I have a smartphone and I was looking for ringtones/alerts. I found an app that I like for tones and decided to look up MST3K, not expecting anything! But I did!! They have “It stinks!,” “Whaddya think sirs?,” Torgo’s theme, some buff names from “Space Mutiny,” and theme songs with Mike and Joel. Which ringtone(s) would people want? Theme songs? Quotes during the movie? Mike, Joel, TV Frank? The list would be endless.
The RiffTrax guys created a bunch a few years ago. I downloaded a few, including “Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew” from their riff of “The Two Towers.” But I currently use the Schnappi theme song as my main ringtone.
So, what ringtones do you have, and what would you want?
“You’re messing with private stock!”
Gamera song….
Master Ninja Theme Song!
Punch Rockgroin’s screaming like a girl.
The end credits songs from Werewolf (Tusk!) and Final Justice (meatballs fried in laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard!).
How Bout’…..
Makonnen: You know, Captain, every year of my life, I grow more and more convinced that the wisest and best is to fix our attention on the good and the beautiful…..if you just take the time to look at it.
Chapman: You’re some guy, Makonnen.
Ha ha ha! Your weapons are useless against me!
So leave a message and I’ll get back to you.
hi kee ba
The person doing the phone ringing noise in “Monster A Go Go”.
Try some of Cowboy Mike’s own Original Red Hot RICOCHET BARBECUE SAUCE!
“But Clay, do you think it might be…bold??”
“Well hell yes it’s bold!! It’s Cowboy Mike’s own Original Red Hot RICOCHET BARBECUE SAUCE!”
Leave a message, after recovering from enjoying Cowboy Mike’s own Original Red Hot RICOCHET BARBECUE SAUCE, and I’ll get back to you.
(It’s not really that bold).
One you probably shouldn’t use as a ringtone would be Tubular Boobular Joy.
“He learned almost too late that man was a feeling creature…..”
I want a ringtone of the alarmingly loud British phone from Projected Man. Wait, no I don’t.
Some sick and twisted person will just have to have “Manos” theme.
And what about “NORMAL VIEW!”
Natalie saying “That’s absolutely incredible” from WEREWOLF.
The “NummyMuffinCocoaButter” song…
“He tampered in God’s domain.”
My Creepy Girl.
Tibby, Oh Tibby.
When Loving Lovers Love.
BTW, you can use iTunes to make your own 30-second ringtones for your personal use (you can Google directions). I did make ringtones of the MST3K closing theme and Torgo’s Theme. With those, there’s never any doubt whose phone is ringing.
OK, now you can make 40-second ringtones.
My ringtone is the godzilla theme music – we used iTunes
I made one from the Gamera song, but it’s the children’s chorus. Also, the first bars of Tom singing Secret Agent Super Dragon, and Master Ninja Theme Song.
One I’d like is Joel’s “It’s Nightmare the Clown, he’s comin’ to your town!” from Monster A-go-go.
My text message sound is “Mitchell!”
My parent’s ringtone is Torgo’s Theme.
My email sending tone is Crow saying “um-de-de-de-he-he: Hoo-ah, Hoo-ah”. Man, I wish I knew what that reference was.
I’d love to have Servo’s bombastic theme song.
When either of my grown kids (both huge MST3K fans — did I raise ‘em right or what?) calls, I have a short clip of “Hangin’ Out With My Family” from “Birdemic.” I’d like to get either “Torgo’s Theme” or the closing theme from MST3K as my regular ring tone; just haven’t done it yet.
Probably a ring tone that no one should have is “There’s a mantis in my pantis!”
Great discussion topic!!
I’d want an old-school phone ring, followed by the riff (can’t remember the episode) that went something like “WHAT IS THAT SOUND?!?!?!?”
“He tried to kill me with a forklift” of course.
“Tibby, oh Tibby” would be a contender, as would “Sodium.”
Your annoying sibling(s): “eeeeeeewwwwwww!” or “That square really bugs me!”
Your local confectionery: Rock candy baby your mine!
Your body-building boyfriend: Joel: Oh, looooove Herc.
Unknown callers: He seems like a nice guy … at first!
The music from Danger: Death Ray.
Einstein’s dialog from “Warrior of the Lost World.”
