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	~~<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=~~File:Tom_servo.PNG~~" title="~~I'm huge!"><img alt="" border="0" class="thumbimage" height="270" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/6/63/Tom_servo.PNG/180px-Tom_servo.PNG" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Tom_servo.PNG" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211001000000im_/http://www.hrwiki.org/w/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>I'~~m huge!</div></div></div>~~
	~~<p><i>~~From the ~~<a href="/index.php?title=Late_Nite_JengaJam_Interview_-_4_Oct_2007" title="~~Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007~~">Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007</a>~~:~~</i>~~		''I'm huge!''
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			''From the [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007]]:''

	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	<b>JENGASHIP:~~</b>~~ You get a lot of these recurring inside gags for people who are following the site for a long time, almost rewarding them to keep up.<br/>		>'''JENGASHIP:''' You get a lot of these recurring inside gags for people who are following the site for a long time, almost rewarding them to keep up.<br />
	<b>MATT:~~</b>~~ That's something that I feel like I learned from ~~<i>~~Mystery Science Theater~~</i>~~. I felt like they were always dropping either references to a joke they had already made that was totally exclusive to the show, or making some weird reference to a commercial from the late '70s or something, that they knew that only about ten people were gonna get, but they made that joke anyway. So it was just sort of like: "This is for you 10 dudes that're gonna like this joke!" I thought that was very cool.</blockquote>		>'''MATT:''' That's something that I feel like I learned from ''Mystery Science Theater''. I felt like they were always dropping either references to a joke they had already made that was totally exclusive to the show, or making some weird reference to a commercial from the late '70s or something, that they knew that only about ten people were gonna get, but they made that joke anyway. So it was just sort of like: "This is for you 10 dudes that're gonna like this joke!" I thought that was very cool.
	~~<p><b><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Mystery_Science_Theater_3000" title="wikipedia:~~Mystery Science Theater 3000~~">Mystery Science Theater 3000</a></b>~~ is a cult comedy sci-fi TV show. It initially ran from 1988 to 1999 on ~~<a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=~~WUCW~~" title="wikipedia:WUCW">~~KTMA-TV~~</a>~~, ~~<a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Comedy_Central" title="wikipedia:Comedy Central">~~Comedy Central~~</a>~~ and ~~<a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=~~Syfy~~" title="wikipedia:Syfy">~~The Sci-Fi Channel~~</a>~~. In 2015, a revival season was successfully crowdfunded and premiered on Netflix in April 2017.		</blockquote>
	</p><p>The show featured a hapless janitor (initially Joel, later Mike and then Jonah) trapped in an orbital space station, forced to watch an endless slate of terrible "cheesy movies" by his mad-scientist superiors. To keep sane, he builds four robot companions — Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. Joined by Servo and Crow in the screening room, the trio interject over the movie with mocking jokes and wisecracks in a process called "riffing". Though not a major success in its initial run, it has proven to be highly influential in comedy and social television. <a href="/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps" title="The Brothers Chaps">The Brothers Chaps</a> occasionally reference the show's original characters as well as some of the infamously bad movies and short films it has featured.
	~~</p>~~		'''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''' is a cult comedy sci-fi TV show. It initially ran from 1988 to 1999 on [[WUCW\|KTMA-TV]], [[Comedy Central]] and [[Syfy\|The Sci-Fi Channel]]. In 2015, a revival season was successfully crowdfunded and premiered on Netflix in April 2017.
	~~<a id="Appearances" name="Appearances"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Appearances</span></h2>~~
	<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=A_Jorb_Well_Done" title="A Jorb Well Done">A Jorb Well Done</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Tom_Servo" title="Tom Servo">Tom Servo</a> can be seen in silhouette, similar to the way he appears during the movie portion of the show.
	</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=personal_favorites" title="personal favorites">personal favorites</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Coach_Z" title="Coach Z">Coach Z</a> says, "I'm a blade man, man", a reference to a riff of <i><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians" title="wikipedia:Santa Claus Conquers the Martians">Santa Claus Conquers the Martians</a></i>: "Santa's gonna cut you, man. Santa's a blade man, man!"
	</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Random_Toon" title="Random Toon">Random Toon</a> — Nicknamed Rando, which is a running gag in the <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Mystery_Science_Theater_3000:_The_Movie" title="wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie">feature film version</a>'s end credits.
	</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Which_Ween_Costumes%3F" title="Which Ween Costumes?">Which Ween Costumes?</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=The_Poopsmith" title="The Poopsmith">The Poopsmith</a> dresses as Voldar from <i>Santa Claus Conquers The Martians</i>.
	</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=I_Killed_Pom_Pom" title="I Killed Pom Pom">I Killed Pom Pom</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Marzipan" title="Marzipan">Marzipan</a> dresses as Tom Servo and asks <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Sad" title="Strong Sad">Strong Sad</a> if he wants to make snappy comments and obscure references at a bad horror movie.
	</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=%40strongbadactual_%28Instagram%29" title="@strongbadactual (Instagram)">@strongbadactual</a> Instagram post (<a href="/index.php?title=%40strongbadactual_%28Instagram%29" title="@strongbadactual (Instagram)">8 Aug 2016</a>) — <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> posted a photo of a Tom Servo puppet.
	</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Later_That_Night..." title="Later That Night...">Later That Night...</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a> dresses as Mr. B Natural from <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Mr._B_Natural" title="wikipedia:Mr. B Natural">the short of the same name</a> featured on the show.
	</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque_Puppet_Squad:_The_Hot_Jones_Hijack" title="Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack">Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack</a> — The song <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Santam%27n_is_a_Blade_Man" title="Santam'n is a Blade Man">Santam'n is a Blade Man</a> again references the riff of <i>Santa Claus Conquers the Martians</i>.
	</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=%40StrongBadActual" title="@StrongBadActual">@StrongBadActual</a> tweet (<a href="/index.php?title=%40StrongBadActual_Tweets_2021" title="@StrongBadActual Tweets 2021">1 May 2021</a>) — Strong Bad nominated <a href="/index.php?title=Humidibot" title="Humidibot">Humidibot</a> for the Robot Roll Call.
	~~</li></ul>~~

