Phantom Menace Number

The "Phantom Menace number" has become a standard question for guests on The Phantom Menace Minute. It refers to the number of times that the person has seen The Phantom Menace in theaters (though the responder will often discuss how many times they've seen it since then too).
Alternatively, the Phantom Menace number can be thought of as the amount of time (either time into the movie or number of viewings) that it took the guest to decide that he or she didn't enjoy The Phantom Menace as much as the Original Trilogy.

More than ten

• Pete: 13 (including once in 3D)
• Songe Riddle: 13 (including once in 3D)
• Chris Radtke: 11 in two hemispheres of the Earth.

Five to ten times

• Josh Flanagan: 10
• Anthony Dalto: 9, including once in 3D
• Jeremy Carter: 7
• Matt Gourley: At least 6
• Ron Richards: At least 5

Less than five

• Alex: 4 or so
• John Mathot: 4
• Joe Dator: 4, although he started to question about halfway through viewing #1
• Tony Thaxton: 4, including once in 3D
• Crystal Beth: 4
• Stuart Wellington: 4 or 5
• Jordan White: 3 or 4 (including once in 3D)
• David Hahn: 2 in the theater, once on DVD. In the background. While he was doing something else.
• Peteloaf: 3 or 4 times, maybe more
• Paul Scheer: 3 (twice in one day)
• Brian Klein: 3
• J. K. Woodward: 3. Once in English, once in German, and then once in English again. He actually liked it better in German, although he said Jar Jar was worse.
• Greg Wyshynski: 3
• The Mysterious M: 2
• John Kovalic: 2
• Keith Phipps: 2 in theaters. Maybe once more since then.
• Ryan Haupt: 1 very memorable time, probably one or two other times after that.
• Paul Rust: 2
• Asterios Kokkinos: 2
• Mike Norton: 2
• Jenny Jaffe: 2
• Rachael Noel Fox: 1
• Tony Consiglio: 1
• Dan McCoy: 1
• Ella Moran: 1
• Kristen Siebecker: 1

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