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Season 10 (1999)
| 1001 - SOULTAKER 1002 - GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS 1003 - MERLIN'S SHOP OF MYSTICAL WONDERS 1004 - FUTURE WAR 1005 - BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z 1006 - BOGGY CREEK II: AND THE LEGEND CONTINUES... 1007 - TRACK OF THE MOON BEAST 1008 - FINAL JUSTICE 1009 - HAMLET 1010 - IT LIVES BY NIGHT 1011 - HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND 1012 - SQUIRM 1013 - DIABOLIK |
1001 - SOULTAKER First shown: 4/11/99 Opening: The bots are confused about why their "wet T-shirt contest" is so dull; commercial sign malfunctions. Intro: The malfunctions on the SOL get worse; Pearl and the gang don't care Host segment 1: With Gypsy malfunctioning, Mike tries to take command, with the expected results. Host segment 2: *Everything* goes wrong on the SOL, but nobody in Castle Forrester can help because a soultaker has appeared--and it's TV'S FRANK! Host segment 3: The mysterious visitor who saved the ship appears on the bridge--and it's JOEL! He fills in the bots on what he's been up to, and he and Mike share a tender moment. End: Joel's completes repairs on the SOL, says hi to Frank, and departs with some uplifting words to M&TB; in Castle Forrester, Bobo and Frank hit it off. Stinger: Mom ogles her daughter (ew!). Special Note: In this episode, both Joel and TV's Frank make guest appearances. |
| 1002
- THE GIRL IN GOLD BOOTS First shown: 4/18/99 Opening: Crow explains his WWBSMD bracelet; Pearl has evil plans. Intro: More bracelets; Pearl, seeking board certification from the Institute of Mad Scientists, impresses the visiting inspector. Host segment 1: Crow exacts petty, childish revenge on Mike. Host segment 2: Crow is shakin' his moneymaker, much to Mike's dismay. Host segment 3: Mike sings in the rain, causing much havoc. End: The movie has caused M&TB dress like the ugly thug in the movie and chuckle; this fails to impress the inspector--but Brain Guy does! Stinger: "Oh, God, I wish I had that pretty mind back!" |
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- MERLIN'S SHOP OF MYSTICAL WONDERS First shown: 9/12/99 Opening: M&TB are into 1920s-era college pranks. Intro: Pearl's latest IMS assignment makes Servo a despotic ruler, briefly, though Bobo taints the control group. Host segment 1: "Niche reviewers" Crow and Servo review each other; both get panned. Host segment 2: Servo acquires a magical spell book, which turns Mike into an infant. Waah. Host segment 3: Mike shows off his collection of Ernest Borgnine childrens' books, which are decidedly dark. End: Pearl sends Bobo to the SOL disguised as an evil toy monkey, but M&TB send him back; Pearl sums up her progress, while Brain Guy tries the vacuum-bump bit on Bobo. Stinger: Little kid sings: "Rock 'n' roll martian..." |
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- FUTURE WAR First shown: 4/25/99 Opening: The Bots calculate how many times a lady Gypsy is. Intro: Pearl conducts LSD experiments on the bots. Host segment 1: Tom makes a pair of legs so he can kickbox, but Gypsy has a leg up on him. Host segment 2: M&TB thank Pearl for not killing them, which puts a crimp in her plans. Host segment 3: Droppy the Water Droplet visits. End: Mike has a biiig chin; Pearl explodes Bobo and Brain Guy's plans for going on the road. Stinger: The future warrior's shirt is head-butted right off. |
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- BLOOD WATERS OF DR. Z First shown: 5/2/99 Opening: Crow enjoys a nice chaw. Intro: Crow labels his chaw cans; Pearl conducts a maternal love deprivation experiment. Host segment 1: Mike becomes wedged in the bulkhead of Crow's evil voiceover Host segment 2: Gone fishin'. Host segment 3: Brain Guy & Bobo demonstrate Crow & Tom's naked acting theory. End: Crow & Tom show off their specialized food carrying cases; Pearl's mer-monkey has an admirer. Stinger: "Sargassum! The weed of deceit!" |
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- BOGGY CREEK II: AND THE LEGEND CONTINUES... First shown: 5/9/99 Opening: Crow and Mike's Cub Scout meeting is crashed by Servo the Brownie. Intro: Now Servo's a Flemish glass blower; Pearl's potato-powered evil plan. Host segment 1: M&TB's flashbacks get fuzzier and fuzzier. Host segment 2: Pearl cooks up a monster legend, complete with haunting, evocative folk song. Host segment 3: Tom takes up whittling in a big way. End: Crow's tends to his fires; Pearl's legend biz gets kicked in the ankle Stinger: "I saw the little creature." "Nooo!!" |
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- TRACK OF THE MOON BEAST First shown: 6/13/99 Opening: Crow and Tom are blossoming everything. Intro: Mike's attempts to escape using a remote-control Bobo. Host segment 1: The bots rush the Halloween season, and hollow embarrassment ensues. Host segment 2: This week on Legends of Rock: The Band That Played "California Lady." Host segment 3: Crow and Tom rig a remote camera, and catch a glimpse of Mike's disturbing bedtime routines. End: Crow has injured a baby satellite, but soon all is well; Brain Guy and a brain-exposed Bobo bond, much to Pearl's displeasure. Stinger: "Moon rocks? Oh, wow!" |
