History Film / ThePhantomMenace

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Qui-Gon opts to jump on the Queen's ship and run from the fight on Tatooine rather than stick around and finish it. Justified, as he recognizes Maul as a Sith and needs to report it to the Council as quickly as possible.

** One of the members of Captian Panaka's squad is named [[VideoGame/FinalFantasy Cid]]. This was done in response to Square Enix having recurring characters named Biggs and Wedge.

* SameLanguageDub: Darth Maul's voice is dubbed by Peter Serafinowicz (Ray Park's real, fairly higher voice can be heard as Toad in ''Film/XMen1''- - not scary at all).

[[caption-width-right:350:[-'''Obi-Wan Kenobi:''' I have a ''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck bad feeling]]'' [[HereWeGoAgain about this]].\\

** Every unit in the droid army malfunctions as soon as the control ship explodes.

[[caption-width-right:350:[-'''Obi-Wan Kenobi:''' I have a bad feeling about this.\\

Three decades before [[Film/ANewHope the destruction of the Death Star]], a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt]] [[MegaCorp corporate conglomerate]] known as the Trade Federation blockades the small, peaceful planet of Naboo in protest of rising taxes. Hoping to settle things peacefully, the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic sends the [[OldMaster Jedi Master]] Qui-Gon Jinn (Creator/LiamNeeson) and his [[TheApprentice apprentice]] Obi-Wan Kenobi (Creator/EwanMcGregor) to act as negotiators.

Under pressure from their [[GreaterScopeVillain sinister backer]], the Trade Federation's envoys attack the Jedi and invade Naboo, forcing the Jedi to flee the planet with its young leader, [[TheLeader Queen Amidala]] (Creator/NataliePortman). Hoping to petition the Galactic Senate for aid, they set out on a journey to the Republic's capital -- in the process encountering a young boy named Anakin Skywalker (Creator/JakeLloyd), who is [[TheChosenOne unnaturally strong in the Force]]...

** Ben Burtt and Rick [=McCallum=] appear as Naboo dignitaries at the end of the film.

*** Although it's implied Palpatine, PlayingBothSides as always, arranged for this as well.

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* ImportantHaircut: At the victory parade on Naboo at the end of the film, Anakin has cut his bowl cut hair short with a braid behind his right ear, signifying him as Obi-Wan's padawan.

* AlwaysABiggerFish: TropeNamer. Qui-Gon says this as he goes along with Obi-Wan and Jar Jar to travel in a bongo sub through the watery core of Naboo, and are saved from a predator by another bigger predator twice in a row.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:'''Obi-Wan Kenobi:''' I have a bad feeling about this.\\

'''Obi-Wan Kenobi:''' It's not about the mission, Master. It's something... elsewhere. Elusive.]]-]

JustForFun/TheOneWith Jar Jar Binks.