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* MythologyGag: One of the golden tapes the Video Pirates plunder is marked ''[[Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie Cleopatra Schwartz]]''.
** One to Universal's B-Movie's: The titular movie opens with the 50s [[LogoJoke Universal-International]] globe, and the music heard is from ''Film/ThisIslandEarth''.

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* MythologyGag: One of the golden tapes the Video Pirates plunder is marked ''[[Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie Cleopatra Schwartz]]''.
Schwartz]]''. Another is marked ''See You Next Wednesday'', which kept popping up in Landis' films.
** One to Universal's B-Movie's: B-Movies: The titular movie opens with the 50s [[LogoJoke Universal-International]] globe, and the music heard is from ''Film/ThisIslandEarth''.

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* TheFunInFuneral / LastDisrespects: Harvey Pitnik's funeral is a roast hosted by Creator/SteveAllen

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* TheFunInFuneral / LastDisrespects: Harvey Pitnik's funeral is a roast hosted by Creator/SteveAllenCreator/SteveAllen.


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** Also, the producer of ''Amazon Women on the Moon'' is Samuel L. Bronkowitz, who had been previously referenced in ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' as a producer of fictional movies in that film.
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** One to Universal's B-Movie's: The titular movie opens with the 50s [[LogoJoke Universal-International]] globe, and the music heard is from ''Film/ThisIslandEarth''.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Monique Gabrielle walks around completely naked everywhere, in public, museums and even church. Nobody bat an eye.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Monique Gabrielle walks around completely naked everywhere, in public, museums and even church. Nobody bat bats an eye.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Monique Gabrielle walks around completely naked everywhere, in public, museums and even church. Nobody bat an eye.

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* {{Fanservice}}

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* {{Fanservice}}{{Fanservice}}: Three separate segments feature female nudity, and the titular Amazon Women are easy on the eyes, as well.



* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: in both the "Murray Gets Trapped In TV Land" and the "Video Date" segments.

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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: in both the "Murray Gets Trapped In TV Land" and the "Video Date" segments. "Critics Corner" plays with this trope, as well.


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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Two wildly different interpretations of this trope are presented in "Pethouse Video" and "Son of the Invisible Man"
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* BrickJoke: Don "No Soul" Simmons singing "Blame It On the Bossa Nova" during the end credits.

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** Cult director Russ Meyer as the clerk in "Video Date".



* PropRecycling: The spacesuits, the animatronic Nessie.
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* ForScience: The attitude of the clinic director in the "ReeferMadness" parody.

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* ForScience: The attitude of the clinic director in the "ReeferMadness" "Film/ReeferMadness" parody.



* TheStinger: A parody of ''ReeferMadness'' warning about "Social Diseases", with Creator/CarrieFisher.

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* TheStinger: A parody of ''ReeferMadness'' ''Film/ReeferMadness'' warning about "Social Diseases", with Creator/CarrieFisher.
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* MythologyGag: One of the golden tapes the Video Pirates plunder is marked ''[[Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie Cleopatra Schwartz]]''.


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* ProductionForeshadowing: Another one of the golden tapes is marked ''[[Series/PoliceSquad Police Squad:]] [[Film/TheNakedGun The Movie]]''.

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SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'', directed in 1987 by Creator/JohnLandis, Creator/JoeDante, CarlGottlieb, PeterHorton, and RobertKWeiss. Basically a bigger budget version of [=KFM=]. This time, the sketches are centered around a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie called, of course, ''Amazon Women On The Moon'', which appears to largely be inspired by ''Film/QueenOfOuterSpace.''

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SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'', directed in 1987 by Creator/JohnLandis, Creator/JoeDante, CarlGottlieb, PeterHorton, and RobertKWeiss. Basically a bigger budget version of [=KFM=]. This time, the sketches are centered around a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie called, of course, ''Amazon Women On The Moon'', which appears to largely be inspired by ''Film/QueenOfOuterSpace.''
'' However, the local TV station screening the film keeps suffering technical faults, forcing the unseen viewer to channel surf; occasionally, more glimpses of the film are seen, before another snafu occurs forcing the viewer to move on.


