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See note on Wikiquote: Talk: List of Films - fagan
I remember the very first time I seen this movie. I had asked my parents if they could rent a movie, they brought Spaceballs home. I wasn't too happy at first because I was hoping they'd bring home a better movie. And after the first few minutes, I thought geez why'd they bring this turkey home? But just a few minutes later my opinion of the movie had been completely altered, and I still think this was Brooks at his finest. JesseG 01:44, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Adding in a bit about Battlestar Galactica. The opening scene, with the ridiculously long spaceship approach, is more directly a pot shot at the opening of BS. It really does seem about that long... - RJ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.95.141.126 ( talk • contribs) 03:12, March 14, 2005
its starwars!!!! check the audio commentary. Typer525 00:46, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
"Episodes I and II of the Star Wars prequel trilogy appear to pay homage to this parody, notably the over-the-top outfits of Queen / Senator Amidala and the spheroid spaceships of the Trade Federation."
That seems pretty bogus. How are those a homage to Spaceballs? Why would they even pay homage to it at all? Adam Bishop 01:45, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
In episode three Lucas payed homage to the star wars kid with the weapons used by General Grievous's guards so why not space balls? SMBriscoe 20:29, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
are they ever going to make a sequel to this wonderful movie. If so, who will replace John Candy. You can't just replace a great actor like him and hope to do well in a movie. without this supreme actor, Spaceballs would honestly suck more than Maga Maid!!!!!!!!!!!
if you believe otherwise, please by all means repll to this comment. LJB3 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.212.250.96 ( talk • contribs) 14:20, April 13, 2005
IMDb used to have a listing called "Untitled Spaceballs Sequel", but it got removed. It makes me suspicious that the Spaceballs sequel has cancelled planning, will somebody help me verify this? -- SuperDude 02:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Being that it's past the "worst case" date w/o so much as a mention, sounds like a hoax. Anyone have a link confirming this?
Brooks doesn't do sequels. His refrences to sequels to his films, especially those that appear in his films, are all poking fun at sequels and making sequels. Spaceballs 2: The search for more money, not gonna happen Max Overload 14:26, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
If you haven't seen them, you should check out these other Mel Brooks classics through the years:
History of the world: Part 1
History of the world: Part 2 (fictitious - see below)
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
Feel free to add your own!
(I added some key quotes I felt were missing from the list) -- Mattwilkins 21:15, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
Mattwilkins deleted the reference to President Skroob as being a parody of Palpatine, citing "Removed Palpatine reference as Opinion"
First, all allegory is "opinion," so that doesn't fly, and we can have a big argument about that, which would discount the whole "Character parodies" section, but I'd rather not.
Besides that, this seems to be a pretty straight-forward reference to me. If the Spaceballs are the Empire, then Skroob would certainly be Palpatine. If you'd like to get into particulars, we can say that Dot Matrix is also R2-D2, and that Vespa is an amalgam of all fantasy princesses. What I'm trying to say is, don't read too much into this. Yes, it can be as easy as saying "President Skroob=Emperor Palpatine."
I won't restore it unless someone feels strongly enough to argue with me about it. Just thought I'd bring it up.
By the way, don't even start on my Wikipedia user name. I don't have a strong opinion for or against a fictional person. That sets up a decent religious joke. -- Palpatine 02:50, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
--Skroob doesn't act in any manner like Palpatine (in fact, he can't even make decisions!) and you forget that Star-wars is only ONE of the movies being parodied in Spaceballs... and that Spaceballs also has original characters. Unless there is a direct reference to this particular allegory by the film-makers I'd say leave it out. 24.33.248.110 ( talk) 14:44, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
This page states that Schwartz is a reference to Mel Brooks' lawyer's name. Anyone got any idea to verify that? -- Lapo Luchini 21:30, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
First, the movie script is still under copyright, and thus should not be linked to. However, the link for "Spaceballs Script" links to " http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22going+right+past+the+alter%2C+heading+down+the+ramp%22+%22half+man%2C+half+dog%22&btnG=Search". Why link it to a google search? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.214.183.89 ( talk • contribs) 21:57, January 5, 2006
The sidebar states that the budget for spaceballs was $25,000,000; but the article itself says 22.7 million dollars, which is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.84.228.7 ( talk • contribs) 10:36, March 10, 2006
This comes from the movie, referring to the Schwartz. It's in the scene where Helmet and Sandurz discover Yogurt's doors (recall: "Yogurt! I hate Yogurt! Even with strawberries!"). They said that they couldn't go in because Yogurt's Schwartz is too powerful, as there are two sides to every Schwartz. Yogurt got the up side, and Helmet got the down side.
