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Lesbian Space Princess is a 2025 Australian adult animated science-fiction comedy film written and directed by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese. It follows Saira, an introverted lesbian princess from Clitopolis, who travels across the galaxy to rescue her bounty-hunter ex-girlfriend Kiki after she is kidnapped by the Straight White Maliens. The film combines queer comedy, romance, musical elements and absurdist science fiction.

In August 2026, Lesbian Space Princess became the subject of a sudden wave of online backlash nearly a year after its original release. Clips from the film circulated widely on TikTok, Reddit and X, with users criticizing its deliberately exaggerated humor, character names and queer themes. The backlash soon developed into a broader meme, with users from various fandoms jokingly portraying themselves as joining forces to mock the film.

History

Lesbian Space Princess is a 2025 Australian adult animated science-fiction comedy film written and directed by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese.^[1] The film follows Princess Saira, an anxious and introverted lesbian from the planet Clitopolis, who embarks on a mission to rescue her ex-girlfriend Kiki after she is abducted by the Straight White Maliens.^[1]

Production of Lesbian Space Princess was developed through the Film Lab: New Voices initiative, a program co-funded by the South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide Film Festival and Screen Australia.^[2] The film received a preview screening at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2024 before premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025, where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film.^[2][3] It subsequently screened at numerous international film festivals.^[3]

The official trailer for the movie was released on July 31st, 2025, on Umbrella Entertainment’s official YouTube^[4] account, garnering 647,000 views and 6,300 likes within a year.

Following its release, Lesbian Space Princess was met with largely positive reviews from critics.^[5] The film holds a critic score of approximately 98 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and won the Teddy Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.^[5]

Online Presence

Lesbian Space Princess remained relatively obscure outside Australia and New Zealand until receiving renewed attention in August 2026, when the film began appearing in Netflix recommendations in some regions and reached audiences unfamiliar with it.^[5]

Clips, screenshots and discussions about the film subsequently spread across social media, where its exaggerated premise, character names and sexual humor became subjects of widespread mockery.^[5]

The film began appearing in memes and posts portraying it as a universally hated movie. The trend spread particularly heavily through various social media platforms, with users beginning to post reaction images and memes about the phenomenon, while others joked about encountering the film for the first time solely because of the hate posts.

On August 21st, 2026, TikTok^[6] user @xtoofarx posted a clip from the film with the caption, "Possibly the worst way to start your movie." The post received over 5.4 million views and 535,300 likes in just three days.

On August 23rd, 2026, TikTok^[7] user @leahashwag posted the movie's introduction before abruptly shutting her laptop. The video received 5.5 million views and 799,300 likes in about two days.

Lesbian Space Princess Fandom War / The Great Fandom Truce Of 2026

Discussion surrounding Lesbian Space Princess developed into a broader internet pile-on as the film continued to circulate and attract attention in late August 2026.

As criticism spread, users began joking that normally opposing fandom communities had temporarily put aside their differences to unite in mocking the film. The trend was often framed as a fictional truce between rival fandoms, accompanied by the phrase and meme "Just This Once," implying that otherwise hostile communities could briefly find common ground.

On August 22nd, 2026, TikTok^[8] user @blitzing00 posted a video edit depicting multiple fandoms teaming up against Lesbian Space Princess, which received over 1.5 million views and 232,800 likes within two days.

The same day, TikTok^[9] user @fennix4007 posted a similar video using a clip from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic to depict the same scenario. The video received over 2.6 million views and 634,600 likes in two days.

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