Line #115 Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E01Reptilicus


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:(''singing'' ''Series/TheMunsters'' ''theme'')]]
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4	->'''Crow:''' Only God [[PlayingGod may play God]]! [[Film/BruceAlmighty And]] [[Film/EvanAlmighty sometimes]] Creator/MorganFreeman!
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6	Film watched: ''Film/{{Reptilicus}}'' (the American version).
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8	!!The Segments:
9	[[AC:Prologue]]
10	* Jonah Heston, a rising star of Gizmonic Institute, hears a distress call and flies to the dark side of the moon to answer. It's a trap: when he lands, Kinga Forrester immediately captures him and sends him up to the Satellite of Love.
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12	[[AC:Segment 1]]
13	* It's two months later. The bots discuss the upgrades Jonah's given them. For his first invention exchange, Jonah invents a foldable bubble wand, the Bubble Fan. Kinga claims to have something better than an invention: true star power, in the form of a monster movie just packed with famous actors. It falls flat when Max points out that Danish comedian Dirch Passer is the only celebrity in ''Reptilicus''.
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15	[[AC:Segment 2]]
16	* Tom Servo and Crow thought giant movie monsters only come from Japan. Jonah sets them straight with a rap song, "Every Country Has a Monster".
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18	[[AC:Segment 3]]
19	* Inspired by the movie, Crow takes Tom Servo's arm and uses it to clone some more Servos. After a few generations, the clones start getting weird.
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21	[[AC:Segment 4]]
22	* Jonah reads some letters from fans. One's from Ethan, who likes Crow the best for being sarcastic, and one from Jeff, whose drawing of ''two'' Satellites of Love is either math homework, or a ''dire warning''.
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24	[[AC:Segment 5]]
25	* Jonah sets up a model of Copenhagen, so Gypsy, dressed as Reptilicus, can smash it.
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28	!!The ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation of ''Film/{{Reptilicus}}'' has examples of:
29	* ActorAllusion: Creator/WilWheaton's cameo character giving a ludicrously overblown speech about Jonah's awesomeness is a reference to various characters [[CreatorsPet shilling the brilliance and talent]][[invoked]] of his most famous character Ensign Wesley Crusher on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.[[note]]And a great joke for anyone who remembers when CreatorsPet was known as ShillingTheWesley.[[/note]]
30	* AllThereInTheManual: The Max-narrated EyeCatch segments act as an ExpositionDump for the functioning of Moon 13, 14, and the Satellite of Love in-universe. You'd think [[MST3KMantra they'd just relax]], but with Joel back on the show, there ''are'' actual explanations to be had.
31	* AmbiguousCloneEnding: Played for laughs. After Crow creates a gaggle of Tom Servo clones, he [[ExpendableClone melts them all back down to scrap]]. Except the last Servo left is one of the clones, not the original. No one cares about this, and for the rest of the episode (and season) everyone treats him just like the original Servo.
32	-->'''Servo:''' Jonah, there's been a mix-up. I'm not the original Servo.\
33	'''Jonah:''' That's fine. I think that if -- ''[movie sign interrupts him]'' Oh, we've got movie sign!
34	* ArbitrarySkepticism: "This is kind of unrealistic. If he were really working alone, his pants would be off."
35	* AssPull: [[invoked]]
36	-->'''Crow:''' Turns out Reptilicus was a plane the whole time. Twist!
37	* BavarianFireDrill:
38	-->'''Crow:''' ''(as Svend)'' I can't keep this up any longer! I don't know what I'm doing!\
39	'''Jonah:''' ''(as Svend)'' They just gave me a jumpsuit and a hat because I'm tall and I look like I know what I'm doing!
40	* BigBudgetBeefup: You get to see the results of the Website/{{Kickstarter}} here, with Gypsy hanging from the ceiling, Crow's functioning arms, hands, and flat out ''tackling'' Jonah in theater, and Tom Servo flying. Not to mention the improvements in camera technology really shows off the Bots' sparkly metal flake finishes.
41	* BroadStrokes: In a perfectly fitting case of the MST3KMantra[[invoked]], the first episode of the revival makes absolutely no attempt to explain what Crow, Tom, Gypsy and Cambot are doing back in space helping a guy riff on bad movies, or how both Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank have fathered children we've never heard of.
