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Line 1: {{work}} ~~{{quote box\|~~[[File:Spaceballs-BH-03.jpg\|frame\|Her Royal Highness' Matched Luggage. Never go on a desert trek without it.]]}} ~~[[caption-width-right:350:[-Her Royal Highness' Matched Luggage.<br />Never go on a desert trek without it.-] ]]~~ {{quote\|''"It's easy to spoof a bad movie. A good movie, now that's hard."''\|'''[[~~Mel Brooks (Creator)\|~~Mel Brooks]]'''}} '''''Spaceballs''''' is a [[~~Parody~~ Satire, Parody, Pastiche\|farcical comedy film]] directed by [[~~Mel Brooks (Creator)\|~~Mel Brooks]] which does for [[Science Fiction]] -- especially ''[[~~Star Wars (Franchise)\|~~Star Wars]]'' -- what ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' did for [[The Western]]. Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) -- the [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!\|bold, bossy and beautiful]] heir to the throne of planet Druidia -- [[Runaway Bride\|runs out on her wedding]] before she is officially married to the [[Disposable Fiance\|painfully dull]] [[Meaningful Name\|Prince Valium]] ([[Cue Irony\|Jim J. Bullock]]), the only [[Royal Blood\|eligible bachelor prince]] in her region of space. Once she's in space, however, Vespa and her robot servant [[Punny Name\|Dot Matrix]] (Joan Rivers) soon become the target of the Spaceballs, a group of evildoers -- led by Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and President Skroob (Mel Brooks) -- who plan to ransom her off for access to Druidia's atmosphere (in order [[Planet Looters\|drain it away and use it to replenish their homeworld's own thinning atmosphere]]). Vespa's only hope lies with two mercenaries-for-hire: Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and Barf the Mawg (John Candy), who hope to use the substantial reward offered by Vespa's father for her safe return to pay off debts owed to crime boss Pizza the Hutt (Dom DeLuise). With a little help from wise-cracking mystic Master Yogurt (also Mel Brooks), Lone Starr fights to save Planet Druidia, defeat the Spaceballs, and (maybe) get the girl, too. In reality, the plot's [[Excuse Plot\|a big excuse]] which gives [[~~Mel Brooks (Creator)\|~~Mel Brooks]] a large enough canvas to poke fun at tons of sci-fi tropes. An [[Animated Adaptation]] based on this film -- ''Spaceballs: The Animated Series'' -- was developed a couple of decades later; it languished in [[Development Hell]] for so long, only thirteen episodes were made. G4 eventually gained the rights, but due to said [[Development Hell]], it ended up promoting the show before it was ready. The series didn't air until a year later, and by that point, production had been axed before the first episode ever aired. ---- ~~===~~ {{Tropenamer\|''Spaceballs'': The ~~Tropes~~[[Trope Namer]]! ~~===~~}} * [[Good Is Dumb]]~~: [[Trope Namer]].~~▼ * [[Ludicrous Speed]]~~: [[Trope Namer]].~~▼ {{tropelist\|''Spaceballs'': The Tropes!}} * [[Abandon Ship]]: [[Played for Laughs]]. ''Everybody'' is shown running for the escape pods in the film's climax -- the orchestra, a variety of circus freaks, and even [[Everything Is Worse With Bears\|a bear]] -- but leaving behind Colonel Sandurz, President Skroob, and Dark Helmet. Many of these are part of the capper of a [[Brick Joke]] initiated when Colonel Sandurz orders the cancellation of a three-ring circus and the closing of the zoo aboard ''Spaceball One'' as part of the preparations for [[Ludicrous Speed]]. * [[Acting for Two]]: Mel Brooks himself, playing both Yogurt and President Skroob. * [[Actor Allusion]]: [[Alien (~~Film~~franchise)\|John Hurt]] plays a patron in "Gus's Galaxy Grill" who had [[Chest Burster\|the special.]] * [[Adaptation Decay]]: The [[Animated Adaptation]] was a pretty self-evident money grab and received a rather poor reception from critics and fans. * [[Adventurer Outfit]] * [[Affectionate Parody]]: ''[[~~Star Wars (Franchise)\|~~Star Wars]]'', and [[Science Fiction\|sci-fi]] in general, of course. * [[Alter Kocker]]: Yogurt and Skroob. What, you expect different from Mel Brooks? * [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: The Spaceballs. ''[[Ear Worm\|'Cause what you got is what they need, and all they do is dirty deeds.]]''