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* OhCrap: Everyone in the bridge of the Spaceballs One when [[ButtMonkey Dark]] [[TheDragon Helmet]] ordered for the ship to go to LudicrousSpeed.
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* LargeHam: Dark Helmet, Lone Starr and [[WorldOfHam many more]]!
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** Made even funnier in that, depending on how many siblings Lone Starr's father had, that might have made Lone Starr himself Helmet's former roommate.
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* VocalDissonance: The deep man's voice singing "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" in Spaceballs prison turns out to be...Princess Vespa.
-->'''Barf''': Whaddaya know, she's a bass!
-->'''Barf''': Whaddaya know, she's a bass!
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** Pizza the Hutt's mook Benny seems to be a reference to Max Headroom, with his angular head and neck twitch.
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* WorldOfPun: The radar gets jammed, they comb the desert, and of course there's the Druish princess.
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* RealityWritingBook: An example of a video rather than a book. The evil characters discover the video of the movie they are starring in -- at one point their actions both in the film universe and the video are perfectly synched up, to the characters' bemusement.
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* RealityWritingBook: An example of a video rather than a book. The evil characters discover watch the video of the movie they are starring in -- at one point their actions both in the film universe and the video are perfectly synched up, to which [[MindScrew confuses the characters' bemusement.hell out of]] Dark Helmet.
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* RecursiveReality: The villains put a video of their own movie, and go to the scene where they are watching it, seeing an infinite number of themselves watching themselves.
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* RecursiveReality: The villains put watch a video of their own movie, and go to end up on the scene where they are watching it, seeing an infinite number of themselves watching themselves.
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** Later, he and Lonestar are comparing the size of their... um... schwartzes.
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** Later, he and Lonestar Lone Star are comparing the size of their... um... schwartzes.schwartzes.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** TheMerch, as a RunningGag.
** The stuff in the back of the Winnebago includes a fire hydrant labeled "Mawg's Room".
** The "You're looking at ''now''" bit includes several ''{{Rocky}}'' sequels (see BrickJoke).
* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** TheMerch, as a RunningGag.
** The stuff in the back of the Winnebago includes a fire hydrant labeled "Mawg's Room".
** The "You're looking at ''now''" bit includes several ''{{Rocky}}'' sequels (see BrickJoke).
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* RunningGag: Both within the movie -- Spaceballs merch everywhere -- and reusing several gags from previous Mel Brooks movies.
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* RunningGag: Both within the movie -- Spaceballs merch everywhere [[FunnyBackgroundEvent everywhere]] -- and reusing several gags from previous Mel Brooks movies.
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-->'''Yogurt:''' Here's'' where the ''real'' money from the movie is made!
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-->'''Yogurt:''' Here's'' Here's where the ''real'' money from the movie is made!
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** Early in the "you're looking at ''now''" bit, the shelves of videotapes [[FunnyBackgroundEvent include]] several ''Rocky'' sequels, setting up the ''Rocky 5000'' gag near the end of the movie.
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* RidiculousFutureSequelisation: ''Spaceballs'' features a trailer for ''Rocky 5000''.
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* RidiculousFutureSequelisation: ''Spaceballs'' features a trailer for ''Rocky 5000''."''Rocky Five... '''Thousand'''''".
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Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) -- the [[WellExcuseMePrincess bold, bossy and beautiful]] heir to the throne of planet Druidia -- [[RunawayBride runs out on her wedding]] before she is officially married to the [[DisposableFiance painfully dull]] [[MeaningfulName Prince Valium]] ([[CueIrony Jim J. Bullock]]), the only [[RoyalBlood eligible bachelor prince]] in her region of space. Once she's in space, however, Vespa and her robot servant [[PunnyName Dot Matrix]] (Joan Rivers) soon become the target of the Spaceballs, a group of evildoers -- led by Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and President Skroob (Mel Brooks) -- who plan to ransom her off for access to Druidia's atmosphere (in order [[PlanetLooters drain it away and use it to replenish their homeworld's own thinning atmosphere]]).
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Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) -- the [[WellExcuseMePrincess bold, bossy and beautiful]] heir to the throne of planet Druidia -- [[RunawayBride runs out on her wedding]] before she is officially married to the [[DisposableFiance painfully dull]] [[MeaningfulName Prince Valium]] ([[CueIrony Jim J. Bullock]]), the only [[RoyalBlood eligible bachelor prince]] in her region of space. Once she's in space, however, Vespa and her robot servant [[PunnyName Dot Matrix]] (Joan (performed by Lorene Yarnell[[hottip:*:of Shields and Yarnell]]; voiced by Joan Rivers) soon become the target of the Spaceballs, a group of evildoers -- led by Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and President Skroob (Mel Brooks) -- who plan to ransom her off for access to Druidia's atmosphere (in order [[PlanetLooters drain it away and use it to replenish their homeworld's own thinning atmosphere]]).
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'''''Spaceballs''''' is a [[ParodySatirePastiche farcical comedy film]] directed by Creator/MelBrooks which does for ScienceFiction -- especially ''Franchise/StarWars'' -- what ''BlazingSaddles'' ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' did for TheWestern.
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* ActorAllusion: [[{{Film/Alien}} John Hurt]] plays a patron in "Gus's Galaxy Grill" who had [[ChestBurster the special.]]
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* ActorAllusion: [[{{Film/Alien}} [[Film/{{Alien}} John Hurt]] plays a patron in "Gus's Galaxy Grill" who had [[ChestBurster the special.]]
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* EntitledBastard: The princess start out this way. She gets over it pretty quickly, however... [[spoiler:She kinda lost the attitude along with the matched luggage.]]
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* EntitledBastard: The princess start out this way. She gets over it pretty quickly, however... [[spoiler:She kinda lost the attitude along with the matched luggage.]] ]]
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'''Dark Helmet:''' {{I knew it}}! I'm [[SurroundedByIdiots surrounded by Assholes!]]\\
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'''Dark Helmet:''' {{I knew it}}! IKnewIt! I'm [[SurroundedByIdiots surrounded by Assholes!]]\\
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* TheMerch: Beautifully parodied. Taken one step further by some of it clearly being ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'' merchandise with ''Spaceballs'' stickers on them. The Merch helps the baddies find Lone Starr and company, and it's [[BrickJoke everywhere]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent if you look for it]]. Sadly there was no real life Merch for ''Spaceballs'', because of an agreement between Mel Brooks and George Lucas.
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* TheMerch: Beautifully parodied. Taken one step further by some of it clearly being ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'' ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' merchandise with ''Spaceballs'' stickers on them. The Merch helps the baddies find Lone Starr and company, and it's [[BrickJoke everywhere]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent if you look for it]]. Sadly there was no real life Merch for ''Spaceballs'', because of an agreement between Mel Brooks and George Lucas.
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* MosesInTheBullrushes: As luck would have it, Lone Starr is really a prince who was sent off, {{Franchise/Superman}} style, complete with OrphansPlotTrinket.
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* MosesInTheBullrushes: As luck would have it, Lone Starr is really a prince who was sent off, {{Franchise/Superman}} Franchise/{{Superman}} style, complete with OrphansPlotTrinket.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted with the baby [[{{Film/Alien}} xenomorph]].
* RidiculousFutureSequelisation: ''Spaceballs'' features a trailer for ''Rocky 5000''.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted with the baby [[{{Film/Alien}} [[Film/{{Alien}} xenomorph]].
* RidiculousFutureSequelisation: ''Spaceballs'' features a trailer for ''Rocky 5000''.
* RidiculousFutureSequelisation: ''Spaceballs'' features a trailer for ''Rocky 5000''.
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* SdrawkcabName: President [[MelBrooks Skroob]]. Close enough, anyway.
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* SdrawkcabName: President [[MelBrooks [[Creator/MelBrooks Skroob]]. Close enough, anyway.
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** A specific mention is probably deserved by the wonderfully insane combined reference to ''{{Film/Alien}}'' (complete with JohnHurt and SigourneyWeaver) and ''OneFroggyEvening''.
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** A specific mention is probably deserved by the wonderfully insane combined reference to ''{{Film/Alien}}'' ''Film/{{Alien}}'' (complete with JohnHurt and SigourneyWeaver) and ''OneFroggyEvening''.
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* SpaceTrucker: Lone Star driving a Winnebago through space.
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* SpaceTrucker: Lone Star driving a Winnebago through space.
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Parodied with the restaurant scene when Kane starts coughing and goes into convulsions, followed by a chestburster... which dons a top hat and cane and sings "Hello My Baby" in the voice of Michigan J. Frog. JohnHurt [[ActorAllusion reprises his role]] from the original ''{{Film/Alien}}'', [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by his muttered, "[[OhNoNotAgain Oh no, not again!]]"
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Parodied with the restaurant scene when Kane starts coughing and goes into convulsions, followed by a chestburster... which dons a top hat and cane and sings "Hello My Baby" in the voice of Michigan J. Frog. JohnHurt [[ActorAllusion reprises his role]] from the original ''{{Film/Alien}}'', ''Film/{{Alien}}'', [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by his muttered, "[[OhNoNotAgain Oh no, not again!]]"