42	* BrilliantButLazy: Crow invents a Servo cloning machine offscreen, but quickly tires of it:
43	-->'''Crow:''' Jonah, do I have to keep making Servos? I'm getting bored!\
44	'''Jonah:''' Crow, I never asked you to make them! I told you not to! [[WhatMeasureIsAMook Get rid of them!]]
45	* CallBack: Several.
46	** "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E10TheViolentYears I'm squishy!]]"
47	** [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E07TheKillerShrews Killer Shrews]] are named during the "Every country has a monster" song.
48	** "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E20SpaceMutiny That's Doctor Lady Doctor!]]"
49	** "Wonderful wonderful [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E04SecretAgentSuperDragon Super Dragon.]]"
50	** This episode debuts a new Tom Servo puppet, with rigid arms that the puppeteers can actually control. During the clone skit, one of the clones has dangling Slinky arms, just like the older Servo puppet.
51	** This episode also revisits the idea of countless expendable duplicate Servos as needed, because (behind the scenes) the Servo puppet was easy to make and having a few spares on hand meant they didn't have to worry about breaking them during the more {{Slapstick}} sketches.
52	* {{Calvinball}}: As a Danish police officer is playing chess:
53	-->'''Crow:''' TabletopGame/{{Bingo}}! TabletopGame/{{Yahtzee}}! [[TabletopGame/{{Checkers}} King me]]! I really don't know how to play TabletopGame/{{backgammon}}.
54	* TheCameo: Creator/WilWheaton and Creator/ErinGray give us some beautifully stilted exposition on our new lead.
55	* CannotConveySarcasm:
56	-->'''Servo:''' Hey, Ethan! ''I'' should be your favorite! I can be sarcastic. Check this out: Hey, Jonah, I ''love'' that jumpsuit.\
57	'''Jonah:''' Hey, thanks.\
58	'''Servo:''' You know, yellow looks ''great'' on you.\
59	'''Jonah:''' Well, thank you, Tom. That's very sincere.
60	* CaptainObvious: As the Danish Admirals look over the ocean with binoculars:
61	-->'''Jonah:''' The ocean is really watery today.
62	* CharacterDevelopment: Gypsy's come a long way from her [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E12HerculesAndTheCaptiveWomen "Hey, they're steam-cleaning the horses!"]] days. Starting with this episode, she now drops in on the theater at least twice an episode to [[AllThereInTheManual drop off and pick up the container for the liquefied Kingachrome recording]], usually getting in a pretty sly riff whenever she does.
63	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Reverted as the Gizmonic Institute is back in all of its full glory including the return of the Invention Exchange.
64	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When they find Dr. Dalby's broken glasses in the lab wreckage:
65	-->'''General Grayson:''' Dr. Dalby?\
66	'''Jonah:''' No, these are just glasses. Dr. Dalby was much taller.
67	* ConspiracyTheorist: The bots start theorizing on how Reptilicus could have escaped:
68	-->'''Crow:''' Maybe autism-filled vaccinations?\
69	'''Servo:''' Maybe chemtrails?\
70	'''Crow:''' Maybe mercury in our dental fillings?
71	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
72	-->'''Captain Brandt:''' You'll have to fire point blank--at very close range!\
73	'''General Grayson:''' I know.\
74	'''Jonah:''' That's what ''point blank'' means.
75	* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Kinga's "Show Trap" plays a ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' rendition of the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' theme as it works. Jonah notices the song and thinks it sounds familiar.
76	* EvilTwin:
77	** One of Tom Servo's clones is Evil Servo. He doesn't want to be evil, but Crow decided he should be.
78	** Crow and Tom Servo think Jeff's drawing of two SOL's is a warning--there's a second SOL out there somewhere, filled with evil versions of all of them.
79	* ExpendableClone: After casually cloning Tom Servo several times, Crow just-as-casually melts them all back down to scrap- even the original Tom Servo. Thanks to their "Sheep Mode", even the clones don't particularly care.
80	-->'''Crow:''' Servos! Sheep Mode!\
81	'''Servos:''' YES CREATOR. BAAA. BAAA.\
82	'''Crow:''' Time to get melted back into 3D print cable!
