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A 1995 film based on the notorious comic book series ''[[Tank Girl]]'', starring [[A League of Their Own|Lori Petty]] as Tank Girl, [[Naomi Watts]] as Jet Girl and... rapper [[Ice T]] as a mutant kangaroo.
A 1995 film based on the notorious comic book series ''[[Tank Girl]]'', starring [[A League of Their Own|Lori Petty]] as Tank Girl, [[Naomi Watts]] as Jet Girl and... rapper [[Ice T]] as a mutant kangaroo.
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* [[Adrenaline Makeover]]: Jet Girl.
* [[Adrenaline Makeover]]: Jet Girl.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking/Film|Arson, Murder And Jaywalking]]
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking/Film|Arson, Murder And Jaywalking]]
{{quote| '''Tank Girl''': The Rippers are a demonic army of bloodthirsty, human-eating, purse-snatchin', mutant creatures. }}
{{quote|'''Tank Girl''': The Rippers are a demonic army of bloodthirsty, human-eating, purse-snatchin', mutant creatures. }}
*[[Apocalypse How]]:
*[[Apocalypse How]]:
{{quote| '''Tank Girl''': Listen up, cause I'm only telling you this once. I'm not bedtime story lady, so pay attention. It's 2033. The world is screwed now. You see, a while ago this humongous comet came crashing into the earth. Bam, total devastation. End of the world as we know it. No celebrities, no cable TV, no water. It hasn't rained in 11 years. Now 20 people gotta squeeze inside the same bathtub - so it ain't all bad.}}
{{quote|'''Tank Girl''': Listen up, cause I'm only telling you this once. I'm not bedtime story lady, so pay attention. It's 2033. The world is screwed now. You see, a while ago this humongous comet came crashing into the earth. Bam, total devastation. End of the world as we know it. No celebrities, no cable TV, no water. It hasn't rained in 11 years. Now 20 people gotta squeeze inside the same bathtub - so it ain't all bad.}}
* [[Art Shift]]: The movie is interspersed with images drawn in the comic book style, as well as a few somewhat related animated sequences.
* [[Art Shift]]: The movie is interspersed with images drawn in the comic book style, as well as a few somewhat related animated sequences.
* [[Artistic License Astronomy]]: The impact of a comet somehow destroys so much of the Earth's water that it hasn't rained in 11 years.
* [[Artistic License Astronomy]]: The impact of a comet somehow destroys so much of the Earth's water that it hasn't rained in 11 years.
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Tank Girl
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Tank Girl
* [[Costume Test Montage]]: Tank Girl in the Liquid Silver dressing room.
* [[Costume Test Montage]]: Tank Girl in the Liquid Silver dressing room.
* [[Crapsack World]]: albeit a very wacky one.
* [[Crapsack World]]: albeit a very wacky one.
* [[Crowd Song]]: Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" in Liquid Silver.
* [[Crowd Song]]: Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" in Liquid Silver.
* [[Death World]]: Let's see, an evil [[Mega Corp]] with its own [[Mildly Military]] [[Elite Mooks]] hunting and killing whoever they can find, almost no water, monster killer kangaroos... check, check and check. Granted, it's pretty heavily parodied and subverted by the end.
* [[Death World]]: Let's see, an evil [[Mega Corp]] with its own [[Mildly Military]] [[Elite Mooks]] hunting and killing whoever they can find, almost no water, monster killer kangaroos... check, check and check. Granted, it's pretty heavily parodied and subverted by the end.
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Sam (the 10 year old girl), repeatedly.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Sam (the 10 year old girl), repeatedly.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Keslee, played by [[Malcolm McDowell]] at his hammiest.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Quite a bit.
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Quite a bit.
* [[Famous Last Words]]: {{spoiler|1=DeeTee.}}
* [[Famous Last Words]]: {{spoiler|1=DeeTee.}}
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* [[Groin Attack]]: TG nails a Water & Power trooper with his own gun.
* [[Groin Attack]]: TG nails a Water & Power trooper with his own gun.
* [[Gun in My Pocket]]
* [[Gun in My Pocket]]
* [[A Handful for An Eye]]: Tank Girl to a Water and Power trooper.
* [[A Handful for an Eye]]: Tank Girl to a Water and Power trooper.
* [[Hit You So Hard Your X Will Feel It]]: The title character tells Kesslee "I'm gonna hit you so hard, your children will be born bruised!"
* [[Hit You So Hard Your X Will Feel It]]: The title character tells Kesslee "I'm gonna hit you so hard, your children will be born bruised!"
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Kesslee's water draining device.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Kesslee's water draining device.
* [[Hologram]]: Kesslee's head after his operation.
* [[Hologram]]: Kesslee's head after his operation.
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Tank Girl is fairly competent on her own, but her sidekick Jet Girl is significantly saner and somewhat more practical, meaning that because of her most of Tank Girl's schemes don't end with her dead.
