Characters
Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the real money from the movie is made. Spaceballs: the T-shirt, Spaceballs: the coloring book, Spaceballs: the lunch box, Spaceballs: the breakfast cereal, Spaceballs: the flamethrower--the kids love this one--last but not least, Spaceballs: the doll.
— Yogurt · Spaceballs
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker gleefully insists the real profit lies in spin-off products, then rattles off an absurd catalogue from clothing to cereal. Slipping in a flamethrower that children supposedly adore adds a darkly comic jab at how shamelessly a film can be turned into merchandise.
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