83	* EyeCatch: This episode starts the trend of replacing the commercials with clips of TV's Son of TV's Frank [[ExpositionFairy explaining the various pieces]] of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' lore.
84	* EyepatchOfPower: The "Evil Servo" clone has an eyepatch, but since Tom Servo doesn't have eyes he just wears it over his bubble.
85	* ForgotAboutHisPowers: "If only [Reptilicus] had wings, he could fly away!"[[note]]Ironically, Reptilicus actually did fly in the original Danish version of the film. The American version cut those scenes for looking ''too silly''.[[/note]]
86	* GeographicFlexibility:
87	-->'''Crow:''' How much Copenhagen is there left to destroy? It's the size of New Haven!
88	* GreatWayToGo:
89	-->'''Jonah:''' Congo's Kongamato\
90	Is a mongo flying dino\
91	I know I don't wanna die\
92	But when I do, he'll be the guy
93	* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Parodied. "Brigadier Military-Industrial Complex, this is Miss Doctor-Woman."
94	* HitlerCam: "Guys, please don't shoot me from below. I feel fat today."
95	* HomoeroticSubtext: Jonah and the bots imply several times that Svend and General Grayson are dating. The movie gives them plenty of opportunities:
96	-->''[Svend walks behind Grayson]''\
97	'''Servo:''' ''(as Grayson)'' Don't even try it. I'm in no mood today.\
98	...\
99	'''Svend:''' Other people are stubborn. I'm ''firm.''\
100	'''Jonah:''' ''Okay!''
101	* HughMann: A riff on one of the writers' names. "[[AC:Ib Melchior. Yes, that is my human name. Why?]]"
102	* IdiosyncraticWipes: "Oh, I get it! The slime doesn't hurt anybody. It just transitions to a different scene."[[note]]Reptilicus actually doesn't spit anything in the original film; these were ''all'' just crudely drawn onto it for the American release.[[/note]]
103	* ImmediateSelfContradiction:
104	** Kinga dismisses Jonah's invention exchange (a bubble fan) as lame, then turns and tells Max to get her a copy of that design.
105	** And there's the Creator/AmericanInternationalPictures logo in the film itself:
106	--->'''Servo:''' Nothing says "international" like a picture of the US Capitol Building.[[note]]Of course it would to people not from America, as with Reptilicus' Danish filmmakers, but American International were just the distributors in this case, a notorious BMovie outfit based in LA.[[/note]]
107	* InterspeciesRomance: They crack several jokes about Peterson being in a relationship with the electric eel.
108	* ItWillNeverCatchOn: "Maybe I should pursue that dream of mine: selling ready-to-assemble furniture with a strong Scandinavian flair. Oh, who am I kidding? It will never work."
109	* LeaveTheCameraRunning: "Now, let's settle in for the eight-hour-long thawing sequence!"
110	* LetMeGetThisStraight: In response to the film's use of StockFootage from the Suez Crisis:
111	--> '''Jonah:''' So let me get this straight... You're saying Reptilicus was responsible for blockading the Suez Canal?
112	* LowCountGag: At one point while watching ''Reptilicus'', there's a shot of a single Danish Army jeep with four soldiers. Tom Servo quips, "I'm impressed! They rolled out [[SuspiciouslySmallArmy the entire Danish Army]]."
113	* MediumBlending: The interior shots of Gizmonic Institute in the cold open are a mix of live human actors and Gerry Anderson-style {{UsefulNotes/Supermarionation}}.
114	* MindlessSheep: Crow makes a bunch of Tom Servo clones, but makes sure to program them with a "Sheep Mode" which, when active, makes them all obey him without question. This mostly comes up when Crow gets bored with the clones and [[ExpendableClone melts them all down to scrap]]: they literally bleat like sheep as they walk off-screen to their deaths.
115	* MisterDescriptor: Gypsy's first riff in the theater when Professor Martens sets his hat down:
116	-->'''Gypsy:''' Now you're [[CompanionCube Mr. Filing Cabinet!]]
117	* MoneyDearBoy: [[invoked]] Kinga's exposition at the start of the episode reveals her grand plan (at the moment) to be rebuilding the brand to sell off to Creator/{{Disney}} for billions -- could also count as LeaningOnTheFourthWall, depending on the viewer.
