Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S10/E08 Final Justice

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Film watched: Final Justice

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 presentation includes these tropes:

  • Ambiguously Gay: Observer is dressed as a drummer - and it has nothing to do with Wacky Dress Up Day - he just has a date.
  • Big Eater: While Geronimo's size if nothing else certainly implies this, the riffing on it takes it to new heights - culminating in Crow and Servo singing about how Geronimo will steal your lunch over the credits.
  • Call Back: Joe Don Baker is the star of Mitchell. Never forget that.
    • Mike tries to re-enact Joel's escape at the end of Mitchell -- he convinces himself that he's due after surviving a bad Joe Don Baker movie.
  • Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys: Crow accuses Maltese men of this.
  • Curse Cut Short: "You son of a-"
  • Evil Counterpart: Servo at one point identifies a mafioso who could only be Geronimo's evil twin - "Giuseppe Don Baker" if you will.
  • Gasshole: All three riffers turn Joe Don into one, but special mention has to go to Servo; Kevin Murphy has a gift for phony belching.
  • Info Dump: Related to Call Back:

Servo: I'm sorry buddy, but you're not going anywhere.
Crow: Nope.
Mike: But I just suffered through a really bad Joe Don Baker movie!
Servo: Unrelated Mike, sorry. You see, Gypsy sent Joel back to Earth in an escape pod she hid in a box of Hamdingers.
Crow: Yeah.
Servo: There are no more escape pods, Mike!
Crow: You do know that you're sitting in the water heater, doncha?
(Beat)
Mike: Yeah, I know.