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Line 2: [[File:Space_Thunder_Kids.jpg\|frame\|[[Covers Always Lie\|This cover is the best thing about it.]]]] Those of you who are familiar with Joseph Lai's body of work, this is ''Thunder Kids <big>[[In Space\|IN SPACE]]</big>''. A very, very bad [[Humongous Mecha]] pseudo-anime released in 1991 about three children (or three teams with three children each depending on how you interpret it) that can pilot giant robots trying to defeat the [[Big Bad]] and his army: the Dark Empire. There are also some [[Space Opera]] elements thrown in with advanced space stations and dogfights going on in space.▼ This decidedly weird animated film is a result of Joseph Lai buying South Korean cartoons on the cheap and [[Macekre\|editing them to make "new" features]]. The result is a benchmark case of [[They Just Didn't Care]] and [[Cut and Paste Translation]] after putting all the different shows together.▼ ▲Those of you who are familiar with Joseph Lai's body of work, this is Thunder Kids <big>[[In Space\|IN SPACE]]</big>. A very, very bad [[Humongous Mecha]] pseudo-anime released in 1991 about three children (or three teams with three children each depending on how you interpret it) that can pilot giant robots trying to defeat the [[Big Bad]] and his army: the Dark Empire. There are also some [[Space Opera]] elements thrown in with advanced space stations and dogfights going on in space. ▲This decidedly weird animated film is a result of Joseph Lai buying South Korean cartoons on the cheap and editing them to make "new" features. The result is a benchmark case of [[They Just Didn't Care]] and [[Cut and Paste Translation]] after putting all the different shows together. This "film" was edited with footage from ''Savior of the Earth'', ''Defenders of Space - Phoenix-bot Phoenix King'', ''King Robot'', ''Protectors of Universe - Super Express Mazinger 7'', ''Solar Adventure'', ''[[Space Transformers]] - Micro-Commando Diatron-5'', ''Super Mazinger 3'' and ''Iron Man Trio''. All of these aforementioned movies also ripoff other anime like [[Mazinger Z]] (and all but the last were separately dubbed by Joseph Lai as well). Line 11 ⟶ 10: [http://www.archive.org/details/SpaceThunderKids Download it in its entirety here], [[Bile Fascination\|if you dare]]. Has nothing to do with ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]''{{'}}s [[Finishing Move]]. {{tropelist}} * [[Aborted Arc]]: A lot of these. Or are there? Thanks to the constant Art Shifting, it is rather hard to tell what is and what isn't supposed to be there. * [[All There in the Manual]]: It's a good thing the back of the cover describes the ~~ENTIRE~~''entire'' movie for us, from start to finish, because otherwise we'd never know what we were watching. Apparently somewhere ~~inbetween~~in between the hour and a half of tanks and explosions is the plot about saving a scientist. * [[Non Sequitur Episode]] * [[Child Soldiers]]: The main characters. * [[Covers Always Lie]]: None of the characters on the cover are actually featured in the movie. * [[Cut and Paste Translation]]: Definitely a lot of these. The same characters changes their appearance completely from scene to scene. * [[Decoy Protagonist]]: Who the hell are the space thunder kids? There is a random focus on ~~atleast~~at least three different space travelling groups, but none of them do anything of importance, and none of them ever last longer than a scene or two. Eventually it becomes impossible to discern who's supposed to be the bad guys and who are the heroes, because all the ships look the same. * [[Detail-Hogging Cover]]: If only the movie looked that good... * [[The Empire]]: The forces of Earth are supposedly fighting one. Line 35 ⟶ 34: * [[Plagiarism]]: Hoo boy, where to begin... Phoenix King is Inferno from ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' with some more [[Super Robot]]-y bits stuck on. As mentioned in the ''[[Space Transformers]]'' article, Diatron is really a robot with the name "Machine Buffalo" from the Pre-Transformers ''Diaclone'' ~~toyline~~toy line. Interestingly, this & the original film are its only animated appearances, since aside from the toys that were adapted into Transformers, ''Diaclone'' never got a proper anime. The various "Mazingers" that, well, aren't. Then Savior of the Earth, ~~which~~who is just [[Tron]], comes in out of nowhere. ** And that's just a few of many, many examples... * [[Space Does Not Work That Way]]: The various animators apparently have never paid attention in science class. Line 48 ⟶ 47: ** The tanks. * [[Who Is This Guy Again?]]: Try, just ''try'' to keep track of ''anyone'' in this movie as they come and go. * [[YouTube Poop]]: Poop-makers claim that this movie was basically [[Older Than They Think\|~~YouTubePoop~~YouTube Poop before ~~YouTubePoop~~YouTube Poop existed]]. {{reflist}} Line 56 ⟶ 55: [[Category:Animation]] [[Category:Space Thunder Kids]] [[Category:Film]]