[Music]
whether you’re saving yourself from
imminent peril or supporting terrorists
on a presidential aircraft it’s always
nice to know that an emergency craft
exists to save your airborne but exhaust
checking frame
they’re welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 escape pod scenes in movies
and TV self-destruct in 15 minutes there
will be no further audio warning for
this list we’re defining an escape pod
as a lifeboat or any type of craft or
capsule from a space ship aircraft or
underground lair that we’ve seen on the
big and small screens but that means
we’ll be excluding scenes and moments
where other smaller ships or crafts have
been used to escape bring that ship down
number 10 I will save you Doctor Who and
pick you up
what’s an escape pod scene without a
race against time when the doctor and
Martha land themselves on a ship that’s
headed straight for the Sun they have
only 42 minutes to save the day
23 minutes until we crash – not only are
they in great peril from the elements
but a murderous crew member also
threatens everyone on board when Martha
escapes in a pod however she puts
herself in further danger by jettisoning
herself towards the Sun oh I know when
the lesser of two evils is getting
vaporized by a burning ball of gas you
know it’s a tough day to be friends with
this Time Lord
sorry number nine too late mr. powers
austin powers international man of
mystery
i’ve got units of three not this time
cops mr. bigglesworth it’s a bird it’s a
plane or maybe it’s a big boy the Austin
Powers franchise is no stranger to the
ridiculous
and dr. Evil’s escape from his
underground lair in this hilarious
satire is no exception
Herr doctor evil escaped and had himself
cryogenic excuse to return at a time
when he loved no longer reigns and greed
and corruption ruled again not only does
he flee with mr. bigglesworth in a
capsule shaped like a big boy statue he
also ensures his evil reign by
cryogenically freezing himself in the
pod which ends up orbiting the earth for
30 years would appear to be in the shape
of a big boy gosh he’s back well in many
ways big boy never left sir
the hilariously shaped spacecraft bit
carries on for the next two sequels
which you might say makes this escape
pod scene legendary do in the future mr.
power number eight
homecoming gravity
the final scene to one of the most
nail-biting hits of the decade arrived
just in time because by that point in
gravity the audience is just about ready
to pass out from high blood pressure
when Ryan stone finally gets into the
Shen Xue capital of the tiangong Space
Station were so relieved that even the
Mandarin only interface of the pod can’t
dissuade our hope for her this is
mission specialist Ryan stone reporting
from the Shenzhou I’m about to undock
from tiangong
and I have a bad feeling about this
mission as the shuttle seems to be
breaking down all around her and even
catches fire candy cotton here yes it’s
only once Ryan takes that first breath
after almost drowning in the lake in
which she lands that we can all heave a
collective sigh of relief
number seven the coward flees Red Dwarf
we didn’t saw any of this and I think
that maybe now is a good time to sit
down and parley with a bloated sense of
heroism the cowardly hologram Rimmer
makes it seem as though he’s trying to
save the group from a rogue stimulant
but it’s quickly revealed that he’s
actually trying to escape after he spots
a pod nearby think about it everything
was being screwed does all that mean
anything to you
little does he know the escape pods
trajectory has sent him through a
wormhole and onto a desert planet that
six hundred years away from the rest of
the group you stall but not escape pod
you slimy tickle face backstopping Judas
ah I’m safe then even though his fate
sounds dire it doesn’t take long for him
to clone himself thousands of times
using special gear from the pod in just
six days I had created my own world lush
and verdant the result is Rimmer world a
planet full of himself no pun intended
but even his clones can’t stand him and
when the crew finds him in jail you
can’t help but laugh at the irony
thousands upon thousands of backstabbing
treacherous hypocritical cowardly slime
mongering Judas’s they overthrew me
number six
escapes starship troopers
next up we have a cult classic from the
1990s was just so bad is good a
big-budget film full of alien bugs Nazi
innuendos and b-list actors the
satirical military sci-fi flicks escape
pod scene delivers both cheesiness and
over-the-top destruction when Carmen
Ibanez a spaceship is hit by what are
seemingly undetected asteroids she and
Lieutenant Warka Lowe narrowly escape
the chaotic destruction and they get to
the rescue deck just in time to save
their butts not only does this scene
have an excessive display of
