Spaceballs
Movie • 1987 • Comedy
ReportWhen the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
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Is there body horror?
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Corellon
In a scene played for laughs, a character is teleported and arrives with head and arms on backward. This is quickly fixed with no lasting issues.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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The main character was abandoned by his parents.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Hard to answer since one of the main characters is a half-dog. But technically he is fighting.
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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not drugged but hypnotised / tricked.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Dark Helmet implies such thing.
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Harlbior
After Dark Helmet captures Princess Vespa, there's a scene in which he speaks as if he's about to rape her, but it turns out that he is playing with miniature dolls of the cast. He does act out forcing himself on Vespa for a kiss with the dolls.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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There's a scene where someone is shaving and another scene where a plastic surgeon is sharpening a knife and about to operate, though the operation itself doesn't take place.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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The king passes out from lack of air.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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However, someone has a bodypart "crushed".
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Is someone choked?
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No, but there is a scene where the viewer might think that chocking is about to happen. It does not happen.
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Does a head get squashed?
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The top of Dark Helmet's helmet is crushed when he is thrown into a console, but this protects him from serious injury.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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The villain fires a ray of energy at a subordinates crotch, which causes them extreme pain but no detail is shown.
Starts at 5:27 and ends at 5:39.
Starts at 5:27 and ends at 5:39.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Characters frequently faint in a theatrical/melodramatic way due to surprise, extreme thirst, etc.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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At 49:30, someone's entire foot (including their toes) gets flattened by a giant statue. While we see the flattened foot, there's no blood or gore.
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Is someone tortured?
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The princess is threatened to have her nose job reversed.
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Children
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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There is a rescue mission where they infiltrate the base of the bad guys in order to safe the princess.
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Does a non-human character die?
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Yes, by "eating himself" (not shown, just told)
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Disability
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Princess Vespa's mother is mentioned in dialog as deceased prior to the film.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Harlbior
Princess Vespa and Dot Matrix are captured by Dark Helmet.
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Does someone cheat?
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Princess Vespa walks out on her wedding to a prince (twice) and falls in love with / marries a different man.
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Are there clowns?
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There's a very brief scene.
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There is a scene of someone sharpening a knife.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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One of the main characters is named Barf, so there are jokes based on his name (such as looking sick and about to throw up), but no actual vomiting.
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Is someone eaten?
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Two times: The character is not really human.
Once someone else is eating parts of that character.
The second time the audience is told that he ate himself until he died.
Once someone else is eating parts of that character.
The second time the audience is told that he ate himself until he died.
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Does someone spit?
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Dark Helmet spits out a mouthful of coffee because it is too hot. The actual moment is at 7:06. You can skip to the next scene at 7:13
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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A ring is lost.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Kind of; there's a plastic surgeon who Dark Helmet hires who puts on a surgical mask and threatens to operate on Princess Vespa.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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Harlbior
Pizza the Hutt, a living mound of melted pizza, make some slurping and dripping sounds as he moves that viewers might find off-putting.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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There's a throwaway mention of how Pizza the Hutt (a living mound of pizza) ate himself to death offscreen after being locked in a car.
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Sibelos
One use of "fuck" near the end of the movie.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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multiple scenes with high speeds are shown with brigt and flashing lights
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Since the joke is that they know that they are in a movie, the "bad guys" can watch into the future and see things happening in the movie. They use that to find the location of the "good guys" by watching the movie.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Multiple times, characters look towards the camera to tell a one-off joke, and there are jokes about how the characters are aware of being in a movie.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Cross-eyed people are made fun of and saneist language such as id*ot, st*pid, etc. is used.
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Harlbior
Mel Brooks sprinkles in nods to Jewish stereotypes, but mostly to poke fun at them (he's Jewish himself).
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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There's a scene in which the Spaceballs capture the stunt doubles of the cast after they hop through an archway. The one playing Princess Vespa (wearing a wedding dress) is actually a balding bearded man smoking a cigar.
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There are multiple jokes which could be construed as transmisogynistic.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Fat is used as an insult twice.
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Sex
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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But there are multiple jokes about it.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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There is lots of innuendo and sexual imagery, but not actual sex.
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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Harlbior
A Winnebago with wings crash-lands on a desert planet.
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Does a plane crash?
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If a Winnebago with wings can count as a plane.
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Violence
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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There is an explosion in space...
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Is there gun violence?
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Harlbior
With laser guns.
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