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** The first is a two at the price of one. At Launch Control, Nat and I.Q. are separated from Scooter, whom they assume is another fat fly that got crushed by one of the flight directors. After Scooter shows up, the fly in question in fact is revealed to have survived the crushing, injured, but happy.

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** The first is a two at the price of one. At Launch Control, Nat and I.Q. are separated from Scooter, whom they assume is another fat fly that got crushed by one of the flight directors. After Scooter shows up, the fly in question in fact is revealed to have survived the crushing, injured, but happy.
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%%* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa [=McFly=]. (How is he a cool old guy?)

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%%* * CoolOldGuy: Grandpa Nat's grandfather Amos [=McFly=]. (How is he a cool old guy?)He's an awesome storyteller, and even got to fly with Amelia Earhart on her 1932 flight.



** At Launch Control, Nat and IQ are separated from Scooter, whom they assume is another fat fly that got crushed by one of the flight directors, who ended up injured, but happy.

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** The first is a two at the price of one. At Launch Control, Nat and IQ I.Q. are separated from Scooter, whom they assume is another fat fly that got crushed by one of the flight directors, who ended up directors. After Scooter shows up, the fly in question in fact is revealed to have survived the crushing, injured, but happy.



** Similar to ''Film/Apollo13'' (which took place about 9 months after 11 returned from the moon), there is a communications blackout during re-entry, and all the audience can see is Launch Control and the families of Nat, Scooter and I.Q. awaiting for contact to be re-established. After three minutes (the longest a blackout had been sustained before a prior crew arrived safely), still no contact. Eventually, there's contact, and the flies cheer when they see ''Columbia'' descending from the sky on its parachutes.

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** Similar to ''Film/Apollo13'' (which took place about 9 months after 11 returned from the moon), there is a communications blackout during re-entry, and all the audience can see is Launch Control and the families of Nat, Scooter and I.Q. awaiting for contact to be re-established. After three minutes (the longest a blackout had been sustained before a prior crew arrived safely), and forty-five seconds, there is still no contact. Eventually, there's contact, and the flies cheer when they see ''Columbia'' descending from the sky on its parachutes.
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*** This also happened during the real Apollo 11 mission. If you listen to the mission audio, CAPCOM Ron Evans tried contacting the spacecraft through ARIA (Apollo/Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft) without much success. In the end, it was USS ''Hornet'' that managed to establish contact with Apollo 11. This was because the airwaves between ''Columbia'', Houston and ''Hornet'' were interfering with one another. It was only after Mission Control gave up contact that ''Hornet'' was able to get a clear communication with the crew of 11.

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*** This also happened during the real Apollo 11 mission. [[https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap11fj/26day9-reentry.html If you listen to the mission audio, audio]], CAPCOM Ron Evans tried contacting the spacecraft through ARIA (Apollo/Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft) without much success. In the end, it was USS ''Hornet'' that managed to establish contact with Apollo 11.11 when, after one attempt, Neil Armstrong gave the coordinations of their current position. This was because the airwaves between ''Columbia'', Houston and ''Hornet'' were interfering with one another. It was only after Mission Control gave up contact that ''Hornet'' was able to get a clear communication with the crew of 11.



%% * HeelFaceTurn: Nadia. [[{{Determinator}} She even comes to America all the way from Russia just to meet Grandpa McFly again.]] (Partial example. What did she do, and why is she meeting Grandpa [=McFly=] again?)

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%% * HeelFaceTurn: Nadia. [[{{Determinator}} She even comes to America Nadia, fed up with being Comrade Poopchev's personal chef as well as a brief flashback with her and Amos, flies all the way to Cape Canaveral from Russia just to meet Grandpa McFly again.]] (Partial example. What did she do, and why is she meeting Grandpa [=McFly=] again?)warn Amos about Igor's plan to sabotage the Apollo 11 mission.
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** Similar to ''Film/Apollo13'', there is a communications blackout during re-entry, and all the audience can see is Launch Control and the families of Nat, Scooter and I.Q. awaiting for contact to be re-established. After three minutes (the longest a blackout had been sustained before a prior crew arrived safely), still no contact. Eventually, there's contact, and the flies cheer when they see ''Columbia'' descending from the sky on its parachutes.
*** This also happened during the real Apollo 11 mission. If you listen to the mission audio, CAPCOM Ron Evans tried contacting the spacecraft through ARIA without much success. In the end, it was the USS ''Hornet'' that managed to establish contact with Apollo 11. This was because the airwaves between ''Columbia'', Houston and ''Hornet'' were interfering with one another.

