The Ice Pirates/Fridge

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  • Fridge Brilliance:
    • At first it may seem odd that pirates and bounty hunters dress as elegantly as the princesses and emperors. But the narrator says, at the very beginning, "Water is the only thing left of value." Gold, jewels, and fine fabrics are probably cheap trinkets in this world, where water is what defines rich from poor.
    • Why the Space Herpe hatched from its egg in the first place: the inventory warned that the egg must be kept away from moisture. The ship is carrying tons of water.
    • No wonder Karina has such a feisty personality; look at the nanny who raised her!
  • Fridge Horror: The audience is glad to see Nanny, Killjoy, and Zeno alive and well at the end, despite having died in the Time Warp. But if everyone who died in the Time Warp is restored to life once the ship is out of it, then that should include the Space Herpe!