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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Booga finds Sub Girl sadistically torturing a robot:

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards: When Booga finds Sub Girl sadistically torturing a robot:
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dewicking per TRS, example does not fit other tropes


* BandageBabe: Tank primarily, but a lot of the characters wear random wrapped joints and heads that rarely if ever have anything to do with any actual injuries (and which in any case tend to move around depending on [[RuleOfCool how cool they look]]. Tank also usually sports at least one PointlessBandAid, usually somewhere on her head.

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* {{Mooning}}: A strip published in 1989 ends with Tank Girl mooning the reader, revealing the words "Up Yours" written on her ass.

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* {{Mooning}}: {{Mooning}}:
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A strip published in 1989 ends with Tank Girl mooning the reader, revealing the words "Up Yours" written on her ass.ass.
** In the fifth issue of ''King Tank Girl'', the story "Commando" ends with Sub Girl, Jet Girl and Tank Girl flashing their bottoms at Booga and Barney to prove that they were on the third day of their underwear routine (which was [[GoingCommando not wearing underwear at all]] after one day of wearing underwear normally and one day of wearing them inside-out).
-->'''Booga:''' Now ''that's'' an ending I can really get behind!


* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Or whatever color she feels like this issue.
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%%* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Booga

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%%* * ArtisticLicenseBiology: BoogaBooga and the other Rippers are said to be kangaroo-human hybrids created by some handwaved science-y stuff. They barely resemble kangaroos and have fewer kangaroo-like traits as the series goes on.



%%* BandageBabe: When the PointlessBandAid doesn't go far enough.

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%%* * BandageBabe: When Tank primarily, but a lot of the PointlessBandAid doesn't go far enough.characters wear random wrapped joints and heads that rarely if ever have anything to do with any actual injuries (and which in any case tend to move around depending on [[RuleOfCool how cool they look]]. Tank also usually sports at least one PointlessBandAid, usually somewhere on her head.



%%* GoodAngelBadAngel: Even Tank Girl's Good shoulder angel has a foul mouth!
%%* HeroicComedicSociopath: GUESS WHO!

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%%* * GoodAngelBadAngel: Even Subverted in that even Tank Girl's Good shoulder angel has still ends up making terrible suggestions and swearing a foul mouth!
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lot.
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HeroicComedicSociopath: GUESS WHO!The entire joke of Tank Girl's character is that she often isn't that far removed from the bad guys she battles in terms of villainy; she's just a lot funnier than they are.



%%* KaleidoscopeHair: Frequently redyed version.
%%* KangarooCourt: Literally.

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%%* * KaleidoscopeHair: Frequently redyed version.
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Tank Girl's hair color not only changes between comics but often between ''panels.''
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KangarooCourt: Literally.The Rippers are mutant humanoid kangaroos living in an underground commune, where this trope is often taken literally when it comes to strangers to make their way into Ripper territory.



%%* RuleOfFunny

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%%* RuleOfFunny* RuleOfFunny: The whole comic is an amoral, hilarious, no-holds-barred world where even the vaguest semblance of a plot gets derailed in favor of what's funniest at the moment.



%%* UnlimitedWardrobe

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%%* UnlimitedWardrobe* UnlimitedWardrobe: Tank Girl tends to show up dressed in whatever costume is convenient at the moment. It's never remarked upon where she gets her clothes or when she changes them, all chalked up to the comic's fast-and-loose grasp of continuity.



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%%* WorldGoneMad* WorldGoneMad: The comic starts off in a post-apocalyptic Outback where the world's gone topsy-turvy in order to survive. Then you realize that all these characters are nuts and probably would have been like this even if the world ''wasn't'' topsy-turvy.

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Bald Women is now a disambiguation


* BaldOfAwesome / BaldWomen: Tank Girl usually shaves her head apart from a few wildly-coloured locks.


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* CharlieBrownBaldness: Tank Girl usually shaves her head apart from a few wildly-coloured locks.
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''Tank Girl'' is a wacky British indie comic created by artist Jamie Hewlett (later of Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame) and written by Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is probably why it is so damn fun]].

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''Tank Girl'' is a wacky British indie comic created by artist Jamie Hewlett (later of Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame) and written by Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the [[LandDownUnder Australian outback, outback]], most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is probably why it is so damn fun]].
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''Tank Girl'' is a wacky British indie comic created by Jamie Hewlett (later of Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is probably why it is so damn fun]].

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''Tank Girl'' is a wacky British indie comic created by artist Jamie Hewlett (later of Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame) and written by Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is probably why it is so damn fun]].
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%%* ArtMajorBiology: Booga

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%%* ArtMajorBiology: ArtisticLicenseBiology: Booga
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'''The !!The comic contains examples of:'''of:
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''Tank Girl'' is a wacky British indie comic created by Jamie Hewlett (later of Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is why it is so damn fun]].

