113 - The Black Scorpion
Air Date	February 1990
Movie Director	Edward Ludwig
Year	1957
Cast	Richard Denning, Mara Corday, Carlos Rivas
Preceded by	112 - Untamed Youth
Followed by	201 - Rocketship X-M

Contents 1 The Movie 1.1 Synopsis 1.2 Information 2 The Episode 2.1 Host Segments 2.2 Obscure References

The MovieEdit

SynopsisEdit

Filmed in Mexico. Allegedly an outgrowth of a ten-minute "test" film, the story is set in motion by a volcanic eruption which releases dozens of giant scorpions from a cave. American geologist Richard Denning and his cohorts try to drive the scorpions back into their lair, but the huge arachnids are soon at large in civilization, munching on innocent bystanders as they go their merry way. The authorities are able to destroy all but one scorpion, who, unfortunately, is the nastiest of the bunch. The climax takes place in a Mexico City bullring, where the scorpion does battle with a fleet of military helicopters. [1]

InformationEdit

The EpisodeEdit

Host SegmentsEdit

Prologue: The Bots throw a party, for Joel.

Segment One (Invention Exchange): Joel makes a giant party favor and then Dr. Erhardt starts to show their invention before realizing it's exactly the same thing as Joel made. A lab accident with a "cold fusion Walkman" mutated Dr. Erhardt an alien-type creature, while Dr. Forrester becomes a skeleton.

Segment Two: Joel and the bots present a madcap tribute to Mexico

Segment Three: Crow and Tom discuss human nature, unaware that Gypsy has become a scorpion monster

Segment Four: Crow and Tom put on a puppet show and discuss stop-motion animation

Segment Five: Reading letters

Obscure ReferencesEdit

• It's Krakatoa, east of Java."

Krakatoa was a volcano in Indonesia that exploded in 1883, causing the island to disappear. It is referenced with the lyric "Krakatoa, east of Java" in the B-52s song "Lava".

• "Look it's Arne Saknussemm"

Arne Saknussemm was an explorer in Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

• "And there, on the handle, was a hook!"

The last line from a popular campfire story and urban legend sometimes called The Hook.

preceded by: Season 0		MST3K Season 1					followed by: Season 2
		1989 - 1990
101	The Crawling Eye	1989-11-28	106	The Crawling Hand	1989-12-26	111	Moon Zero Two	1990-01-30
102	The Robot vs the Aztec Mummy	1989-12-05	107	Robot Monster	1990-01-02	112	Untamed Youth	1990-02-06
103	The Mad Monster	1989-12-12	108	The Slime People	1990-01-09	113	The Black Scorpion	1990-02-13
104	Women of the Prehistoric Planet	1990-02-20	109	Project Moon Base	1990-01-16
105	The Corpse Vanishes	1989-12-19	110	Robot Holocaust	1990-01-23