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The [[Alternate History|history]]: In the [[World War II|year 1945]], Nazi scientists under Hans Kemmler develop revolutionary [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|anti-gravity technology]] at a [[Elaborate Underground Base|secret base]] in [[Mysterious Antarctica|Antarctica]]. While the technology offers an enormous advantage in many fields, it came too late to save the Axis cause. The last representatives of the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]] construct [[Flying Saucer|saucer-shaped spaceships]] using the anti-gravity technology and retreat to the dark side of the moon. There, they establish a [[Supervillain Lair|new base]], [[Evil Tower of Ominousness|Schwarze Sonne]] (Black Sun), and spend 70 years developing new technology and preparing for a full invasion of Earth.

 

 

And now the [[Eagle Land|United States]] is ready to send a man back [[NASA|to the Moon]].

 

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* [[All There in the Manual]]: How the Nazis got the moon, for starters.

* [[Allohistorical Allusion]]: In one of the trailers the Nazis are shown landing on the moon, [[NASA|unfurling a flag on a fixed flagpole]], saluting the audience, and even draws similarities to the [[Signature Line|"Small Step For Man" line]].

** Assault on Earth begins on 5:45 a.m., not unlike German invasion of Poland that started [[World War Two]].

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The Nazi Death machine, the Götterdämmerung AKA the biggest war machine ever built by mankind. It's a ridiculously sized (not to mention constructed) flying engine of destruction {{spoiler|''that needs an iPad to handle its computing needs.''}} It has the capability to blow up entire planets with it's main weapon, {{spoiler|''and blows off about a quarter of the Moon with said gun.''}} However, the weapon system has to be manually reset and reloaded after every shot, which obviously takes a while. Also, it can easily be rendered powerless by {{spoiler|''removing the iPad that's powering it.''}}

* [[America Saves the Day]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. While fighting Nazi zeppelins is good and all, [[World War III|starting a war over Nazi Helium-3 deposits was kind of a dick move...]]}}

** I guess she just... [[High Heel Face Turn|Meh, too easy.]]

* [[Compensating for Something]]: The Götterdämmerung, as pointed out by Vivian.

* [[Cool Airship|Cool Air]][[Cool Starship|Starship]]: [[Rule of Cool|Spaceships resembling zeppelins.]] Intrigued yet?

* [[Downer Ending]]: Quite so, {{spoiler|''the Nazi invasion force is defeated, but the heroes (and the civilians on the moon) are stuck in a nuked moonbase. Not to mention every nation on Earth descents into a [[World War III|nuclear war]], with the end credits rolling over a slow panning shot of the Earth tearing itself apart.''}}

** Except {{spoiler|Finland (probably).}}

** [[The Dark Chick]]: Renate Richter

* [[Flying Saucer]]: The staple transport of the Nazis, working something like a [[Recycled in Space|Space]] [[Tank Goodness|Tank]] in terms of armament.

* [[Gas Mask Mooks]]: The Nazis are seen wearing these as they load up into their flying saucers.

* [[Groin Attack]]: With a hilarious reaction to boot!

* [[Herr Doktor]]: Doctor Richter, naturally.

* [[Historical In-Joke]]: The Russian [[History of the USSR|throwing his shoe]] at the UN conference.

* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]: Kortzfleisch seems to get long bouts of coughing whenever someone greets him with "''Heil Hitler!''"

* [[Interrupted Intimacy]] / [[Engineered Public Confession]]

* [[Ironic Echo]]: intertextualist echo on a [[Shout-Out]] line: after Vivian orders her crew to fire the nukes on Schwarze Sonne, they hesitate:

'''Vivian:''' The USA does ''not'' negotiate with terrorists! }}

* [[Jive Turkey]]: from a black man, naturally.

* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: Renate.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: The Nazi spaceships are named after the operas of Wagner's Ring Cycle.

* [[Missing Trailer Scene]]: Kortzfleisch playing with his models, among others.

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood|My Name Is Not Hitler]]: History has moved on, with the need for a different reich on the moon, after all.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: The US President is a [[Sarah Palin]] lookalike, and personality-wise seems to take some cues from [[George W. Bush]], after whom she named her country's militarized spaceship.

* [[No Swastikas]]: Averted.

