History Film / TheApple

The movie details the story of Alphie and Bibi, a pair of musicians in the far off future of [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 1994]] who compete in an international music competition. Despite being the most talented group there, the Boogalow International Music Group (known as BIM) rig the contest to ensure their own band featuring Pandi and Dandi succeeds instead. In spite of their loss, Mr. Boogalow tries to sign the two of them to his label anyway, enticing Bibi into a life of sinful rock and roll that is also slowly corrupting all of humanity. Bibi's popularity allows BIM to eventually take over the entire planet as Alphie struggles to get her away from Mr. Boogalow's diabolical control. In the grand finale, the grooviest God and Satan appear to fight for the soul of humanity, with the movie ending in the only Rapture to include a golden Rolls Royce driving off into the sky.

* TheBadGuyWins: A likely unintentional implication of the ending. All the people who've managed to resist Boogalow's control are [[spoiler:raptured away to a new world]], leaving no-one left on Earth to oppose him.

* BigGood: Mr. Topps who appears in the closing moments of the film as the obvious God counterpart.

* DeusExMachina: A-near literal example with Mr. Topps, who is not only a seemingly all-powerful MessianicArchetype, but is never mentioned until moments before he arrives to rescue the heroes.

* HighHeelFaceTurn: Pandi at the end of the film.

* {{Anvillious}}: The movie is a very unsubtle morality play depicting a very trippy version of the Book of Revelations.

* CutSong: The movie was originally to open with a song, "Creation," sung by Mr. Topps and Mr. Boogalow and set in the Garden of Eden where Alphie was created. The sequence makes the film's ending make a lot more sense, as in the finished film Mr. Topps only shows up in the final scene and creates a literal DeusExMachina. While the song was filmed, it was cut due to the disastrous nature of the shoot which included multiple injuries and a set so small none of the choreography worked.

A [[TheEighties 1980]] [[GenreBusting dystopian, sci-fi, biblical-allegory showbiz disco-rock opera]] about an [[CorruptCorporateExecutive evil, all-powerful media mogul]] and his powerful Boogaloo International Music (BIM) MegaCorp, the [[TheIngenue young starlet]] fallen under his [[CorruptTheCutie corrupting influence]] and the [[AllAmericanFace all-Canadian baby-faced hero]] determined to get her back out of his evil clutches. One of [[Creator/TheCannonGroup Cannon Films]]' first English-language efforts, in trying to [[FollowTheLeader follow the success]] of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}'' its outlandish premise winds up having more in common with ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Film/AllThatJazz'' and ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'', with a little ''{{Theatre/Godspell}}'' thrown in hastily at the last minute. It proved a major flop, concurrent with [[DeaderThanDisco the sharp decline of Disco]].

Despite some rather heart-pumping music and dance numbers, the prosaic lyrics, [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs trippy aesthetic]], and off-the-wall script place it squarely in {{Camp}} territory. However, starting with its DVD release in 2004, it began to gather a small but dedicated cult following and started appearing on the midnight movie circuit.

Now available as a Podcast/RiffTrax video on demand download.

* AerithAndBob: Subverted with Bibi and Alphie, Alphie being a variation on the perfectly common name Alfie, a derivation of Alfred.

* BigBad: Mr. Boogalow.
* BigGood: Mr. Topps.
* {{Camp}}

* TheDragon: Shakes.

* HighHeelFaceTurn: Bibi [[spoiler: and later Pandi]].
* IntercourseWithYou: Pandi's "I'm Coming" manages to make "Love To Love You Baby" seem subtle. even without the choreography.

* LouisCypher: Mr. Boogalow.
* LyricalShoehorn:
--> [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment "Meet an actual actual actual vampire!"]]

* MindScrew
* NewAgeRetroHippie

* RapePortrayedAsRedemption: [[InvertedTrope Bizarrely inverted]]. [[spoiler: At one of the party scenes Pandi orders two (presumably drugged) drinks for her and Alphie, but he drinks down both of them while she smiles sheepishly. Later she has sex with him while he's under the influence. The next day, she, the possible rapist, is the one who is redeemed, and finally decides to help Bibi escape.]]

** Believe it or not, The director Menahem Golan took the failure of the film at an early screening in Montreal so personally that he tried [[DrivenToSuicide throwing himself off of a bridge.]]

* SlippingAMickey: Happens at least once.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Made in 1980, set in the future {{dystopia}} of 1994.

* AerithAndBob: Averted with Bibi and Alphie.

* TheDragon: Shakes
* EvilBrit: Bibi's bodyguards/captors are the thuggish, Cockney-esque type.

* HighHeelFaceTurn: Bibi [[spoiler: and later Pandi]]

* MarkOfTheBeast: The BIM mark, which is a sticker of the company's logo that Mr. Boogalow mandates all people wear on their face like a tattoo, to the point that violators will be threatened with fines or arrest.

* SissyVillain: A huge portion of Shake / Buoogalow's inner circle fits one overblown CampGay stereotype or another.

* MarkOfTheBeast: The BIM mark, which is a sticker of the company's logo that Mr. Boogalow mandates all people wear on their face like a tattoo.

* MarkOfTheBeast: The BIM mark is a parallel to this trope, as Mr. Boogalow requires all people to wear it prominently on their face.

* MegaCorp: BIM. Eventually they become so powerful, the government requires everyone to wear their logo and stop all activity to listen to their music for an hour each day.

