MSTF
MSTF is an annual BotCon event at which various Transformers episodes and videos are ridiculed (lovingly (mostly)) in the vein of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Mystery_Science_Theater_3000">Mystery Science Theater 3000</a> by a trio of fans. Just like the television show, comedy skits are intercut between the video segments. Also like the television show, the production must make the best of a limited budget. Pre-recorded video segments have also become a regular feature (such as Casey Kasem's infamous curse-laden backstage rant layered over animation of Cliffjumper, just to name one of the cheaper shots.) Productions are painstakingly rehearsed to achieve perfect comedic polish, with the actors even going so far as to read the scripts before the event. Sometimes. Now that's dedication, folks!
The core actor/roaster group began as Doug Dlin, Greg "M Sipher" Sepelak, and Rob "I can't believe it's not butter" Jung. Starting in 2001, Rob disappeared and Phil "Skyjammer" Zeman mysteriously appeared in his place. We're not suggesting anything about this, though, honest.
Other participants have included Dave "Hex" Tashjian (1999 only), various walk-on guests (David "Walky" Willis prominent among them), and miscellaneous props/cameras/lights assistants. They even collared Vince DiCola to play a number alongside Phil Zeman in 2003. Numerous fans have contributed to the scripts over the years; in 2008, many got in on the festivities in a rotating "third performer" slot when Phil mysteriously vanished.
List of MSTF panels
<dt>BotCon 1997 </dt>
<dt>BotCon 1998
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- The Transformers: The Movie (again)
<dt>BotCon 1999
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- "Dark Voyage"
- "Fire on the Mountain"
- "The God Gambit"
- "Carnage in C-Minor"</div>
<dt>BotCon 2000
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- "Victory"
- "Forbidden Fruit"
- "City of Steel"
- "The Dweller in the Depths"</div>
<dt>BotCon 2001
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- "Aerial Assault"
- "Dark Awakening"
- "Cutting Edge"
- "A Wolf in the Fold"
- The music video for Stan Bush's "The Touch"</div>
<dt>BotCon 2002
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- No MSTF event was held in 2002, due to a variety of issues.
<dt>OTFCC 2003
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- "Cosmic Rust"
- "Gorilla Warfare"
- "The Decepticons"
- "Satellite of Doom"
- "When Continents Collide"</div>
("Satellite of Doom" and "When Continents Collide" were both "animated"—and we use that term loosely—video versions of the See & Read storybooks of the same names. After "Satellite" was finished, audible groans from the audience greeted the announcement that a second such torture session was beginning.)
<dt>OTFCC 2004
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- "Typhoon Twister"
- "Arctic Oil Spill"
- "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1"
- "More than Meets the Eye, Part 2"
- "More than Meets the Eye, Part 3"</div>
(The version of "More than Meets the Eye" shown featured Tommy Kennedy bumpers.)
<dt>BotCon 2005
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- "Prime Target"
- "Auto-Bop"
- "The Killing Jar"
- "Only Human"</div>
<dt>BotCon 2006
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- "Reptron's Rampage"
- "Racer-Bot Road Rally"
- "B.O.T."
- "Beast Wars (Part 1)"
- "Beast Wars (Part 2)"</div>
<dt>BotCon 2007
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- The Transformers: The Movie (completely rescripted)
<dt>BotCon 2008
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- Transformers (About 3 minutes, anyway)
- "War Dawn"
- "Transform and Roll Out"</div>