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* ExcusePlot: The plot is very thin, and the only other recurring element is Murray and his journey through the TV shows.
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* TheWhitestBlackGuy: A PSA for "Blacks Without Soul," who sing dorky songs like "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" and are David Hartman fans and Republicans.
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* {{Slapstick}}: Arsenio Hall's sketch in which he's repeatedly harmed by objects in his apartment. It's exaggerated to such a degree that it's almost a parody of the genre.
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SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'', directed in 1987 by Creator/JohnLandis, Creator/JoeDante, CarlGottlieb, PeterHorton, and RobertKWeiss. Basically a bigger budget version of [=KFM=]. This time, the sketches are centered around a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie called, of course, ''Amazon Women On The Moon'', which appears to largely be inspired by ''QueenOfOuterSpace.''

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SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'', directed in 1987 by Creator/JohnLandis, Creator/JoeDante, CarlGottlieb, PeterHorton, and RobertKWeiss. Basically a bigger budget version of [=KFM=]. This time, the sketches are centered around a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie called, of course, ''Amazon Women On The Moon'', which appears to largely be inspired by ''QueenOfOuterSpace.''Film/QueenOfOuterSpace.''



* JackTheRipper: The truth is finally revealed: it was [[spoiler: The Loch Ness Monster!]]

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* JackTheRipper: UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper: The truth is finally revealed: it was [[spoiler: The Loch Ness Monster!]]
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* KirksRock: In the final sketch, the distinctive rock formation is plainly visible in the distance during a chase scene.
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* TheFunInFuneral / LastDisrespects

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* TheFunInFuneral / LastDisrespectsLastDisrespects: Harvey Pitnik's funeral is a roast hosted by Creator/SteveAllen
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* LargeHam: All over the place, but especially the cast of the bad B-Movie and the pirate captain played by William Marshall.

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* TheStinger: A parody of ''ReeferMadness'' warning about "Social Diseases", with Creator/CarrieFisher.

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* TheStinger: A parody of ''ReeferMadness'' warning about "Social Diseases", with Creator/CarrieFisher.HumanAliens: The Amazon women


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* TheStinger: A parody of ''ReeferMadness'' warning about "Social Diseases", with Creator/CarrieFisher.


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* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Something the human male astronauts are eager to teach to the Amazon women
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* {{Fanservice}}
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* ObliviousJanitorCut: A street sweeper barely notices a body hitting the sidewalk behind him in a shower of broken glass.
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* TheFunInFuneral[=/=]LastDisrespects

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* TheFunInFuneral[=/=]LastDisrespectsTheFunInFuneral / LastDisrespects



* UmpteenthCustomer: A boy who goes to a drug store to [[TrojanGauntlet buy condoms]] (discreetly) for his date not only wins a prize...but becomes their spokesman, much to his horror.

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* TrojanGauntlet / UmpteenthCustomer: A boy who goes to a drug store to [[TrojanGauntlet buy condoms]] condoms (discreetly) for his date not only wins a prize...but becomes their spokesman, much to his horror.

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* BMovie: Intentionally invoked with the titular segment.



* MoodWhiplash: the "video date" segment goes from watching a hot woman (played by Corrine Wahl) strip for the video camera [[spoiler:to her jealous boyfriend (Andrew Dice Clay!) showing up with a gun and perform a horrifying murder-suicide.]]

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* MoodWhiplash: the "video date" segment goes from watching a hot woman (played by Corrine Wahl) strip for the video camera [[spoiler:to her jealous boyfriend (Andrew Dice Clay!) showing up with a gun and perform performing a horrifying murder-suicide.]]
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: in both the "Murray Gets Trapped In TV Land" and the "Video Date" segments.


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* MoodWhiplash: the "video date" segment goes from watching a hot woman (played by Corrine Wahl) strip for the video camera [[spoiler:to her jealous boyfriend (Andrew Dice Clay!) showing up with a gun and perform a horrifying murder-suicide.]]
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SpiritualSuccessor to ''TheKentuckyFriedMovie'', directed in 1987 by JohnLandis, Creator/JoeDante, CarlGottlieb, PeterHorton, and RobertKWeiss. Basically a bigger budget version of [=KFM=]. This time, the sketches are centered around a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie called, of course, ''Amazon Women On The Moon'', which appears to largely be inspired by ''QueenOfOuterSpace.''

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SpiritualSuccessor to ''TheKentuckyFriedMovie'', ''Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie'', directed in 1987 by JohnLandis, Creator/JohnLandis, Creator/JoeDante, CarlGottlieb, PeterHorton, and RobertKWeiss. Basically a bigger budget version of [=KFM=]. This time, the sketches are centered around a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie called, of course, ''Amazon Women On The Moon'', which appears to largely be inspired by ''QueenOfOuterSpace.''



