Star Blecch Into Darkness/Stark Tank

Season 4, Episode 16: Star Blecch Into Darkness/Stark Tank

Aired: September 16, 2013

Previous: Lukewarm Bodies/Does Someone Have to GOa?

Next: Pacific Ring/Horton Hears a Whodunnit!

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

 * 1) MADvent Calendar - Been trying on pants all week? Here are some MAD moments you may have missed:
 * 2) *Friday, 5:00 PM: Study reveals that drinking hot chocolate keeps your brain healthy and that Willy Wonka became a doctor.
 * 3) *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.
 * 4) *Monday, 2:00 PM: Lady Gaga appears in a new video wearing nothing but this!
 * 5) Opening Scene
 * 6) Star Blecch Into Dumbness (Movie Parody of Star Trek Into Darkness)
 * 7) Animated Marginals segment
 * 8) You Just Fell Asleep While Skiing (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 9) Can You Guess What Just Broke? (Cartoon)
 * 10) MAD Security Cam - Mars Rover (MAD Security Cam segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
 * 11) The Water Bunkbed (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 12) Happily Ever After Earth (Disney Parody of Walt Disney World / Movie Parody of After Earth) (Ad Parodies segment)
 * 13) Scarf Snake (Cartoon)
 * 14) Spy vs. Spy - Egg Grenade (Spy vs. Spy segment) (Stop-motion Cartoon)
 * 15) Animated Marginals segment
 * 16) Golden Parking Ticket (Spoof on Willy Wonka) (Animated by Mike Wartella)
 * 17) Stark Tank (TV Parody of Shark Tank / Spoof on Iron Man)
 * 18) Credits
 * 19) 5-second Cartoon - (from Can You Guess What Just Broke?) (5-second Cartoon segment)

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, and Celebrity Superpowers Announcer
 * Tara Strong - Wonder Woman
 * Scott Whyte - Spock and Hawkeye