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"Master Ninja Theme Song" is a song performed by Joel Hodgson, Crow T. Robot, Tom Servo and Gypsy at the conclusion of Experiment #322.

Set-up[]

[On the Satellite of Love]
Tom Servo: You know, Joel, going into this experiment, several things were a given. One, it had a Van Patten in a prominent role. Two, it was made for TV. Three, it had a Van Patten in a prominent role. But I had no idea it would be THIS BAD!
Crow T. Robot: Yeah, really. I mean, if you look at some of the other thirteen-episode action shows from that era like Manimal, uh, Misfits of Science, Supertrain...
Gypsy: Oh, I liked that one.
Crow T. Robot: It was pretty good. Uh, Tales of the Gold Monkey, they were all insipid, yet CLEARLY superior to this piece of JUNK!
Joel Hodgson: Well, guys, take it easy. The best way to beat those made-for-TV blues is to start your own funk/fusion TV action band. Okay, so Crow, I want you to start out on the drums, c'mon.
Crow T. Robot: Oh, okay.

Lyrics[]

[Crow begins laying down a funky beat]

Crow T. Robot: Hey, get me. I'm an LA studio musician.
Tom Servo: Let me throw in a little wah-wah.

[Tom joins in with the "wakichika-wakichika"]

Joel Hodgson: Gypsy!

[Gypsy adds the wailing sax.]

Joel Hodgson: Okay. That sounds good. Okay.

JOEL
Master Ninja Theme Song

Joel Hodgson: Okay. Now, Crow, [laughs] put that up on StillStore, will ya?

JOEL
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Joel Hodgson: Okay, "We, the officers of the Battleship Missouri wish to congratulate you on the quality programming you are injecting in the..."

JOEL
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Joel Hodgson: "...fiber-optic veins of our nation. While in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm, we often felt, as you must,..."

JOEL
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Joel Hodgson: "...trapped in a steel box with little or no contact with the outside world, yet engaged in important and dangerous work."

JOEL
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Joel Hodgson: Ow! "As Comrades, we salute you. We spend many off-hour duty hours enjoying your show. To help repay you for the pleasure given us..."

JOEL
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Joel Hodgson: "...we would like to do something for you. Some of us are engineering by profession and would like to offer our assistance in designing, manufacturing serviceable arms...

JOEL
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Joel Hodgson: "...your torso. Let us know if you want any special features, such as death lasers or detachable, radio-controlled fingers. We eagerly await your reply.

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Joel Hodgson: What do you think, sirs?

Reprise[]

[Over the closing credits.]

JOEL
Master Ninja Theme Song

Master Ninja Theme Song

Master Ninja Theme Song

Keep your eye upon
The Master Ninja Theme Song

'Cause those Van Patten brothers
Are so head strong

Master Ninja Theme Song [Help me!]

Master Ninja Theme Song

Credits[]

Behind the Scenes[]

  • Joel is clearly reading his lines during the opening dialogue of the segment.
  • The letter Joel reads throughout the song is addressed to "Mr. Tom Servo (and supporting cast)"

References[]



Songs
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Series "MST3K Love Theme" • "Mighty Science Theater"
Season K "O Tannenbot" • "Theme to Fugitive Alien" • "Has-Been Actors" • Joel's military cadence
Season 1 "Beverly Hillbillies Parody" • "Clay & Lar's Flesh Barn" • "Commando Cody Song" • "I'm a Hu-Man"
Season 2 "Sidehackin'" • "Only Love Pads the Film" • "My Creepy Girl" • "If Chauffeurs Ruled the World" • "Wild Rebels Cereal" • "I Like What I Know About You" • "Joey the Lemur" • "The Jet Jaguar Song" • "Godzilla Genealogy Bop"
Season 3 "Tibby, Oh Tibby" • "Idiot Control" • "Music from Some Guys in Space" • "A Clown in the Sky" • "Sandy Frank Song" • "Hike Your Pants Up" • "The Plate Spinning Song" • "Celebrity Siblings" • "The Gamera Song" • "Annoying Cornjob Song" • "The Many Tunes of Gamera" • "Slow the Plot Down" • "The Waffle Song" • "Fugitive Alien Medley" • "(Let's Have) A Patrick Swayze Christmas" • "Master Ninja Theme Song" • "Satellite of Love Marching Song"
Season 4 "City Rap" • "Oh, Kim Cattrall" • "A Danger to Myself and Others" • "Killer Shrew" • "Tribute to Pants" • "Ode on Estelle" • "Happy Thoughts" • "Gypsy Moons" • "Gypsy Rose Me" • "Hired!"
Season 5 "What a Pleasant Journey" • "Girl in Lovers Lane Theme" • "The Janitor Song" • "My Wild Irish Ireland" • "Tubular Boobular Joy" • "Whispering Christmas Warrior" • "Merry Christmas...If That's Okay" • "Mystos" • "The Greatest Frank of All"
Season 6 "Cosmic Freight Train" • "Nummy Muffin Coocol Butter" • "Square Dance" • "Livin' in Deep 13" • "Tom Servo's Theme Song" • "Crow T. Robot's Theme Song" • "Mike Nelson's Theme Song" • "The United Servo Academy Men's Chorus Hymn" • "The Poopy Suit Anthem" • Supercalafragalisticexpiala-wacky!: "I'm the Government" / "I'm the Crime Bill" / "Government Gridlock" / "The Foreign Policy Blues" • "Bouncy Upbeat Song" • "Who Will I Kill?"
Season 7 "Phones" • "Leave Bronx"
Season 8 "Satellite Hootenanny" • "Digger Smolkin Medley" • "When I Held Your Brain in My Arms" • "The Funky Seventies" • "The Gods Jam" • "Sodium!" • "Loving Lovers Love"
Season 9 "Pumaman" • "Where, Oh Werewolf" • "Stay!" • "Hobgoblins" • "The Canada Song" • "Rowsdower Saves Us" • "Air on a Delta Knight"
Season 10 "Oh, I Am Sad" • "Bobo Creek" • "The Ballad of Goosio" • "To Earth"
Season 11 "Every Country Has a Monster" • "Our Love Is on Wings (You Can't See)" • "UFO" • "The Great Space Circus" • "Aloha" • "Moon 14 Mesozoic Ranch Dinosaur BBQ Theme" • "The Magic in You" • "Push Past the Hurting (When a Movie Hurts Too Much)
Season 12 "Get in Your Mech" • "Trippy Blob" • "Concepts!" • "Below the Dam" • "There's a Cut on My Hand and a Pain in My Heart" • "Your Horrible Show (Your Show Stinks)"
Season 13 "Perico March" • "Mother Crabber" • "Sing a Song for Jiger" • "Supervillainesses" • "Monster RSVP" • "Hooray for Santa Claus" • "(Let's Have) A Patrick Swayze Christmas"
Additional "Satellite of Love" • "1997 Summer Blockbuster Review Theme" • "1998 Academy of Robots Choice Awards Special" • "1998 Summer Blockbuster Review Theme" • "#BringBackMST3K Theme" • "#WeBroughtBackMST3K Theme" • "Teen Reporter, Tom Servo"
Collections Clowns in the SkyClowns in the Sky IIClowns in the Sky I & IIMST3K: The ReturnSongs in the Key of MSTThe New Themes of MST3KThe Complete Clowns in the SkyMST3K Seasons 12 + 13
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