History Recap / MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E24SamsonVsTheVampireWomen

--> '''Crow''': WOOOOW! So Torgo was actually with two completely reconstructed knees! That is dedication. Amazing!

* Mike and the 'Bots open with a moment of silence. Servo doesn't seem to get to get the concept.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frank wants to know if Dr. Forrester can come to Second Banana Heaven with him.

* ContinuityNod: In the final scene, Dr. Forrester sings a snippet of [[Film/VillageOfTheGiants "The Greatest Frank of All."]]

* ShoutOut: Torgo the White recalls the introduction of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the White]].

*** Gypsy's farewell letter refers to UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's speech, which in turn referenced ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.

* TookALevelInBadass: Well, being the messenger of an otherworldly power has to be a step up from a evil religious fanatic's lackey/pizza delivery guy, right?
-->'''Frank:''' Hey, they fixed your knees!\\

* UnexpectedGenreChange: The film ''seems'' to be a standard vampire horror story, and the professor has just managed to summon HeroicWillpower and faith to shake off the mind control of the vampire queen... and then El Santo just ''walks'' into the room in all his [[MaskPower silver-masked]], [[ShirtlessScene bare-chested glory]] and the professor doesn't bat an eye. All Mike and the Bots can do is laugh hysterically.
-->'''Servo:''' ''[as El Santo]'' I feel sort of silly right now. Did I overdress?

* DramaticIrony: The major reason this movie was ran was because [[RealLifeWritesThePlot this was Frank Coniff's last episode,]] [[PetTheDog and the crew decided to do a lucha movie, as he was a fan of the genre]]. It is only ''after'' TV's Frank [[KilledOffForReal departs for Second Banana Heaven]] when [[HalfwayPlotSwitch El Santo enters the movie]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Frank's fortune cookie is an obvious example of this, but Dr. Forrester's fortune could be seen as such as well, considering his fate at the end of Season 7.
-->'''Clay:''' "You will die alone and afraid, knowing not a single human being ever loved you. Lucky numbers: 3, 18, and 86." [[ComicallyMissingThePoint It's weird, I keep getting the same one!]]

* ShoutOut: Torgo the White recalls the introduction of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the White]].

* {{Corpsing}}: Listen to Crow lose it when El Santo enters the professor's office.

* ElSpanishO: Crow describes one of El Santo's less impressive-looking opponents in the ring as "It's [[Creator/AndyKaufman Andy El Kaufman]]!"

* ElSpanishO: Mike describes one of El Santo's less impressive-looking opponents in the ring as "[[Creator/AndyKaufman Andy El Kaufman]]!"

* DesignatedHero / MoralDissonance: Invoked.

* NotableOriginalMusic: "Who Will I Kill?" sung by Dr. F.

-->'''Mike:''' "It's part of the face: it doesn't come off!"

-->'''Mike:''' "DON'T! TOUCH! THE MASK!"

* ShoutOut: Torgo the White recalls the introduction of [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf the White]]
** Before that, Torgo appears to Crow, who blurts, "Something is going to happen, Mike. [[Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact Something WONDERFUL!]]"[[note]]'''Mike:''' Sure, I'm about to ''win'' (the game of TabletopGame/{{Stratego}} they're playing).[[/note]]

'''Torgo The White:''' ''[confused]'' W...wHaT aBouT mY vOiCe?

-->'''Servo:''' (as El Santo) I feel sort of silly right now. Did I overdress?

-->'''Frank:''' Hey, they fixed your knees!
-->'''Torgo The White:''' [=ThErE aRe No BuM kNeEs In My WoRlD, cHiLd.=]
-->'''Frank:''' How about your voice?
-->'''Torgo The White:''' ''[Confused]'' W...wHaT aBouT mY vOiCe?

** The giant clam skit is a reference to Film/TheThreeStooges.

*** Gypsy's farewell letter refers to UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's speech, which in turn referenced ''{{Hamlet}}''.

This episode was the swan song for TV's Frank.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence

** Before that, Torgo appears to Crow, who blurts, "Something is going to happen, Mike. [[Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact Something WONDERFUL!]]"[[note]]'''Mike:''' Sure, I'm about to ''win'' (the game of TabletopGame/Stratego they're playing).[[/note]]

** Calling out "STRA-TEE-GOOOOO!" was from the ubiquitous television ad for ''TabletopGame/Stratego''.

** Before that, Torgo appears to Crow, who blurts, "Something is going to happen, Mike. [[Film/TwoThousandTenTheYearWeMakeContact Something WONDERFUL!]]"[[note]]'''Mike:''' Sure, I'm about to ''win'' (the game of Stratego they're playing).[[/note]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Frank, after surviving many injuries and deaths over the course of five seasons, is taken into Second Banana Heaven, the afterlife for minions. Though he does briefly return as a ghost just for the end of the episode.]]