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Solarbabies
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A 1986 sci-fi film directed by Alan Johnson and produced by Mel Brooks' Brooksfilms for MGM.The story is set in a post-apocalyptic future in which most of Earth's water has disappeared. The future is bleak and what is left of the water supply is controlled by the Eco Protectorate (a para-military organization that governs the planet's new order). There are also children, mostly teenagers, living in orphanages created by the Protectorate, designed to indoctrinate new recruits into their service.The protagonists consist of Jason (Jason Patric), Terra (Jami Gertz), Tug (Peter DeLuise), Rabbit (Claude Brooks), Metron (James LeGros), and a young deaf boy named Daniel (Lukas Haas). The orphans play a rough sport which is a hybrid of lacrosse and roller-hockey. The titular Solarbabies have (through their experiences and friendships on the team) managed to forge a bond that unites them and transcends the futile attempts of the Protectorate to control them.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })While hiding in a mineshaft, after a game broken up by the Protectorate, Daniel finds a mysterious orb with special powers. The orb is apparently an alien intelligence called Bohdai, who miraculously restores Daniel's hearing and has other powers, once even creating rain indoors. Daniel takes the orb back to his companions, but another orphan, Darstar, impressed by its abilities and power it promises, steals the orb, hoping to present it to the Tchigani, his native people. He leaves the orphanage with first Daniel and then, as a result, the rest of the Solarbabies in hot pursuit.What follows is a pretty standard '80s post-apocalyptic child-empowerment romp fueled by the power of friendship as the Solarbabies risk life and limb to protect the orb (and each other) from the machinations of the oppressive Protectorate.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })As an interesting sidenote, the film was renamed Solarwarriors in the UK. (possibly to make it sound tougher). However, the dialogue concerning the team name was unchanged. | |
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Nebulous Evil Organisation | |
| Solarbabies / int_2222a43e | comment |
Nebulous Evil Organisation: The E-Protectorate. | |
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Fat and Skinny | |
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Fat and Skinny: The two bounty hunters. Malice is chunky and Dogger is thin. | |
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TechMarchesOn | |
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Tech Marches On: Daniel's "electric ear". Nowadays, he'd just wear a hearing aid. He would have "just worn a hearing aid" in the 80's as well. The cumbersome junky nature of the "electric ear" was a deliberate representation of the "scavenged tech" theme running through the movie. | |
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| Solarbabies / int_26dfe475 | type |
Caring Gardener | |
| Solarbabies / int_26dfe475 | comment |
Caring Gardener: The Warden uses some of his limited drinking water rations to make a flower grow in the middle of the desert. Strictor kills the flower just to be a jerk. | |
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After the End | |
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After the End: You better believe it. Bonus points for also being barren due to lack of water. | |
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Do-Anything Robot | |
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Do-Anything Robot: "Gentlemen, this is Terminac. He is a multi-capable masterpiece. He can squeeze the colour from a ruby or deftly pluck the eye from a living bird. And he is programmed to ''enjoy'' what he does." | |
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Long-Lost Relative | |
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Long-Lost Relative: Terra's dad - who happens to also be the leader of the Eco Warriors. | |
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Commander Contrarian | |
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Commander Contrarian: Metron spends a lot of his time complaining about his friends' decisions. He gets better after a while. | |
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Wise Beyond Their Years | |
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Wise Beyond Their Years: Darstar dips into this occasionally | |
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The Empire | |
| Solarbabies / int_556a4e20 | comment |
The Empire: The E-Protectorate. | |
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Hero of Another Story | |
| Solarbabies / int_581f6468 | comment |
Hero of Another Story: Greentree has little to do with the main action but spent years prior to the movie fighting the sinister E-Protectorate, trying to break their control over the world, a struggle which saw his wife killed and his daughter abducted. | |
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The Smurfette Principle | |
| Solarbabies / int_5d753b19 | comment |
The Smurfette Principle: Terra is the only girl among the heroes. | |
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| Solarbabies / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: Bodhi. In the Mahabhrata, Bodhi stones are powerful orbs which granted enlightenment to the eight village elders the stones with given to. The word "bodhi" is also the Sanksrit word for "enlightenment." | |
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Punny Name | |
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Punny Name: Bodhi gets the appelation "Sphere of Longinus". Longinus is reportedly the name of the Roman soldier who stabbed Christ with a spear. | |
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Tragic Hero | |
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Tragic Hero: Darstar is a bit of one. He steals the orb in the hopes of restoring the spiritual power of his people, but unfortunately they've grown corrupt and his act leads to them being decimated or enslaved. | |
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Recycled IN SPACE! | |
