Specials

E1. The Green Slime (pilot)

14m

An unaired pilot which was shown to the management at KTMA with an introduction by none other than Joel Hodgson. This footage was captured at a Q&A at Archon 32 by Tarantulas in October of 2008.

E2. Invaders from the Deep

Nov 24, 1988 · 102m

Movie Plot: A submarine crew fight an underwater civilization. Host Segment I: The crew deals with the vacuflowers that grow on the satellite, which makes everyone that smells them obsessed.

E3. Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars

Nov 24, 1988 · 102m

Movie Plot: Aliens from Mars battle the Earth. Host Segment I: The crew does a skit about the Macy's Thanksgiving parade.

E4. Star Force: Fugitive Alien II

Nov 27, 1988 · 102m

Movie Plot: A fugitive alien and a pilot from earth fight a few interplanetary wars. Segment I: Crow tells his version of the first Thanksgiving. Segment II: Joel demonstrates numbchucks.

E5. Gamera vs. Barugon

Dec 4, 1988 · 100m

Movie Plot: Japanese monsters Gamera and Barugon fight each other. Intro: Joel explains the show's premise and plays a phone message from a viewer. Segment One: Joel plays more phone messages, some asking for more of the show and another asking them to show the movies unriffed. Segment Two: A caller asks for more chapstick (mispronunciation of 'slapstick'), so Joel and the 'bots promise to use more chapstick on the show. Segment Three: Crow gives a hygiene lesson. Segment Four: Servo and Crow make prank phone calls.

E6. Gamera

Dec 11, 1988 · 95m

Movie Plot: The people of Japan deal with the monster named Gamera. Intro: Crow volunteers to be frozen as the SOL's Christmas tree. Segment One: Joel wonders if he should freeze Servo as a lawn ornament next Christmas. Segment Two: A caller asks why Godzilla hasn't appeared on the show. Callers are invited to take a Ted Turner survey. Segment Three: The crew debates the authenticity of the movie's monsters. Segment Four: Gypsy and Joel sing Christmas songs.

E7. Gamera vs. Gaos

Dec 18, 1988 · 100m

Movie Plot: Japanese monsters Gamera and Gaos fight each other. Intro: A caller complains about the Gamera movies, but Joel says that he doesn't choose the movies, the Mad Scientists do. Segment One: Servo hits puberty and gets a new deep voice. Segment Two: Gypsy wants new voice, but Joel convinces her keep the one she has. Segment Three: A young caller invites the crew to his birthday party. They can't go, but Servo's birthday greetings turn into a long rant. Segment Four: Servo talks about the upcoming new year.

E8. Gamera vs. Zigra

Dec 31, 1988 · 103m

Movie Plot: Japanese monster Gamera and another Gamera from the planet Zigra fight each other. Intro: Crow is unfrozen. Segment One: Dr. Forrester and Dr. Erhardt, the mad scientists holding Joel captive, taunt Joel. They invite him back to earth for an underwater experiment, but Joel declines. Segment Two: Joel is depressed so Cambot plays messages from viewers to cheer him up. Most of the calls are about Gypsy. Segment Three: The SOL crew talk about their New Year's Resolutions. They countdown the last seconds to midnight. Segment Four: The crew reviews the movie.

E9. Gamera vs. Guiron

Jan 8, 1989 · 94m

Movie Plot: Japanese monsters Gamera and Guiron fight each other. Intro: The Mads are out of bad movies, until Dr. Erhardt finds another Gamera movie. Segment One: Crow dreams that he is in control of the experiment and the Mads are forced to watch the movies. He keeps sending 'A Planet of the Apes Christmas'. Segment Two: Servo and Crow discuss dreams. Servo's is particularly disturbing. Segment Three: Joel tells the 'bots of his dreams, which include operating a crane and waiting in line for Metallica tickets. Segment Four: The crew sings about the Satellite of Love.

E10. Phase IV

Jan 15, 1989 · 97m

Movie Plot: Ants wage an attack against researchers in remote Arizona. Intro: The Mads sell Joel's car to raise $30,000. He then informs them that he had $30,000 hidden under the seats. Segment One: Joel tells Servo and Crow about Isaac Asimov's Rules of Robots. They don't agree. Segment Two: The crew discuss what they would do if they ever get back to Earth. Joel wants to turn off his water, which he had left running. Segment Three: The crew plays I Spy, which becomes a rendition of Wipeout. Segment Four: Joel makes Crow and Gypsy recite a new Robot Law.

E11. Cosmic Princess

Jan 22, 1989 · 103m

Movie Plot: Lunar researchers look for minerals on a hostile planet. Intro: The Mads invent 1-D glasses. Dr. Erhardt can only see length. Segment One: Crow opens a barbershop. Segment Two: Servo unsuccessfully learns to fly. Segment Three: The bots help Joel with his taxes. Segment Four: The SOL crew plays football.

E12. Humanoid Woman

Jan 29, 1989 · 100m

Movie plot: Astronauts probing an abandoned spaceship find a female clone whose planet is threatened by pollution and a dictatorship.

E13. Fugitive Alien

Feb 5, 1989 · 103m

Movie Plot: An earth army gets alien help to fight a great battle. Intro: Dr. Forrester is in Vegas, leaving Dr. Erhardt in charge. Segment One: Servo and Gypsy dismantle Crow. Segment Two: Joel and Servo debate why some celebrities are never seen together. Segment Three: Joel hosts a dance competition for Gypsy and Servo. Segment Four: Joel announces the creation of the MST3K Fan Club.