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** Plus BBKing as the spokesman for ''Blacks without Soul''.

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** Plus BBKing Music/BBKing as the spokesman for ''Blacks without Soul''.



* TheStinger: A parody of ReeferMadness warning about "Social Diseases", with CarrieFisher.

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* TheStinger: A parody of ReeferMadness ''ReeferMadness'' warning about "Social Diseases", with CarrieFisher.Creator/CarrieFisher.
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** Plus BBKing as the spokesman for ''Blacks without Soul''.

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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Video Pirates, as shown as seafaring buccaneers raiding a British ship for all its videos and laser discs. They sit down to watch a movie and see the standard anti-piracy FBI warning, and one of them sneers, "Oh, I'm so scared!"

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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Video Pirates, as shown as seafaring buccaneers raiding a British ship an [[ItMakesSenseInContext MCA Home Video ship]] for all its videos and laser discs. They sit down to watch a movie and see the standard anti-piracy FBI warning, and one of them the head pirate sneers, "Oh, "[[SarcasmMode Oh, I'm so scared!"scared!]]"


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* TheStinger: A parody of ReeferMadness warning about "Social Diseases", with CarrieFisher.

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SpiritualSuccessor to ''TheKentuckyFriedMovie'', directed in 1987 by JohnLandis, Creator/JoeDante, CarlGottlieb, PeterHorton, and RobertKWeiss. Basically a bigger budget version of [=KFM=]. This time, the sketches are centered around a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie called, of course, ''Amazon Women On The Moon''. The titular parody appears to largely be inspired by ''QueenOfOuterSpace.''

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SpiritualSuccessor to ''TheKentuckyFriedMovie'', directed in 1987 by JohnLandis, Creator/JoeDante, CarlGottlieb, PeterHorton, and RobertKWeiss. Basically a bigger budget version of [=KFM=]. This time, the sketches are centered around a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie called, of course, ''Amazon Women On The Moon''. The titular parody Moon'', which appears to largely be inspired by ''QueenOfOuterSpace.''



* TheCameo: Forrest J. Ackerman as the President of the (forty-eight!) United States.



* DisasterDominoes: Arsenio Hall's unfortunate character in the opening segment.
* ForScience: The attitude of the clinic director in the "ReeferMadness" parody.



* JackTheRipper: The truth is finally revealed: it was [[spoiler: The Loch Ness Monster!]]
* LadyLand: The eponymous Amazons.
* PropRecycling: The spacesuits, the animatronic Nessie.



* SoulBrotha: Parodied with the singer Don "No Soul" Simmons.



* UmpteenthCustomer: A boy who goes to a drug store to buy condoms (discreetly) for his date not only wins a prize...but becomes their spokesman, much to his horror.

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* UmpteenthCustomer: A boy who goes to a drug store to [[TrojanGauntlet buy condoms condoms]] (discreetly) for his date not only wins a prize...but becomes their spokesman, much to his horror.
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* TheFunInFuneral

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* TheFunInFuneralTheFunInFuneral[=/=]LastDisrespects
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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Video Pirates, as shown as seafaring buccaneers raiding a British ship for all its videos and laser discs. They sit down to watch a movie and see the standard anti-piracy FBI warning, and one of them sneers, "Oh, I'm so scared!"
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SpiritualSuccessor to ''TheKentuckyFriedMovie'', directed in 1987 by JohnLandis, Creator/JoeDante, CarlGottlieb, PeterHorton, and RobertKWeiss. Basically a bigger budget version of [=KFM=]. This time, the sketches are centered around a cheesy 1950s sci-fi movie called, of course, ''Amazon Women On The Moon''. The titular parody appears to largely be inspired by ''QueenOfOuterSpace.''

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* AsHimself: A bunch of comedians (such as Henny Youngman) playing themselves at the funeral roast.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance
* TheFunInFuneral
* InvisibleStreaker: Spoofed on the "Son of the Invisible Man" sketch, where the title character only ''thinks'' he's invisible.
* ShowWithinAShow: A number of them, most notably the title feature they keep trying to show.
* TrappedInTVLand: Murray gets sucked into the TV and wanders in and out of scenes trying to find his way out.
* UmpteenthCustomer: A boy who goes to a drug store to buy condoms (discreetly) for his date not only wins a prize...but becomes their spokesman, much to his horror.
* YouFailPhysicsForever: Done deliberately as part of the parody of 50's sci-fi.

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