History Film / Zapped1982

''Zapped!'' is a 1982 Teen SexComedy film directed by Robert J. Rosenthal and starring Scott Baio.

Barney Springboro (Baio) is a science nerd who gains telekinetic powers in a freak high school science lab experiment. Barney's new powers are known about only by his best friend Peyton (Willie Aames) and class president Bernadette (Felice Schachter). Over the course of the film, he uses these powers to win baseball games, control roulette wheels, [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext convince his mother he's possessed,]] and, of course, make women's clothes fly off, particularly those of senior class beauty queen Jane Mitchell (Heather Thomas). Several elements of the plot borrow from the 1976 film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', with some additional spoofing of ''Film/TheExorcist'' and even ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

* FallingInLoveMontage: Barney and Bernadette, to David Pomeranz's "Got to Believe in Magic"

''Zapped!'' is a 1982 Teen SexComedy starring Scott Baio as Barney Springboro, a science nerd who gains telekinetic powers in a freak high school science lab experiment. Barney's new powers are known about only by his best friend Peyton (Willie Aames) and class president Bernadette (Felice Schachter). Over the course of the film, he uses these powers to win baseball games, control roulette wheels, [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext convince his mother he's possessed,]] and, of course, make women's clothes fly off, particularly those of senior class beauty queen Jane Mitchell (Heather Thomas). Several elements of the plot borrow from the 1976 film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', with some additional spoofing of ''Film/TheExorcist'' and even ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

''Zapped!'' is a 1982 Teen SexComedy starring Scott Baio as Barney Springboro, a science nerd who gains telekinetic powers in a freak high school science lab experiment. Barney's new powers are known about only by his best friend Peyton (Willie Aames) and class president Bernadette (Felice Schachter). Over the course of the film, he uses these powers to win baseball games, control roulette wheels, [[Main/ItMakesSenseInContext convince his mother he's possessed,]] and, of course, make women's clothes fly off, particular those of senior class beauty queen Jane Mitchell (Heather Thomas). Several elements of the plot borrow from the 1976 film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', with some additional spoofing of ''Film/TheExorcist'' and even ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

* AllMenArePerverts: Many scenes have Barney using his powers to undress women, and Peyton enjoys taking racy pictures of women, particularly when they're not expecting it.
%%* AlphaBitch: Jane.

* [[AvoidTheDreadedGRating Avoid The Dreaded PG Rating]]: Originally the movie was shot for a PG rating in mind, but when ''{{Film/Porkys}}'' got huge, they reshot several scenes to secure an R rating.

%%* {{Fanservice}}: Tons of it.

** Loads and loads of them at the prom when the telekinetic windstorm makes everyone's clothes fly off.

%%* JerkJock: Greg Bradford.

* MarilynManeuver: One of the {{Fanservice Extra}}s at the prom tries this, only to have her dress get blown completely off her body.
%%* MindOverMatter: Barney powers.

%%* MsFanservice: Jane.
* MushroomSamba: Coach Jones has a wild one--bike riding with UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein while the coach's wife chases them on a chariot and shoots salamis at them from a bazooka--after Barney and Bernadette put the marijuana in the incinerator.

* NaughtyUnderTheTable: Mr. Coolidge and Ms. Burnhart, first at the restaurant and later at the prom.

* PowerPerversionPotential: "Potential" nothing, Barney actually does it. The film takes this trope and runs with it. At first, the victims ''sort of'' deserve it (like AlphaBitch Jane and the girls from the rival school who mocks him) but he gets a little carried away at the prom scene.

* VerbedTitle: The title of the film is one word in the past perfect tense.
* WardrobeMalfunction: The effect of Barney using his powers on women frequently looks like this trope, what with skirts flying up and blouses popping open inexplicably.

%%* {{Adorkable}}: Bernadette.

Not to be confused with the 2014 Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie ''Zapped'', with British TV fantasy fiction comic parody ''Series/{{Zapped}}'', or with the [[{{Zapped}} wiki term]].

* CoolOldGuy: Baseball coach Dexter Jones, played by Scatman Crothers.

Not to be confused with the 2014 Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie ''Zapped'', or with the [[{{Zapped}} wiki term]].

The movie was universally panned upon release and has a [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zapped/ 7% Fresh Rating]] on Website/RottenTomatoes. However, the film developed somewhat of a cult following, due in no small part to the large amounts of {{Fanservice}} it provides, and did well enough in video rentals and cable TV showings for a direct-to-video sequel, ''Zapped Again!'', to be released in 1990.

