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* [[Ability Over Appearance]]: they originally wanted a guy for Ripley, but [[Sigourney Weaver]] owns the role.

* [[Beam Me Up Scotty]]: In ''Aliens'', Ripley doesn't say "Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.", she says "I say we take off and ''nuke the entire site'' from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.". What's worse is that the line is often attributed only to Hicks instead, who was repeating it in concurrence with Ripley.

* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: In ''Aliens'', Ripley doesn't say "Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.", she says "I say we take off and ''nuke the entire site'' from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.". What's worse is that the line is often attributed only to Hicks instead, who was repeating it in concurrence with Ripley.

* [[Casting Gag]]: Jenette Goldstein (who played Private Vasquez) originally thought ''Aliens'' was going to be a drama about immigration and showed up to audition wearing short skirt and high heels. This incident was directly referred to in a crack Hudson made about Vasquez during the briefing.

{{quote| '''Hudson:''' Excuse me, did someone say 'aliens'? She thought they said ''illegal aliens'' and signed up!}}

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* [[The Great Politics Mess Up]] - As everybody knows, Weyland-Yutani is a combination of motoring conglomerate British Leyland and generic Japanese. Ah, British Leyland, that pride of the nation, a household name for decades and trailblazer for the world, such an unstoppable industrial force would surely spread its [[Mega Corp]] tentacles across the galaxy for sci-fi centuries to come. Thing is, this film was released in 1979 and British Leyland went bankrupt in 197''5''. For Britons, the fall of a once proud company was the ultimate symbol of the Britain's postwar decline - at least, if you're old enough to have heard of the company in the first place. For Americans, two words - General Motors.

** Oh, and Japan tanked in the '90s too. But the Asian half of the equation is fine. In 2009, the shattered remnants of British Leyland went bankrupt one last time - and were [[China Takes Over the World|bought out by the Chinese]].

* [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Guy]]

* [[Hey It's That Guy]]

** ''Alien'' features an [[All Star Cast]] including [[Ghostbusters|Dana Barrett]], [[Top Gun|Viper]], [[Live and Let Die|Kananga]], [[The Lord of the Rings (Film)|Bilbo Baggins]], [[The Elephant Man]], [[The Right Stuff|Betty Grissom]], and [[Repo Man|Bud]]. Along with Bolaji Badejo in the xenomorph suit, these are ''the only people in the film''.

** ''Alien'' features an [[All-Star Cast]] including [[Ghostbusters|Dana Barrett]], [[Top Gun|Viper]], [[Live and Let Die|Kananga]], [[The Lord of the Rings (Film)|Bilbo Baggins]], [[The Elephant Man]], [[The Right Stuff|Betty Grissom]], and [[Repo Man|Bud]]. Along with Bolaji Badejo in the xenomorph suit, these are ''the only people in the film''.

** In ''Aliens''; if you thought [[Red Dwarf (TV)|Captain Hollister's]] last job sucked, you ain't seen nothing yet.

** In ''Alien 3'':

*** The [[Doctor Who (TV)|Eighth Doctor]] is a [[Talkative Loon]] serial killer. In the [[Re Cut]] {{spoiler|he's the one who [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|lets the alien]] out of its prison again.}}

*** The [[Doctor Who (TV)|Eighth Doctor]] is a [[Talkative Loon]] serial killer. In the [[Re Cut]] {{spoiler|he's the one who [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|lets the alien]] out of its prison again.}}

*** Pete Postlethwaite as a random prisoner!

*** [[Charles Dance]] as Dr. Clemens