Hercules and the Captive Women
From MST3K
| 412 - Hercules and the Captive Women | |
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| Air Date | September 12, 1992 |
| Movie Director | Vittorio Cottafavi |
| Year | 1961 |
| Cast | Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni |
| Preceded by | 411 - The Magic Sword |
| Followed by | 413 - Manhunt in Space |
Contents |
The Movie
Synopsis
Ever-intrepid demi-god Hercules battles Proteus and rescues a beautiful princess. He takes her back to her home, the island of Atlantis. Her mother, sadistic Queen Antinea, believes in a prophecy that says if her daughter outlives her, then Atlantis will be destroyed. Naturally Antinea is attracted to Hercules, but first she must get rid of her daughter. Antinea sends a team of weirdly identical blond henchmen to murder her daughter, while she unsuccessfully tries to drug Hercules. With the help of his son, Hercules battles the henchmen, outsmarts the queen, and saves the princess, causing the island to sink into the sea. Prophecy fulfilled!
Information
The Episode
Host Segments
Prologue: Gypsy wants to join the boys in watching the movie. Crow and Tom are extremely unsupportive.
Segment One (Invention Exchange): The Mads have continued their Deep 13 day care, and as a result, TV's Frank has developed the Lawn Baby, a lawnmower/baby stroller that is an accident waiting to happen. A radiant Joel demonstrates the Wombmate, a device that allows babies to listen to music in utero.
Segment Two: Joel, Tom, and Crow enjoy some good-natured brawling as drawn from the film. They're even good natured after they've been patched up.
Segment Three: Crow’s history report on Hercules is unnecessarily harsh.
Segment Four: The Bots' Hercules action figure is rather inactive, constantly repeating, "I'm so sleepy, I can barely keep my eyes open."
Segment Five: Joel and the bots bid the Hercules movies adieu (for now, anyway). They read a letter. Back in Deep 13, Frank is being chased by his invention, and it ends as badly as one would expect.
Stinger: "Hercules!", followed by Herc's freaky expression.
Obscure References
- "Come back to Atlantis. Make it Atlantis again, mon!"
A parody of "Come back to Jamaica", an advertising slogan used to promote Jamaican tourism during the 1980s.
- "Everything is beautiful in the valley."
A reference to the song "At the Ballet" from the musical A Chorus Line.
| preceded by: Season 3 | MST3K Season 4 | followed by: Season 5 | ||||||
| 1992 - 1993 | ||||||||
| 401 | Space Travelers | 1992-06-06 | 409 | The Indestructible Man | 1992-08-15 | 417 | Crash of Moons | 1992-11-28 |
| 402 | The Giant Gila Monster | 1992-06-13 | 410 | Hercules Against the Moon Men | 1992-08-22 | 418 | Attack of the the Eye Creatures | 1992-12-05 |
| 403 | City Limits | 1992-06-20 | 411 | The Magic Sword | 1992-08-29 | 419 | The Rebel Set | 1992-12-12 |
| 404 | Teenagers from Outer Space | 1992-06-27 | 412 | Hercules and the Captive Women | 1992-09-12 | 420 | The Human Duplicators | 1992-12-26 |
| 405 | Being from Another Planet | 1992-07-24 | 413 | Manhunt in Space | 1992-09-19 | 421 | Monster A-Go Go | 1993-01-09 |
| 406 | Attack of the Giant Leeches | 1992-07-18 | 414 | Tormented | 1992-09-26 | 422 | The Day the Earth Froze | 1993-01-16 |
| 407 | The Killer Shrews | 1992-07-25 | 415 | The Beatniks | 1992-11-25 | 423 | Bride of the Monster | 1993-01-23 |
| 408 | Hercules Unchained | 1992-08-01 | 416 | Fire Maidens of Outer Space | 1992-11-16 | 424 | Manos: The Hands of Fate | 1993-01-30 |