Imagine the looks on people’s faces when one’s ringtone is some angry English woman shouting “The Dog’s Meat. Have you seen it?”.
For a more musical ringtone one could use “Shine Your Love” from “Angel’s Revenge”.
“California LAaaaaaaaDyyyyyyy, she’s the one I want to see…”
I would use as my ringtone Krankor’s laugh, it helps to lifts my spirits. The “Help me” bit from Rocket Attack USA, it’s such a weird moment, even for a psychotronic movie. The “Boink! Boink everybody! Boink!” from Are you Ready for Marriage, the Girl in Gold Boots theme and The Zombie Stomp, because I genuinely like those songs. And last but not least, the jingle from the Wild Rebels’ cereal commercial.
I have the haunting Torgo theme as my ringtone right now, but I’d really like that sick dance music from The Creeping Terror, in hi-fi, of course
Your ex-wife: Get out of here you disgusting wooooorm! (Outlaw)
For the Christmas season: the ‘Little Drummer Boy’ number from TSCWSLABMUZ.
Your Aunt from New York: Mike saying “Hi” in the Fran Drescher-esque voice from the above scene.
Imagine having the villain’s theme from Operation Double 007 as your ringtone… You just let it keep ringing until someone says “uh, sir, your phone is ringing” to which you answer “I know.”
“Stratosphere Boogie” by Jimmy Bryant from the Skydivers.
“Song of the Delta Knights” by the Sir Thomas Servo Consort.
“Some Guys in Space” by Percy Faith and his orchestra from Phantom Planet.
The “Batman” chase music from Girl in Gold Boots.
The fake phone ringing sound in Monster a Go-Go, and Joel saying ‘I don’t believe it’.
I’d also go with the Torgo Theme or maybe Hoyt Axton’s “Mitchell” theme song.
For alerts: “My tires are filled with water!” or “Shtemlo,” or maybe even “GIVE ME BACK MY BEER!” from ‘Future War.’
One of the Gamera movies has a shot of a phone ringing, and Crow says ‘I knew it was going to ring, that’s why I put the camera on it. Good planning.’
I can’t remember which episode, but the phone rings loudly, and Joel and the bots all yell from surprise, adding ‘Don’t do that!’
Go to the 2:44 mark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yvQKh6RYow
“Yipes Stripes” from “Teenage Strangler”.
Little Richard’s “Scuba Party” from “Catalina Caper”.
Joel and the Bots doing the “sidehackin’” song from…well, you know.
“Are You Happy In Your Work” from “I Accuse My Parents”.
“My Nuts?”
Krankor laugh would be a good one
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
“Hey! It’s the Undersea Kingdom for you and for me, and it’s fiiiiiiiiiine!”
“Look! Look! Look at my crotch!”
“I DREEEEEEEEEEEAMPT AT NIGHT, THE MOON WAS SO BRIGHT….”
Or how about Johnny’s phone conversation from the ‘Cheating’ short?
I used to have Torgo’s theme as my ringtone. Once I forgot to turn it off during church and of course someone called me. My daughter had a hard time not laughing through the rest of the service.
Right now I have the Love theme as my main ringtone.
I would like “Sodium” for a ringtone, as well as “Where O Werewolf”
And all the Poopie Suit jokes. Yes, I have immature teenagers.
If you want to discourage having messages left tape part of
(you’d never get the whole thing in) the Number 9! joke told
by one of that magnificent bastard Rommel’s gang.
I’d be interested in “I’m a danger to myself and others”, or Joel’s solo at the end of Pod People (is it Clown in the Sky?) along with Tom’s Anthony Newley impression of the next verse of the song…
To #16. It’s Nummy Muffin COCOL Butter not Cocoa, although I have no idea what cocol is.
Being the tragically anxiety-prone person that I am, I would definitely choose Torgo’s Theme for a ringtone.
Or Tom’s “WHO ARE YOU?!!”
(My shrink and I working on this issue.)
Time for go to bed!
Oh, I forgot all about Mike’s love ballad from The Girl in Gold Boots, complete with Crow’s emergency interjections.
I have the Master Ninja Theme Song as my ringtone. Hearing it go off always makes me smile, which is great because I hate phones otherwise. I keep waiting for the day someone hears it and actually knows where it’s from.
