Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S05/E04 Secret Agent Super Dragon

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Film watched: Secret Agent Super Dragon

The MST3k treatment provides examples of:

  • Bond One-Liner: Joel educates the bots on the concept of the "post-kill pun".

Servo: Ironically, death softens the blow of the pun!

  • Leitmotif: Well, not really; but there's a little musical motif that is used prominently in one scene, not so prominently in another scene, and this is the basis of Servo's Super Dragon Theme (see below).
  • Political Correctness Gone Mad: Crow tries his hand at scriptwriting again with the psycho-babblicious "The Spy Who Hugged Me"...

Joel (Holly Affirmations): You understand, Mr. Windamhill, that even though we are sharing a sexual tension between us... I must kill you.

Servo (Sandy Windamhill): Um, Holly, thank you for being honest. Let me say that I think you're a really terrific, dynamite lady, but right now I'm in a committed relationship with someone who's very special to me?! (Breaking character) I don't believe this...

...

Joel (Gary Diabolique): You don't get it, do you, you stupid moron idiot! I am going to control how people respond to me! I am going to rule the world!

Servo: Gary, that's really codependent -- (breaks character) I can't believe I just said "codependent"!

  • Right-Hand-Cat: According to Dr. Forrester's Supervillain Symposium, every Supervillain must have a strange or exotic animal.
  • Robot Buddy: Crow and Servo build "Minsky", a little robot with an annoyingly repetitive Catch Phrase and no off switch. Joel is not amused.
    • Years later, they'll get their comeuppance when Mike will build a blue robot which Servo and Crow think is cool, til... DESTRUCT! DESTRUCT! DESTRUCT! DESTRUCT! DESTRUCT!
  • Running Gag:
    • Super Dragon's habit of snatching cigarettes right out of other characters' mouths:

Crow: Secret Agent Super Rude!

    • The ongoing subtext that Super Dragon's cover story is as transparent as window glass:

Crow (as side character): Hey, "Secret Agent" is crossed out and "Lawyer" is written in!

Servo (As Super Dragon, in the Big Bad's lavishly decorated office): Um, you got any art here?

  • Weird Trade Union: implied during Dr. Forrester's Supervillain Symposium, when he notes that a Supervillain is, in essence, a small-business owner.
  • What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome??
    • "Boy, you're really proud of that clay squirrel, aren't you?"
    • Servo's treatment of the Secret Agent Super Dragon theme (adapted from some incidental music used in one scene) seems a bit redundant and dull. Joel decides to liven it up a bit. Hilarity Ensues.
    • Played with during the film's opening credits, which roll over an image of a telephone, a pistol and a burning cigarette.

Crow: Wow, I bet the hero of this movie is really cool! He smokes! And carries a gun! And... makes a lot of phone calls.

Joel: "What a jerk. He just wanted to get the guy's goat right before he died."

(A xylophone announces the start of a fight scene)

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