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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Mike and his friends Marty and Amy.
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* ThreeAmigos: Mike, Marty and Amy.
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* YouDidEverythingYouCould: when Mike feels depressed about how his attempts to make his family work failed, Amy points out that he successfully reunited his estranged father and grandfather after many years. Mike isn’t impressed and states that only made things a thousand times worse.

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* YouDidEverythingYouCould: when When Mike feels depressed about how his attempts to make his family work failed, Amy points out that he successfully reunited his estranged father and grandfather after many years. Mike isn’t impressed and states that only made things a thousand times worse.

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* SurferDude: Mike is a kid example of the trope.


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* SurferDude: Mike is a kid example of the trope.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Carson says a similar expression, replacing "idiots" with "space chimps".
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* BrickJoke: Mike convinces Amy to help him by suggesting she could become the first woman in the moon. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows a magazine coveer describing her as such]].

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* BrickJoke: Mike convinces Amy to help him by suggesting she could become the first woman in the moon. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows a magazine coveer cover describing her as such]].
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When caught by NASA guards, Marty demands to speak to their boss. Seconds later, said boss, who turns out to be Marty's Dad, shows up.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: The 'director' of Carson's fake moon-landing is a janitor whose name tag reads "Guillermo" but Carson dismissively calls him "Jose".
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* BlatantLies: When Carson produces his fake evidence to make people think the moon landing was a hoax, a guy at a bar claims he always knew it was a hoax. When Carson is exposed as a liar, the same guy says he always knew Carson was lying.
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* BrickJoke: Mike convinces Amy to help him by suggesting she could become the first woman in the moon. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows a magazine coveer describing her as such]].


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** Considering who Carson claims the motto came from, his father also was corrupt.


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* RuleOfThree: The villain's name is Richard Carson the ''Third''; he's the third Carson aiming to exploit an energy source to increase the family fortune (his grandfather found oil and his father worked with nuclear energy); and the energy source he seeks is called Helium-3.
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** Carson ''Cackles'' (complete with echo) on the moon after [[spoiler:capturing Frank]], which is impossible for the above reason.

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** Carson ''Cackles'' ''[[EvilLaugh cackles]]'' (complete with echo) on the moon after [[spoiler:capturing Frank]], which is impossible for the above reason.



* ThrowingTheDistraction: Amy distracts the night guard at the retirement home with a rock so she and Mike can get inside. He ignores the first rock, but investiages the second one (which hits a lamp post), and when doing so discovers 3 residents secretly working on their own model rocket.

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* ThrowingTheDistraction: Amy distracts the night guard at the retirement home with a rock so she and Mike can get inside. He ignores the first rock, but investiages investigates the second one (which hits a lamp post), and when doing so discovers 3 residents secretly working on their own model rocket.



* WouldHarmASenior: If it means he'll succeed, Carson has no qualms harming the elderly Frank.

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* WouldHarmASenior: If it means he'll succeed, Carson has no qualms harming capturing (and possibly hurting) the elderly Frank.
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* WouldHarmASenior: If it means he'll succeed, Carson has no qualms harming the elderly Frank.
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Dewicked trope


* CoolPet: Marty has a chameleon named Igor as a pet.
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* CaptureTheFlag: UpToEleven, since the flag that the heroes and villains compete to get is the one originally planted on the moon by the Apollo XI crew. On a smaller scale, in their first scene, Mike, Amy and Marty are participating in a Capture the Flag surfing competition against another team, but lose.

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* CaptureTheFlag: UpToEleven, Exaggerated, since the flag that the heroes and villains compete to get is the one originally planted on the moon by the Apollo XI crew. On a smaller scale, in their first scene, Mike, Amy and Marty are participating in a Capture the Flag surfing competition against another team, but lose.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Steve Gigs is shown to be very unnerved by his boss' willingness to harm children, but is too subversient to do anything else than weakly complain.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Steve Gigs is shown to be very unnerved by his boss' willingness to harm children, but is too subversient subservient to do anything else than weakly complain.complain.
* FatBestFriend: Marty to Mike.


