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I must agree, by the way; dee-dee-da. Absolutely.
- Crow T. Robot


The Movie[]

Main article: Diabolik (film)

Synopsis[]

The notorious thief Diabolik is targeted by both law enforcement and the criminal underworld as he commits several daring robberies.

The Episode[]

Host Segments[]

  • 1013-3

    Pearl symbolically pulls the plug at Castle Forrester.

    Prologue: Thanks to Tom Servo, Mike & the Bots discover the SOL employee handbook, which seems not entirely progressive.
  • Segment One: Mike toys around with the handbook; Crow asks about dental coverage. "Shut up, you have no right to ask." Pearl, meanwhile, has a new joystick to control the SOL, but it breaks, accidentally causing the SOL to begin landing procedures. Mike & the Bots are thrilled (though Crow T. Robot is nauseous); Pearl is less thrilled.
  • PearlDiabolik

    Pearl loads the last movie

    Segment Two: Crow and Mike are packed; while Servo begins disposing of the many extra hims on the ship.
  • Segment Three: In Castle Forrester, everybody is lining up new gigs: Pearl has accepted an offer to be dictator for life of Qatar, Bobo has a great new position at the zoo and Brain Guy has less desirable (to him) prospects.
  • Segment Four: Crow has become fearful of returning to Earth, so Mike sings a little reassuring song, which helps, but also succeeds in scaring Servo.
    Diabolikhost

    The final shot of the series

  • Segment Five: The SOL nearly disintegrates during re-entry, but Mike & the Bots survive the crash. Mike, Crow, Servo and Cambot (Gypsy has launched ConGypsCo) are last seen happily sharing a small apartment, and settling in to watch a bad movie--The Crawling Eye—on TV. As they begin to riff on it, it occurs to Crow that the movie seems familiar, and Tom Servo does pick up on it.
  • Stinger: "Is that stud coming?"[1]

MST3K cast[]

Guest cast[]

  • Peter Rudrud - TV Announcer

Trivia[]

  • The final show of the Sci-Fi Channel era. At the time, it was unclear if the series would ever continue, and it seemed unlikely to do so.
  • While this is the series finale of MST3K on cable TV, the last original episode that aired was Episode 1003, on Sept. 18, 1999. The airing was delayed by problems with rights clearances.  The final episode to air in reruns was Episode #902, on Jan. 21, 2004.
  • In a sense, this is the second series finale, as the final episode of the Comedy Central era (Episode 706) was written to serve as the final episode if the show was not picked up by another network.
  • Crow's comment about The Crawling Eye looking familiar is a reference to the first episode to air nationally, on The Comedy Channel. However, neither Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, nor Bill Corbett had yet taken over their respective on-screen roles when that episode aired (though Nelson and Murphy were on the writing staff).
  • Tom Servo gives the last riff in the theater ("This has been the official biopic of Larry Fine").
  • Mike gives the last riff on the show ("Oh, Forrest Tucker, he's the guy that makes sure the trees' shirt tails are in"), while the gang is watching TV in his apartment.
  • The TV station they are watching is WTMJ in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Crow's wire mother from Episode #602 makes her final appearance, despite being dumped into space with the rest of the trash from the Satellite in Episode #608. Crow is pleased to see her.
  • In the early days of YouTube someone leaked a scene from the rough cut (the entire theater session without host segments or commercials). Immediately following the scene where Diabolik talks on the phone with Valmont, there follows an assemblage of memorable moments from the movies riffed during the Sci Fi Channel seasons (plus Mitchell and The Brute Man). This appears to have been a genuine surprise to Mike, Kevin, and Bill, who laugh heartily at the clips.

Callbacks[]

Goofs[]

  • At the end of the first theater segment when Cambot goes back through the doors, there is a brief green screen error where part of the movie bleeds through the grey hatch.

Obscure References[]

  • "Oh no! Is someone gonna tell us that something is shagadelic, man?"
Referencing the catchphrase of Austin Powers, a character played by Mike Myers in several films that parody 1960s spy movies (which have a similar aesthetic to Diabolik).
  • "Looks like the Two Fat Ladies have their own gang now!"
A reference to the British cooking show Two Fat Ladies.
1013 Final Credit

Final Credit

  • "If Hitler had won and hired Stu Sutcliffe as his fashion designer."
Stu Sutcliffe was a member of the Beatles before their rise to fame. He was apparently fond of leather jackets.
  • "A young Alan Greenspan."
Alan Greenspan was the chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006.
  • "Two breast emeralds! Ha ha ha!"