			The show featured a hapless janitor (initially Joel, later Mike and then Jonah) trapped in an orbital space station, forced to watch an endless slate of terrible "cheesy movies" by his mad-scientist superiors. To keep sane, he builds four robot companions — Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. Joined by Servo and Crow in the screening room, the trio interject over the movie with mocking jokes and wisecracks in a process called "riffing". Though not a major success in its initial run, it has proven to be highly influential in comedy and social television. [[The Brothers Chaps]] occasionally reference the show's original characters as well as some of the infamously bad movies and short films it has featured.

			== Appearances ==

			* [[A Jorb Well Done]] — [[Tom Servo]] can be seen in silhouette, similar to the way he appears during the movie portion of the show.
	~~<div class=~~"~~visualClear~~"~~></div>~~		* Email [[personal favorites]] — [[Coach Z]] says, "I'm a blade man, man", a reference to a riff of ''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]'': "Santa's gonna cut you, man. Santa's a blade man, man!"
	~~</html>~~		* [[Random Toon]] — Nicknamed Rando, which is a running gag in the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie\|feature film version]]'s end credits.
			* [[Which Ween Costumes?]] — [[The Poopsmith]] dresses as Voldar from ''Santa Claus Conquers The Martians''.
			* [[I Killed Pom Pom]] — [[Marzipan]] dresses as Tom Servo and asks [[Strong Sad]] if he wants to make snappy comments and obscure references at a bad horror movie.
			* [[@strongbadactual (Instagram)\|@strongbadactual]] Instagram post ([[@strongbadactual (Instagram)\|8 Aug 2016]]) — [[Strong Bad]] posted a photo of a Tom Servo puppet.
			* [[Later That Night...]] — [[Homestar Runner]] dresses as Mr. B Natural from [[Mr. B Natural\|the short of the same name]] featured on the show.
			* [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] — The song [[Santam'n is a Blade Man]] again references the riff of ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians''.
			* [[@StrongBadActual]] tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2021\|1 May 2021]]) — Strong Bad nominated [[Humidibot]] for the Robot Roll Call.
			[[Category:Entertainment running gags]]

