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* [[Bald of Evil]]: Ming.
* [[Bathe Her and Bring Her To Me]]: Both male and female examples.
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Ming never actually says "Pathetic earthlings, who will save you now?" Except in the [[Trailers Always Lie|trailer]].
** Ming does say "Pathetic earthlings", a '''lot'''. (ie. "Pathetic earthlings, hurling yourself out into the void...")
* [[Beard of Evil]]: Ming, of course.
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* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Prince Thun.
* [[Blood Sport]]: Vultan's wobbly arena equipped with [[Spikes of Doom]].
* [[B
** Still you've got to admire Dale's priorities.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Vultan is probably the most famous example. Not surprising, since he's played by [[Brian Blessed]].
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: '''[[Brian Blessed|DIIIIIIVE!!]]'''
* [[Cat Fight]]: Princess Aura (after her [[Heel Face Turn]]) and Dale Arden, much to the amusement of everybody watching. (Half of it is a ''pillow fight''.)
* [[Cold
* [[Cult Soundtrack]]: Pretty much the entire movie soundtrack by [[Queen (Music)|Queen]]. Especially the theme song. It's Queen. What do you expect?
{{quote| FLASH! AAAAAAAHHHHH-AAAAAAAHHHHHH! SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE!}}
* [[
* [[The Dark Chick]]: General Kala.
* [[Double Edged Answer]]: Emperor Ming offers to give Earth to Flash to rule.
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'''Ming:''' [[But for Me It Was Tuesday|Later!]] I like to play with things awhile... before annihilation. '''''HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!''''' }}
* [[Falling Into the Cockpit]]: Flash (Stand for every one of us!)
* [[Family
* [[Fan Service]]:
** Aura, Dale, Ming's handmaidens, and every other female in the film.
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* [[Fighter Launching Sequence]]: Hawkmen vs. Ajax.
* [[Finish Him]]
* [[Five
** [[Big Bad]]: Ming the Merciless
** [[The Dragon]] / [[The Evil Genius]]: Klytus
** [[The Dark Chick]]: General Kala
** [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]: Princess Aura
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Flash (He'll save with a mighty hand!)
*** Hell, there's even a song on the soundtrack called "The Hero".
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* [[For Great Justice]]: Vultan
* [[For the Evulz]]: "I like to play with them for awhile... before annihilation."
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: But of course. It's cheesy [[Sci Fi]] action, it's practically a law.
* [[Future Spandex]]: Both General Kala and Princess Aura wear lycra/spandex costumes.
* [[Galactic Conqueror]]: Ming the Merciless' reveal that he threatens whole star systems with destruction definitely places him on this level. He is also referred to as the Emperor of the Universe and the Galaxy.
* [[Gas Mask Mooks]]: The soldiers in Ming's palace.
* [[Gladiator Games]]
* [[Go
* [[Groin Attack]]: One of Ming's goon squad to Flash before the "football game" begins.
* [[Ham to Ham Combat]]: Every single scene with any dialogue. Period.
* [[Hand in The Hole]]: In Arboria, with the woodbeast.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: In alphabetical order; Aura, Barin and Vultan.
* [[Hey
** Also [[Star Wars|Porkins]]!
** And [[Doctor Who (TV)|Light]] as one of Vultan's guys!
** [[Harry Potter|Kingsley Shacklebolt]] as Prince Thun, who can offer nothing this year but his loyalty.
* [[High Heel Face Turn]]: Princess Aura
* [[Highly
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Dale refuses Aura's offer of a poison she can give Ming on their wedding night, because [[I Gave My Word|she has promised to be a good wife]] to Ming in exchange for his sparing Prince Barin and Dr. Zarkoff.
{{quote| '''Aura''': My father has never kept a vow in his life!<br />
'''Dale''': I can't help that. Keeping our word is one of the things that make us better than you. }}
* [[
* [[Human Aliens]]: The people of Mongo.
* [[Humans Are Special]]
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* [[I Gave My Word]]
* [[Ignored Expert]]: Hans Zarkov warning about an attack from space.
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: "Prepare her for our '''pleasure!'''", also Ming's "wedding vows" on the trope page.
* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: Flash uses football tactics to beat up a bunch of imperial guardsmen.
* [[Impairment Shot]]: Flash's vision ''clears'' from blurred as Zarkov tosses him a football, which allows him to mop the floor with Klytus' soldiers.
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'''Klytus:''' An obscure body in the SK system, Your Majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet... Earth.<br />
'''Ming:''' How peaceful it looks... ''(activates button marked EARTH QUAKE)'' }}
* [[
* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: Prince Vultan to Flash before Flash's suicide run.
* [[James Bondage]]: Flash in little leather shorts strapped to a chair....
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* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: As in [[Flash Gordon (Comic Strip)|the comics]], Barin loves Aura, who lusts after Flash, who loves Dale.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Zarkov, who can't understand why NASA fired him or why Flash and Dale seemed frightened of him...
* [[Mad
* [[Made of Evil]]
* [[Magic Countdown]]: The timer that shows how long is left before the Earth is destroyed.
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''...[[Happiness Is Mandatory|UNDER PAIN OF DEATH]]'' }}
* [[Music of Note]]: Score by [[Queen (Music)|Queen]].
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Ming claims to only destroy planets that are advanced enough to realize his attacks aren't natural disasters...hence, it's Zarkov's own attempt to warn humanity that nearly dooms the Earth.
** He also gets Flash killed. Good going.
*** He [[Only Mostly Dead|gets better]] though.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: General Kala orders Zarkov programmed with high-level information about Mongo's technology and security systems despite being warned that it's probably more than the human mind can take, thus equipping him with all the knowledge he'll need to assist the revolution.
* [[No Except Yes]]:
{{quote| Humanity.<br />
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* [[Notable Original Music]]
* [[Ominous Floating Castle]]
* [[One
* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: Flash.
* [[Parental Incest]]: Implied between Ming and Aura.
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* [[Stillborn Franchise]]: The actors signed up for a trilogy of films a la ''[[Star Wars]]'', and there was a spinoff children's TV show.
* [[Take My Hand]]: Flash does this for Barin at the end of their duel.
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: Barin.
* [[Tap On the Head]]: Vultan to Ming's goon squad and Hans Zarkov to Flash (accidentally).
* [[Technicolor Science]]
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* [[Whip It Good]]: Flash and Barin duel with whips in one scene. Luckily, [[Defeat Means Friendship]].
* [[What Could Have Been]]: All actors were signed for three movies, but problems with star Sam J. Jones during post-production (which lead to [[Same Language Dub]] above) pretty much killed the trilogy.
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]]: The film harkens back to the 1960's DeLaurentiis films like ''[[Danger Diabolik (Film)|Danger Diabolik]]'' and ''[[Barbarella]]''.
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: Basic human emotions have been driven out of Mongo by Ming, where honor, justice, even ''crying'' have been forgotten and replaced by constant violent bickering and infighting, stirred up by Ming.
{{quote| '''Aura:''' Look! Water is leaking from her eyes!<br />
'''Ming:''' It's what they call "tears". It's a sign of their weakness. }}
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