History Film / GalaxyQuest

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In 1982, ''Galaxy Quest'', a series [[FictionalCounterpart very much like]] ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', was cancelled. Eighteen years later, its [[AdamWesting washed-up stars are fixtures on the fan circuit]], though most of them despise the show, its fans, and each other. Only Jason Nesmith (Creator/TimAllen), 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 the original series).

* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: It is a spoof on the idea of a handful of people recruited to save the peaceful villager people from invaders [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]

* RecycledInSpace: Actors mistaken for real heroes recruited to fight real villains? It's ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' [-IN SPACE-]! (Not to mention ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'')

* RecycledInSpace: Actors mistaken for real heroes recruited to fight real villains? It's ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' [-IN SPACE-]! (Not to mention ''Film/A Bugs Life'')

* RecycledInSpace: Actors mistaken for real heroes recruited to fight real villains? It's ''Film/ThreeAmigos'' [-IN SPACE-]!

* MagnificentSeven: It is a spoof on the idea of a handful of people recruited to save the peaceful villager people from invaders [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]]

'''Gwen:''' Well, forget it! I'm not doing it! ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments This episode was badly written!]]''\\

* CoquettishLipBitng: After Fred teleports up Garignack to deal with Saris' troops aboard the Protector, Laliari looks at him, biting her lower lip for a moment before she launches into a BigDamnKiss.

** Gwen Demarco is definitely Counselor Troi and Commander Uhura. She's a BridgeBunny in a tight suit like them, and her job is completely pointless, like Uhura's (answering the phones, more or less) and Troi's (which mostly boiled down to looking concerned and being a CaptainObvious saying "Captain, I'm sensing something" whenever bad stuff was happening). Other female leads had more active roles and this was before Linda Park. The bit about the interview references a real interview with Creator/JeriRyan, the actress playing Seven of Nine. Troi also [[http://www.thegeektwins.com/2014/06/7-bizarre-facts-about-deanna-trois.html had a lot of attention paid]] to her assets. In some ways she also has some element of Dr. McCoy as being the heart of the Big Three.
** Fred Kwan was easily the most laid back of the group and seemed to just go with everything. Much like Creator/JamesDoohan who not only enjoyed being recognized as Scotty, but definitely enjoyed meeting fans and going to conventions. His only real problem with ''Star Trek'' was William Shatner. Creator/DeForestKelley was also very laid back and reportedly got along with absolutely everyone. When actually in space as Tech Sergeant Chen his laidback nature (quoted elsewhere in this page) could be described as the anti-Scotty, the reverse of Scotty’s excitability.

** Tommy Webber is primarily based on Wesley Crusher from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' being a ChildProdigy serving on a starship. He also has elements of Sulu since he's a TokenMinority serving as the helmsman.

** Gwen Demarco is definitely Counselor Troi and Commander Uhura. She's a BridgeBunny in a tight suit like them, and her job is completely pointless, like Uhura's (answering the phones, more or less) and Troi's (which mostly boiled down to looking concerned and being a CaptainObvious saying "Captain, I'm sensing something" whenever bad stuff was happening). Other female leads had more active roles and this was before Linda Park. The bit about the interview references a real interview with Creator/JeriRyan, the actress playing Seven of Nine. Troi also [[http://www.thegeektwins.com/2014/06/7-bizarre-facts-about-deanna-trois.html had a lot of attention paid]] to her assets.
** Fred Kwan was easily the most laid back of the group and seemed to just go with everything. Much like Creator/JamesDoohan who not only enjoyed being recognized as Scotty, but definitely enjoyed meeting fans and going to conventions. His only real problem with ''Star Trek'' was William Shatner. Creator/DeForestKelley was also very laid back and reportedly got along with absolutely everyone.

* CoolStarship: The ''Protector'', obviously. Its design is also a reference to the ''Enterprise'': instead of a disk-like primary hull and a cylindrical secondary hull, it has a cylindrical primary hull and a disk-like design for its secondary hull(s).

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Guy offers to sign autographs alongside the main cast, and while some may question how in the world some background RedShirt could ''possibly'' have people who would even know who he is have never been to a ''Star Trek'' convention where, indeed, anonymous Red Shirts ''have'' been autographers ''and'' celebrated. Just ask actors like Vince Deadrick and Mal Friedman.

* RealityIsUnrealistic:
** Guy offers to sign autographs alongside the main cast, and while some may question how in the world some background RedShirt could ''possibly'' have people who would even know who he is have never been to a ''Star Trek'' convention where, indeed, anonymous Red Shirts ''have'' been autographers ''and'' celebrated. Just ask actors like Vince Deadrick and Mal Friedman.
** Fred and his engineering staff manage to get the damaged ''Protector'' crawling by "reconfigur(ing) the solar matrix in parallel for endothermic propulsion," some good ol' ''Star Trek''-style TechnoBabble. Roughly translated, they use the ship's energy-harvesting machinery to provide blackbody-radiation thrust (to simplify it even further, they use solar panels to make certain parts of the ship really really hot, and the microwave emanations of those hot sections push the ship around). It provides a truly pathetic ammount of thrust, however.

* TechnoBabble: Fred is [[BecomingTheMask really growing into his character]] Tech Sgt. Chen with lines like "... if we reconfigure the solar matrix in parallel for endothermic propulsion."

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Guy offers to sign autographs alongside the main cast, and while some may question how in the world some background RedShirt could ''possibly'' have people who would even know who he is have never been to a ''Star Trek'' convention where, indeed, anonymous Red Shirts ''have'' been autographers ''and'' celebrated. Just ask actors like Vince Deadrick and Mal Friedman.

* SexSlave: Laliari tells Jason that Sarris has "captured our females for his own demented purposes"; it might not be this trope, but that's the obvious implication.

* RealityIsUnrealistic:
** Guy offers to sign autographs alongside the main cast, and while some may question how in the world some background RedShirt could ''possibly'' have people who would even know who he is have never been to a ''Star Trek'' convention where, indeed, anonymous Red Shirts ''have'' been autographers ''and'' celebrated. Just ask actors like Vince Deadrick and Mal Friedman.

** Fred and his engineering staff manage to get the damaged ''Protector'' crawling by "Reconfiguring the solar matrix for exothermic propulsion," some good ol' ''Star Trek''-style TechnoBabble. Roughly translated, they use the ship's energy-harvesting machinery to provide blackbody-radiation thrust (to simplify it even further, they use solar panels to make certain parts of the ship really really hot, and the microwave photons of those hot sections push the ship around).

* RealityIsUnrealistic: Guy offers to sign autographs alongside the main cast, and while some may question how in the world some background RedShirt could ''possibly'' have people who would even know who he is have never been to a ''Star Trek'' convention where, indeed, anonymous Red Shirts ''have'' been autographers ''and'' celebrated. Just ask actors like Vince Deadrick and Mal Friedman.

* DivertingPower: When the ''Protector'' and Saris' ship are on a collision course during the climax, Jason commands Guy to divert all energy to the armor to protect the ship against the bombardment.

* CutenessOverload: Gwen experiences this when seeing the injured miner. The crew has to hold her back from running towards the poor creature. This comes to an end when the miners turn out to be ''far'' less benign than they appear.