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* EvilIsCool: The Black Queen. She makes her debut by murdering two rapists that were about to assault our titular heroine, while wearing an EyepatchOfPower and showing phenomenal skill with two knives. She carries herself with flair and confidence even as her attempts to seduce Barbarella fail time and again. And it's ''her'', not Barbarella, who puts a stop to the real BigBad's plans, accepting that she will die in the process (due to sheer luck, she doesn't, happily enough).
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: It's not unlikely that Barbarella refuses the Black Queen's advances not because they're both women, but because the Black Queen murdered two men in front of her. Barbarella's other rescuers used far less lethal ways of saving her.

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* SpecialEffectFailure: The invisible wall separating the Chamber of Dreams from the outside world. Invisible wall? More like pane of glass, considering you can see Barbarella reflected on it.

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* SpecialEffectFailure: SpecialEffectFailure:
** For the opening sequence, Jane Fonda was made to roll around on a pane of glass to give the illusion that she was floating in zero gravity. Unfortunately during some close-ups she is very obviously reflected on the glass.
** The wires lifting Barbarella's spaceship are very easy to spot in the moments after Mark Hand repairs it.
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The invisible wall separating the Chamber of Dreams from the outside world. Invisible wall? More like pane of glass, considering you can see Barbarella reflected on it.
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* DracoInLeatherPants: The Black Queen. Since the movie isn't supposed to be taken seriously, no one pays any attention to the fact that she's pretty awful and only see Anita Pallenberg in kinky see-through outfits. Many viewers end up preferring her to Barbarella.

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* DracoInLeatherPants: The Black Queen. Since the movie isn't supposed to be taken seriously, no one pays any attention to the fact that she's pretty awful awful, and we only see Anita Pallenberg in kinky see-through outfits. Many viewers end up preferring her to Barbarella.



* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Made in Italy and France, it was the second most profitable movie of its year in the UK (number one was ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' in case you're wondering).
* HilariousInHindsight: Anyone watching the movie after the 80's might find a villain named Music/DuranDuran a little hard to take seriously.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Made in Italy and France, it was the second most profitable movie of its year in the UK United Kingdom (number one was ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' ''Disney/TheJungleBook'', in case you're wondering).
* HilariousInHindsight: Anyone watching the movie after the 80's 1980s might find a villain named Music/DuranDuran a little hard to take seriously.
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* NightmareFuel: The dolls tormenting Barbarella and tearing into her flesh.
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* MemeticMutation: People really like to repeat the line "De-crucify the angel (or I'll melt your face)!" and (probably sarcastically) champion it as one of the greatest lines in film history.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Talitha Pol, who played the woman who offers Barbarella her hookah, died of an overdose just three years after this movie.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Duran Duran - "You turned them into fagots!" [[note]]Made better by the fact that he's talking about how Barbarella broke his {{Orgasmatron}}.[[/note]]

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* AccidentalInnuendo: Duran Duran Durand Durand - "You turned them into fagots!" [[note]]Made better by the fact that he's talking about how Barbarella broke his {{Orgasmatron}}.[[/note]]
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The Black Queen's attraction to Barbarella is very much out in the open; it's not subtext or accidental homoeroticism.


* FoeRomanceSubtext[=/=]LesYay: Barbarella and the Black Queen (as it happens, the Black Queen was played by Anita Pallenberg, a bisexual model and actress). Stills exists for a deleted scene, where they apparently ended up kissing.
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The most remembered parts from the movie are Jane Fonda's striptease and the scene where she's put in the Excessive Machine.

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: The most remembered parts from the movie are Jane Fonda's Creator/JaneFonda's striptease and the scene where she's put in the Excessive Machine.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Made in Italy and France, it was the second most profitable movie of its year in the UK (number one was ''Disney/TheJungleBook'' in case you're wondering).
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* SpecialEffectFailure: The invisible wall separating the Chamber of Dreams from the outside world. Invisible wall? More like pane of glass, considering you can see Barbarella reflected on it.
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* DracoInLeatherPants: The Black Queen. Since the movie isn't supposed to be taken seriously, no one pays any attention to the fact that she's pretty awful and only see Anita Pallenberg in kinky see-through outfits.

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* DracoInLeatherPants: The Black Queen. Since the movie isn't supposed to be taken seriously, no one pays any attention to the fact that she's pretty awful and only see Anita Pallenberg in kinky see-through outfits. Many viewers end up preferring her to Barbarella.

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** Barbarella (TheIngenue) with the Great Tyrant (TheCaligula).
** Pygar (he's as good as Barbarella, plus he's a literal angel) with the Great Tyrant.

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** Barbarella (TheIngenue) with the Great Tyrant Black Queen (TheCaligula).
** Pygar (he's as good as Barbarella, plus he's a literal angel) with the Great Tyrant.Black Queen.



* DracoInLeatherPants: The Black Queen. Since the movie isn't supposed to be taken seriously, no one pays any attention to the fact that she's pretty awful and only see Anita Pallenberg in kinky see-through outfits.



