History Film / Barbarella

The film is set to the distant future, estimated to about the 40th century. Planet Earth has been united under a Republic, wars have been abolished and weapons exist only in museums. Sex has been replaced by a ritual involving pills. But Dr. Durand Durand (Milo O'Shea), a scientist, starts developing a new weapon. He and his spaceship vanish in the vicinity of uncharted planet Tau Ceti. Barbarella is sent to retrieve him. The local culture introduces her both to various horrors and to the joys of real sex. She has to face the evil Black Queen (Anita Pallenberg) of the city [=SoGo=], the so-called City of Night.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if Hand is still concern about Barbarella, who's ship crashed through the planet's surface. Or if Barbarella's ship ever got fixed, since we last saw it about to be repaired by a scientist.

* {{Homage}}: The (in)famous opening scene was the base for the video of Music/KylieMinogue's song ''Put yourself in my place''.

''Barbarella'' was originally a French erotic science fiction comic book series by Jean-Claude Forest, but the title is better known, at least outside France, for the 1968 film adaptation.

It was directed by Roger Vadim, and starred his wife at the time, Creator/JaneFonda. The film is set to the distant future, estimated to about the 40th century. Planet Earth has been united under a Republic, wars have been abolished and weapons exist only in museums. Sex has been replaced by a ritual involving pills. But Dr. Durand Durand (Milo O'Shea), a scientist, starts developing a new weapon. He and his spaceship vanish in the vicinity of uncharted planet Tau Ceti. Barbarella is sent to retrieve him. The local culture introduces her both to various horrors and to the joys of real sex. She has to face the evil Black Queen (Anita Pallenberg) of the city [=SoGo=], the so-called City of Night.

* RescueSex: With three different people over the course of the movie. Dildano explicitly states that he rescued Barbarella just so he could get this.

* MrFanservice: John Phillip Law as the angel Pygar, a handsome, tall, blond, blue-eyed shirtless ornithanthrope.

* MsFanservice: Barbarella again.

* TheHunk: Pygar seems to be this and a {{Prettyboy}} at the same time.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: The Black Queen/Great Tyrant because [[spoiler: The real villan is the Concierge who is Durand Durand & he is also TheStarscream & thereby, TheBigBad. If anything, The Black Queen is the real heroine, or at least an AntiHero with a PyrrhicVictory due to letting loose the Mathmos, which destroys the evil city, Durand Durand & saves The Queen, Barbarella & Pygar. Apart from the big Black Guard air battle, Barbarella is the most useless space heroine in history]]

'''''Barbarella''''' was originally a French erotic science fiction comic book series by Jean-Claude Forest, but the title is better known, at least outside France, for the 1968 film adaptation.

When first released, ''Barbarella'' was a critical and commercial failure. However, it later became a cult film (as a GuiltyPleasure). [[note]]Does the doctor sound [[Music/DuranDuran familiar]]?[[/note]]

'''Contains examples of:'''

* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The city is swallowed by a Big Evil Blob... except for Babs. The Black Queen (who gets saved by being — nudge nudge — close to her) explains that it can't stand the taste of her innocence.

* CharacterTitle

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: When the city starts to sink into a pit of sentient, liquid evil at the end of the movie, said liquid evil specifically protects Barbarella because her purity and innocence would hurt it. This same woman who basically sexed her way across the planet and had an erotic threshold so high she ''broke'' a machine meant to make her die of orgasmic bliss.
** WELL, if you go by the oft SlutShaming standards of our society, then yes, one might see that as an absurdity.

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Among the softest anyone could find. Other than the very airiest of explanations, expect nothing at all but bizarre fetishy goings-on in bizarre fetishy SpaceClothes. Never mind "creative" violation of special relativity and Heisenberg uncertainty, some technologies featured violate basic physics, [[such as a yacht with wheels that can move by sail-power when there's no wind because there's a fan on it: such a vehicle is possible (as recently [[MythBusters demonstrated]]), but would be hideously inefficient. Point the fan astern and you'll get much better results.

When first released, ''Barbarella'' was a critical and commercial failure. However, it later became a cult film (as a GuiltyPleasure).

It was directed by Roger Vadim, and starred his wife at the time, JaneFonda. The film is set to the distant future, estimated to about the 40th century. Planet Earth has been united under a Republic, wars have been abolished and weapons exist only in museums. Sex has been replaced by a ritual involving pills. But Dr. Durand Durand (Milo O'Shea), a scientist, starts developing a new weapon. He and his spaceship vanish in the vicinity of uncharted planet Tau Ceti. Barbarella is sent to retrieve him. The local culture introduces her both to various horrors and to the joys of real sex. She has to face the evil Black Queen (Anita Pallenberg) of the city [=SoGo=], the so-called City of Night.

* AGoodNameForARockBand: DuranDuran took its name from a character in this film.

* {{Homage}}: The (in)famous opening scene was the base for the video of KylieMinogue's song ''Put yourself in my place''.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Barbarella herself, as well as Pygar.

* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Barbarella as she appears in the comics was drawn with Brigitte Bardot in mind.

* ParrotExposition: Barbarella could give the '''entire''' ''MetalGearSolid'' series a run for its money.

* HairOfGold: Barbarella herself, as well as Pygar.

* ComicRelief: Dildano & his secret base of operations. His "Earth Hand/Pill-Sex" scene with Babs could be counted as CrowningMomentOfFunny.