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* PropellerHatOfWhimsy: Flash Hercules wears a propeller hat to show that he's a little boy, despite looking like an old man. He uses it to fly him and the ex-queen out of her cell.
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The film is groundbreaking for being the first Music/DannyElfman–composed soundtrack for (no surprise considering his brother is the director[=/=]screenwriter, his brother's wife is the protagonist, and their father and grandfather are both characters). Danny himself plays the devil while the rest of the original Oingo Boingo band (when it was known as ''The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo'') are here as his minions. The ensemble cast also include a post-''Series/FantasyIsland'' Creator/HerveVillechaize and pre-''Film/CryBaby'' Susan Tyrell.

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The film is groundbreaking for being the first Music/DannyElfman–composed soundtrack for (no surprise considering his brother is the director[=/=]screenwriter, director/screenwriter, his brother's wife is the protagonist, and their father and grandfather are both characters). Danny himself plays the devil while the rest of the original Oingo Boingo band (when it was known as ''The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo'') are here as his minions. The ensemble cast also include a post-''Series/FantasyIsland'' Creator/HerveVillechaize and pre-''Film/CryBaby'' Susan Tyrell.



* CreepyJazzMusic: The film has two major moments, both {{Shout Out}}s to the [=Co-=]TropeMakers Fleischer Brothers:

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* CreepyJazzMusic: The film has two major moments, both {{Shout Out}}s [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to the [=Co-=]TropeMakers Fleischer Brothers:



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* {{Retraux}}: Heavily styled on old 30's cartoons.

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* WholesomeCrossdresser / DepravedHomosexual: Squeezit's "sister" René.
--> "The ''queen'' said she was going to ''[[AssShove ream]]'' us with ten-inch cattle prods... and ''I'm still waiting!''"

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* WholesomeCrossdresser / DepravedHomosexual: WholesomeCrossdresser[=/=]DepravedHomosexual: Squeezit's "sister" René.
--> "The -->"The ''queen'' said she was going to ''[[AssShove ream]]'' us with ten-inch cattle prods... and ''I'm still waiting!''"
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* AmbiguousGender: Whether René is a girl or a boy in drag is a topic of argument, and René never gives a definite answer. Complicating matters is the moment where René has menstrual cramps [[ArtisticLicenseBiology despite that being biologically impossible]].

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* AmbiguousGender: Whether René is a girl or a boy in drag is a topic of argument, and René never gives a definite answer. Complicating matters is the moment where René has menstrual cramps [[ArtisticLicenseBiology despite that being biologically impossible]].impossible]] (Though in fairness, the text card says they're pseudo cramps).



* NoYou: When Squizzit corrects Frenchy that his twin brother, Rene, is actually his sister. Flash tells that Rene only acts like a girl and a faggot. Squizzit said to Flash, "You're a faggot."

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* NoYou: When Squizzit corrects Frenchy that his twin brother, Rene, is actually his sister. Flash tells that Rene only acts like a girl and a faggot. Squizzit said to tells Flash, "You're a the faggot."



* SpoiledBrat: The Princess, and to a lesser extent, Susan.

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* SpoiledBrat: The Princess, and to a lesser extent, Susan.Frenchy.
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* SinisterNudity: The evil Princess serves as a TortureTechnician for her mother and spends most of the movie haughtily strutting around in little more than panties and stockings.

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