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** The beater Crow's stereo picks up the latter part of "Melissa" by Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand. Servo shushes Crow's yammering so that he and Mike can enjoy the lead guitar solo.
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* Gypsy patches Crow up with a layer of true coat and sends him back on the bridge, while the loaner is sent to someone in Pennsylvania whose own Crow was totaled by a semi. Down in the castle, Pearl delivers Mike's semi-annual checkup, where her jumpsuited test subject states that he has a clean bill of health, physically and mentally. At this news, Pearl gets upset and freaks out, complaining about how he could possibly not be broken by all the bad movies she's sent up. On Brain Guy's suggestion (one that earns him a punch in the kisser), Pearl decides to take the initiative get a first-hand evaluation of her experiment by switching roles with Mike. She has Brain Guy send her up to the Satellite of Love in her own jumpsuit to riff the first 20 minutes of today's experiment with Crow and Servo, while Mike is sent down to Castle Forrester in her uniform, put in charge of browbeating Bobo and Brain Guy while being forbidden to escape.

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* Gypsy patches Crow up with a layer of true coat and sends him back on the bridge, while the loaner is sent to someone in Pennsylvania whose own Crow was totaled by a semi. Down in the castle, Pearl delivers Mike's semi-annual checkup, where her jumpsuited test subject states that he has a clean bill of health, physically and mentally. At this news, Pearl gets upset and freaks out, complaining about how he could possibly not be broken by all the bad movies she's sent up. On Brain Guy's suggestion (one that earns him a punch in the kisser), Pearl decides to take the initiative and get a first-hand evaluation of her experiment by switching roles with Mike. She has Brain Guy send her up to the Satellite of Love in her own Mike's jumpsuit to riff the first 20 minutes of today's experiment with Crow and Servo, while Mike is sent down to Castle Forrester in her uniform, put in charge of browbeating Bobo and Brain Guy while being forbidden to escape.
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* While Mile practices his hockey skills, Creator/LeonardoDaVinci flies up to the SOL in an ornithopter-styled spaceship to tell the crew (in a thick New York accent) that the young man playing him in the movie is a "mook" who acts nothing like the real him. Servo asks the original Renaissance Man how he's still alive in the 20th century and what he's been up to, prompting Leonardo to take his questions as threats and nearly reach for a gun in his robes. Thankfully, he cools himself down and leaves, after which Mike convinces the 'Bots that it's a bad idea to ask what da Vinci does for a living.

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* While Mile Mike practices his hockey skills, Creator/LeonardoDaVinci flies up to the SOL in an ornithopter-styled spaceship to tell the crew (in a thick New York accent) that the young man playing him in the movie is a "mook" who acts nothing like the real him. Servo asks the original Renaissance Man how he's still alive in the 20th century and what he's been up to, prompting Leonardo to take his questions as threats and nearly reach for a gun in his robes. Thankfully, he cools himself down and leaves, after which Mike convinces the 'Bots that it's a bad idea to ask what da Vinci does for a living.

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[[caption-width-right:324:Well, better than the Quest of the Delta ''Burkes'', I suppose.]]



* Crow is currently out for repairs due to hail damage, so a "loaner Crow" is used to introduce the show in his place.

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* After going outside to check the gutters, Crow is currently out has been damaged by a freak hailstorm, so Gypsy takes him away for repairs due to hail damage, so a repairs. In the meantime, she brings an AMC "loaner Crow" is used she's been working with to help introduce the show in show. The loaner has definitely seen better days with how he violently smolders and shudders, as well as his place.
poor communication stylings, but he has a killer sound system.



* Crow's all fixed up and the loaner is sent elsewhere as Pearl calls in. She's trying to figure out why Mike and the 'Bots aren't breaking from all the bad movies they are made to watch. In order to get a first-hand evaluation, Pearl has Brain Guy send her up to the Satellite of Love to riff the day's movie with Crow and Servo, while Mike is sent down to Castle Forrester and put in charge of Bobo and Brain Guy.

