Star Blecch Into Dumbness / Stark Tank is the 16th episode of MAD Season 4, and the 94th overall episode of MAD.
Episode Summary[]
Star Blecch Into Dumbness: The crew of the U.S.S. Starship Enterprise dumbly go where many other movies have gone before.
Stark Tank: Iron Man and other wealthy superheroes offer to fund the endeavors of others, if the pitch is right.
Segments[]
- MADvent Calendar - Been trying on pants all week? Here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
- Friday, 5:00 PM: Study reveals that drinking hot chocolate keeps your brain healthy and that Willy Wonka became a doctor.
- Wednesday, 4:00 PM: Researchers dig up the bones of the person believed to be the Mona Lisa and then quickly bury what they find.
- Monday, 2:00 PM: Lady Gaga appears in a new video wearing nothing but this!
- Opening Scene
- Star Blecch Into Dumbness (Movie Parody of Star Trek Into Darkness)
- Animated Marginals segment
- You Just Fell Asleep While Skiing (Animated by Mike Wartella)
- Can You Guess What Just Broke? (Cartoon)
- MAD Security Cam - Mars Rover (MAD Security Cam segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
- The Water Bunkbed (Ad Parodies segment)
- Happily Ever After Earth (Disney Parody of Walt Disney World / Movie Parody of After Earth) (Ad Parodies segment)(Animated by Steven KL Olson)
- Scarf Snake (Cartoon)
- Spy vs. Spy - Egg Grenade (Spy vs. Spy segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
- Animated Marginals segment
- Golden Parking Ticket (Spoof on Willy Wonka) (Animated by Mike Wartella)
- Stark Tank (TV Parody of Shark Tank / Spoof on Iron Man)
- Credits
- 5-second Cartoon - (from Can You Guess What Just Broke?) (5-second Cartoon segment)
Gallery[]
- Main article: Star Blecch Into Dumbness / Stark Tank/Gallery
Transcript[]
- Main article: Star Blecch Into Dumbness / Stark Tank (Transcript)
Trivia[]
- This is the only time Shark Tank and Disney's Dumbo showed up on MAD.
- This is the second time Star Trek Into Darkness, After Earth, and Disney's Beauty and the Beast get spoofed.
- This is the fourth appearance of Willy Wonka.
- This is the sixth time Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the Little Mermaid showed up.
- 17th appearance of the MAD Security Cam segment, and the very first time that it was shown in color.
- This is the 55th time Spy vs. Spy was done in stop-motion, and the first time since Episode 85 that White Spy won.
Voices[]
- Chris Cox - Tony Stark and the Water Bunkbed Announcer
- Eric Lopez - Hikaru Sulu and Bruce Wayne
- Nolan North - James T. Kirk and Oliver Green
- Rachel Ramras - Nyota Uhura, Kitai Raige, and Pepper Potts
- Peter Renaday - Old Spock
- Kevin Shinick - Khan, Hulk, Dwarves, and the MADvent Calendar Announcer
- Stephen Stanton - Admiral Marcus, Will Smith.
- Tara Strong - Wonder Woman
- Scott Whyte - Spock and Hawkeye