I also have a couple clips from the Secret Agent Super Dragon song for my alert sounds. If someone leaves me a voicemail, it says, “Wai-wait a minute, you mean it just goes on like that?” And if I get a text it says, “WITH BOATS BRM-BRM-BRRRM-BRRRRM!” And yes, I am giggling to myself right now just thinking about it, because I am a ridiculous human being.
“Claydun! …. Claydunnnn!! ….. CLAYdun! ….. Claydun ……. Claydun! … Claydunnnn!! …. [etc.] “
“WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES!”
(duh)
I like the song midway through RiffTrax’s The Guy From Harlem about being in Florida & looking at the boats-I don’t think the song has a name. I didn’t see it with the other RT ringtones.
I was inspired by this topic and just got this ringtone
http://audiko.net/ringtone/Gianni+Ferrio/Theme+from+Danger!!+Death+Ray?ring=9952888
Also – the Jet Jaguar song from the end of Godzilla vs Megalon would be fun
The ” Mitchell ” theme
” Deep Deep Down” from Diabolik
The sound effect of “Coily The Spring Sprite”
Any of the soft core porn themes from ” Devil Fish”
I’m surprised that I’m the first one to say the jingle from the lead-out/lead-in to the commercials. It’s immediately recognizable, punchy, and is a perfect fit for a ringtone with its short duration and catchy, looping qualities.
Whenever I’m in public and someone’s ringtone is a comedy bit that I’m not aware of or partial to, I always find it brain-searingly annoying, especially if it’s something like a text alert that goes off once every three minutes. I would shudder to think of the impression of MST3K I would be giving to people if I were to use a riff from an episode as a ringtone.
“Puma Man. He flies like a moron!”
Since the question mentions the RiffTrax fellows, and they respect the horribleness of “The Room,” I’ll mention that my text message tone is Johnny saying, “Oh, hi, doggie.”
From this discussion thread, I might have to steal some the ideas of others a bit: @itsspideyman: that whole speech; @Rob: “Torgo’s Theme” for his parents; @guest: hi-kee-ba; and @Mr. E: “Master Ninja Theme Song!”
For the super klutz in your life – I’m a Danger to Myself and Others
For the meat lover – Clay and Lar’s Flesh Barn
For the creepy co-worker you have to carpool with – Torgo’s Theme
How about the Ren & Stimpy music from – Century 21 Calling? PUSH BUTTON PHONING!! Sharon Lawrence’s speech about the future of phones would make an excellent hold message.
And one for me – “I like it when I get a call in my pants!” from Once Upon a Honeymoon
When Loving Lovers Love – For the special someone in your life
Rock ‘n’ Roll Martian. Maybe I could blend it in with Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley to back it for timing’s sake, but this is the only way I’d ever kick it with an MST3K style ringtone.
I’m surprised no one has suggested the following:
Night Train to Mundo Finé (Red Zone Cuba)
The Johnny Long Torso song. He’s long!
Or how about the circusey ‘Trumpy, you can do magic’ theme.
I have “Go, El Santo! Go, El Santo! Go, El Santo, GO!” from Samson vs. the Vampire Women.
In terms of basic functionality, what’s wrong with “Hold it, you guys, (Clever Joel nickname for Dr. F and Frank of the week) are calling.”?
It’s basic, it works, and more importantly, if it rings on a bus, it won’t get the strange looks from passersby that an inscrutable SyFy cult-fanboy phrase would get.
That said, I second/third the Fake Phone Noise from Monster a Go-Go.
You’d think someone by now would have come up with a ringtone of someone saying “Ring, ring.”
before my fancy schmancy Windows Phone, I had a rockin’ Torgo’s Theme ringtone. Man I miss that!
The ones I’d want:
1. Torgo’s Theme
2. My My My My Mitchell
3. The “You Better Hide…Your Lunch” finale from Final Justice
4. Pumaman theme
my current “main” ringtone is from the end of Quest of the Delta Knights, Bobo exclaiming “would somebody please pass the syrup!”. I get the strangest looks when it rings.
I also made one from The Mole People.
Movie Boy: Kwitara, High (I actually start it right after Kwitara.but the reference is hard without it)
M&TBs: Hi!
Movie Boy: High
M&TBs: Hi!