E14. SST Death Flight

Feb 19, 1989 · 103m

Movie Plot: The inaugural flight of the Concord becomes a disaster as it's sabotaged then a virus gets loose. Cold Open: Joel and the bots sing the SST: Death Flight Theme Song. Intro: Dr. Forrester has returned from Vegas with gifts for Dr. Erhardt. Segment One: Joel tries to show that robots feel no pain. Segment Two: Gypsy catches a cold. Segment Three: The bots throw a limbo-fest. End: Servo and Crow read letters from viewers.

E15. Mighty Jack

Mar 5, 1989 · 101m

Movie Plot: Q, an evil presence, tries to conquer the world. Intro: The Mads try to find out how mad they really are. Segment One: The bots weld themselves together. Segment Two: The bots discuss the limits of humor. Segment Three: Joel is depressed when the 'bots don't want to play murderball with him. Segment Four: Crow and Joel read pro- and anti-Servo fan letters.

E16. Superdome

Mar 12, 1989 · 103m

Movie Plot: A murderer is running around New Orleans during the Superbowl. Intro: The Mads are almost ready to bring the SOL back to earth, until Crow ruins everything. Segment One: Joel helps Servo experience pain. Segment Two: Joel becomes a tyrant. Segment Three: Servo remembers his favourite moments on the SOL. End: Joel finds Servo's letters and then reads letters of his own

E17. City on Fire

Mar 19, 1989 · 100m

This week's experiment is disastrous disaster film City on Fire (1979), which assures viewers the events depicted could happen in any city, anywhere. Even, as Tom points out, while we're watching this.

E18. Time of the Apes

Apr 2, 1989 · 99m

Adapted (i.e., shredded and stitched into incoherence) from the 1974 Japanese series Saru No Gundan, Time of the Apes follows the travails of a scientist and two small children who are accidentally frozen and thaw into a future ruled by apes. Meanwhile, Crow and Servo have locked Joel out of the Satellite of Love.

E19. The Million Eyes of Sumuru

May 7, 1989 · 95m

Movie Plot: The evil Sumuru and her minions try to conquer the world. Intro: The Mads help Joel back into the ship. Segment One: Joel punishes the 'bots for locking him out. Segment Two: The crew host a game show. Segment Three: The crew perform an acoustic version of the show's theme song. Segment Four: Joel announces that fan club membership has grown to 900.

E20. Hangar 18

May 14, 1989 · 99m

Bodies of aliens are examined at a secret lab. Intro: Joel introduces this week's film. Segment One: The ship is hit by a meteor shower. Segment Two: Joel purges Crow's memory. Segment Three: Joel jokingly tells Crow that he's actually female. Crow naturally freaks out. Segment Four: Joel announces more fan club news.

E21. The Last Chase

May 21, 1989 · 100m

Movie Plot: Postapolcalyptic tale about a guy racing to California. Intro: Dr. Forrester creates cold fusion in Dr. Erhardt's mouth. Segment One: Joel teaches Crow and Servo about manners. Segment Two: Joel reads letters from viewers. Segment Three: Joel reads more fan letters. Segment Four: More fan letters read.

E22. Legend of the Dinosaurs

May 21, 1989 · 101m

Movie Plot: A dinosaur attacks a lake near Mt. Fuji. Intro: The mads start a "Joel is dead" rumor. Segment One: Joel demonstrates cheap special effects. Segment Two: The crew stage a 1960s type sitcom. Cambot even adds canned laughter. Segment Three: The 'bots are not impressed with Joel's model dinosaur. Segment Four: The crew discuss their summer plans.

E23. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

Apr 19, 1996 · 73m

Mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester figures he can rule the world if he deadens his subjects' brains by making them endure terrible movies. Exploiting his access to nearby satellite-dwellers Mike Nelson and his robot pals, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo, Forrester makes them watch a cheesy 1950s spaceship film. But when Mike and friends make funny comments throughout the movie and others that follow it, Forrester's plan looks increasingly flimsy.

E27. The Sidehackers (Outtakes)

Apr 8, 2003 · 18m

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 3 boxset special feature. A compilation of outtakes from the wraparounds of "The Sidehackers".

E28. The Atomic Brain (Outtakes)

Apr 8, 2003 · 20m

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 3 boxset special feature. A compilation of outtakes from the wraparounds of "The Atomic Brain".

E29. The Unearthly (Outtakes)

Apr 8, 2003 · 16m

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 3 boxset special feature. A compilation of outtakes from the wraparounds of "The Unearthly".

E30. Interview with Mike Nelson & Kevin Murphy

Mar 9, 2004 · 29m

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 5 boxset special feature, included with "Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders".

E31. The Touch of Satan Trailer

Mar 9, 2004 · 2m

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 5 boxset special feature. Original trailer for "The Touch of Satan".

E32. The Touch Of Satan Introduction

Mar 9, 2004

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 5 boxset special feature. Movie introduction by Mike Nelson.

E33. Time Chasers Introduction

Nov 22, 1997 · 89m

Movie Plot: a Vermont based film made in 1991 about a college professor who creates a time-traveling plane and sells it to an evil cooperation. He finds that the cooperation uses the plane as a weapon to destroy the future, and he has to go back in time several times to stop himself from selling his time machine in the first place. On the SOL: Crow goes back in time to the 1980s to talk Mike out of taking temp jobs, thus stopping him from getting the job in Deep 13 that got him trapped on the SOL / The 'bots are dismayed to find Mike replaced by Mike's alcoholic brother Eddie / Eddie tells the 'bots that Mike played in a band and died, prompting Crow to go back and undo his earlier mission. On the Widowmaker: Pearl has put Bobo and Brain Guy down for the night and invites Mike over for a chat / Pearl informs Mike that there is now an extra Crow roaming around 1985 Wisconsin. Original film made in 1994.