▼ * [[Amusing Alien]]: Is there an alien in this film who ''isn't''? * [[Arranged Marriage]]: Vespa and Valium. * [[As You Know]]: Spoofed -- Dark Helmet [[Breaking the Fourth Wall\|addresses the audience]] to make sure they're up to speed after an [[Info Dump]] from Colonel Sandurz. {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' Everybody got that?}} * [[At ~~Arms~~Arm's Length]]: Lone Starr and Dark Helmet, during the sword fight. * [[Auto Cannibalism]]: {{spoiler\|Pizza the Hutt gets locked in his limo and eats himself to death, freeing the heroic duo from their debt.}} * [[Banister Slide]]: The three main villains, in order to get to the [[Self -Destruct Mechanism]]'s cancellation button. * [[Beachcombing]]: "Are we being too literal?" "No, you fool, we're following orders. We were told to comb the desert, so we're combing it!" * [[Bedouin Rescue Service]]: The heroes are found and rescued by Yogurt's odd alien disciples. * [[Berserk Button]]. Don't. Shoot. Vespa's. Hair. Do, and you'll be gunned down with a fury that would make [[Rambo]] look like a pussy. * [[Big Bad]]: President Skroob * [[Big No]]: Princess Vespa, when she's threatened with being given her old ugly nose back. * [[Big Red Button]]: That activates ''Spaceball One'''s [[Self -Destruct Mechanism]]; the one that turns it off turns out to be [[Failsafe Failure\|out of order]]: "[[Precision F -Strike\|Fuck!]] Even in the future nothing works!" * [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Cyrillic letters appear in ''Eagle 5'''s targeting scope, including a combination [[Shown Their Work\|that does make perfect sense]] -- "PYOS -- KOT" (Dog -- Cat). * [[Blade Lock]]: Parodied as Lone Starr and Dark Helmet's [[Laser Blade\|Laser Blades]] get twisted around each other: "[[Double Entendre\|I hate it when my Schwartz gets twisted!]]" * [[Blowing a Raspberry]]: Parodied. The Villain exclaims, "There is only one man, who would ''dare'' give me the Raspberry! Lone Starr!" after the hero has jammed the villain's spaceship's radar with... [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|jam]]... [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin\|Raspberry-flavored jam]]. * [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] At one point, the villains believe they've captured Lone Starr, Barf, Vespa, and Dot, only to learn they've mistakenly captured their ''stunt doubles''. Line 47 ⟶ 49: Dark Helmet and Colonel Sandurz watch the movie on video to find out where the heroes are at that moment. ** As President Skroob comes running into the bridge of ''Spaceball One'': {{quote\| '''Skroob:''' ''(panting)'' The ship is too long. If I walk, the movie'll be over.}} : Pretty much half of Yogurt's lines are breaking the fourth wall, with him hocking merchandise for the movie in the middle of the movie! {{quote\| '''Yogurt:''' Here's'' where the ''real'' money from the movie is made!}} : Even his ''last line'' spoken in person gets it: {{quote\| '''Lone Starr:''' Will we ever meet again?~~<br />~~ '''Yogurt:''' Who knows? God willing we'll all meet again in ''Spaceballs Two: The Search For More Money''. }} * [[Brick Joke]]: While preparing for Ludicrous Speed, Sandurz mentions cancelling the three-ring circus and closing the zoo. When it comes time to abandon ship, the crowd includes several circus freaks and a bear. Line 57 ⟶ 59: * [[Butt Monkey]]: For an evil warrior feared the universe over, Lord Dark Helmet seems to have ''very'' unfortunate things happen to him on a near-hourly basis. Just for funsies, here are some examples -- he burns his mouth with coffee in his introductory scene, gets hit in the head with the door of Vespa's car, is sent flying into the front control panel of Spaceball-One when they decelerate from Ludicrous Speed, is found role-playing a liaison between himself and Vespa [[Psychopathic Manchild\|with dolls]], and can't keep his helmet visor up to save his life. And that's ''before'' the climax of the movie. * [[Camera Abuse]]: The camera hits Dark Helmet in the face during a close-up. Later, a cameraman gets slashed during the climactic battle sequence between Lone Starr and Dark Helmet. {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet''': Um, ''he'' did it!