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** Similar to the South Park version, in ClerksTheAnimatedSeries, Randall plays a game about being a slave building pyramids, and then is recruited to do the same. Unfortunately for Randall, pushing bricks on screen and IRL are vastly different things.
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** Similar to the South Park version, in ClerksTheAnimatedSeries, Randall an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'', Randal plays a game about being a slave building pyramids, and then is recruited to do the same. Unfortunately for Randall, Randal, pushing bricks on screen and IRL are vastly different things.
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* ChannelHop: The film was produced by Creator/{{Lorimar}} (more known for their TV shows than films) and originally distributed by Creator/{{Universal}}. Lorimar was purchased by Creator/WarnerBros in 1989, and they now have TV and international rights, while Universal still has theatrical and home media rights.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: There have been talks of remaking, rebooting, or making a sequel to ''The Last Starfighter'' for years, but legal red tape has caused setbacks, as Universal, Warner Bros., and screenwriter Jonathan Beutel all claim to hold rights to the property. Creator/SethRogen tried to secure those rights but ended up doing a SpiritualSuccessor series, ''Series/FutureMan'', instead.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: There have been talks of remaking, rebooting, or making a sequel to ''The Last Starfighter'' for years, but legal red tape has caused setbacks, as Universal, Warner Bros., and screenwriter Jonathan Beutel all claim to hold rights to the property. Creator/SethRogen tried to secure those rights but ended up doing a SpiritualSuccessor homage series, ''Series/FutureMan'', instead.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers: There have been talks of remaking, rebooting, or making a sequel to ''The Last Starfighter'' for years, but legal red tape has caused setbacks, as Universal, Warner Bros., and screenwriter Jonathan Beutel all claim to hold rights to the property. Creator/SethRogen tried to secure those rights but ended up doing a SpiritualSuccessor series, ''Series/FutureMan'', instead.
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* ActorAllusion: The character of Centauri is clearly based on Creator/RobertPreston's most famous character, Harold Hill from ''Film/TheMusicMan''.
* CastingGag: In either this or a very weird case of timing, Catherine Mary Stewart played a video game-obsessed girl in ''Film/NightOfTheComet'', which was made and released around the same time.
* CastingGag: In either this or a very weird case of timing, Catherine Mary Stewart played a video game-obsessed girl in ''Film/NightOfTheComet'', which was made and released around the same time.
* DeletedRole: Although Creator/WilWheaton's speaking scenes were cut, he can be seen in two scenes, running around the trailer park early in the film (wearing a red football jersey), and in the final scene, where he is obscured, standing behind Louis (wearing a blue jacket, possibly over the red jersey).
* InspirationForTheWork: According to Screenwriter Jonathan Beutel, the idea for this movie came about because he wandered into a video arcade and saw a young boy playing a video game, and also at that time, he read the book "The Once and Future King" by T.H White, and it occurred to him, that what if a video game had been a sword in a stone, and a boy had scored an incredible number in the video game, which sent out a ripple effect across the universe.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Atari did develop a full ''The Last Starfighter'' video game and cabinet, but it was never released to the public.
** There was a licensed game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, but it was nothing like the game in the movie.
** There was a licensed game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, but it was nothing like the game in the movie.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Atari did develop a full ''The Last Starfighter'' video game and cabinet, but it was never released to the public.
** *** There was a licensed game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, but it was nothing like the game in the movie.movie.
** Creator/RobinWilliams was offered the role of Xur, but passed.
** An earlier draft of the script took place in the suburbs.
** Atari did develop a full ''The Last Starfighter'' video game and cabinet, but it was never released to the public.
** Creator/RobinWilliams was offered the role of Xur, but passed.
** An earlier draft of the script took place in the suburbs.
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* HeAlsoDid: Composer Craig Safan was also doing the music for ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', and some of the more wistful music in the film was incidental music from the sitcom.
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** The ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' episode "The Episode with No Name" has Matrix get into a bar fight with numerous enemies in which he instructs his SmartGun to enter "Death Blossom Mode." This causes it to tag every enemy in the room with a targeting marker and then spin like the titular maneuver in the film.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://thelaststarfighter.wikia.com/wiki/The_Last_Starfighter_Wiki The Last Starfighter Wiki]].