pyrotechnics but the death of captain de
la ta is also as rapping worthy as they
come
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number five first class escape pod The
Spy Who Loved me maybe I misjudged
Stromberg any man who drinks Dom
Perignon 52 can’t be all bad in classic
James Bond fashion this underwater
escape has a mix of humor sex danger and
painfully corny lines Stromberg dead so
away unless we get on an ef5 bond and
his babe of the week saved themselves
from a sinking underwater base where the
villain Stromberg was attempting to
recolonize the earth after an
unsuccessful plan to start a nuclear war
but unlike other escape pods on this
list their means of returning to safety
has the creature comforts of a plush bed
skylight windows and bottles of
expensive booze that was more like it
was a fantasy getaway rather than a
dangerous mission sure what do you think
you’re doing keeping the British and
Elsa number for decoy Air Force One not
even Bill Clinton denying its existence
can stop us from loving the idea of an
escape pod on board Air Force One we are
picking up the homing beacon and
deploying Siculus this driller gets your
heart pumping from the moment Gary
Oldman’s Ivan korsunov boards the plane
with his Russian goons please present
your equipment for inspection
we were just restricted to the game but
is blockbuster cliches dictate no one
messes with a commander-in-chief and
gets away with it
get off my plane when we find out that
President James Marshall has deployed
the NT pod so he can stay onboard
undetected and try to save everyone on
the plane we can’t help but wish
Harrison Ford would run for office in
real life that pod was designed for a
reason general
he has no right to take chances with his
life number three abandon ship
Spaceballs what’s going on with our how
long with Paris in this Mel Brooks
classic that pokes fun at much of what
sci-fi has to offer including technology
like escape pods
Lone Star and is gang bored the mega
made in order to destroy it
this forces the mercenary into a fight
would be not so intimidating Lord dark
helmet say goodbye you’re too big brain
and I don’t need your passing over the
face as luck would have it the
self-destruct button is accidentally
engaged and are frenzied evacuation
commences which is narrated by the
charmingly interactive voice of the ship
not what happened at 7:00 – just kidding
while the eclectic passengers escaped in
small capsules through the mega made
Statue of Liberty s crown the villains
are stuck on board the doomed ship
without a pod you are the bearded lady
are you what a spree the scene is clever
funny and absolutely ridiculous as we
see everyone from a bearded lady to a
bear from the zoo make use of the escape
pods
[Applause]
[Music]
number two interstellar baby Superman
– Kalam we will never leave you
even in the face of our death coming in
at second place is one of the world’s
most loved alien coming-of-age stories
you’ll ketamine’s I do all the days ago
knife will make my strength around the
seminal DC Comics favorite started at
all with this escape from Krypton scene
which was also redone in the 2013 reboot
Man of Steel but the epic stature of
this moment in Superman scale wouldn’t
be the same without the glossy 70s
sci-fi set or the grand speech given by
the one and only Marlon Brando
through his sad goodbye to his son
kal-el we learned that the baby will one
day be stronger and faster than everyone
on earth a forecast of his eventual
superhero status as well as of an
enduring franchise this is all hi
all I can send you Kyle before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions
you
get him off this ship complete
evacuation now dignity
number one Death Star plans Star Wars
Episode four a new hope wait a minute
what I’m doing the first Star Wars movie
may not have invented the escape pod
but this scene is as legendary and
iconic as they come
hey you’re not committed in that
constricted goofy gestation show armed
with stolen plans of the Death Star and
a personal message from Princess Leia
adorable droid r2d2 and his companion
c-3po escapes the captured ship
undetected and retracted
[Music]
and thanks to the special craft they
land safely on the planet Tatooine where
a tumultuous and storage fate awaits
them how did we get into this mess I
think the world would never have known
Luke Skywalker or the adventures the
droids would bring him without this
momentous escape and that’s why it tops
our list damaged stuff because that’s
not in do you agree with our list yeah
baby yeah what’s your favorite escape
pod scene you keep dropping and you’re
gonna kiss the atmosphere
no tell me human for more exciting top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com remain in
your party are you guys 40
[Music]
