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| “ | 'Edgar Rice Burroughs'. They're really trying to spread the blame around. | ” |
| - Tom Servo |
The movie
- Main article: At the Earth's Core (film)
Abner Perry (Peter Cushing) - a British explorer - and David Innes (Doug McClure) - his dashing American patron - accidentally stumble across a subterranean world ruled by telepathic monsters. The travelers unite the disparate primitive inhabitants and help them secure their freedom.
The episode
Host segments
Prologue: The day of Jonah's marriage to Kinga has arrived! Tom and Crow give him their support, but it vanishes when Jonah introduces Growler, his new piano-playing robot.
Segment One: The Bots make their hatred for Growler very clear, as does Kinga for how no one is RSVPing to her wedding. The Invention Exchange features Jonah's "Permanent Temporary Tattoos", but Kinga stops Max from firing his "Rip Taylor Urn Cannon" under suspicion that he's actually trying to ruin the wedding.
Segment Two: The Victorian technology of the movie inspires Jonah to redesign the Bots in the style of Steampunk.
Segment Three: Crow dresses up as one of the telepathic monsters and tries to command Jonah to obey him. The result isn't quite what he expects.
Segment Four: Kinga is getting preparations in order for the wedding and leaves Max in charge. As Max frets over his torment of losing Kinga to Jonah, "Doug McClure" arrives to try and help Max with his misguided love advice to "be the alpha male". To this end, Max remembers the key to the creature's chamber he had found four episodes ago...
Segment Five: The wedding is moments away. Observers are filling the seats and even Grandma Pearl has somehow forced herself to attend out of what little affection she has for Kinga. All that remains is for bride and groom to say "I do". Before Jonah can do so, Max opens the chamber and releases Reptilicus Metallicus who seems to eat Jonah (to Kinga's great annoyance). Up in the SOL, after witnessing Jonah being eaten, the Bots apologize to Growler for their prior hostility (it's what Jonah would have wanted), and he takes it in stride. Back at Moon 13, Max sneaks out of the room, pushing the button to end the episode himself.
Stinger: A dinosaur is set on fire and falls off a cliff, landing in a big explosion.
Unusual Credits: The closing credits feature a shot of an unknown humanoid figure (wearing what looks like the spacesuit Jonah was working on all season) walking slowly on the outside of the Satellite of Love. Additionally, some of the music played over the credits is solo piano (presumably Growler) rather than the usual Skeleton Crew music.
Callbacks
- Pearl sings "Loving Lovers Love" at the wedding. (Overdrawn at the Memory Bank)
Obscure references
- "We really were hoping for more of a combination of Joel and Mike, which I think would be a lot like T.J. Miller."
- Joel and Mike were the hosts of the earlier incarnations of Mystery Science Theater 3000. T.J. Miller is an actor and comedian. His on-stage persona might well be described as a boisterous slacker type. He's had roles in the films Yogi Bear, Our Idiot Brother, Deadpool, and was the voice of Fred in Big Hero Six. He co-starred on the HBO TV series "Silicon Valley".
- "I hope I get it!" ... "How many people does he need? How many boys? How many girls?"
- Lyrics from the song "I Hope I Get It" from the hit musical A Chorus Line.
Behind the scenes
MST3K cast
Regular cast
- Jonah Ray - Jonah Heston
- Hampton Yount - Crow T. Robot
- Baron Vaughn - Tom Servo
- Felicia Day - Kinga Forrester
- Patton Oswalt - Max (TV's Son of TV's Frank)
- Rebecca Hanson - Gypsy / Synthia
- Tim Ryder - Bonehead #1
- Zach Thompson - Bonehead #2
- Joel Hodgson - Ardy
- Har Mar Superstar (Bandleader), Tony Bevilacqua, Matthew Compton, Denver Dalley, Jason Fabus, Charlie Erickson, Andris Mattson, Amanda Mndr Warner, Josiah Steinbeck
Guest cast
- Russ Walko - Growler
- Mary Jo Pehl - Pearl Forrester
- Kevin Murphy - Professor Bobo
- Bill Corbett - Brain Guy
- Joel McHale - "Doug McClure"
- Matt McGuinness - Bonehead Cameraman
- Paul Chaplin - Observer Hive Mind Manager
Wedding Guests (Observers)
- Patricia Adams, Mike Aronow, Kyle Bacon, Jordan Brown, Andrew R. Brunner, Nick Carlson, John Cookson, Jason D'itri, Larry Dunn, Zachary A. Forsyth, Tony Goggin, Dave Goldblatt, Spencer Goldrich, Jonathan Gorbach, Laura Gorbach, Ike Haldan, Jason Kirk Harder, Larry Hastings, Jeff Hill, Adam King, Darcy Madi, Guillermo Martinez, Juan Martinez, Colin McRavey, Andrew M. Minoff, Amber Oliver, Paul Denver Reynolds IV, Kathryn Rice, Joe Sherman, Ben Tobin
MST3K crew
- Main article: List of MST3K Crew#Season 11
- Directed by Joel Hodgson & Robert Cohen
Production
Goofs
Video releases
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