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10	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_1mang5247.jpg]]
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12	''Welcome to The Space Show'' is a family science fiction anime film by Creator/A1Pictures. While at summer camp, five kids rescue an injured dog, who turns out to be an alien. As a thank you he takes them to a station on the far side of the moon, however the journey back proves to be more difficult - especially when some poachers start chasing them for the wasabi they happened to be carrying with them.
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14	It has been released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK by Creator/MangaEntertainment, who produced a dub in association with Creator/{{Aniplex}} and NYAV Post.
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17	!!Tropes:
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19	* AlienNonInterferenceClause: The Space Federation prefers to leave primitive planets like Earth alone besides observing.
20	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Pochi learned Japanese as he had to spend a significant amount of time on the planet researching.
21	* ArtificialGravity: The pendants the kids are given not only give them TranslatorMicrobes, they also regulate gravity around them so they experience Earthlike gravity wherever they go. This is apparently pretty standard policy for most worlds within the Space Federation, although they do encounter one world whose leader refuses to install the appropriate technology for the pendants to work and so Amane and Natsuki find themselves smashed flat and unable to move as soon as they step off the train.
22	* ArtisticLicenseSpace:
23	** Making the whole far side of the moon a huge space port even though the Apollo program took place (a lander with the US flag can be clearly seen)
24	** Describing a Super Nova as the birth of a star. Understandable as a kid (Kouji) makes that statement. On the other hand, the space show was singing "Happy Birthday" to the event.
25	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Natsuki lampshades this trope, admitting that she always wanted to be the hero rescuing the damsel in distress, but when her own cousin needed rescuing she just felt scared and helpless.
26	%% * BigOlEyebrows: Kouji and Pochi.
27	%% * {{Bookworm}}: Kouji.
28	%% * BuccaneerBroadcaster: The titular Space Show.
29	* CallASmeerpARabbit: The "horses" that Pochi bets on are more like giant seahorses.
30	* CaughtOnTape: The entire final showdown of the movie is seen by virtually everyone who watches the Space Show.
31	%% * CoolBigSis: Natsuki to Amane (although they are cousins)
32	%% * CuteClumsyGirl: Natsuki.
33	* {{Fainting}}: Noriko faints when Pochi first speaks, then does it again when he apologises.
34	%% * FantasticFlora: Zughan.
35	%% * ForeheadOfDoom: Amane.
36	* FreeRangeChildren: The kids are essentially entirely unsupervised at "summer camp," with nary an adult in sight. This allows for them to follow Pochi into space for a week without any adults being the wiser.
37	%% * FunnyAnimal: Pochi and his father.
38	%% * HeroicWannabe: Natsuki
39	* LivingShip: Most notably an express train ship which is a long segmented insect/dragon with fleshy walls in the inside.
40	%% * LuminescentBlush: Everyone has it on their face when Amane kisses Pochi.
41	%% * InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: If it weren't for the fact that Japanese horseradish is suspiciously close to [[FantasticFlora Zughan]].
42	%% * InsistentTerminology: the residents of Planet Wan-bao are NOT DOGS!
43	%% * IJustWantToBeSpecial: Natsuki expresses this trope wanting to be a super heroine.
44	%% * MagicSkirt: Averted in zero-g.
45	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Noriko's little brother displaying everything to the world - from the back of a cow.
46	%% * QuirkyMinibossSquad: the three poachers
47	%% * PrehensileHair: Ink.
48	* RunningGag: Whenever Natsuki encounters an animal, she pets it starting from the lower back and going up the spine. Every creature she does this to shows displeasure when she does it. [[spoiler: when she does it to one of the big cow/lizard things Pochi's parents have, it chases her around the field, with her yelling out "I'M SORRY!"]]
49	%% * TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Kouji.
50	%% * ShowWithinAShow: The eponymous Space Show.
51	%% * SixthRanger: Pochi, the alien dog
52	* SubspaceAnsible: Pochi's request to have travels to Earth banned is processed and accepted immediately, leaving our human heroes stranded on the moon.
53	%% * TagalongKid: Amane, the youngest of them.
54	%% * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Wasabi for Natsuki which is indirectly driving the plot.
55	* TranslatorMicrobes: The jewellery-style passports they are given translate all spoken and written languages.
56	* WeirdnessCensor: The federation have built a huge city on the dark side of the moon that's visible from space but apparently hasn't been noticed by Earth satellites.
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