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!!The [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] presentation provides examples of:
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!!The [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] presentation of ''Film/FireMaidensOfOuterSpace'' provides examples of:
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* Timmy attacks Servo in the theater, prompting Joel and Crow go out and help him. On the bridge, Servo is cocooned to the wall begging for death, while Crow goes one-on-one with Timmy. Joel arrives to with a broom and snatches Timmy with it, ultimately shooting him out the airlock. Relived from the specter, Joel berates Crow for letting the spectre on the SOL in the first place, but soon apologizes to him for today's turn of events.
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* Timmy attacks Servo in the theater, prompting Joel and Crow go out and help him. On the bridge, Servo is cocooned to the wall begging for death, while Crow goes one-on-one with Timmy. Joel arrives to with a broom and snatches Timmy with it, ultimately shooting him out the airlock. Relived from the specter, Timmy, Joel berates Crow for letting the spectre on the SOL in the first place, but soon apologizes to him for today's turn of events.
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* Timmy attacks Servo in the theater, prompting Joel and Crow go out and help him. On the bridge, Servo is cocooned to the wall begging for death, while Crow goes one-on-one with Timmy. Joel arrives to with a broom and snatches Timmy with it, ultimately shooting him out the airlock. Relived from the specter, Joel berates Crow for letting the spectre on the SOL in the first place, but soon after apologizes to him for today's turn of events.
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* Timmy attacks Servo in the theater, prompting Joel and Crow go out and help him. On the bridge, Servo is cocooned to the wall begging for death, while Crow goes one-on-one with Timmy. Joel arrives to with a broom and snatches Timmy with it, ultimately shooting him out the airlock. Relived from the specter, Joel berates Crow for letting the spectre on the SOL in the first place, but soon after apologizes to him for today's turn of events.
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* Joel teaches the Bots proper posture, which leads to the crowning of the king and queen of posture. As the he and the Bots leave for commercial sign, a shadowed figure appears and attacks Cambot and Magic Voice.
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* Joel teaches uses the Bots proper 'Bots silhouettes to check their posture, which leads leading to the crowning of the king and queen of posture. As the he and the Bots 'Bots leave for commercial sign, a shadowed figure that looks like Crow suddenly appears and attacks Cambot and Magic Voice.
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* As Joel fixes Cambot, Crow introduces the dark stranger, Timmy, spectre to Joel him and Servo. The He reveals its name to be "Timmy" and that it came when he "wished for a friend". In Deep 13, the Mads present the Big Checkbook as their invention for this week. Checkbook, but soon panic when Frank makes some sizable investments he can't remember. Joel shows off a pair of sneakers that squirt out port-wine cheese, perfect for post race snacking.
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* Joel helps Servo with the art of double entendres by pointing out that tone counts for everything. Timmy prompts Crow with dirtier ones, to all-around disapproval.
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* Inspired by today's film, Joel invents Twin Screw Universal Controller, a remote control that warps reality. Crow, despite his protests, takes the blame for Timmy's antics in the theater. As Joel demonstrates the controller, Timmy screws around with it, ending up with Joel roasting Servo over a pit.
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* Inspired by the incredibly simple spaceship controls in today's film, Joel invents the Twin Screw Universal Controller, a remote control pair of levers that warps can warp reality. Crow, despite Despite his protests, takes the blame Crow is blamed for Timmy's antics in the theater. theater and his shoving Crow into him. As Joel demonstrates the controller, Timmy screws around with it, causing reality to go wonky and ending up with Joel roasting Servo over a pit.
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* After Timmy attacks Servo gets attacked by Timmy in the theater, prompting Joel and Crow go out and help him. On the bridge bridge, Servo is cocooned on to the wall begging for death death, while Crow fights goes one-on-one with Timmy. Joel arrives to attack Timmy with a broom and send snatches Timmy with it, ultimately shooting him off out the airlock. Relived from the specter, Joel berates Crow for letting the spectre on the SOL in the first place, but soon after apologizes to Crow him for today's turn of events.
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* {{Frameup}}: Timmy pushes Crow into Joel and gets Crow gets blamed for it ("Monkeyshines ''and'' lying?"). And Joel ''still'' doesn't believe that this [[DevilinPlainSight dark spectre]] is being mean to the robot that ''he'' created. All is forgiven in the following host segment, though.
