History Film / GalaxyQuest

* BrutalHonesty: One of the Thermians describes the pig-lizard's disintegration from the teleporter very matter-of-factly, much to Jason's chagrin.

->''"[[CatchPhrase Never give up! Never surrender!]]"''
->''"A chillingly accurate documentary"'' - '''GeorgeTakei'''

->''"A frighteningly accurate documentary"'' - '''George Takei'''

* TheShowMustGoOn: Used on thespian Sir Alexander Dane to convince him to not flee from a sci-fi convention. He is ''not'' happy about it... [[DoingItForTheArt especially because it works]].

* ThisIsSparta: Dane, in the minefield. "Could you possibly try Not. To Hit. Every. Single. One?"

* IsThisThingStillOn[=/=]NonverbalMiscommunication - Jason make a "cut transmission" gesture to Gwen, then turns around and describes Sarris as being "as stupid as he is ugly", and trying to think of a way to trick him. Unfortunately, Gwen misunderstood the gesture to mean "we're dead," and the transmission kept running. (Of course, even had she interpreted the instruction correctly, she still wouldn't have known how to follow it.)

** This is also part of the backstory. The Thermians were about as peaceful a people as you could imagine, not even aware of the concept of intentionally speaking flasehood. And then they met Sarris.

* PlotHole: The Thermians not knowing what the Omega 13 actually does. They built it. This can be explained as its function never being revealed on the show, as they build everything exactly as it was on the show, but it raises the further question of ''how'' they could build it, especially when its actual function is a [[IKnewIt correct]] in-universe [[EpilepticTrees Epileptic Tree]] deduced by fans when the show was cancelled before revealing it.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Thermians take on the guise of humans for much of the movie, and are actually pink squid-like creatures.

* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: Alexander Dane, played to perfection by AlanRickman. You can ''feel'' the self-loathing as he has to say [[CatchPhrase "that stupid line"]]. However, he's ready to bask in adulation for saving the Thermians - until they all yell joyously that "Captain Naismith has saved us!"

* PlotHole: The Thermians not knowing what the Omega 13 actually does. They built it.

** This is also part of the backstory. The Thermians were about as peaceful a people as you could imagine, not even aware of the concept of intentionally speaking flasehood. And then they met Sarris. The Thermians aboard the Protector are the only ones left alive.

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The only possible explanation for how the Thermians built the Omega 13 device, despite not having any schematics for it, nor even knowing what it does. Naturally, it ends up being what fan speculation suggested.
** FridgeBrilliance, since if ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve is a species trait of the Thermians, it would explain why they have no concept of deception.

* RunningTheAsylum: The Thermians additions to The Protector are not entirely derived from the show. For example, the transport pods and black hole travel are not recognized by the cast, and are likely additions from the Thermians own technology. This might be one of the only cases of Running The Asylum mixed with {{Defictionalization}}.

"It's a goddamn rock monster! It doesn't ''have'' any vulnerable spots!"

-->'''Jason:''' A lathe? Get off the line, Guy. Alexander, you’re my advisor. Advise me.

-->'''Jason:''' It’s a rock monster. It doesn’t have motivation.

* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: Alexander Dane, played to perfection by AlanRickman. You can ''feel'' the self-loathing as he has to say [[CatchPhrase "that stupid line"]].

"It's a rock! It doesn't ''have'' any vulnerable spots!"

* RuleOfCool: Since the original show was cancelled before they showed the Omega 13 in action, Brandon and his fellow hardcore fans have some different theories as to what the Omega 13 actually does -- some of which are of mere academic interest, and one of which are scarily awesome. Guess which one actually turns out to be right?

-->''[[CatchPhrase Never give up! Never surrender!]]''

In 1982, ''Galaxy Quest'', a series [[FictionalCounterpart very much like]] ''StarTrek'', was cancelled. Eighteen years later, its washed-up stars are fixtures on the fan circuit, though most of them despise the show, its fans, and each other. Only Jason Nesmith (played by Tim Allen), the egomaniac actor who played TheCaptain, is still enjoying himself -- and the rest of the cast think he's a total jerk (again, very much like ''StarTrek'').

