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1* FirstInstallmentWins: The first film has a decent voice cast and a pretty good storyline. The [[WesternAnimation/SpaceChimps2ZartogStrikesBack sequel]]... not [[{{Sequelitis}} so much]].
2* FranchiseOriginalSin: Everything that made the second film so reviled had its roots in this film in some fashion or another. This one had just enough redeeming qualities to avoid being completely awful, while the sequel removes those qualities almost entirely.
3* HilariousInHindsight: Malgor is an alien world with technicolor flora and fauna, a material that's highly useful to our protagonists, and predominantly blue aliens with flying mounts resembling stingrays at their disposal. [[{{Film/Avatar}} Yeah.]]
4* MemeticMutation: From a [[https://i.redd.it/67a8s5tup9r61.jpg Letterboxd review]]:
5--> ''"This film has dirty crack house vibes. Somewhere in the world there is a child in a dirty crack house who watches this as a 2008 camrip on a burnt disc on repeat while their parents smoke crack."''
6* NoExportForYou: The movie was never released in Japan.
7* SoOkayItsAverage: The film is considered mediocre by those who don't hate it; there are certainly worse films out there, but a lot of better movies were being released even at the time. For one example, while the CGI isn't "bad" per se, there's a noticeably MinimalistCast when it comes to the humans, and the design of Zartog's race is pretty bland.
8* SpiritualSuccessor: The Nineties cartoon ''WesternAnimation/CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys'' was pretty much exactly the same thing.
9* UglyCute: Kilowatt, a small and pink alien voiced by Creator/KristinChenoweth. The baby sounds she makes when happy are especially cute.

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