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=== Season 2 ===
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! Featured Film
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! width=20% | Home Video Availability
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|201
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|'''''[[Rocketship X-M]]'''''<br /><small>(1950, B&W, Lippert)</small>
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| 1990-09-22
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| None
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| A rocketship is accidentally diverted from the Moon to Mars, where the crew finds the ruins of a Martian civilization and a band of rogue survivors. Starring [[Lloyd Bridges]]
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''New sets and new intro theme visuals. First appearance of [[Frank Conniff]] as [[TV's Frank]]. First appearance of [[Kevin Murphy (actor)|Kevin Murphy]] as [[Tom Servo]]. First guest appearance by new head writer [[Michael J. Nelson]], here playing Valeria from ''Robot Holocaust.
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|- align=center
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|202
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|'''''[[Sidehackers|The Sidehackers]]'''''<br /><small>(''Five the Hard Way'')</small><br /><small>(1969, Color, Crown International)</small>
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| 1990-09-29
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| Standalone VHS, VHS Box Set, MST3K Collection, Volume 3
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| Two motorcycle racers meet at a competition and become the victims of manipulation by a girlfriend who wants to change partners.
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''The original film featured a flashback involving a character being raped prior to her death. This reportedly shocked the writers, who had not watched the entire film before production on the episode had begun. In the episode, neither this nor any shots of the character's body were shown. Crow covers up for the resulting plot gap by mentioning afterward that the character is dead.''<ref>The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide, pg 21 (1996).</ref>
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|- align=center
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|203
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|'''''[[Jungle Goddess]]'''''<br /><small>(1948, B&W, Lippert)</small>
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| 1990-10-06
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| None
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| (Short: ''[[The Phantom Creeps]]'', Chapter 1: "The Menacing Power") Two pilots set out to find a woman lost in remote Africa to gain a reward. They find her being worshiped by a native tribe. The short is the first of several episodes of the 1939 [[Serial film|serial]] ''The Phantom Creeps'', starring [[Bela Lugosi]] as a mad scientist bent on world domination.
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|- align=center
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|204
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|'''''[[Catalina Caper]]'''''<br /><small>(1967, Color, Crown International)</small>
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| 1990-10-13
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| Standalone VHS, VHS Box Set, MST3K Collection, Volume 1
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| Two college boys enjoy [[Santa Catalina Island, California|Catalina Island]] sunshine, [[scuba diving]], and beach "bunnies", while another boy's con-artist parents scheme to sell a stolen scroll. ''[[Beach Party]]''-style entertainment, starring [[Tommy Kirk]] and featuring [[Lyle Waggoner]]. Singers [[Little Richard]], The Cascades, and Carol Connors provide musical diversions.
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|- align=center
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|205
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|'''''Rocket Attack U.S.A.'''''<br /><small>(1961, B&W, Exploit Films)</small>
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| 1990-10-27
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| None
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| (Short: ''The Phantom Creeps'', Chapter 2: "Death Stalks the Highway") The U.S. sends spies to the Soviet Union to discover imminent missile-attack plans, while trying to play catch-up with its own missile program.
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''For this and the next episode, Servo has been given a "haircut": His normally round gumball dispenser head has been replaced by a clear cylinder. This was the first episode to feature a "stinger" (an amusing moment from the film) following the closing credits.''
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|- align=center
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|206
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|'''''[[The Ring of Terror|Ring of Terror]]'''''<br /><small>(1962, B&W, Ashcroft)</small>
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| 1990-11-03
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| MST3K Collection, Volume 11
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| (Short: ''The Phantom Creeps'', Part 3: "Crashing Timbers") A seemingly fearless college kid must steal a ring from a dead man to join a [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]].
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'' The short follows the movie, rather than preceding it as was normally done on the series. This was also the last installment of ''The Phantom Creeps'' shown.''
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|- align=center
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|207
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|'''''[[Wild Rebels]]'''''<br /><small>(1967, Color, Crown International)</small>
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| 1990-11-17
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| MST3K Collection, Volume 9
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| A retired race car driver, talked into going undercover by the police, joins a biker gang and must serve as the getaway car driver.
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|- align=center
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|208
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|'''''[[Lost Continent (1951 film)|Lost Continent]]'''''<br /><small>(1951, B&W, Lippert)</small>
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| 1990-11-24
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| MST3K Collection, Volume XVIII
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| An American military/science team searches for a downed rocket in a dinosaur-infested jungle at the top of a remote mountain. Starring [[Cesar Romero]] and [[Hugh Beaumont (actor)|Hugh Beaumont]].
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|- align=center
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|209
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|'''''[[The Hellcats]]'''''<br /><small>(1968, Color, Crown International)</small>
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| 1990-12-08
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| Standalone VHS, DVD
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| After a cop is killed by a drug boss, his fiancée and brother join a drug-running woman-led biker gang to uncover the boss's operation and get justice.
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|- align=center
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|210
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|'''''[[King Dinosaur]]'''''<br /><small>(1955, B&W, Lippert)</small>
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| 1990-12-22
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| MST3K Collection, Volume XXIII
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| (Short: ''X Marks the Spot'') Two carefully chosen scientist couples investigate a mysterious new planet and are menaced by dinosaurs. The short reviews the vehicular misdeeds of an accident victim in Heaven's courtroom, [[New Jersey]] branch.
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|- align=center
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|211
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|'''''[[First Spaceship on Venus]]'''''<br /><small>(''Der Schweigende Stern'')</small><br /><small>(1960, Color, DEFA (GDR) /Iluzjon Filmunit, East Germany/Poland)</small>
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| 1990-12-29
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| MST3K 20th Anniversary Edition
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| A multinational team of astronauts heads to Venus, but finds a world destroyed by nuclear war.
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|- align=center
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|212
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|'''''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'''''<br /><small>(''Gojira tai Megaro'')</small><br /><small>(1973, Color, Toho/Cinema Shares, Japan)</small>
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| 1991-01-19
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| MST3K Collection, Volume 10
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| Mutant dinosaur [[Godzilla]] and size-changing robot [[Jet Jaguar]] battle Seatopian god [[Megalon]] and alien cyborg [[Gigan]], bent on razing the planet for the underground civilization of Seatopia.
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|- align=center
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|213
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|'''''[[Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster]]'''''<br /><small>(''Gojira-Ebira-Mosura: Nankai no Daikettō'')</small><br /><small>(1966, Color, AIP-TV/Toho-Continental, Japan)</small>
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| 1991-02-02
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| None
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|- bgcolor="FFFFFF"
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| colspan=5| [[Godzilla]] and giant moth [[Mothra]] battle giant crustacean [[Ebirah]].
 