That hopefully ought to clarify that passage. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 09:53, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
The reference to the toy store in this page is not correct I do not have links but I have seen an interview where mel said that the Shwartz (besides obviously referencing the force) is a reference to Brook's lawyers name. "May the Shwartz be with you" was an inside joke about not wanting to get sued for various parodies —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.207.135.241 ( talk) 06:17, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
207.195.51.101 added a trivia line that states:
Weaver's not there, is she? According to IMDB (and my memory), only John Hurt, the actual burstee is in Spaceballs.
Atlant 12:50, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I removed the text of the opening crawl from the article, as this is most likely a copyright violation. Thus as it stands, there is no mention of the opening crawl. Something should be said, but the full text can't go back. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 04:06, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
It mentions Lonestar as being a Parody of Han Solo and Luke Skywalker, but isnt he heavily parodying Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica (down to the name and uniform)? The Spaceballs themselves were also parodies characters from Battlestar Galactica, wearing the same giant spherical helmets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.159.26 ( talk • contribs) 19:41, July 24, 2006
Can anyone explain the Airplane reference? Can one pardoy a parody? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.2.27.9 ( talk • contribs) 09:11, August 26, 2006
I can't believe that there is no mention of Indiana Jones on here. Lone Star's clothes are similar to Indiana Jones, which was played by Harrison Ford, who also played Han Solo. Lone Star and Princess Vespa also fall in love, like Han Solo and Princess Leia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.174.7.191 ( talk • contribs) 18:34, January 16, 2007
Couldn't George Lucas sue them for making this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.228.245.11 ( talk • contribs) .
I've removed the 'trivia' section. Most of it was copied from the IMDB trivia page, so there's really no reason to copy it here; a link will suffice. The rest appears to be non-notable; I've reproduced it below for review. Some of it might be worth adding to other parts of the article, but Wikipedia guidelines generally frown upon including 'trivia' sections in article. Dr. Cash 23:16, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
19:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey I like tria on wikipedia! Sometimes its the only reason I read an article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.90.79 ( talk • contribs) 22:41, January 26, 2007
Please include here a list description of the production history, making of the script, background information, etc... (see Style guidelines). Cbrown1023 19:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Please include here information on what critics thought of the movie, this section can also include information from sites like Rotten Tomatoes. Cbrown1023 19:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I have removed both of these sections due to the fact that they both completely lack content. If you want to add the sections back, please add them WITH CONTENT. Blank sections are completely inappropriate for wiki articles. Dr. Cash 02:12, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Star Trek: TNG also aired first in 1987, making me believe 'Barf' is a pun of 'Worf'. Any other views on this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.187.82.217 ( talk • contribs) 19:10, October 6, 2006
CNN link on TV show seems to be dead... AnonMoos 20:45, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
I can't believe I'm commenting on this, but anyway:
Okay, let's take this a step at a time:
So the most we can simplify this with full generality is "uncle's nephew's cousin's former roommate". I think I have exceeded even my enormous geek quota for the day; I'll have to go play some sports or something. -- Saforrest 18:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Is it really a necessity to mention that "Despite the PG rating, there are strong uses of profanity." I don't think that the PG-13 rating existed yet when this movie was make, and I doubt this movie would be rated R. In addition to this, I checked the scource whoever said that cited, and it didn't even mention the language. Supernerd 10 00:44, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Supernerd 10 16:20, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Under plot and Character parodies their are claims that spaceball characters are parodies of characters in the star wars prequels. How is this possible considering spaceballs was made long before the prequels? SMBriscoe 21:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
