Barbarella is a titular heroine of a French science fiction comic book and the 1968 film adaptation of the same name.
She is played by Jane Fonda.
Overview[]
Film[]
In the future, a beautiful astronomatrix named Barbarella floats through the galaxy in her spaceship, the Alpha-7. Suddenly, she receives an urgent call on her monitor from none other than the President of Earth. He informs her that a young scientist named Durand Durand went missing sometime during a mission to the North Star and is believed to have landed somewhere in the Tau Ceti star system. Not much is known about this region of space--the President worries that Durand's invention, the positronic ray, may fall into the hands of a primitive culture; beings who might seek to use this technology as a weapon and launch an intergalactic war. Since the Earth, free of all conflict for centuries, lacks military and police personnel, the President tasks Barbarella with a mission to find the scientist. He teleports her some weapons and a device that will signal the presence of Durand Durand. The latter has a tonguebox incorporated in its design which can translate any language.
Barbarella spends most of the journey to Tau Ceti in suspended animation. She awakens just in time to lose control of her spacecraft and crash land on Planet 16, which her spaceship informs her contains an atmosphere similar to Earth's. She changes into a new outfit to explore the arctic terrain. The first humanoids she meets are a pair of twin girls--they jabber to her excitedly in a language she can't understand. Before she can adjust her tonguebox, one of them knocks Barbarella unconscious with a piece of ice. The girls then pull the dazed explorer along in their sled, which is attached to a manta ray-like creature that glides across the ice.
Abilities[]
Barbarella is apparently one of the best agents the Earth has to offer in the 41st Century.She answers directly to the President of Earth himself and is entrusted with the best equipment of her time.She is tasked to take on the most serious and important missions on her own.
Even though Barbarella abhors weapons she is an excellent shot. She is well versed in the use of every weapon in her arsenal. She is also trained to work in zero gravity.
Personality[]
Barbarella portrays herself as an innocent air-headed blonde. However, her superiors think enough of her to send her to hostile planets alone to accomplish missions.
Barbarella is cordial towards everyone she meets. When meeting others who do not understand English she will try French before resorting to her tongue-box.