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** Argentina and Uruguay: ''The Warrior''
** Greece: ''Steel Girl''
** Romania: ''Water Masters''
** Argentina and Uruguay: ''The Warrior''
** Greece: ''Steel Girl''
** Romania: ''Water Masters''
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** Brazil: ''Tank Girl, Detonating the Future''
** Portugal: ''Tank Girl: A Woman of Weapons''
** Brazil: ''Tank Girl, Detonating the Future''
** Portugal: ''Tank Girl: A Woman of Weapons''
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Malcolm [=McDowell=] signed on because he was getting a lot of hate mail for his work on ''Star Trek Generations'', and wanted to do something outlandish.
--> '''Rachel Talalay:''' "He was just delighted to come in to a movie where everything was a farce and that had the same kind of cheekiness that his whole early film career had."
--> '''Rachel Talalay:''' "He was just delighted to come in to a movie where everything was a farce and that had the same kind of cheekiness that his whole early film career had."
* DuelingWorks: An odd example. According to Rachel Talalay, ''Film/TommyBoy'' opened the same week as ''Tank Girl''. Because of the latter's R-rating, cinema owners reported people buying tickets for ''Tommy Boy'' and sneaking into ''Tank Girl'' - so the former did better financially by statistics.
* DyeingForYourArt:
** Lori Petty shaved her head for the lead role.
** Naomi Watts was blonde at the time, but darkened her hair to audition. As she was so broke at the time, the casting director paid for the hair appointment.
* DyeingForYourArt:
** Lori Petty shaved her head for the lead role.
** Naomi Watts was blonde at the time, but darkened her hair to audition. As she was so broke at the time, the casting director paid for the hair appointment.
** Rachel Talalay was so embarrassed by the film's financial and critical failure that she couldn't talk about it for years. But when she started meeting more fans, she came around and has embraced the whole thing.
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** At one time or another, Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/JamesCameron both expressed interest in directing. Spielberg was flattered to be offered the job, but didn't think he was hip enough. This led to a slogan that the film was "Too Hip for Speilberg".
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** At one time or another, Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/JamesCameron both expressed interest in directing. Spielberg was flattered to be offered the job, but didn't think he was hip enough. This led to a slogan that the film was "Too Hip for Speilberg". An executive for James Cameron's company turned the film down because "we already have a film with a female lead."
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** The studio also cut down a scene of Tank Girl being tortured by Kesslee because she apparently looked "too ugly" in the sequence.
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* OldShame: For Creator/NaomiWatts and Hewlett and Martin. Averted with Lori Petty, who loves the movie enough to have props and memorabilia in her house.
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* OldShame: OldShame:
** For Creator/NaomiWatts and Hewlett and Martin. Naomi Watts did seem to mellow towards the film in TheNewTens, sharing some on-set pictures to her Instagram.
** Averted with Lori Petty, who loves the movie enough to have props and memorabilia in herhouse.house.
** Also averted with Malcolm [=McDowell=], who praised the movie's bizarreness.
** For Creator/NaomiWatts and Hewlett and Martin. Naomi Watts did seem to mellow towards the film in TheNewTens, sharing some on-set pictures to her Instagram.
** Averted with Lori Petty, who loves the movie enough to have props and memorabilia in her
** Also averted with Malcolm [=McDowell=], who praised the movie's bizarreness.
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* StarDerailingRole: Lori Petty had built up some good momentum with well-received performances in ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'' and ''Film/FreeWilly''. After this tanked, she quickly disappeared from the mainstream.
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* PromotedFanboy: Rachel Talalay had become a big fan of the original comic while directing ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'', and waited for a whole year to get the film rights.
* StarDerailingRole: Lori Petty had built up some good momentum with well-received performances in ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'' and ''Film/FreeWilly''. After this tanked, she quickly disappeared from the mainstream. She did achieve some CareerResurrection by starring in ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' and directing ''The Poker House''.
* StarDerailingRole: Lori Petty had built up some good momentum with well-received performances in ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'' and ''Film/FreeWilly''. After this tanked, she quickly disappeared from the mainstream. She did achieve some CareerResurrection by starring in ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' and directing ''The Poker House''.