How can Spaceballs parody Star Wars I through III? They were made after Spaceballs and could not have been a source of parody for the movie. Also, I don't think anything from the Extended Universe, or anything not directly referenced in the original trilogy should be referenced. For example, references to the Invisible Hand and Asajj Ventress are just "pulling for straws." Adam Butt 20:18, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Remove the "parody of" parentheticals. They are unnecessary and inelegant, as well as being generally wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.127.51.82 ( talk • contribs) 02:06, May 3, 2007
I agree. I'm going to delete them. The are unlikely, and in some cases, just plain wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.117.250.163 ( talk • contribs) 11:58, May 14, 2007
ok, seems we should discuss. The parodies. First, how is President Skroob a parody of Emporer Palpatine? They don't share anything in common in terms of personality or appearance. If Spaceballs WAS Star Wars, than the leader would be the Emporer, but Spcaeballs is not Star Wars and Star Wars is only one of the many many films it parodies. I'm going to remove the reference.
Next, King Roland can not parody Bail Organa as Bail had not appear in any of the Star Wars movies when Spaceballs was made!
Vinne is not a parody of Boba Fett or any of the others. He is clearly a parody of Max Headroom. This is another attempt to stuff the Spaceballs universe into somewhere it just doesn't fit.
I don't see how Zircon is a parody of Moff Jerjerrod. Anyone care to explain? Likewise with Dr. Schlotkin. One is a droid, the other a parody of a plastic surgeon. -mgg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.117.250.163 ( talk • contribs) 12:14, May 14, 2007
Dark Helmet refers to Sandurz as "Clayton" around 57 minutes into the film after he "turns off the movie" upon receiving the code to Druidia's air lock. -- Starks 16:10, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
In the film they make a reference to a unit of distance called a lightleague. I think this is supposed to be a parody on lightyears or something, but the name doesn't make sense. Should we include this in the article under a "trivia" or something? How many lightleagues must be made in an hour to be traveling at Lunatic Speed?* In the most sincere manner, - A Sprig of Fig & a lock of holly 01:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
*This is a joke but I would not mind having it answered if anybody can. If you do please respond here and on my talk page. Thanks.
First of all well done to the people that have created this site. Been a huge fan of this film. In the list of what "Spaceball 1" has got and what it can do there is this line "space ball one has teleportatation beamer that made his ass on backwards", I am sure this happenes on the Spaceball home world, not on the ship. Anyways if im wrong sorry -- MattyC3350 04:26, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
The reference that Vespa's name came from latin for wasp seems wrong. She is Druish, which is and obvious play on Jewish, not an anglo-saxon. 70.236.33.253 21:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
On the line "F$^K, even in the future nothing works!" should this be viewed on the article as children or people that get offended could read this. -- MattyC3350 23:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
I was almost certain that Wikipedia allowed profane words. But to be certain, I went to the Wikipedia Manual of Style:
"Words and images that would be considered offensive, profane, or obscene by typical Wikipedia readers should be used if and only if their omission would cause the article to be less informative, relevant, or accurate, and no equally suitable alternatives are available. Including information about offensive material is part of Wikipedia's encyclopedic mission; being offensive is not.
In original Wikipedia content, a profanity should either appear in its full form or not at all; words should never be bowdlerized by replacing letters in the word with dashes, asterisks, or other symbols. However, when quoting relevant material from external sources, rendering a quote as it was originally spoken/written trumps our style guidelines..."