~~<br />~~ '''Lone Starr''': '''''What?!''''' }} * [[Camp Gay]]: The "You've captured their stunt doubles" Spaceball guy. ** Played by [[Stephen Tobolowsky]]. * [[Card -Carrying Villain]]: Dark Helmet. * [[Check, Please!]] Delivered by Barf when he collapses in the desert. Delivered by Barf and Lone Starr in stereo after seeing a singing, dancing [[Chest Burster\|chest-burster]] come out of [[Casting Gag\|John Hurt]]. * [[Child Marriage Veto]]: King Roland never has to back off from his demand that his daughter shall marry a prince. Sure the horribly boring Prince Valium was the only prince left in the galaxy, but {{spoiler\|it turns out that the hero is actually also a prince.}} Problem solved. * [[Close -Call Haircut]]: Which proves to be Princess Vespa's [[Berserk Button]]: "He shot my hair... Son of a bitch!" Also coincides with [[My Favorite Shirt]]. * [[Colonel Bogey March]]: ''Dink dink! Dink dink, dink dink, dink, dink dink! Dink dink! Dink dink, dink dink, dink, dink!'' * [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Lone Starr's Schwartz is red-orange, and Dark Helmet's is green, since the ship lasers in ''[[Star Wars]]'' were as well. * [[Composite Character]]: Lonestar is a combination of Luke Skywalker (training in the resident magic source and rivalry with the lead villain) and Han Solo (criminal ties and relationship with furry alien), with the costume design of Indiana Jones. Yogurt is Yoda (name and appearance) and Obi-Wan (training style). Colonel Sandurz represents the various imperial officers that appeared through the movies. * [[The Consigliere]]: Vinny, perhaps, to [[The Don\|Pizza the Hutt]]. * [[Conveniently -Close Planet]]: Lone Star's Winnebago comes out of Hyperspeed and promptly runs out of gas. Cue nearby desert planet to land on. * [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: The Spaceballs threaten to undo Princess Vespa's nose-job and return her nose to its original grotesque size unless the King hands over the access codes to Druidia's planetary defenses. It works. * [[Creator Cameo]]: Co-writer Ronny Graham as the Minister. ~~<!-- %% All Crowning Moments of anything go on their respective subpages. -->~~ * [[Darth Vader Clone]]: Dark Helmet * [[Death Byby Gluttony]]: Pizza the Hutt becomes trapped in his limousine and eventually eats himself to death. * [[Decoy Getaway]] / [[Ninja Prop]]: "You've captured their ''[[Stunt Double\|stunt doubles]]''!" * [[The Determinator]]: Spoofed. {{quote\| '''Lone Starr:''' ''(exhausted and dehydrated)'' Must go on... must go on... must go on... who am I kidding? ''(collapses)''}} * [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: Vespa, until someone [[Berserk Button\|shoots her hair]]. * [[The Don]]: Pizza the Hutt Line 86 ⟶ 87: Lone Starr and Dark Helmet square off with their "Schwartz" lightsabers suggestively held at crotch height. Dark Helmet remarks "Hmm... I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. Now let's see how well you... handle it!" Made even better when they both glance down to check. Also, this line: {{quote\| '''Sandurz:''' It's the Mega-Maid, sir. She's gone from "suck" to "blow"!}} : "Oh, yes, sir. Snotty beamed me twice last night. ''It was wonderful.''" * [[Dramatic Timpani]]: Provided by an actual timpanist, who reappears during the evacuation sequence. * [[The Empire]]: The Spaceballs, though apparently technically a republic, being led by a President and not a monarch. * [[Entitled Bastard]]: The princess start out this way. She gets over it pretty quickly, however... {{spoiler\|She kinda lost the attitude along with the matched luggage.