The Phantom Planet/YMMV

• Narm: "You know, Captain, every year of my life I grow more and more convinced that the wisest and the best is to fix our attention on the good and the beautiful. If you just take the time to look at it."
  • After Makonnen is hurled out into space, he begins reciting the Lord's Prayer. This works for the scene in concept, but the utter disconnect from how utterly silly the scene looks actually makes some of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast laugh as their first reaction.
  • "[Humans] don't seem to worry that our Sun might be cooling off in several million years."
  • "Being mute, [Zetha] is unable to defend herself!" Herron might mean "defend herself" as in "speak in her defense" given the context of the line, but it still sounds pretty silly.
  • The Duel of Rheton, which consists of two people trying to push each other onto high-gravity plates using a giant, I-shaped stick.
  • Not to mention the gravity controls being operated by waving one's hands over the instruments, which the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew compares to playing water glasses (or turntables) and uses to give the leader the nickname "Cool Mo Grandpa".
• Special Effect Failure: The planet's appearance, which is probably the real reason the dogs Solarites are after it.