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With the movie focusing on chimpanzees going into space (with one of them being a circus animal), it does have quite a lot of genuinely laugh-worthy moments.

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* Houston trying to convince Ham to join NASA by reminding him of his grandfather's acheivements:
--> '''Houston''': Your grandfather wasn't some warm up act! He was a NASA astronaut! Got his face on magazines, newspapers, television... He even met the president!
--> '''Ham''': I met the chief of police once! ''Cut to still image of Ham in a prison mugshot''
* Ham himself does ''not'' take arriving to NASA [[UnderStatement very well]]:
--> '''Ham''': I know my rights! I'm calling the ASPCA, I demand to speak to my ringmaster! HELP! I've been kidnapped!
** Which then leads to Ham trying to break through a window (page image), slamming himself directly [[EpicFail into the glass]] to no avail, [[JumpScare startling the scientists in the process.]]
* Later, the three chimps are seen running on treadmills until this happens:
--> '''Titan''': I am Titan, I am strong!
--> '''Ham''': [[SoundOff No one wants to sing along!]] ''(Ham then tosses away the peel of a banana he was eating onto Titan's treadmill, causing him to slip and be repeatedly slammed into the wall behind him from the treadmill whilst Ham taunts him further by singing)'' Get a life! One, two! You're lame! Three, four! ''(Luna [[DudeNotFunny glares at Ham]])'' What?
* Then there's the next training sequence where the chimps are assigned to press the correct buttons on a number pad. When it's Ham's turn however, he instead plays ''Axel F'' on the number pad.
** One of the scientists observing this can't help but break into dance.
** Then it cuts to Ham humming the tune to himself only to be cut off by Houston [[DopeSlap slapping him on the back of the head.]]
--> '''Houston''': When are you gonna straighten up and [[{{pun}} fly right?!]]
* Then the segment where Ham attempts to use a rocket pack to fly back to the circus. It goes just as well as you'd expect with him first being literally skyrocketed upwards before slamming into the bottom of an overhead helicopter, [[FromBadToWorse and that's only the start of the chaos he's about to inadvertently cause.]]
** At one moment, he ends up passing by a cameraman, taking the camera with him which he looks into, broadcasting his face onto the projection screens.
--> '''Ham''': [[LookMaIAmOnTV Hey, look! I'm on TV!]]
** And then seconds later, he knocks right into one of the surrounding shuttles [[DisasterDominoes which starts to topple over onto another which causes it to fall onto another, creating a literal domino effect.]]
* Ham's [[OverlyLongScream reaction]] when he and the other two chimps finally engage lift off.
** It eventually stops when he ends up swallowing a fly, causing him to briefly choke.
--> '''Ham''': Okay, got that out of my system.
** But then a few seconds later...
--> '''Ham''': Wait, not quite yet. ''Resumes [[OverlyLongScream screaming hysterically]] before finally stopping''
* Ham [[{{Troll}} annoying]] Titan during their flight in space:
--> '''Ham''': Permission to speak, commander?
--> '''Titan''': Permission granted.
--> '''Ham''': You're a dork!
--> '''Titan''': I don't like you.
** It finally gets to the point where Titan finally attempts to get Ham under control himself, the latter easily evades him multiple times until Titan grabs him by the back of the neck.
--> '''Ham''': Easy on the fur, Furious George!
** As a result, Ham is punished via Regulation 8-15. ''Which has Ham being slowly dragged behind the ship in space by a rope.''
--> '''Ham''': Guys! [[PottyEmergency I gotta pee!]]
* Ham managing to contact someone in panic as the chimps' shuttle uncontrollably soars through a wormhole.
--> '''Instar Receptionist''': How can I help you? ''Panicked chimpanzee screams are suddenly heard on the other end, startling the receptionist and making her slam the phone down''
* Then as the ship exits the wormhole and starts approaching Malgor:
--> '''Ham''': Hey, cool, a planet! And we're headed right for it! ''({{Beat}}, then Ham's [[OhCrap eyes widen]])'' [[DelayedOhCrap Oh my GOD]], '''[[DelayedOhCrap WE'RE HEADED RIGHT FOR IT!!]]'''
** And by some miracle, Ham manages to activate the ship's airbags.
--> '''Ham''': [[LargeHam I did it! I'm the smartest chimp in the universe!]] WOOOO-- ''(Cut off as the airbag covered ship bounces around some of Malgor's trees like a beach ball complete with Pinball sound effects, throwing Ham around inside)''
** A blink it and you'll miss it moment, earlier before the chimps approached the wormhole, Ham somehow ended up flushing a roll of toilet paper out into space. Seconds after the ship lands on Malgor, the [[BrickJoke toilet paper suddenly bounces in on-screen.]] ''It somehow got dragged into the wormhole as well!''