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Revision as of 01:44, 6 January 2013

Season 1

Ep. # Featured Film Original Airdate Home Video Availability
101 The Crawling Eye
(The Trollenberg Terror)
(1958, B&W, DCA, UK) 		11-28-1989 MST3K Collection, Volume XVII
A man discovers that an extraterrestrial force is killing mountain climbers in a small village.
102 The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
(La momia azteca contra el robot humano)
(1959, B&W, K. Gordon Murray, Mexico) 		12-5-1989 MST3K Collection, Volume XV
(Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 1: "Moon Rocket") Scientists search for the ancient breastplate of a mummy, culimnating in a mad scientist's attempt to fight the creature through the construction of a robot. The short introduces "Commando Cody", a scientist who dons a helmet and jet pack to thwart the evil plans of Moon Men and their criminal associates.
103 The Mad Monster
(1942, B&W, PRC) 		12-12-1989 MST3K Collection, Volume XIV
(Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 2: "Molten Terror") A mad scientist turns a man into a werewolf in an attempt to silence his critics. In the short, Commando Cody attempts to escape moon-dwelling aliens while in the possession of an atomic weapon.
104 Women of the Prehistoric Planet
(1966, Color, Realart) 		2-20-1990 MST3K Collection, Volume 9
An attempt is made to recover the crew of a spaceship that has crash-landed on an unknown planet.