whether you’re saving yourself from
imminent peril or supporting terrorists
on a presidential aircraft it’s always
nice to know that an emergency craft
exists to save your airborne but exhaust
checking frame
they’re welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 escape pod scenes in movies
and TV self-destruct in 15 minutes there
will be no further audio warning for
this list we’re defining an escape pod
as a lifeboat or any type of craft or
capsule from a space ship aircraft or
underground lair that we’ve seen on the
big and small screens but that means
we’ll be excluding scenes and moments
where other smaller ships or crafts have
been used to escape bring that ship down
number 10 I will save you Doctor Who and
pick you up
what’s an escape pod scene without a
race against time when the doctor and
Martha land themselves on a ship that’s
headed straight for the Sun they have
only 42 minutes to save the day
23 minutes until we crash – not only are
they in great peril from the elements
but a murderous crew member also
threatens everyone on board when Martha
escapes in a pod however she puts
herself in further danger by jettisoning
herself towards the Sun oh I know when
the lesser of two evils is getting
vaporized by a burning ball of gas you
know it’s a tough day to be friends with
this Time Lord
sorry number nine too late mr. powers
austin powers international man of
mystery
i’ve got units of three not this time
cops mr. bigglesworth it’s a bird it’s a
plane or maybe it’s a big boy the Austin
Powers franchise is no stranger to the
ridiculous
and dr. Evil’s escape from his
underground lair in this hilarious
satire is no exception
Herr doctor evil escaped and had himself
cryogenic excuse to return at a time
when he loved no longer reigns and greed
and corruption ruled again not only does
he flee with mr. bigglesworth in a
capsule shaped like a big boy statue he
also ensures his evil reign by
cryogenically freezing himself in the
pod which ends up orbiting the earth for
30 years would appear to be in the shape
of a big boy gosh he’s back well in many
ways big boy never left sir
the hilariously shaped spacecraft bit
carries on for the next two sequels
which you might say makes this escape
pod scene legendary do in the future mr.
power number eight
homecoming gravity
the final scene to one of the most
nail-biting hits of the decade arrived
just in time because by that point in
gravity the audience is just about ready
to pass out from high blood pressure
when Ryan stone finally gets into the
Shen Xue capital of the tiangong Space
Station were so relieved that even the
Mandarin only interface of the pod can’t
dissuade our hope for her this is
mission specialist Ryan stone reporting
from the Shenzhou I’m about to undock
from tiangong
and I have a bad feeling about this
mission as the shuttle seems to be
breaking down all around her and even
catches fire candy cotton here yes it’s
only once Ryan takes that first breath
after almost drowning in the lake in
which she lands that we can all heave a
collective sigh of relief
number seven the coward flees Red Dwarf
we didn’t saw any of this and I think
that maybe now is a good time to sit
down and parley with a bloated sense of
heroism the cowardly hologram Rimmer
makes it seem as though he’s trying to
save the group from a rogue stimulant
but it’s quickly revealed that he’s
actually trying to escape after he spots
a pod nearby think about it everything
was being screwed does all that mean
anything to you
little does he know the escape pods
trajectory has sent him through a
wormhole and onto a desert planet that
six hundred years away from the rest of
the group you stall but not escape pod
you slimy tickle face backstopping Judas
ah I’m safe then even though his fate
sounds dire it doesn’t take long for him
to clone himself thousands of times
using special gear from the pod in just
six days I had created my own world lush
and verdant the result is Rimmer world a
planet full of himself no pun intended
but even his clones can’t stand him and
when the crew finds him in jail you
can’t help but laugh at the irony
thousands upon thousands of backstabbing
treacherous hypocritical cowardly slime
mongering Judas’s they overthrew me
number six
escapes starship troopers
next up we have a cult classic from the
1990s was just so bad is good a
big-budget film full of alien bugs Nazi
innuendos and b-list actors the
satirical military sci-fi flicks escape
pod scene delivers both cheesiness and
over-the-top destruction when Carmen
Ibanez a spaceship is hit by what are
seemingly undetected asteroids she and
Lieutenant Warka Lowe narrowly escape
the chaotic destruction and they get to
the rescue deck just in time to save
their butts not only does this scene
have an excessive display of
