The Sean Young saga!
Film watched: The Leech Woman
The Segments:
Prologue- The SOL has a prairie dog infestation, and Crow arms himself with a "Varmint Vac" to get rid of them. Mike is notably skeptical about the possibility of prairie dogs in outer space, until Servo passes right by corraling a herd of giant rodents.
Segment 1
- Crow's memory continues to act up as he still doesn't remember who Mike is. Or the fact that he was vacuuming prairie dogs five minutes ago. Down in Deep Ape, Professor Bobo calls Mike and the 'Bots for an important (and insulting) questionnaire for the Lawgiver, but Dr. Peanut distracts him by announcing his destiny: to wear diapers and tutus while riding tricycles and roller skates. Bobo and the rest of the apes succumb to Peanut's idea of "destiny" as a disgusted Pearl arrives, landing the apes in pretty hot water.
Segment 2
- The SOL is still non-functional, so the crew calls up the Nanites for assistance. The nanobots are unable to be of any help because they're on strike, that is, until a nanoscopic tank crushes their union leader and ends the strike for them.
Segment 3
- As Pearl enjoys a spa day, Bobo points out that since she became the Lawgiver, she hasn't actually made any laws. Pearl lazily declares "no parking on Sundays" and "no soup with buffet" as laws, then asks Mike and the 'Bots for some ideas for new laws. Servo is more than happy to share a few of his own ideas, which indicate that he was up to some pretty interesting things during his travels throughout the universe.
Segment 4
- Mimicking the film's ritual of temporary youth, Crow and Servo try to trick Mike into sticking his head in their new pillory so they can extract his pineal gland juice. It backfires when Mike loses a contact lens and pulls his head out before the pillory shuts on him, but that doesn't stop them from trying it on Gypsy.
Segment 5
- Servo REALLY wants to do a Beverly Hillbillies sketch, even dressing up as Granny. Though Mike and Crow suspect that he just wants an excuse to yell "JED!" over and over, Servo pulls a gun on them, refusing to take no for an answer, though Mike is able to subdue him. In Deep Ape, Bobo and his fellow apes have returned to their civilized ways, reasserting his kind as the superior species. It unfortunately comes to a screeching halt when Peanut breaks out the diapers again.
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of The Leech Woman has examples of:
- Actually Pretty Funny: Misogynistic, abusive Hate Sink Dr. Talbot is an awful human being, but Mike and the 'Bots can't help but laugh at his cutting snark. When June hoists him by his own petard:Mike: So long, mincing man-pig character! You were enjoyed!
- The Alcoholic: Mike and the bots take June's pride in her alcoholism and run with it mercilessly
.June: Here's to you, whiskey...
Crow: "Why thank you."
June: ...guardian of all frustrated wives.
Mike: "Defender of truth... friend to children..." - Brain Bleach: Peanut takes a large share of baby wipes, stating, "I'll need a lot of these. I just know myself." Mike and the 'bots audibly shudder. Pearl makes an "Ew" sound and even Bobo flinches.
- Call-Back: Mike calls all the way back to Season 3 when Paul is showing the naipe to June and Neil.
- Captain Oblivious: The crew's reaction to Talbot's reaction when June chooses him as a male sacrifice.Servo: (as Dr. Talbot) June, why? This comes completely out of nowhere!
- Credits Gag: Servo screeching "JEEEEEEEEEEED!!!" for the full runtime of the ending credits.
- Continuity Nod: The apes seem to have found Joel's Daktari Stool from Mitchell.
- Death of a Child: Jodie the Nanite gets crushed by a tank.
- Fanservice Pack: The results of Malla and June undergoing the naipe ritual. Aside from Malla going from 78-year-old Estelle Hemsley to 28-year-old Kim Hamilton, she instantly gains perfectly styled hair. Coleen Gray loses the old-age makeup and gets a few other enhancements as well.Tom Servo: So it gave her a Wonderbra, too?
- Hollywood Natives: See Stock Footage below.
- I Never Said It Was Poison: Spoofed:Neil: Officer, I'm Mrs. Talbot's attorney. If she's in any trouble, I have a right to know about it.Detective: Did I say anything about trouble?Tom Servo: Well, I assumed, what with the search warrant and all...
- And moments later...Neil: If I knew what Mrs. Talbot was accused of, I could, maybe I could help —
Detective: She isn't accused of anything. We just want her for questioning about a murder.
Neil: Murder?
Crow: Did I say anything about murder?
- And moments later...
- Loud Gulp:"Then it couldn't have been Mrs. Talbot. A week ago she was in New York."
"So was the murder."
"Gulp!" - Parrot Exposition: In an Airplane!-style manner.Malla: A hundred and forty years ago.
Talbot: A hundred and forty years ago?!
Mike, Crow, Servo: A hundred and forty years ago. - Recycled with a Gimmick: During the climax:Mike: This is like a murderous episode of Lucy.
- Running Gag:
- Servo yelling "JED!! JEEED!!!" like Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies. Also an Overly Long Gag, to the point where he resorts to holding Mike and Crow at gunpoint when they try and get him to stop... followed up by one last huge yell that goes on throughout the ending credits.
- Sally's attempts to get Neil's attention away from "Terry" while waiting outside in the car: "Neil! Neil! NEIL!"
- Sexy Sweater Girl: Sally has the "bullet bra" look big-time.Mike: She enters a room before she does. [Said when Sally's the only one onscreen.]
- Smug Snake: Servo calls Talbot on this, saying he's got "built-in smug". It gets established from the very first shot of him, wearing an oily grin:Mike: "Yes, I'M Dr. Paul Talbot, endocrinologist extraordinaire."
- Squick: The general reaction to Peanut admitting he needs a lot of baby wipes.
- Stock Footage Failure: Discussed in-universe as the source of repeated jokes; the film does not hide its limited "African jungle" soundstage well, and the cutaways to broad wilderness just make it worse. Servo even points out the movie interspersing footage of alligators and crocodiles.Crow: Boy, are they in Africa.
Servo: Mm-hmm.
[...]
Servo: Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in ACTUAL Africa...
(The scene cuts to the embarrassing village again)
Servo: ...And now, back to our set.
[...]
(The film jumps from an actual Zulu ceremony to a bunch of extras with bad wigs, some of them seemingly in blackface, dancing around Griffith Park)
Mike: UGH.
(Servo chuckles)
Mike: "We're not as into it as the other guys!"
Crow: Real Africa... Hollywood Africa!
[...]
Crow: It's more like stock mileage at this point. - Stop Being Stereotypical: Defied by Peanut, behaving like a domesticated chimp, wearing diapers and a tutu while in roller skates. Bobo is convinced into joining the others because "it was what we were meant for!" Mike and the 'bots urging "Do it! Do it! Do it!" breaks Bobo's inhibitions.Bobo: I'm wearing a diaper and I love it!
Peanut: Not because we need one, it's just more convenient! - Take That!:Malla: She [June] must choose the man for the sacrifice.Crow: (as June) I choose Adam Sandler!
- [Trope Name]: On seeing a sign in the background of the movie that reads "Bar", Mike says, "I love going to Bar. I usually order Sandwich and have Drink."