* Ham spoofing the "One small step for man" quote as he leaves the ship:
--> '''Ham''': One small step for Ham! ''(Hops down one step)'' One ''MORE'' small step for Ham! ''(Hops down another step)''
** And just before he can [[RuleOfThree take a third step]], Luna wakes up and catches him off-guard, making him fall down the rest of the stairs.
* Then Ham proceeds to take off his helmet:
--> '''Luna''': No! Don't!
--> '''Ham''': ''(Having already pulled his helmet off)'' What?
--> '''Luna''': The air could be poisonous!
--> '''Ham''': ''(Gasps before clasping his neck)'' Oh no...! Poisonous... air! ''[[BadBadActing (Starts making fake choking noises and stumbling dramatically]], all the while Luna makes a status report on the planet)''
** Which then leads to Luna saying this gem of a line, directed towards Ham whilst he's still poorly acting a death by asphyxiation:
--> '''Luna''': [[DeadpanSnarker And there is no sign of intelligent life.]]
* Ham repeatedly photobombing Luna's photos of the planet.
* Ham ripping up a space manual and throwing the pieces at a group of worm like alien monsters to try to scare them off. ''It somehow works.'' ...At least that's to be believed until this exchange:
--> '''Ham''': Confetti. I can't explain it. It just scares things.
--> '''Luna''': Are you sure they're not scared of... ''them?'' ''(Points to Zartog's army barrelling towards the two)''
** Ham's [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight reaction to said army]]:
--> '''Alien Soldier''': Death to strangers!
--> '''Ham''': Ooh! [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Great name for a band.]]
* When Ham and Luna end up in alien quicksand, the former tries to give her some advice:
--> '''Ham''': Like we say in the circus, "The show isn't over until the bearded lady shaves her back"!
--> '''Luna''': Ew.
--> '''Ham''': [[{{Squick}} It's gross as it sounds too.]] ''(Shakes his head in disgust)''
* Then when Luna thinks Ham has fallen to his death:
--> '''Luna''': And you were kind of funny... In an unbelievably annoying way. And you're...
--> '''Ham''': Cute?
--> '''Luna''': No.
--> '''Ham''': Handsome?
--> '''Luna''': No.
--> '''Ham''': Like [[Creator/BradPitt Brad Pitt]], but way shorter and more hairy? ''(Luna suddenly realizes he's alive and walks off, annoyed)''
* The chimps meeting Kilowatt for the first time:
--> '''Kilowatt''': M-My name is Kilowalawhizasahooza.
--> '''Ham''': Oh great, it's drunk. ''(Smirks at Luna)''
--> '''Kilowatt''': I'm the last free Luzian from the village of Killawallawazoowahooweewee. ''(Ham gestures someone drinking to Luna)''
** Then when they both befriend Kilowatt, she runs around them, purring excitedly. Ham does the drinking gesture again, mimicking gulping noises until Luna slaps his hand down.
** Kilowatt when she screams in general, which sounds like a choir song note.
* The entire scene with the Globhoppers, especially when they form together into a caricature of Ham which mirrors all of his movements.
* When Kilowatt is revealed to have survived being eaten, Ham asks her how she escaped. We are shown a scene of the flesh-devouring beast back in it's cave as Kilowatt's light can be seen moving towards the monster's back end before cutting back to the chimps before anything is shown.
--> '''Kilowatt''': ''(Shudders)'' [[{{Squick}} Don't make me go there.]]
--> '''Luna and Ham''': EW!
--> '''Titan''': [[ComicallyMissingthePoint What?]]
* This exchange:
--> '''Luna''': We came!
--> '''Ham''': We crashed!
--> '''Titan''': [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 We kicked his butt!]] ''(Ham and Luna stare at him in confusion)''
--> '''Ham''': What? Why'd you have to bring his butt into it?
--> '''Titan''': It's a saying. That's how it goes.
--> '''Ham''': No, that is NOT how it goes!
--> '''Titan''': I'm, like, 99% sure that's how it goes.
* One scene which has security trying to arrest Comet and Houston:
--> '''Guard''': Come out with your paws up!
--> '''Dr. Smothers''': Paws? They're chimps! They have hands, with opposable thumbs!
--> '''Guard''': Come out with your thumbs up!
--> '''Dr. Smothers''': And they don't understand English!
--> '''Guard''': ''({{Beat}} then cue the guard making monkey noises through the megaphone)''