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* Crow's all fixed Gypsy patches Crow up with a layer of true coat and sends him back on the bridge, while the loaner is sent elsewhere as to someone in Pennsylvania whose own Crow was totaled by a semi. Down in the castle, Pearl calls in. She's trying to figure out why Mike delivers Mike's semi-annual checkup, where her jumpsuited test subject states that he has a clean bill of health, physically and the 'Bots aren't breaking from mentally. At this news, Pearl gets upset and freaks out, complaining about how he could possibly not be broken by all the bad movies they are made she's sent up. On Brain Guy's suggestion (one that earns him a punch in the kisser), Pearl decides to watch. In order to take the initiative get a first-hand evaluation, Pearl evaluation of her experiment by switching roles with Mike. She has Brain Guy send her up to the Satellite of Love in her own jumpsuit to riff the day's movie first 20 minutes of today's experiment with Crow and Servo, while Mike is sent down to Castle Forrester and in her uniform, put in charge of browbeating Bobo and Brain Guy.
Guy while being forbidden to escape.



* Pearl finishes up her evaluation and checks in on Mike, who's enjoying some male-bonding with Bobo and Brain Guy over beer and cards. Pearl gets furious when they start talking trash about her and has Mike and herself switched back, which upsets the 'Bots as they loved having her around (and she gave them a mint).

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* Having finished her evaluation, Pearl finishes up her evaluation and checks in on Mike, who's enjoying some good old fashioned male-bonding with Bobo and Brain Guy over beer beer, smokes, snacks, and cards. Pearl gets furious enough to be heard from the SOL when they start trash talking trash about her and her, so she has Mike and herself and Mike switched back, which upsets the back to their respective places. The 'Bots as are upset at this development because they loved having her around (and Pearl around, espescially since she gave them each half a mint).
mint in the theater, but they're overwhelmed by the sheer contrast of Mike's odor that they ditch him for showers.



* The Satellite of Love presents the Sir Thomas Neville Servo Consort of the Middle Ages Just-After-the-Plague Singers, who perform a beautiful song about the Delta Knights. Then they get raunchy and Mike tries to stop them.

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* The Satellite of Love presents Mike introduces the Sir Thomas Neville Servo Consort of the Middle Ages Just-After-the-Plague Singers, a quartet of Servo clones who perform a the beautiful song about the number "Air on a Delta Knights. Knight". Then they get raunchy and break into something much more raunchy, leaving Mike tries to try and stop them.
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* Creator/LeonardoDaVinci flies up to the SOL to tell the crew that his portrayal in the movie is nothing like him. Nothing like him at all, ya got that?!

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* While Mile practices his hockey skills, Creator/LeonardoDaVinci flies up to the SOL in an ornithopter-styled spaceship to tell the crew (in a thick New York accent) that his portrayal the young man playing him in the movie is a "mook" who acts nothing like the real him. Nothing like him at all, ya got that?!
Servo asks the original Renaissance Man how he's still alive in the 20th century and what he's been up to, prompting Leonardo to take his questions as threats and nearly reach for a gun in his robes. Thankfully, he cools himself down and leaves, after which Mike convinces the 'Bots that it's a bad idea to ask what da Vinci does for a living.



* Pearl comes back into the theater during the movie's credits to discuss renovations with a contractor so she can make the movies more painful to watch. Back on the bridge, the 'Bots sob over Pearl's brief-but-wonderful time spent with them. Meanwhile, the Delta Knights are hosting a giant pancake breakfast in Castle Forrester.

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* During the credits, Pearl comes back into re-enters the theater during the movie's credits with a Facili-Tech contractor, Fred "Eggs" Eggleston, to discuss renovations with a contractor renovating the place so she can make the movies she sends more painful to watch. Back on Her short presence reignites the bridge, the 'Bots sob over Pearl's 'Bots' trauma about her brief-but-wonderful time spent with them, even after she hits them and Mike with a clown hammer, to the point where they gaze longingly at a scrapbook and a collection of photos of her on the bridge as Mike comforts them. Meanwhile, the Delta Knights are hosting have visited Castle Forrester to host a giant pancake breakfast breakfast, which is all they do now after years of roaming the countryside and defending the poor, to the point where they reserved the castle for such breakfasts long before the Mads moved in. When they announce reaching their goal for enough money to host their next breakfast, one of them celebrates by throwing hard candy, hurting everyone in Castle Forrester.
the process.






* FormulaBreakingEpisode: ''Pearl'' joins the 'Bots in riffing on the first 20 or so minutes of the movie, as part of a role-swap experiment she's conducting with Mike.



* TheMafia: Heavily implied. Don't ask Leonardo da Vinci what he does for a living. He goes for a gun in his 15th Century robes when Servo starts prying into his private affairs.

