Episode
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mighty Jack
Overview
In the theater, the crew watches as a secret organization with a flying submarine protect the world from the terrorist group "Q" in "Mighty Jack" (1968). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Crow and Servo fail to capture Joel in a prison of blinding light.
Details
- Series
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1991-09-21
- Runtime
- 97 min
Episode context
Mighty Jack is Episode 14 in Season 3 of Mystery Science Theater 3000. It aired on 1991-09-21. The runtime is 97 min.
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Episode 13: Earth vs. the Spider
In the theater, the crew watches as teenagers and a science teacher attempt to exterminate the giant spider that's rampaging through their small town in "Earth vs. the Spider" (1958). Meanwhile, on the SOL, there's a surprise performance from the rock group, Spidorr.
Episode 15: Gamera vs. Zigra
In the theater, the crew watches as Gamera battles the shark-like alien monster Zigra, who wants to seize the Earth from mankind, in "Gamera vs. Zigra" (1971). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Joel and the bots get a visit from Kenny and Helen, Gamera's young friends from the film.
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Episode 12: Gamera vs. Guiron
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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 11: It Conquered the World
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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".
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.
Episode 10: Fugitive Alien
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 18: Star Force: Fugitive Alien II
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Episode 9: The Amazing Colossal Man
In the theater, the crew watches as a military pilot is exposed to radiation that causes him to grow to an unmanageable size in "The Amazing Colossal Man" (1957).
Meanwhile, on the SOL, Crow and Tom Servo make a fort to hide from Joel and get out of doing their chores.
Episode 19: War of the Colossal Beast
In the theater, the crew watches as the military attempts to capture a fifty-foot soldier who is ravaging Mexico in "War of the Colossal Beast" (1958). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Joel and the bots get a visit from Glenn Manning, the Colossal Man himself.
Episode 8: Gamera vs. Gaos
In the theater, the crew watches as Gamera, The Friend to All Children, battles the pterosaur-like kaiju called Gaos, in "Gamera vs. Gaos" (1967). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Joel performs a plate-spinning act as Gaos the Great.
Episode 20: The Unearthly
In the theater, the crew watches as a mad scientist searches for a youth serum and performs experiments on his patients in an isolated sanitorium in "The Unearthly" (1957). Meanwhile, on the SOL, Crow and Servo learn to appreciate Gypsy for all the little things she does around the ship.