* FanserviceExtra: The two girls in the convertible who get their tops zapped off. Also, loads and loads of them at the prom when the telekinetic windstorm makes everyone's clothes fly off.

''Zapped!'' is a 1982 Teen SexComedy starring Scott Baio as Barney Springboro, a science nerd who gains telekinetic powers, which are known about only to his best friend Peyton (Willie Aames) and class president Bernadette (Felice Schachter). Over the course of the film, he uses these powers to win baseball games, control roulette wheels, and make women's clothes fly off, particular those of senior class beauty queen Jane Mitchell (Heather Thomas). Several elements of the plot borrow heavily from the 1976 film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', with some additional spoofing of ''Film/TheExorcist'' and ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

Not to be confused with the 2014 Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie ''Film/{{Zapped|2014}}'', or with the [[{{Zapped}} wiki term]].

* PowerPerversionPotential: "Potential" nothing, Barney actually does it. At first, the victims ''sort of'' deserve it (like AlphaBitch Jane and the girls from the rival school who mocks him) but he gets a little carried away at the prom scene.

Not to be confused with the 2014 Disney Channel Original Movie ''Zapped'', or with the [[{{Zapped}} wiki term]].

* GoingCommando: Some of the Fanservice Extras at the prom stripping scene, presumably to help give the film its intended R-rating.

Not to be confused with the 2014 Disney Channel Original Movie ''Zapped''.

This film includes examples of:
* {{Adorkable}}: Bernadette.

* AlphaBitch: Jane.

* {{Fanservice}}: Tons of it.

* JerkJock: Greg Bradford.

* MindOverMatter: Barney powers.

* MsFanservice: Jane.

* VerbedTitle

The movie was universally panned upon release and has a 7% Fresh Rating on the movie website ''[[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zapped/ RottenTomatoes.com]]''. However, the film developed somewhat of a cult following, due in no small part to the large amounts of {{Fanservice}} it provides, and did well enough in video rentals and cable TV showings for a direct-to-video sequel, ''Zapped Again!'', to be released in 1990.

* MushroomSamba: Coach Jones has a wild one--bike riding with AlbertEinstein while the coach's wife chases them on a chariot and shoots salamis at them from a bazooka--after Barney and Bernadette put the marijuana in the incinerator.

* MsFanservice: Jane

The movie was universally panned upon release and has a 0% Fresh Rating on the movie website ''[[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zapped/ RottenTomatoes.com]]''. However, the film developed somewhat of a cult following, due in no small part to the large amounts of {{Fanservice}} it provides, and did well enough in video rentals and cable TV showings for a direct-to-video sequel, ''Zapped Again!'', to be released in 1990.

'''Zapped!''' is a 1982 Teen SexComedy starring Scott Baio as Barney Springboro, a science nerd who gains telekinetic powers, which are known about only to his best friend Peyton (Willie Aames) and class president Bernadette (Felice Schachter). Over the course of the film, he uses these powers to win baseball games, control roulette wheels, and make women's clothes fly off, particular those of senior class beauty queen Jane Mitchell (Heather Thomas). Several elements of the plot borrow heavily from the 1976 film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', with some additional spoofing of ''Film/TheExorcist'' and ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

* MarilynManeuver: One of the Fanservice Extras at the prom tries this, only to have her dress get blown completely off her body.

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* DreamSequence: Coach Jones has a wild one--bike riding with AlbertEinstein while the coach's wife chases them on a chariot and shoots salamis at them from a bazooka--after Barney and Bernadette put the marijuana in the incinerator.

The film had a somewhat TroubledProduction. Following the box office success of ''Film/{{Porkys}}'', parts of ''Zapped!'' were refilmed to make the movie HotterAndSexier, to increase the amount of nudity, and to intentionally earn an R-rating. Also, Heather Thomas had serious reservations about filming her nude scenes. In post-production, the filmmakers used a body double for Thomas's topless scene at the prom, and pasted her head onto a topless body double in a photograph in the movie. These changes prompted Thomas to file a complaint with the Screen Actors Guild.

* WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore: A short ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' parody while Barney uses his powers to make his model spaceship fly around his bedroom. Ironically, the saucer section of the model ship looks a ''lot'' like a backwards ''[[Franchise/StarWars Millenium Falcon]]''.