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Recycled IN SPACE!: The movie is best described as Mad Max ON ROLLER SKATES! | |
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Hidden Elf Village | |
| Solarbabies / int_a971e83c | comment |
Greentree leads the Eco-Warriors, who reside in a Hidden Elf Village with one of the world's few oases. Once, he led the battle against the Nebulous Evil Organization, but he's just been laying low and hoping to win by surviving for the past few years. | |
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Wasteland Elder | |
| Solarbabies / int_ab74122a | comment |
Wasteland Elder: Greentree leads the Eco-Warriors, who reside in a Hidden Elf Village with one of the world's few oases. Once, he led the battle against the Nebulous Evil Organization, but he's just been laying low and hoping to win by surviving for the past few years. The Gypsy-esque Tchigani people are also hiding from the E-Police in the wasteland, although their community is far less prosperous than Greentree's. Their leader is only in his thirties and isn't particularly bright or pleasant. However, the group's eldest member is more approachable and the only one who's heard of Bodhi. | |
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Rollerblade Good | |
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Rollerblade Good: The protagonists all ride on roller skates. | |
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Injun Country | |
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Injun Country: Lots of this with Darstar's people the Tchigani. | |
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The '80s | |
| Solarbabies / int_c10da874 | comment |
The '80s: If you've ever seen the trailer. In addition, the protagonists use "roller skates" in the far future setting - seemingly having never heard of "rollerblades" | |
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Outrun the Fireball | |
| Solarbabies / int_c12f0c4 | comment |
Outrun the Fireball: The Solarbabies do this at the end when Bohdai decides to destroy the facility by exploding. He gets better. | |
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A Nazi by Any Other Name | |
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A Nazi by Any Other Name: The E-Protectorate troops wear gray Nazi-like uniforms, break apart families, and try to indoctrinate the world's children into believing their point of view while being willing to kill those who won't accept it. The Big Bad even has a German-sounding name. | |
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Opposing Sports Team | |
| Solarbabies / int_c5d50cb0 | comment |
Opposing Sports Team: The Scorpions are shown, purely to introduce Corrupt Cop characters Gavial and Strictor Grock. | |
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Gene Hunting | |
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Gene Hunting: Darstar tries to track down the village he was taken away from when he was two months old to reunite with his people. | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard: After escaping guards and attack-dogs by climbing a ladder, the heroes push another security guard down the ladder's shaft. The sound of the dogs tearing into the hapless guard can be heard as the characters continue on. Grock gets attacked by his own minions' Robotic Torture Device after it's blinded by the kids. | |
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Imported Alien Phlebotinum | |
| Solarbabies / int_d45ad2f5 | comment |
Imported Alien Phlebotinum: The Orb (Bohdai) | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure | |
| Solarbabies / int_dca70c44 | comment |
Reasonable Authority Figure: The warden doesn't discipline the orphans under his care unless he's forced to by his bosses and lets them go outside the facility's walls on occasion. When disciplining the Solarbabies for going outside without permission to play a game, he says that he would have allowed them to play at the prison if they'd asked. He also pleads with Strictor not to kill Jason and the others after they escape. | |
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Token Black Friend | |
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Token Black Friend: Rabbit is the sole African-American character and is one of the least fleshed out characters. | |
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Bounty Hunter | |
| Solarbabies / int_e44a1a70 | comment |
Bounty Hunter: Malice and Dogger hang around the E-police headquarters in the middle of the wasteland, begging for work and saying they'll kill or capture whoever Strictor wants if he'll give them water. | |
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Pinball Protagonist | |
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Pinball Protagonist: The Solarbabies. | |
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Groin Attack | |
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Groin Attack: Never get fresh with a girl holding a shovel. | |
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Big Damn Heroes | |
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Big Damn Heroes: The appearance of the Eco Warriors to rescue the protagonists from bounty hunters certainly qualifies. | |
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A Nazi by Any Other Name / int_72c49d3b | |
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Born After the End / int_72c49d3b | |
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Bounty Hunter / int_72c49d3b | |
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Caring Gardener / int_72c49d3b | |
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Commander Contrarian / int_72c49d3b | |
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Creepy-Crawly Torture / int_72c49d3b | |
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Desert Punk / int_72c49d3b | |
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Fat and Skinny / int_72c49d3b | |
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Gene Hunting / int_72c49d3b | |
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Token Black Friend / int_72c49d3b | |
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Wasteland Elder / int_72c49d3b |
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