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-->'''Dark Helmet:''' There's only one man would ''dare'' give me the raspberry... ''(flips down helmet; menacingly)'' [[{{SayMyName}} LONE STARR!]]
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-->'''Dark Helmet:''' There's only one man would ''dare'' give me the raspberry... ''(flips down helmet; menacingly)'' [[{{SayMyName}} [[SayMyName LONE STARR!]]
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* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: Via Dark Helmet: "That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!" and [[IronicEcho it turns out that's the combination of President Skroob's luggage]].
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* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: Via Dark Helmet: "That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The life! That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!" and [[IronicEcho it turns out that's the combination of President Skroob's luggage]].
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* BladeLock: Parodied as Lone Starr and Dark Helmet's {{Laser Blade}}s get twisted around each other: "[[DoubleEntendre I hate it when my Schwartz gets twisted!]]"
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* BladeLock: Parodied as Lone Starr and Dark Helmet's {{Laser Blade}}s get twisted around each other: "[[DoubleEntendre I hate it when I get my Schwartz gets twisted!]]"
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---> Made worse by the fact that a pair of black Spaceballs are using a giant [[ValuesDissonance afro pick]]instead of a comb.
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---> Made worse by the fact that a pair of black Spaceballs are using a giant [[ValuesDissonance afro pick]]instead pick]] instead of a comb.
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---> Made worse by the fact that a pair of black Spaceballs are using a giant [[ValuesDissonance afro pick]].
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---> Made worse by the fact that a pair of black Spaceballs are using a giant [[ValuesDissonance afro pick]].pick]]instead of a comb.
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* OneSceneWonder: The hilarious radio operator, played by the peerless MichaelWinslow, "The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects".
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* OneSceneWonder: OneSceneWonder:
** The hilarious radio operator, played by the peerless MichaelWinslow, "The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects".
** The hilarious radio operator, played by the peerless MichaelWinslow, "The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects".
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** Played by StephenTobolowsky.
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** The [[DomDeluise Dom]], [[IncrediblyLamePun actually]].
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** An honorable mention has to be given to JohnHurt for his "Oh no, not again!" ChestBurster scene.
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Complete misuse of the trope. And This Is For is about Punctuated Pounding with a list of people you\'re avenging.
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-->'''Barf:''' What are we doing risking our lives for a runaway princess? I know we need the money--\\
'''Lone Starr:''' Wait! We're not just doing this for money.\\
''(Barf glares at him)''\\
'''Lone Starr:''' We're doing it for a SHIT load of money!
-->'''Barf:''' What are we doing risking our lives for a runaway princess? I know we need the money--\\
'''Lone Starr:''' Wait! We're not just doing this for money.\\
''(Barf glares at him)''\\
'''Lone Starr:''' We're doing it for a SHIT load of money!
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-->'''Barf:''' What are we doing risking our lives for a runaway princess? I know we need the money--\\
'''Lone Starr:''' Wait! We're not just doing this for money.\\
''(Barf glares at him)''\\
'''Lone Starr:''' We're doing it for a SHIT load of money!
-->'''Barf:''' What are we doing risking our lives for a runaway princess? I know we need the money--\\
'''Lone Starr:''' Wait! We're not just doing this for money.\\
''(Barf glares at him)''\\
'''Lone Starr:''' We're doing it for a SHIT load of money!
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* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep / UnfortunateNames
** Gunner's Mate First Class Philip Asshole.
** Not to mention his cousin, Major Asshole, who [[{{Nepotism}} got him the job]].
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' How many Assholes we got on this ship, anyhow?\\
'''Entire crew:''' ''(everyone stands up and [[CallBack covers their crotch]])'' '''YO!'''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' {{I knew it}}! I'm [[SurroundedByIdiots surrounded by Assholes!]]\\
''({{beat}})''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' ''(pulls helmet mask down)'' Keep firing, Assholes!
** Gunner's Mate First Class Philip Asshole.
** Not to mention his cousin, Major Asshole, who [[{{Nepotism}} got him the job]].
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' How many Assholes we got on this ship, anyhow?\\
'''Entire crew:''' ''(everyone stands up and [[CallBack covers their crotch]])'' '''YO!'''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' {{I knew it}}! I'm [[SurroundedByIdiots surrounded by Assholes!]]\\
''({{beat}})''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' ''(pulls helmet mask down)'' Keep firing, Assholes!
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* UnfortunateNames
** Gunner's Mate First Class Philip Asshole.
** Not to mention his cousin, Major Asshole, who [[{{Nepotism}} got him the job]].
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' How many Assholes we got on this ship, anyhow?\\
'''Entire crew:''' ''(everyone stands up and [[CallBack covers their crotch]])'' '''YO!'''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' {{I knew it}}! I'm [[SurroundedByIdiots surrounded by Assholes!]]\\
''({{beat}})''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' ''(pulls helmet mask down)'' Keep firing, Assholes!
** Gunner's Mate First Class Philip Asshole.
** Not to mention his cousin, Major Asshole, who [[{{Nepotism}} got him the job]].
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' How many Assholes we got on this ship, anyhow?\\
'''Entire crew:''' ''(everyone stands up and [[CallBack covers their crotch]])'' '''YO!'''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' {{I knew it}}! I'm [[SurroundedByIdiots surrounded by Assholes!]]\\
''({{beat}})''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' ''(pulls helmet mask down)'' Keep firing, Assholes!
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* MayTheFarceBeWithYou
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* MayTheFarceBeWithYouMayTheFarceBeWithYou: Widely held to be the MostTriumphantExample. The DVD case actually uses the exact phrase "May the Farce be with you" as a tagline.
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->''"It's easy to spoof a bad movie. A good movie, now that's hard."''
-->-- '''Creator/MelBrooks'''
'''''Spaceballs''''' is a [[ParodySatirePastiche farcical comedy film]] directed by Creator/MelBrooks which does for ScienceFiction -- especially ''Franchise/StarWars'' -- what ''BlazingSaddles'' did for TheWestern.
Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) -- the [[WellExcuseMePrincess bold, bossy and beautiful]] heir to the throne of planet Druidia -- [[RunawayBride runs out on her wedding]] before she is officially married to the [[DisposableFiance painfully dull]] [[MeaningfulName Prince Valium]] ([[CueIrony Jim J. Bullock]]), the only [[RoyalBlood eligible bachelor prince]] in her region of space. Once she's in space, however, Vespa and her robot servant [[PunnyName Dot Matrix]] (Joan Rivers) soon become the target of the Spaceballs, a group of evildoers -- led by Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and President Skroob (Mel Brooks) -- who plan to ransom her off for access to Druidia's atmosphere (in order [[PlanetLooters drain it away and use it to replenish their homeworld's own thinning atmosphere]]).
Vespa's only hope lies with two mercenaries-for-hire: Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and Barf the Mawg (John Candy), who hope to use the substantial reward offered by Vespa's father for her safe return to pay off debts owed to crime boss Pizza the Hutt (Dom [=DeLuise=]). With a little help from wise-cracking mystic Master Yogurt (also Mel Brooks), Lone Starr fights to save Planet Druidia, defeat the Spaceballs, and (maybe) get the girl, too.
In reality, the plot's [[ExcusePlot a big excuse]] which gives Creator/MelBrooks a large enough canvas to poke fun at tons of sci-fi tropes.
An AnimatedAdaptation based on this film -- ''Spaceballs: The Animated Series'' -- was developed a couple of decades later; it languished in DevelopmentHell for so long, only thirteen episodes were made. G4 eventually gained the rights, but due to said DevelopmentHell, it ended up promoting the show before it was ready. The series didn't air until a year later, and by that point, production had been axed before the first episode ever aired.
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!!''Spaceballs'': The Tropes!
* AbandonShip: PlayedForLaughs. ''Everybody'' is shown running for the escape pods in the film's climax -- the orchestra, a variety of circus freaks, and even [[EverythingIsWorseWithBears a bear]] -- but leaving behind Colonel Sandurz, President Skroob, and Dark Helmet. Many of these are part of the capper of a BrickJoke initiated when Colonel Sandurz orders the cancellation of a three-ring circus and the closing of the zoo aboard ''Spaceball One'' as part of the preparations for LudicrousSpeed.
* ActingForTwo: Mel Brooks himself, playing both Yogurt and President Skroob.
* ActorAllusion: [[{{Film/Alien}} John Hurt]] plays a patron in "Gus's Galaxy Grill" who had [[ChestBurster the special.]]
* AdaptationDecay: The AnimatedAdaptation was a pretty self-evident money grab and received a rather poor reception from critics and fans.
* AdventurerOutfit
* AffectionateParody: ''Franchise/StarWars'', and [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]] in general, of course.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Spaceballs. ''[[EarWorm 'Cause what you got is what they need, and all they do is dirty deeds.]]''
* AmusingAlien: Is there an alien in this film who ''isn't''?
* ArrangedMarriage: Vespa and Valium.
* AsYouKnow: Spoofed -- Dark Helmet [[BreakingTheFourthWall addresses the audience]] to make sure they're up to speed after an {{infodump}} from Colonel Sandurz.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' Everybody got that?
* AtArmsLength: Lone Starr and Dark Helmet, during the sword fight.
