Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S08/E14 Riding With Death: Difference between revisions

 

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Observer, again. This time, he's dressed as a female nurse, while calling himself a Red Cross medic. (Of course, no field medic has ever been in a nurse's dress.)

'''Observer''': My race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We only kill out of personal spite. }}

* [[Call Back]]: At one point Mike mocks Abby's screams of "SaaaaAAAAM!" by saying "VaaaaAAAAAAANCE!" like Dr. Langer in ''[[The Giant Spider Invasion]]'' - a movie they'd seen just four episodes previous.

** Servo even gets in a "JeeeeeEEEEEEEEEeeeeed!", to which Crow moans, "Oh, here we go!"

* [[Crazy Enough to Work]]: During the credits, Crow seems to consider the idea that the movie had an "Executive Story Consultant" unbelievable.

'''Servo:''' ''*as the consultant*'' Yes. I advise that you cast the most annoying cracker you can find and slam together two incomprehensible stories! }}

** Incidentally, the show's executive story consultant was... [[Steven Bochco]]. THE Steven Bochco.

* [[Double Entendre]]: Mike and the bots' commentary during the sequence when Buffalo Bill's truck is used to slow down Casey's out-of-control vehicle:

'''Mike''': You inspired me. }}

* [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]]: The [[Trope Namer]] rides again. "(W)hat's that, ''three'' for you now?"

** "You're so elusive!"

** The joke about Hale being inside the truck when he's not leads to such riffs as:

'''Mike:''' ''(when the truck explodes)'' Sam, I'm blown to several thousand bits, but my patent papers! }}

** Driscoll's filthy, filthy glasses.

* [[This Is a Work of Fiction]]: Servo seems to consider it a blessing when the disclaimer pops up in the credits.

'''Servo:''' Any similarities to actual persons would be ''really sad.'' }}

* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: Inspired by a multitude of references to turkeys in the film (okay, one or two), Crow takes up the mantle of Turkey Volume Guessing Man!, who is able to instinctively calculate how many turkeys could fit in a given space, i.e. express something's volume in units of turkey. Crow is very disappointed to learn that Mike shares this power.

** Briefly. He then becomes excited at a superhero ''team'' of turkey guessers.

* [[You Look Familiar]]: The actor playing Robert Denby appeared in a previous [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] film, ''Night of The Blood Beast.''

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