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* {{Frameup}}: FrameUp: Timmy pushes Crow into Joel and gets Crow gets blamed for it ("Monkeyshines ''and'' lying?"). And Joel ''still'' doesn't believe that this [[DevilinPlainSight dark spectre]] is being mean to the robot that ''he'' created. All is forgiven in the following host segment, though.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The uber-dramatic classical music in no way relates to the ''nothing'' that happens on screen.
-->'''Crow''': [[BlatantLies The music really matches the action.]][[note]]There is no action.[[/note]]
-->'''Crow''': [[BlatantLies The music really matches the action.]][[note]]There is no action.[[/note]]
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* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Joel and the bots supply a ''creeeeak'' every time the SexySecretary opens and closes the gate. And she does it a ''[[{{Padding}} lot]]''.
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* DoorstopBaby: After Timmy is jettisoned from the SOL he's adopted as one of these by Frank... and promptly bites one of his fingers off.
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* DoorstopBaby: After Timmy is jettisoned from the SOL he's adopted as one of these by Frank... [[{{Fingore}} and promptly bites one of his fingers off.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: Oh, ''boy'', that part towards the penultimate host segment. At first it's all funny, with the guys watching the movie and making jokes on it. Then Timmy enters the theater... and sits there with them. Then he disappears and reappears in the seats several times. It changes to being quite darkly funny when he keeps biting and headbutting Servo, who gets more and more annoyed until he charges at him, and offscreen you can hear a scuffle and even Tom's 'I'm choking! I'm choking!' is still darkly funny, as is when Joel and Crow notice what's happening and Joel accidentally calls the EvilTwin 'Tommy'. Then you hear Tom's muffled sobs and screams for help, and the mood changes back to terrifying again as he's dragged from the theater. And ''then'' the mood goes straight back to humorous again as Timmy is defeated and even as Tom is encased in a pseudopod. ''Whew!''
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* MoodWhiplash: MoodWhiplash:
** Oh, ''boy'', that part towards the penultimate host segment. At first it's all funny, with the guys watching the movie and making jokes on it. Then Timmy enters the theater... and sits there with them. Then he disappears and reappears in the seats several times. It changes to being quite darkly funny when he keeps biting and headbutting Servo, who gets more and more annoyed until he charges at him, and offscreen you can hear a scuffle and even Tom's 'I'm choking! I'm choking!' is still darkly funny, as is when Joel and Crow notice what's happening and Joel accidentally calls the EvilTwin 'Tommy'. Then you hear Tom's muffled sobs and screams for help, and the mood changes back to terrifying again as he's dragged from the theater. And ''then'' the mood goes straight back to humorous again as Timmy is defeated and even as Tom is encased in a pseudopod.''Whew!''''Whew!''
** Meanwhile, on the topic of that pseudopod:
--->'''Tom''': (over the sounds of sirens and fighting; in pain) ''Kill me... Kill me... Kill-'' (normally) Uh, say, ''Crow''? Could you please kill me?
--->'''Crow''': [[LampshadeHanging (in the middle of fighting Timmy) I'm the teensyist bit busy, Tom, I'm getting to it!]]
** Oh, ''boy'', that part towards the penultimate host segment. At first it's all funny, with the guys watching the movie and making jokes on it. Then Timmy enters the theater... and sits there with them. Then he disappears and reappears in the seats several times. It changes to being quite darkly funny when he keeps biting and headbutting Servo, who gets more and more annoyed until he charges at him, and offscreen you can hear a scuffle and even Tom's 'I'm choking! I'm choking!' is still darkly funny, as is when Joel and Crow notice what's happening and Joel accidentally calls the EvilTwin 'Tommy'. Then you hear Tom's muffled sobs and screams for help, and the mood changes back to terrifying again as he's dragged from the theater. And ''then'' the mood goes straight back to humorous again as Timmy is defeated and even as Tom is encased in a pseudopod.
** Meanwhile, on the topic of that pseudopod:
--->'''Tom''': (over the sounds of sirens and fighting; in pain) ''Kill me... Kill me... Kill-'' (normally) Uh, say, ''Crow''? Could you please kill me?
--->'''Crow''': [[LampshadeHanging (in the middle of fighting Timmy) I'm the teensyist bit busy, Tom, I'm getting to it!]]
