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Weekend Discussion Thread: Most Memorable Pesky KidRegular poster “Fart Bargo” suggested this one, but didn’t elaborate. Since we did “Gamera” in the episode guide this week (featuring uber-pesky Kenny), it seemed an appropriate topic.
I’m going to spotlight “Child” (played by Todd Bass, in his very last acting role, according to the IMDB) in the movie in episode 512- MITCHELL. The scene in which he drives an already-irritated Mitchell to near insanity — and causes Joel to bury his head in his hands as he watches — is one of the most memorable of the series. Which kid would you pick? 104 Replies to “Weekend Discussion Thread: Most Memorable Pesky Kid”Commenting at Satellite News
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The Mitchell kid was the first one I thought of, too. But for purely annoying kids, I’d have to vote for Bobby from the Rocky Jones episodes. This exchange sums it up nicely:
“…Oh, and Winky?”
“Jettison Bobby!”
I’m sorry, but the answer to this one is clear: Mikey. He didn’t steal no bike, neither.
I’m gonna go with Tommy from Pod People. That bug collection… that voice… nails on chalkboard, but oh-so-memorable. Or haunting.
There are so many to choose from but for me it’s a tie between Roxanne from Godzilla vs Megulan and Micky from Prince of Space.
Micky is the most dour, depressed, cynical little tyke despite the fact that he is dealing with the nitwit Chicken Men of Krankor. Even when elated, he is a heartbeat away from wet sheets and tie downs. His patented ‘I LIKE IT VERY MUCH!’ speaks volumes.
Roxanne is a skinny lollypop who sustains at least 4 head injuries without a scratch despite losing conscienceness each time. His voice is monster weapon that is never properly utilized and, unlike Micky, wears tiny pants for all occasions.
I would have nominated Johnny from Time of the Apes but he just didn’t care.
I don’t think I have to explain this one:
“You’re lying through your teeth!”
“BUZZ OFF, KID!!!!”
Rats, I didn’t read the intro all the way through. The Mitchell kid was already there.
OK, then any shrill voiced kid in any of the Japanese movies who goes anywhere he wants, asks annoying questions of top scientists and military personnel, and wears upsetting little shorts. Take your pick.
I would put Johnny on this list – because I do care.
I would also throw in Billy from Undersea Kingdom, too.
I think we could probably throw in any kid from the Japanese Monster movies. The kid from “Godzilla vs. Megalon” was one that always irked me – especially when he was making demands from his positions.
Lastly, I would include the Adam Rich clone from Mitchell. I don’t often agree with Mitchell’s tactics but mowing him down would’ve been fine with me.
I also apologze for listing Adam Rich clone..sorry.
I would like to substitute the David Hartman’s kid from SF International Airport. The 70’s were an innocent decade, no need for security on runways. Let’s see him try that now before some Air Force or Navy fighters converge on him.
I agree that any kid from any of the Japanese movies could qualify, but I’ll vote for the two from Gamera vs Zigra; Helen and Kenny were above and beyond awful, what with sticking out their tongues (how cuuuute!) and demanding Coke all the time. Ick.
Runner-up for me is the Rock ‘n’ Roll Martian kid from Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders.
I’m sure I’m missing some other beautifully annoying kids, but those are the three that come to mind right now.
Would Jody from Kitten with a Whip qualify? As a 50 plus man, I would consider her pesky, yet, would want to keep her around nevertheless. And what of the 60’s stereotypes she brought around? Maybe they’re all too old.
IN that case, I nominate: Debbie from Manos, and the kid who stole the plane in San Fransisco.
Another vote for Tommy from Pod People.
“Trumpy, you can do stupid things!”
If Jody’s fair game, then I’d like to submit for your consideration:
Eddie Deezen from Laserblast.
He’s a kid! He acts like a 10-year-old schoolyard bully throughout the movie. And he was the most annoying thing in that movie. His name was Froggy! I rest my case: Eddie Deezen, 20-year old kid.
Johnny from “Robot Monster”. He’s usually saying something to antogonize Ro-Man which makes him shake his fist in disgust.
Johnny: “You look like a pooped out pinwheel.”
Ro-Man: “Now I will kill you.”
At first I thought maybe the kid from Undersea Kingdom or Billy from Rocky Jones. But looking through the Episode Guide, I think the most memorable pesky kid ever will be the offspring of Troy (from Final Sacrifice) and the little sister from Squirm.
So many choices already noted….what a fine list of contenders: whiners, boot-blackers, etc.
But my vote goes to the kid in #212 Godzilla v. Megalon, with his two-sizes too small shorts, the dumb fish thingy he rode in the lake, the little 5cc motorized mini-bike, and yammering on incessantly about Jet Jaguar….
A-N-N-O-Y-ing.
Other nominees–>
Gumby from ROBOT RUMPUS. I know he’s clay, BUT he is pesky (and oh so annoying).