pyrotechnics but the death of captain de
la ta is also as rapping worthy as they
come
[Music]
number five first class escape pod The
Spy Who Loved me maybe I misjudged
Stromberg any man who drinks Dom
Perignon 52 can’t be all bad in classic
James Bond fashion this underwater
escape has a mix of humor sex danger and
painfully corny lines Stromberg dead so
away unless we get on an ef5 bond and
his babe of the week saved themselves
from a sinking underwater base where the
villain Stromberg was attempting to
recolonize the earth after an
unsuccessful plan to start a nuclear war
but unlike other escape pods on this
list their means of returning to safety
has the creature comforts of a plush bed
skylight windows and bottles of
expensive booze that was more like it
was a fantasy getaway rather than a
dangerous mission sure what do you think
you’re doing keeping the British and
Elsa number for decoy Air Force One not
even Bill Clinton denying its existence
can stop us from loving the idea of an
escape pod on board Air Force One we are
picking up the homing beacon and
deploying Siculus this driller gets your
heart pumping from the moment Gary
Oldman’s Ivan korsunov boards the plane
with his Russian goons please present
your equipment for inspection
we were just restricted to the game but
is blockbuster cliches dictate no one
messes with a commander-in-chief and
gets away with it
get off my plane when we find out that
President James Marshall has deployed
the NT pod so he can stay onboard
undetected and try to save everyone on
the plane we can’t help but wish
Harrison Ford would run for office in
real life that pod was designed for a
reason general
he has no right to take chances with his
life number three abandon ship
Spaceballs what’s going on with our how
long with Paris in this Mel Brooks
classic that pokes fun at much of what
sci-fi has to offer including technology
like escape pods
Lone Star and is gang bored the mega
made in order to destroy it
this forces the mercenary into a fight
would be not so intimidating Lord dark
helmet say goodbye you’re too big brain
and I don’t need your passing over the
face as luck would have it the
self-destruct button is accidentally
engaged and are frenzied evacuation
commences which is narrated by the
charmingly interactive voice of the ship
not what happened at 7:00 – just kidding
while the eclectic passengers escaped in
small capsules through the mega made
Statue of Liberty s crown the villains
are stuck on board the doomed ship
without a pod you are the bearded lady
are you what a spree the scene is clever
funny and absolutely ridiculous as we
see everyone from a bearded lady to a
bear from the zoo make use of the escape
pods
[Applause]
[Music]
number two interstellar baby Superman
– Kalam we will never leave you
even in the face of our death coming in
at second place is one of the world’s
most loved alien coming-of-age stories
you’ll ketamine’s I do all the days ago
knife will make my strength around the
seminal DC Comics favorite started at
all with this escape from Krypton scene
which was also redone in the 2013 reboot
Man of Steel but the epic stature of
this moment in Superman scale wouldn’t
be the same without the glossy 70s
sci-fi set or the grand speech given by
the one and only Marlon Brando
through his sad goodbye to his son
kal-el we learned that the baby will one
day be stronger and faster than everyone
on earth a forecast of his eventual
superhero status as well as of an
enduring franchise this is all hi
all I can send you Kyle before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions
you
get him off this ship complete
evacuation now dignity
number one Death Star plans Star Wars
Episode four a new hope wait a minute
what I’m doing the first Star Wars movie
may not have invented the escape pod
but this scene is as legendary and
iconic as they come
hey you’re not committed in that
constricted goofy gestation show armed
with stolen plans of the Death Star and
a personal message from Princess Leia
adorable droid r2d2 and his companion
c-3po escapes the captured ship
undetected and retracted
[Music]
and thanks to the special craft they
land safely on the planet Tatooine where
a tumultuous and storage fate awaits
them how did we get into this mess I
think the world would never have known
Luke Skywalker or the adventures the
droids would bring him without this
momentous escape and that’s why it tops
our list damaged stuff because that’s
not in do you agree with our list yeah
baby yeah what’s your favorite escape
pod scene you keep dropping and you’re
gonna kiss the atmosphere
no tell me human for more exciting top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com remain in
your party are you guys 40
[Music]
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