* WTHCostumingDepartment: Many, many outfits, but the large horn on the Great Tyrant's head stands out as the stupidest costume design choice.

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* WTHCostumingDepartment: Many, many outfits, but the large horn on the Great Tyrant's Black Queen's head stands out as the stupidest costume design choice.
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* AwesomeMusic: The OST is very memorable in general, but "Fight in Flight" stands out particularly in its awesomeness.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Well, it was TheSixties. The story, the characters, their clothes, their names, the sets. First time you watch the movie, you'll be staring at the screen in disbelief. It could only have been made in the Drugs Decade. There is literally not a single scene, dialog or set that could count as an exception.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Well, it was TheSixties. The story, the characters, their clothes, their names, the sets. First time you watch the movie, you'll be staring at the screen in disbelief. It could only have been made in the Drugs Decade. There is literally not a single scene, dialog dialogue or set that could count as an exception.
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* WTHCostumingDepartment: Many, many outfits, but the large horn on the Great Tyrant's head stands out as the stupidest costume design choice.
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* AngelDevilShipping:
** Barbarella (TheIngenue) with the Great Tyrant (TheCaligula).
** Pygar (he's as good as Barbarella, plus he's a literal angel) with the Great Tyrant.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Duran Duran - "You turned them into fagots!" [[note]]Made better by the fact that he's talking about how Barbarella broke his {{Orgasmatron}}.[[/note]]
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* FridgeLogic: Due to the ban on physical sex, Barbarella is a virgin whose first time ends up being with the fur trapper.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Anyone watching the movie after the 80's might find a villain named Music/DuranDuran a little hard to take seriously.
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* FoeRomanceSubtext[=/=]LesYay: Barbarella and the Black Queen (as it happens, the Black Queen was played by Anita Pallenberg, a bisexual model and actress).

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* FoeRomanceSubtext[=/=]LesYay: Barbarella and the Black Queen (as it happens, the Black Queen was played by Anita Pallenberg, a bisexual model and actress). Stills exists for a deleted scene, where they apparently ended up kissing.
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* FoeYay[=/=]LesYay: Barbarella and the Black Queen (very appropriately, as the Black Queen was played by Anita Pallenberg, a bisexual model and actress).

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* FoeYay[=/=]LesYay: FoeRomanceSubtext[=/=]LesYay: Barbarella and the Black Queen (very appropriately, as (as it happens, the Black Queen was played by Anita Pallenberg, a bisexual model and actress).



** I'd say read the original Jean-Claude Forest comic book: It gets even odder from there...

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** I'd say read the The original Jean-Claude Forest comic book: It gets book is even odder from there...odder...
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* BestKnownForFanservice: The most remembered parts from the movie are Jane Fonda's striptease and the scene where she's put in the Excessive Machine.

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* BestKnownForFanservice: BestKnownForTheFanservice: The most remembered parts from the movie are Jane Fonda's striptease and the scene where she's put in the Excessive Machine.
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* BestKnownForFanservice: The most remembered parts from the movie are Jane Fonda's striptease and the scene where she's put in the Excessive Machine.

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* FoeYay / LesYay: Barbarella and the Black Queen (very appropriately, as the Black Queen was played by Anita Pallenberg, a bisexual model and actress).
* NightmareFuel: The dolls tormenting Barbarella & tearing into her flesh.

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* FoeYay / LesYay: FoeYay[=/=]LesYay: Barbarella and the Black Queen (very appropriately, as the Black Queen was played by Anita Pallenberg, a bisexual model and actress).
* NightmareFuel: The dolls tormenting Barbarella & and tearing into her flesh.flesh.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Well, it was TheSixties. The story, the characters, their clothes, their names, the sets. First time you watch the movie, you'll be staring at the screen in disbelief. It could only have been made in the Drugs Decade. There is literally not a single scene, dialog or set that could count as an exception.
** I'd say read the original Jean-Claude Forest comic book: It gets even odder from there...
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* LesYay: Barbarella and the Black Queen (very appropriately, as the Black Queen was played by Anita Pallenberg, a bisexual model and actress).

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* FoeYay / LesYay: Barbarella and the Black Queen (very appropriately, as the Black Queen was played by Anita Pallenberg, a bisexual model and actress).

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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: While excecuted kind of lame, the dolls tormenting Barbarella & tearing into her flesh are still pretty nightmarish.


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* NightmareFuel: The dolls tormenting Barbarella & tearing into her flesh.
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: While excecuted kind of lame, the dolls tormenting Barbarella & tearing into her flesh are still pretty nightmarish.

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* AdaptationDisplacement

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* AdaptationDisplacementAdaptationDisplacement: More people are familiar with the film than with the comic book.
* LesYay: Barbarella and the Black Queen (very appropriately, as the Black Queen was played by Anita Pallenberg, a bisexual model and actress).
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