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* SkewedPriorities: As Crow (and then Joel) fight Timmy, [[DeathSeeker Tom is more interested in getting someone to kill him]].
-->'''Tom''': (as Joel grabs Timmy) ''Uh, did I mention I want you to kill me?!''
-->'''Tom''': (as Joel grabs Timmy) ''Uh, did I mention I want you to kill me?!''
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* [[NotNowKiddo Not Now, Servo]]Servo]]: When Timmy sneaks into the movie theater and begins antagonizing Tom, he keeps trying to get Joel's attention, only for him to either blow him off, or mistake his comments for riffs. Tellingly, it's only when the two start brawling that Joel realizes what's going on.
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"Ricka, racka, firecracker, sis-boom-bah! WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, Bugs Bunny, rah rah rah!"
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* SurpriseCreepy: The running joke with Timmy is that most of the creepy things he does are PlayedForHorror and played straight, adapting sequences from actual horror movies right down to the camera angles. Steered back into comedy by how Joel and the 'Bots mostly underreact to the ObviouslyEvil shadowy doppelganger.
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* SurpriseCreepy: SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: The running joke with Timmy is that most of the creepy things he does are PlayedForHorror and played straight, adapting sequences from actual horror movies right down to the camera angles. Steered back into comedy by how Joel and the 'Bots mostly underreact to the ObviouslyEvil shadowy doppelganger.
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Film watched: ''Film/FireMaidensFromOuterSpace''
!!The Segments
[[AC:Prologue]]
* Joel teaches the Bots proper posture, which leads to the crowning of the king and queen of posture. As the he and the Bots leave for commercial sign, a shadowed figure appears and attacks Cambot and Magic Voice.
[[AC:Segment 1]]
* Crow introduces the dark stranger, Timmy, to Joel and Servo. The Mads present the Big Checkbook as their invention for this week. Joel shows off sneakers that squirt out cheese, perfect for post race snacking.
[[AC:Segment 2]]
* Joel helps Servo with the art of double entendres by pointing out that tone counts for everything. Timmy prompts Crow with dirtier ones, to all-around disapproval.
[[AC:Segment 3]]
* Inspired by today's film, Joel invents Twin Screw Universal Controller, a remote control that warps reality. Crow, despite his protests, takes the blame for Timmy's antics in the theater. As Joel demonstrates the controller, Timmy screws around with it, ending up with Joel roasting Servo over a pit.
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* After Servo gets attacked by Timmy in the theater, Joel and Crow go out and help him. On the bridge Servo is cocooned on the wall begging for death while Crow fights Timmy. Joel arrives to attack Timmy with a broom and send him off the airlock. Relived from the specter, Joel apologizes to Crow for today's turn of events.
[[AC:Segment 5]]
* Joel helps through the Bots' trauma of the film's padding and Timmy through letter readings. Back in Deep 13, Frank adopts Timmy, but is greeted with a finger bite.
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!!The [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] presentation provides examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless: Joel, big time, refusing to believe Crow or Tom and failing to see the ObviouslyEvil Crow clone Timmy for the sinister "dark specter" that he is for most of the episode -- at which point he lectures Crow for letting it aboard the ship.
* BiggerIsBetter: Dr. Forrester's invention exchange, the [[GiantNoveltyCheck Big Big Checkbook]].
* CameraAbuse: Cam''bot'' Abuse -- Timmy attacks Cambot in the opening segment and shakes him around as the image cuts to static. Cambot's POV is askew in the next segment until Joel fixes him.
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: After Crow invokes this by its former name (during a blatantly {{fanservice}}y dance number), Tom pipes in with:
-->'''Tom:''' ''[singing]'' Watching Underoos is fun! I can see the dancers' buns!
* ContinuityNod:
** When Joel is introducing the new Twin Screw Universal Controller, he explains that it controls the ''ten''perature... which is a reference to one of the poorly labeled gauges on the ship in ''Film/FugitiveAlien''.
** In the opening segment, Joel checks the Bot's posture, announcing that they were going to crown a "King and Queen of Posture", a reference to the "Posture Pals" short that aired with ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E20TheUnearthly The Unearthly]]''.
--->'''Servo''': Couldn't I just be an earl, or a ''dauphin'' of posture?\\
'''Crow''': I'd rather marry into posture.
** Joel and the Bots offer up yet another "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E04WomenOfThePrehistoricPlanet Hi-keeba!]]" riff during the movie.
