History YMMV / Spaceballs

** A brilliant gem of the French dub, when passing to Ludicrous Speed, Colonel Sandurz suggests Dark Helmet should buckle up. "Buckle up" ("Bouclez-la") in French is often used as a way of saying "Shut up!", so Dark Helmet replies in kind, "No you buckle up!"

* SpecialEffectsFailure: You probably don't need any help finding the mirror propping up Dark Helmet's "floating" Volkswagen. On open-matte prints, the track underneath the chestburster puppet during the dinner scene also becomes obvious. In fact, given the film's nature this could just be deliberate. Hell, there's even a feature on the DVD where they point out all of the failed effects.

*** The French dub replaces the line with "Pas même un pou!" (Not even a louse!).

** A brilliant gem of the French dub, when passing to Ludicrous Speed, Colonel Sandurz suggests Dark Helmet should buckle up. "Buckle up" ("Bouclez-la") in French is often used a way of saying "Shut up", so Dark Helmet replies in kind "No you buckle up!".

* FriendlyFandoms: The movie wouldn't be as well-regarded as it is today if it weren't for all the appreciation it received from ''Star Wars'' fans in general.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The spaceballs who responded to Helmet's inquiry of how many Assholes were onboard ''Spaceball One'': Actual relatives of the Asshole Family[[note]]There are at least two spaceballs aboard ''Spaceball One'' who are cousins that actually have the last name Asshole.[[/note]] or just general {{jerkass}}es and/or incompetents?

*** The Yoda-inspired Yogurt demonstrates a talking doll of a smaller, "adorable" version of himself, which now seems like an unofficial predecessor of "[[Series/TheMandalorian Baby Yoda]]".

* CriticalDissonance: The film has a mixed reception among critics, currently standing at 55% on Website/RottenTomatoes. However, it has a much more respectable audience score of 83%. This is largely due to most of those critical reviews having come from [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece its original release]], when ''Franchise/StarWars'' as a franchise was seen as more of a passing fad than the timeless cultural juggernaut that it's seen as today.

* CriticalDissonance: The film has a mixed reception among critics, currently standing at 55% on Website/RottenTomatoes. However, it has a much more respectable audience score of 83%. This is largely due to most of those critical reviews having come from [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece its original release]], when ''Franchise/StarWars'' as a franchise was seen as more of a passing fad than the timeless cultural juggernaut that it's viewed as today.

* CriticalDissonance: The film has a mixed reception among critics, currently standing at 55% on Website/RottenTomatoes. However, it has a much more respectable audience score of 83%. This is largely due to most of those critical reviews having come from [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece its original release]], when Star Wars as a franchise was seen as more of a passing fad than the timeless cultural juggernaut that it's viewed as today.

* CriticalDissonance: The film has a mixed reception among critics, currently standing at 55% on Website/RottenTomatoes. However, it has a much more respectable audience score of 83%. This is largely due to most of those critical reviews having come from [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece its original release]], where it was seen as a major misstep in Mel Brooks's career]].

* VindicatedByHistory: When the movie was released in 1987, it underperformed at the box office and received mixed reviews, even being named Worst Picture at the 1987 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards; common criticisms included being deemed inferior to Mel Brooks' earlier works and ''Star Wars'' no longer being culturally relevant enough to work as a parody (''Spaceballs'' primarily spoofs ''Film/ANewHope'', which was released a decade prior; following the 1983 release of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' there was little new ''Star Wars'' content released until ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Heir to the Empire]]'' was published in 1991). Over the decades, though, ''Spaceballs'' came to be regarded far more warmly, especially given ''Star Wars''' return to the limelight (multiple times, "The Soich for More Money") and long-lasting impact on pop culture. Because of this for ''Star Wars'' fans ''Spaceballs'' became THE Brooks comedy, over ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' or ''Film/TheProducers'', and now seen as a CultClassic.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The film has a PG rating on the DVD cover and was shown on the Disney Channel for a while, despite the sex references, constant bad language and occasional fantastically racist remarks.