Spaceballs

Spaceballs is a 1987 science fiction spoof movie written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks.

Spaceball One

Planet Spaceball's weapon of conquest, Spaceball One, is a powerful and absurdly large vessel. It bears a bumper sticker that reads "We brake for nobody." Spaceball One is capable of travel at three different speeds other than sub-light speed: light speed, ridiculous speed, and ludicrous speed. The ship is so big, it has room for a shopping mall, a zoo, and a three-ring circus. The ship's music theme is a take on the theme of Jaws, and the ship itself even vaguely resembles a shark. This is especially noticeable in a scene where Spaceball One is about to "devour" Princess Vespa's ship with its frontal hatch.

Related Topics:
Bumper sticker - Light speed - Shopping mall - Zoo - Circus - Jaws

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Spaceball One's secret weapon is its ability to transform into Mega Maid, a colossal cleaning lady holding a gigantic vacuum cleaner. The Spaceballs use this contraption to rob the air from other planets and take it back to planet Spaceball.

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Spaceball One carried, because of its size, a very large crew and (though not visually shown) enough escape pods to evacuate all but three people.

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The ship is destroyed at the end of the movie. The head-section of the craft successfully goes through re-entry and impacts a planet, a lá The Planet of the Apes. President Skroob, Dark Helmet, and Colonel Sandurz all survive, much to the chagrin of the apes who witness the event.

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