* {{Autocannibalism}}: [[spoiler:Pizza the Hutt gets locked in his limo and eats himself to death, freeing the heroic duo from their debt.]]
* BanisterSlide: The three main villains, in order to get to the SelfDestructMechanism's cancellation button.
* {{Beachcombing}}: "Are we being too literal?" "No, you fool, we're following orders. We were told to comb the desert, so we're combing it!"
* BerserkButton. Don't. Shoot. Vespa's. Hair. Do, and you'll be gunned down with a fury that would make {{Rambo}} look like a pussy.
* BigBad: President Skroob
* BigNo: Princess Vespa, when she's threatened with being given her old ugly nose back.
* BigRedButton: That activates ''Spaceball One'''s SelfDestructMechanism; the one that turns it off turns out to be [[FailsafeFailure out of order]]: "[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck!]] Even in the future nothing works!"
* BilingualBonus: Cyrillic letters appear in ''Eagle 5'''s targeting scope, including a combination [[ShownTheirWork that does make perfect sense]] -- "PYOS -- KOT" (Dog -- Cat).
* BladeLock: Parodied as Lone Starr and Dark Helmet's {{Laser Blade}}s get twisted around each other: "[[DoubleEntendre I hate it when my Schwartz gets twisted!]]"
* BlowingARaspberry: Parodied. The Villain exclaims, "There is only one man, who would ''dare'' give me the Raspberry! Lone Starr!" after the hero has jammed the villain's spaceship's radar with... [[IncrediblyLamePun jam]]... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Raspberry-flavored jam]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall
** At one point, the villains believe they've captured Lone Starr, Barf, Vespa, and Dot, only to learn they've mistakenly captured their ''stunt doubles''.
** After Colonel Sandurz takes a brief turn as MrExposition, Dark Helmet lampshades it by turning towards the camera to ask, "Everybody got that?"
** When on the desert planet, at one point there's a transition from Barf and Lone Starr to the sun beating down on the desert, with it shining through behind them in a dissolve effect. Halfway through, Barf comments, "Niiiice dissolve!"
** During the duel between Lone Star and Dark Helmet, one of the camera crew gets killed by a wayward strike.
** A camera collides with Dark Helmet during a zoom-in shot.
** Dark Helmet and Colonel Sandurz watch the movie on video to find out where the heroes are at that moment.
** As President Skroob comes running into the bridge of ''Spaceball One'':
-->'''Skroob:''' ''(panting)'' The ship is too long. If I walk, the movie'll be over.
** Pretty much half of Yogurt's lines are breaking the fourth wall, with him hocking merchandise for the movie in the middle of the movie!
-->'''Yogurt:''' Here's'' where the ''real'' money from the movie is made!
** Even his ''last line'' spoken in person gets it:
-->'''Lone Starr:''' Will we ever meet again?\\
'''Yogurt:''' Who knows? God willing we'll all meet again in ''Spaceballs Two: The Search For More Money''.
* BrickJoke: While preparing for Ludicrous Speed, Sandurz mentions cancelling the three-ring circus and closing the zoo. When it comes time to abandon ship, the crowd includes several circus freaks and a bear.
* ButterFace: Princess Vespa's stunt double. Because it's a ''guy''.
* ButtMonkey: For an evil warrior feared the universe over, Lord Dark Helmet seems to have ''very'' unfortunate things happen to him on a near-hourly basis. Just for funsies, here are some examples -- he burns his mouth with coffee in his introductory scene, gets hit in the head with the door of Vespa's car, is sent flying into the front control panel of Spaceball-One when they decelerate from Ludicrous Speed, is found role-playing a liaison between himself and Vespa [[PsychopathicManChild with dolls]], and can't keep his helmet visor up to save his life. And that's ''before'' the climax of the movie.
* CameraAbuse: The camera hits Dark Helmet in the face during a close-up. Later, a cameraman gets slashed during the climactic battle sequence between Lone Starr and Dark Helmet.
-->'''Dark Helmet''': Um, ''he'' did it!\\
'''Lone Starr''': '''''What?!'''''
* CampGay: The "You've captured their stunt doubles" Spaceball guy.
* CardCarryingVillain: Dark Helmet.
* CheckPlease
** Delivered by Barf when he collapses in the desert.
** Delivered by Barf and Lone Starr in stereo after seeing a singing, dancing [[ChestBurster chest-burster]] come out of [[CastingGag John Hurt]].
* ChildMarriageVeto: King Roland never has to back off from his demand that his daughter shall marry a prince. Sure the horribly boring Prince Valium was the only prince left in the galaxy, but [[spoiler:it turns out that the hero is actually also a prince.]] Problem solved.
* CloseCallHaircut: Which proves to be Princess Vespa's BerserkButton: "He shot my hair... Son of a bitch!" Also coincides with MyFavoriteShirt.
* ColonelBogeyMarch: ''Dink dink! Dink dink, dink dink, dink, dink dink! Dink dink! Dink dink, dink dink, dink, dink!''
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Lone Starr's Schwartz is red-orange, and Dark Helmet's is green, since the ship lasers in ''StarWars'' were as well.
* CompositeCharacter: Lonestar is a combination of Luke Skywalker (training in the resident magic source and rivalry with the lead villain) and Han Solo (criminal ties and relationship with furry alien), with the costume design of Indiana Jones. Yogurt is Yoda (name and appearance) and Obi-Wan (training style). Colonel Sandurz represents the various imperial officers that appeared through the movies.
* TheConsigliere: Vinny, perhaps, to [[TheDon Pizza the Hutt]].
* ConvenientlyClosePlanet: Lone Star's Winnebago comes out of Hyperspeed and promptly runs out of gas. Cue nearby desert planet to land on.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The Spaceballs threaten to undo Princess Vespa's nose-job and return her nose to its original grotesque size unless the King hands over the access codes to Druidia's planetary defenses. It works.
* CreatorCameo: Co-writer Ronny Graham as the Minister.
%% All Crowning Moments of anything go on their respective subpages.
* DarthVaderClone: Dark Helmet
* DeathByGluttony: Pizza the Hutt becomes trapped in his limousine and eventually eats himself to death.
* DecoyGetaway / NinjaProp: "You've captured their ''{{stunt double}}s''!"
* TheDeterminator: Spoofed.
-->'''Lone Starr:''' ''(exhausted and dehydrated)'' Must go on... must go on... must go on... who am I kidding? ''(collapses)''
* DoesntLikeGuns: Vespa, until someone [[BerserkButton shoots her hair]].
* TheDon: Pizza the Hutt
* DoubleEntendre
** Lone Starr and Dark Helmet square off with their "Schwartz" lightsabers suggestively held at crotch height. Dark Helmet remarks "Hmm... I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. Now let's see how well you... handle it!" Made even better when they both glance down to check.
** Also, this line:
-->'''Sandurz:''' It's the Mega-Maid, sir. She's gone from "suck" to "blow"!
** "Oh, yes, sir. Snotty beamed me twice last night. ''It was wonderful.''"
* DramaticTimpani: Provided by an actual timpanist, who reappears during the evacuation sequence.
* TheEmpire: The Spaceballs, though apparently technically a republic, being led by a President and not a monarch.
* EntitledBastard: The princess start out this way. She gets over it pretty quickly, however... [[spoiler:She kinda lost the attitude along with the matched luggage.]]
* ErmineCapeEffect: The king of Druidia is always wearing his [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia crown and ermine robes]].
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Vespa
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: One takes the last escape pod on ''Spaceball One'', much to the President's dismay.
* FairytaleWeddingDress
* FakeStatic: Barf uses this ploy to make King Roland promise a million space bucks to rescue Princess Vespa. Note that he wasn't pretending to lose picture to get away from the conversation as is standard of this trope, but rather as a way of saying "I'm losing interest in this deal."
* {{Fanfare}}: Can't be a parody of ''Star Wars'' without one.
* FasterThanLightTravel: Light Speed < Ridiculous Speed < LudicrousSpeed. Somewhere in there is presumably "Hyperactive", courtesy of ''Eagle 5''[='s=] Hyper-Jets.
* FastForwardGag: This trope leads to another gag involving the villains watching themselves.
* FoeYay / HoYay [[invoked]]
** Lord Helmet playing with a Princess Vespa doll says to the Lord Helmet doll, "Oh, your helmet is SO big!"
** Later, he and Lonestar are comparing the size of their... um... schwartzes.
* GlassesPull: Of a kind. Dark Helmet pulls the mask down over his face whenever he wants to be scary and dramatic, and pops it up when he starts expressing exasperation or confusion. Or when he realizes he can't breathe in that thing.
* GoodIsDumb: TropeNamer.
* GreasySpoon
* GroinAttack: Dark Helmet's preferred use of his Schwartz powers is to force-choke the nads of subordinates who [[YouHaveFailedMe fail him]]. Or annoy him. ("You went over my ''helmet''?") After the first time, they start [[OhCrap covering themselves]] immediately when he gets angry.
* HalfHumanHybrid: NonHumanSidekick Barf: "I'm a mawg; I'm half-man, half-dog. I'm my own best friend!"
* HaveANiceDeath: Self-Destruct Voice: "Have a nice day."