** In the closing segment, after Joel has lifted the Bots' spirits, he boasts to the Mads that they've survived ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E14MightyJack Mighty Jack]]'', ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E23TheCastleOfFuManchu The Castle of Fu Manchu]]'', ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E10FugitiveAlien Fugitive Alien]]'', and ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E09TheHellcats The Hellcats]]''.
* DarkIsEvil: Timmy. The Timmy puppet is actually Crow's body double for the movie theater scenes.
* DevilInPlainSight: Timmy the [[EvilTwin Dark Crow]]. Only Servo is wise to Timmy's antics, and Joel seems particularly oblivious. It's not until Servo is kidnapped by Timmy that Joel and Crow decide to take action.
* DiabolusExNihilo: There's no explanation as to where Timmy comes from, what he is or why he does what he does. The closest we get is Crow saying Timmy arrived when he "wished for a friend".
* DoorstopBaby: After Timmy is jettisoned from the SOL he's adopted as one of these by Frank... and promptly bites one of his fingers off.
* DoubleEntendre: Parodied. Joel points out that the most innocuous comments can become double entendres if you just ''[[EmphasisOnTheWrongSyllable emphasize]]'' [[EmphasisOnTheWrongSyllable certain]] ''[[EmphasisOnTheWrongSyllable words]]'' in a suggestive voice.
-->Say, does this TV have a ''remote''?\\
As far as ''I'' know, Lincoln's not president anymore!\\
She came home from the store, with a bag of apples... and a loaf of ''bread''!\\
And now a ''word'' from our ''sponsor''! POOM!
** Crow doesn't quite get the concept after being suggested a few particularly lewd ones by Timmy.
--->'''Crow:''' Grind her in der hi--\\
'''Joel''' CROW!\\
'''Tom:''' ''(amused)'' D'oh! [...]\\
'''Crow:''' She's built like a brick sh--\\
'''Joel:''' Crow!\\
'''Crow:''' [[LastSecondWordSwap --showboat.]]
* EvilTwin: Timmy is an all-black version of Crow who starts off pulling mean little pranks and ends up cocooning up Tom a la ''Film/{{Alien}}'' before Joel -- up to that point completely GenreBlind -- finally blows it out an airlock, and admonishes Crow not to let any more "dark specters" aboard the ship.
-->'''Crow:''' I wished for a friend and he came!\\
'''Servo:''' [[LampshadeHanging Crow, isn't that a little preternatural?]]
* {{Frameup}}: Timmy pushes Crow into Joel and gets Crow gets blamed for it ("Monkeyshines ''and'' lying?"). And Joel ''still'' doesn't believe that this [[DevilinPlainSight dark spectre]] is being mean to the robot that ''he'' created. All is forgiven in the following host segment, though.
* GiantNoveltyCheck: Dr. Forrester expands on the concept ad absurdum with a Giant Novelty Check''book'', the Big Big Checkbook, for this week's invention exchange. Naturally this necessitates a giant pen to fill out the check.
* GoToYourRoom: Joel sends Crow to his cubicle for a five-minute "time-out" after Timmy shoves Crow into him.
* ITasteDelicious: Timmy fools with Joel's new [[AppliedPhlebotinum Twin-Screw Universal Controller]], leading to (among other things) Joel roasting Servo on a rotisserie spit:
-->'''Servo:''' Joel, if you don't mind, I'm cooking here... I'm beginning to smell delicious...
* MercyKill: Cocooned Servo begs Joel to kill him. He continues the request after Timmy's been dealt with.
-->'''Joel:''' Oh, I'll ''kill'' you alright...
* MoodWhiplash: Oh, ''boy'', that part towards the penultimate host segment. At first it's all funny, with the guys watching the movie and making jokes on it. Then Timmy enters the theater... and sits there with them. Then he disappears and reappears in the seats several times. It changes to being quite darkly funny when he keeps biting and headbutting Servo, who gets more and more annoyed until he charges at him, and offscreen you can hear a scuffle and even Tom's 'I'm choking! I'm choking!' is still darkly funny, as is when Joel and Crow notice what's happening and Joel accidentally calls the EvilTwin 'Tommy'. Then you hear Tom's muffled sobs and screams for help, and the mood changes back to terrifying again as he's dragged from the theater. And ''then'' the mood goes straight back to humorous again as Timmy is defeated and even as Tom is encased in a pseudopod. ''Whew!''
