Mystery Pokémon Theater 3000: Explanation
Back in the 90's, there was a cult-hit comedy show on the Comedy Channel (Comedy Central, whatever) called Mystery Science Theater 3000. Its basic premise was a group of mad scientists with delusions of grandeur decided that the best way to take over the world would be to make everyone in it submit to their power through the use of bad movies. In order to find the worst movie of all time, the single film that would drive a man insane if he was forced to sit through it in its entirety, they launched a janitor by the name of Joel Robinson into space aboard a space station called the Satellite of Love. In order to keep his sanity, Joel fashioned robots out of the parts he would have used to start and stop the movie. Mike Nelson, a temp worker hired by the same scientists, soon replaced Joel, but fun times were had by all. Strangely, the combination of snark and terrible movies made MST3K a cult hit and one of the many staples of geekery.
Eventually, people started to realize that taking bad fanfiction and writing MST3K-esque snarky comments in the margins was fun. Thus, a brand-new style of entertainment on the internet was born: the MST.
Okay, long and drawn-out background aside, Mystery Pokémon Theater 3000 is a series of MSTs. Sometime in the not-too-distant future, a happy-go-lucky forum member by the name of Jax was just minding her own business (read: getting drunk and saying things she didn't mean to the board staff) when the Higher Staff, a group of forum administrators bent on taking over the world, decided the best way to deal with her would be to launch her into space. Originally, they paired her with Astinus, a forum mod they frankly didn't like, but after a mishap involving a garbage shuttle, Astinus found herself in Antarctica, serving as a liaison between Jax and the Higher Staff while at the same time taming a Piplup army to serve as her minions in her master plan. Onboard the SoL are Syntax and Andy -- Jax's perverted Unown and Astinus's gullible Combee, respectively.
Together, the cast brave bad fics of all kinds, from the barely readable to the implausible to the just plain boring. Their mission: to point out every plot hole, to snicker at every Sue, and to boldly go where no man has wanted to go before!
IMPORTANT! Disclaimer
All of the content of this series is meant for humor purposes only. We are not attempting to personally insult the authors of the original material, and we have already obtained permission by the authors themselves to MST their fanfiction. By submitting your own fanfiction to us, you are authorizing us to do whatever we'd like to it except flame you as a person or claim it as our own. Therefore, please do not flame us or start drama by claiming we MSTed without your permission. Likewise, please do not flame us simply because you don't like the humor. Again, we have obtained your permission to do this, and we are not intending on insulting you as an author or as a person. (You will be warned about this again on the submissions page.)
Additionally:
Seriously, if you wish to MST a fanfiction for yourself, that's fine, but we are not encouraging this as a form of reviewing someone else's work. Furthermore, we are not encouraging you to do this without the author's permission. If you see a badfic, do not attempt to MST it in response because that's insulting to a struggling author. Instead, please attempt to offer patient constructive criticism by not only pointing out errors but also calmly explaining why they happen to be errors. Do not create your own cast of characters and make fun of the fanfiction. This would be like us doing the same to you without your consent. Only add more instances of the words "you suck."
In short, yes, this entire part of this page is redundant, but I can't say this enough. Review responsibly; submit responsibly. We're here to make people laugh, not make authors feel bad or encourage people to do so.
With that all in mind, we hope you enjoy the show.
