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A 1953 [[Science Fiction]] film best known for subverting some of the typical [[Alien Invasion]] tropes. Based on a script by noted SF author [[Ray Bradbury (Creator)|Ray Bradbury]], its title has become part of popular culture though the film itself is more [[Cult Classic|obscure]].
A 1953 [[Science Fiction]] film best known for subverting some of the typical [[Alien Invasion]] tropes. Based on a script by noted SF author [[Ray Bradbury]], its title has become part of popular culture though the film itself is more [[Cult Classic|obscure]].


Set in the Arizona desert, the movie begins with a meteor-like object crashing near a small town. A local scientist named John Putman and his girlfriend investigate, thinking it's a [[Flying Saucer|UFO]], but find no evidence of it.
Set in the Arizona desert, the movie begins with a meteor-like object crashing near a small town. A local scientist named John Putman and his girlfriend investigate, thinking it's a [[Flying Saucer|UFO]], but find no evidence of it.
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* [[Death Ray]]: Putman is shocked to find the aliens assembling what appears to be a classic giant [[Death Ray]], but it's actually a device for powering their ship. Minutes before however Putman was nearly killed by a hostile alien guard with a [[Disintegrator Ray]], so he has good reason to be worried.
* [[Death Ray]]: Putman is shocked to find the aliens assembling what appears to be a classic giant [[Death Ray]], but it's actually a device for powering their ship. Minutes before however Putman was nearly killed by a hostile alien guard with a [[Disintegrator Ray]], so he has good reason to be worried.
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: When Fake Frank crashes his truck, it explodes.
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: When Fake Frank crashes his truck, it explodes.
* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: The title
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The title
* [[Oculothorax]]: The Aliens.
* [[Oculothorax]]: The Aliens.
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: The aliens can copy humans and their memories, but give themselves away through their [[Uncanny Valley|awkward speech patterns and ability to stare into the sun without blinking]].
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: The aliens can copy humans and their memories, but give themselves away through their [[Uncanny Valley|awkward speech patterns and ability to stare into the sun without blinking]].
* [[We Come in Peace, Shoot To Kill]]: Played out on a small scale with the sheriff who wants to go in with a posse and the amateur astronomer who's willing to trust that the aliens are telling the truth. However the trope is subverted on both sides -- humans and aliens are portrayed as fearful and suspicious of each other, yet in reality both are reasonable. The locals just want their friends (who are being held hostage) returned unharmed, while the aliens just want to repair their spaceship and leave without trouble.
* [[We Come in Peace, Shoot to Kill]]: Played out on a small scale with the sheriff who wants to go in with a posse and the amateur astronomer who's willing to trust that the aliens are telling the truth. However the trope is subverted on both sides -- humans and aliens are portrayed as fearful and suspicious of each other, yet in reality both are reasonable. The locals just want their friends (who are being held hostage) returned unharmed, while the aliens just want to repair their spaceship and leave without trouble.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: In the sequel, a coyote is duplicated as well. This is not addressed by the end.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: In the sequel, a coyote is duplicated as well. This is not addressed by the end.


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