History Animation / SpaceThunderKids

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* CutAndPasteTranslation: Definitely a lot of these. The same characters changes their appearance completely from scene to scene.

** Phoenix King is Inferno from ''TransformersGenerationOne'' with some more SuperRobot-y bits stuck on.

** Then Savior of the Earth, which is just [[Film/{{Tron}} Tron]], comes in out of nowhere.

* SpaceIsAnOcean: [[TheyJustDidntCare Inverted, Averted, Subverted, Played Straight, Zigzagged, and Hung Out To Dry.]] The movie[[CutAndPasteTranslation s]] can't decide whether or not this trope is in play. Some points even have spaceships that are [[BlatantLies totally absolutely not]] SpaceBattleshipYamato, and at one point, speeds are called out in ''knots''. Not even hundreds or thousands of knots, as would be the case for spaceships if they didn't just use [=MpH/KpH=] to begin with, but tens of knots, as if they were going at nautical speeds. Other parts have (by this movie's exceedingly lax standards) passingly realistic space motion.

* WhoIsThisGuyAgain: Try, just ''try'' to keep track of ''anyone'' in this movie as they come and go.

* HeyItsThatGuy: As soon as you saw the words "Joseph Lai Presents:"; Yes, it's the same Joseph Lai who was Godfrey Ho's partner in crime during their very prolific 80s tenure as Hong Kong schlock-meisters.

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'', ''Animation/SpaceTransformers - Micro-Commando Diatron-5'', ''Super Mazinger 3'' and ''Iron Man Trio''. All of the aforementioned movies are also ripoffs of other anime like ''MazingerZ'' (and all but the last were separately dubbed by Joseph Lai as well).

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'', ''SpaceTransformers - Micro-Commando Diatron-5'', ''Super Mazinger 3'' and ''Iron Man Trio''. All of the aforementioned movies are also ripoffs of other anime like ''MazingerZ'' (and all but the last were separately dubbed by Joseph Lai as well).

** As mentioned in the ''SpaceTransformers'' article, Diatron is really a robot with the name "Machine Buffalo" from the Pre-Transformers ''Diaclone'' toyline. 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.

* RecycledInSpace: Around the same time, Lai had produced movies entitled [[GodfreyHoNinjaMovies "Thunder Ninja Kids".]] Presumably this work's title is referencing that. It's fitting: given the subpar CutAndPasteTranslation treatment, it could ''almost'' be the GodfreyHoNinjaMovies [-ANIMATED! IN SPACE!-]

* SpaceIsAnOcean: [[TheyJustDidntCare Inverted, Averted, Subverted, Played Straight, Zigzagged, and Hung Out To Dry.]] The movie[[CutAndPasteTranslation s]] can't decide whether or not this trope is in play. Some points even have spaceships that are [[BlatantLies totally absolutely not]] SpaceBattleship Yamato, and at one point, speeds are called out in ''knots''. Not even hundreds or thousands of knots, as would be the case for spaceships if they didn't just use [=MpH/KpH=] to begin with, but tens of knots, as if they were going at nautical speeds. Other parts have (by this movie's exceedingly lax standards) passingly realistic space motion.

* RecycledInSpace: Around the same time, Lai had produced movies entitled [[GodfreyHoNinjaMovies "Thunder Ninja Kids".]] Presumably this work's title is referencing that. As well as that, the concept is close to the GodfreyHoNinjaMovies [[-animated, in space!-]]

* RecycledInSpace: Around the same time, Lai had produced movies entitled [[GodfreyHoNinjaMovies "Thunder Ninja Kids".]] Presumably this work's title is referencing that. As well as that, the concept is close to the GodfreyHoNinjaMovies [-animated, in space!-]

Those of you who are familiar with Joseph Lai's body of work, this is Thunder Kids [-{{IN SPACE}}-]. A very, very bad HumongousMecha 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 BigBad and his army: the Dark Empire. There are also some SpaceOpera elements thrown in with advanced space stations and dogfights going on in space.

* [[BizarroEpisode Bizarro Movie]]

* [[WidgetSeries Wicket Series]]: A special case, in that it's a Weird Korean Thing assembled from half a dozen or more ''other'' Weird Korean Things.

** Then Savior of the Earth, which is just {{Tron}}, comes in out of nowhere.

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'', ''SpaceTransformers - Micro-Commando Diatron-5'', ''Super Mazinger 3'' and ''Iron Man Trio''. All of these aforementioned movies also ripoff other anime like MazingerZ (and all but the last were separately dubbed by Joseph Lai as well).

[[http://www.archive.org/details/SpaceThunderKids Download it in its entirety here]], [[BileFascination if you dare]].

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!!Examples:

* AbortedArc: 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.
* AllThereInTheManual: It's a good thing the back of the cover describes the ENTIRE movie for us, from start to finish, because otherwise we'd never know what we were watching. Apparently somewhere inbetween the hour and a half of tanks and explosions is the plot about saving a scientist.

* CoversAlwaysLie: None of the characters on the cover are actually featured in the movie.

* DecoyProtagonist: Who the hell are the space thunder kids? There is a random focus on atleast 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.

* EpicFlail: Some of the giant robots of the Dark Emperor fight with these in space, [[SpaceFriction Newton's laws be damned.]]

* OffModel: Notable instances include pulling someone ''through'' the windscreen of a jeep, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-Hi755Rb4&feature=related face one of the heroes makes]], the lip flaps, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voaK8wL3vz4 tanks tanks tankstankstanks]]...

** Then Savior of the Earth, which is just {{Tron}} comes in out of nowhere.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: Inverted; the '[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPIR_S1Zrcc trailer]]' found online? The repeated exclamations of ''SPACE THUNDER KIDS''? That's in the actual ''film''.

* YouTubePoop: Poop-makers claim that this movie was basically [[OlderThanTheyThink YouTubePoop before YouTubePoop existed]].

* BLAMEpisode

** As mentioned in the ''SpaceTransformers'' article, Diatron is really a robot with the rather silly ([[YourMileageMayVary or awesome]]) name "Machine Buffalo" from the Pre-Transformers ''Diaclone'' toyline. 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.

[[http://www.archive.org/details/SpaceThunderKids Download it in its entirety here, if you dare]].

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* {{Padding}}: The tanks.
** Just about every explosion, strike, and conversation are repeated several times in a row as if Joseph Lai was desperately trying to stretch out this mess to feature-length. At one point, for instance, a Dark Empire ship that is [[{{Plagiarism}} TOTALLY NOT]] the ''[[UchuuSenkanYamato Yamato]]'' is shot, and goes up in a massive explosion... for ''twenty seconds straight.''

* HoYay: The evil general looks like he is on the verge of tears from a broken heart during the scene where he orders the execution of his green skinned colleague. War is hell indeed...