}} * [[Ermine Cape Effect]]: The king of Druidia is always wearing his [[Requisite Royal Regalia\|crown and ermine robes]]. * [[~~Everythings~~Everything's Better ~~With~~with Princesses]]: Vespa * [[~~Everythings~~Everything's Worse ~~With~~with Bears]]: One takes the last escape pod on ''Spaceball One'', much to the President's dismay. ▲* [[~~Always Chaotic~~Exclusively Evil]]: The Spaceballs. ''[[Ear Worm\|'Cause what you got is what they need, and all they do is dirty deeds.]]'' * [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]] * [[Fake Static]]: Barf uses this ploy to make King Roland promise a million space bucks to rescue Princess Vespa. Note that he wasn't pretending to lose picture to get away from the conversation as is standard of this trope, but rather as a way of saying "I'm losing interest in this deal." * [[Fanfare]]: Can't be a parody of ''Star Wars'' without one. * [[Faster -Than -Light Travel]]: Light Speed < Ridiculous Speed < [[Ludicrous Speed]]. Somewhere in there is presumably "Hyperactive", courtesy of ''Eagle 5'''s Hyper-Jets. * [[Fast -Forward Gag]]: This trope leads to another gag involving the villains watching themselves. * [[Foe Yay]] / [[Ho Yay]] Lord Helmet playing with a Princess Vespa doll says to the Lord Helmet doll, "Oh, your helmet is SO big!" Later, he and Lonestar are comparing the size of their... um... schwartzes. * [[Glasses Pull]]: Of a kind. Dark Helmet pulls the mask down over his face whenever he wants to be scary and dramatic, and pops it up when he starts expressing exasperation or confusion. Or when he realizes he can't breathe in that thing. ▲* [[Good Is Dumb]]: [[Trope Namer]]. * [[Greasy Spoon]] * [[Groin Attack]]: Dark Helmet's preferred use of his Schwartz powers is to force-choke the nads of subordinates who [[You Have Failed Me...\|fail him]]. Or annoy him. ("You went over my ''helmet''?") After the first time, they start [[Oh Crap\|covering themselves]] immediately when he gets angry. * [[Half -Human Hybrid]]: [[Non -Human Sidekick]] Barf: "I'm a mawg; I'm half-man, half-dog. I'm my own best friend!" * [[Have a Nice Death]]: Self-Destruct Voice: "Have a nice day." * [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"]] / [[Unfortunate Names]] Gunner's Mate First Class Philip Asshole. Not to mention his cousin, Major Asshole, who [[Nepotism\|got him the job]]. {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' How many Assholes we got on this ship, anyhow?~~<br />~~ '''Entire crew:''' ''(everyone stands up and [[Call Back\|covers their crotch]])'' '''YO!'''~~<br />~~ '''Dark Helmet:''' [[I Knew It!]]! I'm [[Surrounded Byby Idiots\|surrounded by Assholes!]]~~<br />~~ ''([[Beat]])''~~<br />~~ '''Dark Helmet:''' ''(pulls helmet mask down)'' Keep firing, Assholes! }} * [[Hospital Hottie]]: The assistant to the plastic surgeon brought in by Helmet when he threatens to give Vespa her old nose. {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' I bet she gives great [[Does This Remind You of Anything?\|helmet]].}} * [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: Spoofed. {{quote\| '''Colonel Sandurz:''' No, sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!}} * [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: It's a Mel Brooks film. It's the standard humor. When you say you're going to comb the desert, out come the oversized prop combs. Line 128 ⟶ 129: "Radar... about to be... ''jammed''!" ** "There's only one man who would ''dare'' give me the raspberry!" * [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You]]: "Pizza is gonna send out for YOU!" * [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha]]: Mega-Maid. {{quote\| '''Barf:''' Wow! Not only is it a spaceship, it's a ''[[~~Transformers (Franchise)\|~~Transformers]]!''}} * [[Keep the Reward]]: Lone Starr is promised a million spacebucks for the return of Princess Vespa, which was the exact amount he owed to Pizza the Hutt, who later dies offscreen. Near the end, Vespa laments how greedy Lone Starr was in taking the money anyway and leaving, only for her father to point out that he only took 248 spacebucks for food, gas, and tolls. Unfortunately, the King kind of forgets that Lone Star asked him not to tell her... * [[Kicking Ass in All Her Finery]]: Vespa, while still in her dress, is handed a gun. She refuses to use it until her hair is singed. Then she goes "good enough for [[Rambo]]" by mowing down a line of Spaceballs. * [[The Kingdom]]: Druidia * [[Laser Blade]]: Used in the climactic battle. {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' And I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!