History YMMV / TankGirl

* LoveItOrHateIt: Is it good? Was it always awful? Are the post-''Deadline'' revival series a terrible betrayal of the early strips? And whatever you do, don't bring it up on a female-centric comics site, for fear of igniting the ever-smouldering conflict between female fans who like it and female fans who think it's a terrible combination of everything [[ShowyInvincibleHero that]] [[JerkAss could]] [[MaleGaze possibly]] [[ManicPixieDreamGirl go wrong]] when male creators try to produce a badass "strong female character".

* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: Tank Girl and Jet Girl, mostly on Tank Girl's part.

* HollywoodHomely: a pre-stardom Creator/NaomiWatts, of all people... here she's merely ''cute''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/NaomiWatts as Jet Girl

* HamAndCheese: Everyone knows how silly the thing is and have a ball.

* CompleteMonster: In this film based on the [[ComicBook/TankGirl comic]], [[BigBad Kesslee]] is [[CorruptCorporateExecutive the head of Water & Power]], a tyrannical MegaCorp holding a monopoly on a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] world's water. Happily condemning the rest of the world's populace to die of thirst, Kesslee demonstrates his cruelty by [[BadBoss forcing]] a [[YouHaveFailedMe failed minion]] of his to walk on broken glass before sucking out all the water in his body and drinking it. Ordering a massacre on peaceful farmers he suspects of harboring water, Kesslee captures the two survivors-- Rebecca, the titular Tank Girl, and her young companion Sam-- and, fascinated by Rebecca's fighting prowess, begins to break her down through a series of [[ColdBloodedTorture sadistic, prolonged tortures]] to convince her to work for him. After a failed attempt to break into a Ripper hideout leaves him mortally wounded, Kesslee restyles himself as a cyborg--thanking the doctor who initially attempted to heal him by [[UngratefulBastard murdering her]]--Kesslee leads an attack on the Rippers' nightclub and threatens to drown Sam in front of Rebecca as one last ploy to control her. Establishing slave labor for his own benefit and allowing his guards free reign to more atrocities, Kesslee thoroughly proves himself the worst in a dog-eat-dog world.

* CompleteMonster: In this film based on the [[ComicBook/TankGirl comic]], CorruptCorporateExecutive [[BigBad Kesslee]] is the [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniacal]], selfish head of [[MegaCorp Water & Power]], a tyrannical mega-government ruling over a [[AfterTheEnd dystopian Earth]]. Kesslee sanctions all the water in the world for himself and leaves everyone else to die of dehydration, setting the plot in motion by leading a massacre on a peaceful group of people harboring water for themselves and leaving new survivors but the young [[TagalongKid Sam]] and [[TheHero Rebecca]]. Fascinated by Rebecca's fighting ability, Kesslee begins a series of [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] in order to force Rebecca to work with him, using her as a [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave]] in a mine where said slaves are often harassed if not outright killed by the {{Sadist}}ic guards. Once she refuses to break, Kesslee uses her as live bait to open a booby-trapped rigged gate to a [[LaResistance Ripper]] hideout. After he's gravely injured, Kesslee restyles him self as a {{Cyborg}} and [[UngratefulBastard murders the doctor who had initially attempted to heal him]]. From there, he has his goons attack a nightclub and kidnap Sam to use as leverage, threatening to [[WouldHurtAChild drown her]] unless [[WeCanRuleTogether Rebecca works for him]]. Kesslee also allows his {{Mooks}} to sexually abuse other employees and prisoners. A cruel, {{Greed}}y despot, Kesslee proved the lowest of the low in a [[CrapsackWorld dog-eat-dog world]], with no limits to his avarice or {{Pride}}.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The bizarre animation? That's because they forgot to film those scenes! Seriously, that's a whole new level of not giving a fuck. They had to rope in Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin to rush-animate those scenes, much to their displeasure.
** They really didn't forget, they ran out of money to film those parts. It is still quite jarring.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Is it good? Was it always awful? Are the post-''Deadline'' revival series a terrible betrayal of the early strips? And whatever you do, don't bring it up on a female-centric comics site, for fear of igniting the ever-smouldering conflict between female fans who like it and female fans who think it's a terrible combination of everything that could [[MaleGaze possibly]] [[ManicPixieDreamGirl go wrong]] when male creators try to produce a badass "strong female character".

* SoBadItsGood: Let's be honest, this isn't cinema's greatest achievement, but it has loads of NarmCharm and is somewhat of a CultClassic.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Is it good? Was it always awful? Are the post-''Deadline'' revival series a terrible betrayal of the early strips? And whatever you do, don't bring it up on a female-centric comics site, for fear of igniting the ever-smouldering conflict between female fans who like it and female fans who think it's a terrible combination of [[JerkSue everything]] [[GodModeSue that could]] [[MaleGaze possibly]] [[ManicPixieDreamGirl go wrong]] when male creators try to produce a badass "strong female character".

