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{{quote|''[[Understatement|You know, there are certain flaws in this film.]]''|'''Tom Servo'''}}
 
Films watched: ''[[Hired]]'' (short) Part 2 and ''[[Manos: theThe Hands of Fate]]''
 
The Best Brains crew thought about '''not''' riffing ''Manos'' at first, as they considered the film '''too strange''' to riff on. Eventually they decided to go through with it, feeling they owed it to the world to expose people to ''Manos''. [[Vindicated Byby Cable|The rest, as they say, is history.]]
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* [[Aside Glance]]: Torgo's quick and abrupt close-ups during his early scenes are treated as this trope in action, since he appears to be glancing at the audience over the couple's bickering.
{{quote| '''Servo:''' Oh, these two.}}
* [[Brick Joke]]: Torgo forgot the drinks in his car when he delivers the pizza at the end of the episode. He leaves to get them. ...[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)/Recap/S05 E08 Operation Double 007|Eight episodes later]], he finally returns with their drinks.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: During one of the host segments, the 'bots break down sobbing, and Joel tries to lift their spirits:
{{quote| '''Joel:''' Come on, you guys, [[Stay Frosty|stay frosty]]! We survived ''[[Monster a Go -Go!]]'', we can survive this!}}
** At one point during the riffing, Servo starts singing the theme song to ''[[Catalina Caper]]''.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Both of the Mads feel compelled to ''apologize'' to Joel and the 'bots for making them watch this.
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* [[Merging Machine]]: Joel's "Cartuner" invention, which "takes stodgy, ambiguous cartoons like ''[[Mark Trail]]'' and mixes them with stiflingly unfunny cartoons like ''[[Blondie]]'', puts 'em together, and makes 'em funny!"
{{quote| '''All''': ''[[Ziggy]] HAD [[Garfield]] '''NEUTERED?''' NOW '''THAT'S''' FUNNY!!''}}
* [[Off Withwith His Head]]: The Mads' invention is a "chocolate bunny guillotine".
{{quote| '''Dr. Forrester''': You have stolen painted eggs in a time of famine. Off with her head, Frank!}}
* [[Parody Retcon]]: By the end of the experience, Warren predicted ''Manos'' could be redubbed as a comedy and make good money. How right he was…
* [[Shout -Out]]: During one of the skits, there's a subtle parody of ''[[ItsIt's a Wonderful Life]]'' when Frank, after apologizing for the awfulness of the film, encourages Joel, Tom, and Crow to keep playing.
* [[Spit Take]]: "You know, it's been two hours but this pizza's still pretty warm!"
{{quote| '''"Torgo":''' They always do that.}}
* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: The episode begins with Joel having installed "protocol modules" in the 'bots to make them believe everything Joel says or does is brilliant. Their incessant sucking up forces Joel to remove the modules during the first break.
* [[You Look Familiar]]: Future ''[[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]]'' host Michael J. Nelson appears as "Torgo" in the closing segment.
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