This brilliant, [[AffectionateParody loving parody]] of ''StarTrek'' ([[XMeetsY with aspects of]] the film ''Film/ThreeAmigos'') [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on most of its tropes. The film won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, and the writers accepted the award almost in tears because they were so pleased that the Sci-Fi community "got it" - that the film was a [[AffectionateParody valentine]], not a [[{{Deconstruction}} sneer]]. And some fans consider it an honorary ''Star Trek'' film to begin with (especially because including it in the timeline helps keep the StarTrekMovieCurse straight).

* AllThereInTheManual: The Blu-Ray has a feature called the Galactopedia, which expands upon the universe of ''Galaxy Quest'', much like--and written by the writers of--the ''StarTrek Encyclopedia'', including {{backstory}} for the planets and characters, explanations of the TechnoBabble, and references to things that [[NoodleIncident happened during the production of the show]].

* BambooTechnology[=/=]ImprovisedWeapon: also lampshaded in the same scene. ("I know! You can make a weapon, look around you, [[ImprovisedWeapon can you construct]] some sort of rudimentary [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathe_(metal) lathe]]?" "A ''lathe?!?'' '''Get off the line, Guy!"''') From the original ''[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' episode "Arena", in which Kirk literally made a cannon out of bamboo and gunpowder out of coal and sulfur and whatnot that he just happened to find lying around (though given the aliens had chosen a place of combat where either party could win, this likely wasn't just luck).

* FakeNationality: Parodied with Arab-American Tony Shalhoub playing Chinese-named Fred Kwan/Sgt. Chen, a reference to Japanese-American George Takei playing totally not Japanese-named Sulu on ''StarTrek'', Englishman Patrick Stewart playing French Jean-Luc Picard on [[StarTrekTNG TNG]], and Canadian James Doohan playing Scotty.

** AlanRickman covers several bases: his character is a mix of Spock and Worf, and Alexander's inspired by PatrickStewart as a classically trained stage actor (though he never resented his time as [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] or took it as seriously as Dane, and continues to be successful in the theatre, including {{Shakespeare}}) and LeonardNimoy's resentment that Spock [[IAmNotSpock hung over him for the rest of his career]].

* ShownTheirWork: Look up the reactions of real ''StarTrek'' cast members to this film some time. Apparently, they're scarily accurate.
** Also, the ShowWithinAShow which is, even if not completely accurate, apparently accurate enough that the aliens were able to build a ship based on it. Another case of ShownTheirWork, by way of knowing that the original shows had, too. ''StarTrek'' had some hard science behind it, and when Professor StephenHawking made his cameo on ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', he commented on some of the devices on the show he was working to make real.

* KnightOfCerebus: Sarris is an extremely disturbing villain for a PG-rated movie, never mind a science fiction comedy. A genocidal sadistic torturer who not only guns down most of the main characters but beheads his second-in-command, and, to top it all off, he has a HighOctaneNightmareFuel worthy design.

This brilliant, [[AffectionateParody loving parody]] of ''StarTrek'' ([[XMeetsY with aspects of]] the film ''Film/ThreeAmigos'') [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on most of its tropes. The film won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, and the writers accepted the award almost in tears because they were so pleased that the Sci-Fi community "got it" - that the film was a [[AffectionateParody valentine]], not a [[{{Deconstruction}} sneer]]. And some fans consider it an honorary ''Star Trek'' film to begin with (especially because including it in the timeline helps keep the StarTrekMovieCurse straight). The film was even loved by most of the actors in the various Star Trek series. George Takei called it "a chillingly realistic documentary."

This brilliant, [[AffectionateParody loving parody]] of ''StarTrek'' ([[XMeetsY with aspects of]] the film ''Film/ThreeAmigos'') [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on most of its tropes. The film won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, and the writers accepted the award almost in tears because they were so pleased that the Sci-Fi community "got it" - that the film was a [[AffectionateParody valentine]], not a [[{{Deconstruction}} sneer]]. And some fans consider it an honorary ''Star Trek'' film to begin with (especially because including it in the timeline helps keep the StarTrekMovieCurse straight).

* {{Shipping}}: In-universe example. Some Questers ship Cmdr. Taggart/Lt. Madison and/or Jason/Gwen (of course, so does Jason).

* KnightOfCerebus: Sarris is an extremely disturbing villain for a PG-rated movie, never mind a science fiction comedy. A genocidal sadistic torturer who not only guns down most of the main characters ([[IGotBetter they get better]]) but beheads his second-in-command, and, to top it all off, he has a HighOctaneNightmareFuel worthy design.