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7	''Zapped!'' is a 1982 Teen SexComedy film directed by Robert J. Rosenthal and starring Creator/ScottBaio.
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9	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 (Creator/WillieAames) and class president Bernadette (Creator/FeliceSchachter). Over the course of the film, he uses these powers to win baseball games, control roulette wheels, convince his mother he's possessed, and, of course, make women's clothes fly off, particularly those of senior class beauty queen Jane Mitchell (Creator/HeatherThomas). Several elements of the plot borrow from ''Film/Carrie1976'', with some additional spoofing of ''Film/TheExorcist'' and even ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
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11	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, ''Film/ZappedAgain'', to be released in 1990.
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13	Not to be confused with the 2014 Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie ''[[Film/Zapped2014 Zapped]]'', with British TV fantasy fiction comic parody ''Series/{{Zapped}}'', or with the wiki term for 'speedy deletion' per Administrivia/TVTropesGlossary
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16	!!This film includes examples of:
17	* AllMenArePerverts: Many scenes have Barney using his powers to undress girls, and Peyton enjoys taking racy pictures of them, particularly when they're not expecting it.
18	* AlphaBitch: Jane; her first scene has here talking to who seem to be other popular girls.
19	* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: The chemical which explodes and gives Barney his powers seems to be a combination of plant fertilizer, cannabis extract, whiskey, and beer.
20	* [[AvoidTheDreadedGRating Avoid The Dreaded PG Rating]]: Originally the movie was shot for a PG rating in mind, but when ''{{Film/Porkys}}'' got huge, several scenes were reshot to secure an R rating.
21	* CoolOldGuy: Baseball coach Dexter Jones, played by Creator/ScatmanCrothers.
22	* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Ms. Burnhart {{Lampshades}} this when insisting her personal ad said ''joie de vivre'' instead of "joy for living".
23	* FallingInLoveMontage: Barney and Bernadette, to David Pomeranz's "Got to Believe in Magic".
24	* {{Fanservice}}: Tons of it, most commonly with Jane.
25	* FanserviceExtra:
26	** The two girls in the convertible who get their tops zapped off.
27	** The redhaired girl who gets her tube top zapped off after the baseball game. She's played by Jewel Shepard, who had a steady career in the 80s and 90s with {{Fanservice}} parts in sex comedies and as a Scream Queen in horror films.
28	** Loads and loads of them at the prom of both genders, when the telekinetic windstorm makes everyone's clothes fly off.
29	* GoingCommando: Some of the girls at the prom stripping scene, presumably to help give the film its intended R-rating.
30	* GoldDigger: Jane only puts up with her self-centered, possessive boyfriend because he's a rich college brat, and begins to become interested in Peyton when he spins her a line about having to choose between pre-med, pre-law, and business school.
31	* HotWind: Jane, as Barney fantasizes about her in Ms. Burnhart's class.
32	* InnocentInnuendo: Coach Jones hears this while Barney and Bernadette are stuffing marijuana into the incinerator.
33	* JerkJock: Greg Bradford, a rich, boisterous, and self-centered frat boy.
34	* MarijuanaIsLSD: Inhaling the smoke from the marijuana in the incinerator causes Coach Jones to have a MushroomSamba.
35	* MarilynManeuver: One of the {{Fanservice Extra}}s at the prom tries this, only to have her dress get blown completely off.
36	* MindOverMatter: Barney's telekinesis.
37	* {{Mooning}}: Two guys from a rival school do this to Barney after their baseball team loses. They end up regretting it, as do the two Fanservice Extras in the car with them.
38	* MsFanservice: Jane, who thanks to Barney ends up topless rather frequently.
39	* MushroomSamba: Coach Jones has a wild one-bike riding with UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein while Coach's wife chases them on a chariot and shoots explosive salami rolls at them from a bazooka-after Barney and Bernadette put the marijuana in the incinerator.
40	* NakedFreakOut: Jane, after Barney pulls her entire prom dress off. Also, a number of Fanservice Extras at the prom.
41	* NaughtyUnderTheTable: Walter Coolidge and Rose Burnhart, first at the restaurant and later at the prom.
42	* TheNudifier: Barney's powers when used to undress women.
43	%% * 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 mock him) but he gets a little carried away at the prom scene.
44	%% How is he using powers in a perverted manner?
45	* PutMeInCoach: Barney plays on the school baseball team but hasn't been picked to play until the end of a game, when he uses his powers to cheat.
46	* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Strictly speaking, any girl that finds herself suddenly stripped by Barney's powers; it's not like they're actually ''volunteering'' to end up topless in front of the entire senior class. More specifically Jane, not only when Barney strips her on more than one occasion, but also when Peyton takes a topless photo of her without her consent and is prepared to distribute 500 copies of it.
47	* SexySecretary: Miss Updike, who goes so far as to do a cheesecake photo shoot and to make out with Peyton.
48	* TanLines: On a number of Fanservice Extras in the prom stripping scene.
49	* VerbedTitle: "Zapped" is one word in the past perfect tense.
50	* WardrobeMalfunction: The effect of Barney using his powers on girls frequently looks like this trope, what with skirts flying up and blouses popping open inexplicably.
51	* WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore: A short ''Series/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]]''.

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