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** Similar to the South Park version, in ClerksTheAnimatedSeries, Randall plays a game about being a slave building pyramids, and then is recruited to do the same. Unfortunately for Randall, pushing bricks on screen and IRL are vastly different things.
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** In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Kenny gets a high score on a [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable PSP]] game, meaning he's worthy to lead the armies of heaven to stave off an invasion from hell.
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* ActorAllusion: Centauri
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** Reaper's Ultimate move in ''{{VideoGame/Overwatch}}'' is called "Death Blossom" which involves him spinning while firing his dual shotguns in a 360° arc.
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** ''{{Literature/Armada}}'' is a WholePlotReference. In fact, Zack {{lampshades}} the similarity. [[spoiler: This is actually his first clue that all is not what it seems.]]
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* ActorAllusion: Robert Preston essentially plays an alien version of Harold Hill from ''Film/TheMusicMan''.
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* ActorAllusion: Robert Preston essentially plays an alien version The character of Centauri is clearly based on Creator/RobertPreston's most famous character, Harold Hill from ''Film/TheMusicMan''.''Film/TheMusicMan''.
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* ActorAllusion: Centauri
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As far as I know, the developers never called the move a "Death Blossom" before the fans got to it.
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** ''VideoGame/StarControl'' makes the Death Blossom (the manouver where the Starfighter spins and fires wildly) a special ability of the Pkunk ''Fury'' (the ''Fury'''s weapon configuration is intended to take advantage of this).
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** The Pkunk ''Fury'' from ''VideoGame/StarControl'' makes can spin very fast, and has three short-range weapons firing three different directions. A popular move with this ship is to spin wildly while emptying the Death Blossom (the manouver where weapons battery, which is frequently called the Starfighter spins and fires wildly) a special ability of the Pkunk ''Fury'' (the ''Fury'''s weapon configuration is intended to take advantage of this)."Death Blossom" by [[FanNickname fans]].
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* ActorAllusion: Robert Preston essentially plays an alien version of Harold Hill from ''TheMusicMan''.''Film/TheMusicMan''.
* CastingGag: In either this or a very weird case of timing, Catherine Mary Stewart played a video game-obsessed girl in ''Film/NightOfTheComet'', which was made and released around the same time.
* CastingGag: In either this or a very weird case of timing, Catherine Mary Stewart played a video game-obsessed girl in ''Film/NightOfTheComet'', which was made and released around the same time.
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* FollowTheLeader: ''Franchise/StarWars'', which director Nick Castle admits in the DVDCommentary, and that there was some work to try to distance the movie from both those movies and movies by Creator/StevenSpielberg.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: You can be forgiven for not spotting that either Creator/WilWheaton or Marc Alaimo, later [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Wesley Crusher and Gul Dukat]] respectively, pop up in ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. Wheaton's on screen very briefly chasing after Louis and gets billed as "Louis' Friend" and Alaimo appears as a hitchhiker [[spoiler: who winds up as the Xandoxan's first victim.]]
** Star Trek's connection to the movie isn't limited to the Next Generation cycle; Meg Wyllie (Granny) was one of the Talosian keepers in "The Cage", Star Trek's Original 1966 pilot.
** Star Trek's connection to the movie isn't limited to the Next Generation cycle; Meg Wyllie (Granny) was one of the Talosian keepers in "The Cage", Star Trek's Original 1966 pilot.
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**Star Trek's connection to the movie isn't limited to the Next Generation cycle; Meg Wyllie (Granny) was one of the Talosian keepers in "The Cage", Star Trek's Original 1966 pilot.
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** ''VideoGame/StarControl'' makes the Death Blossom (the manouver where the Starfighter spins and fires wildly) a special ability of the Pkunk ''Fury'' (the ''Fury'''s weapon configuration is intended to take advantage of this).
** ''VideoGame/UniverseAtWar'' makes it the special of the Novus ''Dervish'' fighter.
** An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' has the crew tipped off that something's wrong because Buzz trips over the "foot" of an octopus-man who's not supposed to be there, parrallelling a scene where Alex [[spoiler: trips over [[TheMole a Ko-Dan spy]], who's also an octopus-man]].
** ''VideoGame/StarControl'' makes the Death Blossom (the manouver where the Starfighter spins and fires wildly) a special ability of the Pkunk ''Fury'' (the ''Fury'''s weapon configuration is intended to take advantage of this).
