Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) is a cult classic television series that first aired in 1988. Created by comedian Joel Hodgson, the show combines elements of comedy, science fiction, and B-movie cinema. The premise of MST3K revolves around a man named Joel or Mike (depending on the season) who is trapped on a spaceship and forced to watch cheesy movies by his captors. To cope with the ridiculousness of the films, Joel/Mike and his robot companions, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo, provide hilarious commentary and sarcastic remarks while the movie plays. This unique format of “riffing” on movies made MST3K a beloved and influential show, gaining a dedicated fan base over the years. The series has gone through multiple iterations and continues to have a strong following even today.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Quotes
1- Crow T. Robot: “And if your hands were metal, that would mean something.”
2- Crow T. Robot: “Increase the Flash Gordon noise and put more science stuff around!”
3- Crow T. Robot: “Oh, my god! My waffle! Oh the humanity!”
4- Crow T. Robot: “Hey! Who sneezed on the credits?”
5- Crow T. Robot: “G.I. Joe action set. Nerdy Joe not included.”
6- Crow T. Robot: “Well believe me, Mike, I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid… and I went ahead anyway.”
7- Tom Servo: “Captain’s log: a bunch of our ship fell off, and, nobody likes me.”
8- Tom Servo: “Crow you big dope, you can’t tunnel through space!”
9- Tom Servo: “I could’ve sworn we parked at the… Oh shit!”
10- Crow T. Robot : “Before I kill you, I want to show you how to properly filet a grouper.”
11- Crow T. Robot: “Puppet wranglers? There weren’t any puppets in this movie.”
12- Crow T. Robot: “Wow this must be what its like inside a bong! Whehue!”
13- Tom Servo: “That’s what happens when you leave a potato in the microwave!”
14- “Something gets damaged: “Mike broke the Hubble! Mike broke the Hubble!””
15- Tom Servo: “Captain’s log: I’ve lost my toupee and girdle, and I can’t leave my room!”
16- Mr. B Natural : “I was popular in high school. Why does my kid have to be such a dud?”
17- “Increase the Flash Gordon noise and put more science stuff around.”
18- Tom Servo: “I’m experiencing a sensation altogether new to me, and frankly I love it!”
19- “We’re white, we’re white, we’re really really white, we’re really really really really white…”
20- Crow T. Robot: “Shall I compare thee to a summers daaaaaaaa…”
21- Dr. Forrester: “Oh, who doesn’t own an interositer these days?”
22- Tom Servo: “Self cleaning mutant. Leaves only the fresh scent of pine.”
23- “I’m glad you decided to give that dead girl another chance!”
24- “PACKERS WON THE SUPERBOWL!”
25- “No sir, that’s paper.” And, “We’ll start here, at goofy clown face.”
26- “I’ve replaced my toes with grapes.”
27- Tom Servo: “They’re escaping under cover of afternoon in the largest car in the county!”
28- Dr. Forrester: “I’m feeling particularly evil because today’s experiment is a stinky cinematic suppository called “This Island Earth.” You may all bow down before me after this stinkburger.”
29- “I had a dream I was stuck in the woods with a chunky backwards loser named rows dower”
Love MST3K and this list of quotes! ‘Come on, Brain, they’re on a roll!’ still makes me laugh every time.