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** Similar to ''Film/Apollo13'', ''Film/Apollo13'' (which took place about 9 months after 11 returned from the moon), there is a communications blackout during re-entry, and all the audience can see is Launch Control and the families of Nat, Scooter and I.Q. awaiting for contact to be re-established. After three minutes (the longest a blackout had been sustained before a prior crew arrived safely), still no contact. Eventually, there's contact, and the flies cheer when they see ''Columbia'' descending from the sky on its parachutes.
*** This also happened during the real Apollo 11 mission. If you listen to the mission audio, CAPCOM Ron Evans tried contacting the spacecraft through ARIA (Apollo/Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft) without much success. In the end, it was the USS ''Hornet'' that managed to establish contact with Apollo 11. This was because the airwaves between ''Columbia'', Houston and ''Hornet'' were interfering with one another. It was only after Mission Control gave up contact that ''Hornet'' was able to get a clear communication with the crew of 11.

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* * AcePilot: You ''have'' to be an ace pilot to be an astronaut, but Nat, Scooter and I.Q., along with Amos, manage to get a pass from this due to them being stowaways. However, they do show some skill by unknowingly helping the astronauts as well as Amelia Earhart.

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* * AcePilot: You ''have'' to be an ace pilot to be an astronaut, but Nat, Scooter and I.Q., along with Amos, manage to get a pass from this due to them being stowaways. However, they do show some skill by unknowingly helping the astronauts as well as Amelia Earhart.



%% * DisneyDeath: A brief one after the protagonists get sprayed by the astronauts. (Sprayed by what? How did they almost die?)

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%% * DisneyDeath: A brief one after the protagonists get sprayed by the astronauts. (Sprayed by what? How did Done in quadruple fold.
** At Launch Control, Nat and IQ are separated from Scooter, whom
they almost die?)assume is another fat fly that got crushed by one of the flight directors, who ended up injured, but happy.
** One of the astronauts sprays the flies with a numbing spray and Nat is the first to awaken. He tries in vain to wake up his friends and it's implied that he lead them to their supposed deaths. They wake up a few minutes later, though.
** Nat rescues Scooter from the Lunar Module ''Eagle'' when it is jettisoned, but they fail to show up to a mournful I.Q. until Scooter offers him a glob of orange Tang.
** Similar to ''Film/Apollo13'', there is a communications blackout during re-entry, and all the audience can see is Launch Control and the families of Nat, Scooter and I.Q. awaiting for contact to be re-established. After three minutes (the longest a blackout had been sustained before a prior crew arrived safely), still no contact. Eventually, there's contact, and the flies cheer when they see ''Columbia'' descending from the sky on its parachutes.
*** This also happened during the real Apollo 11 mission. If you listen to the mission audio, CAPCOM Ron Evans tried contacting the spacecraft through ARIA without much success. In the end, it was the USS ''Hornet'' that managed to establish contact with Apollo 11. This was because the airwaves between ''Columbia'', Houston and ''Hornet'' were interfering with one another.
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* SpaceIsNoisy: Lots of booming and hissing noises from the spacecraft, as shot from outside.
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** I.Q., the brains and voice of reason of the trio, comes up with the idea to escape the tube they are captured in.

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** I.Q., the brains and voice of reason of the fly trio, comes up with the idea to escape the tube they are captured in.
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* * AcePilot: You ''have'' to be an ace pilot to be an astronaut, but Nat, Scooter and I.Q., along with Amos, manage to get a pass from this due to them being stowaways. However, they do show some skill by unknowingly helping the astronauts as well as Amelia Earhart.