There are others I really want to make, but time is a luxury…glad to hear there are some available.
I’ve had the Cinematic Titanic theme song as my ring tone since J. Elvis first put it online all those years ago.
“You know you want me baby”
“He’ll never touch you, you’re dirt”
I am going to go with dick contino singing in daddy-o
Idiot Control Now!
Leave the Bronx!
#24 I’d want an old-school phone ring, followed by the riff (can’t remember the episode) that went something like “WHAT IS THAT SOUND?!?!?!?”
Or better yet, Crow’s “WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS??” from The Magic Voyage of Sinbad.
I also like the fake ringing from Monster A-Go-Go
Trumpy’s music during the stop animation sequence in ‘Pod People’, or just “HUZZAH!!”
“My name is Cornjob,
Master of Darkness”
“The Master doesn’t approve of such things”
“I’m huge.”
“Well, that could’ve gone better.”
“Tor-Cha!”
“Help, I’m in another dimension!”
Non-MST related idea: a ringtone of a voice crying out, “Help! a witch turned me into a cellphone, Help!”
I would like my text alert to be the sound of brain guy using his telekinetic power.
Joel and the bots doing the Three Stooges greeting Hello, Hello, Hello, HELLO!! and If I were a Packers fan I’d want Mike and the bots screaming and yelling PACKERS!! PACKERS WON THE SUPER BOWL!!
I have Torgo’s theme and a piece of the original main show theme on my phone. Others that might be good would be pieces of some of the funny songs on the show like Wild Rebels Cereal, Sidehackin’, Toobular Boobular Joy, etc.
As for catch phrase jokes for ringtones, how about, “By this time my lungs were aching for air.”
Currently, whenever someone sends me a text message, I hear, “Sing the praises of pants!”
Needless to say, it gets entertaining when I forget to turn my phone to silent in classrooms and movie theaters.
Joel singing the pants up song
I used to use “Doodly doodly doo! Shipment’s in!” from Mitchell as an IM alert years ago. If I were to make a ringtone today, I’d use something from Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack to Diabolik, which I adore. Sadly, an official soundtrack was never released, but there are a few versions of it floating around out there.
When my dad calls, I have Tom’s 70s song. Of course, it starts with Mike’s “Rock it, you turkey!” I also have the Robot Roll Call as my mom’s tone. I need to get Hike Your Pants Up and the Godzilla Genealogy Bop!
Text alert noise from Final Sacrifice’s Zap Rowzdower:
“I wonder if there’s beer on the sun?”
Normal View! Normal View! NORMAL VIEW!!!! NOR-MAAAAAL VIIIEEEEEEEEWWWWW!!!!!
“Rowsdower saves us and saves all the world!” (Instrumental)
Puman Man, he flies like a moron” (Of course)
“Oh, poopie!”
“Watch out for snakes!”
While it’s sure to be annoying, how about Crow’s, “Ping,” riff from Codename: Diamondhead. It would be all, “Ping!” “Ping!” “Ping!”
I hate phones. And wouldn’t want to be borrowed by one ringing in my pocket, car floorboard where it fell, or even vibrating next to my genitalia. But if it did I’d have to have Torgo’s music coming out of that sucker! :
I don’t have any cool ring tones, as I have a very basic phone. But, some of the ring tones I would like to have are:
The theme song from “Operation Kid Brother” in Italian. We bought the CD of the soundtrack and the Italian version has an intensity that is lost in the English version.
Another good one is the “poopie Suit” song from “Starfighters.”
Or to annoy everyone, Dr. Watney’s incessant “Cabot, Cabot, Cabot…” from “Outlaw.”
I actually heard the dance tune from “Catwomen of the Moon” as a ringtone at work, but the woman who had the phone had no idea where the music was from.
I also have a co worker who has the ring tone “ring ring…ring ring… ring ring” in increasing volume. Cracked me up the first time I heard it.
JOEL: Tell me, where is that clown in the sky for me? I love you, Tom Servo.
TOM: I love you, Joel.
JOEL: I love you, Crow.
CROW: You’re not my real father!
I think the “only Love Pads the Film” music from Sidehackers would work wonderfully: it’s very recognizable, and not too annoying right away, and it works with or without lyrics.
