Episode
Mystery Science Theater 3000: It Conquered the World
Overview
In the theater, the crew watches as a renegade scientist helps a cucumber-esque alien take over the world with bat-like mind-control devices in "It Conquered the World" (1956). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Joel attempts to use Crow as a ventriloquist dummy to get on to Star Search. This episode features the short "Snow Thrills".
Details
- Series
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1991-08-24
- Runtime
- 97 min
Episode context
It Conquered the World is Episode 11 in Season 3 of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It aired on 1991-08-24. The runtime is 97 min.
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In the theater, the crew watches as an alien soldier defects to help Earth battle his former masters during an invasion in "Fugitive Alien" (1986). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Joel attempts to make sense of the plot using the Syd Field's Screenplay Model.
Episode 12: Gamera vs. Guiron
In the theater, the crew watches as Gamera battles the knife-headed kaiju called Guiron, and attempts to rescue two abducted schoolboys in "Gamera vs Guiron" (1969). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Crow ruins Joel's big magic trick.
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Episode 14: Mighty Jack
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Episode 7: Daddy-O
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Episode 15: Gamera vs. Zigra
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Episode 16: Viking Women and the Sea Serpent
In the theater, the crew watches as Viking women in search of their missing husbands do battle with a society of barbarians, in "The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent" (1957). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Joel has developed a worrying obsession with waffles.
Episode 5: Stranded in Space
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Episode 17: Teenage Caveman
In the theater, the crew watches as a teenage caveman sets out on a prehistoric Rumspringa, leaving his tribe to explore the jungle in "Teenage Caveman" (1958). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Joel and the bots examine the pendulum of human development.