Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S06/E23 The Amazing Transparent Man
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"So, the leading causes of accidents are joy, sex, and old age?"
—Mike Nelson on The Days Of Our Years
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Film watched: The Amazing Transparent Man with the short The Days of Our Years
The Days of Our Years and another short, Catching Trouble, are considered two of the more upsetting shorts ever shown on Mystery Science Theater 3000.
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation of The Amazing Transparent Man contains these tropes: (YMMV items here)
- Big Word Shout: SQUANTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!![1]
- Disguised in Drag: "Auntie McFrank", bed-and-breakfast proprietress.
- Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Mike as "Mikey"
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- Shout-Out: Tom and Mike's characters in the "local color" segment are at least inspired by George and Lenny. And Llama!Crow... poor Llama!Crow.
The counter-depressing Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of The Days of Our Years provides the following tropes:
- Comically Missing the Point: Mike misses the point of the Psalm at the start of the short, which is to pretty much enjoy your life while you have it.
- Eye Scream: Worth repeating, because it's the only time Mike and the bots are disturbed when watching the short.
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Mike: You don't have to HOLD it there! |
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- Mind Screw: The minister at once point to Crow.
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Minister: Whenever I do I'm often reminded of things that happened to people who weren't even there (accidents). |
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Servo: Reverend, I'm having a crisis of faith, what should I do? |
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- ↑ A Warrior's Tale. Poor Frank had been planning to see it for months - he'd even bought the tickets in advance. Too bad it'd already left theaters months ago.