Also, the “baaaaaaa, ba ba baaaaaaaaa…” jazz vocals from Starfighters: with increasing volume, you’ll answer that sucker, alright.
“Do I please you? Do you find me pleasing?” – short Speech
“This man is wearing a pushup bra. Now he’s pleasing.” – same
“Look, look, look at my crotch! Look, look, look at my crotch! Look at my Crotch! Look at my Crotch! whoooooooah, look at my crotch! Yea!” -short Home Econ Story
“I sing, I sing whenever I sing.” – The Giant Guilla Monster
“Ding-dong.” – Ator
“Push the button Frank.” – duh
I’m trying to set up my message notification tone to be Crow saying “Look! Polish!”
HOOOOOOOWWWDEEEEEEEEE – Minnie Pearl style. That would be an epic ringtone.
Ringtones I want (tie):
Crow’s Epic Grateful Dead Guitar Solo from “The Dead Talk Back”
The repetitive dance music from “The Creeping Terror”
Three I’d enjoy:
1. Butta-bean, we’re living in Deep 13. Ruling the world with our heads in a swirl and it’s keen, living in Deep 13.
2. I don’t know nothin’ about nothin’ about no candy counter.
3. You disgusting wooooorm!
A few Rifftrax-related ringtone/alert sound ideas:
-”Hanging Out With My Family” from Birdemic;
-Kevin’s version of “Bella’s Lullaby” from Twilight;
-Marv’s laugh from Tooth Truth (either the real one or Bill’s version of it during the closing credits);
-Norman’s catchphrase.
Oh boy, this is a good one. I’d really love the AWESOME dance hall music from The Creeping Terror! I’d dance to it and forget I was getting a call.
Imagine a room of people hearing “mom… my nuts?” coming from your pants. Or a Tom’s Berry White voice and sleazy sax music saying “oooohhhhhhhh baabbbyyyyyyyy…”
Priceless.
‘Moon rock? Oh, wow!’
How about:
“Hi Everyone, Let’s Pitch In ‘N Get Cracking Here In Louisiana Doing Right, Eh? Now Then. Hateful Rich Overbearing Ugly Guys Hurt Royally Everytime Someone Eats A Radish, Carrot, Hors-d’ouvres, And Never Does Dishes. Eventually Victor Eats Lunch Over Peoria Mit Ein Nauesburger Tog”
or if that’s too long:
“I didn’t steal no bike, neither!”
A certain person I know would get, “You’re an Ugly, Stupid, Little Dummy” From Devil Doll as their tone. But then they’d probably call while I was in an important meeting and had forgotten to turn off the phone.
All others would get, “It Stinks!” from Pod People. Just the thing to hear coming out of my pants.
since ringtones are supposed to be annoying (right?) i’d pick Tom’s JED! JEEEED! JEEEEEEEED! from Leech Woman
….as for nicer ringtones, either the haunting “Ken’s Theme” as harmonized by Crow and Tom
I love Ken; he is my sweet friend and I love him…I’m so blue; ’cause I don’t think Ken loves me…I’m all messed up inside; I might have to off him…
or the charming “Bicycle Song”…
We’re gonna ride our bicycles; we’re gonna go and have some fun! We’re gonna fill our hearts with love; when we ride our bicycles!
My notification alert sound effect is from Overdrawn at the Memory Bank: “‘I have a communication for you:’ ‘BITE ME!’”
Tangentially related: My warning beep on my PC is “Ow, over” from The Clonus Horror, I think.
When I text my husband, his phone says, “I don’t get you.” in Gypsy’s voice. When he gets an email, Cowboy Mike yells, “We-hell HOLD ON THERE, PARTNER!” When he calls me, the ring is the Commercial Sign Vamp. We have also used the CT theme on and off for ringtones, ever since we heard Frank’s phone do it.
Getting emails in the middle of the night can be pretty shocking if we don’t turn down his phone…
hmmm id use that guy saying ‘I Knoww!’ from Devil fish,’This is where the fish lives’ from The Touch Of Satan..’I saw the Little Creature’ from Boggy Creek 2..and umm ‘Im Hugee!!’ ha
I’d want the ringing telephone sound from 522 Teenage Crime Wave, with the riffing, “It’s that thing again! What does it mean?”