Spaceballs Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
18 of the most interesting Spaceballs easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Spaceballs movie message.
A star pilot and his sidekick must come to the rescue of a Princess and save the galaxy from a ruthless race of beings known as Spaceballs.
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Director
Mel Brooks
Stars
Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman
IMDB score
7.1
Spaceballs Movie Trivia
Dark Helmet tells the doctor who makes out with the nurse (I forget both names) to "Go to the golf course and work on your putts". "Putz" is Hebrew slang for a penis
Spaceballs Movie Easter Eggs
There's more examples of merchandising in the diner scene, with Spaceballs place mats:
Princess Vespa's stunt double has a Hitler mustache, referencing Mel Brooks' tendency to make fun of Adolf Hitler.
The Millennium Falcon makes an appearance in the diner scene which suggests that Spaceballs and Star Wars both take place in the same universe.
When Dark Helmet asks how many assholes are on the ship, everyone raises their hand except the guy on the far left.
Costume details in Spaceballs
When Lord Helmet first appears onscreen, his shoelaces are untied.
Spaceballs movie hidden details
Not only are the cassettes in Spaceballs (1987) all Mel Brooks' movies (the director) but the rest are Rocky movies that go past the latest one of that time -- which was Rocky IV.
After Spaceball 1 leaves ludicrous speed, Dark Helmet tells the crew to take a 5 min break, Dark Helmet and crew aren't seen again until the 35 minute mark. 5 minutes later.
During the video call with Pizza the Hutt and Vinny, there is a reflection in Vinny's glasses of a table with a red and white checkered cloth along with what appears to be a salad and a drink, expanding the pizza parlor setting established in the background
The titular villains accidentally capture the heroes' stunt doubles. Lone Starr's stunt double, played by Dane Farwell, was indeed Bill Pullman's actual stunt double. Later in the film, you can clearly see him standing in when Lone Starr is dodging Dark Helmet's attacks.
One of characters Mel Brooks plays is General Skroob. Skroob is an anagram of Brooks.
The rest of the crew is leaning in the opposite direction from the g-forces acting on Sanders and Dark Helmet.
Dr. Schlotkin did Princess Vespa's first nose job and was hired by Dark Helmet to undo it
'going plaid' may be a play on 'warp speed', and 'warp' which is a term used to decribe fabric weaving.
Dark Helmet shouts from a cupped hand to his men combing the desert, despite having just used a bullhorn to talk to Col. Sanders
The main theme for "Spaceballs One", which looks like a shark, is a play on the much more famous Jaws theme.
The actor who played Kane in Alien(1979) played himself in the Alien parody scene in Spaceballs(1987)
