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Dot Matrix was the Droid of Honor for Princess Vespa.

Biography[]

As Princess Vespa prepared to reluctantly marry the lethargic Prince Valium, Dot Matrix accompanied Vespa, who got cold feet and stormed off in her luxury starship, with Dot getting literally dragged along for the ride.[1]

Dark Helmet saw Vespa and Dot in range and, realizing the princess would be the perfect pawn in acquiring more air for Planet Spaceball, proceeded to kidnap her. Her father, King Roland, proceeded to make an offer with Lone Starr and Barf to rescue her for 1,000,000 Spacebucks.[1]

Once Lone Starr got in position, he and Barf jammed Spaceball I's radar with a giant jar of raspberry jam, then Barf helped Vespa and Dot board their ship, the Eagle 5. Fighting ensued within Starr's ship with Lone Starr poking fun about how Vepsa was a Druish Princess and Vespa playing that stereotype perfectly. They then entered Hyperactive, with Dark Helmet using "Ludicrous Speed" in a failed attempt to catch up.[1]

The Eagle 5 crash-landed on the Moon of Vega, leaving Lone Starr, Barf, Vespa, and Dot Matrix to try and survive the harsh desert land. Vespa, in her Druish Princess self, made the men carry a ridiculous amount of luggage, which they soon dropped in the sand. While the group camped for a night, Lone Starr and Vespa prepared to kiss, but Dot's Virgin Alarm went off, prompting Dot to intervene before anything happened. The following night, Dark Helmet tracked Vespa down to Yogurt's lair, and lured her into his grasp by disguising himself as her father. Dot saw through the ruse with her "Super Vision", but failed to warn Vespa in time. Consequently, they both got kidnapped, until Lone Starr and Barf traveled to Planet Spaceball and rescue them.[1]

After Lone Starr saved Druidia from the Spaceballs, defeated Dark Helmet, and found out he was a prince, he and Vespa quickly decided to marry each other. Dot attended their wedding as Vespa's Droid of Honor. As she watched the couple kiss, she remarked, "Well, goodbye, Virgin Alarm."[1]

Trivia[]

  • She is named after the dot matrix printing style.
  • Dot is a parody of C-3PO from the Star Wars franchise.
  • Joan Rivers, along with Mel Brooks and Daphne Zuniga (Princess Vespa), is one of the only Spaceballs cast members to reprise his/her role for the cartoon.
  • In the scene where Dark Helmet plays with dolls of himself and the heroes, the Dot Matrix doll has no lines other than moaning from an attack by Helmet.
  • Joan Rivers and Mel Brooks both provided voices for the PBS children's show The Electric Company. However, they did not work on the same sketches, as Brooks voiced the Blond-Haired Cartoon Man, while Rivers narrated The Adventures of Letterman.
  • Dot Matrix's role on the 5-Man Band would be the Chick.

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