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{{quote|''E.T. phone home!''}}
'''''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''''' is perhaps [[Steven Spielberg]]'s signature fantasy film. It was the biggest blockbuster of 1982 and, in fact, [[The Eighties]] as a whole. [[John Williams]]' score, flying bicycles, and an [[Ugly Cute]] alien hero are just the tip of the iceberg here.
A group of aliens are in a forest on Earth, not far from a suburb, exploring and collecting plant samples. They are forced to leave in a hurry when alien-seeking scientists arrive on the scene, and one of them is not on the ship when it takes off...
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For information on the infamous video game adaption, go '''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (video game)|here]]'''.
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* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: Mary fails to contain her laughter when reprimanding her son Elliott for calling Michael "penis breath".
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* [[Exposed Extraterrestrials]]
* [[Everytown, America]]
* [[Evil Detecting Baby|Evil Detecting Dog]]: Played with. When Elliot's dog Harvey first meets E.T., he's initially just barking at him. The barking scared E.T. briefly, but they are later shown to get along during E.T.'s trek around the kitchen. When E.T. has to leave, the last one to see him off is the dog.
* [[The Faceless]]: With the exception of Elliot's mother, the audience doesn't see the faces of any adults until the final third of the movie, playing up the film's perspective from a child's POV.
* [[For Halloween I Am Going as Myself]]: Not quite; E.T.'s one of the rare examples who can't go as himself. He needs a [[Bedsheet Ghost|formless ghost sheet]].
* [[Foreshadowing]]: When Elliot realizes he's hungry as well as E.T., that was the first hint of their empathic bond.
** When Elliot is walking with Michael to the School Bus Stop, a girl in a red dress is repeatedly trying to get Elliot's attention. Later on under E.T.'s drunken influence, Elliot kisses the same girl after causing mayhem when freeing the frogs.
* [[Free the Frogs]]
* [[Full-Moon Silhouette]]: The [[Ur Example]].
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* [[Humans Are Morons]]: Averted. Not only do humans heal him and help send him home but there are many moments in which E.T. seems less intelligent than humans, despite coming from a more advanced race, such as when he becomes fascinated with a can of pencils, only to run screaming when they tip over.
* [[Innocent Aliens]]: The title character.
* [[Large Ham]]: Elliot has his moments where you can take him seriously, but other times you know he's chewing the scenery. When E.T. is {{Spoiler| still alive,}} he puts on a fake cry to make it look like he's still grieving and when he sees the flowers he turns the water works up to devastating levels.
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Because E.T. parrots what others say, there are a good deal of these by the end, such as "I'll be right here."
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: E.T., right down to the resurrection and the Michaelangelo touching of fingers between man and the Divine. So blatant was the parable it was spoofed on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':
{{quote|'''Rev. Lovejoy''': I remember another gentle visitor from the heavens, he came in peace and then died, only to come back to life, and his name was... E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial. ''(cries)'' I loved that little guy.}}
** Spielberg himself has said he never intended the film to be interpreted as a religious fable, and has himself joked about it.
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: One of E.T.'s talents.
* [[Mood Motif]]
* [[Needle in a Stack of Needles]]: E.T. hides himself amongst toys to avoid detection.
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** There's also a shout-out to [[Star Trek|that other Star-thing]]:
{{quote|"Well, can't he just [[Teleporters and Transporters|beam up]]?"
*"[[This Is Reality]], Greg!"}}
** There was also a shout out to [[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]. When Elliot is freeing the frogs, there's a brief shot of one trying to out run a rolling jar, similar to when Indy outrunning the boulder.
* [[Sistine Steal]]: One that ''[[Animaniacs]]'' hilariously brought full circle in one short: The Warner siblings help Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel and the result is that Elliott and E.T. are depicted upon it.
* [[Spheroid Dropship]]: The alien ship.
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* [[Synchronization]]
* [[Tastes Like Friendship]]: Reese's Pieces.
* [[They Would Cut You Up]]: {{Spoiler| When E.T. dies and is put in a portable freezer. Keys tells Elliot they have to take him away. Elliot flat out tells him, he knows they are gonna do this to him. Keys doesn't confirm or deny it, but let's Elliot see E.T. one last time.}}
* [[This Is Reality]]
* [[Uranus Is Showing]]:
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