* [[NotNowKiddo Not Now, Servo]]
* {{Padding}}: "Pad, pad, pad the film! Pad, pad, pad the film!" [[invoked]]
-->[[UpToEleven "CY ROTH HAD TO PAD THE FILM JUST TO GET TO THE PART WITH MORE PADDING!"]]
* PropRecycling: [[invoked]] "Timmy" is actually the Crow that sits in the theater (which is painted black to prevent artifacts if the shiny gold finish reflects light). Servo is also painted black, which is why viewers can't see through his dome while in the theater.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The film's constant use of "Polovtsian Dances" turns into Chinese water torture for the S.O.L. crew.
* RealityWarper: The Twin-Screw Universal Controller can do anything (with just two levers)!
* RunningGag: Every appearance of distant sparkling stars in the film is met with references to ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
* ScreamDiscretionShot: From Tom as he's being abducted by Timmy. Justified as the struggle takes place under the seats and the camera is still directly focused on the movie and the silhouettes that are superimposed in front of it, reacting to the events taking place in the theater.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Crow recognizes the StockFootage of the rocket, in particular the landing sequence with patently see-thru trees.
-->'''Crow''': What the -- ''Film/KingDinosaur''? That's from '''King Dinosaur'''! I'm leaving!\\
''[Joel [[DefiedTrope grabs him to prevent him from leaving]].]''\\
'''Crow''': Grrr... under protest.
* ShoutOut:
** Crow first describes Timmy in the same terms that [[Film/TheExorcist Regan uses for Captain Howdy]].
** The final battle with Timmy the Dark Crow references both ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/HerculesAndTheCaptiveWomen''.
--->'''Joel:''' Let go of him, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you bitch]]!
** The inner mouth coming out of Timmy's beak at the end when he bites Frank is another ''Aliens'' reference.
** Joel quotes "Step Right Up" from ''Music/SmallChange'', by Music/TomWaits, in a sketch.
** During the [[DoAnythingRobot Do Anything Lever]] sketch, listen closely to Joel, and you'll realize he says "It controls the ''te'''n'''preture''", a call back to the [[BlindIdiotTranslation Engrish]] control panel labels in the ''Film/FugitiveAlien'' movies from the previous season.
** Tom trapped in an avocado-like pod begging (hilariously) to be killed is another CallBack to Season 1 and the 'Avocado Man' from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E10RobotHolocaust Robot Holocaust]]''. Tom's death pleas could also double as a CallBack to ''Hercules and the Captive Women'', as there was a woman in a similar situation in that movie.
** A bit of FridgeBrilliance[[invoked]]: the inclusion of Timmy is a shout out to ''Fire Maidens'' itself! They wanted to have a dark creature lurking about, just like in the movie!
** During the sequence when the astronauts follow the female alien, Joel and the Bots begin singing a very slow version of Boots Randolph's "Yakkety Sax", acknowledging that the scene is playing out like a chase scene from ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'', but in slow motion rather than under cranked.
** During the fire maidens' ceremony, Joel and the Bots offer up a couple cheerleading chants:
--->"[[Film/Halloween1978 We're the fire maidens, couldn't be prouder, and if you can't hear us, we'll yell a little louder!]]"\\
"Ricka, racka, firecracker, sis-boom-bah! WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, Bugs Bunny, rah rah rah!"
** The "Not Me!" issues of ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' were parodied; Joel calls the Bots out on it.
** During "Servo on a spit", one will notice Joel waving the "screw ball" flag much as Daffy did in ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck''.
* SpaceIsNoisy: Especially during the "dodging meteoroids" scene: "You know, I definitely hear a bowling alley."
-->'''Crow''': There's traffic in space!
* SurpriseCreepy: The running joke with Timmy is that most of the creepy things he does are PlayedForHorror and played straight, adapting sequences from actual horror movies right down to the camera angles. Steered back into comedy by how Joel and the 'Bots mostly underreact to the ObviouslyEvil shadowy doppelganger.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: InUniverse, Joel and the bots lament at how one-dimensional the Creature is and openly wish he was really a good guy just to have some kind of {{Deconstruction}} within the film in hopes to make ''anything'' about it interesting.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Again, Joel, who refuses to believe that Timmy is evil, and whenever Crow and Servo try to warn him, he basically tells them to shut up. Then, after Timmy's nature is revealed and he's defeated, he berates Crow for letting him on the ship in the first place. He does forgive him, though.