In this case, it is a form of spoken dialogue, and the only interpretation of whether or not is offensive is based on the indvidual veiwer/reader's perception. The article merely mentions that the word is said. I do not see how that counts as being "offensive" in and of itself. Wolfpeaceful ( talk)
I removed this as a mistake. Lone Star and Barf also took the weapons of the guards they attacked at the landing pad. When the guards reappeared, they had weapons. They would have certainly need to go to an equipment storage room/locker to get new weapons, and could have gotten new helmets at that time but didn't have time to get into new uniforms or there wasn't any spare uniforms in their sizes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.62.114.158 ( talk) 19:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
I took this out, as Barf and Lone Star left the doors open with the two guards they beat up inside. Its totally not outside the realm of possibility that when the guards exited the Winnebago, they closed the door behind them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.114.233.63 ( talk) 23:03, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Any thought to naming the article, "Spaceballs the Article?" Throughout the movie, many props were labeled in this manner. Habaneroman Sign Talk 21:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Definately not! The official Title of Spaceballs is... well... Spaceballs, NOT Spaceballs the Article. Most certainly whilst this may be considered humorous, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia... 19:21, 24 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.33.248.110 ( talk)
Having just seen this film on TV, the castle to which the Winnebago flies and in which Princess Vespa is to be married seems to bear a resemblance to Castle Neuschwanstein. I cannot find any reference to this here or on the Castle's page. Does anyone know of this? DrChainsaw77 ( talk) 23:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
When Lonestar asks Yogurt if they will ever see each other again, Yogurt replies, ... "in Spaceballs 3: The Search for Two". The VHS and DVD releases were changed to "in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money". The original theatrical version needs to be re-released so those who deny this will see just how funnier this line was delivered. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.161.154.79 ( talk • contribs) 19:03, March 23, 2008
I do not agree to the statement made in this article that the set design of the inside of the Winnebago resembles the set to Star Trek: The Next Generation. I have watched this film more then a handfull of times and I am also a fan of ST: TNG, and I cannot see anything that would resemble anything on ST. MattyC3350 ( talk) 07:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I agree. There is very little chance that anything in Spaceballs references TNG; but many things do reference original ST. Next Generation's first episode was not aired until Spet, 1987, the same year Spaceball's was released. When Skroob is teleported the person who "beams" him is named Sncotty, an obvious parody to Scotty in the original ST. The Winnebego is basically an original idea to the Spaceballs film. 24.33.248.110 ( talk) 19:28, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
I don't think he's a "half-man", he's all pizza. He got locked in a limo and was forced to eat himself. 99.242.129.186 ( talk) 16:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Where did the movie say that he was half-man half-pizza? I don't recall them ever specifying this. (By the way I have this movie on DVD.) However, it is true that he did lock himself in a car and eat himself to death. 24.33.248.110 ( talk) 19:30, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Is Barf a mawg or a mog? -- Davidwhite544 ( talk) 17:46, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
He is Mawg, NOT Mog. This can be seen if you freezframe when Barf is eating out of a chicken bucket when LoneStarr calls out for "Barf." on Eagle 5 (aka the Winnebego) On the window there is a small "Mawg On Board" sign. I don't really think Mawg means anything... except possibly an intentional misspelling of Man + Dog = Mog (thus maw, like awe, plus g) by the film-makers. This isn't really a contradiction, btw... The "o" in "dog" or "aw" in "awe" can be pronounced identically in some Anglo-Saxon dialects. 24.33.248.110 ( talk) 19:37, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Is there a reference for this? I always thought it was a circumcision-type punishment. Wolfhound668 ( talk) 22:39, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
We don't really know exactly what happens to the groin area, when Dark Helmet uses the Shwartz. All we know, is that it hurts! 24.33.248.110 ( talk) 19:39, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
During the scene where Yogurt is talking about merchandising and going through variuos "Spaceballs" products he holds up a coloring book and says "Spaceballs the coloring book" but the cover art for the coloring book is that of Optimus Prime. Maybe a foreshadowing of the ship transforming into a maid scene? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.48.130.33 ( talk) 14:35, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
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See note on Wikiquote: Talk: List of Films - fagan
I remember the very first time I seen this movie. I had asked my parents if they could rent a movie, they brought Spaceballs home. I wasn't too happy at first because I was hoping they'd bring home a better movie. And after the first few minutes, I thought geez why'd they bring this turkey home? But just a few minutes later my opinion of the movie had been completely altered, and I still think this was Brooks at his finest. JesseG 01:44, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Adding in a bit about Battlestar Galactica. The opening scene, with the ridiculously long spaceship approach, is more directly a pot shot at the opening of BS. It really does seem about that long... - RJ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.95.141.126 ( talk • contribs) 03:12, March 14, 2005
its starwars!!!! check the audio commentary. Typer525 00:46, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
"Episodes I and II of the Star Wars prequel trilogy appear to pay homage to this parody, notably the over-the-top outfits of Queen / Senator Amidala and the spheroid spaceships of the Trade Federation."
