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Tom Servo quotes from Mystery Science Theater 3000

Played by Kevin Murphy · 1,542 quotes · page 56 of 103

Tom Servo

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)

Scenes with Tom Servo 1,241

[Magic Voice and Cambot present to Crow and Servo a hypothetical vision of what life on the Satellite would be like if Mike wasn't nice]

[to Crow and Servo; dressed like and acting like a strict Boy Scout chief] I suppose you think you're bein' a smart aleck, don't you mister? Well, I'll tell you something; I'll wipe that smile right off your face!

Hey; we were just reading-

[hits Crow with a magazine he confiscated from him] Shut your pie hole! I know a thing or two about a thing or two; I'm not gonna take any lip from you two, I'll tell you that right now!

Servo

But we didn't- [gets hit by Mike and starts crying]

I'm not gonna raise any sissies around here; you guys got it easy! Look at this (soda) pop; is it done? Look at it! [jams the soda cans into Servo's and Crow's faces] Now that's a done pop!

Servo

[unnerved, from outside the monitor simulation] Okay, Cambot; we've seen enough!

Turn it off; TURN IT OFF!!!

[In voiceover, industrial arts nerd Joe talks about his beloved craft.]

And you know, I like the feel of a board moving smoothly against a sharp saw.

MAMike [as Joe]

[luridly] ...then I thrust the nail into the soft, yielding wood...

I like the smell of fresh wood chips and sawdust...

SAServo [as Joe]

[nervously] I put them in my underwear!

...the bright glare of a welder...

CACrow [as Joe]

[wobbily] I like to sneak in and lay on the table saw!

SAServo [as Joe]

Yes!

...the sharp whine of the power tools…

MAMike [as Joe]

...the piercing scream of a freshman…

...or the dull tap-tap of tools on leather.

CACrow [as Joe]

[wobbily] Tap ta-tap-tap... I keep Popular Mechanics under my mattress!

Servo

The feeling of chaps with no pants!

...A wrench...

Let it go, man! Shop class was a long time ago! It's OVER!

...A plane...

CACrow [as Joe]

[haltingly] These tools are my friends!

...or a chisel...

Servo

What about girls young man? Girls?

No, no, chisels!

JSJoe's buddy

How'd ya like this shop class, Joe?

I like it swell. Why?

[Scene cuts to Joe's big eared buddy]

SAServo [as Joe's buddy]

Could you staple my ears back?

[Mr. Barnes is in the middle of explaining the importance of taking an industrial arts course to Joe. However, his speech is monotonous, and he speaks haltingly.]

BMr. Barnes

[We'll need] carpenters.

SAServo [as Mr. Barnes]

[woodenly] We'll need actors. People who can read. Lines with... and interact with others.

. . .

[Mr. Barnes continues explaining over a shot of the inside of a foundry.]

BMr. Barnes

[We'll need] foundry men.

[singing] Oh, you never would believe where those Keebler cookies come from...

BMr. Barnes

Tool operators.

CSCrow, Servo

[singing] Tool operator . . . tooooooool operator . . .

Would you like some coffee?

JMJoe Moss

Coffee?

CACrow [as Joe]

What is this "coffee"?

JMJoe Moss

[stiltedly] I like coffee!

Well, good!

And thus we peer into the complex inner workings of this character.

. . .

[Beth and Joe walk across the airfield]

SAServo [as Joe]

Where is it, your "coffee"?

[The plane Beth is in starts to malfunction before it even leaves the ground]

Terror at Sea-level.

Servo

[giggling] More terrifying than Airport '77!

[Beth looks on as Harry [played by Tony Cardoza] straps on a parachute in what appears to be the middle of a desert field.]

MAMike [as Beth]

Uh, I think you'll need the plane, too, Tony.

Bob, you ready?

[off-camera] Sure, Harry!

[Cut to a parachuted man making his way out from the back of a deep hangar.]

Servo

Wait! He- he- he was there, and now we g-- the plane was--!

[sputters unintelligibly]

Someone with attention deficit disorder edited this film.

. . .

[A helmeted Harry climbs into the unmarked, unnumbered white plane.]

What's the point of a helmet in skydiving? In case you land on your head?

Generic Plane. Cheaper than other planes.

. . .

[Poofy-haired Beth watches Harry take off.]

Honey, even if a hairstyle is "in," it may not be the right one for you...

[Harry carries Suzy, wearing a hooded white beach robe and opaque sunglasses, from her boat to her boat-like convertible.]

Enjoy this tribute to white, white bodies.

. . .

SAServo [as Suzy]

I need to get out of the sun to maintain my fishbelly-white complexion.

Will I see you tomorrow?

MAMike [as Harry]

Uh, you have to ask the editor.

[monotone] No... not tomorrow.

CACrow [as Harry]

I have a headache... tomorrow.

[Inside a rather dark room, Beth lights a candle on a small dinner table.]

Servo

Ah, she's setting up for a séance.

They're going to invoke the spirit of the continuity man.

. . .

MAMike [as Harry]

Dinner isn't white enough, honey.

[Judy talks about Alex on the phone with a girlfriend.]

Did he arrive? Man, he's positively frantic!

SAServo [as Judy]

He runs around screaming!

. . .

And when he looks at me, I get . . . you know, squishy!

CACrow [as the person on the phone]

Well, that's nice, ma'am. I'm just trying to sell my magazines.

[Mrs. Adams demonstrates the whirring electric dishwasher to Alex.]

AMrs. Adams

There. Nothing to it.

Servo

AND IT'S QUIET, TOO!

[Judy, pretending her mixer doesn't work, opens the kitchen door slightly to get Alex's attention from the next room.]

SAServo [as Judy]

[coughs] OH DEAR!

Oh, me!

Servo

[laughing] Did I call that?

[Over the closing credits]

Servo

This film was brought to you by the Nerd Council. Support your local nerd!

And a generous grant from the Mom Corporation. The incredible power of Mom.

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[Several spinning newspaper headlines are shown after the male rape scene. Everybody starts making up headlines]

Refuses to Press Charges!

Servo

Says: "ThankYouThankYouThankYouThankYou!"

Hundreds of Men Flock to Crime Scene!

[Tom Servo shows off his new ventriloquist dummy head to Mike, Crow, and Gypsy, terrifying them badly.]

Servo

Ta-da!

WHOA!!

Crow : [horrified] WHOA, WHOA!!! [Crow sobs loudly and uncontrollably]

Servo

Pretty impressive! Hey folks! I tell ya, I feel like a new man!

[horrified] I FEEL ILL!!! [Gypsy leaves out of disgust and horror]

Servo

I know what you’re thinking. Cary Grant, right? I could see that, sure! Maybe even a little touch of Seinfeld? Ha, ha, ha, you know I'm weighing several new career options, fellas. Politics, TV news, I'm even considering franchising the look, he-he, maybe a series of infomercials. Hey kids, you gotta get ahead? get a head!

Ha ha ha ha... GET HIM! [Mike attempts to pounce on Servo and rip the dummy head off while Crow continues wailing and screaming]

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