Runner Up: Trish (I think it’s the character’s name) from ANGELS REVENGE. She noses her way
into the action like a younger sibling wanting to hang out with the older crowd.
The snotty and sinister little “Is it sexy?” kid from Overdrawn at the Memory Bank who it would seem would like to do more than just switch out Ray Fingal’s doppling tag. Most children in MST3K movies are sappy and annoying in various ways but this kid was apparently an actual pervert of some kind! I submit my proof here at the 5 min 49 sec mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcrYqtdMIZ4#t=5m49s
Bobby from manhunt in space. And crash of the moons.
“cold light should never be used Indiscriminately!”
I know, Bobby! Shut up!
2 more votes (me and my wife) for Tommy from Pod People. His actions may not be as pesky as others, but that voice…..still….haunts….us….
Mickey from Prince of Space is remarkably foul. If he isn’t wetting himself and yelling for the Prince to come save him, he’s laughing at Wally and accusing him of being a useless coward. But Kenny from Gamera wins the prize, not the least because Joel and the ‘bots with their riffing create a memorably evil character for him. “Gamera demands your instant death!” “Your passing will be painless, doctor!” I especially love it when Kenny is glowering at some other kid and Servo starts a demonic-sounding chant like it’s a scene from The Omen.
Oh, and we shouldn’t forget the numerous children of MST3K educational movies. There are many pesky ones but the worst is undoubtedly Johnny in Cheating, who pesters his way into social ostracism.
Bobby, on the basis of appearing in two episodes, as opposed to the Mitchell kid, any Japanese tiny pants kid or Tommy, who you only had to put up with once.
While a bit old for this category, what about
Trish of “The Seven?”
How about the “Space Kids” (Mike, Bridgette and Scooter, err, Paul)?
Or Johnny at the Fair?
Or Ronnie Howard in VILLIAGE OF THE GIANTS?
Or “agressively cute” Lupita?
(Actually, any of the kids from SANTA CLAUS)
Still, I think the kid from MITCHELL is about as bad as it gets.
Space Children…………all of them……….’nuff said.
Kenny’s defense of Gamera’s reign of terror irks me enough to say that he’s most annoying.
Tommy from Pod People and the voice they dubbed him over with come in second place. Two episodes in a row with the most annoying children in the series.
Coming in third is Akio from Gamera vs. Guiron who thinks traffic accidents are somehow as bad as wars.
Kenny in Gamera was pretty annoying. Bobby in Rocky Jones and Billy in Undersea Kingdom were immediate candidates for me upon seeing this topic.
My vote goes to Mikey from Teenage Strangler. C’mon, what with the lurking, whining, blubbering? PERFECT.
I’ll also add Billy and Betty, the two Earth children from Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. I would include Bomar and Girmar, but neither of the had enough personality to qualify.
Could Droppo be considered an annoying kid? He was certainly childish enough…
The annoying son and Timmy Bobby Rusty from Escape 2000
I agree that the masses of annoying little Japanese boys who have access to the highest echelons of the Japanese government are the most annoying MST3K children.
I also don’t like Bobby (from “Crash of the Moons” and “Manhunt in Space”), but only because he’s all of the worst qualities of Wesley Crusher multiplied by 10. I actually have a mild affection for the “Rocky Jones” series.
In the shorts, I’m going to admit that I don’t mourn the death of the über-careless teen in “Last Clear Chance.”
Finally, to add a new choice to those already mentioned, what about “Rock and Roll Martian” kid from “Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders”? He had such awful taste in cartoons, made up the stupid R&R Martian song and is the only child I’ve ever seen who is happy to get a stupid used monkey toy for his birthday.
The Mitchell kid definitely has to be right up there, but how about also considering the kids from Gamera vs Guiron. The japanese boy is obsessed with traffic accidents. The american boy looks like Richard Burton (according to Crow). And the girl doesn’t know her brother’s name. And of course, they treat Officer Cornjob with no respect whatsoever.
I vote for the psychotic and suicidal stalker Sarafina from Girl’s town.
Honorable mention for TV’s Frank as Joe Besser.
The baby in Merlin’s shop because he was that snarky jerk husband of the woman that actually wanted a baby with him.
Bobby from Rocky Jones. The Mitchell kid. “Mikey didn’t steal no bike neither!” Gamera vs. Guiron’s Akio who hates “war and traffic accidents.” Helen and Kenny (actually most of the kids in the Japanese movies). AND FINALLY all the kids from Santa Claus Conquers the Martians…whew! :mrgreen:
Mikey from Teenage Stranger. “And he didn’t steal no bike, I did”. I wanna make ya feel better.
My top ten pesky kids from MST3K:
10. Kenny from ‘Gamera’. Turtle obsessed future sociopath who loves Gamera no matter how many people it kills.
9. Mikey from ‘Teenage Strangler’. Whiny boy-girl who makes Justin Beiber look like a mountain man.
8. The kid from ‘Mitchell’. Pesters Mitchell into a homicidal rage. Can’t say I blame him.
7. Tommy from ‘Pod People’. “You can do magic Trumpy!…and kill people!”
6. Arch Hall Jr. from ‘Eegah’. We all felt joy when Eegah pimpslapped that little twerp.
5. The two earthkids from ‘Santa Claus Conquers The Martians’ A lot of trouble could have been avoided if they hadn’t stupidly told the Martians where Santa was.
