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* {{Lunarians}}: Somehow a society of women who match contemporary Earth standards of beauty has arisen on the Moon.
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* NoSeatbelts: Averted; when the crew have to put their RetroRocket in a spin to dislodge a meteor that's become lodged in their tail section, they buckle up the seatbelts on their [[NoBudget office swivel chairs]]... Swivel chairs?

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* NoSeatbelts: Averted; when the crew have to put their RetroRocket in a spin to dislodge a meteor that's become lodged in their tail section, they buckle up the seatbelts on their [[NoBudget office swivel chairs]]... [[NoOshaCompliance Swivel chairs?chairs?]]
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* StockFootage: The 1949 film taken from an A4 rocket launched into the upper atmosphere is reused in a constant loop. However a model is used for Moon Rocket 4 instead of the usual V2 launch footage.

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* StockFootage: The 1949 film taken from an A4 rocket launched into the upper atmosphere is reused played in a constant loop.loop for the takeoff scene. However a model is used for Moon Rocket 4 instead of the usual V2 launch footage.
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* StockFootage: The usual 1949 film taken from an A4 rocket launched into the upper atmosphere is reused in a constant loop. However a model is used for Moon Rocket 4 instead of the usual V2 launch footage.

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* StockFootage: The usual 1949 film taken from an A4 rocket launched into the upper atmosphere is reused in a constant loop. However a model is used for Moon Rocket 4 instead of the usual V2 launch footage.
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* NotHerself: Helen whenever she's channelling the Alpha. She either speaks in a CreepyMonotone or gets a lot more assertive.

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* NotHerself: Helen whenever she's channelling channeling the Alpha. She either speaks in a CreepyMonotone or gets a lot more assertive.
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* TheLancer: Kip, who is more informal compared to the by-the-book Laird, and doesn't hesitate to voice his suspicions about Helen or take action on his own behalf whenever he thinks it's necessary.

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* GoldFever: As usual, the moon has [[WorthlessYellowRocks plenty of gold]]. [[Film/{{Moon}} Helium 3, what's that?]]



* GoldFever: As usual, the moon has [[WorthlessYellowRocks plenty of gold]]. [[Film/{{Moon}} Helium 3, what's that?]]

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* PermissionToSpeakFreely

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* PermissionToSpeakFreelyPermissionToSpeakFreely: Kip voices his increasing suspicions when Helen leads them to a cave into the interior.
-->'''Kip:''' I wonder if the commander would permit an observation?
-->'''Laird:''' Ah come on Kip, we don't have to get that formal.
-->'''Kip:''' Well I only wanted to point out, that from the angle the ship entered the crater, it would have been impossible for Miss Salanger to see that cave.
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-->'''Alpha:''' [[EconomyCast Four of us will be enough.]] We will get their women under our power, and soon we shall rule the whole Earth.

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-->'''Alpha:''' [[EconomyCast Four of us will be enough.]] We will get their women under our power, and [[BehindEveryGreatMan soon we shall rule the whole Earth.Earth]].

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-->'''Narrator:''' The eternal wonders of space and time. The far away dreams and mysteries of other worlds. Other life. The stars. The planets. Man has been face to face with them for centuries, yet is barely able to penetrate their unknown secrets. Sometime, someday, the barrier will be pierced. Why must we wait? Why not... now? ''SmashCut to rocketship blasting into space''

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-->'''Narrator:''' The eternal wonders of space and time. The far away dreams and mysteries of other worlds. Other life. The stars. The planets. Man has been face to face with them for centuries, yet is barely able to penetrate their unknown secrets. Sometime, someday, the barrier will be pierced. Why must we wait? Why not... now? ''SmashCut to rocketship blasting into space''space!''
* FishbowlHelmet: Though with a flat face-piece for an undistorted view.



* LetsSplitUpGang: Averted when Helen is abducted by the cat-women. Kip points out that it makes more sense to wait to see whether she's returned. She is.

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* LetsSplitUpGang: LetsSplitUpGang:
** Even though they've just been attacked by {{Giant Spider}}s that dropped from the roof of the cave, the men walk off in two different directions, leaving an exhausted Helen alone. A cat-woman sneaks up and puts a mind-controlling disc on her.
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Averted when Helen is abducted by the cat-women. Kip points out that it makes more sense to wait to see whether she's returned. She is.