* WaxingLyrical: One of the functions of the Universal Controller is that it [[Music/TomWaits turns you into a nine year-old Hindu boy.]]
* WhoAreYou: Screamed by Frank at the conclusion when Timmy bites off a finger.
* WithLyrics: [[{{Padding}} "Pad, pad, pad the film! Pad, pad, pad the film!"]] %%invoked
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->''[[TheStinger (Larson throws a goblet into the wall, noticing it)]]''
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Film watched: ''Film/FireMaidensFromOuterSpace''
!!The Segments
[[AC:Prologue]]
* Joel teaches the Bots proper posture, which leads to the crowning of the king and queen of posture. As the he and the Bots leave for commercial sign, a shadowed figure appears and attacks Cambot and Magic Voice.
[[AC:Segment 1]]
* Crow introduces the dark stranger, Timmy, to Joel and Servo. The Mads present the Big Checkbook as their invention for this week. Joel shows off sneakers that squirt out cheese, perfect for post race snacking.
[[AC:Segment 2]]
* Joel helps Servo with the art of double entendres by pointing out that tone counts for everything. Timmy prompts Crow with dirtier ones, to all-around disapproval.
[[AC:Segment 3]]
* Inspired by today's film, Joel invents Twin Screw Universal Controller, a remote control that warps reality. Crow, despite his protests, takes the blame for Timmy's antics in the theater. As Joel demonstrates the controller, Timmy screws around with it, ending up with Joel roasting Servo over a pit.
[[AC:Segment 4]]
* After Servo gets attacked by Timmy in the theater, Joel and Crow go out and help him. On the bridge Servo is cocooned on the wall begging for death while Crow fights Timmy. Joel arrives to attack Timmy with a broom and send him off the airlock. Relived from the specter, Joel apologizes to Crow for today's turn of events.
[[AC:Segment 5]]
* Joel helps through the Bots' trauma of the film's padding and Timmy through letter readings. Back in Deep 13, Frank adopts Timmy, but is greeted with a finger bite.
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!!The [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]] presentation provides examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless: Joel, big time, refusing to believe Crow or Tom and failing to see the ObviouslyEvil Crow clone Timmy for the sinister "dark specter" that he is for most of the episode -- at which point he lectures Crow for letting it aboard the ship.
* BiggerIsBetter: Dr. Forrester's invention exchange, the [[GiantNoveltyCheck Big Big Checkbook]].
* CameraAbuse: Cam''bot'' Abuse -- Timmy attacks Cambot in the opening segment and shakes him around as the image cuts to static. Cambot's POV is askew in the next segment until Joel fixes him.
* ComedicUnderwearExposure: After Crow invokes this by its former name (during a blatantly {{fanservice}}y dance number), Tom pipes in with:
-->'''Tom:''' ''[singing]'' Watching Underoos is fun! I can see the dancers' buns!
* ContinuityNod:
** When Joel is introducing the new Twin Screw Universal Controller, he explains that it controls the ''ten''perature... which is a reference to one of the poorly labeled gauges on the ship in ''Film/FugitiveAlien''.
** In the opening segment, Joel checks the Bot's posture, announcing that they were going to crown a "King and Queen of Posture", a reference to the "Posture Pals" short that aired with ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E20TheUnearthly The Unearthly]]''.
--->'''Servo''': Couldn't I just be an earl, or a ''dauphin'' of posture?\\
'''Crow''': I'd rather marry into posture.
** Joel and the Bots offer up yet another "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E04WomenOfThePrehistoricPlanet Hi-keeba!]]" riff during the movie.
** In the closing segment, after Joel has lifted the Bots' spirits, he boasts to the Mads that they've survived ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E14MightyJack Mighty Jack]]'', ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E23TheCastleOfFuManchu The Castle of Fu Manchu]]'', ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E10FugitiveAlien Fugitive Alien]]'', and ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S02E09TheHellcats The Hellcats]]''.
* DarkIsEvil: Timmy. The Timmy puppet is actually Crow's body double for the movie theater scenes.