* HospitalHottie: The assistant to the plastic surgeon brought in by Helmet when he threatens to give Vespa her old nose.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' I bet she gives great [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything helmet]].
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Spoofed.
-->'''Colonel Sandurz:''' No, sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!
* IncrediblyLamePun: It's a Mel Brooks film. It's the standard humor.
** When you say you're going to comb the desert, out come the oversized prop combs.
** "Well, just what we need... a Druish princess!" "Funny, she doesn't look Druish." (Mel Brooks has said that the only reason he named the planet Druidia was so he could make that one joke.)
** "What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz, CHICKEN?"
** "PIZZA THE HUTT!"
** "Yogurt! I '''HATE''' YOGURT! Even with strawberries!"
** "Radar... about to be... ''jammed''!"
** "There's only one man who would ''dare'' give me the raspberry!"
* InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou: "Pizza is gonna send out for YOU!"
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: Mega-Maid.
-->'''Barf:''' Wow! Not only is it a spaceship, it's a ''{{Franchise/Transformer|s}}!''
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Vespa, while still in her dress, is handed a gun. She refuses to use it until her hair is singed. Then she goes "good enough for {{Rambo}}" by mowing down a line of Spaceballs.
* TheKingdom: Druidia
* LaserBlade: Used in the climactic battle.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' And I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!
* LawfulStupid: Lone Starr. [[Literature/HarryPotter Don't ever trust something if you can't see where it keeps its brain!]] Dark Helmet even lampshades this (naming a trope in the process) after [[spoiler:stealing the [[MagicFeather Ring of the Schwartz]] from Lone Starr]]:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' Evil will always triumph because {{good is dumb}}.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The intro, which pans over ''Spaceball One'' for about ninety seconds. Heck, [[MusicalGag even the orchestra gets tired of it]].
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Timpani player!
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After watching the painful footage of being catapulted into the bulkhead of ''Spaceball One'', Dark Helmet says, "No, no. Go past this part. In fact never play this part again."
* LightningBruiser: ''Spaceball One'' is (of the three we see to any degree) not only the most heavily armed, but also the fastest, if LudicrousSpeed counts for anything.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: "Now listen: on this ship, you are to refer to me as 'Idiot', not 'You captain!' I mean, you know what I mean." So much for Lone Starr always being right.
* LudicrousSpeed: TropeNamer.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Spoofed:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's FORMER ROOMMATE!\\
'''Lone Starr:''' ... What's that make us?!\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' Absolutely nothing. ''Which is what YOU are about to become.''
%% Yes, we flipping know this could refer to Lone Starr. You aren't the first person to think of the joke and you won't be the last, so please take your natter where someone cares.
* MagicFeather: The Schwartz Ring Lone Starr gets from Yogurt.
-->'''Yogurt:''' That ring was bupkis! I found it in a Cracker-Jack box!
* MatronChaperone: Dot Matrix has this as one of her functions, even if she's actually not older than Princess Vespa.
-->'''Dot:''' That was my Virgin Alarm. It's programmed to go off before you do!
* MayTheFarceBeWithYou
* MeaningfulName: Prince Valium. '''''Yawn.'''''
* TheMerch: Beautifully parodied. Taken one step further by some of it clearly being ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'' merchandise with ''Spaceballs'' stickers on them. The Merch helps the baddies find Lone Starr and company, and it's [[BrickJoke everywhere]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent if you look for it]]. Sadly there was no real life Merch for ''Spaceballs'', because of an agreement between Mel Brooks and George Lucas.
* MisaimedMarketing: {{In-Universe}}:
** "Spaceballs: The Toilet Paper"
** KillItWithFire: "Spaceballs "[[BorschtBelt dah]] '''[[BorschtBelt FLAMETHROWAH!!]]'''"
-->'''Yogurt:''' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids The kids love this one!]]
* MomentKiller: Damn that Dot Matrix and her virgin alarm....
* MookLieutenant: Colonel Sandurz
* MosesInTheBullrushes: As luck would have it, Lone Starr is really a prince who was sent off, {{Franchise/Superman}} style, complete with OrphansPlotTrinket.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: "Meet Dr. Schlotkins, the best cosmetic surgeon in the entire universe and Beverly Hills."
* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: The Virgin Alarm. "It's programmed to go off before ''you'' do!"
* NerdInEvilsHelmet: Dark Helmet. The surprise came to the audience only, since his staff already knew him (and was used to pretending they don't know he's playing with dolls).
* NitroBoost: Liquid Schwartz.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' What's a matter, [[IncrediblyLamePun Colonel Sandurz? ''Chicken?'']]
* NoFourthWall: Among other things (see CameraAbuse and AsYouKnow above), the bad guys manage to track down the good guys by watching ''Spaceballs: The Movie'' on VHS.
* NonSequiturThud
** After ''Spaceball One'' comes out of LudicrousSpeed and Dark Helmet takes a header into computer terminal and smashes the terminal, his head, and his helmet:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' Why don't we take a five-minute break? Smoke if you got 'em! ''(thud)''
** Barf does it on the desert planet: "Oh waiter... CheckPlease!" ''(thud)''
* TheObiWan: Yogurt, who is pretty much Yoda as a crusty-but-lovable Yiddish guy.
* OneSceneWonder: The hilarious radio operator, played by the peerless MichaelWinslow, "The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects".
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Lone Starr provides the page quote.
* OverlyLongGag: At the beginning of the movie, panning across ''Spaceball One''. [[MusicalGag Even the orchestra gets annoyed.]]
* OverusedRunningGag: Lampshaded:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' Why are you preparing? You're always preparing! Just go!
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: 1-2-3-4-5.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing [[TooDumbToLive an idiot would have on his luggage!]]\\
''(later)''\\
'''Skroob:''' 1-2-3-4-5? [[IronicEcho That's amazing]]! [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike I've got the same combination on my luggage!]]
:: Complete with a MeaningfulGlance between Helmet and Sandurz.
* PlanetLooters: The Spaceballs.
* PrecisionFStrike:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' [[FailsafeFailure "Out of order"?!]] '''FUCK!''' Even in the future nothing works!
* PressurePoint:
-->'''Lone Starr:''' ''(sneaks up behind a guard and grabs his neck)''\\
'''Guard:''' ''(pause)'' What the hell are you doing?\\
'''Lone Starr:''' ... the Vulcan neck pinch?\\
'''Guard:''' No, no, stupid. You've got it much too high, it's more down here where the shoulder meets the neck!\\
'''Lone Starr:''' Like this?\\
'''Guard:''' Yeah! ''(collapses)''\\
'''Lone Starr:''' Thanks.
* PrinceCharmless: Prince Valium
* ProductPlacement
** Parodied. After issuing a denial regarding his planet's air crisis, President Skroob surreptitiously reaches into his desk drawer for a can of refreshing [[IncrediblyLamePun Perri-air]].
** Lone Starr has a ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' pinball machine on-board his Winnebago.
* PutOffTheirFood: At the end of the movie, when a diner patron who ate the Alien Surprise starts moaning in pain, another character who ordered the same thing quickly changes his order.
* RageHelm: Dark Helmet, in an over-the-top parody of Vader.
* RealityEnsues: When ''Spaceball One'' comes out of Ludicrous Speed, Dark Helmet follows Newton's First Law and smashes into the wall in front of him.
* RealityWritingBook: An example of a video rather than a book. The evil characters discover the video of the movie they are starring in -- at one point their actions both in the film universe and the video are perfectly synched up, to the characters' bemusement.
* RecursiveCanon
* RecursiveReality: The villains put a video of their own movie, and go to the scene where they are watching it, seeing an infinite number of themselves watching themselves.
* RecycledInSPACE: Parodied relentlessly, with the ''Millennium Falcon'' equivalent being a literal Winnebago with wings -- {{lampshaded}} when Spaceball guards call it exactly that -- and the currency being "space bucks", among other examples. Especially funny near the end, with the actual ''Millennium Falcon'' and the Winnebago both stopping for gas, IN SPACE!
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted with the baby [[{{Film/Alien}} xenomorph]].
* RidiculousFutureSequelisation: ''Spaceballs'' features a trailer for ''Rocky 5000''.
* RingOfPower: Subverted, save for the lightsaber part... maybe.
* RobotBuddy: Dot Matrix, Princess Vespa's [[RobotMaid robot hand-maid]].
* RobotMaid
** Dot Matrix, a robotic handmaiden.
** ''Spaceball One'' [[TransformingMecha transforms]] into a [[HumongousMecha gigantic robot maid.]]
* RoyalBrat: Vespa
* RunawayBride: Vespa
* RunningGag: Both within the movie -- Spaceballs merch everywhere -- and reusing several gags from previous Mel Brooks movies.
* SayYourPrayers: Barf does this at one point when they're about to crash on Vega.
* SdrawkcabName: President [[MelBrooks Skroob]]. Close enough, anyway.
* SeeTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: "Radar about to be... jammed!"
