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Awesome Moments in Spaceballs
The battle between Lone Starr and his father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.
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  • The opening shot that parodies the opening of Star Wars, pushing the size of the ship up to 11, all to reveal the bumper sticker "WE BRAKE FOR NOBODY."
    • Even better if you know Brooks's original idea for the movie, albeit one he knew he didn't stand a chance of being allowed to do, was just to shoot 90 minutes of this one gag.
  • The Radar Technician scene due to the fact it was adlibbed by Michael Winslow. How much was adlibbed? Everything but the dialogue of Dark Helmet and Colonel Sandurz. And he could have probably done that with a bit of practice.
  • Admit it, you all wanted "Spacebawls, da Flametrowah" after you saw this movie as a kid.
    Yogurt: Da kids love dis one.
  • You must admit, the climactic lightsaber duel was pretty cool. Even if it was a spoof of those that came before.
    • So was Lone Starr's backflip while dodging Dark Helmet's Frickin' Laser Beams.
    • And if you pay attention, you can see Dark Helmet's almost nonchalant parry of Lone Starr's strike after the whole camera man gag.
  • You do NOT want to shoot at Vespa's hair, you just don't!
    Vespa: My hair! He SHOT MY HAIR! *cocking gun* Son of a bitch!
    • After her impressive display with the weapon, Barf has only one thing to say:
      Barf: (takes in the carnage) HOLY SHIT!
  • Barf turning the tide of battle against the mooks who had the gang backed into a corner during the escape from planet Spaceball. With nothing but a spare venting pipe off the wall!
  • Lone Starr using the Schwartz to reverse the vacuum of Mega Maid. Mind you, this is one man using his power against a massive ship.
  • Lone Starr is an idiot, but he managed to sneak into the self-destruct room whilst taking out two guards and even knowing how to use the code machines.
  • For all the jokes, Spaceball-1's transformation actually looked pretty impressive.
    • For that matter in general the movie had really solid special effects, sets, and makeup/costume work for a comedy/spoof. On the DVD documentary, they explained how they wanted the movie to look as good as the movies they're spoofing.
  • The Awesome Music that plays during the Abandon Ship sequence, minor Soundtrack Dissonance notwithstanding.
  • Even though it's much more on the funny side—then again, what isn't in this film—Spaceball-1 going to Ludicrous Speed so hard that it essentially appears as a freakin' pattern to those not going fast enough is indeed an awesome thing to behold.

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