118	* MonochromeCasting: "I think diversity back then was more about height, and shoe color."
119	* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: When the professor rushes off to the beach where they're bombing Reptilicus, without anyone telling him: "My scientist sense is tingling! Professor away!"
120	* NationalStereotypes: "They're obviously dubbing in those screams. The Danes are too polite to scream."
121	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Jonah abandons his payload -- the largest ever -- to answer a distress call. For that he's shot up into the new SOL.
122	* TheNthDoctor: InUniverse, Gypsy's new voice is explained as an upgrade by Jonah, who has found her old voice annoying and swapped it out for one with a Midwestern accent. Crow and Servo's new voices go unexplained.
123	* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: "Reptilicus returns in ''Reptilicus 2: 2 Fast 2 Danish''."
124	* PairTheSpares: Invoked in one riff with several major male characters standing with major female characters and Jonah asking, "Okay, is everybody paired up?"
125	* POVSequel:
126	-->'''Jonah:''' Hitchcock's ''Film/NorthByNorthwest,'' from the plane's point of view. Just got funded on Kickstarter.
127	* RearrangeTheSong: ''"A distress call came in from him at half-past noon / That's when an evil woman trapped him on the dark side of the moo-oon!"''
128	** The EyeCatch segments throughout Season 11 play a variety of remixes based on classic [=MST3K=] songs. ''Reptilicus'' specifically plays "Livin' in Deep 13" from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S06E10TheViolentYears The Violent Years]]'', the "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E07WildRebels Wild Rebels Cereal]]" jingle music, and an accordion version of [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E10TheFinalSacrifice Tom Servo's "Canada Song"]].
129	** The song that plays as Kinga and Max put away the depleted Kingachrome movie is a slow jazz version of [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E03PodPeople "Clown in the Sky"]].
130	* RedshirtArmy:
131	-->'''Servo:''' ''(as General Grayson)'' Everyone! Form a meat shield around me and Goldenboy, hurry!
132	* {{Retirony}}: When the camera focuses on the severed head of a cow that Reptilicus killed, Jonah laments, "Cow had a month to go until retirement, too..."
133	* RhymingWithItself: Tom and Crow's first verse in "Every Country Has a Monster" rhymes "Luxembourg" with "Luxembourg" ''four times in a row.''
134	* RPGMechanicsVerse: "They're gonna run out of ammo soon, and have to search the area for treasure chests and healing herbs and stuff."
135	* RunningGag:
136	** Svend has a problem with every single step of the plan to take down Reptilicus.
137	** Connie Miller is tall: "I swear, she's getting taller in every scene!"
138	** Stock riffs:
139	*** "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E23BrideOfTheMonster He tampered in God's domain.]]"
140	*** The return of the Smuckers joke.
141	*** "[[Series/TheRatPatrol Rat Patrol]], in color."
142	*** Every time the exterior of the lab is shown, the gang breaks into an impromptu sing-song of "[[{{Film/Xanadu\|1980}} Xanaduuu]]!"
143	*** [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram "Myeeessssss?"]]
144	* RussianReversal:
145	** "In Denmark, Music/TheBeatles [[Film/AHardDaysNight chase you!]]"
146	** "Alright, everybody, we'll cross that bridge when it comes to us. Boom!"
147	* ScullyBox: [[invoked]] Several jokes about Grayson's height, particularly in comparison to his female co-stars. "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial ...I'm not standing on an apple crate!]]"
148	* ShoutOut:
149	** When the film's title appears in letters resembling dripping blood, Jonah hums a bit of the theme song to ''Series/TheMunsters''.
150	** "[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Something is rotten in the state of Denmark]]... and it's this movie."
151	** "Hey brah, [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo you find Nemo yet?]]"
152	** "Creator/StanLee's in this?"
153	** ''[Lightning bolt]'' "[[Series/GilligansIsland The weather started getting rough...]]"
154	** "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Park_(song) Someone left a cake out in the rain!]]"
155	** "There is no doubt, it is alive." "[[Film/TheSoundOfMusic With the sound of music?]]"
156	** "Man, even the Creator/{{Pixar}} lamp is getting cranky."
157	** "I'm the Danish Edward G. Robinson, yeah!"
