A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste

"A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste" is the sixth episode of Mike Tyson Mysteries season three, and the thirty-fourth overall. It aired on June 18, 2017 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block. It was written by Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, and Rachel Ramras, and produced and directed by Jeff Siergey.

The team is called in to help with a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new history of mining museum. Damn novelty scissors.

Memorable quotes
Viennetta: My name's Viennetta, like the ice cream. Mike: My name's Mike Tyson, like the heavyweight champion of the world, Mike Tyson.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tom Bawkes
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Larry Dorf
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mayor Joe Schaeffer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hugh Davidson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mike Tyson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| [Deezy]]
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Chuck Deezy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Yung Hee Tyson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rachel Ramras
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marquess of Queensberry
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jim Rash
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Viennetta Deezy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daniele Gaither
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pigeon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Norm Macdonald
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Viennetta's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Viennetta's pastor
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Édouard Manet
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Gustave Courbet
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jean-Jacques Rousseau
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cashier
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fashion magazine editor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Charlotte Newhouse
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lauren
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Andre
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Viennetta's pastor
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Édouard Manet
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Gustave Courbet
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jean-Jacques Rousseau
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cashier
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fashion magazine editor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Charlotte Newhouse
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lauren
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Andre
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fashion magazine editor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Charlotte Newhouse
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lauren
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Andre
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Lauren
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Andre
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Andre

Organizations

 * Mike Tyson Mystery Team

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Arizona
 * Casa Grande
 * Casa Grande Museum of Mining History
 * BB's Burgers
 * Nevada
 * Las Vegas
 * Tyson residence
 * Missouri (indirectly mentioned)
 * St. Louis (mentioned)
 * St. Louis Community College (mentioned)

Objects

 * Ticker's Business Insider
 * Reddit (mentioned)
 * Mike's phone
 * Xbox (mentioned)
 * Viennetta (mentioned)

Vehicles

 * Mystery Mobile

Development
It was copyrighted in 2017.

Music
The music was composed by Walker Martin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: June 18, 2017 on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network)

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on what Arthur Fletcher of the United Negro College Fund said, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
 * As a recurring joke, the museum's name keeps changing every time it's announced.
 * Mike tries to end the episode early by humming the end credits music as the credits appear over the team. The credits appear again when the episode ends properly.
 * Tom Bewkes's name is revealed in the end credits.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😥