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* AndMissionControlRejoiced: The flight controllers cheer when the moon landing is a success and again (represented by the fly characters) when the astronauts and the flies survive reentry.


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* BadassBookworm:
** It's ''NASA''. This skill needs to be on the resume of each team member.
** I.Q., the brains and voice of reason of the trio, comes up with the idea to escape the tube they are captured in.


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* BittersweetEnding: Downplayed. Apollo 11 safely returns to Earth, but Nat is sorry that his grandfather did not go to the moon with him.
* TheCaptain: Both Nat and Neil Armstrong are the calm, cooled captains of their respective trios.
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* InterestingSituationDuel: A battle between flies inside of a computer at launch control during a space mission, with one of the flies fighting with burning matches.


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* TripToTheMoonPlot: The film follows trio of flies sneaking on Apollo 11 before its launch to the moon.
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%% * HeelFaceTurn: Nadia. [[{{Determinator}} She even comes to America all the way from Russia just to meet Grandpa McFly again.]] (Partial example. What did she do, and why is she meeting Grandpa [=McFly=] again?
* ItsAllMyFault: Nat during the other two's DisneyDeath.

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%% * HeelFaceTurn: Nadia. [[{{Determinator}} She even comes to America all the way from Russia just to meet Grandpa McFly again.]] (Partial example. What did she do, and why is she meeting Grandpa [=McFly=] again?
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ItsAllMyFault: Nat during the other two's DisneyDeath.DisneyDeath. (How exactly?)
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* BigBad: Comrade Poopchamp.
* BigEater: Scooter. His friends convince him to go on a diet once they return to Earth, but his dialogue makes it clear he won't stick with it for long.

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* %%* BigBad: Comrade Poopchamp.
Poopchamp. (How is Comrade the big bad?)
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* BigEater: Scooter. His friends convince him to go on a diet once they return to Earth, but his dialogue makes it clear he won't stick with it for long. (Partial example: How is the dialogue clear?)



%%* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa [=McFly=].

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%%* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa [=McFly=]. (How is he a cool old guy?)



* DisneyDeath: A brief one after the protagonists get sprayed by the astronauts.

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%% * DisneyDeath: A brief one after the protagonists get sprayed by the astronauts. (Sprayed by what? How did they almost die?)



* HeelFaceTurn: Nadia. [[{{Determinator}} She even comes to America all the way from Russia just to meet Grandpa McFly again.]]

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%% * HeelFaceTurn: Nadia. [[{{Determinator}} She even comes to America all the way from Russia just to meet Grandpa McFly again.]]]] (Partial example. What did she do, and why is she meeting Grandpa [=McFly=] again?



* PowerTrio: I.Q., Nat, and Scooter.

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%% * PowerTrio: I.Q., Nat, and Scooter. (How are they a power trio?)



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Those three flies really shouldn't have thought they would get to the moon without a hitch.

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%% * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Those three flies really shouldn't have thought they would get to the moon without a hitch. (What happens to them on the moon?)
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%%* AdultFear: There are cutscenes with the flies' worried parents throughout. Nat's mother even faints, in fear of what could happen to her child. %% What are they fearing, exactly? %%
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* PunBasedTitlePunBasedTitle: Flies fly to the moon.
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* DirtyCommunists: Some Russian flies are trying to sabotage the launch because they can't stand the idea of Americans reaching the moon before Russians do.
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* RealityEnsues: Those three flies really shouldn't have thought they would get to the moon without a hitch.

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* RealityEnsues: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Those three flies really shouldn't have thought they would get to the moon without a hitch.
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%%* BigBad: Comrade Poopchamp.
%%* BigEater: Scooter. His friends convince him to go on a diet once they return to Earth, but his dialogue makes it clear he won't stick with it for long.

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%%* * BigBad: Comrade Poopchamp.
%%* * BigEater: Scooter. His friends convince him to go on a diet once they return to Earth, but his dialogue makes it clear he won't stick with it for long.



%%* DisneyDeath: A brief one after the protagonists get sprayed by the astronauts.

