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303: Pod People

Poachers, a swingin' rock band, and an isolated family all run afoul of nosy aliens.

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00:00:00

Beginning of the episode

00:10:48 (add an annotation)
Servo, as Tommy, whose cat is meowing
Puma? Puma!

A reference to the opening scene of the movie "Ring of Terror", featured in MST3K episode 206.

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Joel, as the camera zooms in on a cave
Hey, looks like Yoda's home.
Servo, as Yoda
Luke? Use the Force, Luke.

In the 'Star Wars' movies "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi", the Jedi master Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz) lives on the swampy planet of Dagobah and trains Luke Skywalker to be a skilled Jedi.

00:16:01 (add an annotation)
Crow
Morning comes to cheap white trash.
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Joel, during shot of two deer
Bambi, humans are basically good.
Servo, when the scene cuts to the two hunters
Oop, check that.

In the animated Disney movie Bambi (1942), Bambi's mother is shot and killed by a hunter.

00:23:01 (add an annotation)
Control booth guy, after song
Well?
Rick, making an "okay" sign
It stinks!
All
WAH-WAH-WAAAAAAAH!
00:25:11

First host segment

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Joel and bots mocking music scene
With a pickle mind we kick the nipple beer, steady as you go, we're flying over trout, ghetto down the highway at the speed of light, all I want to feel now is the wind in my eyes, sack of monkeys in my pocket, my sister's ready to go, hear the engines roll now, idiot control now, hideous control now, ninny on the road now, mini in control, wheels on fire, burning rubber tires, blurry jelly rolls now, hiddy lets it go now, niddy engines bow down, pittying a poor boy, hear the engines roll, bees on pie, burning rubber tires.
00:26:25 (add an annotation)
Dr. Forrester, after Joel and the robots have finished singing
Oh, great. Pretty good. What do you think?
Joel, making an "okay" sign
It stinks!
00:29:54 (add an annotation)
Servo
Uncle Bill?
Crow
Jody?
Joel
Buffy?
Servo
Mr. French?
Joel
Mrs. Beasley?
Servo
Chief?
Crow
McCloud!

The first five names refer to the sitcom "Family Affair" (1966-1971). "Chief" and "McCloud" refer to the series "McCloud" (1970-1977), which is about a country officer who joins the New York City police force.

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Servo
Beastmaster?
Crow
Ringo?
Joel
Axl?
Crow
Sinéad?
Servo
Chief?
Crow
McCloud!

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00:33:02 (add an annotation)
Servo, as weird, twittering electronic sounds are heard
Syntho-birds.
Crow
It's a Casio forest.
Joel
They parked next to a data stream.
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Crow
Dad?
Servo
Mummy?
Crow
Mr. Drysdale?
Joel
Mr. Eddie's father?
Crow
Mr. Douglas?
Servo
Mr. Haney?
Crow
Lisa!
Servo
Chief?
Crow
McCloud!
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Girl
Laura! Rick!
Servo
Bosley?
Joel
Angels?
Servo
Chief?
Crow
McCloud!
Servo
Daddy?
Joel
Leviathan?
Servo
Laverne?
All
Hello!
00:40:27 (add an annotation)
Mom
Tommy?
Crow, as Tommy, who is wrapping the egg up in a blanket and hiding it
Just tending the incubus, mother.
00:40:53 (add an annotation)
Servo, as mom, who tucks Tommy into bed
And remember, no wire hangers.

In one scene from the 1981 film "Mommie Dearest" (based on the memoir by Christina Crawford), actress Joan Crawford (played by Faye Dunaway) yells at her young adopted children, "No wire hangers, EVER!"

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Servo
Good night, mother.
Joel
Good night, John-Boy.
Servo
Good night, Hardcastle.
Joel
Good night, McCormick.
Servo
Good night, Chief.
Crow
Good night, McCloud!

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00:50:13 (add an annotation)
Tommy
You're hungry again, aren't you? There's no need to worry, Trumpy. You like that name, don't you, Trumpy?
Crow, as Trumpy
I prefer "Milky Bear".
00:50:41 (add an annotation)
Tommy
If you keep drinking milk like that, you're going to grow really big and strong. Then we can play together. Do you know what playing is, Trumpy?
Crow, as Trumpy
Yes, it's where I break you in half.
00:51:11 (add an annotation)
Tommy
*gasps* Oh boy, how you've grown!
Joel
Yeah, during a cutaway, anything's possible!
00:57:00 (add an annotation)
Servo, when Tommy's "Simon" game begins making quirky sounds
Oh, it's kooky!
Tommy
Gee!
Joel, as Tommy
Trumpy, you can do stupid things!
00:57:10 (add an annotation)
Joel
Isn't this Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army?
Servo
Yup.
All, singing
...In cars! ...In cars!
Joel
...In cars!
Servo
In trucks.

Gary Numan's biggest hit in the US was the song 'Cars'.

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Tommy
You can do magic things!
Crow, as Trumpy
It's called evil, kid.
00:59:58 (add an annotation)
Servo, referring to the glowy-eyed Trumpy
He's got his high beams on.
Joel
He's got Bette Davis eyes.
Crow
Orphan Annie eyes.
01:00:14 (add an annotation)
Servo, as Trumpy makes Tommy's chair levitate and fall down
Oh, it's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Crow
I love this! It's so spontaneous!

The chair rising to the ceiling is reminiscent of the scene in 'Mary Poppins' where Uncle Albert flies in his chair when he laughs. "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is a famous song from Mary Poppins.

01:00:29 (add an annotation)
Crow, as Trumpy levitates stuff in stop-motion animation
It's a Peter Gabriel video!
Servo
Yeah, somebody hit that kid in the head with a *sings* sledgehammer!

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