* SequelSnark: Yogurt jokes that he and Lone Starr will meet again in ''Spaceballs 2: the Search for More Money'', as part of the movie's RunningGag about [[MerchandiseDriven merchandising]]. No sequel has been made, though an animated series had a short run in the mid 2000s
* ShareTheMalePain: Because Dark Helmet is a master of the GroinAttack.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' I always have coffee before watching radar. You know that!\\
'''Colonel Sandurz:''' Yes, sir!\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' ''(to crew)'' Everybody knows that!\\
'''Crew:''' ''(in unison, covering their crotches)'' Of course we do, sir!
:: If you pay attention to this exchange you can see the Spaceball behind Dark Helmet anticipate the line and move his hands early.
* ShoutOut: By the dozens.
** A specific mention is probably deserved by the wonderfully insane combined reference to ''{{Film/Alien}}'' (complete with JohnHurt and SigourneyWeaver) and ''OneFroggyEvening''.
** And of course, the [[OverlyLongGag single longest gag in the film]], the opening establishing shot of ''Spaceball One'', is a ShoutOut to the shot of the Star Destroyer in ''Franchise/StarWars: [[Film/ANewHope Episode IV]]''.
** [[PlanetOfTheApes "Spaceballs?!" "Oh, shit. There goes the planet."]]
* SigilSpam: Overlaps with the various merchandising jokes, since "Spaceballs" is both the name of the movie and the name of the villains.
* SkipToTheEnd: It boils down to "the short ''short'' version", thanks to the impatient priest annoyed at the constant interruptions.
-->'''Priest:''' Do you?\\
'''Vespa:''' Yes.\\
'''Priest:''' Do you?\\
'''[[spoiler:Lone Starr:]]''' I do.\\
'''Priest:''' Good! You're married! Kiss Her!
* SkirtsAndLadders: Between Dot Matrix and Barf. "Stop looking up my can!"
* SlapSlapKiss: Lone Starr and Princess Vespa.
* SorryToInterrupt / SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "No, sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!"
* SpaceBasedWeaponHasCutoffRange: Especially the scene when Spaceball One is chasing Princess Vespa's car.
* SpaceJews: "Funny, She Doesn't Look Druish!" Mel Brooks has said the only reason that the planet in ''Spaceballs'' is named Druidia is so he could throw in the line about a "Druish Princess". Plus plenty of more scenes. That's OK because Mel Brooks has NWordPrivileges.
* SpaceTrucker: Lone Star driving a Winnebago through space.
* SpitTake: The Mr. Coffee scene. "Hot... too hot!"
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: It's possible that this is how Schwartz weapons work. Yogurt claims that the rings from which they appear to come are really a MagicFeather.
* StandardEstablishingSpaceshipShot: Parodied, see OverlyLongGag.
* StreamingStars: Parodied when ''Spaceballs One'' goes to Ludicrous Speed. "They've gone to ''plaid''!"
* [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike Stupid Minds Think Alike]]: "That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!"
* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: Via Dark Helmet: "That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!" and [[IronicEcho it turns out that's the combination of President Skroob's luggage]].
* SuddenlySuitableSuitor: [[spoiler:Lone Starr discovers that his pendant is actually a birth certificate proving he's a Prince -- making a marriage between himself and Vespa suddenly fine.]]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Parodied with the restaurant scene when Kane starts coughing and goes into convulsions, followed by a chestburster... which dons a top hat and cane and sings "Hello My Baby" in the voice of Michigan J. Frog. JohnHurt [[ActorAllusion reprises his role]] from the original ''{{Film/Alien}}'', [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by his muttered, "[[OhNoNotAgain Oh no, not again!]]"
* SurroundedByIdiots: "I knew it! I'm surrounded by Assholes!"
* TechnologyMarchesOn
** VHS? What is this VHS videotape you speak of?
** Instant cassettes. They're out before the movie is finished.
* TeleporterAccident: President Skroob winds up with his head on backwards after being beamed into [[spoiler:the next room]]. Beaming him back undoes it.
* ThemeTuneRap: ''[[EarWorm 'Cause what you got is what we need and all we do is dirty deeds, we're the SPACEBALLS!]]'' Doubles as SugarWiki/CrowningMusicOfAwesome.
* TitleTheAdaptation: Lampooned, in all its adaptations.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Happens during the aforementioned scene where Helmet and Sandurz are viewing ''Spaceballs: The Movie''.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' When will "then" be "now"?\\
'''Col. Sandurz:''' Soon.
* TooDumbToLive: The entire Spaceball race. Dark Helmet implies that President Skroob is responsible for their atmosphere being squandered:
-->'''President Skroob:''' Planet Druidia, 10,000 years of fresh air!\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' ''(whispers, to Sandurz)'' The way he runs things, it won't last 100.
* TransformingMecha: ''Spaceball One'''s transformation into Mega-Maid, featuring one of the best commentary moments ever:
-->'''Colonel Sandurz:''' Prepare for metamorphosis!\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' Ready, Kafka?\\
'''Mel Brooks:''' ''(commentary)'' Why did I write that joke? It's a bad joke.
* {{Tsundere}}: Princess Vespa, [[DefrostingIceQueen in the original sense]].
* UnfortunateNames
** Gunner's Mate First Class Philip Asshole.
** Not to mention his cousin, Major Asshole, who [[{{Nepotism}} got him the job]].
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' How many Assholes we got on this ship, anyhow?\\
'''Entire crew:''' ''(everyone stands up and [[CallBack covers their crotch]])'' '''YO!'''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' {{I knew it}}! I'm [[SurroundedByIdiots surrounded by Assholes!]]\\
''({{beat}})''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' ''(pulls helmet mask down)'' Keep firing, Assholes!
* UsedFuture
** Lone Starr's Winnebago has seen better days.
** And then there's the issue of that non-functional self-destruct cancellation on ''Spaceball One''...
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' FUCK! Even in the future, nothing works!!!
* VaderBreath: Spoofed. It sounds like he's having trouble breathing because ''he is''.
* VisualPun: Again, too many to count.
** From "jamming" the radar:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' There's only one man would ''dare'' give me the raspberry... ''(flips down helmet; menacingly)'' [[{{SayMyName}} LONE STARR!]]
** To "[[BeachCombing combing]]" the desert:
-->'''Colonel Sandurz:''' Sir, are you sure we aren't being too literal?\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' No, you fool; the president told us to comb the desert, so we're combing it.
** Plus when Lone Starr calls for Barf for the first time. By the way Lone Starr speaks and rocks, he looks like he really is going to vomit.
* VillainousCrush: Dark Helmet seems to harbor one for Princess Vespa from what one could tell from the doll scene.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Gets a LampshadeHanging -- "That's all we needed... a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Druish Princess]]!"
* WhyWasteAWedding: Valium out, [[spoiler:Lone Starr]] in.
* [[YourSizeMayVary Your Spacecraft's Size May Vary]]: Mega-Maid, who at first starts off as big enough for a starship to enter its "ear canal," then shrinks, but still big enough for a Spaceball to slide out its nostril.
* YouTasteDelicious: Literally, since Vinnie starts picking up parts of his boss, Pizza the Hutt. [[LampshadeHanging He even says those]] ExactWords. Later, [[spoiler:Pizza the Hutt eats himself to death after getting trapped in his limo, freeing up the duo's debt.]]
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->''If you can read this, you don't need glasses.''
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[[caption-width-right:350:[-Her Royal Highness' Matched Luggage.\\
Never go on a desert trek without it.-] ]]
->''"It's easy to spoof a bad movie. A good movie, now that's hard."''
-->-- '''Creator/MelBrooks'''
'''''Spaceballs''''' is a [[ParodySatirePastiche farcical comedy film]] directed by Creator/MelBrooks which does for ScienceFiction -- especially ''Franchise/StarWars'' -- what ''BlazingSaddles'' did for TheWestern.
Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) -- the [[WellExcuseMePrincess bold, bossy and beautiful]] heir to the throne of planet Druidia -- [[RunawayBride runs out on her wedding]] before she is officially married to the [[DisposableFiance painfully dull]] [[MeaningfulName Prince Valium]] ([[CueIrony Jim J. Bullock]]), the only [[RoyalBlood eligible bachelor prince]] in her region of space. Once she's in space, however, Vespa and her robot servant [[PunnyName Dot Matrix]] (Joan Rivers) soon become the target of the Spaceballs, a group of evildoers -- led by Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and President Skroob (Mel Brooks) -- who plan to ransom her off for access to Druidia's atmosphere (in order [[PlanetLooters drain it away and use it to replenish their homeworld's own thinning atmosphere]]).
Vespa's only hope lies with two mercenaries-for-hire: Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and Barf the Mawg (John Candy), who hope to use the substantial reward offered by Vespa's father for her safe return to pay off debts owed to crime boss Pizza the Hutt (Dom [=DeLuise=]). With a little help from wise-cracking mystic Master Yogurt (also Mel Brooks), Lone Starr fights to save Planet Druidia, defeat the Spaceballs, and (maybe) get the girl, too.
In reality, the plot's [[ExcusePlot a big excuse]] which gives Creator/MelBrooks a large enough canvas to poke fun at tons of sci-fi tropes.
