Shorts, Volume 1 is a compilation release featuring seven popular shorts from Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was originally released on VHS by Rhino Entertainment in July 1998; it was later re-released on DVD as part of the Volume 2 set from Rhino and its re-issue, Volume II from Shout! Factory. The featured shorts are: The Home Economics Story (Episode #317), Junior Rodeo Daredevils (Episode #407), Body Care and Grooming Episode #510), Cheating (Episode #515), A Date with Your Family (Episode #602), Why Study Industrial Arts? (Episode #609} and The Chicken of Tomorrow (Episode #702).

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertr...

Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department...

Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and ...

Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until t...

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three i...

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take...

In the year 2050, mankind is extinct. The last survivors travel back in time to stop the invader, Ki...

A love story between a robot and a scarecrow who meet and fall for each other at a summer music fest...

When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them of...

A story of two identical twins that are the best of friends...and puppets.

For the first time ever, we’ve assembled five shorts about death, loneliness, and dismemberment into...

A rowdy young girl befriends a depressed robot at the beach and the two set out to steal a balloon.

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leader...

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial fa...

On the closing day of his beloved roller-rink, a retro robot does his best to survive his final shif...

After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacifi...

The truncated feature version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the w...

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to...

Calpuina is a night-watchman in a wharehouse, a perfect job for him. When some thieves break in and ...

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swep...