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	''I'm huge!''		<p><i>From the <a href="/index.php?title=Late_Nite_JengaJam_Interview_-_4_Oct_2007" title="Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007">Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007</a>:</i>
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	''From the [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007]]:''

	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	>~~'''~~JENGASHIP:~~'''~~ You get a lot of these recurring inside gags for people who are following the site for a long time, almost rewarding them to keep up.<br />		<b>JENGASHIP:</b> You get a lot of these recurring inside gags for people who are following the site for a long time, almost rewarding them to keep up.<br/>
	>~~'''~~MATT:~~'''~~ That's something that I feel like I learned from ''Mystery Science Theater''. I felt like they were always dropping either references to a joke they had already made that was totally exclusive to the show, or making some weird reference to a commercial from the late '70s or something, that they knew that only about ten people were gonna get, but they made that joke anyway. So it was just sort of like: "This is for you 10 dudes that're gonna like this joke!" I thought that was very cool.		<b>MATT:</b> That's something that I feel like I learned from <i>Mystery Science Theater</i>. I felt like they were always dropping either references to a joke they had already made that was totally exclusive to the show, or making some weird reference to a commercial from the late '70s or something, that they knew that only about ten people were gonna get, but they made that joke anyway. So it was just sort of like: "This is for you 10 dudes that're gonna like this joke!" I thought that was very cool.</blockquote>
	</blockquote>		<p><b><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Mystery_Science_Theater_3000" title="wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000">Mystery Science Theater 3000</a></b> is a cult comedy sci-fi TV show. It initially ran from 1988 to 1999 on <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=WUCW" title="wikipedia:WUCW">KTMA-TV</a>, <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Comedy_Central" title="wikipedia:Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> and <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Syfy" title="wikipedia:Syfy">The Sci-Fi Channel</a>. In 2015, a revival season was successfully crowdfunded and premiered on Netflix in April 2017.
			</p><p>The show featured a hapless janitor (initially Joel, later Mike and then Jonah) trapped in an orbital space station, forced to watch an endless slate of terrible "cheesy movies" by his mad-scientist superiors. To keep sane, he builds four robot companions — Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. Joined by Servo and Crow in the screening room, the trio interject over the movie with mocking jokes and wisecracks in a process called "riffing". Though not a major success in its initial run, it has proven to be highly influential in comedy and social television. <a href="/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps" title="The Brothers Chaps">The Brothers Chaps</a> occasionally reference the show's original characters as well as some of the infamously bad movies and short films it has featured.
	~~'''[[~~Mystery Science Theater 3000~~]]'''~~ is a cult comedy sci-fi TV show. It initially ran from 1988 to 1999 on [[WUCW\|KTMA-TV]], [[Comedy Central]] and [[Syfy\|The Sci-Fi Channel]]. In 2015, a revival season was successfully crowdfunded and premiered on Netflix in April 2017.		</p>
			<a id="Appearances" name="Appearances"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Appearances</span></h2>
			<ul><li><a href="/index.php?title=A_Jorb_Well_Done" title="A Jorb Well Done">A Jorb Well Done</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Tom_Servo" title="Tom Servo">Tom Servo</a> can be seen in silhouette, similar to the way he appears during the movie portion of the show.
			</li><li>Email <a href="/index.php?title=personal_favorites" title="personal favorites">personal favorites</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Coach_Z" title="Coach Z">Coach Z</a> says, "I'm a blade man, man", a reference to a riff of <i><a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Santa_Claus_Conquers_the_Martians" title="wikipedia:Santa Claus Conquers the Martians">Santa Claus Conquers the Martians</a></i>: "Santa's gonna cut you, man. Santa's a blade man, man!"
			</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Random_Toon" title="Random Toon">Random Toon</a> — Nicknamed Rando, which is a running gag in the <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Mystery_Science_Theater_3000:_The_Movie" title="wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie">feature film version</a>'s end credits.
			</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Which_Ween_Costumes%3F" title="Which Ween Costumes?">Which Ween Costumes?</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=The_Poopsmith" title="The Poopsmith">The Poopsmith</a> dresses as Voldar from <i>Santa Claus Conquers The Martians</i>.
			</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=I_Killed_Pom_Pom" title="I Killed Pom Pom">I Killed Pom Pom</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Marzipan" title="Marzipan">Marzipan</a> dresses as Tom Servo and asks <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Sad" title="Strong Sad">Strong Sad</a> if he wants to make snappy comments and obscure references at a bad horror movie.
			</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=%40strongbadactual_%28Instagram%29" title="@strongbadactual (Instagram)">@strongbadactual</a> Instagram post (<a href="/index.php?title=%40strongbadactual_%28Instagram%29" title="@strongbadactual (Instagram)">8 Aug 2016</a>) — <a href="/index.php?title=Strong_Bad" title="Strong Bad">Strong Bad</a> posted a photo of a Tom Servo puppet.
			</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Later_That_Night..." title="Later That Night...">Later That Night...</a> — <a href="/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner" title="Homestar Runner">Homestar Runner</a> dresses as Mr. B Natural from <a class="extiw" href="/index.php?title=Mr._B_Natural" title="wikipedia:Mr. B Natural">the short of the same name</a> featured on the show.
			</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Dangeresque_Puppet_Squad:_The_Hot_Jones_Hijack" title="Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack">Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack</a> — The song <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Santam%27n_is_a_Blade_Man" title="Santam'n is a Blade Man">Santam'n is a Blade Man</a> again references the riff of <i>Santa Claus Conquers the Martians</i>.
			</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=%40StrongBadActual" title="@StrongBadActual">@StrongBadActual</a> tweet (<a href="/index.php?title=%40StrongBadActual_Tweets_2021" title="@StrongBadActual Tweets 2021">1 May 2021</a>) — Strong Bad nominated <a href="/index.php?title=Humidibot" title="Humidibot">Humidibot</a> for the Robot Roll Call.
			</li></ul>