4. Ron Howard from ‘Village Of The Giants’. Its his fault that there is a giant cat still unaccounted for at the end of the film.
3. The kid from ‘San Francisco International’. Parents are divorcing, they don’t pay attention to him, so he steals a plane and makes a nuisance of himself.
2. Jimmy from ‘I Accuse My Parents’. He lies, gets involved with gangsters, and kills a man, but says its all his parents fault. Being quite stupid seems to be his main problem.
1. The troop of nameless brats from ‘Invasion Of The Neptune Men’. Who gave these little hellbeasts level 5 security clearance?
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Captain Cab says:
July 31, 2010 at 10:31 am
The snotty and sinister little “Is it sexy?” kid from Overdrawn at the Memory Bank who it would seem would like to do more than just switch out Ray Fingal’s doppling tag. Most children in MST3K movies are sappy and annoying in various ways but this kid was apparently an actual pervert of some kind! I submit my proof here at the 5 min 49 sec mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcrYqtdMIZ4#t=5m49s
Agreed. Like Servo said, he’s, “The Littlest Sexual Deviant.” That kid is going to have a great future as a sex offender.
#3 – I’m gonna go with Tommy from Pod People.… that voice… nails on chalkboard
“The kid sounds like Georgette!”
Billy from Undersea Kingdom- he puts himself in unnecessary danger, he stows away (that got cut from the MST3K episode), he’s whiny, and Crow call-backs “Hurry, Diane!” quite a bit in episodes after that.
The kid in the Black Scorpion. ‘I’ll take care of dem!’ He’s always in the way, and is a bit of a kiss up.
How the crown could end up with someone other than Mikey from Teen-Age Strangler, I have no clue.
Even with Mikey being the gold standard, let’s not forget the kid with that annoying explosion gesture from Escape 2000.
I think there is a teenager in the short “cheating” who looks just like carrot top. While not pesky he sure is disturbingly horrifying :twisted: and he gives me the the willies! :shock:
#25 stole my thunder: “Space Children…………all of them……….’nuff said.” I agree. Verbatim.
But, consider Juanito from The Black Scorpion. A lot of trouble would have been avoided if he had just disappeared. To hide in the bucket being lowered into the cave is not smart (as well as apparently impossible – there wasn’t that much room”, but to then wander off, needing rescuing – unforgivable.
Then there were the “kids” from Ring of Terror (“The Old School”) with their morbid hazing rituals. (OK, they were all over fifty, but they still were supposed to be students.)
Also annoying – all those “Teenagers from Outer Space”.
Also not mentioned were Coleman Francis’ children in “Beast of Yucca Flats.” They had dad’s brains and mom’s good looks. Not OK.
But, the most annoying kid is Marfusha in Jack Frost. Whiny, mean and incompetent; basically a momma’s boy, even though she’s a girl. Probably the least attractive character in all of the MSTies, this side of Sidehackers.
Hear me out here:
I always cringe at the end of “Girl in Gold Boots” just thinking about Critter and Michelle’s future stupid children…ugh…. can I nominate them?
If not, people have been voting for the “Little Sexual Deviant” from “Overdrawn at the Memory Bank”….My vote goes to that little girl who was ‘snacking’. So annoying.
Or the littlest Napoleon Impersonator from “Final Justice” – what the heck was that?
Oh geez – or Tim from “Boggy Creek 2″.
He screams like a girl… doesn’t believe in push-ups – or shirts…. his father is just gross…. and he’s a few decades away from really losing himself and looking like Crenshaw”
We should probably also mention the three kids from Incredible Melting Man, who are experimenting with smoking; when one of the boys asks the girl if she wants to play doctor, it was a very repulsive moment. I think it’s Servo who speaks for us all when he remarks that it was probably very difficult to love kids in the ’70s.
Buzz, from the Girl in Gold Boots. He may be just a child, but that still doesn’t excuse him from drug dealing and murder.
For my money, I’ve gotta go with Juanito from Black Scorpion. It’s SO obvious that this kid exists for no purpose other than being a living, breathing plot devise…”I wanted to help you!”…yeah…uh-huh…If you really wanna help, why don’t you go play in traffic.
Also, I’d like to throw in a nomination for the “mystery kid” in Future War. “Uncle Fred says you’re gonna shave your head and be a penguin. Uncle Fred says…”. I mean…who the heck is he? Where did he come from, and what’s he doing living in this “halfway house for huge guys”? The movie would lead us to believe that he’s apparently eaten by the dinosaur, but then he magically shows up for Sister Ann’s “nun ceremony” (And I’m not too sure that public spectators are normally allowed at those anyway…).