* MustHaveNicotine: Helen insists on bringing cigarettes even though she can't smoke them in a spacesuit. [[ChekhovsGun They just happen to come in handy]] for demonstrating the dangers of the Light Side, or testing if there is oxygen.



* NotHerself: Helen whenever she's channelling the Alpha. She either speaks in a CreepyMonotone or gets a lot more assertive.
* PermissionToSpeakFreely



* ThePowerOfTheSun: If you put a cigarette over the dividing line between the light and dark sides of the moon, it will burst into flame!

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* ThePowerOfTheSun: If you put a cigarette over the dividing line between the light and dark sides of the moon, it will burst into flame!flame! [[FridgeLogic In that case, why was Captain Laird surprised that Helen chose a landing site on the Dark Side?]]
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* NoSeatbelts: Averted; the crew buckle up in their swivel chairs...swivel chairs?

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* NoSeatbelts: Averted; when the crew have to put their RetroRocket in a spin to dislodge a meteor that's become lodged in their tail section, they buckle up in the seatbelts on their [[NoBudget office swivel chairs...swivel chairs]]... Swivel chairs?
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* StockFootage: The usual 1949 film taken from an A4 rocket launched into the upper atmosphere is reused in a constant loop.

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* StockFootage: The usual 1949 film taken from an A4 rocket launched into the upper atmosphere is reused in a constant loop. However a model is used for Moon Rocket 4 instead of the usual V2 launch footage.
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* SpaceMadness: Laird puts down Helen's call to Alpha (which she doesn't remember) as "a touch of space madness".

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* SpaceMadness: Laird puts down Helen's call to Alpha (which she doesn't remember) as "a touch of space madness". Despite this temporary insanity he's not concerned when she picks a landing ground on the unsurveyed dark side of the Moon.

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* ExactTimeToFailure: There's a nitric acid leak in the atom chamber. Our hero struggles into a HazmatSuit against the orders of his captain.
-->'''Laird:''' The acid will burn through that suit in one minute flat!
-->'''Kip:''' I'll just be fifty-nine seconds...I hope.

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* ExactTimeToFailure: There's a nitric acid leak in the atom chamber. Our hero struggles engine room, so Kip gets into a HazmatSuit against the orders of his captain.
-->'''Laird:''' The acid
to fix it, despite being told that it will burn through that suit in one only last a minute flat!
-->'''Kip:''' I'll
flat. (Kip: "I'll just be fifty-nine seconds...I hope.hope!") The crew are even shown looking at their watches during this scene.
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-->'''Kip:''' [[DangerDeadpan I'll have to be fifty-nine seconds then.]]

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-->'''Kip:''' [[DangerDeadpan I'll have to just be fifty-nine seconds then.]]seconds...I hope.
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-->'''Kip:''' I'll have to be fifty-nine seconds then.

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-->'''Kip:''' [[DangerDeadpan I'll have to be fifty-nine seconds then.]]

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* ExactTimeToFailure: TheCaptain points out that Kip's HazmatSuit will barely last a minute in the overloading engine room. Kip quips that he'll have to be 59 seconds then.

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* ExactTimeToFailure: TheCaptain points out that Kip's There's a nitric acid leak in the atom chamber. Our hero struggles into a HazmatSuit against the orders of his captain.
-->'''Laird:''' The acid
will barely last a burn through that suit in one minute in the overloading engine room. Kip quips that he'll flat!
-->'''Kip:''' I'll
have to be 59 fifty-nine seconds then.
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* FauxlosophicNarration: The OpeningMonologue starts off this way, but at least at the end they cut straight to the action.

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* FauxlosophicNarration: The OpeningMonologue starts off this way, OpeningMonologue, but at least at the end they cut straight to the action.
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* FauxlosophicNarration: The OpeningMonologue starts off this way, but averted when they cut straight to the action.

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* FauxlosophicNarration: The OpeningMonologue starts off this way, but averted when at least at the end they cut straight to the action.
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** Kip is the first on deck, checks on the well-being of his captain and [[NumberTwo rouses the others on his orders]], making a point of helping Helen unstrap from her hammock.