* LoveItOrHateIt: Is it good? Was it always awful? Are the post-''Deadline'' revival series a terrible betrayal of the early strips? And whatever you do, don't bring it up on a female-centric comics site, for fear of igniting the ever-smouldering conflict between female fans who like it and female fans who think it's a terrible combination of everything that could possibly go wrong when male creators try to produce a badass "strong female character".

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: As a direct reference to ''Film/{{Shaft}}'', the music that plays when Tank Girl sneaks around a garage and finds her tank sounds very similar to the ''Shaft'' theme song.

* CompleteMonster: In this film based on the [[ComicBook/TankGirl comic]], CorruptCorporateExecutive [[BigBad Kesslee]] is the [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniacal]], [[SelfishEvil selfish]], head of [[MegaCorp Water & Power]], a tyrannical mega-government ruling over a [[AfterTheEnd dystopian Earth]]. Kesslee sanctions all the water in the world for himself and leaves everyone else to die of dehydration, setting the plot in motion by leading a massacre on a peaceful group of people harboring water for themselves and leaving new survivors but the young [[TagalongKid Sam]] and [[TheHero Rebecca]]. Fascinated by Rebecca's fighting ability, Kesslee begins a series of [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] in order to force Rebecca to work with him, using her as a [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave]] in a mine where said slaves are often harassed if not outright killed by the {{Sadist}}ic guards. Once she refuses to break, Kesslee uses her as live bait to open a booby-trapped rigged gate to a [[LaResistance Ripper]] hideout. After he's gravely injured, Kesslee restyles him self as a {{Cyborg}} and [[UngratefulBastard murders the doctor who had initially attempted to heal him]]. From there, he has his goons attack a nightclub and kidnap Sam to use as leverage, threatening to [[WouldHurtAChild drown her]] unless [[WeCanRuleTogether Rebecca works for him]]. Kesslee also allows his {{Mooks}} to sexually abuse other employees and prisoners. A cruel, {{Greed}}y despot, Kesslee proved the lowest of the low in a [[CrapsackWorld dog-eat-dog world]], with no limits to his avarice or {{Pride}}.

* CompleteMonster: In this film based on the [[ComicBook/TankGirl comic]], CorruptCorporateExecutive [[BigBad Kesslee]] is the [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniacal]], [[SelfishEvil selfish]], head of [[MegaCorp Water & Power]], a tyrannical mega-government ruling over a [[AfterTheEnd dystopian Earth]]. Kesslee sanctions all the water in the world for himself and leaves everyone else to die of dehydration, setting the plot in motion by leading a massacre on a peaceful group of people harboring water for themselves and leaving new survivors but the young [[TagalongKid Sam]] and [[TheHero Rebecca]]. Fascinated by Rebecca's fighting ability, Kesslee begins a series of [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] in order to force Rebecca to work with him, using her as a [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave]] in a mine where said slaves are often harassed if not outright killed by the {{Sadist}}ic guards. Once she refuses to break, Kesslee uses her as live bait to open a booby-trapped rigged gate to a [[LaResistance Ripper]] hideout. After he's gravely injured, Kesslee restyles him self as a {{Cyborg}} and [[UngratefulBastard murders the doctor who had initially attempted to heal him]]. From there, he has his goons attack a nightclub and kidnap Sam to use as leverage, threatening to [[WouldHurtAChild drown her]] unless [[WeCanRuleTogether Rebecca works for him]]. Kesslee also allows his {{Mooks}} to sexually abuse other employees and prisoners. A cruel, {{Greed}}y despot, Kesslee proved the lowest of the low in a [[CrapsackWorld dog-eat-dog world]], with no limits to his avarice or {{Pride}}..

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Kesslee]] is the {{selfish|Evil}}, [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniacal]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive head]] of [[MegaCorp Water & Power]], a tyrannical mega-government ruling over a [[AfterTheEnd dystopian Earth]]. Kesslee sanctions all the water in the world for himself and leaves everyone else to die of dehydration, setting the plot in motion by leading a massacre on a peaceful group of people harboring water for themselves and leaving new survivors but the young [[TagalongKid Sam]] and [[TheHero Rebecca]]. Fascinated by Rebecca's fighting ability, Kesslee begins a series of [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] in order to force Rebecca to work with him, using her as a [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave]] in a mine where said slaves are often harassed if not outright killed by the [[{{Sadist}} sadistic guards]]. Once she refuses to break, Kesslee uses her as live bait to open a booby-trapped rigged gate to a [[LaResistance Ripper]] hideout. After he's gravely injured, Kesslee restyles him self as a [[{{Cyborg}} cyborg]] and murders the doctor who had initially attempted to heal him. From there, he has his goons attack a nightclub and kidnap Sam to use as leverage, threatening to drown her unless [[WeCanRuleTogether Rebecca works for him]]. Kesslee also allows his {{Mooks}} to sexually abuse other employees and prisoners. A cruel, [[{{Greed}} greedy]] despot, Kesslee proved the lowest of the low in a [[CrapsackWorld dog-eat-dog world]], with no limits to his avarice or [[{{Pride}} pride]].

