[while a shot of Cody's ship returning to Earth plays] Why does the Earth have a shadow?
ServoWhy are there clouds in space?
Why are we watching this?
ServoDaddy, what's Vietnam?
A character in Mystery Science Theater 3000
Played by Kevin Murphy
Mystery Science Theater 3000 · 3,167 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Mystery Science Theater 3000: in 1,542 of its 3,167 quotes
Most scenes with: Crow T. Robot (818), Mike Nelson (393), Joel Robinson (294)
[while a shot of Cody's ship returning to Earth plays] Why does the Earth have a shadow?
ServoWhy are there clouds in space?
Why are we watching this?
ServoDaddy, what's Vietnam?
[Dr. Foster and Patricia Hunter introduce themselves to each other on the ride over to Lorenz's castle]
My name is Dr. Foster.
I'm Patricia Hunter.
I'm Joel.
ServoI'm Servo.
I'm Crow!
I'm a news reporter.
ServoI'm a robot.
I'm a human being.
[Servo sneezes violently]
Bless you!
Gesundheit.
You're not supposed to do that...
ServoThat stirred up my RAMS real bad.
[Alice and the Professor's assistant Roy are snarkily bickering with each other]
If only I could have a decent assistant who can follow orders instead of trying to be the boss.
I'm bossy? You ought to be milked before you come home every night!
ServoDibs!
I'll get a stool and a pail.
ServoThat's udderly ridiculous.
Oh, cow could you say that?
ServoAre you gonna milk this for all it's worth?
Servo[a shot of a rocket traveling to the space platform plays] It's a V-2 rocket!
Could've had a V-8! [Joel slaps Crow upside the head] Joke, Joel. [It was] a joke!
ServoI thought it was hilarious! [Joel slaps Servo on the dome]
[as the closing shot of Ro-Man walking towards the camera loops]
Is this the end of the film, Joel?
Uh, I don't think it is.
ServoYou ever had deja vu, Joel?
Huh? What?
[after the third time they repeat themselves]
We've gotta get out of here.
ServoThis is pathetic! [pause] You ever had deja vu, Joel?
Stop it!
[Joel and the bots hold Commando Cody on trial for his various on-screen misdemeanors]
Today I will prove that Commando Cody is guilty of the following felony changes- failure to follow a proper flight plan, reckless endangerment of the public, defying the laws of physics... and gravity, and acting as an officer of the law... and simply bad acting.
Servo[acting as Cody's lawyer] We plead hardship, your Honor! My client- Commando Cody- has more than paid his debt to society by being trapped in a pathetic serial!
[the episode begins with the opening credits again, as Joel and the bots wearily sing along to the music]
Servo[singing] You're watching Commando Cody; a not-so-new character from Republic. He gets in trouble every week, but he's saved by editing...
[singing] His laboratory is a boxing ring when bad guys come to mix it up; someone always gets kidnapped, so Cody has to go to fix it up...
[singing] Bad guys beware- Cody is there; you'll like his hair, it's under his helmet, 'cuz we couldn't think of a good rhyme; and that's the end of the Commando Cody theme song! So sit right back, and with a will of granite, watch Chapter 8- The Enemy Planet. [nervously laughs]
[role-playing as Krog on the bridge] Earth men, I want you to take an atomic bomb the size of a pineapple, strap it to a Piper Cub, and crash into Mt. Vesuvius!
Servo[roleplaying as Commando Cody] Does he have any idea who he's dealing with? I could-
Ahhh, you're Servo; and Joel's holding you up.
ServoPay no attention to the man holding me up.
[reading a building abbreviated as SPACOM] Spacom: wood-filled and meat substitute.
We built this city on Spacom!
ServoInstead of rock and roll?
Yep.
Servo[reading the actor credits] Andrew Howarth?
Fine; howarth you?
ServoClassic!
[As the three remaining astronauts run from the rock-throwing Stone-Age Martians…]
Well...that could have gone better.
Hellllp, Mr. Wizaaaaard!
Nonsense!
Run away! Run away!
I don't wanna be an astronaut anymore!
[Fade into the next scene, where the rocket blasts off.]
Oooh! Scooby! We gotta get outta here, Scooby!
Dreezle drazzle drozzle drome!
Time for zis vun to come home!
[On the Catalina ferry Little Richard performs the song "Scuba Party" in his trademark effervescent fashion.]
Little Richard? I hate impressionists!
. . .
ServoPrince, I hope you're watching this!
I think a certain teen idol is hopped up on goofballs!
Little Richard: the one true talent in this film!
His name is Angelo.
ServoHe's a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
[On a large yacht, soundtrack artists Carol Connors and The Cascades observe the boys and girls angrily ignoring each other.]
ServoI feel a number coming on…
Hey, we better do something, and quick!
Yeah! Let's do something.
Hey, it's Gloria Estefan and the Catalina Deus Ex Sound Machina!
Mike NelsonMichael J. Nelson · 824 quotes
Joel RobinsonJoel Hodgson · 542 quotes
NNarrator224 quotes
JJonah171 quotes
GGypsy75 quotes
EEmily69 quotes
CFDr. Clayton Forrester57 quotes
PFPearl Forrester26 quotes
MMax22 quotes
KFKinga Forrester21 quotes
JPJack Perkins20 quotes
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