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'''''Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem''''' is an anime-style visualization of the [[Daft Punk (Music)|Daft Punk]] album ''Discovery''. A group of [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|blue-skinned]] extraterrestrial musicians are kidnapped, [[Brainwashed]], and altered, [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|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?
 
This film features no dialogue, yet the animation is expertly synced with music, making for an easily followed yet captivating film.
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== The music tracks are the same as the ''Discovery'' album: ==▼
 
▲== '''The music tracks are the same as the ''Discovery'' album: =='''
# "One More Time"
# "Aerodynamic"
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# "Too Long"
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=== ''Interstella 5555'' provides examples of: ===
 
* [[Adorkable]]: Baryl the drummer.
* [[Alien Abduction]]: [[Inverted Trope]].
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** {{spoiler|Quite literally in the case of Shep. Saves his favorite band, dies, then comes back in spirit form to save them [[Just for Pun|One More Time]].}}
** In a sense, Daft Punk themselves, working with [[Leiji Matsumoto|their favorite anime director]] to create the movie.
* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy|Beethoven Was an Alien Musician]]: The story implies that [[Mozart]], Ella Fitzgerald, and [[Janis Joplin (Music)|Janis Joplin]] among others were previous alien victims of the [[Big Bad]].
* [[Biting the Handkerchief|Biting the Hat]]: Baryl when {{spoiler|Shep is dying}}.
* [[Brainwashed]]
* [[The Cameo]]: [[Daft Punk (Music)|Daft Punk]] 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.
* [[Canis Latinicus]]: "Veridis Quo" {{spoiler|[[Don't Explain the Joke|("Very Disco")]]}}
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** Arguably, their homeworld; everyone was too busy enjoying the concert to worry about planetary security in the first place.
* [[Cross-Cultural Handshake]]: Happened in the later half between Arpegius and the Crescendolls' human manager.
* [[Deal Withwith the Devil]]: {{spoiler|Earl de Darkwood made a deal with an unidentified supernatural entity during his childhood, in which he gives 5,555 award-winning musicians to it in exchange for cosmic powers. The main characters will be #5,555 if he isn't stopped.}}
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: {{spoiler|Shep}}
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: See [[Load-Bearing Boss]] below.
* [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]]: Stella
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Baryl as an alien, but not as a human.
* [[Dying Declaration of Love]]: {{spoiler|Shep to Stella.}}
* [[ET Gave Us Wi -Fi|E.T. Gave Us Music]]
* [[False Memories]]
* [[Fan Service]]: The entirety of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger".
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* [[Hollywood Cyborg]]
* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]: Shep!
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: Seemingly played straight when it turns out the malevolent invaders are from Earth, {{spoiler|then subverted when the rest of the population is informed to the Earl's plans and do everything they can to help the Crescendolls.}}
* [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place]]: Or in this case, a very funky and psychedelic place with big shiny objects that can heavily damage your ship.
* [[Instant Sedation]]: The knockout gas subdues everyone within seconds.
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Stella
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Earl de Darkwood
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Before the Crescendolls, Earl de Darkwood's previous victims were famous musicians who look an ''awful lot'' like [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], [[Jimi Hendrix (Music)|Jimi Hendrix]], Ella Fitzgerald, [[Janis Joplin (Music)|Janis Joplin]] and Jimmy Page.
* [[No Name Given]]: We only know the band by their names as the Crescendolls. Their names are only momentarily given during [[Freeze -Frame Bonus|brief moments in the "Crescendolls" section.]]
* [[Non -Standard Character Design]]: Baryl is shorter than the other characters and has dots for eyes. This is a staple of [[Leiji Matsumoto]]'s style.
* [[The Nudifier]]: The lasers cutting off the aliens' clothes during the processing.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Baryl looks like a teenager or a little kid. He's actually 20.
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* [[Rousseau Was Right]]: 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.
* [[Save the Villain]]: Attempted by Arpegius with the [[Big Bad]]. See [[Disney Villain Death]] and [[Load-Bearing Boss]] above.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: [[Daft Punk (Music)|Daft Punk]] appear as themselves in a cameo at the music awards ceremony, where they lose to the main characters. In case you don't get the significance of that, in a 65 minute video (opening and credits included), they have a five-second cameo, and then they ''lose to a fake band playing their music''.
* [[Shoot Him! He Has a Wallet!]]: Octave, when sneaking into the record company is confronted by security guards and gets tasered when he reaches into his jacket for the papers about the memory disks he's trying to retrieve.
* [[The Short Guy Withwith Glasses]]: Baryl
* [[Shout-Out]]
** The guards at the record company watch a soccer game between France and Japan. This is a subtle nod to the cross-cultural cooperation that produced a Japanese anime set to the music of the French [[Daft Punk (Music)|Daft Punk]]. (Note the score: 2-1 for the French -- theFrench—the Daft Punk duo and the one [[Leiji Matsumoto]].)
** Several shout outs to Leiji Matsumoto's works:
*** The hand-on-heart salute of the alien is similar to the one in ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Anime)|Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]''.
*** During the music award, Baryl's disguise includes [[Captain Harlock (Anime)|Captain Harlock]]'s coat and hat.
*** Toward the end, Shep's ship uses a lengthy trail to take off, a reference to ''[[Galaxy Express 999 (Manga)|Galaxy Express 999]]''.
** Several allusions to ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (Film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' with Shep's space walk and the psychedelic wormhole. ''Discovery'' was released in 2001.
** The "Crescendolls" logo is inspired by Coca-Cola's.
** When "One More Time" climbs to #2 on the charts, #1 is "High Anxiety" by Mel "Bean" Brooks -- ''[[High Anxiety]]'' being the title of an actual [[Mel Brooks]] film.
** The cyborgs' car is crushed by a truck, and when emerging from it, the damaged cyborg has a red eye behind sunglasses, like in ''[[Terminator (Filmfranchise)|Terminator]]''.
** Darkwood Manor looks an awful like [[Castlevania|a certain vampire's castle.]]
** The arrival of the band in a van during the night is reminiscent of many ''[[Scooby -Doo (Animationanimation)|Scooby Doo]]'' episodes.
* [[Showgirl Skirt]]: The fancy dress Stella wears to watch the fashion show.
* [[Surveillance Station Slacker]]: The 3 soldiers watching the "One More Time" concert rather than paying attention to planetary defense.
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