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[[File:PK poster.jpg|thumb|An [[Fish Out of Water|alien]] and his [[Scenery Censor|boombox]]]]
'''''PK''''' is a 2014 Sci-fi comedy [[Bollywood]] film,
Six months later, Jaggu is back in India, working as a TV journalist, when
After hearing PK's story, Jaggu decides to help him, since it also helps her to both get a great story
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* [[An Aesop]]: Having faith in some higher power isn't bad ''per se'', but using religion to hinder others is wrong.
▲* [[Arc Words]]: "wrong number".
* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]. PK's species
▲* [[Auto Erotica]]: the "dancing cars" that let PK get clothing and money
* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: PK. His species doesn't even need the concept, due to [[Bizarre Alien Biology|the way they communicate]]. {{Spoiler|
▲* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]. PK species communicates via skin contact. so he can gets information by touching other people. Doing this is what convinces Jaggu that he is an honest-to-god extraterrestrial. This characteristic did get him into trouble, because his attempts to hold ''any'' person's hand to get information about the local humanoids was minsinterpreted as him [[Accidental Pervert|wanting innapropiate sexual/romantic contact]] .
* [[Crisis of Faith]]: PK's journey into experiencing every religion in India can be read as a variant of this, but he doesn't get fully hit with it until meeting guru Tapasvi and being swindled and humiliated by him.
▲* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: PK. His species doesn't even need the concept, due to [[Bizarre Alien Biology|the way they communicate]]. {{Spoiler| He eventually learns.}}
* [["Falling in Love" Montage]]:
* [[Fourth Date Marriage]]: Jaggu and Sarfaraz intended to have one, but it gets canceled when he fails to appear.
* [[Human Interest Story]] the sort of stuff Jaggu has to cover.▼
* [[Hiding Behind Religion]]: Tapasvi
* [[
* [[Innocent Aliens]]/[[Innocent Inaccurate]]: PK. He doesn't know much about Earth, and for a long time, he also suffers from lack of context to interpret what he experiences.
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: What Jaggu aspires to be. Her boss Cherry Bajwa used to be one back in the day, before falling on the bad side of Tapasvi.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Despite being very in love with Jaggu, PK decides to help her to reconcile with Sarfaraz by prompting her to call him during the debate between PK and Tapasvi.
* [[Naked on Arrival]]: PK
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]:
* [[Scam Religion]]: Tapasvi Maharaj's cult, basically the Indian Hindu equivalent of American evangelical megachurches.
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