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''Tank Girl'' is a wacky British indie comic created by Jamie Hewlett (later of Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is probably why it is so damn fun]].
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''Tank Girl'' is a wacky British indie comic created by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is why it is so damn fun]].

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''Tank Girl'' is a wacky British indie comic created by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) (later of Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is why it is so damn fun]].
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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is why it is so damn fun]].

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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre wacky British indie comic created by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is why it is so damn fun]].
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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling.

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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling.
storytelling. [[RuleOfFun Which is why it is so damn fun]].

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* AnythingThatMoves: Boys, girls, mutant kangaroos, her own tank--whatever she finds sexy, Tank Girl will at least make a pass at it.



* BaldOfAwesome / BaldWomen: Tank Girl usually shaves her head apart from a few widly-coloured locks.

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* BaldOfAwesome / BaldWomen: Tank Girl usually shaves her head apart from a few widly-coloured wildly-coloured locks.


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* {{Continuity}}: Played fast, loose, and always for laughs. Continuity between story arcs? Heck, you're lucky to get it between ''panels.''


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* SapientTank: Tank Girl's tank almost functions as a ''pet,'' in that it sometimes follows her around (even when she tells it to stay), comes when called (except if it gets distracted), responds positively to her approval and becomes upset when she scolds it. Also they've had sex.


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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Of a sort. If Tank Girl wants to be naked, she's going to be naked whether anyone (including the reader) wants to see it or not.
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* LandSeaSky: Tank, Jet, and Sub have the dynamic of being a trio representing land, sea and air.

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* LandSeaSky: Tank, Jet, Sub, and Sub Jet have the dynamic of being a trio representing land, sea sea, and air.

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Cleaning up zero context examples and Fan Myopia. Not everyone's familiar enough with Tank Girl that you can mention stuff out of context and expect other editors to know what you're talking about!


* ActionGirl: Tank Girl and her buddies Jet Girl and Sub Girl.

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* ActionGirl: Tank Girl and her buddies Jet Girl and Sub Girl.Girl are females who fight very well.



* ArtMajorBiology: Booga

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* %%* ArtMajorBiology: Booga



* AxCrazy: All the characters at times, but especially Barney.

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* AxCrazy: All the characters are insanely violent at times, but especially Barney.



* BandageBabe: When the PointlessBandAid doesn't go far enough.
* BlackHumor

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* %%* BandageBabe: When the PointlessBandAid doesn't go far enough.
* BlackHumorBlackComedy: The comic has a lot of the violence played for morbid humor.



* DelinquentHair: Take a guess...
* DemotedToExtra: Steve and Camp Koala.

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* DelinquentHair: Take Tank Girl has most of her hair shaved off to show she's a guess...
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rebel.
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DemotedToExtra: Steve and Camp Koala.



* EggMacGuffin: In ''The Royal Escape''.

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* %%* EggMacGuffin: In ''The Royal Escape''.



* EyesAlwaysShut: In the first few stories, Tank Girl had this.
* FanService: Her outfits (and libido) make Madonna look prudish.

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* EyesAlwaysShut: In the first few stories, Tank Girl always had this.
her eyes closed.
* FanService: {{Fanservice}}: Her outfits (and libido) make Madonna look prudish.



* FullFrontalAssault: ''AUGH''! Booga, put some pants on!
* GoodAngelBadAngel: Even Tank Girl's Good shoulder angel has a foul mouth!
* HeroicComedicSociopath: GUESS WHO!

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* FullFrontalAssault: ''AUGH''! Booga, put some pants on!
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The ''World War Tank Girl'' miniseries featured Tank Girl and her allies fighting Nazis in the nude.
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GoodAngelBadAngel: Even Tank Girl's Good shoulder angel has a foul mouth!
* %%* HeroicComedicSociopath: GUESS WHO!



* InterspeciesRomance: Tank Girl is romantically involved with a genetically enhanced kangaroo. [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Not to mention]]... [[http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv324/immortalpictures/Tank_Girl_-_Apocalypse_04_p21.jpg you know]].
* KaleidoscopeHair: Frequently redyed version.
* KangarooCourt: Literally.

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* InterspeciesRomance: Tank Girl is romantically involved with a genetically enhanced kangaroo. [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Not to mention]]... There was also an occasion]] [[http://i696.photobucket.com/albums/vv324/immortalpictures/Tank_Girl_-_Apocalypse_04_p21.jpg you know]].
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where Tank Girl had a child with her own tank]].
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KaleidoscopeHair: Frequently redyed version.
* %%* KangarooCourt: Literally.



* TheLadette: One of the first really extreme comics examples.
* LandSeaSky: Tank, Jet, and Sub have this dynamic.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Booga was not shy.
* {{Male to Female Universal Adaptor}}: Booga has one. We... didn't really need to see it.
* NegativeContinuity: Apart from the odd BrickJoke.