That seems pretty bogus. How are those a homage to Spaceballs? Why would they even pay homage to it at all? Adam Bishop 01:45, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
In episode three Lucas payed homage to the star wars kid with the weapons used by General Grievous's guards so why not space balls? SMBriscoe 20:29, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
are they ever going to make a sequel to this wonderful movie. If so, who will replace John Candy. You can't just replace a great actor like him and hope to do well in a movie. without this supreme actor, Spaceballs would honestly suck more than Maga Maid!!!!!!!!!!!
if you believe otherwise, please by all means repll to this comment. LJB3 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.212.250.96 ( talk • contribs) 14:20, April 13, 2005
IMDb used to have a listing called "Untitled Spaceballs Sequel", but it got removed. It makes me suspicious that the Spaceballs sequel has cancelled planning, will somebody help me verify this? -- SuperDude 02:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Being that it's past the "worst case" date w/o so much as a mention, sounds like a hoax. Anyone have a link confirming this?
Brooks doesn't do sequels. His refrences to sequels to his films, especially those that appear in his films, are all poking fun at sequels and making sequels. Spaceballs 2: The search for more money, not gonna happen Max Overload 14:26, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
If you haven't seen them, you should check out these other Mel Brooks classics through the years:
History of the world: Part 1
History of the world: Part 2 (fictitious - see below)
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Young Frankenstein
Blazing Saddles
Feel free to add your own!
(I added some key quotes I felt were missing from the list) -- Mattwilkins 21:15, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
Mattwilkins deleted the reference to President Skroob as being a parody of Palpatine, citing "Removed Palpatine reference as Opinion"
First, all allegory is "opinion," so that doesn't fly, and we can have a big argument about that, which would discount the whole "Character parodies" section, but I'd rather not.
Besides that, this seems to be a pretty straight-forward reference to me. If the Spaceballs are the Empire, then Skroob would certainly be Palpatine. If you'd like to get into particulars, we can say that Dot Matrix is also R2-D2, and that Vespa is an amalgam of all fantasy princesses. What I'm trying to say is, don't read too much into this. Yes, it can be as easy as saying "President Skroob=Emperor Palpatine."
I won't restore it unless someone feels strongly enough to argue with me about it. Just thought I'd bring it up.
By the way, don't even start on my Wikipedia user name. I don't have a strong opinion for or against a fictional person. That sets up a decent religious joke. -- Palpatine 02:50, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
--Skroob doesn't act in any manner like Palpatine (in fact, he can't even make decisions!) and you forget that Star-wars is only ONE of the movies being parodied in Spaceballs... and that Spaceballs also has original characters. Unless there is a direct reference to this particular allegory by the film-makers I'd say leave it out. 24.33.248.110 ( talk) 14:44, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
This page states that Schwartz is a reference to Mel Brooks' lawyer's name. Anyone got any idea to verify that? -- Lapo Luchini 21:30, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
First, the movie script is still under copyright, and thus should not be linked to. However, the link for "Spaceballs Script" links to " http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=%22going+right+past+the+alter%2C+heading+down+the+ramp%22+%22half+man%2C+half+dog%22&btnG=Search". Why link it to a google search? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.214.183.89 ( talk • contribs) 21:57, January 5, 2006
The sidebar states that the budget for spaceballs was $25,000,000; but the article itself says 22.7 million dollars, which is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.84.228.7 ( talk • contribs) 10:36, March 10, 2006
This comes from the movie, referring to the Schwartz. It's in the scene where Helmet and Sandurz discover Yogurt's doors (recall: "Yogurt! I hate Yogurt! Even with strawberries!"). They said that they couldn't go in because Yogurt's Schwartz is too powerful, as there are two sides to every Schwartz. Yogurt got the up side, and Helmet got the down side.