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** Music/{{Bjork}} was offered the role Sub Girl. She later dropped out, her character's scenes were re-written, and the role was then given to Ann Cusack.
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** Music/{{Bjork}} was offered the role Sub Girl. She later dropped out, her character's scenes were re-written, and the role was then given to Ann Cusack.Creator/AnnCusack.
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* CreatorBacklash: Hewlett and Martin hated the experience in making this film so much that ''Tank Girl'' was put on hiatus for ten years.
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* CreatorBacklash: Hewlett and Martin hated the experience in making this film so much that ''Tank Girl'' was put on hiatus for ten years. Hewlett noted that while other franchises metaphorically went through a sewer to break into a bank vault, they went through a bank vault to break into a sewer.
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** [[Music/SpiceGirls Posh Spice, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice]] and [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]] each tried out for the role of Tank Girl.
** British model Sara Stockbridge angled for the role so hard that she did a magazine photoshoot cosplaying Tank.
** British model Sara Stockbridge angled for the role so hard that she did a magazine photoshoot cosplaying Tank.
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** [[Music/SpiceGirls Posh Spice, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice]] and [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]] Music/GwenStefani each tried out for the role of Tank Girl.
**British model Sara Stockbridge angled Rachel Tallahay wanted Creator/JoanChen for Jet Girl. Music/CourtneyLove was offered the role so hard that she of Jet Girl, but backed out when her husband Music/KurtCobain committed suicide. She did a magazine photoshoot cosplaying Tank.work on the soundtrack.
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** Music/CourtneyLove was offered the role of Jet Girl, but backed out when her husband Music/KurtCobain committed suicide.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/StanWinston's people designed and created the Rippers for half-price.
* MissingTrailerScene: The theatrical trailer shows some deleted scenes and extra lines of dialogue;
** One of the Rippers crashes through the window of Water & Power flyer and kills the pilot.
** Kesslee saying "Talented, isn't she?" to Sargent Small while they are watching Rebecca and Jet talking inside the tank.
** Kesslee saying "What's it like, knowing you're about to die?" to Rebecca during their final fight and she responds by saying "You tell me!" while swinging at him.
** One of the Rippers crashes through the window of Water & Power flyer and kills the pilot.
** Kesslee saying "Talented, isn't she?" to Sargent Small while they are watching Rebecca and Jet talking inside the tank.
** Kesslee saying "What's it like, knowing you're about to die?" to Rebecca during their final fight and she responds by saying "You tell me!" while swinging at him.
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* OldShame: For Creator/NaomiWatts and Hewlett and Martin.
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* OldShame: For Creator/NaomiWatts and Hewlett and Martin. Averted with Lori Petty, who loves the movie enough to have props and memorabilia in her house.
* TheOtherMarty: Emily Lloyd was originally going to play Tank Girl, but got fired from the part because she refused to shave her head.
* TheOtherMarty: Emily Lloyd was originally going to play Tank Girl, but got fired from the part because she refused to shave her head.
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** Emily Lloyd was originally going to play Tank Girl, but got fired from the part because she refused to shave her head.
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** At one time or another, Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/JamesCameron both expressed interest in directing.
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** At one time or another, Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/JamesCameron both expressed interest in directing.
directing. Spielberg was flattered to be offered the job, but didn't think he was hip enough. This led to a slogan that the film was "Too Hip for Speilberg".
** Music/{{Bjork}} was offered the role Sub Girl. She later dropped out, her character's scenes were re-written, and the role was then given to Ann Cusack.
** Music/CourtneyLove was offered the role of Jet Girl, but backed out when her husband Music/KurtCobain committed suicide.
** One band they wanted for the soundtrack was little-known act named Music/GreenDay. During production, they got so big that they could no longer afford them.
** Music/{{Bjork}} was offered the role Sub Girl. She later dropped out, her character's scenes were re-written, and the role was then given to Ann Cusack.
** Music/CourtneyLove was offered the role of Jet Girl, but backed out when her husband Music/KurtCobain committed suicide.
