History Anime / Interstella5555

'''''Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem''''' is an anime-style visualization of the Music/DaftPunk album ''Discovery''. A group of [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe blue-skinned]] extraterrestrial musicians are kidnapped, {{brainwashed}}, and altered, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mind]] and body, to be identical to ordinary humans. Under the control of their abductors, they become rock stars on Earth, playing their music and skyrocketing to massive fame. Can an alien pilot rescue the band, return their memories and get them home? Or will they be forced to play their part in the scheme of the evil, greedy Earl de Darkwood?

* TheCameo: Music/DaftPunk show up in animated form at the Gold Record Awards. They're nominees in the same category as the Crescendolls. Bangalter asks Homem-Christo if he's happy with the nomination, to which Homem-Christo responds with indifference. When they find out they lost to the Crescendolls, Bangalter cheers on the winners with "GREAT" displayed on his helmet. Homem-Christo claps politely, but still has a "heartbreak" symbol on his helmet.

* DescendedCreator: Music\DaftPunk themselves appear in the film.

* DescendedCreator: DaftPunk themselves appear in the film.

* {{Absolute Cleavage}}: the dress Stella wears on her home planet has a CleavageWindow just above her breasts (ie; in the usual place), a very thin division between the two halves of her bodice, AND ANOTHER CUTOUT SEVERAL INCHES BELOW THE WAIST. The effect is oddly innocent -- similar to a midriff-baring top -- but I triple-dog-dare you to pitch that design to anyone on Earth.

* FiveManBand:
** Shep -- TheHero
** Arpegius -- TheLancer
** Octave -- TheSmartGuy
** Baryl -- TheBigGuy
** Stella -- TheChick

* HotBloodedSideburns: Shep!

* TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Baryl

** Octave -- TheBigGuy
** Baryl -- TheSmartGuy

* SchizoTech: The Earl has FasterThanLightTravel, a starship that can disguise itself as a 747 jumbo-jet, and various machines that can alter a person's appearance and memories. He's had some of these since the mid-1700s, and by the time the story takes place, people are still using video cassettes, cathode ray tube televisions, and 75 RPM Longplay records.

* CatGirl: The true form of the alien that got turned into Janice Joplin.

** [[spoiler:Quite literally in the case of Shep. Saves his favorite band, dies, then comes back in spirit form to save them [[JustForPun One More Time]].]]

* TheCameo: Music/DaftPunk show up in animated form at the Gold Record Awards. They're nominees in the same category as the Crescendolls. Bangalter asks Homem-Christo if he's happy with the nomination, to which Homem-Christo responds with indifference--when they find out they lost to the Crescendolls, Bangalter cheers on the winners with "GREAT" displayed on his helmet. Homem-Christo claps politely, but still has a "heartbreak" symbol on his helmet.

* AlmostKiss: Shep and Stella during the dream sequence in "Digital Love" before the [[MoodWhiplash ship's warning signal starts sounding]]

* SimpleYetOpulent: Stella's award show dress has enough frills to be pimped out, but is otherwise simple.

* CanisLatinicus: "Veridis Quo" [[spoiler:[[DontExplainTheJoke ("Very Disco") ]][[TitleDrop *flip* ("discovery)]]]]

* CanisLatinicus: "Veridis Quo" [[spoiler:[[DontExplainTheJoke ("Very Disco")]]]]

[[AC: The music tracks are the same as the ''Discovery'' album:]]

* AscendedFanboy

* CoolStarship

* {{Cosplay}}

* CrapsaccharineWorld

* FiveManBand
** TheHero -- Shep
** TheLancer -- Arpegius
** TheBigGuy -- Octave
** TheSmartGuy -- Baryl
** TheChick -- Stella

* NoNameGiven

* ShoutOut

* SurveillanceStationSlacker

* DoomTroops: The Earl's soldiers

* NoNameGiven: We only know the band by their names as the Crescendolls. Their names are only momentarily given during [[FreezeFrameBonus brief moments in the "Crescendolls" section.]]

** The arrival of the band in a van at night is reminiscent of many ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' episodes.

* TheCameo: Music/DaftPunk show up in animated form at the Gold Record Awards. They're nominees in the same category as the Crescendolls. Bangalter asks Homem-Christo if he's happy with the nomination, to which Homem-Christo responds with indifference--when they find out they lost to the Crescendolls, Bangalter cheers on the winners with "GREAT" displayedo n his helmet. Homem-Christo claps politely, but still has a "heartbreak" symbol on his helmet.

* TheCameo: Music/DaftPunk show up in animated form at the Gold Record Awards. They're nominees in the same category as the Crescendolls... and lose. They don't seem unhappy about it though, and somewhat pleasantly surprised they were nominated in the first place. Well, Bangalter is quite happy about it, anyway. As for Homem-Christo, when he finds out they lost to the Crescendolls, he claps politely, but still has a "heartbreak" symbol on his helmet.

** Arguably, their homeworld; everyone was too busy enjoying the concert to worry about planetary security in the first place.

* RousseauWasRight: After humanity learns the true identity of the Crescendolls, they spare no expense in setting things right. Although they also get access to the Earl's tech that's still working, plus possibly some of the tech from repairing and relaunching Shep's starship.

* CoolStarship: It's shaped like an electric guitar!

* FakeBand: The good Baron takes manufactured bands to a whole new level, with an [[LiteralMinded actual production line]] for them.
* FalseMemories

** The cyborgs' car is crushed by a truck, and when emerging from it, the damaged cyborg has a red eye behind sunglasses, like in ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.
** Darkwood Manor looks an awful like [[VideoGame/{{Castlevania}} a certain vampire's castle.]] The music in that segment wouldn't be out of place in one of those games either.
** The arrival of the band in a van during the night is reminiscent of many ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' episodes.