History Film / SpacehunterAdventuresInTheForbiddenZone

* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: [[spoiler:Chalmers.]] Only a brief verbal malfunction and a blink-or-you'll-miss-it copy of {{Theatre/RUR}} foreshadow the truth.

* WrenchWench: When Wolff starts barking orders at his Chief Engineer, "Chalmers," it comes as a surprise that Chalmers is a sexy woman.

* ActionGirl: Zig-zagged with Nikki. She's usually [[TheLoad The Load]] at best or a [[DistressedDamsel Distressed Damsel]] at worst. But she becomes a competent badass when it comes time to [[spoiler:navigate Overdog's maze.]]

* DistressedDamsel:
** The plot is driven by the bounty placed on three beautiful women who need to be saved from Overdog. They have no other function than to need saving.
** [[spoiler:Nikki]] during the climax.

* ShesGotLegs: Chalmers spends her first scene strutting around in a night shirt that leaves her legs bare. She props her feet up on a computer terminal to make sure you don't miss them.

* BaldOfAwesome: Washington

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Chemist.
* EvilGenius: Chemist, again.

* VagueAge: It's not really clear whether Nikki is supposed to be a minor. Ringwald was 15 when the film fame out, and possibly 14 while shooting it. However, Nikki describes herself as a woman, and when Wolff opts not to share his sleeping bag with her, Nikki grouses that he must [[IncompatibleOrientation not like women]]. Though he does eventually share his sleeping bag with her, their relationship seems to remain chaste throughout the film.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if Wolff and Chalmers are in a romantic relationship. They get quite physically close when he wakes her up and helps her to her feet, and he says he's glad he spent all his money for repairs on her slinky nightshirt instead, but [[spoiler:she turns out to be robot, and after her death, he barely mourns her]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Chalmers' true nature is hinted at by her brief stutter and her copy of ''{{Theatre/RUR}}''.
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Wolff barely seems to care about the death of [[spoiler:Chalmers.]] Although this may be because he [[spoiler: [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman views her as a piece of hardware rather than a friend.]]]] Not that that makes it better.

* WrenchWench: When Wolff starts barking orders at his mechanic, "Chalmers," it comes as a surprise that Chalmers is a sexy woman.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if Wolff and Chalmers are in a physical relationship. They get quite physically close when he wakes her up and helps her to her feet, and he says he finds the money he spent on her slinky nightshirt to be well spent, but [[spoiler:she turns out to be robot, and after her death, he barely mourns her]].

* VagueAge: It's not really clear whether Nikki is supposed to be a minor. Ringwald was 15 when the film fame out, and possibly 14 while shooting it. However, Nikki describes herself as a woman, and when Wolff opts not to share his sleeping bag with her, Nikki grouses that he must [[IncompatibleGender not like women]]. Though he does eventuall share his sleeping bag with her, their relationship seems to remain chaste throughout the film.

* FutureSlang: The inhabitants of the savage, isolated world of Terra XI have developed their own jargon, and Nikki is here to make sure the audience hears every word of it [[MotorMouth at least twice.]]

* {{Foreshadowing)): Chalmers' true nature is hinted at by her brief stutter and her copy of ''{{Theatre/RUR}}''.

* ShesGotLegs: Chalmers spends her first scene strutting around in a night shirt that leaves her legs bare.

* DistressedDamsel: [[spoiler:Nikki]] during the climax; the three unfortunate cruise ship survivors for the entire film.

* FutureSlang: The inhabitants of the savage, isolated world of Terra XI have developed their own jargon and Nikki is here to make sure the audience hears every word of it [[MotorMouth at least twice.]]

* WackyWaysideTribe: The subtitle ''Adventures in the Forbidden Zone'' actually means "Series of Encounters With These."

* BlackBestFriend: Washington, to Wolff. Although their relationship has been strained for a while by the time they reunite on Terra XI.

* PlayingPossum: Wolff does this so well that even Washington - who has seen him use this trick before and knows how good he is at it - falls for it. Ironically. Wolff falls for it himself when it's done by [[spoiler:Overdog.]]

* BlackBestFriend: Washington, to Wolffe. Although their relationship has been strained for a while by the time they reunite on Terra XI.

* DiabolusExMachina: The amazons have Wolffe and Nikki at their mercy until a dragonlike aquatic predator shows up, causing the amazons to scatter, but leaving Wolffe and Nikki to fend for themselves against the monster.

* EvilGenius: Chemist.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Chemist, again.

* BodyHorror: Wolff causes [[spoilers:Chalmer's remains]] to self-destruct by slowly ''melting.'' The fact that the victim is [[spoiler:an android]] doesn't make it less gruesome.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Ramrod looks intimidating, but its chassis clearly can't handle the kind of impacts that its massive plow attachment would imply, and it winds up incapacitated after nearly any collision.

* CreepyChildren: One of the encounters the heroes face is with a mob of silent, zombie-like mutant children who stare down on them in silence for quite a long while before finally attacking them with Molotov cocktails.

* ScavengerWorld: Terra XI was devastated by a horrific plague years before the events of the film, rendering it this. Those survivors not loyal to Overdog even refer to themselves as "Scavs."