* DevilInPlainSight: Timmy the [[EvilTwin Dark Crow]]. Only Servo is wise to Timmy's antics, and Joel seems particularly oblivious. It's not until Servo is kidnapped by Timmy that Joel and Crow decide to take action.
* DiabolusExNihilo: There's no explanation as to where Timmy comes from, what he is or why he does what he does. The closest we get is Crow saying Timmy arrived when he "wished for a friend".
* DoorstopBaby: After Timmy is jettisoned from the SOL he's adopted as one of these by Frank... and promptly bites one of his fingers off.
* DoubleEntendre: Parodied. Joel points out that the most innocuous comments can become double entendres if you just ''[[EmphasisOnTheWrongSyllable emphasize]]'' [[EmphasisOnTheWrongSyllable certain]] ''[[EmphasisOnTheWrongSyllable words]]'' in a suggestive voice.
-->Say, does this TV have a ''remote''?\\
As far as ''I'' know, Lincoln's not president anymore!\\
She came home from the store, with a bag of apples... and a loaf of ''bread''!\\
And now a ''word'' from our ''sponsor''! POOM!
** Crow doesn't quite get the concept after being suggested a few particularly lewd ones by Timmy.
--->'''Crow:''' Grind her in der hi--\\
'''Joel''' CROW!\\
'''Tom:''' ''(amused)'' D'oh! [...]\\
'''Crow:''' She's built like a brick sh--\\
'''Joel:''' Crow!\\
'''Crow:''' [[LastSecondWordSwap --showboat.]]
* EvilTwin: Timmy is an all-black version of Crow who starts off pulling mean little pranks and ends up cocooning up Tom a la ''Film/{{Alien}}'' before Joel -- up to that point completely GenreBlind -- finally blows it out an airlock, and admonishes Crow not to let any more "dark specters" aboard the ship.
-->'''Crow:''' I wished for a friend and he came!\\
'''Servo:''' [[LampshadeHanging Crow, isn't that a little preternatural?]]
* {{Frameup}}: Timmy pushes Crow into Joel and gets Crow gets blamed for it ("Monkeyshines ''and'' lying?"). And Joel ''still'' doesn't believe that this [[DevilinPlainSight dark spectre]] is being mean to the robot that ''he'' created. All is forgiven in the following host segment, though.
* GiantNoveltyCheck: Dr. Forrester expands on the concept ad absurdum with a Giant Novelty Check''book'', the Big Big Checkbook, for this week's invention exchange. Naturally this necessitates a giant pen to fill out the check.
* GoToYourRoom: Joel sends Crow to his cubicle for a five-minute "time-out" after Timmy shoves Crow into him.
* ITasteDelicious: Timmy fools with Joel's new [[AppliedPhlebotinum Twin-Screw Universal Controller]], leading to (among other things) Joel roasting Servo on a rotisserie spit:
-->'''Servo:''' Joel, if you don't mind, I'm cooking here... I'm beginning to smell delicious...
* MercyKill: Cocooned Servo begs Joel to kill him. He continues the request after Timmy's been dealt with.
-->'''Joel:''' Oh, I'll ''kill'' you alright...
* MoodWhiplash: Oh, ''boy'', that part towards the penultimate host segment. At first it's all funny, with the guys watching the movie and making jokes on it. Then Timmy enters the theater... and sits there with them. Then he disappears and reappears in the seats several times. It changes to being quite darkly funny when he keeps biting and headbutting Servo, who gets more and more annoyed until he charges at him, and offscreen you can hear a scuffle and even Tom's 'I'm choking! I'm choking!' is still darkly funny, as is when Joel and Crow notice what's happening and Joel accidentally calls the EvilTwin 'Tommy'. Then you hear Tom's muffled sobs and screams for help, and the mood changes back to terrifying again as he's dragged from the theater. And ''then'' the mood goes straight back to humorous again as Timmy is defeated and even as Tom is encased in a pseudopod. ''Whew!''
* [[NotNowKiddo Not Now, Servo]]
* {{Padding}}: "Pad, pad, pad the film! Pad, pad, pad the film!" [[invoked]]
-->[[UpToEleven "CY ROTH HAD TO PAD THE FILM JUST TO GET TO THE PART WITH MORE PADDING!"]]
* PropRecycling: [[invoked]] "Timmy" is actually the Crow that sits in the theater (which is painted black to prevent artifacts if the shiny gold finish reflects light). Servo is also painted black, which is why viewers can't see through his dome while in the theater.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The film's constant use of "Polovtsian Dances" turns into Chinese water torture for the S.O.L. crew.
