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Line 4: {{quote\|''"It's an intriguing mix of genocide and modern dance!"''\|'''Joel Robinson'''}} In this sci-fi flick edited down from the 1978 Japanese TV series ''Star Wolf'', our hero, Ken, is a, well, Star Wolf: part of a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy\|Proud Warrior Race]] of [[Super Soldier]] [[Space Pirate\|Space Pirates]] from the planet Valnastar (or "Valna" for short), who [[Star Fox (~~Video Game~~series)\|can't let you do that]]. During a Valna raid on the planet Earth, Ken suddenly hesitates to shoot a child he finds in the street when the child's mother runs to "Ken" -- triggering a flashback to Starwolf Ken's [[Parental Abandonment]] issues. When his best friend, a fellow soldier ([[Running Gag\|possibly also named Ken -- the dub isn't clear]]) tries to shoot both of them, Ken [[Gun Struggle\|attempts to stop him, and the gun goes off]]. Ken is immediately marked as a traitor to the Valna, and barely escapes pursuit by his former comrades by faking his own death in [[The Asteroid Thicket]]. He's rescued by the passing Earth starship the "Bacchus 3". Alcoholic Captain Joe discovers evidence that Ken is a Star Wolf Raider, but hides it from the rest of the crew, who still don't quite buy his flimsy cover story. After singlehandedly saving the Bacchus and its crew from a Star Wolf attack, Ken is brought back to Earth under "protective custody". He escapes. The [[Title Drop\|fugitive alien]] tries to hijack the Bacchus to escape, but he gets caught by a very drunk Captain Joe. He has his reasons -- he just learned that he'd [[Retirony\|lost his wife and child in the Valna attack, just when he was planning to retire]]. Despite his anger at what Ken's people did, Joe actually listens to Ken's story, and is convinced enough to end up "[[Blackmail\|inviting]]" Ken, who is STUCK HERE!, to join the rest of his crew: Rocky the pilot, some other guys, and Tammy the <s>morale officer</s> [[The Chick\|Chick]]. Ken accepts. At first, Rocky distrusts Ken, and he even tries to kill Ken with a forklift and fails, which would at least hint that Ken's a Star Wolf; but later they become friends. Tammy has an unrequited crush on Ken. Line 14: The original Japanese serial was based on the ''Starwolf'' trilogy novels by Edmond Hamilton, who also authored most of the ''[[Captain Future]]'' stories; Hamilton cooperated with the production of both the series and an anime version of ''Captain Future''. For the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' versions of both films, please see the following [[Mystery Science Theater 3000 ~~(TV)~~/Recap\|episode recaps]]: * ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 ~~(TV)~~/Recap/S03 /E10 Fugitive Alien\|Fugitive Alien]]'' [Episode 310] * ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 ~~(TV)~~/Recap/S03 /E18 Star Force Fugitive Alien II\|Star Force: Fugitive Alien II]]'' [Episode 318] ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== ''[[Fugitive Alien]]'' has examples of: ===~~ * [[Alien Invasion]]: The film opens with one of these, although it's not very successful. * [[Bald of Evil]]: Lord Halkon * [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: Several dials/meters on the ''Bacchus 3'' are labeled hilarious things, such as: Space Speed, Cabin Air Presser, Tenperature, Sunny Side, and Other Side. Or the members of the ''Bacchus 3'' wearing jumpsuits emblazoned with the badge "Security Guard". Line 37 ⟶ 36: * [[Hong Kong Dub]] * [[I Have Many Names]]: The Star Wolves. Also their planet: is it Valna, Valnastar or Valna's Star? (In the original novels its name was "Varna," but the translators were either unaware the show was based on a pulp series in ''English'', or [[They Just Didn't Care\|didn't care]].) * [[It Works Better ~~With~~with Bullets]]. The Captain never keeps bullets in his gun, which makes it easy for him to overcome Ken when he grabs it out of his holster. * [[The Lancer]]: Rocky * [[Leitmotif]]: The theme song, heard in instrumental form many times. * [[Meaningful Name]]: People drink a ''lot'' on the Bacchus 3. Especially Captain Joe. * [[Mood Whiplash]]: The outburst by Captain Joe. {{quote\| '''Ken:''' What did I do to deserve this?~~<br />~~ '''Captain Joe:''' (pensive) We don't deserve half the things we get. (laughs maniacally, then throws down his pen angrily) '''''You're stuck here!''''' }} * [[Nice Hat]]: Captain Joe's Joe baseball hat. Line 51 ⟶ 50: * [[Satellite Character\|Satellite Characters]]: Billy and Dan. * [[Shallow Love Interest\|Shallow Love Interests]]: Tammy, Rita {{quote\| '''Rita:''' I can't kill the one I love.}} * [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]: Try to figure out how the setting is organized. The ship can reach speeds of "Mach 56", planets are part of [[You Keep Using That Word\|"constellations"]], and that's just the beginning. * [[Space Clothes]]: They appear to be made out of vinyl. * [[Space Jews]]: Did anybody else find it odd that the evil alien races are all made up to resemble non-Japanese people? The Valna raiders have blond hair (well, it's kind of unclear whether or not they're wigs; Ken's certainly is, but {{spoiler\|he's not actually a Valnastar native,}} and Rita's hair is probably her "real" hair,) the Caesarians have pale makeup, and there was that one sort of Arab sheikh guy... Line 69 ⟶ 68: [[Category:Films of the 1980s]] [[Category:Fugitive Alien]] [[Category:Film]]