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=== ''[[Alien From LAL.A.]]'' ===

* "[[Dull Surprise]]!"-- <ref> A reference to Kathy Ireland's only apparent facial expression in the movie. This is actually a migratory meme, as it is used by the [[Transformers]] fandom when referencing Dreamwave comic book art and similar artwork with dull expressions.</ref>

* [[Rickroll|Never gonna give you up]], [[Hilarious in Hindsight|never gonna let you down]]. <ref>Riff in response to a Ric Astley look alike showing up. Naturally, once the Rick-Roll meme took off, the joke went from obscure to oddly predictive.</ref>

* [[Department of Redundancy Department|The The X]]. <ref>The Title Card, due to the line splitting, reads "Attack of The The Eye Creatures"</ref>

* "He tampered in God's domain." <ref>Said, somewhat garbled, of Bela Lugosi's scientist character. Became a running gag in other [[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]] movie scenes where other mad scientists would meet their end.</ref>

* On this wiki, at least: [[The Toblerone]]. <ref>A mishearing of the name Dablone, a loveable boisterous bruiser who is one of the bright spots in the movie.</ref>

* "Whenever I sing, I sing." <ref>A lame song that the mechanic main character sings throughout the movie and inexplicably becomes a smash hit. Would be brought up in repetitive music moments in other [[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]] films</ref>

=== ''[[Manos: theThe Hands of Fate]]'' ===

* Fans love to represent the oddly stilted speech of Torgo from ''[[Manos: theThe Hands of Fate]]'' (including Mike Nelson's impersonations of him) bY rANdoMLy cAPitALIzInG lEttErS.

* The haunting "Torgo Theme". <ref>A incessently repetitive 4 note piece of music.</ref>

=== ''[[MerlinsMerlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders]]'' ===

{{quote| '''Crow (as Merlin)''': "Remember to believe in magic. Or I'll kill you."}}

* The show's treatment of ''[[Pod People]]'' spawned the famous "Potato Soliloquy". <ref>Crow does an Emo Phillips/Elephant Man impression while Trumpy, an ALF looking alien checks out the things in the kids room, apparently looking for something to eat.</ref>

* I get this way when I sense danger. <ref>Mentioned once in the start, then followed throughout by a number of times where Puma Man notably fails to sense impending danger. Tom Servo is happy to point it out.</ref>

=== ''[[Santa Claus (Filmfilm)|Santa Claus]]'' ===

* And good old-fashioned Nightmare Fuel. <ref>Said in response to several shots of truly malevolent looking puppets.</ref>

* '''''Everything''''' about this movie, especially the [[I Have Many Names|many names of David Ryder]], [http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/List820.html seen here.]

=== ''[[Teenagers From Outer Space (Film)|Teenagers Fromfrom Outer Space]]'' ===

=== ''[[Werewolf (Filmfilm)|Werewolf]]'' ===

* [[Dull Surprise|This is absolutely fascinating]]... <ref>The female lead doesn't quite add the emotion to the line that you might expect.</ref>

* [[Sweet Onon Polly Oliver|"Mr. B, you're HOT!"]] <ref>The male Mr. B is played by a female. A hot female. It gets confusing.</ref>

* This way we don't have to hire illegal immigrants.

* In a more meta sense, the show help popularize the concept of [[MST|MSTing]]ing itself, though it's been around for years before the show.

** Speaking of which, [[MST|MSTing]]ing made "The Long March" palatable, and "The Long March" led to its own fountain of memes, such as (X despite the name), in a reference to "Ashley Montagu (Jewish despite the name)".

* All over the world! <ref> Joel did this as an homage to standup comedian Michael Floorwax, who himself became a frequent callback on [[ESPN]]'s [[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]]-like show ''[[Cheap Seats (TV)|Cheap Seats]]''. M&TB closed the loop by appearing in ''Cheap Seats''' season two premiere and mocking the hosts' dancing abilities.</ref>