** One band they wanted for the soundtrack was little-known act named Music/GreenDay. During production, they got so big that they could no longer afford them.
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** British model and DJ Sara Cox angled for the role so hard that she did a magazine photoshoot cosplaying Tank.
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** British model and DJ Sara Cox Stockbridge angled for the role so hard that she did a magazine photoshoot cosplaying Tank.
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* MoneyDearBoy: Ice-T was apparently paid $800,000 for second billing and a role that doesn't even appear for the first hour of the movie.
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* MoneyDearBoy: Ice-T Music/IceT was apparently paid $800,000 for second billing and a role that doesn't even appear for the first hour of the movie.
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* TroubledProduction: MGM were insisting on numerous changes and holding even more test screenings. When the director refused, the studio took the movie away from her and had it directed and re-edited by the people involved in marketing. This plus the failure to film several scenes enraged the creators of the comic, Hewlett and Martin, who canceled it for a decade after the end result of the production tanked.
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* TroubledProduction: MGM Creator/{{MGM}} were insisting on numerous changes and holding even more test screenings. When the director refused, the studio took the movie away from her and had it directed and re-edited by the people involved in marketing. This plus the failure to film several scenes enraged the creators of the comic, Hewlett and Martin, who canceled it for a decade after the end result of the production tanked.
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** [[Music/SpiceGirls Posh Spice, Baby Spice]] and [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]] each tried out for the role of Tank Girl.
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** [[Music/SpiceGirls Posh Spice, Baby Spice, Ginger Spice]] and [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]] each tried out for the role of Tank Girl.
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* TroubledProduction: MGM were insisting on numerous changes and holding even more test screenings. When the director refused, the studio took the movie away from her and had it directed and re-edited by the people involved in marketing.
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* TroubledProduction: MGM were insisting on numerous changes and holding even more test screenings. When the director refused, the studio took the movie away from her and had it directed and re-edited by the people involved in marketing. This plus the failure to film several scenes enraged the creators of the comic, Hewlett and Martin, who canceled it for a decade after the end result of the production tanked.
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* InkStainAdaptation: Because of the above, Martin didn't write the character for another ten years.
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* DeletedScene: According to Rachel Talalay, almost an hour of footage was deleted:
** An opening showing the comet crashing into Earth. Rebecca would be shown as a child, hiding in a trailer to survive, while her parents were killed.
** The original opening also featured men from Water & Power shooting an old woman who finds bottled water buried in the desert.
** Several more scenes creating a RunningGag of Sgt Small getting soaked by the waterfall curtain in the office.
** Sam and Jet Girl being shown singing in the "Let's Do It" sequence.
** More gags in the chase scene towards the end.
** An opening showing the comet crashing into Earth. Rebecca would be shown as a child, hiding in a trailer to survive, while her parents were killed.
** The original opening also featured men from Water & Power shooting an old woman who finds bottled water buried in the desert.
** Several more scenes creating a RunningGag of Sgt Small getting soaked by the waterfall curtain in the office.
** Sam and Jet Girl being shown singing in the "Let's Do It" sequence.
** More gags in the chase scene towards the end.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: A scene featuring Tank Girl and Booga reclining after sex was ordered to be cut, because of the prosthetic penis Booga was wearing.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: ExecutiveMeddling:
** A scene featuring Tank Girl and Booga reclining after sex was ordered to be cut, because of the prosthetic penis Booga waswearing. wearing.
** Another scene between Rebecca and her boyfriend was cut because her collection of dildos was shown.
** A scene featuring Tank Girl and Booga reclining after sex was ordered to be cut, because of the prosthetic penis Booga was
** Another scene between Rebecca and her boyfriend was cut because her collection of dildos was shown.
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* StarDerailingRole: Lori Petty.
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* StarDerailingRole: Lori Petty.Petty had built up some good momentum with well-received performances in ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn'' and ''Film/FreeWilly''. After this tanked, she quickly disappeared from the mainstream.
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* OldShame: For Creator/NaomiWatts.
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* OldShame: For Creator/NaomiWatts.Creator/NaomiWatts and Hewlett and Martin.
