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- The guys get a look at the future of the car industry in the short Design for Dreaming (1956) and then watch as a group of astronauts take off for the moon in 12 to the Moon (1960). On the SOL, Nuveena drops in for a visit and the crew thinks she might be the key to escaping the mads!
- 1988–1999TV-148.3 (479)TV EpisodeA pair of teens discover a band of multi-eyed aliens in Attack of the Eye Creatures (1967). Crow and Tom work through their "best friends" stage and the guys lament how much the filmmakers just didn't care. The Mads get a visit from Larry Buchanan in Deep 13.
- 1988–19991h 32mTV-PG7.8 (588)TV EpisodeJoel and the 'bots get water on the brain after an episode of Undersea Kingdom (1936) and Roger Corman's moldy horror flick, Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959).
- 1988–1999TV-147.4 (503)TV EpisodeJoel and the Bots watch a re-edited version of Time Walker (1982) called "Being From Another Planet" in which a mummy awakened by a university team goes on a killing spree. The Mads are awfully proud of their "Tragic Moments" figurines while Joel and the Bots play haunted house on the SOL.
- Mike and the Bots watch a cheap ripoff of The Most Dangerous Game, while Mother Forrester visits Deep 13.
- 1988–19991h 24mNot Rated7.7 (675)TV EpisodeA map heist goes horribly wrong off the coast of Catalina and it's up to a bunch of scantily clad scuba-partying teens to save the day in "Catalina Caper (1967)."
- Joel and the Bots endure Miles O'Keeffe as Ator while Doctor F. endures Frank's efforts to be Mike Douglas in "The Blade Master (1983)."
- Joel and the bots watch a film about teenage gang battling.a corporation for control of an abandoned city. Crow sings a song about his love to Kim Cattrall, and the guys try their hand at a trivia game.
- 1988–19991h 39mUnrated7.5 (466)TV EpisodeThe crew pokes fun at another segment of a 1960s episode of General Hospital (1963) before watching an astronaut attempt to stop two planets from colliding with each other in Crash of Moons (1954). The guys read through Crow's latest screenplay called "A Space Opera" and have a chat with John Banner on the Hexfield.
- The crew riff on the short "Alphabet Antics (1951)" before watching "Daddy-O (1958)," a film about a group of teenage beatniks who spend their free time drag-racing. Joel is inspired to write a song and the Bots reenact a scene from the movie.
- 1988–1999TV-147.9 (495)TV EpisodeJoel and the Bots get tips on public speaking from the short "Speech: Using Your Voice (1950)" and watch a spider devour a town in "The Spider (1958)." Crow reads his screenplay "Earth vs. Soup" and Joel sets up a rehearsal for his rock band Spidorr.
- A grunge punk fights an evil corporation enforcing an evacuation of the Bronx in Escape from the Bronx (1983). Mike and the Bots have "Men's Night" on the SOL and Dr. Forester tries to come up with a way to boost the show's ratings.
- 1988–1999TV-148.0 (438)TV EpisodeAstronauts find a civilization almost entirely populated by women on one of the moons of Jupiter in Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956). Joel and the Bots end up in over their heads when Timmy the Dark Crow starts causing trouble on the Satellite of Love.
- 1988–19991h 38mUnrated7.1 (531)TV EpisodeJoel and the Bots suffer through "First Spaceship on Venus (1960)." A gorilla in a foreign ship attacks the Satellite of Love.
- Joel and the Bots watch as the alien Ken joins an Earth spaceship to fight his former masters in "Fugitive Alien (1986)." The Mads get a visit from Jack Perkins in Deep 13 while Joel forces Crow and Tom to reenact a scene from the movie.
- A giant mutated turtle wakes from eons of slumber and attacks Japan in "Gamera: The Giant Monster (1964)." The Bots create their own beauty salon and are treated to a visit from Gamera himself on the Hexfield.
- 1988–19991h 38mNot Rated8.4 (541)TV EpisodeThis time, the crew watches, "Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)," the fourth original Gamera film, including the Gamera Theme Song and a reenactment of an old favorite magic trick.
- 1988–19991h 37mTV-147.8 (474)TV EpisodeIn "Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)," the seventh offering from Gamera, the infamous turtle faces off against an alien called Zigra determined on world domination. Joel and the Bots build a scale model of Gamera and make shoebox dioramas.