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* TheLadette: One The main character is one of the first really extreme comics examples.
examples of a woman who acts like a frat boy.
* LandSeaSky: Tank, Jet, and Sub have this dynamic.
the dynamic of being a trio representing land, sea and air.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Booga was not shy.
* {{Male to Female Universal Adaptor}}: Booga
has one. We... didn't really need to see it.
had his penis visible several times.
* MaleToFemaleUniversalAdaptor: Booga's penis is compatible with Tank Girl.
* {{Mooning}}: A strip published in 1989 ends with Tank Girl mooning the reader, revealing the words "Up Yours" written on her ass.
* NegativeContinuity: Apart from the odd BrickJoke.BrickJoke, nothing really stays consistent.



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Many examples, generally highly derogatory.

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* %%* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Many examples, generally highly derogatory.



* RuleOfFunny

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* %%* RuleOfFunny



* TankGoodness

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* TankGoodnessTankGoodness: The title character rides in a tank.



* TomboyishName: Barney.
* UnlimitedWardrobe

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* TomboyishName: Barney.
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Barney is a girl who has a masculine name.
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UnlimitedWardrobe



* WorldGoneMad

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* %%* WorldGoneMad
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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created in 1988 by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling.

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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created in 1988 by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling.
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''Tank Girl'' started as a comic strip in the British magazine ''Deadline''. It was made into [[Film/TankGirl a movie]] in 1995 starring Lori Petty (The voice of [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Livewire]]) and also featuring Naomi Watts, Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, and Music/IceT. Unfortunately the movie flopped and was considered by the creators to be a bad adaptation, causing Martin to quit in disgust. The financial failure also caused the collapse of ''Deadline''.

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''Tank Girl'' started as a comic strip in the British magazine ''Deadline''. It was made into [[Film/TankGirl a movie]] in 1995 starring Lori Petty (The voice of [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Livewire]]) and also featuring Naomi Watts, Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, and Music/IceT. Unfortunately the movie flopped and was considered by the creators to be a bad adaptation, causing Hewlett and Martin to quit in disgust. The financial failure also caused the collapse of ''Deadline''.
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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created in 1987 by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling.

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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created in 1987 1988 by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling.
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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created in 1987 by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) an Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling.

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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created in 1987 by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}}) an and Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling.
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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created by Alan Martin and drawn by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame) about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling.

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''Tank Girl'' is a bizarre British indie comic created by Alan Martin and drawn in 1987 by Jamie Hewlett (of Music/{{Gorillaz}} fame) Music/{{Gorillaz}}) an Alan Martin about a cheerfully sociopathic young woman who lives in a [[TankGoodness tank]], her mutant kangaroo boyfriend Booga, her various bizarre and violent buddies, and knob jokes. Set in the Australian outback, most of its stories pay no attention to reality, the laws of physics, good taste, bad taste, yucky taste or conventional storytelling.
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And please, for the love of any God you believe, [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant don't confuse this with]] Anime/GirlsUndPanzer or ComicBook/TankVixens for that matter. [[AwesomenessIsVolatile The multiverse can't handle that crossover.]]

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And please, for the love of any God you believe, [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant don't confuse this with]] Anime/GirlsUndPanzer ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' or ComicBook/TankVixens ''ComicBook/TankVixens'' for that matter. [[AwesomenessIsVolatile The multiverse can't handle that crossover.]]
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* LandSeaSky: Tank, Jet, and Sub have this dynamic.
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And please, for the love of any God you believe, [[IThoughtItMeant don't confuse this with]] Anime/GirlsUndPanzer or ComicBook/TankVixens for that matter. [[AwesomenessIsVolatile The multiverse can't handle that crossover.]]

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And please, for the love of any God you believe, [[IThoughtItMeant [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant don't confuse this with]] Anime/GirlsUndPanzer or ComicBook/TankVixens for that matter. [[AwesomenessIsVolatile The multiverse can't handle that crossover.]]
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For contractual reasons, two mini-series were produced for VertigoComics to tie into the film: "The Odyssey", written by Peter Milligan and with art by Hewlett, and "Apocalypse" with neither Martin or Hewlett involved.

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For contractual reasons, two mini-series were produced for VertigoComics Creator/VertigoComics to tie into the film: "The Odyssey", written by Peter Milligan and with art by Hewlett, and "Apocalypse" with neither Martin or Hewlett involved.



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'''VertigoComics '''Creator/VertigoComics "contractual obligation" titles'''

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* ShoutOut: Many. For example, Tank's black leather battledress with [[ShouldersOfDoom enormous epaulettes]] in ''The Royal Escape'' owes a pretty clear debt to ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd''.

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* ShoutOut: Many.
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For example, Tank's black leather battledress with [[ShouldersOfDoom enormous epaulettes]] in ''The Royal Escape'' owes a pretty clear debt to ''Comicbook/JudgeDredd''.''Comicbook/JudgeDredd''.
** The title of ''Two Girls One Tank'' is, of course, a reference to the notorious ShockSite video "2 Girls 1 Cup".

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