Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S06/E20 Danger Death Ray

Film watched: Danger!! Death Ray

Featured in season 6 of Mystery Science Theater 3000, it's clear Mike and the 'Bots had a blast with this one.

The MST3K presentation provides examples of:

• Bond One-Liner: Generally averted, much to the annoyance of Mike and the 'Bots.
• Comedic Sociopathy: Tom Servo builds his own Death Ray for peaceful purposes and then uses it on Crow. Crow does admit that it was pretty funny...before his head catches fire.
• Continuity Nod: At the airport, Mike and the Bots hum a piece of music from The Starfighters.
  • Crow's script "Earth vs. Soup" has been mentioned before in past episodes and would be mentioned again in later ones (it even gets made (sorta) in a later one)
• Incredibly Lame Pun: Subverted when Mike elicits laughs from the bots with "Lattice in!"
• Running Gags
  • Mike and the 'Bots singing along with the soundtrack and adding lyrics from similar tunes where appropriate.

All: "WATERMELON MAAAAAAAAN!"

• • Jokes about Scarface and his resemblance to a certain president:

Mike: Abe Lincoln is Time Cop!
Crow: I want Jefferson Davis DEAD! I want his family DEAD!
Mike: Ohh, I've got a rail-splitting headache!

• • Exclaiming "Danger! X" at random moments.
• Soundtrack Dissonance: Lampshaded.

Servo: ["bup-a-dup-a-da-da" is playing] This isn't appropriate right now. His friend is dying over there.

• Tear Jerker: For Cambot, at least. Fargo's camera-destroying at the end of the film causes Cambot to start crying, blurring our view of the last host segment.
• Technical Pacifist:

Servo: Ah, so it's a PEACE LOVING DEATH RAY.

• Throw It In: Crow's head wasn't supposed to completely catch on fire like it does in the "peaceful death ray" sketch, but it ended up looking hilarious.