Gizmonic Institute
From MST3K
Gizmonic Institute was a top secret research laboratory that employed Joel Robinson, Dr. Clayton Forrester and Dr. Laurence Erhardt.
Dr. Clayton Forrester and Laurence Erhardt were employed as scientists and Joel was employed as a janitor. Despite their roles, Gizmonic was such a prestigious research facility that everybody, even janitors, were inventors.
It is speculated that the reason that Dr. Forrester chose Joel for the experiments on the Satellite of Love was resentment over the fact that Joel was consistently the better inventor in their Invention Exchanges.
Dr. Forrester and Dr. Erhardt communicated with Joel from the offices of Gizmonic in the KTMA episodes. In the first episode of the Comedy Channel Season 1 the doctors make it clear that their brand of experiment was frowned upon by Gizmonic and they had fled to an area known as Deep 13, named for being thirteen floors below ground level.
Gizmonic's Disappearance from the Plotline
Once Joel left in season 5 all mention of Gizmonic Institute were removed from the show. Joel holds the copyright on the word "Gizmonic" and used it in his comedy acts. He requested that the show refrain from using the word after his departure.
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| People | Dr. Clayton Forrester • Dr. Laurence Erhardt • TV's Frank • Pearl Forrester • Professor Bobo • Brain Guy • Mike Nelson (mirror) • Crow (mirror) • Tom Servo (mirror) • Gypsy (mirror) | |||||
| Locations | Gizmonic Institute • Deep 13 • Deep Ape • The Widowmaker • Ancient Rome • Castle Forrester | |||||
