Joel Robinson is a fictional character featured in the American science fiction comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). He was portrayed by Joel Hodgson, the creator of the series.
Formerly a janitor and inventor for Gizmonic Institute ("just another face in a red jumpsuit"), Joel was launched into space by his boss Dr. Clayton Forrester and coworker Dr. Laurence Erhardt - later replaced by TV's Frank - as part of an experi...
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Joel Robinson is a fictional character featured in the American science fiction comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K). He was portrayed by Joel Hodgson, the creator of the series.
Formerly a janitor and inventor for Gizmonic Institute ("just another face in a red jumpsuit"), Joel was launched into space by his boss Dr. Clayton Forrester and coworker Dr. Laurence Erhardt - later replaced by TV's Frank - as part of an experiment to see which bad movies were capable of destroying the human mind. Joel built the 'Bots Tom Servo, Crow, Gypsy and Cambot to keep him company, but used parts that apparently caused him to lose the ability to control when the films would stop and start in doing so. Though bombarded with many horrible films, he tends to take his captivity in benign stride, delivering most of his riffs in dead pan, holding no ill will against his captors and even affectionately calling them "the Mads" (among other amusing nicknames such as "the Overlords")...
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