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Crow, about one of the hunters: Huh. Now this guy's got "Renaissance festival" written all over him.
Servo and Joel, when said hunter pulls out a crossbow: Huzzah!

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Servo: Well, time to start camping. You dress up as Oscar Wilde, and I'll sing Noel Coward songs.

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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 Tommy, after the meteorite crashes with an explosion: I do believe in spooks! I do believe in spooks! I do! I do! I do! I do! I *do* believe in spooks! I do...

A line spoken by the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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Control booth guy, after song: Well?
Rick, making an "okay" sign: It stinks!
All: WAH-WAH-WAAAAAAAH!

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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.

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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!

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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!

McCloud
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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!

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Mom: Tommy?
Crow, as Tommy, who is wrapping the egg up in a blanket and hiding it: Just tending the incubus, mother.

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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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Joel, to Crow, who is playing a New Age chord: Now hold it down for an hour... now hold it down 'til you get a record contract from Windham Hill.

Windham Hill was a record label founded in 1976 and later acquired by Sony. It was most commonly associated with New Age music. Some of its most notable acts included Yanni, Vangelis, and Jim Brickman.

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Joel: Hey, we've got movie sign, you guys!
Servo: It's! Movie sign! Next time! On! Emergency! 9-1-1! A dog! With an arrow! Through! His neck!
Joel: Tom, you're stuck in Shatner mode! Come on, man! Snap out of it! Crow, wake up, we've got movie sign!

A reference to the line delivery of actor William Shatner (1931- ) in his role of Captain Kirk on "Star Trek." From 1989 to 1996, Shatner hosted "Rescue 911," a TV show that featured dramatic re-enactments of real-life emergency incidents.

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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".

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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.

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Tommy: *gasps* Oh boy, how you've grown!
Joel: Yeah, during a cutaway, anything's possible!

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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!

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Joel: Isn't this Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army?
Servo: Yup.
All, singing: ...In cars! ...In cars!
Joel: ...In cars!
Servo: In trucks.

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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.

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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.

"Bette Davis Eyes" is a song that was most famously recorded in 1981 by Kim Carnes. In the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," the title character's eyes are shown as solid white ovals.

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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.

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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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Servo, at the credit for Basil Court: Basil?
Crow: Yes, dear, I'm doing it, dear! How can I do it if you keep calling me, you great cow?!

An impression of the characters Basil Fawlty (played by John Cleese) and his wife Sybil (played by Prunella Scales) on the 1970s British sitcom "Fawlty Towers."