- A promiscuous teen is framed for murder and then sent to a Catholic reform school in Girls Town (1959). Mike explains the honor system to the Bots and Tom "scats" until Mike and Crow can't take it anymore.
- 1988–1999TV-147.6 (412)TV EpisodeThe Mads force "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)" on Joel and the Bots. In this one, a group of friends are shipwrecked on an island guarded by a crab. The Bots meet Mothra on the Hexfield and the Mads start re-thinking the structure of their experiments.
- Joel and the Bots have a casual day on the SOL and endure another incoherent Hercules movie (Hercules (1958)).
- 1988–19991h 32mTV-PG7.7 (533)TV EpisodeJoel and the Bots watch a greased-up Steve Reeves get hypnotized and seduced by an Evil Queen in Hercules Unchained (1959). The crew presents the Steve-O-Meter at the invention exchange and ponder the meaning of Hercules movies.
- 1988–19991h 33mNot Rated8.5 (814)TV EpisodeJoel and the Bots hear all about new-fangled farming techniques in the 50s short The Truck Farmer (1954). Afterward, a one-time overachiever blames his boozy, neglectful parents for his run in with the law in I Accuse My Parents (1944). The guys analyze the main character from the movie and reenact a few choice scenes.
- 1988–19991h 32mNot Rated7.4 (446)TV EpisodeAn upper-middle class family teaches Mike and the Bots how to be incredibly bland and boring in A Date with Your Family (1950). Later, a group of barflies must figure out what to do when the Soviets attack the U.S. in Invasion USA (1952). Mike and the Bots have a dinner party inspired by the short and get a visit from "Bob the A-Bomb" on the Hexfield.
- An heiress stranded in Africa is made queen of the jungle in the feature film "Jungle Goddess (1948)" and Bela Lugosi stars in the short "The Phantom Creeps (1939)." Joel and the Bots create their own infomercial.
- 1988–19991h 38mNot Rated7.5 (520)TV EpisodeJoel and the Bots watch "X Marks the Spot (1944)," a short in which a driver finds himself on trial in heaven. In "King Dinosaur (1955)," the crew pokes fun as scientists are terrorized by snakes, bugs, and dinosaurs on a newly discovered planet.
- Doctor Forrester's funding has been cut off, and as he waits for the Satellite of Love to crash, he sends Mike and the Bots Laserblast (1978). Can our heroes escape to the edge of the Universe? More importantly, can they figure out why Leonard Maltin gave the film 2½ stars?
- 1988–19991h 38mTV-PG7.5 (554)TV EpisodeA military team sent to search for a lost rocket ends up trapped on a mountain inhabited by dinosaurs in "Lost Continent (1951)". Joel refuses to enter the theater during movie sign but the Mads have ways of forcing him into the theater.
- 1988–19991h 33mUnrated7.5 (466)TV EpisodeJoel and the Bots watch an early episode of the soap opera behemoth General Hospital (1963) before watching a movie made of several edited television episodes about space pirates. On the SOL, Joel refuses to play soap opera with the Bots and the Mads get stuck in their bean bag chairs.
- A secret organization called "Mighty Jack (1968)" uses a submarine to battle a terrorist organization. Joel and the Bots make a Mighty Jack pet food commercial and sing the song "Slow The Plot Down!"
- 1988–19991h 33mUnrated7.3 (524)TV EpisodeMike and the 'bots go "boing" watching Are You Ready for Marriage? (1950) and Racket Girls (1951). Meanwhile, Tom Servo and Crow prepare to be married.
- 1988–1999TV-147.6 (465)TV EpisodeThe creature from the black lagoon is captured and taken to a Florida aquarium to be studied in Revenge of the Creature (1955). Mike and the Bots almost crash into Earth and when they try to get in touch in Deep 13, it's not Dr. Forester who responds to their call. Meanwhile, Mike and Tom try to figure out why Crow seems so different.
- 1988–19991h 38mNot Rated7.3 (474)TV EpisodeThe crew watches the second chapter of "The Phantom Creeps (1939)" and a film about an American spy sent to the Soviet Union to investigate a missile attack in "Rocket Attack U.S.A. (1960)." Joel hosts a quiz show with the Bots.