That hopefully ought to clarify that passage. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 09:53, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
The reference to the toy store in this page is not correct I do not have links but I have seen an interview where mel said that the Shwartz (besides obviously referencing the force) is a reference to Brook's lawyers name. "May the Shwartz be with you" was an inside joke about not wanting to get sued for various parodies —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.207.135.241 ( talk) 06:17, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
207.195.51.101 added a trivia line that states:
Weaver's not there, is she? According to IMDB (and my memory), only John Hurt, the actual burstee is in Spaceballs.
Atlant 12:50, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
I removed the text of the opening crawl from the article, as this is most likely a copyright violation. Thus as it stands, there is no mention of the opening crawl. Something should be said, but the full text can't go back. SchuminWeb ( Talk) 04:06, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
It mentions Lonestar as being a Parody of Han Solo and Luke Skywalker, but isnt he heavily parodying Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica (down to the name and uniform)? The Spaceballs themselves were also parodies characters from Battlestar Galactica, wearing the same giant spherical helmets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.159.26 ( talk • contribs) 19:41, July 24, 2006
Can anyone explain the Airplane reference? Can one pardoy a parody? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.2.27.9 ( talk • contribs) 09:11, August 26, 2006
I can't believe that there is no mention of Indiana Jones on here. Lone Star's clothes are similar to Indiana Jones, which was played by Harrison Ford, who also played Han Solo. Lone Star and Princess Vespa also fall in love, like Han Solo and Princess Leia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.174.7.191 ( talk • contribs) 18:34, January 16, 2007
Couldn't George Lucas sue them for making this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.228.245.11 ( talk • contribs) .
I've removed the 'trivia' section. Most of it was copied from the IMDB trivia page, so there's really no reason to copy it here; a link will suffice. The rest appears to be non-notable; I've reproduced it below for review. Some of it might be worth adding to other parts of the article, but Wikipedia guidelines generally frown upon including 'trivia' sections in article. Dr. Cash 23:16, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
19:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey I like tria on wikipedia! Sometimes its the only reason I read an article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.90.79 ( talk • contribs) 22:41, January 26, 2007
Please include here a list description of the production history, making of the script, background information, etc... (see Style guidelines). Cbrown1023 19:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Please include here information on what critics thought of the movie, this section can also include information from sites like Rotten Tomatoes. Cbrown1023 19:57, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I have removed both of these sections due to the fact that they both completely lack content. If you want to add the sections back, please add them WITH CONTENT. Blank sections are completely inappropriate for wiki articles. Dr. Cash 02:12, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Star Trek: TNG also aired first in 1987, making me believe 'Barf' is a pun of 'Worf'. Any other views on this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.187.82.217 ( talk • contribs) 19:10, October 6, 2006
CNN link on TV show seems to be dead... AnonMoos 20:45, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
I can't believe I'm commenting on this, but anyway:
Okay, let's take this a step at a time:
So the most we can simplify this with full generality is "uncle's nephew's cousin's former roommate". I think I have exceeded even my enormous geek quota for the day; I'll have to go play some sports or something. -- Saforrest 18:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
