Robot Chicken:

Robot Chicken: 1987

« prev episode next » episode

Twinkie the Kid brings justice and good eating. Film directors turn to popular board games, such as Hungry Hungry Hippos, to make movies out of. Skeletor is visited by the local dentist, Darth Vader calls Emperor Palpatine about the Death Star, Johnny Cage recovers from a fatality, and Ted Turner attempts to clean up the environment. Plus, The Best Robot Chicken Ever! Read full recap »

YOUR SCORE

RESET

N/A n/a

Writers:: Matthew Senreich Mike Fasolo Breckin Meyer Charles Horn Seth Green

Director:: Douglas Goldstein

Stars:: Seth Green (Various Voices)

Recurring Role:: Leah Cevoli (Various); Seth MacFarlane (Various)

Guest Star:: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Various); Hal Sparks (Himself); Scott Adsit (Various); Miguel Ferrer (Various); Michael Ian Black (Himself); Dana Snyder (Master Shake)

The list of movies following the trailers are:

The Great Ape Race
CHiPs: The Movie
Something About Mary's Splooge-Crusted Hair
A Jerry Stahl Christmas
Scorch: The Movie
What the {Bleep} Happened to Mickey Rourke
Mystery Men 2: Greenlit Against All Odds
Meet The Parents 33 1/3rd
Untitled Janeane Garafalo Flop
Prolific: The Ben Stiller Story
Stiller and Meara in: One Wacky Evening
Puckbusters
Avenue of Bitter Tears
Ben Stiller Takes off His Shirt
Who Shot Mike Fasolo
Tom Clancy's Right-Wing Techno-Porn
The Dark Crystal 2: Skeks vs. Sever
Alphabet Soup
Shannon Gold Saves Easter
Yahoo Serious: Unserious and Unfunny
Solo 2: More Solo-ier
Another Uwe Boll Abortion
Burgertime vs. Pengo
License to Mow
Andrew Racho is Not a Ninja
A Shot for Shot Remake for Mac and Me
Rockland County Blues
The Dark Brothers Present: The Meyer Sisters
Chanus!
Title Rejected by Network
The Comic-Con Massacre
Meet My Friend Ben... Ben Dover
The People vs. Charles Horn
Bob, Eric & Mike in Title Rejected
The Ben Stiller Show: The Movie
Garrison Keilor's Robot Chicken
Title Rejected by Network
The Frat Pack in the Poconos
Kid Sonic and the New Chameleons
Is That Freedom Rock?
The Only Actor no Cast in a Woody Allen Movie edit »
The Emperor's phone has the same ring as the CTU phones on "24." edit »
During the Mo-Larr segment, Grizzlor was one of the two villains that appeared from Skeletor's castle. Strangely enough, Grizzlor is part of Hordack's Horde from the animated series She-Ra: Princess of Power. He wasn't part of Skeletor's group in the He-Man: Master of the Universe series. edit »
The tooth Mo-Larr was supposed to take out a wisdom tooth but he took out a tooth in the front instead. edit »

Stoopid Monkey logo:
The Stoopid Monkey is eating poison oak. edit »
Gag Credits:

Nerf Wrangler - Sarah Gellar
Nerf Consultant - Mila Kunis
Nerf Herder, Scruffy-Looking - Garret Elkins edit »
This is Master Shake's second appearance in Robot Chicken. His first came in the first episode of the second season. edit »
The Humping Robot and Skeletor make another appearance in this episode. edit »

Man (To Ted Turner/Captain Planet): You got glass in my eye!
Ted Turner: And my foot in your balls! edit »
Hal Sparks: (after making out with a doll of himself) It's not gay! It's masturbation! edit »
The Emperor: (On phone to Darth Vader) Vader! How's my favorite Sith? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, just slow down. Huh? What do you mean, "They blew up the Death Star"? (Bleep)! Oh, (Bleep), (Bleep), (Bleep)! Who's "they"? What the hell is an "Aluminum Falcon"? (Sighs) Okay. Okay, so--so who's left? Are you sh(bleep)ng me? Well where are you? Wait a sec, you've been flying around for two weeks trying to get a signal? Ugh, you must smell like...feet wrapped in leathery...burnt...bacon. Oh, oh, oh. I'm-I'm sorry I thought my "Dark Lord of the Sith" could protect a small thermal exhaust port that's only two meters wide. The thing wasn't even fully paid off yet! Do you have--Do you have any idea what this is gonna do to my credit?

