Mighty Jacks MST3K Review: Synthia (and pals) Selects 6: Nothing as It Seems Month

Rocket Attack U.S.A.

Special Guest: Emily Connor

Surprise, it's Pearl in the driver's seat for this one, but she's not very good at asking questions, so she just asks Emily if she's ever built a rocket, which sets Em off on a tale of naughty Bots and small fires, which leads to a request for paper towels, which Pearl denies. In the final segment Emily requests food (which the pranking bots ruined), again... denied.

First Segment Text

Pearl - "Giving this host thing a try"

Emily - "Giving this test subject thing a try"

Pearl - "Doesn't do the whole "granting requests" thing"

GizmoBlip: Jonah maps out a road trip, where the group plan to discuss conspiracy theories

Second Segment Text

Pearl - "Could really go for a Cold War about now"

Emily - "Talking again for some reason"

Pearl - "She real salty"

Time of the Apes

Special Guest: Jonah Heston

Synthia returns and upsets Jonah by asking what kind of ape he is and for saying how much he reminds her of "Grape Ape" - in the final half, Syn talks about how she saw Jonah throughout the movie, he gives up, and she calls him a baby (but what, no nod to Heston's namesake in Planet of the Apes?). The show ends with a SHOUT! extra.

First Segment Text

Syn - "Shrinking in the rain"

Jonah - "Took Myers-Briggs. Is an APES"

Syn - "Briefly dated Grape Ape"

GizmoBlip: Jonah and the bots discuss their dreams which leads to an Inception moment

Second Segment Text

Syn - "Not very "observant""

Jonah - "Total ape move"

Syn - "Also briefly dated Caesar (the ape)"

Monster A-Go-Go

Special Guest: Crow T Robot (Hampton)

Reporting live from the supply closet they make her sleep in, Mega-Synthia (with tiny Bone Head mug) steps up to the plate and pretends to talk to someone off screen, she then asks Crow a musical question, which he takes and runs with as only Crow can... Mega responds with "Too many words" - Part 2, we are told... "While watching Monster A-Go-Go, Mega-Synthia became so upset that she destroyed the microphone - So if she sounds bad in this segment... that's on her..." -then it's onto "Grooveadelic" talk, but again, Crow uses too many words for Mega's liking.

First Segment Text

Mega - "The googly-eyed mop is named Gary"

Crow - "The original rama-lama-ding-dong"

Mega - "Words aren't her thing"

GizmoBlip: Crow informs Jonah and Servo that he's been dead this whole time

Second Segment Text

Mega - "Honestly, she's sounded worse"

Crow - "Grooveadelic baby, yeah"

Mega - "She won't catch on in a flash"

Night of the Blood Beast

Special Guest: Tom Servo (Conor)

What if Frasier was a robot, Tom 'well actually's' Pearl when explains "night ofs" on the SOL, which makes her grumpy. The follow up, Servo's having a Heath Ledger retrospective, which is focused on Knights.

First Segment Text

Pearl - "Thinks this is TikTok"

Servo - "Daphne Moon 13"

Pearl - "That's her secret - she's always well actually'd"

GizmoBlip: Emily thinks she's Jonah, Crow isn't buying it, but Servo think she's just like classic French Jonah... then suddenly Jonah as Emily appears!

Second Segment Text

Pearl - "Want's to know the Blood Beasts blood type"

Servo - "Wait, so does that make Crow, Niles?'

Pearl - "No patience for word play"

Village of the Giants

Special Guest: Jonah Heston

Mega and Jonah commiserates on their above average size, Mega wonders if what happened to the teenage giants, happened to them? Part 2: Mega-Synthia is still holding her mug upside-down, finds the movie unbelievable (who names their kid "genius"), Jonah wants to hang out and play some hoops, but Mega aint having that, then she closes with an... "Ending slogan" (she doesn't have an actual slogan, she just says, "ending slogan") BTW, why is Mega taking like British royalty? Vault pick ends with a SHOUT Factory interview

First Segment Text

Mega - "The mug isn't the only thing that's tiny"

Jonah - "He might be giant"

Syn - "Wouldn't you like to know, weather boy"

GizmoBlip: The Bots want Emily to sign a contract to play "the" game, which relates to the movie "The Game"

Second Segment Text

Mega - "Is her hand stuck like that?"

Jonah - "It takes a village (of the giants)"

Mega - "She didn't come here to make friends"

Bloodlust

Special Guest: GPC (Rebecca)

Synthia eats paint(?) that's what she said - Bloodlust makes Syn think of hobbies, GPCs top hobby is telling people about her hobbies. Later Syn apologizes for opening that 'hobby' can of worms, which GPC responds by revealing that she does can her own worms.

First Segment Text

Syn - "Talk about a pallat cleanser"

GPC - "She's crafty"

Syn - "Collects molds, spoors and fungus"

GizmoBlip: Emily and the bots discuss the nature of simulations

Second Segment Text

Syn - "The mostest dangerous game"

GPC - "Another of her hobbies, the computer game worms"

Syn - "Yes we can"

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