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A bizarre 1996 Science Fiction film (based off an old trading card series by Topps) by [[Tim Burton]] that depicted an invasion on the planet Earth by gleefully destructive Martians. Notable for its all-star ensemble cast, including [[Jack Nicholson]], Lukas Haas, Annette Bening, Jim Brown, Pierce Brosnan, [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], Glenn Close, Martin Short, [[Michael J Fox]], [[Jack Black]], [[Natalie Portman]] <ref>Do not confuse the below examples of Natalie the character with her</ref> [[Pam Grier]], Danny DeVito, [[Stunt Casting|Tom Jones]] and [[Jack Nicholson]] (again). [[Hilarity Ensues]] as most of them are jokingly killed off with bizarre weaponry as cheesily as possible.

A bizarre 1996 Science Fiction film (based off an old trading card series by Topps) by [[Tim Burton]] that depicted an invasion on the planet Earth by gleefully destructive Martians. Notable for its all-star ensemble cast, including [[Jack Nicholson]], Lukas Haas, Annette Bening, Jim Brown, Pierce Brosnan, [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], Glenn Close, Martin Short, [[Michael J. Fox]], [[Jack Black]], [[Natalie Portman]] <ref>Do not confuse the below examples of Natalie the character with her</ref> [[Pam Grier]], Danny DeVito, [[Stunt Casting|Tom Jones]] and [[Jack Nicholson]] (again). [[Hilarity Ensues]] as most of them are jokingly killed off with bizarre weaponry as cheesily as possible.

Was not very popular with critics or audiences at the time of its release, probably because they didn't get the joke. Has now become a cult favorite of the movie viewers community.

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** Although what they were actually saying may have been entirely different; the alien translator machine never working right was sort of a [[Running Gag]]. It's also possible that the Martians realized this and chose to cart it around because they thought it was funny.

* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: The Martians, period.

* [[Brain In A Jar]]: See [[Losing Your Head]] below.

* [[Brain In a Jar]]: See [[Losing Your Head]] below.

* [[Brown Note]]: The aliens are defeated by {{spoiler|the playing of the Slim Whitman song "Indian Love Call."}}

** Probably a [[Homage]] to ''[[War of the Worlds]]'', in which the rampaging aliens are defeated by a similarly minor effect (germs), and possibly to ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]'', in which the tomatoes are slain by a suspiciously similar song.

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* [[Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe]]: Prof. Donald Kessler.

* [[Disturbed Doves]]: Subverted.

* [[Donut Mess ~~With~~ a Cop]]: Several cops were seen running out of a doughnut shop before it was destroyed.

* [[Donut Mess with a Cop]]: Several cops were seen running out of a doughnut shop before it was destroyed.

* [[The Dragon]]: The Martian Ambassador, wearing a red cloak. He leads the attack at the desert, blows up Congress, and even enters into fisticuffs with Byron at the end of the movie. He takes orders from the [[Big Bad|Martian Leader]], wearing a purple cloak (and pictured above).

* [[Dreadful Musician]]: See [[Brown Note]] above.

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* [[Emergency Presidential Address]]: This is parodied in the President's address to the U.S. after the Martians destroy Congress, in which he assures the public that a "very real response" will be coming "soon."

* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: The president's dog started barking as soon as he saw the Martians, before anyone besides the General realized that they were dangerous.

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: Mars attacks!

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Mars attacks!

* [[Executive Meddling]]: Averted. Burton was told he absolutely could not kill off Jack Nicholson's character, the President. So what does he do? {{spoiler|[[Exact Words|He casts Nicholson in TWO roles and kills off both of them!]]}}

* [[Falling Chandelier of Doom]]: How {{spoiler|First Lady Marsha (Glenn Close)}} dies. {{spoiler|It was her much-cherished Nancy Reagan chandelier, too.}}

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* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]: "It's ME! Byron WILLIAMS! [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|HEAVYWEIGHT! CHAMPION! OF THE WORLD!]]"

* [[Raygun Gothic]]: The Martians' ships and equipment, [[Captain Obvious|including the rayguns]].

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The last shot of the film, in which Tom Jones apparently summons a bunch of woodland creatures like he was [[Snow White (Disney)|Snow White]].

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The last shot of the film, in which Tom Jones apparently summons a bunch of woodland creatures like he was [[Snow White (Disney film)|Snow White]].

* [[Roofless Renovation]]

* [[Rule of Perception]]

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* [[Shout-Out]]: Multiple examples

* [[Stab the Salad]]

* [[Stripped to ~~The~~ Bone]]: The effect of the Martian [[Disintegrator Ray]]. Colorized, too.

* [[Stripped to the Bone]]: The effect of the Martian [[Disintegrator Ray]]. Colorized, too.

** Possible [[Fridge Brilliance]] with the color effect: the Martians may be keeping score.

* [[Stupid Scientist]]: The Scientist figures the Martians are peaceful. He was wrong.

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* [[The War Room]]: And a really cool-looking one at that.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: See [[Brown Note]] above.

* [[We Come in Peace, Shoot To Kill]]

* [[We Come in Peace, Shoot to Kill]]

* [[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]: Richie's parents make it blatantly clear that are very ashamed of him for not being like Billy-Glen.

* [[Why We Can't Have Nice Things]]