History YMMV / TheFifthElement

** After the increased celebrity status of [=YouTube=] "beauty gurus" like Jeffree Star and James Charles whose [[UncannyValleyMakeup over-the-top makeup]], [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes clothes]] and [[{{Main/Keet}} acting]] make Ruby Rhod look positively subdued, the character now comes across less as ridiculous and now amusingly prescient.

* {{Narm}}: Leeloo being pushed over the edge into thinking HumansAreBastards by a shot of a nuclear explosion. It loses a lot of power when you realize: A) she has absolutely no context for what the image means, and B) seeing as it was filmed in the first place, it's probably just a test. A large part of the narm comes from the confusion as to ''how the hell hasn't she heard of war before?'' She's in the W letter of her encyclopedia, so presummably she's already learned the words "Battle" "Bomb" "Nuclear" "Atom" "Radiation" "Massacre" "Slaughter" "Soldier" "Gun" "Bullet" "Missile" and a pretty long list of warfare-related words that by all means ''should'' have familiarized her with war before.

* OneSceneWonder:

* TheScrappy: Ruby Rhod's supposed to be the comic relief, but the only thing he does is scream like a little girl and complain about everything in a grating, high-pitched voice, and while no one would call the rest of the movie a masterpiece of characterization, Ruby Rhod has zero depth to his character beyond being "humorously effeminate black guy." Not only that, he is completely useless and does nothing to help the plot or the other characters. This seems to be the point of the character, as protagonist Korben Dallas is frequently grimacing around Ruby and clearly dislikes him.

** Leeloo laughing (after Zorg finds out his case is empty) is one of the recurring StockFootage clips [[https://www.youtube.com/@TheCriticalDrinker The Critical Drinker]] uses to express mockery at a certain movie or TV show, usually played in slow motion.

** Additionally, it was considered to be the best adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Valerian}}'' ever made, with Mézières himself, one of the co-creators of the comic, even working on the production design... that is, until twenty years later, when Besson finally got the opportunity to adapt ''Valérian'' [[Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets for real]].

** The guy who [[BullyingADragon tries to mug Korben]] (played by French filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz in a cameo), and his obnoxious neighbor ("''SMOKE YOU!''") who [[FlippingTheBird flips off the cops]]. Both appear for only those scenes, but they're widely seen as among the funniest in the whole movie.

* WTHCastingAgency: Creator/TinyLister, President of the World? And he doesn't get [[Film/{{Friday}} a scene with]] Creator/ChrisTucker?