}} * [[Lawful Stupid]]: Lone Starr. [[Harry Potter (~~Literature~~novel)\|Don't ever trust something if you can't see where it keeps its brain!]] Dark Helmet even lampshades this (naming a trope in the process) after {{spoiler\|stealing the [[Magic Feather\|Ring of the Schwartz]] from Lone Starr}}: {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' Evil will always triumph because [[Good Is Dumb]].}} * [[Leave the Camera Running]]: The intro, which pans over ''Spaceball One'' for about ninety seconds. Heck, [[Musical Gag\|even the orchestra gets tired of it]]. * [[Left the Background Music On]]: Timpani player! Line 142 ⟶ 144: * [[Lightning Bruiser]]: ''Spaceball One'' is (of the three we see to any degree) not only the most heavily armed, but also the fastest, if [[Ludicrous Speed]] counts for anything. * [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: "Now listen: on this ship, you are to refer to me as 'Idiot', not 'You captain!' I mean, you know what I mean." So much for Lone Starr always being right. * [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Spoofed:▼ ▲* [[Ludicrous Speed]]: [[Trope Namer]]. {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's FORMER ROOMMATE!~~<br />~~▼ ▲* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: Spoofed: '''Lone Starr:''' ... What's that make us?!~~<br />~~▼ ▲{{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's FORMER ROOMMATE!<br /> ▲'''Lone Starr:''' ... What's that make us?!<br /> '''Dark Helmet:''' Absolutely nothing. ''Which is what YOU are about to become.'' }} * [[Made of Good]]: "Liquid Schwartz", concentrated Schwartz that Yogurt leaves in Lone Star's glove compartment to give the craft a [[Nitro Boost]]. ~~<!-- %% Yes, we flipping know this could refer to Lone Starr. You aren't the first person to think of the joke and you won't be the last, so please take your natter where someone cares. -->~~ * [[Magic Feather]]: The Schwartz Ring Lone Starr gets from Yogurt. {{quote\| '''Yogurt:''' That ring was bupkis! I found it in a Cracker-Jack box!}} * [[Matron Chaperone]]: Dot Matrix has this as one of her functions, even if she's actually not older than Princess Vespa. {{quote\| '''Dot:''' That was my Virgin Alarm. It's programmed to go off before you do!}} * [[May the Farce Be ~~With~~with You]]: Widely held to be the [[Most Triumphant Example]]. The DVD case actually uses the exact phrase "May the Farce be with you" as a tagline. * [[Meaningful Name]]: Prince Valium. '''''Yawn.''''' * [[The Merch]]: Beautifully parodied. Taken one step further by some of it clearly being ''[[~~Transformers (Franchise)\|~~Transformers]]'' merchandise with ''Spaceballs'' stickers on them. The Merch helps the baddies find Lone Starr and company, and it's [[Brick Joke\|everywhere]] [[Funny Background Event\|if you look for it]]. Sadly there was no real life Merch for ''Spaceballs'', because of an agreement between Mel Brooks and George Lucas. * [[Misaimed Marketing]]: [[In-Universe]]: "Spaceballs: The Toilet Paper" [[Kill It ~~With~~with Fire]]: "Spaceballs "[[Borscht Belt\|dah]] '''[[Borscht Belt\|FLAMETHROWAH!!]]'''" {{quote\| '''Yogurt:''' [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~It's Not for Kids?\|The kids love this one!]]}} * [[Moment Killer]]: Damn that Dot Matrix and her virgin alarm.... * [[Mook Lieutenant]]: Colonel Sandurz * [[Moses in ~~The~~the ~~Bullrushes~~Bulrushes]]: As luck would have it, Lone Starr is really a prince who was sent off, [[~~Superman (Franchise)\|~~Superman]] style, complete with [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]. * [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]: "Meet Dr. Schlotkins, the best cosmetic surgeon in the entire universe and Beverly Hills." * [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That]]: The Virgin Alarm. "It's programmed to go off before ''you'' do!" * [[Nerd in ~~Evils~~Evil's Helmet]]: Dark Helmet. The surprise came to the audience only, since his staff already knew him (and was used to pretending they don't know he's playing with dolls). * [[Nitro Boost]]: Liquid Schwartz. * [[Nobody Calls Me Chicken]] {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' What's a matter, [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|Colonel Sandurz? ''Chicken?'']]