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* ThreeAmigos: Mike, Marty and Amy.

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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: See SpaceIsNoisy. Also, the US flag is depicted as completely intact when the Sun's rays are very likely to have removed all the color and patterns from it since the time it was planted.


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* ArtisticLicenseSpace: The US flag is depicted as completely intact when the Sun's rays are very likely to have removed all the color and patterns from it since the time it was planted.
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* AccidentalKiss: Between Mike and Amy on board the moonlander when trying to catch the last floating sweetie, due to Igor snatching it at the last moment.

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* AccidentalKiss: Between Mike and Amy on board the moonlander when trying racing to catch the last floating sweetie, due to Igor snatching it at the last moment.
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* AccidentalKiss: Between Mike and Amy on board the moonlander when trying to catch the last sweetie, due to both of them being weightless.
-->'''Frank:''' Are you sure you are just friends?

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* AccidentalKiss: Between Mike and Amy on board the moonlander when trying to catch the last floating sweetie, due to both of them being weightless.
Igor snatching it at the last moment.
-->'''Frank:''' Are you sure you are just friends?[[SarcasmMode Just friends.]]

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* ManInWhite: Carson wears a typical rich Texan man wardrobe including the cowboy hat. His astronaut outfit, however, is the [[DarkIsEvil complete opposite]].


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* VillainInAWhiteSuit: The antagonist, Carson, wears a typical rich Texan man white suited wardrobe including the cowboy hat.
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* TripToTheMoonPlot: The whole plot of the movie is about the protagonists and the villains trying to reach the moon first.

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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: See SpaceIsNoisy. Also, the US flag is depicted as completely intact when the Sun's rays are very likely to have removed all the color and patterns from it since the time it was planted.



* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Amy has numerous siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. Following the return from the moon, it takes two helicopters to transport them all to greet her.

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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Amy has numerous siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. Following the return from the moon, it takes two 'two' helicopters to transport them all to greet her.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Carson is ultimately left drifting in space after his lunar refinery blows up.]]

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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Carson is ultimately left drifting in space after his lunar refinery blows up. That is, until his oxygen runs out...]]
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* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Marty has the classic white boxers with red hearts.

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* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Marty has the classic white boxers with red hearts. Naturally, [[ComedicUnderwearExposure they get exposed]] when he gets stuck on a fence.

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* ActionSurvivor: Both Mike and Amy are shown to be pretty athletic and resourceful when they have to escape Carson on the Moon. However, due to being children, they never try to confront him directly in a fight, instead evading his attacks [[spoiler:and tricking him to destroy his own base while he chases them]].

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* ActionSurvivor: Both Mike and Amy are shown to be pretty athletic and resourceful when they have to escape Carson on the Moon. However, due to being children, they never try to confront him directly in a fight, instead evading his attacks [[spoiler:and tricking him to destroy into destroying his own base while he chases them]].


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* BigBad: Richard Carson is the main antagonist.
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* AntiVillain: Steve Gigs works for Carson and accompanies him on the Moon. However, he doesn't do anything beyond helping him pilot the ship. He's simply too much of an ExtremeDoormat to do anything to stop his boss.

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* AntiVillain: Steve Gigs works for Carson and accompanies him on the Moon. However, he doesn't do anything beyond helping him pilot the ship. ship and mine the Helium-3. He's simply too much of an ExtremeDoormat to do anything to stop his boss.boss when the latter goes too far.
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* AntiVillain: Steven Gigs works for Carson and accompanies him on the Moon. However, he doesn't do anything beyond helping him pilot the ship. He's simply too much of an ExtremeDoormat to do anything to stop his boss.

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* AntiVillain: Steven Steve Gigs works for Carson and accompanies him on the Moon. However, he doesn't do anything beyond helping him pilot the ship. He's simply too much of an ExtremeDoormat to do anything to stop his boss.

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