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* InkStainAdaptation: Because of the above, Martin didn't write the character for another ten years.* MoneyDearBoy: Ice-T was apparently paid $800,000 for second billing and a role that doesn't even appear for the first hour of the movie.
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* InkStainAdaptation: Because of the above, Martin didn't write the character for another ten years.years.
* MoneyDearBoy: Ice-T was apparently paid $800,000 for second billing and a role that doesn't even appear for the first hour of the movie.
* MoneyDearBoy: Ice-T was apparently paid $800,000 for second billing and a role that doesn't even appear for the first hour of the movie.
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* InkStainAdaptation: Because of the above, Martin didn't write the character for another ten years.
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* InkStainAdaptation: Because of the above, Martin didn't write the character for another ten years.* MoneyDearBoy: Ice-T was apparently paid $800,000 for second billing and a role that doesn't even appear for the first hour of the movie.
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* CreatorKiller: The producers of this film, who managed to land themselves on copyright holders Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin's "really deep shit list" with their handling of production, all suffered a nasty dropdown in their careers when the film imploded, as did director Rachel Talalay (this was part of a line of flops for her). However, Talalay did move on to directing several TV shows.
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* CreatorKiller: The producers of this film, who managed to land themselves on copyright holders Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin's "really deep shit list" with their handling of production, all suffered a nasty dropdown in their careers when the film imploded, as did director Rachel Talalay (this was part of a line of flops for her). However, Talalay did move has gone on to much greater success directing several TV shows.TV.
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* CreatorBacklash: Hewlett and Martin hated the experience in making this film so much that ''Tank Girl'' was put on hiatus for ten years.
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* CreatorKiller: The producers of this film, who managed to land themselves on copyright holders Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin's "really deep shit list" with their handling of production, all suffered a nasty dropdown in their careers when the film imploded, as did director Rachel Talalay (this was part of a line of flops for her). However, Talalay never directed again, and her career got blasted off the silver screen two years later.did move on to directing several TV shows.
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* ActorInspiredElement: [=DeeTee=] plays a saxophone because Reg E Cathey brought his own saxophone to the audition.
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* DeletedRole: Sub Girl originally played an integral part in the movie but the studio cut her role down to a cameo.
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* FranchiseKiller: Hewlett and Martin protested this movie by stopping production on their comic when it tanked; they didn't pick it up again for another decade.
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* ThrowItIn: Lori Petty states she improvised a fair bit of the dialogue.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Appropriate for its name, Tank Girl [[Pun tanked]]. Budget, $25 million. Box office, $4,064,495.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Appropriate for its name, Tank Girl [[Pun ''Tank Girl'' [[IncrediblyLamePun tanked]]. Budget, $25 million. Box office, $4,064,495.
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* OldShame: For Creator/NaomiWatts.
* StarDerailingRole: Lori Petty.
* StarDerailingRole: Lori Petty.
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** Emily Lloyd was originally going to play Tank Girl, but got fired from the part because she refused to shave her head.
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* DisownedAdaptation: Original creators Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin ''hated'' the movie. Hewlett derided the writers, claiming the script was so lousy he and Martin had to attempt rewrites to return to the comic's style and insert ''Series/GrangeHill'' and ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' jokes since "they obviously weren't getting it". Martin [[http://www.sci-fi-online.com/Interview/02-11-22_AlanMartin.htm mockingly described the result]] as "fat businessmen sitting in offices arguing what's cool" destroying "the heart" of the movie. They were further angered by the fact that the producers were so incompetent they forgot to film "about ten major scenes" and had to bring the duo in to animate them instead, with Hewlett describing the result as "a horrible experience" and Martin joking that "I don't think me or Jamie have ever forgiven them, really."
* ExecutiveMeddling: Quite a bit.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** [[Music/SpiceGirls Posh Spice, Baby Spice]] and [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]] each tried out for the role of Tank Girl.
** At one time or another, Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/JamesCameron both expressed interest in directing.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** [[Music/SpiceGirls Posh Spice, Baby Spice]] and [[Music/NoDoubt Gwen Stefani]] each tried out for the role of Tank Girl.
** At one time or another, Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/JamesCameron both expressed interest in directing.
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