History Film / Moonwalker

** The Noid[[labelnote:*]]another of Will Vinton's characters[[/labelnote]] from Domino's Pizza's "Avoid The Noid" campaign appears in the "Speed Demon" segment as one of the members of the mob in a few scenes.

* The Noid[[labelnote:*]]another of Will Vinton's characters[[/labelnote]] from Domino's Pizza's "Avoid The Noid" campaign appears in the "Speed Demon" segment as one of the members of the mob in a few scenes.

* AnimalMotifs: Mr. Big heavily associates himself with spiders, picturing his drug empire as a web ensnaring the globe.

* "Smooth Criminal" -- The centerpiece segment, taking up about half the film total, has Michael battling a drug-peddling supervillain (Creator/JoePesci) and his goons for the sake of his kid friends and children the world over. By the end, Michael has turned himself into a spaceship to achieve this goal. (Would it surprise you to learn that Michael himself came up with this storyline?) Note to fans of film music: the DavidNewman credited as the screenwriter is not the composer.

* {{Broken Aesop}}: "Man in the Mirror" is about making the world a better place, with visuals focusing on peacemaking and charity. It's harder to take that seriously when "Smooth Criminal" has Michael shooting off a machine gun during the sequence in Club 30s and blowing up all the villains in the climax.

* {{Montage}}

* {{Broken Aesop}}: "Man on the Mirror" is about making the world a better place, with visuals focusing on peacemaking and charity. It's harder to take that seriously when "Smooth Criminal" has Michael shooting off a machine gun during the sequence in Club 30s and blowing up all the villains in the climax.

* {{Claymation}}: "Speed Demon" of course, but check out the "ABC" clip in the earlier montage too.

* RandomEventsPlot

->''"Jackson wills it!"''
-->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'''

* {{Broken Aesop}}s:
** The first half of the movie is mostly a celebration of how great and successful Michael is, but then we have "Leave Me Alone", which asks us to stop paying attention to him. It's specifically referring to the tabloid press, but it's just strange to draw so much attention to yourself -- often through bizarre activities -- and then complain about being paid attention to just because it isn't all positive press.
** "Man on the Mirror" is about making the world a better place, with visuals focusing on peacemaking and charity. It's harder to take that seriously when "Smooth Criminal" has Michael shooting off a machine gun during the sequence in Club 30s and blowing up all the villains in the climax.

''Moonwalker'' is a 1988 film starring Music/MichaelJackson, and both his only major film appearance after ''Film/TheWiz'' in 1978 and his only film as the star, not counting the posthumous documentary ''Michael Jackson's This Is It''. It's best described as a MusicVideo anthology, with music mostly drawn from his 1987 album ''Music/{{Bad}}''. The eight segments are:

-->-- WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic

** The theme park in ''Leave Me Alone'' has two quick scenes from the PiratesOfTheCaribbean ride.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Retrospective" shows a couple elements that show up in later segments. The TV turns into a spaceship, a snippet of "ABC" features the Jackson 5 in Claymation, and a metallic robot.

* {{Shapeshifting}}: Michael gets this ability while disguised as a rabbit. The rabbit suit comes to life and turned into a mountain.

'''Moonwalker''' is a 1988 film starring Music/MichaelJackson, and both his only major film appearance after ''Film/TheWiz'' in 1978 and his only film as the star, not counting the posthumous documentary ''Michael Jackson's This Is It''. It's best described as a MusicVideo anthology, with music mostly drawn from his 1987 album ''Music/{{Bad}}''. The eight segments are:

'''Moonwalker''' is a 1988 film starring Music/MichaelJackson, and both his only major film appearance after ''TheWiz'' in 1978 and his only film as the star, not counting the posthumous documentary ''Michael Jackson's This Is It''. It's best described as a MusicVideo anthology, with music mostly drawn from his 1987 album ''Music/{{Bad}}''. The eight segments are:

For the Creator/{{Sega}} game based on the movie, see ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker''. Not to be confused with ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' nor the one shot manga ''Moon Walker''.

->''[[HandWave "Jackson wills it!"]]''

* RuleOfCool: Aside from activating some background objects, the moonwalk in the Genesis game has no real function. It just looks awesome.

->''"Jackson wills it!"''

* "Smooth Criminal" -- The centerpiece segment, taking up about half the film total, has Michael battling a drug-peddling supervillain (JoePesci) and his goons for the sake of his kid friends and children the world over. By the end, Michael has turned himself into a spaceship to achieve this goal. (Would it surprise you to learn that Michael himself came up with this storyline?) Note to fans of film music: the DavidNewman credited as the screenwriter is not the composer.

''Moonwalker'' is a 1988 film starring Music/MichaelJackson, and both his only major film appearance after ''TheWiz'' in 1978 and his only film as the star, not counting the posthumous documentary ''Michael Jackson's This Is It''. It's best described as a MusicVideo anthology, with music mostly drawn from his 1987 album ''Music/{{Bad}}''. The eight segments are:

* "Retrospective" -- A mixed-media montage of Jackson's career from his Jackson 5 days to what was then the present.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Retrospective" shows a couple elements of what's expected in later segments. The TV turns into a spaceship, a snippet of "ABC" features the Jackson 5 in Claymation, and a metallic robot.

* SceneTransition: Between "Badder" and "Speed Demon".