Funny / Mystery Science Theater 3000 S09 E07: Hobgoblins

Often considered one of the best episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you'd better believe there's a lot of funny moments in this episode.

• Mike: (singing) "It's the '80s! Do a lot of coke and vote for Ronald Reagan!"
• Servo's alternate lyrics to Pig Licker Ice Snickers "Kiss Kicker":
  Lead Singer: (imperceptible singing)
  Tom Servo: (singing) LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT OUR DRINK SPECIALS TONIGHT!
  Lead Singer: KISS! KICKER!
  Tom Servo: (singing) DON'T PARK IN THE ALLEY OR YOU'LL GET TOWED!
  Lead Singer: KISS! KICKER! (imperceptible singing) KISS! KICKER!
  Tom Servo: (singing) WHILE I'M UP HERE, LET ME POINT OUT THE RESTROOM!
• Crow's "documentary" where he "proves" that women do not exist. This is mostly a joke on how The Smurfette Principle applies to the show.
• "Hobgoblins. Hobgoblins. What'cha gonna do with those hobgoblins..."
• "Meet the Hobgoblins - Frankie, Sniffles, Bounce-Bounce and The Claw!"
• The Cardboard Pal moments.
  • This may have been unintentional, but anytime Cardboard Mike's pointing finger gets in range of someone's nose...
  • The interview with cardboard Rick Sloane, especially Crow doing the voice. Even Mike is cracking up.
  • Brain Guy being the only one to recognize that Mike and the Bots are cardboard cutouts.
    Brain Guy: Listen, you idiots!
    Pearls: (Death Glare)
    Brain Guy: A-and Pearl! You, of course, too.
• "Pig Licker! A man who licks pigs... or perhaps liquor made from pigs!" "...I would not want Pig Liquor."
• DON KING!
• "Thaaat's Butt Crack!"
• *as a Hobgoblin pounces on Daphne* "Can't you see what I'm trying to tell you, I love you!"
  • Also:
    (Daphne walks in, clothes disheveled)
    Mike: After my date with Prince, I went straight home.
    Amy: Honestly, couldn't Nick wait?
    (Hobgoblin pounces on Daphne)
    Tom Servo: Now who's this "Nick?" Is there another man in your life?
• Pretty much every time they pull out their 'hobgoblin' voice:
  Mike: "Oh, big man! You strangled a plush toy!"
• After the vault is blown up:
  McCreedy: There's been an accident at the studio...
  Crow: We made Hobgoblins!
• The sex hotline worker has a similar gumball machine to the one used for Tom in her office, causing him to be horrified at his "mom" being in such a scene.
• The gang riffing on the characters' lack of reaction when Nick is seemingly incinerated right in front of them:
  Mike: Aw, come on, Nick... oh yeah, he burned to death. Oh well.
  Crow: Nick's a smoking husk right now. He won't mind if we use his van.
• As the main characters are fighting off the Hobgoblins they all kind of fall into a pile on the couch and Kyle picks up a cushion to beat them off, in the process looking like he's just smacking the girls with it which leads to this riff.
  Mike: There's a girl touching me, YUCK!!
• Nick grabs a grenade from his van in order to blow up the Hobgoblins attacking them.
  Amy: "Oh my God, what do you call that?!"
  Daphne: "Urban renewal!"
  Crow: (as a car is pulling up) Aha! And what brisk witticism will this chappie have to offer?

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