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* [[Firing in The Air A Lot]]: In the series pilot, Sykes fires into the air multiple times to break up a Purist rally.
* [[Firing in The Air A Lot]]: In the series pilot, Sykes fires into the air multiple times to break up a Purist rally.
* [[Foreign Cuss Word]]: Inverted, in that in the Tenctonese language, "Sykes" roughly translates as "excrement cranium".
* [[Foreign Cuss Word]]: Inverted, in that in the Tenctonese language, "Sykes" roughly translates as "excrement cranium".
* [[Good Cop Bad Cop]]: George Francisco and Matt Sikes, respectively. But hilariously reversed in 'Contact' against an Anti-Newcomer suspect.
* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]: George Francisco and Matt Sikes, respectively. But hilariously reversed in 'Contact' against an Anti-Newcomer suspect.
* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]]: Take your pick of Cathy or Susan: pinkish-hued, bald, and spotted, Tenctonese women were surprisingly attractive.
* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]]: Take your pick of Cathy or Susan: pinkish-hued, bald, and spotted, Tenctonese women were surprisingly attractive.
* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Newcomers get intoxicated on sour milk. The yeast-fermented stuff that we humans prefer has no effect on them.
* [[G-Rated Drug]]: Newcomers get intoxicated on sour milk. The yeast-fermented stuff that we humans prefer has no effect on them.
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: The guy who tries to seduce Emily in the third TV movie. This is idiotic to begin with, given that sexually experienced inter-species couples need months of classes to have sex safely. But wait, it gets better, when after getting her to come to his house, he goes to the next room to have a phone conversation in which he brags about how he's going to "bag the slag"; Emily, like all Newcomers, has superhearing. Oops. But the kicker? After she finds out what he's up to, he assaults her, despite the fact that A: she has superstrength, and B: her ''father is a cop''.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: The guy who tries to seduce Emily in the third TV movie. This is idiotic to begin with, given that sexually experienced inter-species couples need months of classes to have sex safely. But wait, it gets better, when after getting her to come to his house, he goes to the next room to have a phone conversation in which he brags about how he's going to "bag the slag"; Emily, like all Newcomers, has superhearing. Oops. But the kicker? After she finds out what he's up to, he assaults her, despite the fact that A: she has superstrength, and B: her ''father is a cop''.
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: The aliens use the term "sykes", which is later revealed to literally translate as "excrement cranium". Coincidentally, the main human character is named [[In My Language That Sounds Like|Sykes]]...
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: The aliens use the term "sykes", which is later revealed to literally translate as "excrement cranium". Coincidentally, the main human character is named [[In My Language, That Sounds Like...|Sykes]]...
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Newcomer flesh dissolves on contact with ''[[Kill It With Water|salt water]].'' When they first arrive, they can't even leave the ship's crash site in California due to the salt content of Earth's atmosphere. They slowly build up resistance, and after a few years can live comfortably in coastal air. However it's still often a plot point, because salt is such an easy and safe weapon for humans to use against the physically superior aliens. One Newcomer is assassinated by hitmen dumping rock salt in his swimming pool, and Emily is nearly blinded by a thug with a ''squirt pistol''.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Newcomer flesh dissolves on contact with ''[[Kill It With Water|salt water]].'' When they first arrive, they can't even leave the ship's crash site in California due to the salt content of Earth's atmosphere. They slowly build up resistance, and after a few years can live comfortably in coastal air. However it's still often a plot point, because salt is such an easy and safe weapon for humans to use against the physically superior aliens. One Newcomer is assassinated by hitmen dumping rock salt in his swimming pool, and Emily is nearly blinded by a thug with a ''squirt pistol''.
** Uncle Moodri [[Charles Atlas Superpower|accelerates this adaptation]] until he can ''stand in the ocean'' via his spiritual powers.
** Uncle Moodri [[Charles Atlas Superpower|accelerates this adaptation]] until he can ''stand in the ocean'' via his spiritual powers.
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