According to Kevin Murphy in The Amazing Colossal Episode Guide, Comedy Central could not come up for a movie in time to shoot episode 104, so the crew skipped to 105 instead. He confirmed that despite this episode being filmed last, the crew decided not to change the production numbers around.

105 The Corpse Vanishes
(1942, B&W, Monogram) 		12-19-1989 MST3K Collection, Volume XVI
(Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 3: "Bridge of Death") A reporter attempts to expose a botanist who kidnaps women in a plan to keep his wife healthy and youthful. In the short, Commando Cody pursues gangsters after returning to Earth.
106 The Crawling Hand
(1963, B&W, AIP) 		12-26-1989 Standalone VHS, VHS boxset, Stadalone DVD
A teenager becomes possessed by a sentient, disembodied arm of an irradiated astronaut.
107 Robot Monster
(1953, B&W [3-D], Astor) 		1-2-1990 MST3K Collection, Volume XIX
(Shorts: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 4: "Flight to Destruction"; Part 5: "Murder Car") After destroying all civilization on Earth, an alien attempts to wipe out the planet's last survivors. In the shorts, Commando Cody's assistant is kidnapped, leading to the pursuit of gangsters working for aliens from the Moon.
108 The Slime People
(1964, B&W, Hansen Enterprises) 		1-9-1990 None
(Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 6: "Hills of Death") A race of mollusk-like creatures attack Los Angeles, and a group of survivors attempts to escape the area. In the short, Commando Cody pursues gangsters that have caused flooding through the use of an atomic bomb.
109 Project Moonbase
(1953, B&W, Lippert) 		1990-01-16 MST3K Collection, Volume XX
(Shorts: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 7: "Camouflaged Destruction"; Part 8: "The Enemy Planet") In a futuristic version 1970, a group of astronauts are infiltrated by a spy, who inadvertently causes the team to become stranded on the Moon. In the shorts, Commando Cody fights gangsters who have acquired another atomic ray, and eventually returns to the moon in an attempt to sabotage moon-dwelling enemies.
110 Robot Holocaust
(1986, Color, Tycill Entertainment/MGM) 		1-23-1990 MST3K Collection, Volume XXV
(Short: Radar Men from the Moon, Part 9: "Battle in the Stratosphere") In the future, a group of renegades fight to free mankind by battling the Dark One, the Room of Questions, the Vault of Beasts, and other menacing creations.

The short is interrupted in mid-episode, with the Mads claiming technical difficulties.

111 Moon Zero Two
(1969, Color, Hammer/Warner, UK) 		1-30-1990 None
On a colonized moon, a disaffected astronaut-turned-cargo hauler hooks up with a woman who has come looking for her brother, a miner working a distant patch of moonscape.
112 Untamed Youth
(1957, B&W, Warner) 		2-6-1990 None
Two hitchhiking sisters (one played by Mamie Van Doren) are sentenced to 30 days labor at a cotton farm run by the corrupt county government.
113 The Black Scorpion
(1957, B&W, Warner) 		1990-02-13 None
Giant black scorpions emerge after a Mexican volcano eruption and go on a rampage.

Season 2

Ep. # Featured Film Original Airdate Home Video Availability
201 Rocketship X-M
(1950, B&W, Lippert) 		1990-09-22 None
A rocketship is accidentally diverted from the Moon to Mars, where the crew finds the ruins of a Martian civilization and a band of rogue survivors. Starring Lloyd Bridges

New sets and new intro theme visuals. First appearance of Frank Conniff as TV's Frank. First appearance of Kevin Murphy as Tom Servo. First guest appearance by new head writer Michael J. Nelson, here playing Valeria from Robot Holocaust.

202 The Sidehackers
(Five the Hard Way)
(1969, Color, Crown International) 		1990-09-29 Standalone VHS, VHS Box Set, MST3K Collection, Volume 3
Two motorcycle racers meet at a competition and become the victims of manipulation by a girlfriend who wants to change partners.