An AnimatedAdaptation based on this film -- ''Spaceballs: The Animated Series'' -- was developed a couple of decades later; it languished in DevelopmentHell for so long, only thirteen episodes were made. G4 eventually gained the rights, but due to said DevelopmentHell, it ended up promoting the show before it was ready. The series didn't air until a year later, and by that point, production had been axed before the first episode ever aired.
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!!''Spaceballs'': The Tropes!
* AbandonShip: PlayedForLaughs. ''Everybody'' is shown running for the escape pods in the film's climax -- the orchestra, a variety of circus freaks, and even [[EverythingIsWorseWithBears a bear]] -- but leaving behind Colonel Sandurz, President Skroob, and Dark Helmet. Many of these are part of the capper of a BrickJoke initiated when Colonel Sandurz orders the cancellation of a three-ring circus and the closing of the zoo aboard ''Spaceball One'' as part of the preparations for LudicrousSpeed.
* ActingForTwo: Mel Brooks himself, playing both Yogurt and President Skroob.
* ActorAllusion: [[{{Film/Alien}} John Hurt]] plays a patron in "Gus's Galaxy Grill" who had [[ChestBurster the special.]]
* AdaptationDecay: The AnimatedAdaptation was a pretty self-evident money grab and received a rather poor reception from critics and fans.
* AdventurerOutfit
* AffectionateParody: ''Franchise/StarWars'', and [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]] in general, of course.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Spaceballs. ''[[EarWorm 'Cause what you got is what they need, and all they do is dirty deeds.]]''
* AmusingAlien: Is there an alien in this film who ''isn't''?
* ArrangedMarriage: Vespa and Valium.
* AsYouKnow: Spoofed -- Dark Helmet [[BreakingTheFourthWall addresses the audience]] to make sure they're up to speed after an {{infodump}} from Colonel Sandurz.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' Everybody got that?
* AtArmsLength: Lone Starr and Dark Helmet, during the sword fight.
* {{Autocannibalism}}: [[spoiler:Pizza the Hutt gets locked in his limo and eats himself to death, freeing the heroic duo from their debt.]]
* BanisterSlide: The three main villains, in order to get to the SelfDestructMechanism's cancellation button.
* {{Beachcombing}}: "Are we being too literal?" "No, you fool, we're following orders. We were told to comb the desert, so we're combing it!"
* BerserkButton. Don't. Shoot. Vespa's. Hair. Do, and you'll be gunned down with a fury that would make {{Rambo}} look like a pussy.
* BigBad: President Skroob
* BigNo: Princess Vespa, when she's threatened with being given her old ugly nose back.
* BigRedButton: That activates ''Spaceball One'''s SelfDestructMechanism; the one that turns it off turns out to be [[FailsafeFailure out of order]]: "[[PrecisionFStrike Fuck!]] Even in the future nothing works!"
* BilingualBonus: Cyrillic letters appear in ''Eagle 5'''s targeting scope, including a combination [[ShownTheirWork that does make perfect sense]] -- "PYOS -- KOT" (Dog -- Cat).
* BladeLock: Parodied as Lone Starr and Dark Helmet's {{Laser Blade}}s get twisted around each other: "[[DoubleEntendre I hate it when my Schwartz gets twisted!]]"
* BlowingARaspberry: Parodied. The Villain exclaims, "There is only one man, who would ''dare'' give me the Raspberry! Lone Starr!" after the hero has jammed the villain's spaceship's radar with... [[IncrediblyLamePun jam]]... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Raspberry-flavored jam]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall
** At one point, the villains believe they've captured Lone Starr, Barf, Vespa, and Dot, only to learn they've mistakenly captured their ''stunt doubles''.
** After Colonel Sandurz takes a brief turn as MrExposition, Dark Helmet lampshades it by turning towards the camera to ask, "Everybody got that?"
** When on the desert planet, at one point there's a transition from Barf and Lone Starr to the sun beating down on the desert, with it shining through behind them in a dissolve effect. Halfway through, Barf comments, "Niiiice dissolve!"
** During the duel between Lone Star and Dark Helmet, one of the camera crew gets killed by a wayward strike.
** A camera collides with Dark Helmet during a zoom-in shot.
** Dark Helmet and Colonel Sandurz watch the movie on video to find out where the heroes are at that moment.
** As President Skroob comes running into the bridge of ''Spaceball One'':
-->'''Skroob:''' ''(panting)'' The ship is too long. If I walk, the movie'll be over.
** Pretty much half of Yogurt's lines are breaking the fourth wall, with him hocking merchandise for the movie in the middle of the movie!
-->'''Yogurt:''' Here's'' where the ''real'' money from the movie is made!
** Even his ''last line'' spoken in person gets it:
-->'''Lone Starr:''' Will we ever meet again?\\
'''Yogurt:''' Who knows? God willing we'll all meet again in ''Spaceballs Two: The Search For More Money''.
* BrickJoke: While preparing for Ludicrous Speed, Sandurz mentions cancelling the three-ring circus and closing the zoo. When it comes time to abandon ship, the crowd includes several circus freaks and a bear.
* ButterFace: Princess Vespa's stunt double. Because it's a ''guy''.
* ButtMonkey: For an evil warrior feared the universe over, Lord Dark Helmet seems to have ''very'' unfortunate things happen to him on a near-hourly basis. Just for funsies, here are some examples -- he burns his mouth with coffee in his introductory scene, gets hit in the head with the door of Vespa's car, is sent flying into the front control panel of Spaceball-One when they decelerate from Ludicrous Speed, is found role-playing a liaison between himself and Vespa [[PsychopathicManChild with dolls]], and can't keep his helmet visor up to save his life. And that's ''before'' the climax of the movie.
* CameraAbuse: The camera hits Dark Helmet in the face during a close-up. Later, a cameraman gets slashed during the climactic battle sequence between Lone Starr and Dark Helmet.
-->'''Dark Helmet''': Um, ''he'' did it!\\
'''Lone Starr''': '''''What?!'''''
* CampGay: The "You've captured their stunt doubles" Spaceball guy.
* CardCarryingVillain: Dark Helmet.
* CheckPlease
** Delivered by Barf when he collapses in the desert.
** Delivered by Barf and Lone Starr in stereo after seeing a singing, dancing [[ChestBurster chest-burster]] come out of [[CastingGag John Hurt]].
* ChildMarriageVeto: King Roland never has to back off from his demand that his daughter shall marry a prince. Sure the horribly boring Prince Valium was the only prince left in the galaxy, but [[spoiler:it turns out that the hero is actually also a prince.]] Problem solved.
* CloseCallHaircut: Which proves to be Princess Vespa's BerserkButton: "He shot my hair... Son of a bitch!" Also coincides with MyFavoriteShirt.
* ColonelBogeyMarch: ''Dink dink! Dink dink, dink dink, dink, dink dink! Dink dink! Dink dink, dink dink, dink, dink!''
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Lone Starr's Schwartz is red-orange, and Dark Helmet's is green, since the ship lasers in ''StarWars'' were as well.
* CompositeCharacter: Lonestar is a combination of Luke Skywalker (training in the resident magic source and rivalry with the lead villain) and Han Solo (criminal ties and relationship with furry alien), with the costume design of Indiana Jones. Yogurt is Yoda (name and appearance) and Obi-Wan (training style). Colonel Sandurz represents the various imperial officers that appeared through the movies.
* TheConsigliere: Vinny, perhaps, to [[TheDon Pizza the Hutt]].
* ConvenientlyClosePlanet: Lone Star's Winnebago comes out of Hyperspeed and promptly runs out of gas. Cue nearby desert planet to land on.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The Spaceballs threaten to undo Princess Vespa's nose-job and return her nose to its original grotesque size unless the King hands over the access codes to Druidia's planetary defenses. It works.
* CreatorCameo: Co-writer Ronny Graham as the Minister.
%% All Crowning Moments of anything go on their respective subpages.
* DarthVaderClone: Dark Helmet
* DeathByGluttony: Pizza the Hutt becomes trapped in his limousine and eventually eats himself to death.
* DecoyGetaway / NinjaProp: "You've captured their ''{{stunt double}}s''!"
* TheDeterminator: Spoofed.
-->'''Lone Starr:''' ''(exhausted and dehydrated)'' Must go on... must go on... must go on... who am I kidding? ''(collapses)''
* DoesntLikeGuns: Vespa, until someone [[BerserkButton shoots her hair]].
* TheDon: Pizza the Hutt
* DoubleEntendre
** Lone Starr and Dark Helmet square off with their "Schwartz" lightsabers suggestively held at crotch height. Dark Helmet remarks "Hmm... I see your Schwartz is as big as mine. Now let's see how well you... handle it!" Made even better when they both glance down to check.
** Also, this line:
-->'''Sandurz:''' It's the Mega-Maid, sir. She's gone from "suck" to "blow"!
** "Oh, yes, sir. Snotty beamed me twice last night. ''It was wonderful.''"
* DramaticTimpani: Provided by an actual timpanist, who reappears during the evacuation sequence.
* TheEmpire: The Spaceballs, though apparently technically a republic, being led by a President and not a monarch.
* EntitledBastard: The princess start out this way. She gets over it pretty quickly, however... [[spoiler:She kinda lost the attitude along with the matched luggage.]]