* RealityWarper: The Twin-Screw Universal Controller can do anything (with just two levers)!
* RunningGag: Every appearance of distant sparkling stars in the film is met with references to ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
* ScreamDiscretionShot: From Tom as he's being abducted by Timmy. Justified as the struggle takes place under the seats and the camera is still directly focused on the movie and the silhouettes that are superimposed in front of it, reacting to the events taking place in the theater.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Crow recognizes the StockFootage of the rocket, in particular the landing sequence with patently see-thru trees.
-->'''Crow''': What the -- ''Film/KingDinosaur''? That's from '''King Dinosaur'''! I'm leaving!\\
''[Joel [[DefiedTrope grabs him to prevent him from leaving]].]''\\
'''Crow''': Grrr... under protest.
* ShoutOut:
** Crow first describes Timmy in the same terms that [[Film/TheExorcist Regan uses for Captain Howdy]].
** The final battle with Timmy the Dark Crow references both ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' and ''Film/HerculesAndTheCaptiveWomen''.
--->'''Joel:''' Let go of him, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you bitch]]!
** The inner mouth coming out of Timmy's beak at the end when he bites Frank is another ''Aliens'' reference.
** Joel quotes "Step Right Up" from ''Music/SmallChange'', by Music/TomWaits, in a sketch.
** During the [[DoAnythingRobot Do Anything Lever]] sketch, listen closely to Joel, and you'll realize he says "It controls the ''te'''n'''preture''", a call back to the [[BlindIdiotTranslation Engrish]] control panel labels in the ''Film/FugitiveAlien'' movies from the previous season.
** Tom trapped in an avocado-like pod begging (hilariously) to be killed is another CallBack to Season 1 and the 'Avocado Man' from ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S01E10RobotHolocaust Robot Holocaust]]''. Tom's death pleas could also double as a CallBack to ''Hercules and the Captive Women'', as there was a woman in a similar situation in that movie.
** A bit of FridgeBrilliance[[invoked]]: the inclusion of Timmy is a shout out to ''Fire Maidens'' itself! They wanted to have a dark creature lurking about, just like in the movie!
** During the sequence when the astronauts follow the female alien, Joel and the Bots begin singing a very slow version of Boots Randolph's "Yakkety Sax", acknowledging that the scene is playing out like a chase scene from ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'', but in slow motion rather than under cranked.
** During the fire maidens' ceremony, Joel and the Bots offer up a couple cheerleading chants:
--->"[[Film/Halloween1978 We're the fire maidens, couldn't be prouder, and if you can't hear us, we'll yell a little louder!]]"\\
"Ricka, racka, firecracker, sis-boom-bah! WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, Bugs Bunny, rah rah rah!"
** The "Not Me!" issues of ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' were parodied; Joel calls the Bots out on it.
** During "Servo on a spit", one will notice Joel waving the "screw ball" flag much as Daffy did in ''WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck''.
* SpaceIsNoisy: Especially during the "dodging meteoroids" scene: "You know, I definitely hear a bowling alley."
-->'''Crow''': There's traffic in space!
* SurpriseCreepy: The running joke with Timmy is that most of the creepy things he does are PlayedForHorror and played straight, adapting sequences from actual horror movies right down to the camera angles. Steered back into comedy by how Joel and the 'Bots mostly underreact to the ObviouslyEvil shadowy doppelganger.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: InUniverse, Joel and the bots lament at how one-dimensional the Creature is and openly wish he was really a good guy just to have some kind of {{Deconstruction}} within the film in hopes to make ''anything'' about it interesting.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Again, Joel, who refuses to believe that Timmy is evil, and whenever Crow and Servo try to warn him, he basically tells them to shut up. Then, after Timmy's nature is revealed and he's defeated, he berates Crow for letting him on the ship in the first place. He does forgive him, though.
* WaxingLyrical: One of the functions of the Universal Controller is that it [[Music/TomWaits turns you into a nine year-old Hindu boy.]]
* WhoAreYou: Screamed by Frank at the conclusion when Timmy bites off a finger.
* WithLyrics: [[{{Padding}} "Pad, pad, pad the film! Pad, pad, pad the film!"]] %%invoked
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