The original film featured a flashback involving a character being raped prior to her death. This reportedly shocked the writers, who had not watched the entire film before production on the episode had begun. In the episode, neither this nor any shots of the character's body were shown. Crow covers up for the resulting plot gap by mentioning afterward that the character is dead.<ref>The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Amazing Colossal Episode Guide, pg 21 (1996).</ref>

203 Jungle Goddess
(1948, B&W, Lippert) 		1990-10-06 None
(Short: The Phantom Creeps, Chapter 1: "The Menacing Power") Two pilots set out to find a woman lost in remote Africa to gain a reward. They find her being worshiped by a native tribe. The short is the first of several episodes of the 1939 serial The Phantom Creeps, starring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist bent on world domination.
204 Catalina Caper
(1967, Color, Crown International) 		1990-10-13 Standalone VHS, VHS Box Set, MST3K Collection, Volume 1
Two college boys enjoy Catalina Island sunshine, scuba diving, and beach "bunnies", while another boy's con-artist parents scheme to sell a stolen scroll. Beach Party-style entertainment, starring Tommy Kirk and featuring Lyle Waggoner. Singers Little Richard, The Cascades, and Carol Connors provide musical diversions.
205 Rocket Attack U.S.A.
(1961, B&W, Exploit Films) 		1990-10-27 None
(Short: The Phantom Creeps, Chapter 2: "Death Stalks the Highway") The U.S. sends spies to the Soviet Union to discover imminent missile-attack plans, while trying to play catch-up with its own missile program.

For this and the next episode, Servo has been given a "haircut": His normally round gumball dispenser head has been replaced by a clear cylinder. This was the first episode to feature a "stinger" (an amusing moment from the film) following the closing credits.

206 Ring of Terror
(1962, B&W, Ashcroft) 		1990-11-03 MST3K Collection, Volume 11
(Short: The Phantom Creeps, Part 3: "Crashing Timbers") A seemingly fearless college kid must steal a ring from a dead man to join a fraternity.

The short follows the movie, rather than preceding it as was normally done on the series. This was also the last installment of The Phantom Creeps shown.

207 Wild Rebels
(1967, Color, Crown International) 		1990-11-17 MST3K Collection, Volume 9
A retired race car driver, talked into going undercover by the police, joins a biker gang and must serve as the getaway car driver.
208 Lost Continent
(1951, B&W, Lippert) 		1990-11-24 MST3K Collection, Volume XVIII
An American military/science team searches for a downed rocket in a dinosaur-infested jungle at the top of a remote mountain. Starring Cesar Romero and Hugh Beaumont.
209 The Hellcats
(1968, Color, Crown International) 		1990-12-08 Standalone VHS, DVD
After a cop is killed by a drug boss, his fiancée and brother join a drug-running woman-led biker gang to uncover the boss's operation and get justice.
210 King Dinosaur
(1955, B&W, Lippert) 		1990-12-22 MST3K Collection, Volume XXIII
(Short: X Marks the Spot) Two carefully chosen scientist couples investigate a mysterious new planet and are menaced by dinosaurs. The short reviews the vehicular misdeeds of an accident victim in Heaven's courtroom, New Jersey branch.
211 First Spaceship on Venus
(Der Schweigende Stern)
(1960, Color, DEFA (GDR) /Iluzjon Filmunit, East Germany/Poland) 		1990-12-29 MST3K 20th Anniversary Edition
A multinational team of astronauts heads to Venus, but finds a world destroyed by nuclear war.
212 Godzilla vs. Megalon
(Gojira tai Megaro)
(1973, Color, Toho/Cinema Shares, Japan) 		1991-01-19 MST3K Collection, Volume 10
Mutant dinosaur Godzilla and size-changing robot Jet Jaguar battle Seatopian god Megalon and alien cyborg Gigan, bent on razing the planet for the underground civilization of Seatopia.
213 Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster
(Gojira-Ebira-Mosura: Nankai no Daikettō)
(1966, Color, AIP-TV/Toho-Continental, Japan) 		1991-02-02 None
Godzilla and giant moth Mothra battle giant crustacean Ebirah.
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