Is it really a necessity to mention that "Despite the PG rating, there are strong uses of profanity." I don't think that the PG-13 rating existed yet when this movie was make, and I doubt this movie would be rated R. In addition to this, I checked the scource whoever said that cited, and it didn't even mention the language. Supernerd 10 00:44, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Supernerd 10 16:20, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Under plot and Character parodies their are claims that spaceball characters are parodies of characters in the star wars prequels. How is this possible considering spaceballs was made long before the prequels? SMBriscoe 21:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
How can Spaceballs parody Star Wars I through III? They were made after Spaceballs and could not have been a source of parody for the movie. Also, I don't think anything from the Extended Universe, or anything not directly referenced in the original trilogy should be referenced. For example, references to the Invisible Hand and Asajj Ventress are just "pulling for straws." Adam Butt 20:18, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Remove the "parody of" parentheticals. They are unnecessary and inelegant, as well as being generally wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.127.51.82 ( talk • contribs) 02:06, May 3, 2007
I agree. I'm going to delete them. The are unlikely, and in some cases, just plain wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.117.250.163 ( talk • contribs) 11:58, May 14, 2007
ok, seems we should discuss. The parodies. First, how is President Skroob a parody of Emporer Palpatine? They don't share anything in common in terms of personality or appearance. If Spaceballs WAS Star Wars, than the leader would be the Emporer, but Spcaeballs is not Star Wars and Star Wars is only one of the many many films it parodies. I'm going to remove the reference.
Next, King Roland can not parody Bail Organa as Bail had not appear in any of the Star Wars movies when Spaceballs was made!
Vinne is not a parody of Boba Fett or any of the others. He is clearly a parody of Max Headroom. This is another attempt to stuff the Spaceballs universe into somewhere it just doesn't fit.
I don't see how Zircon is a parody of Moff Jerjerrod. Anyone care to explain? Likewise with Dr. Schlotkin. One is a droid, the other a parody of a plastic surgeon. -mgg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.117.250.163 ( talk • contribs) 12:14, May 14, 2007
Dark Helmet refers to Sandurz as "Clayton" around 57 minutes into the film after he "turns off the movie" upon receiving the code to Druidia's air lock. -- Starks 16:10, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
In the film they make a reference to a unit of distance called a lightleague. I think this is supposed to be a parody on lightyears or something, but the name doesn't make sense. Should we include this in the article under a "trivia" or something? How many lightleagues must be made in an hour to be traveling at Lunatic Speed?* In the most sincere manner, - A Sprig of Fig & a lock of holly 01:51, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
*This is a joke but I would not mind having it answered if anybody can. If you do please respond here and on my talk page. Thanks.
First of all well done to the people that have created this site. Been a huge fan of this film. In the list of what "Spaceball 1" has got and what it can do there is this line "space ball one has teleportatation beamer that made his ass on backwards", I am sure this happenes on the Spaceball home world, not on the ship. Anyways if im wrong sorry -- MattyC3350 04:26, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
The reference that Vespa's name came from latin for wasp seems wrong. She is Druish, which is and obvious play on Jewish, not an anglo-saxon. 70.236.33.253 21:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
On the line "F$^K, even in the future nothing works!" should this be viewed on the article as children or people that get offended could read this. -- MattyC3350 23:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
I was almost certain that Wikipedia allowed profane words. But to be certain, I went to the Wikipedia Manual of Style:
"Words and images that would be considered offensive, profane, or obscene by typical Wikipedia readers should be used if and only if their omission would cause the article to be less informative, relevant, or accurate, and no equally suitable alternatives are available. Including information about offensive material is part of Wikipedia's encyclopedic mission; being offensive is not.
In original Wikipedia content, a profanity should either appear in its full form or not at all; words should never be bowdlerized by replacing letters in the word with dashes, asterisks, or other symbols. However, when quoting relevant material from external sources, rendering a quote as it was originally spoken/written trumps our style guidelines..."
