History Anime / Interstella5555

* UnwittingInstigatorofDoom: The manager of the record company. Thanks to him the Crescendolls' turn into a worldwide success, and thus plays a key part of the Earl's evil plan. He also had no idea he was involved in a scheme to conquer the universe, and is actually helpful and kind to the aliens once said scheme is revealed.

!!Tropes:

* AlienAbduction: More like Human Abduction. For once, those are humans from Earth kidnapping aliens.

* ArcNumber: 5 and variants, most notably 5555.

* IndustrializedEvil: A downplayed example, but the implications are all there with the automatic brainwashing aseembly line in the Harder Better Faster Stronger segment.

* FailedASpotCheck: One of the security guards in "Short Circuit" somehow doesn't notice that the janitor's uniform Octave is wearing is several sizes too small.

* UnmasquedWorld: By the end humanity is aware of aliens and seems to have contact with The Crescendolls homeworld.

* SupernaturallyMarkedGrave: After [[spoiler:Shep]] gets buried, The Crescendolls hold hands and meditate around his grave. Blue flowers instantly grow on it and his ghost appears and fly off.

** Darkwood Manor looks an awful like [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} a certain vampire's castle.]] The music in that segment wouldn't be out of place in one of those games either.

* {{Retraux}}: The art style from this movie evokes a similar feel to some anime series from the '70s. Not surprising, considering the characters designs are made by Creator/LeijiMatsumoto.

* PunnyName: Shep, who is in charge of the guitar space'''ship'''.

* JukeboxMusical: Sort of, with all the songs being already established Daft Punk songs.

* JukeboxMusical: Sort of, with all the song being already established Daft Punk songs.

* BitingTheHandkerchief: Baryl is bitting his hat when [[spoiler:Shep is dying]].

* FlowerInHerHair: Stella wears one from "Voyager" to the beginning of "Short Circuit". Said flowers are the ones that grew from Shep's grave.

** Earth; all of the Crescendolls' fans hear great music and have no idea about the brainwashing. However, once they do find out, [[RousseauIsRight they waste no time in supporting them]].

* FakeMemories: The Crescendolls' memories are altered so they believe that they were born and raised on Earth - such as kid Arpegius riding a hover-scooter being changed to him riding a tricycle.

* {{Adorkable}}: Baryl the drummer.

%%* CarChase
* CartoonishCompanions: Baryl is shorter than the other characters and has dots for eyes. This is a staple of Creator/LeijiMatsumoto's style.

** Earth; all of the Crescendolls' fans hear great music and have no idea about the brainwashing.

* DistressedDamsel: Stella

* FalseMemories: The Crescendolls' memories are altered so they believe that they were born and raised on Earth.

* {{Gonk}}: Baryl isn't necessarily ugly, but his goofy appearances stands out when alongside his gorgeous bandmates.

* HeroicSacrifice: During his attempt to rescue Stella, Shep is killed.

** We only know the band by their names as the Crescendolls. Their names are only momentarily given during [[FreezeFrameBonus brief moments in the "Crescendolls" section.]]

* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: Octave, when sneaking into the record company is confronted by security guards and gets tasered when he reaches into his jacket for the papers about the memory disks he's trying to retrieve.

** Quite literally in the case of Shep. [[spoiler:He haves his favorite band, dies, then comes back in spirit form to save them [[JustForPun One More Time]].]]

* AbsoluteCleavage: The dress Stella wears on her home planet has a heart-shaped CleavageWindow just above her breasts (i.e. in the usual place), a very thin division between the two halves of her bodice, and another, also heart-shaped, cutout several inches below the waist. The effect is oddly innocent -- similar to a midriff-baring top -- but just try to pitch that design to anyone on Earth.

** Quite literally in the case of Shep. [[spoiler:Saves his favorite band, dies, then comes back in spirit form to save them [[JustForPun One More Time]].]]

%%* {{Brainwashed}}

* CleavageWindow: Stella's alien dress has one.

%%* [[ETGaveUsWiFi E.T. Gave Us Music]]

%%* HerHeartWillGoOn
%%* HeroicSacrifice

* HonestCorporateExecutive: The Crescendolls' human manager. In contrast with the Earl de Darkwood, he's shown as young and likable, earnest and enthusiastic about the music, and when the aliens are later revealed, he helps them regain their planet.

%%* MrFanservice: Arpegius; Shep; Octave

%%* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Earl de Darkwood

* NoDialogueEpisode: The entire movie has no dialog.

* TheNudifier: The lasers cutting off the aliens' clothes during the processing.

%%* RockOpera

* TokenBlack: Octave as a human.

''Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem'' is an anime-style visualization of the Music/DaftPunk album ''Music/{{Discovery}}'' produced by Creator/ToeiAnimation and directed by Creator/LeijiMatsumoto. A group of [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe blue-skinned]] extraterrestrial musicians are kidnapped, {{brainwashed}}, and altered, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mind]] and body, to be identical to ordinary humans. Under the control of their abductors, they become rock stars on Earth, playing their music and skyrocketing to massive fame. Can an alien pilot rescue the band, return their memories and get them home? Or will they be forced to play their part in the scheme of the evil, greedy Earl de Darkwood?

* HonestCorporateExecutive: The Crescendolls' human manager. In contrast with the Earl de Darkwood, he's shown as young and likeable, earnest and enthusiastic about the music, and when the aliens are later revealed, he helps them regain their planet.

* {{Retraux}}:The art-style from this movie evokes a similar feel to some anime series from the 70s. Not surprising, considering the characters designs are made by Creator/LeijiMatsumoto.

** The Earl's spaceship, both through its looks and its ability to shape change, is very similar to the protagonist's spaceship from the French graphic novel ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vagabond_of_Limbo The Vagabond of Limbo]]''.

* SubspaceAnsible: An astronaut at the end watches a live concert from The Crescendolls' homeworld on a screen.