(Another line on the phone rings.)

The Emperor: Uhh! Hang on, I got another call. (switches phone line) WHAT?! I'm very busy right now!...Oh. Oh, well...well where are they going? Huh, all right, um...get me a turkey club. Uh...coleslaw, I guess. I'm-I'm not even gonna eat it. Well wha-wha-what are you getting? Yeah, see? I-I always order the wrong thing. No, no, no, I'll just stick with that. Okay, bye--wait, what? Oh, uh, Cherry Coke. Thanks.

(The Emperor switches back to Darth Vader's phone line.)

The Emperor: Sorry about that. (Sighs) What? Oh, oh, "Just rebuild it"? Oh, uh huh, how real (Bleep)ing original! And who's gonna give me a loan, jackhole? You? You got an ATM on that torso LiteBrite? Now, get your seven-foot-two asthmatic ass back here, or I'm gonna tell everyone what a whiny bitch you were about "Pound-a-mommy" or "Panda Bear" or whatever the hell her name is! edit »
Pan Global Executive: Argh! You got glass in my eye!
Ted Turner: And my foot in your balls! CAPTAIN PLANET! edit »
Grizzlor: (To Mo-Larr, after he gets stabbed in the eye with a dental drill) How come Beast-Man got the dental floss, and I get the f***ing drill in my eye?!? edit »

Ocean's 11
The "Slip N' Slide" movie trailer taking place in the casino with George Clooney is a direct reference to the film Ocean's 11, even the movie poster is designed much like that of the sequel, Ocean's 12. edit »
Star Wars
The sketch where Emperor Palpatine receives a call from Darth Vader parodies the aftermath of the 1977 Star Wars film, A New Hope. The sketch is held on the planet Coruscant, which is featured in the prequels and later edited into Return of the Jedi.

The "aluminum falcon" the Emperor asks about is a misinterpretation of Han Solo's ship, the Millenium Falcon. edit »
Chutes and Ladders
The title for the fake movie trailer, Chutes and Ladders, is based on the Milton Bradley/Hasbro board game.
The movie that is directly being parodied is Starsky & Hutch, which also starred Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, in which they must work as partners in the police force.
Also being parodied in the segment of the trailer with Ben Stiller is Dodgeball, Meet the Parents, There's Something About Mary, and Along Came Polly. edit »
Best Week Ever
The sketch, Best Robot Chicken Ever, is a parody of the VH1 show, Best Week Ever. Hal Sparks and Micheal Ian Black are regulars of the VH1 show, while Master Shake is an animated character from Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force. edit »
Captain Planet
Captain Planet was an animated series from the early 90's created by none other than Ted Turner. The show promoted environmental awareness while giving action to keep the viewers interested, and the show lasted six seasons. It is still shown on TV today, especially on Ted Turner's own network, TBS. edit »

10
00
JennKnowles101
member since: Mar 28, 2007
1987
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
1987 is the best Robot Chicken episode ever. As they say in "The Best Robot Chicken Ever" ...Continue »
04/11/08 07:46pm | report abuse
9.8
00
arian-sestera
member since: Aug 8, 2007
1987
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
easily my favourite episode of robot chicken, though mainly based on just the sketch of palpatine. very funny! ...Continue »
08/07/07 12:22pm | report abuse
9.2
00
girfanatic
member since: Jun 25, 2006
1987
The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
There's an error in the episode information. ...Continue »
06/24/06 03:58pm | report abuse
7.2
00
zenigame
member since: Jul 28, 2005
1987
The Bottom Line: "Fine example"
I'm so glad I taped this episode! ...Continue »
05/09/06 07:27am | report abuse
9.3
10
frut02
member since: Apr 8, 2006
1987
The Bottom Line: "Well written"
Very Good episode!! ...Continue »
05/01/06 10:06am | report abuse