** ''VideoGame/UniverseAtWar'' makes it the special of the Novus ''Dervish'' fighter.
** An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' has the crew tipped off that something's wrong because Buzz trips over the "foot" of an octopus-man who's not supposed to be there, parrallelling a scene where Alex [[spoiler: trips over [[TheMole a Ko-Dan spy]], who's also an octopus-man]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: You can be forgiven for not spotting that either Creator/WilWheaton or Marc Alaimo, later [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Wesley Crusher and Gul Dukat]] respectively, pop up in ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. Wheaton's on screen very briefly chasing after Louis and gets billed as "Louis' Friend" and Alaimo appears as a hitchhiker [[spoiler: who winds up as the Zandozan's first victim.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: You can be forgiven for not spotting that either Creator/WilWheaton or Marc Alaimo, later [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Wesley Crusher and Gul Dukat]] respectively, pop up in ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. Wheaton's on screen very briefly chasing after Louis and gets billed as "Louis' Friend" and Alaimo appears as a hitchhiker [[spoiler: who winds up as the Zandozan's Xandoxan's first victim.]]
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* ActingForTwo: Lance Guest plays both Alex and Beta, who show up together on screen a few times.
-->'''Beta:''' Wait a minute, what are you doing ''back''?!
-->'''Alex:''' Are you kidding? It's ''war'' up there?
* ActorAllusion: Robert Preston essentially plays an alien version of Harold Hill from ''TheMusicMan''.
-->'''Beta:''' Wait a minute, what are you doing ''back''?!
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Atari did develop a full ''The Last Starfighter'' video game and cabinet, but it was never released to the public.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: You can be forgiven for not spotting that either Creator/WilWheaton or Marc Alaimo, later [[SSeries/StarTrekTheNextGeneration [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Wesley Crusher and Gul Dukat]] respectively, pop up in ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. Wheaton's on screen very briefly chasing after Louis and gets billed as "Louis' Friend" and Alaimo appears as a hitchhiker [[spoiler: who winds up as the Zandozan's first victim.]]
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* TheDanza: If you listen real carefully, there is exactly one scene in the entire movie where Mrs. Boone is referred to by her first name, Bunny, which is the same first name as the actress who plays her, Bunny Summers.[[note]]Pee-Wee Herman fans will know her as the costume lady in ''Big Top Pee-Wee''.]]
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* TheDanza: If you listen real carefully, there is exactly one scene in the entire movie where Mrs. Boone is referred to by her first name, Bunny, which is the same first name as the actress who plays her, Bunny Summers.[[note]]Pee-Wee Herman fans will know her as the costume lady in ''Big Top Pee-Wee''.]][[/note]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy!: TheDanza: If you listen real carefully, there is exactly one scene in the entire movie where Mrs. Boone is referred to by her first name, Bunny, which is the same first name as the actress who plays her, Bunny Summers.[[note]]Pee-Wee Herman fans will know her as the costume lady in ''Big Top Pee-Wee''.]]
* HeyItsThatGuy: You can be forgiven for not spotting that either Creator/WilWheaton or Marc Alaimo, later [[SSeries/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Wesley Crusher and GulDukat Dukat]] respectively, pop up in TheLastStarfighter. ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''. Wheaton's on screen very briefly chasing after Louis and gets billed as "Louis' Friend" and Alaimo appears as a Hitchhiker hitchhiker [[spoiler: who winds up as the Zandozan's first victim.]]]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy!: You can be forgiven for not spotting that either WilWheaton Creator/WilWheaton or Marc Alaimo, later Wesley Crusher and Gul Dukat respectively, pop up in TheLastStarfighter. Wheaton's on screen very briefly chasing after Louis and gets billed as "Louis' Friend" and Alaimo appears as a Hitchhiker [[spoiler: who winds up as the Zandozan's first victim.]]
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* Heyitsthatguy!: HeyItsThatGuy!: You can be forgiven for not spotting that either WilWheaton or Marc Alaimo, later Wesley Crusher and Gul Dukat respectively, pop up in TheLastStarfighter. Wheaton's on screen very briefly chasing after Louis and gets billed as "Louis' Friend" and Alaimo appears as a Hitchhiker [[spoiler: who winds up as the Zandozan's first victim.]]
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