History Film / Hobgoblins

* ActionGirl: Daphne is the closest thing to this. For a horrible, irritating person, she does manage to directly dispatch a few Hobgoblins and actually shows some intelligence by getting wise to one of their "fantasies" [[spoiler: (blowing up the fantasy-military sergeant in the process)]].

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Hahahaha... '''you wish.''' It sure does take a while for the title creatures to show up on-screen, and by then you want them to murder the whole cast.

* DontComeAKnockin
* DrillSergeantNasty: Appears as part of Nick's "fantasy." He starts randomly chucking grenades around and viciously pointing a submachine gun at his surroundings (though never actually firing it-- perhaps fake explosions were cheaper than a prop gun that could fire blanks?)

** Outside of Club Scum, each of them passes their wallets on to the next one in the group for safekeeping. The last guy in line calmly pulls a switchblade and mugs everyone- which may be the only gag in the film that actually resembles comedy.

** Daphne & Nick doing the wild thing in the van while Kevin & Amy argue in the foreground....except the "funny" in FunnyBackgroundEvent is a total fail.

%%* MyGirlIsASlut

** What happened to Dennis's body? Did [=McCreedy=] just leave it to rot in the vault?

* ShoutOut: To another Rick Sloane film (Yes, he made other stuff. *shudder*). During the flashback, [=McCreedy=] is shown reading some sort of promotional material or script for ''The Visitants.''

''Hobgoblins'' is a movie that has to be seen to be believed. The haircuts, fashions and generic music showcase most of what was wrong with [[TheEighties the '80s]]. The plot is completely uninspired, the monsters are [[FollowTheLeader blatantly ripped off]] from ''Film/{{Gremlins}},'' the [[SpecialEffectsFailure "special effects"]] are completely atrocious and the soundtrack contains one of the most incomprehensible--''and'' catchy--songs ever "sung" (which, despite this, the movie actually ''grinds to a hard stop'' to show the band performing said song in its entirety).

For more information on that episode see ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E07Hobgoblins here]]''.

* ActionGirl: Daphne is the closest thing to this. For a horrible, irritating person, she does manage to directly dispatch a few Hobgoblins and actually shows some intelligence by getting wise to one of their "fantasies" [[spoiler: (Blowing up the fantasy-military Sargent in the process)]].

* BetterByADifferentName: The basic premise is eerily similar to ''{{WesternAnimation/Animaniacs}}''.

** Kyle bouncing around all over the place during the impromptu at-home dance party during while Amy & Daphne are arguing outside (Kyle's still in the house & you see him goofing via the window behind the two girls). Crow supplies JerryLewis noises.

* AllWomenArePrudes: Amy in the first half of the film.

And twenty years later, Rick Sloane ''made a sequel''. [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962728/ Yes, really.]] To this day, it is the only film ever covered on MST3K that had a sequel released after it was featured on the show.

-->'''Servo:''' "Ah, Hobgoblins, four hours in."

* UsefulNotes/TheEighties: Oh yes...
--> '''Servo''': ''(singing)'' "It's the 80s, do a lot of coke and vote for UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan."

-->'''Servo''': Tell me again why they have an elaborate security system but they don't ''lock'' anything.

''Hobgoblins'' is a movie that has to be seen to be believed. The haircuts, fashions and generic music showcase most of what was wrong with [[TheEighties the '80s]]. The plot is completely uninspired, the monsters are [[FollowTheLeader blatantly ripped off]] from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', the [[SpecialEffectsFailure "special effects"]] are completely atrocious and the soundtrack contains one of the most incomprehensible -''and'' catchy- songs ever "sung" (which, despite this, the movie actually ''grinds to a hard stop'' to show the band performing said song in its entirety).

Sloane would later be known as the writer/director of the equally low-budget and ineptly-made ''ViceAcademy'' series of films which were a ratings hit for the USA Network.

* DisneyDeath: Nick. Though did anyone, either watching the movie or in-universe, really even mourn him when he "died?"

* TheMockbuster: The film is an obvious ripoff of ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''

And twenty years later, Rick Sloane ''made a sequel''. [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962728/ Yes, really.]]

** Outside of Club Scum, each of them passes their wallets on to the next one in the group for safekeeping. The last guy in line calmly pulls a switchblade and mugs everyone.

''Hobgoblins'' is a movie that has to be seen to be believed. The haircuts, fashions and generic music showcase most of what was wrong with [[TheEighties the '80s]]. The plot is completely uninspired, the monsters are [[FollowTheLeader blatantly ripped off]] from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', the [[SpecialEffectsFailure "special effects"]] are completely atrocious and the soundtrack contains one of the most incomprehensible songs ever "sung" (which, despite this, the movie actually ''grinds to a hard stop'' to show the band performing said song in its entirety).

-->'''Servo:''' (After witnessing Nick retrive a grenade from his van) "So, the army just hands out grenades, huh?"

* AutoErotica: with a side order of {{Squick}}. Nothing happens in the car, mind you, it's just that the fantasy-woman is rather trashy, husky/nasally-voiced & repulsive.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor[=/=]LotusEaterMachine: The hobgoblins purposefully corrupt their victims' fantasies to kill them.

* CovertPervert: Amy
* DeathByFallingOver: Dennis
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Hahahaha... '''You wish.''' It sure does take a while for the title creatures to show up on-screen, and by then you want them to murder the whole cast.

* MyGirlIsASlut

* TitleDrop: During [=McCreedy's=] narration during his flashback sequence, "...out emerged a strange creature...a sort of...''Hobgoblin''..."

-->'''Servo:''' (After witnessing Nick retrive a grenade from his van) So, apparently the military just gives out hand grenades?

->'''[=McCreedy=]:''' "There's been an accident at the studio..."\\
'''Crow:''' "We made Hobgoblins!"\\
''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''

'''Tom Servo:''' "We made Hobgoblins!"\\

'''Crow T. Robot:''' "We made Hobgoblins!"\\