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** Kip [[TheHero Kip]] is the first on deck, checks on the well-being of his captain and [[NumberTwo rouses the others on his orders]], making a point of helping Helen unstrap from her hammock.



* FiveManBand: Laird Grainger (TheCaptain), Kip Reissner (co-pilot, also TheHero), Helen Salinger (navigator), 'Walt' Walters (engineer), Doug Smith (radio operator).

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* FiveManBand: Laird Grainger (TheCaptain), Kip Reissner (co-pilot, also TheHero), (co-pilot), Helen Salinger (navigator), 'Walt' Walters (engineer), Doug Smith (radio operator).
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** [[RulesLawyer Captain Laird]] barks at the others to check their instruments instead of taking a second to answer the desperate calls from White Sands, so the people back on Earth will know they're not dead. When he does answer, he just gives a status report and only reluctantly allows the others to say a few words to their expectant audience.

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** [[RulesLawyer Captain Laird]] barks at the others to check their instruments instead of taking a second moment to answer the desperate calls from White Sands, so the people back on Earth will know they're not dead. When he does answer, he just gives a status report and only reluctantly allows the others to say a few words to their expectant audience.
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* HazmatSuit: Kip dons a hooded suit to fix a coolant leak, after the obligatory meteor shower damages their nuclear-powered RetroRocket.

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* HazmatSuit: Kip dons a hooded suit to fix a coolant leak, after the obligatory meteor shower damages their nuclear-powered RetroRocket. [[FridgeLogic Shouldn't the engineer be doing that?]]
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* NoSeatbelts: Averted; the crew buckle up in their swivel chairs...swivel chairs?
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-->'''Narrator:''' Why do we wait? Why not...now! ''SmashCut to rocketship blasting into space''

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-->'''Narrator:''' The eternal wonders of space and time. The far away dreams and mysteries of other worlds. Other life. The stars. The planets. Man has been face to face with them for centuries, yet is barely able to penetrate their unknown secrets. Sometime, someday, the barrier will be pierced. Why do must we wait? Why not...now! not... now? ''SmashCut to rocketship blasting into space''
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* FiveManBand

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* FiveManBandFiveManBand: Laird Grainger (TheCaptain), Kip Reissner (co-pilot, also TheHero), Helen Salinger (navigator), 'Walt' Walters (engineer), Doug Smith (radio operator).
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* RetroRocket: Moon Rocket 4
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** [[EnsignNewbie Doug]] marvels at the fact that they finally made it into Outer Space.

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** [[EnsignNewbie Doug]] marvels at the fact that they [[BoldExplorer finally made it into Outer Space.Space]].
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** Kip is the first on deck, checks on the well-being of his captain and his former LoveInterest Helen, then rouses the others in his role as NumberTwo.

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** Kip is the first on deck, checks on the well-being of his captain and his former LoveInterest Helen, then [[NumberTwo rouses the others in on his role as NumberTwo.orders]], making a point of helping Helen unstrap from her hammock.



** [[EnsignNewbie Doug]] stares in wonder at the stars and marvels that they actually made it.

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** [[EnsignNewbie Doug]] stares in wonder at the stars and marvels at the fact that they actually finally made it.it into Outer Space.

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** Despite being the navigator, Helen does her hair and relies on women's intuition instead of checking her instruments.
** Captain Laird barks at the others to [[RulesLawyer give him a status report]] instead of taking a second to answer the desperate calls from White Sands, so the people back on Earth will know they're not dead.

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** Despite being the navigator, Helen [[TheChick Helen]] does her hair and relies on women's intuition instead of checking her instruments.
** [[RulesLawyer Captain Laird Laird]] barks at the others to [[RulesLawyer give him a status report]] check their instruments instead of taking a second to answer the desperate calls from White Sands, so the people back on Earth will know they're not dead.dead. When he does answer, he just gives a status report and only reluctantly allows the others to say a few words to their expectant audience.


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** [[EnsignNewbie Doug]] stares in wonder at the stars and marvels that they actually made it.
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-->Why do we wait? Why not...now! ''SmashCut to rocketship blasting into space''

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-->Why -->'''Narrator:''' Why do we wait? Why not...now! ''SmashCut to rocketship blasting into space''

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