}} * [[No Fourth Wall]]: Among other things (see [[Camera Abuse]] and [[As You Know]] above), the bad guys manage to track down the good guys by watching ''Spaceballs: The Movie'' on VHS. * [[Non Sequitur Thud]] ** After ''Spaceball One'' comes out of [[Ludicrous Speed]] and Dark Helmet takes a header into computer terminal and smashes the terminal, his head, and his helmet: {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' Why don't we take a five-minute break? Smoke if you got 'em! ''(thud)''}} : Barf does it on the desert planet: "Oh waiter... [[Check, Please!]]!" ''(thud)'' * [[The Obi -Wan]]: Yogurt, who is pretty much Yoda as a crusty-but-lovable Yiddish guy. * [[One -Scene Wonder]]: The hilarious radio operator, played by the peerless [[Michael Winslow]], "The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects". ** An honorable mention has to be given to [[John Hurt]] for his "Oh no, not again!" [[Chest Burster]] scene. * [[Only in It For ~~The~~the Money]]: Lone Starr provides the page quote. * [[Overly Long Gag]]: At the beginning of the movie, panning across ''Spaceball One''. [[Musical Gag\|Even the orchestra gets annoyed.]] * [[Overused Running Gag]]: Lampshaded: {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' Why are you preparing? You're always preparing! Just go!}} * [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]: 1-2-3-4-5. {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing [[Too Dumb to Live\|an idiot would have on his luggage!]]~~<br />~~ ''(later)''~~<br />~~ '''Skroob:''' 1-2-3-4-5? [[Ironic Echo\|That's amazing]]! [[Strange Minds Think Alike\|I've got the same combination on my luggage!]] }} :: Complete with a [[Meaningful Glance]] between Helmet and Sandurz. * [[Planet Looters]]: The Spaceballs. * [[Precision F -Strike]]: {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' [[Failsafe Failure\|"Out of order"?!]] '''FUCK!''' Even in the future nothing works!}} * [[Pressure Point]]: {{quote\| '''Lone Starr:''' ''(sneaks up behind a guard and grabs his neck)''~~<br />~~ '''Guard:''' ''(pause)'' What the hell are you doing?~~<br />~~ '''Lone Starr:''' ... the Vulcan neck pinch?~~<br />~~ '''Guard:''' No, no, stupid. You've got it much too high, it's more down here where the shoulder meets the neck!~~<br />~~ '''Lone Starr:''' Like this?~~<br />~~ '''Guard:''' Yeah! ''(collapses)''~~<br />~~ '''Lone Starr:''' Thanks. }} * [[Prince Charmless]]: Prince Valium * [[Product Placement]] Parodied. After issuing a denial regarding his planet's air crisis, President Skroob surreptitiously reaches into his desk drawer for a can of refreshing [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|Perri-air]]. Lone Starr has a ''[[~~Space Invaders (Video Game)\|~~Space Invaders]]'' pinball machine on-board his Winnebago. * [[Put Off Their Food]]: At the end of the movie, when a diner patron who ate the Alien Surprise starts moaning in pain, another character who ordered the same thing quickly changes his order. * [[Rage Helm]]: Dark Helmet, in an over-the-top parody of Vader. Line 207 ⟶ 208: * [[Recursive Reality]]: The villains put a video of their own movie, and go to the scene where they are watching it, seeing an infinite number of themselves watching themselves. * [[Recycled in Space]]: Parodied relentlessly, with the ''Millennium Falcon'' equivalent being a literal Winnebago with wings -- [[Lampshaded]] when Spaceball guards call it exactly that -- and the currency being "space bucks", among other examples. Especially funny near the end, with the actual ''Millennium Falcon'' and the Winnebago both stopping for gas, IN SPACE! * [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Subverted with