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Tank Girl is fairly competent on her own, but her sidekick Jet Girl is significantly saner and somewhat more practical, meaning that because of her most of Tank Girl's schemes don't end with her dead.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Tank Girl deciding to stop for a musical number in Liquid Silver instead of escaping.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Tank Girl deciding to stop for a musical number in Liquid Silver instead of escaping.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Human/Mutant-kangaroo-that-was-formerly-a-dog.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Human/Mutant-kangaroo-that-was-formerly-a-dog.
* [[Laughably Evil]]: Keslee is a ludicrously hammy batshit crazy [[Evil Overlord]] who makes such ridiculous decisions as cutting off his own head and replacing it with a hologram.
* [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]]: Tank Girl and Jet Girl when they enter Liquid Silver.
* [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]]: Tank Girl and Jet Girl when they enter Liquid Silver.
* [[Magic Brakes]]: After Tank Girl steals the Water & Power truck.
* [[Magic Brakes]]: After Tank Girl steals the Water & Power truck.
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* [[Self-Destructive Charge]]: {{spoiler|1=DeeTee}} during the final battle inside Water and Power.
* [[Self-Destructive Charge]]: {{spoiler|1=DeeTee}} during the final battle inside Water and Power.
* [[Shadow Discretion Shot]]: The Rippers in their initial appearances.
* [[Shadow Discretion Shot]]: The Rippers in their initial appearances.
* [[Shout-Out]]: to ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' - the bucket of water falling on Kesslee's head and killing him.
* [[Shout-Out]]: to ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' - the bucket of water falling on Kesslee's head and killing him.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Jet girl starts out like this. Tank girl quickly slaps it out of her.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Jet girl starts out like this. Tank girl quickly slaps it out of her.
* [[Smoking Barrel Blowout]]: Jet Girl after she shoots Sergeant Small.
* [[Smoking Barrel Blowout]]: Jet Girl after she shoots Sergeant Small.
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* [[Storming the Castle]]
* [[Storming the Castle]]
* [[Tank Goodness]]
* [[Tank Goodness]]
* [[Tap On the Head]]: Multiple examples
* [[Tap on the Head]]: Multiple examples
* [[The Dragon]]: Sergeant Small, to Kesslee.
* [[The Dragon]]: Sergeant Small, to Kesslee.
* [[Truth Serum]]: The Rippers' use of nitrous oxide.
* [[Truth Serum]]: The Rippers' use of nitrous oxide.
* [[Two Words Obvious Trope]]: "I got two words for you...Brush your teeth!"
* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope]]: "I got two words for you...Brush your teeth!"
* [[Vanity License Plate]]: The tank has the license plate "[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|TANK]]" on the back and "KNAT" on the front.
* [[Vanity License Plate]]: The tank has the license plate "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|TANK]]" on the back and "KNAT" on the front.
* [[We Will Meet Again]]: Kesslee uses the "This isn't over" variant.
* [[We Will Meet Again]]: Kesslee uses the "This isn't over" variant.
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** [[Spice Girls (Music)|Posh Spice, Baby Spice]] and [[No Doubt (Music)|Gwen Stefani]] each tried out for the role of Tank Girl.
** [[Spice Girls|Posh Spice, Baby Spice]] and [[No Doubt|Gwen Stefani]] each tried out for the role of Tank Girl.
** At one time or another, [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[James Cameron]] both expressed interest in directing.
** At one time or another, [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[James Cameron]] both expressed interest in directing.
* [[Wrench Wench]]: Jet Girl
* [[Wrench Wench]]: Jet Girl
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Kesslee to Captain Derouche, a subordinate who failed to stop the Rippers.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Kesslee to Captain Derouche, a subordinate who failed to stop the Rippers.


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[[Category:Cult Classic]]
[[Category:Films Based on Comics]]

Latest revision as of 15:07, 11 October 2023

A 1995 film based on the notorious comic book series Tank Girl, starring Lori Petty as Tank Girl, Naomi Watts as Jet Girl and... rapper Ice T as a mutant kangaroo.

Tropes used in Tank Girl (film) include:

Tank Girl: The Rippers are a demonic army of bloodthirsty, human-eating, purse-snatchin', mutant creatures.

Tank Girl: Listen up, cause I'm only telling you this once. I'm not bedtime story lady, so pay attention. It's 2033. The world is screwed now. You see, a while ago this humongous comet came crashing into the earth. Bam, total devastation. End of the world as we know it. No celebrities, no cable TV, no water. It hasn't rained in 11 years. Now 20 people gotta squeeze inside the same bathtub - so it ain't all bad.

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