** Even subverted when Indian politician tries to hide his traditional swastika-adorned ring.

* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Dr. Richter may be a [[Mad Scientist|Nazi quack]], but you have to give the man credit for {{spoiler|how quickly he adapted computer technology generations ahead of his own to the Nazi's purposes. He even wrote a Nazi app for the smartphone and tablet.}}

* [[Orion Drive]]: The USS ''George W. Bush'' seems to be designed with one. Might explain the [[Nuke'Em|sh*t ton of nukes]] it was carrying.

* [[Overly Long Name|Overly Long Title]]: some of the Moon Nazi military titles spoof Actual Nazi military titles with glee. One of them is long enough to take a full row in subbing.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: From the recent trailer:

* [[Recycled in Space]]: Nazis, ON THE MOON.

* [[Rescue Romance]]: Washington stops Renate from being blown out into space when he unwittingly opens an airlock door.

* [[Screen Shake]]: In the USS ''George W. Bush'', when fired upon, the entire ship shakes in a way reminiscent of [[Star Trek|another show...]]

* [[Schizo-Tech]]: The Nazis have a secret moon base, flying saucers, GIANT space zeppelins, and Helium-3 fusion power, but they're still using trenchcoats, motorcycles, and MP-40 submachine guns.

*** The creators have been [[Shown Their Work]]; the moon motorcycle runs on biodisel distilled from the waste of a hydroponic greenhouse, and has a separate oxygen tank to allow it work in the vacuum. The [[Ascended Fanon|official explanation]] is the motorcycle engine is converted to run on hydrogen peroxide monopropellant. Peroxide is introduced into the cylinder via a catalytic nozzle, which turns liquid peroxide into superheated steam and replaces the combustion in power stroke. Peroxide is run through hollow cylinder liners which act as regenerative coolant jackets.

*** Also they wear their trenchcoats over pressurized suits.

* [[Secret Weapon]]: In violation of the UN treaties, every major nation turns out to have one or several secret militarized spaceships... [[Self-Deprecation|apart from Finland]].

* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: The Nazis are ''very'' confident in their technological levels.

'''Doktor Richter:''' ''That... is not a computer.'' *[[Gilligan Cut]]* ''[[Funetik Aksent|Zis]] is a computer!'' *Motions to a room-sized Zuse computer* }}

** Justified, provided they are closed community cut from all information about Earth. They missed the invention of transistors, but have Helium-3 (presumably fusion) power-plants and anti-gravity engines. Also, [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Metallic Hydrogen]] ordnance.

* [[Sequel Hook]]: after dealing with Moon Nazis for the entirety of the film, the final shot of the film shows the Moon eclipsing the sun, which slowly pulls back to show an Earth riven by nuclear war, until finally it pulls back far enough that Mars appears at the bottom of screen. Hmm... the [[Dirty Communists|Red]] Planet, huh?

* [[Shout-Out]]: Including

** If you look again closely at the first shot of the Earth fleet, there's a [[Doctor Who|little blue box]] that you might have missed...

** Plenty to [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]], from the ship names to some of the musical themes.

** The scene where {{spoiler|Adler crawls towards Renate who tries to stop the Götterdämmerung}} is accompanied by the shark theme from [[Jaws]].

** The Australian satellite is named the ''[[Crocodile Dundee|Dundee]] [[Crocodile Hunter|Irwin]]''.

* [[Steampunk]]: Having adapted separate from our own technological advancements, the grim, pistons-and-gears approach towards spaceship design, particularly the Götterdämmerung, gives this feel as a stark contrast to the more traditional approach to [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] that Earth has grown with.

* [[Super Breeding Program]]: Brought up by Klaus Adler as a rather unromantic way of telling Renate Richter that he wants her babies.

* [[Sucking-In Lines]]: at least one Earth space laser weapon does that.

* [[Supervillain Lair]]: Schwarze Sonne, a swastika-shaped Nazi base [[Recycled in Space|ON THE MOON]].

* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Wackyer than ever.

* [[Toilet Humor]]: Notice the dove on the teaser poster.

* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: Well, in 2018, to be precise.

* [[Villain Protagonist]]: The comics are told from the Nazis' POV.

* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: The Russian ship, the re-purposed MIR space station, seems to have a giant laser mounted on.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Invoked in one of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeIu1FiTTyI trailers].

* [[Woman Scorned]]: Do not ever piss off Vivian. She even quotes the preceding line of the poem (''Hell hath no fury'').

 

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