Movie connections for
Spaceballs (1987) More at IMDbPro »

Edited into

Spaceballs: The Documentary (2005) (V)
 -  The documentary features many clips from Spaceballs

Spin off

"Spaceballs: The Animated Series" (2008)

References

"ABC's Wide World of Sports" (1961)
"Hogan's Heroes" (1965)
The Producers (1968)
 -  Cassette tape on the Mel Brooks video shelf
The Twelve Chairs (1970)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
 -  Cassette tape on the Mel Brooks video shelf
Chinatown (1974)
 -  References the line "When you're right you're right. And you're right."
Young Frankenstein (1974)
 -  Cassette tape on the Mel Brooks video shelf
Track of the Moon Beast (1976)
Silent Movie (1976)
 -  Cassette tape on the Mel Brooks video shelf
Rocky (1976)
 -  Cassette tape below the Mel Brooks video shelf
High Anxiety (1977)
Rocky II (1979)
 -  Cassette tape below the Mel Brooks video shelf
Flash Gordon (1980)
 -  Dark Helmet's schwartz-ring that he uses to zap the spaceball in the groin with at the beginning of the movie is identical to the ring worn by Emperor Ming in Flash Gordon.
History of the World: Part I (1981)
 -  Cassette tape on the Mel Brooks video shelf
Rocky III (1982)
 -  Cassette tape below the Mel Brooks video shelf
First Blood (1982)
 -  Dot's line after Vespa blasts down some guards: "Hey, that was good enough for Rambo!"
To Be or Not to Be (1983)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
 -  When entering Yoghurt's temple, Barf says "It's like the Temple of Doom"
"Transformers" (1984)
 -  The Spaceballs coloring book has a picture of Optimus Prime on it and the ship transforming into a maid is similar to an Autobot or Decepticon transformation. Also, Barf says "It's not just a spaceship, it's a Transformer!"
Rocky IV (1985)
 -  Cassette tape below the Mel Brooks video shelf
The Princess Bride (1987)

Referenced in

Barfly (1987)
The Exorcist III (1990)
"Saturday Night Clive: (#4.1)" (1991)
 -  Mentioned by Mel Brooks
"Saturday Night Live: Bob Saget/TLC (#20.19)" (1995)
 -  Mentioned in Karl's Video Store
"The Simpsons: The Springfield Connection (#6.23)" (1995)
 -  Homer says "When Marge first joined the police academy, I thought it was going to be fun and exiting, like that movie Spaceballs, but instead it was sad and depressing, like that movie Police Academy"
Escape from Chernobourg (1999)
Osmosis Jones (2001)
ReBoot: My Two Bobs (2001) (TV)
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002) (VG)
"Family Guy: When You Wish Upon a Weinstein (#3.22)" (2003)
 -  A Jew thanks Peter for letting him use the phone so Peter says "Thanks for Spaceballs", a reference to it being a Jewish comedy.
"Tripping the Rift: God Is Our Pilot (#1.1)" (2004)
 -  The crew watches a video of what has just happened to them
Robots (2005)
 -  The scene with the Robot City train station announcer saying something unintelligible over the intercom then speaking in the same voice without the microphone is the same joke with Michael Winslow in Spaceballs.
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) (V)
 -  In both movies a Winebago crashes into a desert in similar fashion
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' (2005) (V)
 -  Title shown on scrolling review text
Transformations: Looking Back at 'The Fly II' (2005) (V)
 -  mentioned once
The Movie: Yeah, No, Yeah, No (2005) (V)
 -  reference made to the movie's title
LOL (2006)
 -  videotape seen behind a girl
"Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: New Grade & Dodgeball (#3.1)" (2006)
 -  "I can't breathe in this thing!"
Muggers: The Movie (2006) (V)
 -  Mentioned in movie
"Kureyon Shin-chan: Shin Wars (#2.1)" (2008)
 -  The style of the Rod Saber fights are a take from this film.
"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#7.39)" (2008)
 -  Included in a $100 question
Friday the 13th (2009)
 -  "May the force be with your schwartz"
"The Office: Lecture Circuit: Part 2 (#5.15)" (2009)
 -  Michael mentions Pizza the Hut.
Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
 -  Gallaxhar curses "spaceballs"
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Mosters vs Aliens/The Haunting in Connecticut/12 Rounds (#1.5)" (2009)
 -  Brett says he fought hard for Pizza The Hut to be on the Monster/Alien list

Featured in

1992 MTV Movie Awards (1992) (TV)
 -  Clip shown during the opening montage
100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
 -  Clip shown.
The Stars of 'Star Wars': Interviews from the Cast (1999) (V)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to George Lucas (2005) (TV)
 -  It's featured

Spoofs

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
 -  When Dark Helmet lures Princess Vespa ouside of Yogurt's hideout
It Happened One Night (1934)
 -  Lone Starr gives up his reward, and only takes recovery of expenses. In It Happened One Night, Peter also gives up on his reward, and takes only accomodation recovery. In both cases, this is a sign for the female character of his love
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
 -  When the four main characters walk towards Yoghurt's statue in fear, the scene resembles the scene in The Wizard of Oz, when they walk towards the wizard. There's also an analogue between each character: Barf being the lion, Dot Matrix the tin man, Vespa is Dorothy and Lone Starr the straw man
One Froggy Evening (1955)
 -  The chestburster dons a tophat and cane and sings like Michigan J. Frog.
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
 -  The dinks march to the film's main theme, but instead of whistling, they say "Dink"
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
"Star Trek" (1966)
 -  The whole beaming up scene of President Skroob. Also, Snotty is a refernce to Scotty
Planet of the Apes (1968)
 -  The head of the Statue of Liberty maid falls on the beach, in a manner very similar to the ending of Planet of the Apes
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Ryan's Daughter (1970/I)
 -  Princess Vespa mimics Rosy Ryan's dress, parasol and beach walks as she enters the "Lawrence of Arabia" desert scene.
Jaws (1975)
 -  The opening theme of the Main Spaceball ship is the jaws theme... spoofing the large shark chasing it's prey as the ship is chasing theirs.
Star Wars (1977)
 -  The movie is one big spoof of Star Wars
"Fantasy Island" (1978)
Alien (1979)
 -  A chestburster bursts through the chest of a crew member played by John Hurt who played Kane in Alien.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
 -  Yogurt is a parody of Yoda
"The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" (1981)
Stripes (1981)
 -  Lone Star & Barf beat up the guards and put on their uniforms by getting them to go into the Winnebago
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
 -  Pizza the Hut is a parody of Jabba the Hutt
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
"Max Headroom" (1987)

Spoofed in

Shrek (2001)
Osmosis Jones (2001)
Space Nuts (2003) (V)
 -  The title and many characters are taken from Spaceballs
"American Dad!: A Smith in the Hand (#1.9)" (2005)
 -  Roger's pancreas runs away on the bar like "alien" in this movie.
Employee of the Month (2006)
 -  Glen Gary the manager playing with dolls and then his assistant walks in and he hides them under his desk just like rick moranis (Dark Helmet) does in spaceballs when George wyner (Colonel Sandurz) bursts in on him.
Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007) (TV)
 -  A Mog appears in a crowd waiting to meet George Lucas

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