
39	* DerailedTrainOfThought: When Kinga shuts off the oxygen, Crow and Servo bravely tell her that they're not going to take it from her, but then go off on a tangent about dogs as Jonah suffocates. By the time Kinga relents and Movie Sign blares, the 'Bots are confident enough to go back into the theater while Jonah is confused and woozy.
40	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: After Jonah and the bots flee the theater in fear upon seeing Munchie's first appearance, Kinga calls them up to berate them for leaving early, and demands they go back. Jonah's immediate response is a simple "No". [[DidntThinkThisThrough Kinga immediately decides to turn off the oxygen.]]
41	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Especially if Good communicates in rhyming prose, according to Kinga.
42	* FreakOut: Munchie's introduction sends Jonah and all the 'Bots (even GPC) into screaming hysterics.
43	* GodzillaThreshold: Munchie's introduction is so terrifying, Jonah refuses to go back in the theater and Kinga has to follow through on her threat to cut off his oxygen supply.
44	* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[invoked]] Not only does it turn out that Dom [=DeLuise=] had a severe anger problem, but he was also responsible for ''multiple'' hit-and-runs.
45	* IsThisThingStillOn: Apparently, Dom [=DeLuise=] rehearsed for the role of Munchie by putting on a lapel microphone and just saying whatever came to mind. As Jonah plays the tape of his rehearsals, Dom's act gets increasingly unhinged and aggressive. Later, Dom forgets he's still wearing the mic and hits somebody in his car, and he mentions that it's not the first time as he runs away from the scene of the crime.
46	* LetMeGetThisStraight: "Wait, wait, did Dom [=DeLuise=] just ''run over someone''?!"
47	-->'''Jonah''': [[NotHelpingYourCase Yeah, a couple times, if you listen to the whole tape.]]
48	* OhNoNotAgain: After playing the audio of Dom [=DeLuise=] running over someone and fleeing the scene, Jonah admits this ''repeatedly'' happens during the full recording.
49	-->'''Dom [=DeLuise=]''': [[OhCrap Oh God, Dom, you hit him!]] [[NoodleIncident You hit]] ''[[NoodleIncident another]]'' [[NoodleIncident one!]]
50	* OrphanedPunchline: When Dr. St. Phibes shows off the baby Munchie, it starts singing "Hello My Baby". Munchie was singing the same song at his introduction, but Jonah and the bots' panicked screaming drowned him out.
51	* ProveIAmNotBluffing: When Kinga threatens to turn off the oxygen in order to force Jonah back into the theater, Jonah decides to call her bluff, pointing out she's used that threat for as long as he's been on the Satellite of Love. Tellingly, we cut to her doing so in the middle of Jonah's rant.
52	* RunningGag:
53	** Gage wishing he was dead.
54	** Dr. Elliot being given the voice of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ned Flanders]].
55	** Responding to Munchie's jokes with a disgusted "Ew".
56	** "It's gotta be Munchie."
57	** Creator/BurtReynolds and his divorce with Loni Anderson.
58	* ShoutOut
59	** [[Film/Carrie1976 "Okay, and cue the bucket of pig's blood."]]
60	** [[Film/TheGoonies "One-Eyed Willy?"]]
61	** After just a minute with the Italian pizza chef, Jonah concludes [[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi "Wario's fallen on hard times."]]
62	** The pizza flying down a highway causes Crow to ask "So ''this'' is ''[[Film/TheItalianJob1969 The Italian Job]]'', huh?"
63	** [[VideoGame/TheOregonTrail "Aww, I just died of dysentery."]]
64	** "[[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry Potter's]] ''Film/FallingDown''"
65	** While Jonah is playing the audio of Dom [=DeLuise=]'s rehearsal recordings, he mentions how at one point, [[Film/TheJinx he leaves his lapel mike on,]] [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS12E05MakingDennisReynoldsAMurderer gets in a car, and leaves,]] [[IsThisThingStillOn all while recording himself doing/admitting to doing incriminating acts.]]
66	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The sight of Munchie is enough for Jonah and the Bots to flee the theater in horror.
67	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Kinga gets nauseous just introducing the movie, and Ardy isn't any more reassuring when he sadly tells Bonesy that ''Munchie'' is "not a treat".
68	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Parodied during the final cast roll in the credits.
69	-->'''Jonah:''' ''(at the final credit for Munchie himself)'' Dom [=DeLuise=] was tried in the Hague for crimes against humanity in connection with this film.
70	* WithLyrics: The slow theme arrangement gets a creepy three-part harmony treatment.
71	--> ''"There is a Munchie inside of us all. Listen and answer to the dark lord's call. I pray to Munchie to devour our souls. Feasting on all our flesh..."''
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73	->''[[TheStinger "Gotta be Munchie."]]''

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