the baby [[Alien (~~Film~~franchise)\|xenomorph]]. * [[Ridiculous Future Sequelisation]]: ''Spaceballs'' features a trailer for ''Rocky 5000''. * [[Ring of Power]]: Subverted, save for the lightsaber part... maybe. * [[Robot Buddy]]: Dot Matrix, Princess Vespa's [[Robot Maid\|robot hand-maid]]. Line 220 ⟶ 221: * [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: President [[Mel Brooks\|Skroob]]. Close enough, anyway. * [[See the Whites of Their Eyes]]: "Radar about to be... jammed!" * [[Sequel Snark]]: Yogurt jokes that he and Lone Starr will meet again in ''Spaceballs 2: the Search for More Money'', as part of the movie's [[Running Gag]] about [[Merchandise -Driven\|merchandising]]. No sequel has been made, though an animated series had a short run in the mid 2000s * [[Share the Male Pain]]: Because Dark Helmet is a master of the [[Groin Attack]]. {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' I always have coffee before watching radar. You know that!~~<br />~~ '''Colonel Sandurz:''' Yes, sir!~~<br />~~ '''Dark Helmet:''' ''(to crew)'' Everybody knows that!~~<br />~~ '''Crew:''' ''(in unison, covering their crotches)'' Of course we do, sir! }} :: If you pay attention to this exchange you can see the Spaceball behind Dark Helmet anticipate the line and move his hands early. * [[Shout -Out]]: By the dozens. A specific mention is probably deserved by the wonderfully insane combined reference to ''[[Alien (~~Film~~franchise)\|Alien]]'' (complete with [[John Hurt]] and [[Sigourney Weaver]]) and ''[[One Froggy Evening]]''. And of course, the [[Overly Long Gag\|single longest gag in the film]], the opening establishing shot of ''Spaceball One'', is a [[Shout -Out]] to the shot of the Star Destroyer in ''[[~~Star Wars (Franchise)\|~~Star Wars]]: [[A New Hope ~~(Film)~~\|Episode IV]]''. ** [[Planet of the Apes\|"Spaceballs?!" "Oh, shit. There goes the planet."]] * [[Sigil Spam]]: Overlaps with the various merchandising jokes, since "Spaceballs" is both the name of the movie and the name of the villains. * [[Skip to ~~The~~the End]]: It boils down to "the short ''short'' version", thanks to the impatient priest annoyed at the constant interruptions. {{quote\| '''Priest:''' Do you?~~<br />~~ '''Vespa:''' Yes.~~<br />~~ '''Priest:''' Do you?~~<br />~~ '''{{spoiler\|Lone Starr:}}''' I do.~~<br />~~ '''Priest:''' Good! You're married! Kiss Her! }} * [[Skirts and Ladders]]: Between Dot Matrix and Barf. "Stop looking up my can!" Line 242 ⟶ 243: * [[Sorry to Interrupt]] / [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: "No, sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!" * [[Space Based Weapon Has Cutoff Range]]: Especially the scene when Spaceball One is chasing Princess Vespa's car. * [[Space Jews]]: "Funny, She Doesn't Look Druish!" Mel Brooks has said the only reason that the planet in ''Spaceballs'' is named Druidia is so he could throw in the line about a "Druish Princess". Plus plenty of more scenes. That's OK because Mel Brooks has [[N -Word Privileges]]. * [[Space Trucker]]: Lone Star driving a Winnebago through space. * [[Spit Take]]: The Mr. Coffee scene. "Hot... too hot!" * [[Spontaneous Weapon Creation]]: It's possible that this is how Schwartz weapons work. Yogurt claims that the rings from which they appear to come are really a [[Magic Feather]]. Line 249 ⟶ 250: * [[Streaming Stars]]: Parodied when ''Spaceballs One'' goes to Ludicrous Speed. "They've gone to ''plaid''!" * [[Strange Minds Think Alike\|Stupid Minds Think Alike]]: "That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!" * [[Stupid Evil]]: True, [[Good Is Dumb\|Good may be dumb]], but Evil is ''dumber''. * [[Stupidest Thing ~~Ive~~I've Ever Heard]]: Via Dark Helmet: "That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!" and [[Ironic Echo\|it turns out that's the combination of President Skroob's luggage]]. * [[Suddenly -Suitable Suitor]]: {{spoiler\|Lone Starr discovers that his pendant is actually a birth certificate proving he's a Prince -- making a marriage between himself and Vespa suddenly fine.