Mystery Science Theater En Masse

Riffer Recruits Obscure References
For Episodes 3-5

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Episode 3 - Wish Upon a Starr

(Part One)

Akiko: I thought that was the Land of Make-Believe. You missed the friendly neighborhood trolley again, didn't you?

Another "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" reference.

"You bet! Water slides, Lakes, mountains, beautiful flowers-."
Tails: They're all crammed into one convenient location. You know, it's like the old Thames Television identification card!

Almost self-explanatory. For those that have never seen British television, that's a reference to the ident that had famous UK landmarks in it.

(Part Two)

"So, what do you think about this dress?" Amy asked. The girls were all shopping at the mall looking for clothes.
Tails: Did I read this before...?

Reference to "The New Girl"... the version that Sonic, Amy, and Tails hate so much.

(Part Three)

Miyuki: A broken beer bottle? I think we're in the wrong Sega franchise, folks.
Tomoko: I'd read that. Start sending in the fat fire breathing guys and the rocket launcher cars.

Reference to "Streets of Rage" (specifically the first game).

(Part Four)

Akiko: Is the pie made by Amy?
Tails: *eyes widening* Please tell me that you didn't steal another pie from her.

Callback to the incident in "Rainbow Eclipse" where Akiko stole a pie from Amy. The pie was meant to go to Sonic.

(Part Six)

Akiko: When did Sonic.EXE get here?

Reference to the familiar "edgy" "creepypasta".

"HEY! IT'S THE FREAKY ALIENS! GET THEM!"
Akiko: Didn't know that the Chaos Emeralds warped Paul Phoenix into that universe, too...

Reference to Paul's ending in "Tekken 5".

Akiko: This must've been the Shadow that graduated from the School of Misogyny.

Refrence to "Sky Blue".

(Part Seven)

Akiko: Will they find Sabrina there?

Refrence to the constant beach scenes in "Sabrina's Adventure 2".

Akiko: Weren't you out of the house... in the last chapter?
Tails: Amnesia.
Akiko: Will she remember that she had amnesia?

Reference to "Sonic: Dead or Alive?"

Miyuki: Dollars? In Japan? Did I just go back to Japanmerica here?

Reference to "Sailor Moon:Fantasy!"

Episode 4 - Rougishly Possessed

(Part One)

Tails: Is it in New York, where the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade takes place?

A jab at "Thanksgiving!"

Tomoko: Huh. Well, at least it wasn't copied from a Wikia page or something.

Reference to "The Scar", where Kitana's and Jade's descriptions were blatantly copied. Even though Tomoko didn't riff that fic at all, it is implied that Akiko made her watch that riffing with her.

(Part Three)

"No, I'm not fighting you, Wave. We don't have to eliminate the other just because we both share a passion for Jet."
Tails: Huh? Well, that's true. Least it won't end up like that awful Isis and Dana fight...

Reference to the... catfight in "Catwoman: Rebirth".

Episode 5 - Sailor Moon: A Culture Reborn

(Part One)

Tomoko: Great. Here comes the character shilling. Even when she's dead, she still has to hog the spotlight.
Tails: Reminds me of the Kathryn story that Sonic told me about.

The Egg Spiral hedgehogs... still hate "The White Hedgehog". Again... Kathryn hogged the spotlight while knocked out.

Tomoko: I think Morgan's gonna make due on her promise to get a bunch of pigeons to shit on a bad statue.

Miyuki: Welp. Time to get the flock of pigeons.

(The line that Miyuki says is in Part Three.) It's in reference to "Women Decoded". Cassy's riffing partners were Keiko and Kaoru, who are friends of Miyuki and Tomoko.

(Part Two)

Miyuki: They just did not care!

Obligatory "They Just Didn't Care" line from the MST3K episode "Attack of The The Eye Creatures".

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