YMMV / Mystery Science Theater 3000 S06 E08: Code Name: Diamond Head

• California Doubling: The crew accuse the TV movie of this as a Running Gag, and are shocked when the credits state every scene was shot on location in Hawaii. The "FILMED ENTIRELY ON LOCATION IN HAWAII" at the very end of the credits almost acts as an unintentional Brick Joke.
• Genius Bonus:
  • At one point in the film, Crow notes, "Shot on Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis." This is a hilarious joke if you live in the Twin Cities, as the background scenery he's referring to looks very similar to ADM Milling, found on Hiawatha Avenue (about a block from Minnehaha Avenue).
  • During the boat scene, the following exchange occurs:
    Tso-Tsing: What's in the bottle?
    Tree: To some, a whirlwind! To me, the only reality: five hundred thousand dollars in a Swiss bank account.
    Crow (as Tso-Tsing): No, I mean the red bottle.
    Servo (as Tree): Oh, that's Tia Maria.
  • It's almost certainly unintentional on the riffers' part, but as it happens, "Tia Maria" translates into "Aunt Mary."
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Tom sings "Smells Like Teen Spirit" over a girls' marching band, which now immediately brings to mind the song's use in the opening credits of Black Widow, where a very similar shot appears.
• Unintentional Period Piece:
  • One scene shows a flag with a martini being raised on a boat. Crow riffs, "Ted Kennedy died." As of 8/25/2009 you can raise that flag (or acknowledge his passing a little more appropriately).
  • The episode was made at a time when Lovejoy was Ian McShane's one really well-known role outside his native Britain, and it can now feel quite awkward that they keep going back to that well, without a single mention of his massive Career Resurrection that started a few years later with Deadwood.

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