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Part 2 - Several predictive easter eggs to businessman Elon Musk's companies such as Tesla & SpaceX may be shown in 1987 Mel Brooks parody Spaceballs. The movie is cited as an influence on the naming of the Plaid premium brand for Tesla's electric road cars, based on the scene where Lord Helmet orders the faux empire starship to jump to warp speed to pursue hero Lonestar & Princess Vespa. However, there may be some references that defy a linear sequence of events.

- YOU ARE HERE - One way to tell the near present (2026) (when Elon Musk's companies became a hot topic) may be described in Spaceballs is to look at the cast. Rick Moranis (Lord Helmet) also played sidekick Louis in the Ghostbusters ('84+) films. Future President Donald Trump cameos in a music video for Ghostbusters 2 ("On Our Own" by Bobby Brown) in 1989. He was elected to his first term in 2016 and his second, in 2024.
- CARS IN SPACE - The first production car launched into Earth orbit occurred in 2018 when a Tesla Roadster went up on the top of a Falcon heavy rocket. I thought this may be hinted at in Spaceballs in some sceens between & 12 minutes 52 seconds & 24 minutes when Princess Vespa's Mercedes space car "The Honeymoon Cruise" is shown.
- The Tesla Diner which opened in Hollywood in 2025 may be alluded to in Spaceballs near the ending when Loanestar stops in at Gus's Galaxy Grill. John Hurt Cameos in this segment. An American space shuttle and the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars can be seen parked at this Space Diner.

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00:00In this video, I'll share some future Easter eggs to some of the efforts and activities of American businessman Elon
00:08Musk.
00:09You can see these via the 1987 Mel Brooks sci-fi parody, Spaceballs, star John Candy Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman,
00:20Daphne Zuniga, Dave Van Patten, and Joan Rivers.
00:24People will say actually Spaceballs was influential on the naming of the plaid premium model of Tesla's road cars.
00:35The moniker derives from a jump in speed that Lord Helmet and the faux Empire ship switches into to pursue
00:46Lone Star as RV.
00:48But on closer inspection, there's some supportive connections that apparently defy a linear sequence of events.
00:56You are here.
00:57How do you know by viewing Spaceballs in 87 that they may be talking about a future time period when
01:05Elon Musk's companies arose to prominence?
01:10You can see this in a couple different ways.
01:13A real obvious one is by looking at some of the cast after Rick Moranis, for example, who plays Lord
01:20Helmet.
01:21He was also sidekick Lewis in the Ghostbusters horror comedy films directed by Ivan Reitman.
01:28It turns out that President Donald Trump made a cameo in a music video for Ghostbusters 2 in 1989.
01:38Trump later elected in 2016 or re-elected in 2024.
01:47And this also coincides when Mr. Musk's companies, SpaceX, and Tesla were talked about almost daily in the mainstream news
01:56media.
01:57In 2018, SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster road car into outer space on board their Falcon Heavy rocket.
02:09The car was personally owned and used previously by Musk, the first production car launched into space.
02:17I thought there might be an allusion to this in Spaceballs.
02:21You can see this between 12 minutes, 52 seconds, and around 24 minutes.
02:28And this involves Princess Vespa's Mercedes-Benz space car honeymoon cruise.
02:34She's driving this when Lord Helmet and the Spaceball One star cruiser attempt to hijack and commandeer their vessel rescued
02:44by Lone Star and Barf just in time.
02:47Another business Elon Musk got into in July of 2025, the Tesla Diner opened on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los
02:57Angeles.
02:58They serve traditional American food such as hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, and additionally they have a drive-in theater
03:06and 75 V-4 supercharger stalls.
03:10There's a space diner scene, Gus's Galaxy Grill, in Spaceballs at about the 1 hour, 21 minute, 49 second mark.
03:20Actor John Hurt makes a cameo, some of the other spacecraft parked on the deck here, a NASA space shuttle,
03:28and the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars.
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