	The show featured a hapless janitor (initially Joel, later Mike and then Jonah) trapped in an orbital space station, forced to watch an endless slate of terrible "cheesy movies" by his mad-scientist superiors. To keep sane, he builds four robot companions — Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. Joined by Servo and Crow in the screening room, the trio interject over the movie with mocking jokes and wisecracks in a process called "riffing". Though not a major success in its initial run, it has proven to be highly influential in comedy and social television. [[The Brothers Chaps]] occasionally reference the show's original characters as well as some of the infamously bad movies and short films it has featured.

	~~== Appearances ==~~

	* [[A Jorb Well Done]] — [[Tom Servo]] can be seen in silhouette, similar to the way he appears during the movie portion of the show.
	* Email [[personal favorites]] — [[Coach Z]] says, "~~I'm a blade man, man~~"~~, a reference to a riff of ''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]'': "Santa's gonna cut you, man. Santa's a blade man, man!"~~		<div class="visualClear"></div>
	* [[Random Toon]] — Nicknamed Rando, which is a running gag in the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie\|feature film version]]'s end credits.		</html>
	* [[Which Ween Costumes?]] — [[The Poopsmith]] dresses as Voldar from ''Santa Claus Conquers The Martians''.
	* [[I Killed Pom Pom]] — [[Marzipan]] dresses as Tom Servo and asks [[Strong Sad]] if he wants to make snappy comments and obscure references at a bad horror movie.
	* [[@strongbadactual (Instagram)\|@strongbadactual]] Instagram post ([[@strongbadactual (Instagram)\|8 Aug 2016]]) — [[Strong Bad]] posted a photo of a Tom Servo puppet.
	* [[Later That Night...]] — [[Homestar Runner]] dresses as Mr. B Natural from [[Mr. B Natural\|the short of the same name]] featured on the show.
	* [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] — The song [[Santam'n is a Blade Man]] again references the riff of ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians''.
	* [[@StrongBadActual]] tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2021\|1 May 2021]]) — Strong Bad nominated [[Humidibot]] for the Robot Roll Call.
	~~[[Category:Entertainment running gags]]~~