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Kesslee]] is the {{selfish|EviL}}, [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniacal]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive head]] of [[MegaCorp Water & Power]], a tyrannical mega-government ruling over a [[AfterTheEnd dystopian Earth]]. Kesslee sanctions all the water in the world for himself and leaves everyone else to die of dehydration, setting the plot in motion by leading a massacre on a peaceful group of people harboring water for themselves and leaving new survivors but the young [[TagalongKid Sam]] and [[TheHero Rebecca]]. Fascinated by Rebecca's fighting ability, Kesslee begins a series of [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] in order to force Rebecca to work with him, using her as a [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave]] in a mine where said slaves are often harassed if not outright killed by the [[{{Sadist}} sadistic guards]]. Once she refuses to break, Kesslee uses her as live bait to open a booby-trapped rigged gate to a [[LaResistance Ripper]] hideout. After he's gravely injured, Kesslee restyles him self as a [[{{Cyborg}} cyborg]] and murders the doctor who had initially attempted to heal him. From there, he has his goons attack a nightclub and kidnap Sam to use as leverage, threatening to drown her unless [[WeCanRuleTogether Rebecca works for him]]. Kesslee also allows his {{Mooks}} to sexually abuse other employees and prisoners. A cruel, [[{{Greed}} greedy]] despot, Kesslee proved the lowest of the low in a [[CrapsackWorld dog-eat-dog world]], with no limits to his avarice or [[{{Pride}} pride]].

* CompleteMonster: CorruptCorporateExecutive [[BigBad Kesslee]] is the egomaniacal, [[SelfishEvil selfish]] head of [[MegaCorp Water & Power]], a tyrannical mega-government ruling over a [[AfterTheEnd dystopian Earth]]. Kesslee sanctions all the water in the world for himself and leaves everyone else to die of dehydration, setting the plot in motion by leading a massacre on a peaceful group of people harboring water for themselves and leaving new survivors but the young [[TagalongKid Sam]] and [[TheHero Rebecca]]. Fascinated by Rebecca's fighting ability, Kesslee begins a series of [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] in order to force Rebecca to work with him, using her as a [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave]] in a mine where said slaves are often harassed if not outright killed by the [[{{Sadist}} sadistic guards]]. Once she refuses to break, Kesslee uses her as live bait to open a booby-trapped rigged gate to a [[LaResistance Ripper]] hideout. After he's gravely injured, Kesslee restyles him self as a [[{{Cyborg}} cyborg]] and murders the doctor who had initially attempted to heal him. From there, he has his goons attack a nightclub and kidnap Sam to use as leverage, threatening to drown her unless [[WeCanRuleTogether Rebecca works for him]]. Kesslee also allows his {{Mooks}} to sexually abuse other employees and prisoners. A cruel, [[{{Greed}} greedy]] despot, Kesslee proved the lowest of the low in a [[CrapsackWorld dog-eat-dog world]], with no limits to his avarice or [[{{Pride}} pride]].

* CompleteMonster: CorruptCorporateExecutive [[BigBad Kesslee]] is the egomaniacal, [[SelfishEvil selfish]] head of [[MegaCorp Water & Power]], a tyrannical mega-government ruling over a [[AfterTheEnd dystopian Earth]]. Kesslee sanctions all the water in the world for himself and leaves everyone else to die of dehydration, setting the plot in motion by leading a massacre on a peaceful group of people harboring water for themselves and leaving new survivors but the young [[TagalongKid Sam]] and [[TheHero Rebecca]]. Fascinated by Rebecca's fighting ability, Kesslee begins a series of [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] in order to force Rebecca to work with him, using her as a [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave]] in a mine where said slaves are often harassed if not outright killed by the [[{{Sadist}} sadistic guards]]. Once she refuses to break, Kesslee uses her as live bait to open a booby-trapped rigged gate to a [[LaResistance Ripper]] hideout. After he's gravely injured, Kesslee restyles him self as a [[{{Cyborg}} cyborg]] and murders the doctor who had initially attempted to heal him. From there, he has his goons attack a nightclub and kidnap Sam to use as leverage, threatening to drown her unless [[WeCanRuleTogether Rebecca works for him]]. Kesslee also allows his {{Mooks}} to sexually abuse other employees and prisoners. A cruel, [[{{Greed}} greedy]] despot, Kesslee proved the lowest of the low in a textbook [[CrapsackWorld dog-eat-dog world]], with no limits to his avarice or [[{{Pride}} pride]].

* HollywoodHomely: a pre-stardom NaomiWatts, of all people... here she's merely ''cute''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: NaomiWatts as Jet Girl

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uv-9mJCTkk The Girl U Want]], by {{Devo}}.

* GuiltyPleasures

* TheScrappy: The series itself has been this ever since it started appearing in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd Megazine''; every month there's at least one letter begging for it to be removed.

* TheScrappy: The series itself has been this ever since it started appearing in ''JudgeDredd Megazine''; every month there's at least one letter begging for it to be removed.

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses The Line Twice, Comes Back To Dance A Merry Jig On The Line, Then Shoots The Line With The Tank's Cannon For Good Measure]].