}} * [[Surprisingly -Sudden Death]]: Parodied with the restaurant scene when Kane starts coughing and goes into convulsions, followed by a chestburster... which dons a top hat and cane and sings "Hello My Baby" in the voice of Michigan J. Frog. [[John Hurt]] [[Actor Allusion\|reprises his role]] from the original ''[[Alien (~~Film~~franchise)\|Alien]]'', [[Lampshade Hanging\|lampshaded]] by his muttered, "[[Oh, No, Not Again\|Oh no, not again!]]" * [[Surrounded Byby Idiots]]: "I knew it! I'm surrounded by Assholes!" * [[Technology Marches On]] VHS? What is this VHS videotape you speak of? Instant cassettes. They're out before the movie is finished. * [[Teleporter Accident]]: President Skroob winds up with his head on backwards after being beamed into {{spoiler\|the next room}}. Beaming him back undoes it. * [[Theme Tune Rap]]: ''[[Ear Worm\|'Cause what you got is what we need and all we do is dirty deeds, we're the SPACEBALLS!]]'' Doubles as [[~~Crowning~~Awesome Music ~~of Awesome~~ (Sugar Wiki)\|Crowning Music of Awesome]]. * [[Title: the Adaptation]]: Lampooned, in all its adaptations. * [[Time Travel Tense Trouble]]: Happens during the aforementioned scene where Helmet and Sandurz are viewing ''Spaceballs: The Movie''. {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' When will "then" be "now"?~~<br />~~ '''Col. Sandurz:''' Soon. }} * [[Too Dumb to Live]]: The entire Spaceball race. Dark Helmet implies that President Skroob is responsible for their atmosphere being squandered: {{quote\| '''President Skroob:''' Planet Druidia, 10,000 years of fresh air!~~<br />~~ '''Dark Helmet:''' ''(whispers, to Sandurz)'' The way he runs things, it won't last 100. }} * [[Transforming Mecha]]: ''Spaceball One'''s transformation into Mega-Maid, featuring one of the best commentary moments ever: {{quote\| '''Colonel Sandurz:''' Prepare for metamorphosis!~~<br />~~ '''Dark Helmet:''' Ready, Kafka?~~<br />~~ '''Mel Brooks:''' ''(commentary)'' Why did I write that joke? It's a bad joke. }} * [[Tsundere]]: Princess Vespa, [[Defrosting Ice Queen\|in the original sense]]. Line 273 ⟶ 275: Lone Starr's Winnebago has seen better days. And then there's the issue of that non-functional self-destruct cancellation on ''Spaceball One''... {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' FUCK! Even in the future, nothing works!!!}} * [[Vader Breath]]: Spoofed. It sounds like he's having trouble breathing because ''he is''. * [[Visual Pun]]: Again, too many to count. ** From "jamming" the radar: {{quote\| '''Dark Helmet:''' There's only one man would ''dare'' give me the raspberry... ''(flips down helmet; menacingly)'' [[Say My Name\|LONE STARR!]]}} : To "[[Beachcombing\|combing]]" the desert: {{quote\| '''Colonel Sandurz:''' Sir, are you sure we aren't being too literal?~~<br />~~ '''Dark Helmet:''' No, you fool; the president told us to comb the desert, so we're combing it. }} ** Plus when Lone Starr calls for Barf for the first time. By the way Lone Starr speaks and rocks, he looks like he really is going to vomit. * [[Villainous Crush]]: Dark Helmet seems to harbor one for Princess Vespa from what one could tell from the doll scene. * [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: Gets a [[Lampshade Hanging]] -- "That's all we needed... a [[Does This Remind You of Anything?\|Druish Princess]]!" * [[Why Waste a Wedding?]]: Valium out, {{spoiler\|Lone Starr}} in. * [[Your Size May Vary\|Your Spacecraft's Size May Vary]]: Mega-Maid, who at first starts off as big enough for a starship to enter its "ear canal," then shrinks, but still big enough for a Spaceball to slide out its nostril. * [[You Taste Delicious]]: Literally, since Vinnie starts picking up parts of his boss, Pizza the Hutt. [[Lampshade Hanging\|He even says those]] [[Exact Words]]. Later, {{spoiler\|Pizza the Hutt eats himself to death after getting trapped in his limo, freeing up the duo's debt.}} ---- {{quote\| ''If you can read this, you don't need glasses.''}} {{reflist}} Line 294 ⟶ 296: [[Category:Prime Focus]] [[Category:Illusion Arts]] [[Category:~~Spaceballs~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Films of the 1980s]] [[Category:Cult Classic]]