Pearl Forrester

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Pearl Forrester is a fictional character on Mystery Science Theater 3000, and is played by Mary Jo Pehl. She is the mother of Dr. Clayton Forrester (Trace Beaulieu). Initially devised as a guest character, Pearl becomes a supporting character for Clayton before replacing him as the lead mad scientist.

Character[]

Pearl first appears in episode 607, "Bloodlust!". Her character appears in the opening and closing host segments when she pays a visit to Clayton and TV's Frank. At the end of the sixth season, TV's Frank dies Pearl moves in to help her son at the beginning of the seventh season, and becomes a regular cast member for the rest of the series.

Pearl takes over as the head mad scientist at the beginning of the eighth season. According to the backstory presented at that time, Pearl kills Clayton, then vows to "avenge his death" by continuing his experiments on Mike and the Bots; she cryogenically freezes herself until the year 2525 and becomes the leader of the Planet of the Apes-like apes who now dominated Earth, at which point she draws the Satellite of Love's crew back to the ship to send them bad movies. In the episode "The Deadly Mantis", the Earth is destroyed when Professor Bobo and Dr. Peanut help their mutant neighbors fix their thermonuclear device. Until the series finale, she is assisted by Professor Bobo, who often addresses her as "Lawgiver" and Observer. In the episode "Quest of the Delta Knights", she becomes frustrated with the lack of progress in the experiment and decides to do some role-reversal to determine the problem. She switches places with Mike. During the movie, in lieu of a smoke, she sucks on a mint and shares with the bots, and is later referred to as "Mintgiver" by them.

When the Satellite of Love returns to the present, Pearl and her lackeys follow and take up residence at Castle Forrester, where she finds records of a long line of Forresters who had performed experiments similar to those she and Clayton conducted on Mike and the Bots. Pearl claims to be descended from these Forresters. She has been married several times, with all of her husbands meeting gruesome fates on their honeymoons.

At the end of the series, Pearl accidentally uses a new controller to send the Satellite of Love crashing back to Earth. She supposedly becomes the ruler of Qatar, where she vows that her first item of business would be to insert a "U" in the nation's name. She is last seen with her lair devoid of furnishings, attempting to dance and sing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" with her cronies. Her last words to Mike and the Bots before pulling the plug on Castle Forrester's observation equipment are: "Look, Nelson. Move on. I am."

She makes an appearance in her van with Professor Bobo and Brain Guy deliberately trying to avoid her granddaughter Kinga.

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