History Film / TankGirl

** Tank Girl imitates Laura Desmond from SunsetBoulevard while posing as a fashion photographer, complete with sunglasses, leopard print shawl, and cigarette holder.

* MyLittlePanzer: Sam's Danger Ball is one of these, much to Creator/IggyPop's surprise. It shoots out blades when anyone claps their hands nearby.

* PhallicWeapon: Tank Girl has a moment loving on the gun of the tank she ganks from Water & Power. To the tune of ''''Film/{{Shaft}}'', no less. And later on, explicitly called out as she rides the cannon up to the window of a truck. "Feeling a little inadequate?"

* EyePop: After Tank Girl and Jet Girl escape from Water And Power, there's a animated interlude with the two girls driving in Tank Girl's tank. At one point Jet Girl's eyes bug out of their sockets at Tank Girl's antics.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander/{{Film}} Cloudcuckoolander]]: PlayedWith in the case of Tank Girl. She pretends to be a airhead at times, including making bizarre statements. However, when the chips are down she acts rationally enough - the crazy stuff is just her personality or an act, depending on the situation.

* AdrenalineMakeover: Jet Girl is meek and mousy, and lets the Water and Power mook push her around until she makes friends with Tank Girl. By the end of the movie, Jet has quit stuttering, is telling off people on the radio, cowing the Reavers when they cross her, and even killing the mook who sexually harassed her.

* TwoWordsAddedEmphasis: "I got two words for you...Brush your teeth!"

* TwoWordsObviousTrope: "I got two words for you...Brush your teeth!"

->''"Horrible world [[ShapedLikeItself being horrible at you]]? Sing Cole Porter at it."''

* AbnormalAmmo: At one point Tank Girl's tank runs out of shells, so she solves the issue by loading 'beer cans' in the main cannon.

!!The film contains examples of:

* DeathWorld: Let's see, an evil MegaCorp with its own MildlyMilitary EliteMooks hunting and killing whoever they can find, almost no water, monster killer kangaroos... check, check and check. Granted, it's pretty heavily parodied and subverted by the end.

* SandIsWater: Tank Girl's sand shower.

* SorryImGay

* SpontaneousChoreography: During the CrowdSong.

* StormingTheCastle
* TankGoodness
* TapOnTheHead: Multiple examples

* WrenchWench: Jet Girl

* SaharanShipwreck

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Sergeant Small.

* PhallicWeapon

* NeckSnap: Multiple times by the Rippers and once by Tank Girl.

* MyLittlePanzer: Sam uses the Danger Ball as one of these, much to Creator/IggyPop's surprise. It shoots out blades when anyone claps their hands nearby.

* IdiotBall: Tank Girl deciding to stop for a musical number in Liquid Silver instead of escaping, which leads to Sam being captured.
* InterspeciesRomance: Human/Mutant-kangaroo-that-was-formerly-a-dog.

* {{Meganekko}}: Jet Girl.
* MurderousThighs: Tank Girl uses this to perform a NeckSnap.

* MyLittlePanzer: The Danger Ball, much to Iggy Pop's surprise.

* CostumeTestMontage: Tank Girl changing her clothes in the Liquid Silver dressing room.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: PlayedWith in the case of the title character. She pretends to be a airhead at times, including making bizarre statements. However, when the chips are down she acts rationally enough - the crazy stuff is just her personality or an act, depending on the situation.

* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard/Film Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Kesslee has a device that drains a person's blood from their body, killing them, and purifies it into drinkable water. He uses it to kill one of his subordinates, and at the end Tank Girl uses one to kill him.
* [[HypercompetentSidekick/Film Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Tank Girl is fairly competent on her own, but her sidekick Jet Girl is significantly saner and somewhat more practical, meaning that because of her most of Tank Girl's schemes don't end with her dead.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kesslee has a device that drained a person's blood from their body, killing them, and purifies it into drinkable water. He uses it to kill one of his subordinates, and at the end Tank Girl uses one to kill him.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Tank Girl is fairly competent on her own, but her sidekick Jet Girl is significantly saner and somewhat more practical, meaning that because of her most of Tank Girl's schemes don't end with her dead.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kesslee had a device that drained a person's blood from their body, killing them, and purified it into drinkable water. He used it to kill one of his subordinates, and at the end Tank Girl used one to kill him.
* {{Hologram}}: Kesslee's head after his operation.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kesslee's water draining device.

* AHandfulForAnEye: While the title character is on guard duty, a Water and Power trooper sneaks up on her. She throws sand/dirt in his eyes to distract him.