* BigBad: Mr. Boogalow

* DepravedBisexual: Shakes, implicitly Boogalow as well

* LouisCypher: Mr. Boogalow

** Believe it or not, The director Menahem Golan took the failure of the film so personally that he tried [[DrivenToSuicide throwing himself off of a bridge.]]

A [[TheEighties 1980]] [[GenreBusting dystopian, sci-fi, biblical-allegory showbiz disco-rock opera]] about an [[CorruptCorporateExecutive evil, all-powerful media mogul]], the [[TheIngenue young starlet]] fallen under his [[CorruptTheCutie corrupting influence]] and the [[AllAmericanFace all-Canadian baby-faced hero]] determined to get her back out of his evil clutches. One of [[Creator/TheCannonGroup Cannon Films]]' first English-language efforts, in trying to [[FollowTheLeader follow the success]] of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}'' its outlandish premise winds up having more in common with ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Film/AllThatJazz'' and ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'', with a little ''{{Theatre/Godspell}}'' thrown in hastily at the last minute. It proved a major flop, concurrent with [[DeaderThanDisco the sharp decline of Disco]].

A [[TheEighties 1980]] [[GenreBusting dystopian, sci-fi, biblical-allegory showbiz disco-rock opera]] about an [[CorruptCorporateExecutive evil, all-powerful media mogul]], the [[TheIngenue young starlet]] fallen under his [[CorruptTheCutie corrupting influence]] and the [[AllAmericanFace all-Canadian baby-faced hero]] determined to get her back out of his evil clutches. One of Cannon Films' first English-language efforts, in trying to [[FollowTheLeader follow the success]] of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}'' its outlandish premise winds up having more in common with ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Film/AllThatJazz'' and ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'', with a little ''{{Theatre/Godspell}}'' thrown in hastily at the last minute. It proved a major flop, concurrent with [[DeaderThanDisco the sharp decline of Disco]].

* SissyVillain: A huge portion of Shake / Buoogalow's inner circle fits one overblown CampGay stereotype or another. UnfortunateImplications abound.

A [[TheEighties 1980]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot dystopian, sci-fi, biblical-allegory rock opera]] about an [[CorruptCorporateExecutive evil, all-powerful media mogul]], the [[TheIngenue young starlet]] fallen under his [[CorruptTheCutie corrupting influence]] and the [[AllAmericanFace all-Canadian baby-faced hero]] determined to get her back out of his evil clutches. One of Cannon Films' first English-language efforts, in trying to [[FollowTheLeader follow the success]] of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}'' its outlandish premise winds up having more in common with ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Film/AllThatJazz'' and ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'', with a little ''{{Theatre/Godspell}}'' thrown in hastily at the last minute. It proved a major flop, concurrent with [[DeaderThanDisco the sharp decline of Disco]].

* AerithAndBob: Bibi and Alphie

* SlippingAMickey: happens at least once.

* IntercourseWithYou: Bibi's "I'm Coming" manages to make "Love To Love You Baby" seem subtle. even without the choreography.

A [[TheEighties 1980]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot dystopian, sci-fi, biblical-allegory rock opera]] about an [[CorruptCorporateExecutive evil, all-powerful media mogul]], the [[TheIngenue young starlet]] fallen under his [[CorruptTheCutie corrupting influence]] and the [[AllAmericanFace all-Canadian baby-faced hero]] determined to get her back out of his evil clutches. One of Cannon Films' first English-language efforts, in trying to [[FollowTheLeader follow the success]] of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}'' its outlandish premise winds up having more in common with ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Film/AllThatJazz'' and ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'', with a little ''{{Godspell}}'' thrown in hastily at the last minute. It proved a major flop, concurrent with [[DeaderThanDisco the sharp decline of Disco]].

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: An entire (imagined) musical number takes place there. Compared to he hippy commune of Paradise, it seems quite pleasant.

* JewishMother: Alphie's landlady.

Now available as a WebOriginal/RiffTrax video on demand download.

Despite some rather heart-pumping music and dance numbers, the prosaic lyrics, [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs trippy aesthetic]], and off-the-wall script place it squarely in {{Camp}} territory. However, starting with it's DVD release in 2004, it began to gather a small but dedicated cult following and started appearing on the midnight movie circuit.

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: An entire (imagined) musical number takes place there.

Despite some rather heart-pumping music and dance numbers, the prosaic lyrics, [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs trippy aesthetic]], and off-the-wall script place it squarely in {{Camp}} territory.

* WorldOfHam

A [[TheEighties 1980]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot dystopian, sci-fi, biblical-allegory rock opera]] about an [[CorruptCorporateExecutive evil, all-powerful media mogul]], the [[TheIngenue young starlet]] fallen under his [[CorruptTheCutie corrupting influence]] and the [[AllAmericanFace all-Canadian baby-faced hero]] determined to get her back out of his evil clutches. Trying to [[FollowTheLeader follow the success]] of ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'' and ''Film/{{Grease}}'', its outlandish premise probably has more in common with ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'', ''Film/AllThatJazz'' and ''Film/{{Xanadu}}'', with a little ''{{Godspell}}'' thrown in hastily at the last minute. It proved a major flop concurrent with [[DeaderThanDisco the sharp decline of Disco]].

* CorruptTheCutie: BIM's efforts to control Bibi.