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Things I liked about the movie:
Little boys in shorts.
Tibby the turtle.
How the Japanese have become accustomed to giant monsters.
Impressions
This was a very funny episode. The movie was so hilariously bad that it could stand alone as
comedy without the riffing. In fact,
this is the worst movie panned by the crew yet! Disclaimer. The riffing itself was solid. Between the stupid grin I had while watching
the movie itself and the occasional laughing out loud at the riffs and host
segments, I really enjoyed myself during this one. I think it’s re-watchable, too.
As usual with the Japanese monster movie genre, there’s a kid (Kenny) who disobeys at top speed and somehow gets access into every top-secret military installation and government headquarters. He tells the Japanese military leaders what to do and they comply. The science is laughably naive. There are Eskimos on Antarctica. A nuclear bomber is randomly flying around the South Pole and the Americans shoot it down without much consideration. The nuclear bombs carried by the airplane explode when it crashes on Antarctica, waking Gamera, who for unknown reasons flies straight to Japan and starts trashing the place. Fortunately, the Japanese have what must be a multi-trillion-yen trap-and-launch system that allows them to launch giant monsters of the Godzilla/Gamera/Mothra/Rodan size that are so common to their country to Mars regardless of the timing. Gamera runs to the trap and gets launched to Mars thereby making Kenny happy, which is apparently the Japanese government’s prime directive.
Prologue: Joel and the ’Bots exercise
Segment One (Invention Exchange):
Joel’s endless salad bar, or compact salad. The Mads are in the middle of spring cleaning
Segment Two: Tom
sings a love song to Tibby the turtle
Segment Three: Crow
does voodoo on Joel’s Jim Varney doll
Segment Four: Gamera
(played by Mike) visits the SOL
Segment Five (End):
Servo gives a tribute to the cast of the film
Some good riffs:
Kenny has just lost his pet turtle “Tibby” (about the size of a coaster).
Kenny: Tibby is little, but Gamera is big.
Joel: It’s so true.
A little girl is walking away from the camera. It’s hard to tell whether she’s a sexy adult, or a little girl.
Joel and the bots: Heeeeey!
Girl turns around and looks to be about 10.
Joel and the bots: Oh.
Kenny searches on the rocky shore for his lost turtle, Tibby
Crow: Squish.
A character fell from a height. The others start yanking on him.
Crow: Quick, move his spine around, he's had a bad fall.
Servo, as pilot of airplane: The captain has turned off the no dubbing sign. You are free to speak any language you choose.
Servo: Hey, Sandy Frank. Isn't that when you drop your hot dog on the beach?
Movie about Kenny: The other students make fun of him; they think he's strange.
Crow as Teacher: Kids are perceptive that way.
Scientist: It has the power to convert organic matter into inorganic matter.
Joel: Like McDonalds?
Crow as Gamera: What's this about not letting Kenny keep his turtle?