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	[[~~File:Tom servo.PNG\|[[File:Tom_servo.PNG\|180px\|thumb~~]]]]		''From the [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007]]:''
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	~~[[File~~:~~Tom servo.PNG\|[[File:magnify-clip.png\|15px\|thumb]]]]~~

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	''~~From~~ the ~~[[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007]]~~:''		>'''JENGASHIP:''' You get a lot of these recurring inside gags for people who are following the site for a long time, almost rewarding them to keep up.<br />
			>'''MATT:''' That's something that I feel like I learned from ''Mystery Science Theater''. I felt like they were always dropping either references to a joke they had already made that was totally exclusive to the show, or making some weird reference to a commercial from the late '70s or something, that they knew that only about ten people were gonna get, but they made that joke anyway. So it was just sort of like: "This is for you 10 dudes that're gonna like this joke!" I thought that was very cool.
			</blockquote>

	~~<blockquote>'''JENGASHIP:''' You get a lot of these recurring inside gags for people who are following the site for a long time, almost rewarding them to keep up.<br />~~
	'''MATT:''' That's something that I feel like I learned from ''Mystery Science Theater''. I felt like they were always dropping either references to a joke they had already made that was totally exclusive to the show, or making some weird reference to a commercial from the late '70s or something, that they knew that only about ten people were gonna get, but they made that joke anyway. So it was just sort of like: "This is for you 10 dudes that're gonna like this joke!" I thought that was very cool.</blockquote>
	'''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''' is a cult comedy sci-fi TV show. It initially ran from 1988 to 1999 on [[WUCW\|KTMA-TV]], [[Comedy Central]] and [[Syfy\|The Sci-Fi Channel]]. In 2015, a revival season was successfully crowdfunded and premiered on Netflix in April 2017.		'''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''' is a cult comedy sci-fi TV show. It initially ran from 1988 to 1999 on [[WUCW\|KTMA-TV]], [[Comedy Central]] and [[Syfy\|The Sci-Fi Channel]]. In 2015, a revival season was successfully crowdfunded and premiered on Netflix in April 2017.

	The show featured a hapless janitor (initially Joel, later Mike and then Jonah) trapped in an orbital space station, forced to watch an endless slate of terrible ~~"~~cheesy movies~~"~~ by his mad-scientist superiors. To keep sane, he builds four robot companions — Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. Joined by Servo and Crow in the screening room, the trio interject over the movie with mocking jokes and wisecracks in a process called ~~"~~riffing~~"~~. Though not a major success in its initial run, it has proven to be highly influential in comedy and social television. [[The Brothers Chaps]] occasionally reference the show's original characters as well as some of the infamously bad movies and short films it has featured.		The show featured a hapless janitor (initially Joel, later Mike and then Jonah) trapped in an orbital space station, forced to watch an endless slate of terrible "cheesy movies" by his mad-scientist superiors. To keep sane, he builds four robot companions — Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. Joined by Servo and Crow in the screening room, the trio interject over the movie with mocking jokes and wisecracks in a process called "riffing". Though not a major success in its initial run, it has proven to be highly influential in comedy and social television. [[The Brothers Chaps]] occasionally reference the show's original characters as well as some of the infamously bad movies and short films it has featured.

	~~<span id~~=~~"appearances"></span>~~		== Appearances ==
	=~~= <span class="mw-headline">~~Appearances~~</span>~~ ==