158	** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E8TimeEnoughAtLast I had all the time in the world...]]"
159	** During the war room sequence after Reptilicus escapes, Jonah and the Bots reference the famous ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' sketch by the Dead Alewives. "I cast magic missile! I'm attacking the darkness!"
160	** Jonah calls one girl Franchise/SailorMoon due to her outfit.
161	** "Petersen [[Film/BlazingSaddles only pawn in game of life.]]" And in the same vein, "Candygram for Mongo!"
162	** "Oh, [[Literature/TheStoryOfFerdinand Ferdinand]], no..."
163	** [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 "Don't cross the streams, Venkman!"]]
164	** [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse "What do you think, Dr. PeeWee Kissinger?" "The word of the day is: carpet bomb!"]]
165	** [[Music/TheWho "T-t-talking 'bout re-generation!"]]
166	** [[Film/BlackChristmas1974 "The calls are coming from INSIDE the aquarium!"]]
167	** [[Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision "You can't do that on television!]]"
168	** [[Series/SanfordAndSon "I'm comin' Elizabeth! I'm comin' for ya!"]]
169	** Several to ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' over scenes of people running in the streets.
170	** [[Film/SinginInTheRain "All I do the whole night through is dream of you…"]]
171	** "This map is outdated! [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants It's Istanbul, not Constantinople!]]"
172	** [[Music/TheVillagePeople "Danish Navy! You can hunt Reptilicus! Danish Navy!"]]
173	*** An earlier establishing shot of the ship featured an impromptu singalong of the Series/McHalesNavy theme.
174	** "[[Film/TheMuppetMovie Movin' right along, footloose and fancy-free!]]"
175	** "[[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends The Island of Sodor!]] No!"
176	** When they need drugs to knock out Reptilicus: "I'll call [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]]."
177	** "Denmark is sponsored by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius the Church of the Subgenius]]."
178	** When Reptilicus is mortally wounded: "I can't believe I'm dying and I never got around to [[Film/{{Gamera}} befriending a little kid]]!"
179	** "[[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory The snozzberries taste like snozzberries]], and the Zalaberies taste like Zalaberies!"
180	** The aforementioned [[Music/ElectricLightOrchestra Xanadu]] singoff.
181	** "Every Country has a Monster" includes the lyric, "[[Music/BarenakedLadies Chickity-China, the Chinese chicken!]]"
182	*** Also "[[Music/DefLeppard Gunter glieben glauchen]] Crow-bin."[[note]]Or maybe Music/TheOffspring[[/note]]
183	* SoLastSeason: Kinga is pushing for a ratings grab. Max has to let her know that [[MediumAwareness Netflix doesn't have traditional ratings]].
184	* SomeCallMeTim: Kinga's second-in-command introduces himself as "TV's Son of TV's Frank". Kinga immediately afterwards says that his name is just "Max".
185	* SpecialEffectFailure: [[invoked]]
186	-->'''Captain Brandt:''' It's...\
187	'''Crow:''' Much cheaper-looking than we could have possibly imagined!
188	** Upon noticing how much worse the film of the monster looks than the rest of the movie:
189	--->'''Crow:''' Reptilicus is destroying the film stock!\
190	'''Jonah:''' Either the print is in really bad shape, or it's raining tar.\
191	...\
192	'''Crow:''' Oh, there's your problem. He's in a different movie! You're never gonna hit him.
193	** When Reptilicus eats his first victim:
194	--->'''Crow:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, now I'm in awe of this movie!]]\
195	'''Jonah:''' Now he's eating stop-motion cartoons! I gotta do something!
196	** Eventually, Crow pretends to be the movie's FX artist and "explains" how a few scenes were created:
197	--->'''Crow:''' In this shot, Reptilicus is on a turntable, and we pulled a model tank with a string. The effect is seamless. [...] The bobbing head was a flywheel mechanism, and the trees were sprigs of rosemary.
198	* SpinningPaper: "Exposition Daily says..."
199	* StatuesqueStunner: Svend comforts the frock dress-wearing Lise: "There, there. Don't cry, giant doll-lady-robot."
200	* StockFootage: "Nobody will notice if we use the same lightning shot, right?"
