History YMMV / LABYRINTH

** Here's one that predates the Internet: Go into any group of nerds and say "You remind me of the babe..." It will result in an exchange to the effect of "What babe?" "The babe with the power!" ""What power?" "The power of voodoo!" And so on and so forth, repeat Ad nauseam, though this one is actually OlderThanTheyThink, first appearing in the Cary Grant/Shirley Temple film ''Film/TheBachelorAndTheBobbySoxer'' in the form of "You remind me of the man."

* {{Squee}}: David Bowie as Jareth inspires epic amounts of rampant fangirlism to this day (and in-world, the goblins seem to react to ''anything'' Jareth says with intense cackles of delight and exuberance -- though they have problems with timing), while at the same time also provoking plenty of {{Squick}} for other viewers due to the age difference between him and Sarah.

* GeniusBonus: If you know anything about Jungian psychology.
** Terry Jones (from Creator/MontyPython) was a co-writer on the screenplay. This is a guy who can teach doctorate-level classes on literary tropes in his sleep.

* NoYay / {{Squick}}: A 15-year-old being romantically pursued (implied by the line "Just let me rule you...") and watched over by a stretchy pants-wearing goblin king (David Bowie at 39) makes some folks squeamish. There's some disturbing RealitySubtext here, considering the [[https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/i-lost-my-virginity-to-david-bowie reports that Bowie]] [[https://medium.com/@modernistwitch/human-alien-human-6b4a12a3f0a#.gvwgk7tke had an affair with]] [[http://www.salon.com/2016/01/13/the_dark_side_of_david_bowie_as_the_mourning_goes_on_we_cant_ignore_his_history_with_underaged_groupies_in_70s/ a thirteen-year-old groupie]].

* HollywoodHomely: Sarah appears to have no friends, and goes on no dates, in spite of looking like Jennifer Connelly. However, the novelization notes she has at least one school chum, and her interest in fantasy worlds could well be blinding her to what she could be enjoying in the real one. Being depressed over her mother leaving the family has probably also contributed to her isolation.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Do we need to explain when it's DavidBowie?

* HarsherInHindsight: Jim Henson was devastated by the movie's lack of success at the box office, because the project was so emotionally close with him. The fact that he never lived to see it become the beloved cult classic it is now only seems to rub salt in the wound.
** Jim actually was made aware of its growing popularity before his death, he just didn't live to see just how beloved it would become.
** Tri Star had the bad taste to announce it had signed a deal with The Jim Henson Company to make a new Labyrinth film very shortly after David Bowie's death.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Hoggle's costume is an amazing set of animatronics that had to be controlled by 4 people(3 for the face and the woman who played Hoggle).
** Ludo is also very impressive as a costume.

** Here's one that predates the Internet: Go into any group of nerds and say "You remind me of the babe..." It will result in an exchange to the effect of "What babe?" "The babe with the power!" ""What power?"
"The power of voodoo!" And so on and so forth, repeat Ad nauseam, though this one is actually OlderThanTheyThink, first appearing in the Cary Grant/Shirley Temple film ''Film/TheBachelorAndTheBobbySoxer'' in the form of "You remind me of the man."

* DullSurprise: JenniferConnelly as Sarah.

* MagnificentBastard: Jareth.
* MemeticMutation: Every mention of ''Labyrinth'' will almost invariably make mention of "The Area". Including singing adapted lyrics to "Magic Dance" (Pants magic pants! You remind me of the bulge...).
** Here's one that predates the Internet: Go into any group of nerds and say "You remind me of the babe..." The effect is similar to that of singing [[Disney/{{Mulan}} "Let's get down to business!"]] in a group of millennials.
*** What babe?
*** The babe with the power!
*** What power?
*** [[OverlyLongGag The power of voodoo! Who do? You do! Do what? Remind me of the babe...]]
*** Though this one is actually OlderThanTheyThink, first appearing in the Cary Grant/Shirley Temple film ''Film/TheBachelorAndTheBobbySoxer'' in the form of "You remind me of the man."

* FanNickname: The Area. Yes, the internet has ''named'' Bowie's crotch.
** ''Underground'' is the name of Jareth's kingdom according to a big part of the fandom.

* NoYay / {{Squick}}: A 15-year-old being romantically pursued (implied by the line "Just let me rule you...") and watched over by a stretchy pants-wearing goblin king (David Bowie at 39) makes some folks squeamish.

*** Though this one is actually OlderThanTheyThink, first appearing in the Cary Grant/Shirley Temple film ''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' in the form of "You remind me of the man."

** Here's one that predates the Internet: Go into any group of nerds and say "You remind me of the babe..." The effect is similar to that of singing [[Disney/{{Mulan}} Let's get down to business!"]] in a group of millennials.

** Here's one that predates the Internet: Go into any group of nerds and say "You remind me of the babe..."

** Sarah's overt and dramatic wish for the Goblin King to whisk her baby brother away is such a weirdly specific thing to ask for that she almost has no business being shocked when it works.

* MemeticSexGod: Jareth, as can be garnered from the page quote.

* {{Fanon}}: [[Fanon/{{Labyringth}} Now has its own page.]]

* AlternateAesopInterpretation: The moral of the story is obviously about letting go of one's childhood. Not to mention that LifeIsntFair and complaining won't help your situation. However, fans seem to think there's something else there. Most fans seem to think it's about the one-side love story around Jareth and Sarah. A lot of people have thousands of fan works dedicated to this "romantic" movie. When you watch it, what really comes to mind? Do you view this as a man trying to make the girl he loves happy, but is constantly rejected? Or do you view this as a young girl trying to fix a mistake she made and growing up during her journey?