- 1988–19991h 37mTV-147.4 (459)TV EpisodeAn expedition to the moon goes wrong when a group of astronauts accidentally lands on Mars in "Rocketship X-M (1950)." Joel and the Bots are visited by Valeria from "Robot Holocaust (1987)" and Frank learns to push the button.
- 1988–19991h 33mTV-147.5 (459)TV EpisodeIt's a day in the life of the people who operate San Francisco International Airport while Mike distracts everyone with his Steve Urkle impersonation.
- Mike and the bots watch Santa Claus mess around with a devil while trying to deliver gifts and then sing politically correct holiday songs.
- 1988–1999TV-148.2 (494)TV EpisodeCrow and Tom build a cardboard fort while Joel introduces his idea for non-permanent tattoos during the invention exchange. In Bert I. Gordon's "The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)," an army colonel becomes a giant after an atomic blast.
- 1988–1999TV-147.1 (428)TV EpisodeA minister encourages railroad workers to stop getting brutally injured on the job in The Days of Our Years (1955). During the feature film The Amazing Transparent Man (1960), a mad scientist makes an escaped criminal invisible so he can steal radioactive supplies but the crook would rather rob banks with his power of invisibility. In Deep 13, Frank opens a bed and breakfast and Dr. Forester demands that Mike and the Bots help in his endeavor.
- 1988–19991h 33mTV-PG7.7 (610)TV EpisodeMike and the bots endure (and barely survive) their third Coleman Francis abomination.
- 1988–19991h 33mUnrated7.8 (566)TV EpisodeJoel and the bots watch a segment from an early General Hospital episode, before watching a film about a wanna-be singer trying to get away from his hoodlum friends. The bots have a slumber party and Servo demonstrates the life of a 50s rock star.
- 1988–1999TV-148.0 (709)TV EpisodeNew guy, Mike Nelson, finishes his training and makes his way into the theater for the first time. His first outing is the movie The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) about a creepy doctor who keeps his decapitated fiancée's head alive in a laboratory while he tries to find her a new body. Mike tries to escape the SOL but ends up bonding with the Bots instead when his attempts fail.
- 1988–19991h 32mNot Rated7.2 (530)TV EpisodeA deformed creeper is the pro-/antagonist of Mike and the robots' experiment preceded by a bunch of chickens.
- Mike inadvertently helps a group of bomb-worshiping mutants destroy Earth with a thermonuclear device, but even this sort of drastic action doesn't save the gang from having to watch The Deadly Mantis (1957).
- 1988–19991h 32mTV-PG8.1 (590)TV EpisodeJoel and crew can't settle on which of two film actors in a giant carnivorous lizard movie are more like TV actor Tige Andrews or comedian David Miller.
- 1988–19991h 32mTV-147.7 (456)TV Episodeand the Bots watch an alien infiltrate a scientist's human duplicator machine. The guys make spaceships from household objects and Servo shows off his duplicating skills.
- 1988–19991h 32mTV-148.0 (522)TV EpisodeIn an intriguing coincidence, Crow finally gets to direct his first feature film, "Earth vs. Soup," in between viewing The Incredible Melting Man (1977), a film about a incredibly '70s physician trying to stop an astronaut from gradually turning into soup.
- 1988–19991h 33mTV-PG7.3 (519)TV EpisodeIn the second installment of Undersea Kingdom (1936), the explorers are threatened by soldiers from Atlantis. Then in Indestructible Man (1956), an executed criminal goes on a rampage after being resurrected by mad scientists. Joel and the Bots plan an Undersea Kingdom parade and wonder what they would do if they were indestructible.
- An aging woman ventures to Africa to learn the secret of eternal youth but finds it comes at the price of human life in The Leech Woman (1960). On the SOL, the nanites go on strike and Pearl is forced to lay down some new laws for Mike and the Bots.
- 1988–19991h 32mTV-147.5 (489)TV EpisodeThree archeologists discover an underground civilization but are taken prisoner by the natives in The Mole People (1956). Bobo suffers though Lawgiver Daze and Mike does his best to imitate the professor from the movie.
- 1988–19991h 37mTV-147.4 (641)TV EpisodeA motorcycle racer and a violent stunt rider start a war of vengeance against each other in "Five the Hard Way (1969)." Joel and the Bots write a song inspired by the movie and chat with a few characters from the film on the Hexfield.