In this case, it is a form of spoken dialogue, and the only interpretation of whether or not is offensive is based on the indvidual veiwer/reader's perception. The article merely mentions that the word is said. I do not see how that counts as being "offensive" in and of itself. Wolfpeaceful ( talk)
I removed this as a mistake. Lone Star and Barf also took the weapons of the guards they attacked at the landing pad. When the guards reappeared, they had weapons. They would have certainly need to go to an equipment storage room/locker to get new weapons, and could have gotten new helmets at that time but didn't have time to get into new uniforms or there wasn't any spare uniforms in their sizes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.62.114.158 ( talk) 19:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
I took this out, as Barf and Lone Star left the doors open with the two guards they beat up inside. Its totally not outside the realm of possibility that when the guards exited the Winnebago, they closed the door behind them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.114.233.63 ( talk) 23:03, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Any thought to naming the article, "Spaceballs the Article?" Throughout the movie, many props were labeled in this manner. Habaneroman Sign Talk 21:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Definately not! The official Title of Spaceballs is... well... Spaceballs, NOT Spaceballs the Article. Most certainly whilst this may be considered humorous, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia... 19:21, 24 August 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.33.248.110 ( talk)
Having just seen this film on TV, the castle to which the Winnebago flies and in which Princess Vespa is to be married seems to bear a resemblance to Castle Neuschwanstein. I cannot find any reference to this here or on the Castle's page. Does anyone know of this? DrChainsaw77 ( talk) 23:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
When Lonestar asks Yogurt if they will ever see each other again, Yogurt replies, ... "in Spaceballs 3: The Search for Two". The VHS and DVD releases were changed to "in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money". The original theatrical version needs to be re-released so those who deny this will see just how funnier this line was delivered. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.161.154.79 ( talk • contribs) 19:03, March 23, 2008
I do not agree to the statement made in this article that the set design of the inside of the Winnebago resembles the set to Star Trek: The Next Generation. I have watched this film more then a handfull of times and I am also a fan of ST: TNG, and I cannot see anything that would resemble anything on ST. MattyC3350 ( talk) 07:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I agree. There is very little chance that anything in Spaceballs references TNG; but many things do reference original ST. Next Generation's first episode was not aired until Spet, 1987, the same year Spaceball's was released. When Skroob is teleported the person who "beams" him is named Sncotty, an obvious parody to Scotty in the original ST. The Winnebego is basically an original idea to the Spaceballs film. 24.33.248.110 ( talk) 19:28, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
I don't think he's a "half-man", he's all pizza. He got locked in a limo and was forced to eat himself. 99.242.129.186 ( talk) 16:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Where did the movie say that he was half-man half-pizza? I don't recall them ever specifying this. (By the way I have this movie on DVD.) However, it is true that he did lock himself in a car and eat himself to death. 24.33.248.110 ( talk) 19:30, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Is Barf a mawg or a mog? -- Davidwhite544 ( talk) 17:46, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
He is Mawg, NOT Mog. This can be seen if you freezframe when Barf is eating out of a chicken bucket when LoneStarr calls out for "Barf." on Eagle 5 (aka the Winnebego) On the window there is a small "Mawg On Board" sign. I don't really think Mawg means anything... except possibly an intentional misspelling of Man + Dog = Mog (thus maw, like awe, plus g) by the film-makers. This isn't really a contradiction, btw... The "o" in "dog" or "aw" in "awe" can be pronounced identically in some Anglo-Saxon dialects. 24.33.248.110 ( talk) 19:37, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Is there a reference for this? I always thought it was a circumcision-type punishment. Wolfhound668 ( talk) 22:39, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
We don't really know exactly what happens to the groin area, when Dark Helmet uses the Shwartz. All we know, is that it hurts! 24.33.248.110 ( talk) 19:39, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
During the scene where Yogurt is talking about merchandising and going through variuos "Spaceballs" products he holds up a coloring book and says "Spaceballs the coloring book" but the cover art for the coloring book is that of Optimus Prime. Maybe a foreshadowing of the ship transforming into a maid scene? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.48.130.33 ( talk) 14:35, 29 January 2009 (UTC)