	* [[A Jorb Well Done]] — [[Tom Servo]] can be seen in silhouette, similar to the way he appears during the movie portion of the show.		* [[A Jorb Well Done]] — [[Tom Servo]] can be seen in silhouette, similar to the way he appears during the movie portion of the show.
	* Email [[personal favorites]] — [[Coach Z]] says, ~~"~~I'm a blade man, man~~"~~, a reference to a riff of ''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]'': ~~"~~Santa's gonna cut you, man. Santa's a blade man, man!~~"~~		* Email [[personal favorites]] — [[Coach Z]] says, "I'm a blade man, man", a reference to a riff of ''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]'': "Santa's gonna cut you, man. Santa's a blade man, man!"
	* [[Random Toon]] — Nicknamed Rando, which is a running gag in the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie\|feature film version]]'s end credits.		* [[Random Toon]] — Nicknamed Rando, which is a running gag in the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie\|feature film version]]'s end credits.
	* [[Which Ween Costumes?]] — [[The Poopsmith]] dresses as Voldar from ''Santa Claus Conquers The Martians''.		* [[Which Ween Costumes?]] — [[The Poopsmith]] dresses as Voldar from ''Santa Claus Conquers The Martians''.
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	* [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] — The song [[Santam'n is a Blade Man]] again references the riff of ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians''.		* [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] — The song [[Santam'n is a Blade Man]] again references the riff of ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians''.
	* [[@StrongBadActual]] tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2021\|1 May 2021]]) — Strong Bad nominated [[Humidibot]] for the Robot Roll Call.		* [[@StrongBadActual]] tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2021\|1 May 2021]]) — Strong Bad nominated [[Humidibot]] for the Robot Roll Call.
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''From the [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007]]:''

<blockquote>'''JENGASHIP:''' You get a lot of these recurring inside gags for people who are following the site for a long time, almost rewarding them to keep up.<br />
'''MATT:''' That's something that I feel like I learned from ''Mystery Science Theater''. I felt like they were always dropping either references to a joke they had already made that was totally exclusive to the show, or making some weird reference to a commercial from the late '70s or something, that they knew that only about ten people were gonna get, but they made that joke anyway. So it was just sort of like: "This is for you 10 dudes that're gonna like this joke!" I thought that was very cool.</blockquote>
'''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''' is a cult comedy sci-fi TV show. It initially ran from 1988 to 1999 on [[WUCW|KTMA-TV]], [[Comedy Central]] and [[Syfy|The Sci-Fi Channel]]. In 2015, a revival season was successfully crowdfunded and premiered on Netflix in April 2017.

The show featured a hapless janitor (initially Joel, later Mike and then Jonah) trapped in an orbital space station, forced to watch an endless slate of terrible "cheesy movies" by his mad-scientist superiors. To keep sane, he builds four robot companions — Cambot, Gypsy, Tom Servo, and Crow. Joined by Servo and Crow in the screening room, the trio interject over the movie with mocking jokes and wisecracks in a process called "riffing". Though not a major success in its initial run, it has proven to be highly influential in comedy and social television. [[The Brothers Chaps]] occasionally reference the show's original characters as well as some of the infamously bad movies and short films it has featured.

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* [[A Jorb Well Done]] — [[Tom Servo]] can be seen in silhouette, similar to the way he appears during the movie portion of the show.
* Email [[personal favorites]] — [[Coach Z]] says, "I'm a blade man, man", a reference to a riff of ''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]'': "Santa's gonna cut you, man. Santa's a blade man, man!"
* [[Random Toon]] — Nicknamed Rando, which is a running gag in the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie|feature film version]]'s end credits.
* [[Which Ween Costumes?]] — [[The Poopsmith]] dresses as Voldar from ''Santa Claus Conquers The Martians''.
* [[I Killed Pom Pom]] — [[Marzipan]] dresses as Tom Servo and asks [[Strong Sad]] if he wants to make snappy comments and obscure references at a bad horror movie.
* [[@strongbadactual (Instagram)|@strongbadactual]] Instagram post ([[@strongbadactual (Instagram)|8 Aug 2016]]) — [[Strong Bad]] posted a photo of a Tom Servo puppet.
* [[Later That Night...]] — [[Homestar Runner]] dresses as Mr. B Natural from [[Mr. B Natural|the short of the same name]] featured on the show.
* [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] — The song [[Santam'n is a Blade Man]] again references the riff of ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians''.
* [[@StrongBadActual]] tweet ([[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2021|1 May 2021]]) — Strong Bad nominated [[Humidibot]] for the Robot Roll Call.

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