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'''''Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem''''' is an anime-style visualization of the [[
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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** {{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 [[
* [[Biting the Handkerchief|Biting the Hat]]: Baryl when {{spoiler|Shep is dying}}.
* [[Brainwashed]]
* [[The Cameo]]: [[
** 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
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: {{spoiler|Shep}}
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: See [[Load-Bearing Boss]] below.
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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]], [[
* [[No Name Given]]: We only know the band by their names as the Crescendolls. Their names are only momentarily given during [[Freeze
* [[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.
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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]]: [[
* [[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
* [[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 [[
** Several shout outs to Leiji Matsumoto's works:
*** The hand-on-heart salute of the alien is similar to the one in ''[[
*** During the music award, Baryl's disguise includes [[
*** Toward the end, Shep's ship uses a lengthy trail to take off, a reference to ''[[
** Several allusions to ''[[
** 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 (
** 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
* [[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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