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%%* * DisneyDeath: A brief one after the protagonists get sprayed by the astronauts.



%%* HeelFaceTurn: Nadia. [[{{Determinator}} She even comes to America all the way from Russia just to meet Grandpa McFly again.]]
%%* ItsAllMyFault: Nat during the other two's DisneyDeath.
%%* PowerTrio
%%* PunBasedTitle
%%* RealityEnsues: Those three flies really shouldn't have thought they would get to the moon without a hitch.

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%%* * HeelFaceTurn: Nadia. [[{{Determinator}} She even comes to America all the way from Russia just to meet Grandpa McFly again.]]
%%* * ItsAllMyFault: Nat during the other two's DisneyDeath.
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* PowerTrio: I.Q., Nat, and Scooter.
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%%* * RealityEnsues: Those three flies really shouldn't have thought they would get to the moon without a hitch.
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Not to be confused with [[Manga/FlyMeToTheMoon the manga of the same name]].
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* FourLeggedInsect: The flies are depicted with a human-like body plan, including one pair of arms and one pair of legs.
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-->'''Scooter's Mother:''' Oh, if something happens to them, I'll never forgive myself...\\
'''IQ's Mother:''' I always told I.Q., never go beyond the fence!
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: So now flies can live for several decades and not all fly "children" are maggots?

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-->'''Scooter's %%-->'''Scooter's Mother:''' Oh, if something happens to them, I'll never forgive myself...\\
'''IQ's %%'''IQ's Mother:''' I always told I.Q., never go beyond the fence!
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: So now In this film, flies can live for several decades and not all fly "children" are maggots?maggots.



* RealityEnsues: Those three flies really shouldn't have thought they would get to the moon without a hitch.

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* %%* RealityEnsues: Those three flies really shouldn't have thought they would get to the moon without a hitch.
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* AdultFear: There are cutscenes with the flies' worried parents throughout. Nat's mother even faints, in fear of what could happen to her child.

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* %%* AdultFear: There are cutscenes with the flies' worried parents throughout. Nat's mother even faints, in fear of what could happen to her child. %% What are they fearing, exactly? %%

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* BigBad: Comrade Poopchamp.
* BigEater: Scooter. His friends convince him to go on a diet once they return to Earth, but his dialogue makes it clear he won't stick with it for long.

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* %%* BigBad: Comrade Poopchamp.
* %%* BigEater: Scooter. His friends convince him to go on a diet once they return to Earth, but his dialogue makes it clear he won't stick with it for long.



* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa [=McFly=].
* DisneyDeath: A brief one after the protagonists get sprayed by the astronauts.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** This exchange near the beginning:
-->'''Bug #1:''' I've been trying to watch my weight. You never know what kind of crap they put in these things.\\
'''Bug #2:''' It's a dung heap, stupid! There's nothing BUT crap in it!
** When the film was redubbed for Brazilian viewers, IQ's Mother's line about telling him "never go beyond the fence" is changed to "never jump the fence". Among Brazilians, "to jump the fence" is a slang term that refers to someone cheating on their spouse.
* HeelFaceTurn: Nadia. [[{{Determinator}} She even comes to America all the way from Russia just to meet Grandpa McFly again.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: Nat during the other two's DisneyDeath.

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* %%* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa [=McFly=].
* %%* DisneyDeath: A brief one after the protagonists get sprayed by the astronauts.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** This exchange near the beginning:
-->'''Bug #1:''' I've been trying to watch my weight. You never know what kind of crap they put in these things.\\
'''Bug #2:''' It's a dung heap, stupid! There's nothing BUT crap in it!
**
DoubleEntendre: When the film was redubbed for Brazilian viewers, IQ's Mother's line about telling him "never go beyond the fence" is changed to "never jump the fence". Among Brazilians, "to jump the fence" is a slang term that refers to someone cheating on their spouse.
* %%* HeelFaceTurn: Nadia. [[{{Determinator}} She even comes to America all the way from Russia just to meet Grandpa McFly again.]]
* %%* ItsAllMyFault: Nat during the other two's DisneyDeath.
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