201	* TheStoner: When they see Peterson playing with a microscope:
202	-->'''Jonah:''' Is he building a tiny pipe bomb?\
203	'''Servo:''' I think he's building a different ''kind'' of pipe, if you know what I mean.\
204	'''Crow:''' ''(as Peterson, slurring)'' I like to get high and eat...
205	* SummationGathering: When the ladies walk into the war room:
206	-->'''Servo:''' She's locking the door...\
207	'''Crow:''' No one leaves this room! One of you is a ''murderer''.
208	* SureLetsGoWithThat:
209	-->'''Jonah:''' And don't worry. We know Crow's just joking.\
210	'''Crow:''' Suuure I am. Only joking.
211	* SuspiciouslySmallArmy: At the sight of a single jeep with four soldiers:
212	-->'''Servo:''' I'm impressed! They rolled out the entire Danish Army.
213	* TakeThat:
214	** Upon seeing Reptilicus's bright green, slimy spit: "Oh, so that's where Monster Energy comes from."
215	** Svend is listening to headphones and cringing. "He's listening to Music/BrianEno."
216	** "Well, we decimated that Costco. What next?" "I see a CVS and a Walgreens." "Good eye, soldier."
217	** When they wonder where to find a drug powerful enough to knock out Reptilicus: "We could feed him Music/KeithRichards!"
218	** A meta example that shaped the entire season: Netflix's insistence that the episodes all drop together to be binged (rather than the preferred regularly-spaced episodes) is what led to creating ''"The Gauntlet"'' as a framing device.
219	* TakeOurWordForIt:
220	** In a host segment:
221	--->'''Crow:''' I'll just take this off-camera and drop this into a tank of water we definitely have sitting right off-camera. Ah, there it is. And it's big and real and full of liquid, trust me on that!
222	** In the movie:
223	--->'''General Grayson:''' Reptilicus was on the rampage. We never saw him...\
224	'''Servo:''' Wasn't in the budget!\
225	'''General Grayson:''' ...but we saw the the trail of death and destruction.\
226	'''Crow:''' And by trail of death and destruction, we mean one ship. But we shot it from a lot of different angles, you gotta give us that!
227	* TechnicolorScience: "Meanwhile, behind the scenes at the color pot laboratory..."
228	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: "In Denmark, gardening is done by shooting weeds with heavy artillery."
229	* ThrowItIn: [[invoked]]
230	** During the Electric Eel Skit, Jonah pretends to be the movie's director:
231	--->'''Jonah:''' Cut! Brilliant, Peterson.\
232	'''Crow:''' Wait, he's still going!\
233	'''Jonah:''' Keep the camera rolling! Roll sound! I don't know what he's gonna do, but I don't wanna miss ''any'' of this gold!
234	** During "Every Country Has a Monster" Jonah knocks over several of the monster models and looks directly at the camera with an OhCrap expression. Fortunately this is ''exactly'' in the spirit of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. He kept going, even though he had clearly run out of room for all the models.
235	** The VisualGag in the theater where the barrel moves on its own was something the puppeteers came up with spontaneously. Joel liked it enough to keep it.
236	* TimeSkip: There's a two month gap between the events of the cold open and the first host segment.
237	* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Jonah has to explain through rap about how other countries have Kaiju, but Japan seems to be the one country with tons of them.
238	* UnfortunateNames: "Poor Sidney Pink. He was blacklisted, obviously."
239	-->'''Crow:''' Are you now, or have you ever been, a producer and director of ''Reptilicus''?
240	* VisualGag:
241	** Tom Servo touches General Grayson's hair, then says it feels like the General hasn't washed it in weeks.
242	** When a factory appears in the background, Tom Servo hovers over it to recreate the cover of Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/{{Animals\|1977}}''.
243	** Crow catches some of Reptilicus's slime in a barrel, so he and Tom can eat it later. Then the barrel tries to walk away on its own.
244	* WatchItForTheMeme: [[invoked]] Lampshaded by Crow as the janitor is "gonna do the bit [[https://youtu.be/C1bO7Lueujo?t=26s with the electric eel]]!"
245	* WoundedGazelleGambit: Kinga Forrester lures Jonah to Moon 13 by sending out a fake distress signal.
246
247	----
248	->[[TheStinger Peterson is zapped by the electric eel.]]

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