* ErmineCapeEffect: The king of Druidia is always wearing his [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia crown and ermine robes]].
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Vespa
* EverythingsWorseWithBears: One takes the last escape pod on ''Spaceball One'', much to the President's dismay.
* FairytaleWeddingDress
* FakeStatic: Barf uses this ploy to make King Roland promise a million space bucks to rescue Princess Vespa. Note that he wasn't pretending to lose picture to get away from the conversation as is standard of this trope, but rather as a way of saying "I'm losing interest in this deal."
* {{Fanfare}}: Can't be a parody of ''Star Wars'' without one.
* FasterThanLightTravel: Light Speed < Ridiculous Speed < LudicrousSpeed. Somewhere in there is presumably "Hyperactive", courtesy of ''Eagle 5''[='s=] Hyper-Jets.
* FastForwardGag: This trope leads to another gag involving the villains watching themselves.
* FoeYay / HoYay [[invoked]]
** Lord Helmet playing with a Princess Vespa doll says to the Lord Helmet doll, "Oh, your helmet is SO big!"
** Later, he and Lonestar are comparing the size of their... um... schwartzes.
* GlassesPull: Of a kind. Dark Helmet pulls the mask down over his face whenever he wants to be scary and dramatic, and pops it up when he starts expressing exasperation or confusion. Or when he realizes he can't breathe in that thing.
* GoodIsDumb: TropeNamer.
* GreasySpoon
* GroinAttack: Dark Helmet's preferred use of his Schwartz powers is to force-choke the nads of subordinates who [[YouHaveFailedMe fail him]]. Or annoy him. ("You went over my ''helmet''?") After the first time, they start [[OhCrap covering themselves]] immediately when he gets angry.
* HalfHumanHybrid: NonHumanSidekick Barf: "I'm a mawg; I'm half-man, half-dog. I'm my own best friend!"
* HaveANiceDeath: Self-Destruct Voice: "Have a nice day."
* HospitalHottie: The assistant to the plastic surgeon brought in by Helmet when he threatens to give Vespa her old nose.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' I bet she gives great [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything helmet]].
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Spoofed.
-->'''Colonel Sandurz:''' No, sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!
* IncrediblyLamePun: It's a Mel Brooks film. It's the standard humor.
** When you say you're going to comb the desert, out come the oversized prop combs.
** "Well, just what we need... a Druish princess!" "Funny, she doesn't look Druish." (Mel Brooks has said that the only reason he named the planet Druidia was so he could make that one joke.)
** "What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz, CHICKEN?"
** "PIZZA THE HUTT!"
** "Yogurt! I '''HATE''' YOGURT! Even with strawberries!"
** "Radar... about to be... ''jammed''!"
** "There's only one man who would ''dare'' give me the raspberry!"
* InSovietRussiaTropeMocksYou: "Pizza is gonna send out for YOU!"
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: Mega-Maid.
-->'''Barf:''' Wow! Not only is it a spaceship, it's a ''{{Franchise/Transformer|s}}!''
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Vespa, while still in her dress, is handed a gun. She refuses to use it until her hair is singed. Then she goes "good enough for {{Rambo}}" by mowing down a line of Spaceballs.
* TheKingdom: Druidia
* LaserBlade: Used in the climactic battle.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' And I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!
* LawfulStupid: Lone Starr. [[Literature/HarryPotter Don't ever trust something if you can't see where it keeps its brain!]] Dark Helmet even lampshades this (naming a trope in the process) after [[spoiler:stealing the [[MagicFeather Ring of the Schwartz]] from Lone Starr]]:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' Evil will always triumph because {{good is dumb}}.
* LeaveTheCameraRunning: The intro, which pans over ''Spaceball One'' for about ninety seconds. Heck, [[MusicalGag even the orchestra gets tired of it]].
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Timpani player!
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After watching the painful footage of being catapulted into the bulkhead of ''Spaceball One'', Dark Helmet says, "No, no. Go past this part. In fact never play this part again."
* LightningBruiser: ''Spaceball One'' is (of the three we see to any degree) not only the most heavily armed, but also the fastest, if LudicrousSpeed counts for anything.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: "Now listen: on this ship, you are to refer to me as 'Idiot', not 'You captain!' I mean, you know what I mean." So much for Lone Starr always being right.
* LudicrousSpeed: TropeNamer.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Spoofed:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's FORMER ROOMMATE!\\
'''Lone Starr:''' ... What's that make us?!\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' Absolutely nothing. ''Which is what YOU are about to become.''
%% Yes, we flipping know this could refer to Lone Starr. You aren't the first person to think of the joke and you won't be the last, so please take your natter where someone cares.
* MagicFeather: The Schwartz Ring Lone Starr gets from Yogurt.
-->'''Yogurt:''' That ring was bupkis! I found it in a Cracker-Jack box!
* MatronChaperone: Dot Matrix has this as one of her functions, even if she's actually not older than Princess Vespa.
-->'''Dot:''' That was my Virgin Alarm. It's programmed to go off before you do!
* MayTheFarceBeWithYou
* MeaningfulName: Prince Valium. '''''Yawn.'''''
* TheMerch: Beautifully parodied. Taken one step further by some of it clearly being ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'' merchandise with ''Spaceballs'' stickers on them. The Merch helps the baddies find Lone Starr and company, and it's [[BrickJoke everywhere]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent if you look for it]]. Sadly there was no real life Merch for ''Spaceballs'', because of an agreement between Mel Brooks and George Lucas.
* MisaimedMarketing: {{In-Universe}}:
** "Spaceballs: The Toilet Paper"
** KillItWithFire: "Spaceballs "[[BorschtBelt dah]] '''[[BorschtBelt FLAMETHROWAH!!]]'''"
-->'''Yogurt:''' [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids The kids love this one!]]
* MomentKiller: Damn that Dot Matrix and her virgin alarm....
* MookLieutenant: Colonel Sandurz
* MosesInTheBullrushes: As luck would have it, Lone Starr is really a prince who was sent off, {{Franchise/Superman}} style, complete with OrphansPlotTrinket.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: "Meet Dr. Schlotkins, the best cosmetic surgeon in the entire universe and Beverly Hills."
* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: The Virgin Alarm. "It's programmed to go off before ''you'' do!"
* NerdInEvilsHelmet: Dark Helmet. The surprise came to the audience only, since his staff already knew him (and was used to pretending they don't know he's playing with dolls).
* NitroBoost: Liquid Schwartz.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' What's a matter, [[IncrediblyLamePun Colonel Sandurz? ''Chicken?'']]
* NoFourthWall: Among other things (see CameraAbuse and AsYouKnow above), the bad guys manage to track down the good guys by watching ''Spaceballs: The Movie'' on VHS.
* NonSequiturThud
** After ''Spaceball One'' comes out of LudicrousSpeed and Dark Helmet takes a header into computer terminal and smashes the terminal, his head, and his helmet:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' Why don't we take a five-minute break? Smoke if you got 'em! ''(thud)''
** Barf does it on the desert planet: "Oh waiter... CheckPlease!" ''(thud)''
* TheObiWan: Yogurt, who is pretty much Yoda as a crusty-but-lovable Yiddish guy.
* OneSceneWonder: The hilarious radio operator, played by the peerless MichaelWinslow, "The Man of 10,000 Sound Effects".
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Lone Starr provides the page quote.
* OverlyLongGag: At the beginning of the movie, panning across ''Spaceball One''. [[MusicalGag Even the orchestra gets annoyed.]]
* OverusedRunningGag: Lampshaded:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' Why are you preparing? You're always preparing! Just go!
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: 1-2-3-4-5.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kind of thing [[TooDumbToLive an idiot would have on his luggage!]]\\
''(later)''\\
'''Skroob:''' 1-2-3-4-5? [[IronicEcho That's amazing]]! [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike I've got the same combination on my luggage!]]
:: Complete with a MeaningfulGlance between Helmet and Sandurz.
* PlanetLooters: The Spaceballs.
* PrecisionFStrike:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' [[FailsafeFailure "Out of order"?!]] '''FUCK!''' Even in the future nothing works!
* PressurePoint:
-->'''Lone Starr:''' ''(sneaks up behind a guard and grabs his neck)''\\
'''Guard:''' ''(pause)'' What the hell are you doing?\\
'''Lone Starr:''' ... the Vulcan neck pinch?\\
'''Guard:''' No, no, stupid. You've got it much too high, it's more down here where the shoulder meets the neck!\\
'''Lone Starr:''' Like this?\\
'''Guard:''' Yeah! ''(collapses)''\\
'''Lone Starr:''' Thanks.
* PrinceCharmless: Prince Valium
* ProductPlacement
** Parodied. After issuing a denial regarding his planet's air crisis, President Skroob surreptitiously reaches into his desk drawer for a can of refreshing [[IncrediblyLamePun Perri-air]].
** Lone Starr has a ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' pinball machine on-board his Winnebago.
* PutOffTheirFood: At the end of the movie, when a diner patron who ate the Alien Surprise starts moaning in pain, another character who ordered the same thing quickly changes his order.
* RageHelm: Dark Helmet, in an over-the-top parody of Vader.
