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And they're not going to take it anymore.
 
In 1978, a film was made spoofing B monster movies (which was, itself, purposely produced as a low-budget B-movie), in which tomatoes mysteriously gain sentience and mobility, becoming killer tomatoes, which then attack. It was, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|sensibly]], called '''''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes''']]!'' No genre was safe as the self-billed "Musical-Comedy-Horror Show" ripped up everything from romantic comedies to spy films, pausing long enough to take pot shots at superheroes and politics. Despite being made for less than $100,000, it's generally regarded as a failure at the box office. It, nonetheless, earned a cult following and practically became the defining film for [[So Bad It's Good]]. (If a parody can count as that, anyway.)
 
This would have been the end for the red menace (no, not '''that''' [[Dirty Communists|red menace]]), if it hadn't been for an episode of ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' using footage from the film to narrate a story called, "Attack of the Silly Tomatoes". It was a highly rated episode and New World Pictures inexplicably decided the world needed a sequel and offered the creators of the original 2 million dollars to film one.
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* [[Follow the Bouncing Ball]]: The Opening to the Second Season cartoon.
* [[From My Own Personal Garden]]: {{spoiler|Richardson delivers this line in the first film after tossing a tomato to Mason Dixon, who he has captured.}}
* [[Giant Mook|Giant Mooks]]s: There are several gigantic tomatoes alongside the smaller ones.
* [[Godzilla Threshold]]
* [[Hellish Copter]]: Unexpectedly, [[Throw It In|a real helicopter crash]]. <ref> The pilot escaped the crash unharmed.</ref>
* [[Hot Scoop]]: Lois, according to Wilbur.
* [[The Igor]]: Subverted with the handsome, blond, ever-smiling Igor Smith in ''Return'' and the animated series. Dr. Gangrene is suitably horrified he can't get proper mad-science help.