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- FINAL JUSTICE First shown: 6/20/99 Opening: Tom considers the unexplored implications of the song "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Intro: M&TB are plagued by Yes orchestra hits; Pearl encourages humor in the workplace. Host segment 1: M&TB demonstrate to Pearl how repeating the same sequence can be annoying. Host segment 2: Crow & Tom encounter cute little Goosio. They hogpile him. Host segment 3: Crow's report on Malta includes a good deal of slander on the subject of Maltese men. End: Having suffered through a really bad Joe Don Baker movie, Mike assumes it's his turn to escape. He's wrong, the poor dope. Meanwhile, Funny Dress-Up Day at Castle Forrester takes a horrifying turn. Stinger: "Yew think yew kin take me? Go 'head on. It's yer move." |
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- HAMLET First shown: 6/27/99 Opening: Tom Servo is now Htom Sirveaux. Intro: Crow has a name change too; Mike interrupts Pearl's plan with Three Card Monty -- which she loses, allowing Mike to pick the movie. Host segment 1: Crow & Tom's plan to be the ghost of one of Mike's dead relatives quickly unravels. Host segment 2: Crow & Tom give Mike a preview of their percussion version of "Hamlet." Host segment 3: Time once again to play "Alas Poor Who?" End: Crow & Tom show off their Hamlet action figure, with real soliloquy action; in Castle Forrester, a snotty Fortenbras demands his due. Stinger: Claudius does a double take. |
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- IT LIVES BY NIGHT First shown: 7/18/99 Opening: Mike quizzes Crow & Tom on colors and the moods they cause. Intro: Pearl tries tactical misdirection so M&TB won't notice that she's spraying poison on them, causing mutations. Host segment 1: Mike & Tom can't deny that they didn't forget that Crow's not Mary Tyler Moore. Host segment 2: Finding Mike unconscious and foaming at the mouth, Crow & Tom assume the worst. Host segment 3: Mike seeks Pearl's opinion on his new moustache, but Crow's larger 'stache impresses her more. Tom takes the premise too far, however. End: Tom is dissatisfied by his franchisee kit from the Buddy Ebsen Hat Distressing Corporation; Pearl tortures Bobo and Brain Guy with slides from her many honeymoons. Stinger: Bat guy says "Well?" then convulses. |
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- HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND First shown: 7/25/99 Opening: Mike finds out that Crow has a syndicated newspaper column. Intro: Pearl has moved Castle Forrester to a new neighborhood. Host segment 1: Mike gets himself trapped in the giant spider web Crow and Tom have put up. Host segment 2: Mike is auditioning dancers, and Pearl, Brain Guy and Bobo try out. Host segment 3: M&TB want to know if it's true that you become languid and sexy when you survive a crash--and there's only one way to find out. End: Mike has become a giant spider--well, sort of; as Pearl calls in from a rest stop on the way to moving Castle Forrester back, Bobo finds some toys. Stinger: The girls scream from the void. |
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- SQUIRM with short: "A CASE OF SPRING FEVER" First shown: 8/1/99 Opening: The SOL's annual safety check reveals a surprising lack of same. Intro: Pearl is throwing a Castle Forrester Fair, and Tom and Crow's livestock entry surprises Mike. Host segment 1: Crow rashly wishes that Mike didn't exist, and sure enough, Mikey the sprite appears to grant his wish and enforce Crow and Tom's somewhat reluctant repentance. Host segment 2: Tom comes down with severe Southern Belleness. Host segment 3: Mike's plan to create mutant killer worms instead results in a tasty snack. End: Crow takes a fall from his reeeally high platorm shoes; Pearl forces Brain Guy demonstrate the Fair's bungee jump attraction, which has some flaws. Stinger: "You gon' be da worm face!" Special Note: This is the last episode to feature a short. |
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- DIABOLIK First shown: 8/8/99 Opening: M&TB discover the SOL employee handbook, which seems not entirely progressive. Intro: Pearl has a new joystick to mess with the SOL, but it breaks, accidentally causing the SOL to begin landing. M&TB are thrilled (though Crow is nauseous); Pearl is less thrilled. Host segment 1: Crow and Mike are packed; while Servo begins disposing of the many extra hims on the ship. Host segment 2: 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...um...lots of stuff going on. Host segment 3: Crow has become fearful of returning to Earth, so Mike sings a little reassuring song, which helps, but also succeeds in scaring Servo. End: The SOL nearly disintigrates during re-entry, but M&TB survive the crash. We leave Mike, Crow and Servo (Gypsy has launched ConGypsCo) 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 familar. --FADE OUT.-- Stinger: "Is that stud coming?" |