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Fridge Horror

• In Spaceballs the point of Dark Helmet and the rest of the Spaceballs is to steal air from Planet Druidia and save Planet Spaceball. They fail. And the president was trying to keep the problem hush-hush. Did the innocent residents of Planet Spaceball figure it out and save themselves, or did they perish from slow asphyxiation?
  • Actually, the people of Planet Spaceball knew. In fact, the news was questioning the president about it during the "peri-air" scene. So the people of Planet Spaceball know and so does the news. Eventually the people are going to get tired of hearing "we have enough air" when they obviously don't. Seeing how the Spaceballs reacted at a ship going down, it's easy to guess that as many as possible are going to try to flee the planet. When escape ships run out or the president locks the planet down, the remaining people are probably going to kill each other over the remaining air. Then the survivors will start to suffocate. That is, unless the Spaceballs manage to steal all of another planet's air, which then opens a whole new can of worms.

Fridge Logic: So how did whoever put the "out of order" sign on the self destruct cancellation button know it was out of order? There wouldn't be any reason to press it unless the self destruct was activated, and if it didn't work that time, then there shouldn't be a ship around in the first place. (Yes, yes, Rule of Funny.. I know...)

• The shipbuilders scammed the Spaceballs. They put it in at the last minute but didn't bother to connect it up, instead pocketing the money and snickering as they left, knowing that their deception couldn't be discovered until it was too late.
• The film actually completely negates its entire premise. The Spaceballs are running out of air and need to steal Druidia's supply. But when Barf, Dot, and Vespa are climbing between ships through outer space, they can breathe just fine.
  • Druidia had the best air. That's why they canned and exported it, and why the Spaceballs wanted it for themselves.
  • Alternate Character Interpretation: The Spaceballs are just that stupid.
• I first saw Spaceballs when I was about 5. I'm 26 now, and just got the "What's the matter, Col. Sanders? Chicken?" line.
  • It took me until my freshman year in college to get the "Ready, Kafka?" bit.
    • I was 20 before I caught the Pizza the Hut joke.
      • I was 40 (& hadn't seen the movie in at least ten years) when I finally realized that Dark Helmet's tie (and the circles above it) resemble...er...certain parts of the male anatomy
• Why is a Druish princess singing a spiritual about Jesus?
  • Because it's funny.