- List of Mystery Science Theater 3000 characters
Over its eleven year run, "
Mystery Science Theater 3000 " saw the arrival and departure of various characters. In addition, it also featured many recurring guest characters. Below is a listing of both the main characters and the recurring characters from the series.Main Characters
Recurring guest characters
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Jack Perkins (Michael J. Nelson ) - in real life the host of theA&E Network 's "Biography" program, Perkins first appeared in "MST3K" simply to annoy the Mads by describing the movie with glowing praise. When "MST3K" appeared in syndication as "The Mystery Science Hour", Nelson's fake "Jack Perkins" hosted the show.* Jan-in-the-Pan (
Mary Jo Pehl ) - a woman's severed head from the movie "The Brain That Wouldn't Die".* Jerry and Sylvia (various actors) - two "mole people" from the movie "
The Mole People " (featured much later as a season 8 episode) who occasionally assisted the Mads and stopped by for social events. They also workDeep 13 's camera in the first host segment of "Lost Continent ". Presumably named afterSylvia and Gerry Anderson , the creative team behind "" andSupermarionation shows like "Thunderbirds" and "Stingray", some of which were featured as KTMA-season episodes.* "Krankor" (
Bill Corbett ), who appeared in a host segment during the "Prince of Space" episode, and returned three episodes later in a host segment for "Invasion of the Neptune Men ", featuring a movie with a similar plot. He was a vain, would-be conqueror with an unfortunately chicken-like appearance and a drawn-out, braying laugh (described by BBI as "like aBuick not turning over"). Technically, he was "The Phantom", dictator of the planet "Krankor" in the movie "Prince of Space ".* The
Nanites (voiced variously byKevin Murphy , Paul Chaplin,Mary Jo Pehl , and Bridget Jones) - self-replicating, bio-engineered organisms that work on the ship, they are microscopic creatures that reside in the S.O.L.'s computer systems. (They are similar to the creatures in "" episode "Evolution", which featured "nanites" taking over the "Enterprise".) The Nanites made their first appearance in season 8. Based on the concept ofnanotechnology , their comical "deus ex machina " activities included such diverse tasks as instant repair and construction, hairstyling, performing a Nanite variation of aflea circus , conducting a microscopic war, and even destroying the Observers' planet after a dangerously vague request from Mike to "take care of [a] little problem". They also ran amicrobrewery . The Nanites were largely forgotten about during the show's last season, and we are not given an explanation of their fate following the series finale.* Ortega (Paul Chaplin) - an unintelligible, decrepit, cigar-smoking henchman from the movie "
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies ", Ortega recurred frequently in the three Sci Fi seasons.* Pitch (Paul Chaplin) - a devil from the Mexican movie "Santa Claus", Pitch was one of the few characters from the Comedy Central seasons to return in the Sci Fi Channel seasons.
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Santa Claus (Kevin Murphy ) - appeared twice on the show, including a fight with Pitch, bellowing, "I'm here to chew candy canes and kick ass, and I'm all out of candy canes!"* Torgo (
Michael J. Nelson ) - a monster/henchman (supposed to be asatyr ) in "", Torgo was among the most frequently returning "guest characters" of "MST3K". He got his knees fixed and returned as "Torgo the White" (an obvious parody ofGandalf the White ) to accompany TV's Frank to "Second Banana Heaven" and was never seen again (episode 624, "Samson vs. the Vampire Women").
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