Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S03/E24 Master Ninja II

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


Film watched: Master Ninja II

MST3K had planned to air the third of the Master Ninja movies in the sixth season; unfortunately, the plans fell through, and they aired Samson vs. the Vampire Women instead.

This episode contained the following tropes:

  • Team Pet: In one sketch, Tom insists that the hamster is the wrong type of pet for Timothy Van Patten, comparing it to other TV detectives and their pets, and then suggests fitting pets for both Timothy ("A mandrill?") and other detectives.

Crow: Err... Bat Masterson.
Servo: Penguin. All of your 19th-century Western detectives would have penguins. But there may be a few puffins thrown in, so be sure to ask me about each one.

He eventually concludes that Charles Darwin would have a howler monkey that would eventually evolve into "his wisecracking partner, Blake".
  • The Unintelligible: Many jokes about Timothy Van Patten being one of these, especially the "General Timothy Van Patton" sketch.

Crow: (George C. Scott impression)"My friends, nobody ever (Timothy Van Patten impression) wub a waa by dibbing fuh hibs cubbidy."