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* TheMafia: Heavily implied. Don't ask Leonardo da Vinci what he does is heavily implied to either work for a living.them or is one of their members. He goes for a gun in his 15th Century robes when Servo starts prying into his private affairs.
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* SpecialGuest: Creator/LeonardoDaVinci shows up in an [[ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines ornithocopter]]-[[CoolStarship spaceship]] and complains (in a thick Brooklyn accent) about the movie's portrayal of him, calling the twerp in the film a "mook." When Servo wonders how Leo's still alive, the feisty Italian takes it as a threat and goes for his gun. At the end, Mike concludes that it's not a good idea to ask what Leonardo da Vinci [[TheMafia does for a living]].

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* SpecialGuest: Creator/LeonardoDaVinci shows up in an [[ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines ornithocopter]]-[[CoolStarship ornithopter]]-[[CoolStarship spaceship]] and complains (in a thick Brooklyn accent) about the movie's portrayal of him, calling the twerp in the film a "mook." When Servo wonders how Leo's still alive, the feisty Italian takes it as a threat and goes for his gun. At the end, Mike concludes that it's not a good idea to ask what Leonardo da Vinci [[TheMafia does for a living]].
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** The [=SoL=] crew makes several jokes mocking the ham-handed way the film "casually" introduces Leonardo as ''the'' [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Leonardo da Vinci]].
--->"...So then my folks moved, and I was Leonardo de Oxnard for a few years."
--->"When this is all over, I hope to be Leonardo de ''Cancun'' for a couple weeks."
--->"Yep, that's how they raised us in Vinci!"

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* BrooklynRage: Leonardo Da Vinci lives in Queens and has a HairTriggerTemper, and is especially sensitive to any line of questioning that concerns what he [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub and his friends]] do for a living.

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* BrooklynRage: Leonardo Da Vinci lives in Queens and has a HairTriggerTemper, and is especially sensitive to any line of questioning that concerns what he [[LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub and his friends]] friends do for a living.



* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: What Leonardo claims to be a part of, especially when Servo asks too many questions.
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* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: Loaner Crow is not all there in the brain processor department.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: This riff:
-->'''Travis:''' Those with great dignity and wisdom, we should call Master.\\
'''Crow:''' Right, Mr. Bater?

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* MoodWhiplash: When the scene shifts to bumbling wizard Wamthool and goofy music stands playing, Servo asks, "Are we in the same movie?!"

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* MoodWhiplash: When the scene shifts to bumbling wizard Wamthool and goofy music stands starts playing, Servo asks, "Are we in the same movie?!"


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* RoleSwapPlot: Pearl is so fed up with Mike and the Bots' refusal to go insane that she decides to experience the theater for herself, while Mike winds up hanging out with Bobo and Observer.
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It is available on Shout Factory TV [[https://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mst3k-quest-of-the-delta-knights/5f18a4ebca70af00016a65da here]].

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It The episode is available on Shout Factory TV in the Gizmoplex [[https://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mst3k-quest-of-the-delta-knights/5f18a4ebca70af00016a65da gizmoplex.com/mst3k/season:9/videos/mst3k-184-questofthedeltaknights here]].
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* Pearl finishes up her evaluation and checks in on Mike, who's enjoying some male-bonding with Bobo and Brain Guy over beer and cards. Pearl gets furious when their discussion turns to insults towards her and has Mike and herself switched back, which upsets the 'Bots as they loved having her around (and she gave them a mint).

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* Pearl finishes up her evaluation and checks in on Mike, who's enjoying some male-bonding with Bobo and Brain Guy over beer and cards. Pearl gets furious when their discussion turns to insults towards they start talking trash about her and has Mike and herself switched back, which upsets the 'Bots as they loved having her around (and she gave them a mint).
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Pearl joins Crow and Servo in the theater in the first segment, in an attempt to see why Mike isn't miserable from all the bad movies she sends him. Mike takes Pearl's place in Castle Forrester, except he doesn't do any work and just plays TabletopGame/{{poker}} with Bobo and Brain Guy.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Pearl joins Crow and Servo in the theater in the first segment, in an attempt to see why Mike isn't miserable from all the bad movies she sends him. Mike takes Pearl's place in Castle Forrester, except he doesn't do any work and just plays poker with Bobo and Brain Guy.

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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Pearl joins Crow and Servo in the theater in the first segment, in an attempt to see why Mike isn't miserable from all the bad movies she sends him. Mike takes Pearl's place in Castle Forrester, except he doesn't do any work and just plays poker TabletopGame/{{poker}} with Bobo and Brain Guy.
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** One of the 'Bots' framed photos of Pearl in the last host segment is her from back in the Comedy Central seasons.

