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Story arcs available on DVD include:
* "Beyond The Moon" (aka "Beyond The Curtain Of Space")
* "[[Rocky (Film)/Jones, Space Ranger/Recap/Crash of the Moons/Recap|Crash Of The Moons]]"
* "Gypsy Moon" (aka "Rocky's Odyssey")
* "Manhunt In Space"
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* "Silver Needle In The Sky" (aka "Duel In Space")
 
This series has a [[Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (TV)/Recap|recap index]].
 
Other DVD collections featuring various episodes are also available.
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** [[Femme Fatale]]: Cleolanta's not quite evil enough to qualify as [[The Vamp]]. Nonetheless...
** [[Evil Is Sexy]]:
{{quote| '''Cleolanta:''' Rocky Jones, you are presumptuous!<br />
'''Joel:''' And ''you'' are ''numtuous''!! }}
* [[The Chick]]: Vena
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* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Winky is nominally the [[Plucky Comic Relief]]; but when the chips are down, he mops the floor with guys twice his size.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Atlasan; later on, {{spoiler|Cleolanta}}.
{{quote| '''Servo:''' [sarcastically] Oh, suddenly we're ''friends'' now?}}
* [[Future Slang]]: "Sparkling stardust!" "Roaring rockets!" "Jumping satellites!" "Super cosmic!" "Mighty meteor!" "Rattle my rocket reflexes!" and the like. Now with [[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration]] for extra annoying!
* [[Gravity Sucks]]: Surprisingly averted in "Crash of the Moons," in which the bad guys trap spaceships in orbits around their planet.
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: Trinka easily slips past the inattentive guard to reach Rocky and Winky.
** However, it's also subverted later in the episode, when this self-same guard checks in on Winky and Rocky; Winky pretends to be asleep, but the guard can't help but notice that Rocky is missing.
* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]:
{{quote| '''Winky:''' Now for me, let me relax with a little black book and the gay nightlife.<br />
'''Joel:''' Uh... insert joke here. }}
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Atlasan. He'll decry his wife as a traitor to her country, but he won't stand for genocide.
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** [[Two of Your Earth Minutes]]: Averted; apparently, planet Ophecius uses the same Gregorian calendar as <s>the U.S.</s> <s>Earth</s> the United Worlds.
* [[Invisibility Cloak]]: Professor Newton's "Cold Light" device from the "Manhunt in Space" arc.
* [[It Runs Onon Nonsensoleum]]: the aforementioned device works by reversing the principle that mirages are caused by the desert's intense heat ''distorting the light itself''.
* [[Magical Security Cam]]: the so-called "VisioGraph".
* [[The Messiah]]: Trinka, somehow, someway, becomes a spokesperson for her people during the mass exodus. "This is Trinka -- your friend!"
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* [[Space Opera]]
* [[Spider Sense]]: In "Crash Of The Moons". Attributed to the ''baby'', of all people.
{{quote| '''Mrs. Bovarro:''' You know, somehow our baby knew about the Crash of the Moons!"<br />
'''Servo:''' Yeah, everyone's baby is ''so'' smart! }}
* [[Star Trek Shake]]
* [[Stupid Scientist]]: Professor Newton says in the beginning that the moons will not collide. When he learns that he's wrong, he changes his mind very, very quickly.
* [[Locked in Aa Room|Trapped In A Bomb Shelter]]: "Oh, this is like that ''[[Perfect Strangers]]''/''[[Family Ties]]''/''[[Full House]]'' episode where they get locked in the basement!"
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: Bobby
* [[The Federation|The United Worlds]]: But Cleolanta's having no part of that, thank you.
* [[We Will Use Wiki Words in Thethe Future]]: VisioGraph, AstroPhone
 
=== The MST3k presentations of "Manhunt In Space" and "Crash Of The Moons" provide examples of: ===
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Atlasan; Joel and the 'bots call him [[Y: theThe Last Man|"Ampersand"]].
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: While pointing out some of the problems with the film.
{{quote| '''Servo:''' And did you get a load of those really cheap props made to look like bona fide space equipment? Haha...<br />
(Joel and the bots look around)<br />
'''Crow:''' ...Yeah... }}
* [[Noodle Implements]]: From the opening segment with the Mads
{{quote| '''TV's Frank:''' For years now Dr. Forrester has been trying to get me to ''not'' brush after eating! He's tried everything: pleading; scolding; electroshock therapy; attaching a clothespin to my -<br />
'''Dr. Forrester:'' That's enough, Frank. }}
* [[Notable Original Music]]: Tom and Crow's serenade to Gypsy, "Under a Gyp-Gyp-Gypsy Moon", which very nearly degenerates into a [[Bawdy Song]] before Joel pulls the plug.
* [[Techno Babble]]: Crow's latest spec script, inspired by ''Rocky Jones'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'', takes this to extremes, prompting Servo to flip out.
{{quote| '''Servo:''' Why don't you light a match to this stinkburger and never put pen to paper until the mountains crumble into the sea!<br />
'''Joel:''' ...Servo, c'mon; we've got "blankacrükensnorken" sign.<br />
'''Crow (offscreen):''' ''I heard that!'' }}
** Ironic, in that the movie itself contains precious little [[Techno Babble]].
*** Well, except for the explanation of Cold Light. Just as a mirage is caused by hot light, "cold" light makes things invisible! (Mary Jo Pehl: "Well, I can see how tha-''HUH''?!?")
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Cruelly averted with the guys' dissatisfaction with the special effects.
{{quote| '''Joel:''' ''[Disinterested]'' Wow, that's really...really not cool.}}
 
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