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* [[Action Santa]]: in the last host segment with Kevin Murphy as Santa Claus.
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* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]: Crow makes a wise-crack during the movie about how the [[Comedy Central]] competitions are a waste of time.
** [[Hypocritical Humor]]: ''MST3K'' had just run its Turkey Day Contest on Comedy Central.
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** "[[Last Clear Chance|Why don't they look?]]"
* [[Christmas Songs]]: Mike and the Bots start singing Jingle Bells, before immediately going to the typical variation:
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]
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'''Crow:''' ''(as Santa)'' O-ho-ho-ho! Can do, can do! }}
* [["Gift of the Magi" Plot]]: Horribly subverted for TV's Frank; He buys a watchfob for Dr. Forrester and, unclear on the concept, shaves his head just for the heck of it. You'd expect Dr. Forrester to have sold his watch and get Frank a gift certificate to a hair salon, but instead he gives him a savings bond--in ''Forrester's'' name, no less--that will mature into $25...in thirty years. [[The Woobie|Poor Frank.]]
* [[Homemade Sweater From Hell]]: Gypsy makes Mike a sweater with "JOIKE" on it. She explains that she started knitting it back before [[Continuity Nod|Joel's escape earlier that season]]. Mike seems to actually like it, though.
* [[I'm Going to Disney World]]
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'''Tom:''' I'm going to Disney World!
'''Mike:''' All references to Disney World are the property of the Walt Disney Corporation. }}
* [[Laughing Mad]]: Mike and the Bots' reaction the Laughing Nightmare Reindeer.
* [[Let There Be Snow]]: This happens right at the end. [[MST3K Mantra|In space]].
* [[Moral Dilemma]]: Underlined when Lupita is thinking of stealing a doll from a street vendor, looking between her mother and the vendor.
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* [[My New Gift Is Lame]]: The gifts that Mike and the Bots give each other are pretty lame, but they genuinely love them anyway.
* [[Notable Original Music]]: Whispering Christmas Warrior
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Mike and Crow do a quick re-enactment of a [[Hogan's Heroes]] bit when the children of Germany are shown.
** And the rest...
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Tom: [[Cops (series)|Santa is filmed on location with the men and women of Raul County, Florida]]. }}
* [[Special Guest]]: [[Santa Claus]] and Pitch, at the end of the show.
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* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]: The SOL crew identify Lupita as this.
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Revision as of 09:22, 8 August 2014
Film watched: Santa Claus
In the words of Mystery Science Theater 3000 producers: "Just when we thought it couldn't get any more bizarre, it did." Its dramatic departure from established Santa Claus legend, combined with B-movie production standards and an awkward dub provide ample source for mockery. Mystery Science Theater 3000's send-up first aired on Christmas Eve 1993 as the second Christmas Episode (the first was Santa Claus Conquers the Martians). The devil Pitch became a recurring character for a while, played by Paul Chaplin.
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation has examples of:
- Action Santa: in the last host segment with Kevin Murphy as Santa Claus.
Santa: I'm here to eat candy canes and kick ass, and I'm all out of candy canes! |
- Biting the Hand Humor: Crow makes a wise-crack during the movie about how the Comedy Central competitions are a waste of time.
- Hypocritical Humor: MST3K had just run its Turkey Day Contest on Comedy Central.
- Call Back: In one segement, Tom's head is replaced with a snow-globe... the same snow-globe he replaced it with in Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
- And they make a quip about Gamera during the movie.
- "Why don't they look?"
- Christmas Songs: Mike and the Bots start singing Jingle Bells, before immediately going to the typical variation:
"Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg..." |
Santa: (reading letter) Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a little brother. |
- "Gift of the Magi" Plot: Horribly subverted for TV's Frank; He buys a watchfob for Dr. Forrester and, unclear on the concept, shaves his head just for the heck of it. You'd expect Dr. Forrester to have sold his watch and get Frank a gift certificate to a hair salon, but instead he gives him a savings bond--in Forrester's name, no less--that will mature into $25...in thirty years. Poor Frank.
- Homemade Sweater From Hell: Gypsy makes Mike a sweater with "JOIKE" on it. She explains that she started knitting it back before Joel's escape earlier that season. Mike seems to actually like it, though.
- I'm Going to Disney World
Narrator: What are you going to do now Santa? |
- Laughing Mad: Mike and the Bots' reaction the Laughing Nightmare Reindeer.
- Let There Be Snow: This happens right at the end. In space.
- Moral Dilemma: Underlined when Lupita is thinking of stealing a doll from a street vendor, looking between her mother and the vendor.
Mike (as Lupita): I'm at a moral crossroads, Mom. |
- My New Gift Is Lame: The gifts that Mike and the Bots give each other are pretty lame, but they genuinely love them anyway.
- Notable Original Music: Whispering Christmas Warrior
- And let's not forget Political Correctness Gone Mad / Santa Clausmas ditty, Merry Christmas...if That's Okay: A Politically Correct Christmas Carol.
- Only, don't say Christmas because this is a song for holidays of ALL faiths.
- And don't call it a Carol because Carol is a woman's name and we want this song to be all-inclusive.
- Shout-Out: Mike and Crow do a quick re-enactment of a Hogan's Heroes bit when the children of Germany are shown.
- And the rest...
- Special Guest: Santa Claus and Pitch, at the end of the show.
Dr. Forester: Oh Frank, think of it. A full tilt battle between pure evil and Santa Claus in our own home! |
- Tastes Like Diabetes: The SOL crew identify Lupita as this.
Mike: She is aggressively cute. |