* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Get Up and Enjoy Yourself" (by Head East) playing as New York is being destroyed in the climax.
* FridgeBrilliance: The J-Men and the Lightning Bug perfectly complement each other: the former are multiple characters each portrayed by a single serial character, and the latter is a single character portrayed by multiple serial characters.
* OlderThanTheyThink: The Lightning Bug dresses up in his "Darth Vader costume" when he goes to bomb M.U.S.A.C. in his flying wing. The scene being gag-dubbed is from 1938 serial ''The Fighting Devil Dogs'', and it's been speculated that the costume worn by the supervillain was an inspiration for Vader's look, given that Creator/GeorgeLucas is a fan of film serials.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/LeonardNimoy's role in ''Film/ZombiesOfTheStratosphere'' gets referenced with the obligatory [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock]] joke.
-->'''Moon Goon 1:''' Hey, ain't that Leonard Nimoy?
-->'''Moon Goon 2:''' I don't know...can't see his ears.
* RootingForTheEmpire: It's obvious we're supposed to cheer for the Lightning Bug and our God-given right to smoke dope, rather than the straight-laced good guys.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Lampshaded with various gags.
** A YellowPeril villain holds up a model ship and places it in a fish tank, saying it will be sent to rendezvous with a "normal sized submarine".
** The LastWords of a J-Man killed by Sombra the Spider Woman. "Argh! Rubber spider venom!"
** The Caped Madman [[SuperStrength picks up a bandit]] so [[GrievousHarmWithABody he can be thrown at another bandit]]. The first bandit somehow turns into a stuffed dummy between cuts, so the Caped Madmen quips, "Take this, dummy!"
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