* RealityEnsues: When ''Spaceball One'' comes out of Ludicrous Speed, Dark Helmet follows Newton's First Law and smashes into the wall in front of him.
* RealityWritingBook: An example of a video rather than a book. The evil characters discover the video of the movie they are starring in -- at one point their actions both in the film universe and the video are perfectly synched up, to the characters' bemusement.
* RecursiveCanon
* RecursiveReality: The villains put a video of their own movie, and go to the scene where they are watching it, seeing an infinite number of themselves watching themselves.
* RecycledInSPACE: Parodied relentlessly, with the ''Millennium Falcon'' equivalent being a literal Winnebago with wings -- {{lampshaded}} when Spaceball guards call it exactly that -- and the currency being "space bucks", among other examples. Especially funny near the end, with the actual ''Millennium Falcon'' and the Winnebago both stopping for gas, IN SPACE!
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted with the baby [[{{Film/Alien}} xenomorph]].
* RidiculousFutureSequelisation: ''Spaceballs'' features a trailer for ''Rocky 5000''.
* RingOfPower: Subverted, save for the lightsaber part... maybe.
* RobotBuddy: Dot Matrix, Princess Vespa's [[RobotMaid robot hand-maid]].
* RobotMaid
** Dot Matrix, a robotic handmaiden.
** ''Spaceball One'' [[TransformingMecha transforms]] into a [[HumongousMecha gigantic robot maid.]]
* RoyalBrat: Vespa
* RunawayBride: Vespa
* RunningGag: Both within the movie -- Spaceballs merch everywhere -- and reusing several gags from previous Mel Brooks movies.
* SayYourPrayers: Barf does this at one point when they're about to crash on Vega.
* SdrawkcabName: President [[MelBrooks Skroob]]. Close enough, anyway.
* SeeTheWhitesOfTheirEyes: "Radar about to be... jammed!"
* SequelSnark: Yogurt jokes that he and Lone Starr will meet again in ''Spaceballs 2: the Search for More Money'', as part of the movie's RunningGag about [[MerchandiseDriven merchandising]]. No sequel has been made, though an animated series had a short run in the mid 2000s
* ShareTheMalePain: Because Dark Helmet is a master of the GroinAttack.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' I always have coffee before watching radar. You know that!\\
'''Colonel Sandurz:''' Yes, sir!\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' ''(to crew)'' Everybody knows that!\\
'''Crew:''' ''(in unison, covering their crotches)'' Of course we do, sir!
:: If you pay attention to this exchange you can see the Spaceball behind Dark Helmet anticipate the line and move his hands early.
* ShoutOut: By the dozens.
** A specific mention is probably deserved by the wonderfully insane combined reference to ''{{Film/Alien}}'' (complete with JohnHurt and SigourneyWeaver) and ''OneFroggyEvening''.
** And of course, the [[OverlyLongGag single longest gag in the film]], the opening establishing shot of ''Spaceball One'', is a ShoutOut to the shot of the Star Destroyer in ''Franchise/StarWars: [[Film/ANewHope Episode IV]]''.
** [[PlanetOfTheApes "Spaceballs?!" "Oh, shit. There goes the planet."]]
* SigilSpam: Overlaps with the various merchandising jokes, since "Spaceballs" is both the name of the movie and the name of the villains.
* SkipToTheEnd: It boils down to "the short ''short'' version", thanks to the impatient priest annoyed at the constant interruptions.
-->'''Priest:''' Do you?\\
'''Vespa:''' Yes.\\
'''Priest:''' Do you?\\
'''[[spoiler:Lone Starr:]]''' I do.\\
'''Priest:''' Good! You're married! Kiss Her!
* SkirtsAndLadders: Between Dot Matrix and Barf. "Stop looking up my can!"
* SlapSlapKiss: Lone Starr and Princess Vespa.
* SorryToInterrupt / SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "No, sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!"
* SpaceBasedWeaponHasCutoffRange: Especially the scene when Spaceball One is chasing Princess Vespa's car.
* SpaceJews: "Funny, She Doesn't Look Druish!" Mel Brooks has said the only reason that the planet in ''Spaceballs'' is named Druidia is so he could throw in the line about a "Druish Princess". Plus plenty of more scenes. That's OK because Mel Brooks has NWordPrivileges.
* SpaceTrucker: Lone Star driving a Winnebago through space.
* SpitTake: The Mr. Coffee scene. "Hot... too hot!"
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: It's possible that this is how Schwartz weapons work. Yogurt claims that the rings from which they appear to come are really a MagicFeather.
* StandardEstablishingSpaceshipShot: Parodied, see OverlyLongGag.
* StreamingStars: Parodied when ''Spaceballs One'' goes to Ludicrous Speed. "They've gone to ''plaid''!"
* [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike Stupid Minds Think Alike]]: "That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!"
* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: Via Dark Helmet: "That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!" and [[IronicEcho it turns out that's the combination of President Skroob's luggage]].
* SuddenlySuitableSuitor: [[spoiler:Lone Starr discovers that his pendant is actually a birth certificate proving he's a Prince -- making a marriage between himself and Vespa suddenly fine.]]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Parodied with the restaurant scene when Kane starts coughing and goes into convulsions, followed by a chestburster... which dons a top hat and cane and sings "Hello My Baby" in the voice of Michigan J. Frog. JohnHurt [[ActorAllusion reprises his role]] from the original ''{{Film/Alien}}'', [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by his muttered, "[[OhNoNotAgain Oh no, not again!]]"
* SurroundedByIdiots: "I knew it! I'm surrounded by Assholes!"
* TechnologyMarchesOn
** VHS? What is this VHS videotape you speak of?
** Instant cassettes. They're out before the movie is finished.
* TeleporterAccident: President Skroob winds up with his head on backwards after being beamed into [[spoiler:the next room]]. Beaming him back undoes it.
* ThemeTuneRap: ''[[EarWorm 'Cause what you got is what we need and all we do is dirty deeds, we're the SPACEBALLS!]]'' Doubles as SugarWiki/CrowningMusicOfAwesome.
* TitleTheAdaptation: Lampooned, in all its adaptations.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Happens during the aforementioned scene where Helmet and Sandurz are viewing ''Spaceballs: The Movie''.
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' When will "then" be "now"?\\
'''Col. Sandurz:''' Soon.
* TooDumbToLive: The entire Spaceball race. Dark Helmet implies that President Skroob is responsible for their atmosphere being squandered:
-->'''President Skroob:''' Planet Druidia, 10,000 years of fresh air!\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' ''(whispers, to Sandurz)'' The way he runs things, it won't last 100.
* TransformingMecha: ''Spaceball One'''s transformation into Mega-Maid, featuring one of the best commentary moments ever:
-->'''Colonel Sandurz:''' Prepare for metamorphosis!\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' Ready, Kafka?\\
'''Mel Brooks:''' ''(commentary)'' Why did I write that joke? It's a bad joke.
* {{Tsundere}}: Princess Vespa, [[DefrostingIceQueen in the original sense]].
* UnfortunateNames
** Gunner's Mate First Class Philip Asshole.
** Not to mention his cousin, Major Asshole, who [[{{Nepotism}} got him the job]].
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' How many Assholes we got on this ship, anyhow?\\
'''Entire crew:''' ''(everyone stands up and [[CallBack covers their crotch]])'' '''YO!'''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' {{I knew it}}! I'm [[SurroundedByIdiots surrounded by Assholes!]]\\
''({{beat}})''\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' ''(pulls helmet mask down)'' Keep firing, Assholes!
* UsedFuture
** Lone Starr's Winnebago has seen better days.
** And then there's the issue of that non-functional self-destruct cancellation on ''Spaceball One''...
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' FUCK! Even in the future, nothing works!!!
* VaderBreath: Spoofed. It sounds like he's having trouble breathing because ''he is''.
* VisualPun: Again, too many to count.
** From "jamming" the radar:
-->'''Dark Helmet:''' There's only one man would ''dare'' give me the raspberry... ''(flips down helmet; menacingly)'' [[{{SayMyName}} LONE STARR!]]
** To "[[BeachCombing combing]]" the desert:
-->'''Colonel Sandurz:''' Sir, are you sure we aren't being too literal?\\
'''Dark Helmet:''' No, you fool; the president told us to comb the desert, so we're combing it.
** Plus when Lone Starr calls for Barf for the first time. By the way Lone Starr speaks and rocks, he looks like he really is going to vomit.
* VillainousCrush: Dark Helmet seems to harbor one for Princess Vespa from what one could tell from the doll scene.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Gets a LampshadeHanging -- "That's all we needed... a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Druish Princess]]!"
* WhyWasteAWedding: Valium out, [[spoiler:Lone Starr]] in.
* [[YourSizeMayVary Your Spacecraft's Size May Vary]]: Mega-Maid, who at first starts off as big enough for a starship to enter its "ear canal," then shrinks, but still big enough for a Spaceball to slide out its nostril.
* YouTasteDelicious: Literally, since Vinnie starts picking up parts of his boss, Pizza the Hutt. [[LampshadeHanging He even says those]] ExactWords. Later, [[spoiler:Pizza the Hutt eats himself to death after getting trapped in his limo, freeing up the duo's debt.]]
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