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** One of the 'Bots' framed photos of Pearl in the last host segment is her from back in the Comedy Central Creator/ComedyCentral seasons.
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* Leonardo da Vinci flies up to the SOL to tell the crew that his portrayal in the movie is nothing like him. Nothing like him at all, ya got that?!

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* Leonardo da Vinci Creator/LeonardoDaVinci flies up to the SOL to tell the crew that his portrayal in the movie is nothing like him. Nothing like him at all, ya got that?!
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Mike and the bots audibly groan and make sarcastic comments when Leonardo reveals that he's from a town called Vinci.
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** During Tee and Leonardo's escape from the tree village, Servo finds himself starting to like ''Film/{{Willow}}'' in comparison, which he and Mike (but not Crow) very openly disdained in ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E23VillageOfTheGiants Village of the Giants]]''.
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It is available on SHOUT! Factory TV [[https://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mst3k-quest-of-the-delta-knights here]].

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It is available on SHOUT! Shout Factory TV [[https://www.shoutfactorytv.com/mst3k-quest-of-the-delta-knights com/mst3k-quest-of-the-delta-knights/5f18a4ebca70af00016a65da here]].
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* LateToTheRealization: At one point in the movie, Crow says "Hey, that's ''also'' David Warner!" Tom replies, [[CaptainObvious "Yeah, Crow."]]

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* NotableOriginalMusic: "Air on a Delta Knight," a medieval round performed by the [[MesACrowd Sir Thomas Neville Servo Consort of the Middle Ages Just-After-the-Plague Singers]], and arranged by the illustrious Sir Thomas Neville Servo himself.
-->'''Tom(s):''' I sing of the glorious Delta Knights, they live in Europe somewhere\\
With Archimedes they eat their Wheaties, and look pretty good in fake hair\\
They're kind of afraid to go out at night\\
They don't get historical facts just right\\
They hike up their codpieces really tight\\
They look pretty good in fake hair!



** The title of "[[NotableOriginalMusic Air on a Delta Knight]]" is a possible riff on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_on_the_G_String Air on the G String]], August Wilhelmj's arrangement of [[StandardSnippet the air]] from [[Music/JohannSebastianBach Bach's]] ''Orchestral Suite No. 3''.

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** The title of "[[NotableOriginalMusic Air "Air on a Delta Knight]]" Knight" is a possible riff on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_on_the_G_String Air on the G String]], August Wilhelmj's arrangement of [[StandardSnippet the air]] from [[Music/JohannSebastianBach Bach's]] ''Orchestral Suite No. 3''.
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** The Sir Thomas Neville Servo Consort of the Middle Ages Just-After-the-Plague Singers who sing "[[NotableOriginalMusic Air on a Delta Knight]]" are presumably the same Servo-clones introduced in ''Film/TheHumanDuplicators''. previously pressed into service as a choir as the United Servo Academy Men's Chorus in ''Film/TheStarfighters''. Once again, the Servos decide to launch into a BawdySong, once again inciting Mike, once again imitating locally-based [[Creator/{{NPR}} public radio]] host Bill [=McGlaughlin=] of ''Saint Paul Sunday'', to freak out and demand they get out of his studio.

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** The Sir Thomas Neville Servo Consort of the Middle Ages Just-After-the-Plague Singers who sing "[[NotableOriginalMusic Air "Air on a Delta Knight]]" Knight" are presumably the same Servo-clones introduced in ''Film/TheHumanDuplicators''. previously pressed into service as a choir as the United Servo Academy Men's Chorus in ''Film/TheStarfighters''. Once again, the Servos decide to launch into a BawdySong, once again inciting Mike, once again imitating locally-based [[Creator/{{NPR}} public radio]] host Bill [=McGlaughlin=] of ''Saint Paul Sunday'', to freak out and demand they get out of his studio.
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** Later:
-->'''Crow:''' David Warner, you are under arrest by order of David Warner!
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* Pearl finishes up her evaluation and checks in on Mike, who's enjoying some man-talk with Bobo and Brain Guy over beer and cards. Pearl gets furious when their discussion turns to insults towards her and has Mike and herself switched back, which upsets the 'Bots as they loved having her around (and she gave them a mint).

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* Pearl finishes up her evaluation and checks in on Mike, who's enjoying some man-talk male-bonding with Bobo and Brain Guy over beer and cards. Pearl gets furious when their discussion turns to insults towards her and has Mike and herself switched back, which upsets the 'Bots as they loved having her around (and she gave them a mint).

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