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* [[Concealment Equals Cover]]: Played with: Bullets pierce all the way through a car (and the guy hiding behind it), but are revealed to be special, industrial-strength [[Dakka]]. |
* [[Concealment Equals Cover]]: Played with: Bullets pierce all the way through a car (and the guy hiding behind it), but are revealed to be special, industrial-strength [[Dakka]]. |
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* [[Dead Partner]]: Bill Tuggle. |
* [[Dead Partner]]: Bill Tuggle. |
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* [[Drugs Are Bad]]: The Newcomers' former alien overlords kept them under control by feeding them a blue substance. Sam/George Francisco keeps this a secret from his human buddy-cop partner because he fears what humanity would do to the Newcomers if we ever found out they were a bunch of drug addicts. Near the end of the movie, a rogue Newcomer consumes an entire giant tube full of the concentrated drug and {{spoiler|turns into a mutated rampaging monster |
* [[Drugs Are Bad]]: The Newcomers' former alien overlords kept them under control by feeding them a blue substance. Sam/George Francisco keeps this a secret from his human buddy-cop partner because he fears what humanity would do to the Newcomers if we ever found out they were a bunch of drug addicts. Near the end of the movie, a rogue Newcomer consumes an entire giant tube full of the concentrated drug and {{spoiler|turns into a mutated rampaging monster}}. |
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* [[Fantastic Racism]] |
* [[Fantastic Racism]] |
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* [[Fantastic Slur]]: Human bigots refer to Newcomers as "slags" or "spongeheads". |
* [[Fantastic Slur]]: Human bigots refer to Newcomers as "slags" or "spongeheads". |
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