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 *Some would say that ''Space'' is not a proper synonym of ''Star''.
 **Counter to this you could ask: "How many flaming balls of gas did you see engage in battle in those movies?"
-**Seen from that perspective the combined words "Space Fights" and “Space Trip” are both proper synonym for "Star Wars" and “Star Trek” respectively.
+**Seen from that perspective the combined words "Space Fights" and “Space Trip” are both proper synonyms for "Star Wars" and “Star Trek” respectively.
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 *Some would say that ''Space'' is not a proper synonym of ''Star''.
 **Counter to this you could ask: "How many flaming balls of gas did you see engage in battle in those movies?"
-**Seen from that perspective the combined words "Space Fights" is a proper synonym for "Star Wars".
+**Seen from that perspective the combined words "Space Fights" and “Space Trip” are both proper synonym for "Star Wars" and “Star Trek” respectively.
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 A similarly humorous effect is achieved in [[1133: Up Goer Five]] which explains the {{w|Saturn V}} rocket, but words and phrases are replaced with synonyms which are chosen from the most common English words. This renders ordinary words like "rocket" into "flying space car", or "helium" into "funny voice air" for example.
 {{spoiler|Many of the following explanations contain spoilers for ''{{w|Star Wars}}'', ''{{w|The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings}}'', and ''{{w|Star Trek}}''.}}
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 ! Synonym
 ! Real Title
-! Notes
+! Explanation
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-!colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|''Space Fights'' (''Star Wars'')<br/>
+!colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|''Space Fights'' (''{{w|Star Wars}}'')<br/>
 |-
 | ''Space Fights: <br/>Sudden Optimism''
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 | From the title text. Ghost = Phantom. A menacing phantom would be quite scary.  It is worth noting that in the original title, "phantom" is an adjective referring to the noun "Menace," whereas in Randall's new version it is reversed.  The original meaning would be better preserved by "Space Fights: The Ghostly Scare".
 |-
-!colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|''The Jewelry God'' (''The Lord of the Rings'')<br/>
+!colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|''The Jewelry God'' (''{{w|The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings}}'')<br/>
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 | ''The Jewelry God: <br/>The Jewelry Team''
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 | {{w|Tsar|Czar}} was a title for Slavic monarchs and official titles in Bulgaria, Serbia and Russia. It was generally regarded as equivalent to king or somewhat between king and emperor.
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-!colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|''Space Trip'' (''Star Trek'')<br/>
+!colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|''Space Trip'' (''{{w|Star Trek}}'')<br/>
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 | ''Space Trip: The Movie''

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 }}
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-==Explanation==
+This comic shows several "Synonym Movies". It takes several well-known movies but changes each word of their names into a synonym. So ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' has turned into ''Space Fights'', ''{{w|The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings}}'' into  ''The Jewelry God'' and ''{{w|Star Trek}}'' into ''Space Trip''. All these movies series have the same heading, and then a subtitle. There are ten of them in the comic, and two more in the title text. This comic became a 2-comic series when more movies were spoofed in [[1568: Synonym Movies 2]].
 The use of synonyms makes all these movies look ridiculous, for example, "The Sword Wizard Is Back" is a laughable-sounding movie,{{Citation needed}} whereas "{{w|Return of the Jedi}}" sounds perfectly reasonable to us. [[Randall]] may be poking fun at movies that have ridiculous titles already, for instance, some people think this applies to a title like "{{w|Terminator: Genisys}}".

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 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Comics sharing name|Synonym Movies]]
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 ==Table of the titles==
+{{spoiler|many of the following explanations contain spoilers for ''{{w|Star Wars}}'', ''{{w|The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings}}'', and ''{{w|Star Trek}}''.}}
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 ! Notes
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-|colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|'''''Space Fights'' = ''Star Wars'''''<br/>
+!colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|'''''Space Fights'' = ''Star Wars'''''<br/>
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 | ''Space Fights: <br/>Sudden Optimism''
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 | From the title text. Ghost = Phantom. A menacing phantom would be quite scary.  It is worth noting that in the original title, "phantom" is an adjective referring to the noun "Menace," whereas in Randall's new version it is reversed.  The original meaning would be better preserved by "Space Fights: The Ghostly Scare".
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-|colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|'''''The Jewelry God'' = ''The Lord of the Rings'''''<br/>
+!colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|'''''The Jewelry God'' = ''The Lord of the Rings'''''<br/>
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 | ''The Jewelry God: <br/>The Jewelry Team''
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 | {{w|Tsar|Czar}} was a title for Slavic monarchs and official titles in Bulgaria, Serbia and Russia. It was generally regarded as equivalent to king or somewhat between king and emperor.
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-|colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|'''''Space Trip'' = ''Star Trek'''''<br/>
+!colspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|'''''Space Trip'' = ''Star Trek'''''<br/>
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 | ''Space Trip: The Movie''

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