Mystery Science Theater 3000: POD PEOPLE

April 23, 2015 12:44 AM - Season 3, Episode 3

aka The Unearthling, Extra-Terrestrial Visitors, Tales of Trumpy, The Return of E.T. and Los Nuevos Extraterrestres. (1983, Color, Spain, Aliens, Science Fiction, Knockoff, Horror) Movie A: Poachers in the woods incur the wrath of a mysterious entity who starts hunting them. Movie B: A singing group in the city decides to go on vacation. Movie C: A lonely adopted boy grows from a huge egg a magic aardvark he names Trumpy. The movies collide, people get killed, cut, wrap, print. A particularly beloved episode of our favorite movie-mocking cowtown puppet show, and the source of one of its most enduring catchphrases. (YouTube 1h37m) First aired June 15, 1991.

Daddy-O - MST3K Wikia - Annotated MST3K

IMDB (2.1 stars)

Directed by Juan Piquer Simón. Written by Joaquin Grau and Juan Piquer Simón. Starring Ian Sera, Nina Ferrer and Susanna Bequer.

posted by JHarris (24 comments total)

Today's (Thursday's) show should be at 9 PM Eastern, barring problems.
posted by JHarris at 2:13 AM on April 23, 2015

Joel: You know that Trumpy is one ugly--
Servo and Crow: Shut yo' mouth!
Joel: Hey, I'm only talkin' about Trumpy, can you dig it?
posted by valkane at 4:26 AM on April 23, 2015 [1 favorite]

Sadly, I have tickets for a show tonight and I'll miss this week. Everyone have fun doing *stupid* things without me.
posted by hobgadling at 5:59 AM on April 23, 2015 [1 favorite]

I think I'll actually be able to make this one!
posted by Chrysostom at 6:51 AM on April 23, 2015 [1 favorite]

Hear the engines roar now!
(hhthngnsrrnao!)
posted by Iridic at 7:38 AM on April 23, 2015

The scene where Trumpy declares everything he sees to be a potato of some sort is one of my absolute favorites.
posted by maxsparber at 9:21 AM on April 23, 2015 [3 favorites]

Uncle Bill?
posted by cottoncandybeard at 10:19 AM on April 23, 2015

It stinks!

(I'll be there, but will be cobbling together some mobile devices to do so. Apologies in advance for a chat wall full of entrances and exits and requests for time stamps to watch along on YouTube.)
posted by tchemgrrl at 12:03 PM on April 23, 2015

“Is this movie 'A'?”
posted by ob1quixote at 1:34 PM on April 23, 2015

I'll be there, but will be cobbling together some mobile devices to do so. Apologies in advance for a chat wall full of entrances and exits and requests for time stamps to watch along on YouTube.

There for the grace of the Apple genius go I. (Fingers crossed.)
posted by Room 641-A at 2:21 PM on April 23, 2015 [1 favorite]

I think JHarris forgot to post the shared viewing room URL. So, here it is

http://sync-video.com/tv/rodneylives

Cya there!
posted by valkane at 5:34 PM on April 23, 2015

The URL is the same as it has been:
http://sync-video.com/tv/rodneylives
posted by JHarris at 5:38 PM on April 23, 2015

I think the url is: TRUMPY
posted by valkane at 7:59 PM on April 23, 2015

That was great, thanks JHarris!

My next movie will be called Get Trumpy!
posted by Room 641-A at 8:33 PM on April 23, 2015 [1 favorite]

Next week we're back in Japan with 304 GAMERA VS BARUGON.
posted by JHarris at 1:48 AM on April 24, 2015

"What he's done is GOOD!"
posted by CheesesOfBrazil at 12:20 PM on April 24, 2015 [1 favorite]

This was the very first MST3k I ever saw, but I saw it in syndicated form where they split episodes in two and had weird/funny intros and outgrow with Mike doing a Jack Perkins impression. However, the station where I grew up that was airing them would play both halves of an episode back to back. I nearly injured myself laughing, and this is still a favorite of mine, especially the host segment parodying the song the characters are recording.
posted by sparkletone at 4:03 PM on April 24, 2015 [4 favorites]

This is definitely one of my favorites. I've probably watched it a couple of hundred times. So many great moments that I could sit here and quote it all night. It might be their masterpiece, honestly.


“Rick: You guys are all over the place.”

“Yeah, you're up in the mountains, you're in a studio, you're in a cave, you're in a shotgun shack, you're in another part of the world, you're on top of old Smoky, there. Huh! You're all over the place.”
posted by ob1quixote at 4:48 PM on April 24, 2015 [1 favorite]

This is one of my all time favorites. "Trumpy, you can do stupid things!"
posted by miss-lapin at 9:01 PM on April 25, 2015

I want "Idiot Control Now" as an MP3.
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 7:10 PM on April 27, 2015 [1 favorite]

I wish I'd watched this in the long, long ago- Trumpy is much less amusing now.
posted by InfidelZombie at 2:55 PM on May 2, 2017

"We paid for the camera and we're going to use it"--a line that has gotten a lot of play in my movie-watching life.

Sorry I missed this one, it's a fave.
posted by praemunire at 8:48 PM on August 7, 2019

(Or, wait, I have no idea why this popped up on the front page as the current one? Nvm.)
posted by praemunire at 8:49 PM on August 7, 2019

I want "Idiot Control Now" as an MP3.

I want "it stinks" to be my message notification on my phone.
posted by miss-lapin at 3:53 PM on August 8, 2019