Mike is imitating the character Count von Count from Sesame Street, who counts nearly everything he sees and typically follows-up with a satisfied laugh.

  • "Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!"
A line spoken by the title character in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
  • "George Jones tours Italy." "George Jones drives a truck."
Country singer George Jones was involved in a heavily publicized drunk-driving accident in March 1999.
  • "Oh no, abandon ship!  Sebastian Junger wrote a book about us!"
Junger's best known book is The Perfect Storm, about a commercial fishing boat expedition that did not end well.
  • "This has been the official biopic of Larry Fine."
Larry Fine (the stage name of actor Larry Feinberg) is best known for playing Larry of The Three Stooges.
  • "It's a long way to Tipperary..."
Referencing the final episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and possibly to Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, where Crow sang it while attempting to escape the ship by digging an escape tunnel.
  • "The Crawling Eye: The Marty Feldman Story!"
Marty Feldman was a British actor/comedian who was known for having misaligned eyes. This was especially prominent in his role as "Eye-Gor" from Young Frankenstein.
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The green screen error (look to the right)

Memorable Quotes[]

[Diabolik drives off down a highway as 60s spy-themed music plays in the background.]
Crow: [singing along with the music] Gonna go to the store! Da na na na na na! Gonna pick up some bread! Da na na na na na!

Maybe stop by the post office! Da na na na na na! Take Dolores to lunch! Da na na na na na! Hope they're serving that ham, oh yeah...

[A caravan guarding a shipment of money is traveling along a road, to the sound of peppy surf-rock music.]
Crow: Y'know, this music would be better with women in bikinis shaking it all over the place... Well, I guess that's true of any music, really.
[In Diabolik's lair, the black-leather-clad antihero and Eva, still in their car, move in for another lip-lock.]
Servo [as Diabolik]: Let's have a tantric quickie.
Mike [as Eva]: Mmm… mmm… oh, you smell like a tire store.
Servo: This is just a good Samaritan he met in the tunnel.
Crow: Heh! She's a great Samaritan!
Servo [as Diabolik]: You don't mind if I swallow your face, do you?
[Diabolik drives into his lair through a rather conspicuous hidden entrance.]
Servo [as Diabolik]: This will fool them unless they look at it.
[The lovely Eva is removing her skimpy frock as she passes a staircase.]
Mike: Wow! Dangerously steep stairs!
Servo: You're watching the stairs?
Crow: Poor Mike...
[Eva and Diabolik make love in a pile of money.]
Servo: They're really gonna have to get their money laundered.
Crow: Steve Forbes and his wife!
. . .
Mike: You know, with my budget, I'd be rolling around in a handful of change.
. . .
Servo: Paper cuts are brutal.
. . .
Crow: The young Alan Greenspan!
. . .
Servo: They got pretty injured when they tried this with gold bars.
. . .
Mike: If they make love in English pound notes, their sex is 50% better.
. . .
Servo [as Diabolik]: You're the friendliest teller I ever met! Last time, I just got a toaster!
. . .
Crow: You know, if he'd stolen just a little less, I could see her ass right now.
. . .
Crow: Got greed?
Servo: Member, FDIC! [chuckles]
[During a press conference, Diabolik and Eva have released laughing gas into the room. Everyone breaks into laughter.]
Servo: Dan Quayle announces his candidacy.
[As mob boss Valmont meets with his henchmen, a whooping horn sounds the approach of a speedboat.]
Mike: The S. S. Jo Anne Worley!
Valmont: Is that Stud... coming?
Crow: I beg your pardon?
[In a later scene, Valmont addresses the man who arrived in the speedboat as "Stud" -- "Stud, you brought bad news."—clarifying the remark.]
[As Diabolik is waiting with Valmont's urn, the morgue attendant checks the retort.]
Morgue attendant: Yes, he's ready!
Crow: For some football!
[Diabolik, out of ammunition, pulls out a mysterious silver metal cylinder the size and shape of a very large bullet.]
Servo [as Diabolik]: My steel, reusable Fleet.
Mike [as Diabolik]: Maybe I can run real fast and push it into him.
[The movie closes with the word "FINE" (Italian for "the end").]
Servo: This has been the official biopic of Larry Fine.[N]
[At home, the gang watches The Crawling Eye, the first film in MST3K's cable run.]
Servo: "The Crawling Eye". The Marty Feldman Story.
Mike: Oh, Forrest Tucker. He's the guy who makes sure all the trees' shirttails are in.
Crow: This movie seems kind of familiar, doesn't it?
Servo: Hmmm.

Video releases[]

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MST3K DVD Cover

References[]

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