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* [[Actor Allusion]]: A bunch, mixed in with the rest of the [[Shout
** [[Aliens|"Get away from her, you bitch!"]]
** A really old one for the fans, Graeme is a [[Spaced|very good artist.]]
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* [[Exotic Equipment]]: "Hey, on my planet, this is [[Gag Penis|small!]]"
* [[Exposition Beam]]: Paul can zap people with knowledge of the universe.
* [[Fiction As Cover Up]]: Inverted. According to Paul, the government commissioned movies about aliens in order to prepare society for [[First Contact]], not to make them skeptical. He was responsible for, among others, ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', ''[[
* [[The Foreign Subtitle]]: The Chinese title of the film translates to "We Hit an Alien!"
* [[The Fundamentalist]]: Ruth, [[Character Development|initially]]. She freaks out at Paul even ''after'' he explains that his existence "only disproves... one world theologies". Her dad is even worse.
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** It helps to know that calling someone a "spaz" in England is equivalent to calling someone a "retard" in North America.
* [[I Ate What?]]: Agent Zoil ''tastes Clive's urine'' (he wasn't sure it was urine before tasting though...)
* [[If Jesus, Then Aliens]]: Averted with Ruth, but played straight ([[Played for Laughs|for laughs]]) with her Father.
* [[Impairment Shot]]: Ruth after she wakes up after fainting when she sees Paul.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: {{spoiler|Zoil}} manages to incapacitate the whole of The Big Guy's entourage with non-lethal hits.
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** Nick Frost for once not playing [[The Ditz]].
** Bill Hader as a semi-serious special agent who goes a bit [[Ax Crazy]], rather than a funny guy.
* [[Plot
* [[Pocket Protector]]: {{spoiler|Papa Buggs is saved by his [[Bullet Proof Bible]].}}
* [[
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Ruth fails to deliver one, but when Zoil runs out of bullets, he levels a small city.
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: {{spoiler|Subverted.}} Haggard's line to Ruth's dad could count as this {{spoiler|except he doesn't die}}.
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"Tell him you failed." }}
* [[Production Posse]]: This is the fourth project Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have starred in together, following the TV show ''[[Spaced (TV)|Spaced]]'' and the films ''[[Shaun of the Dead (Film)|Shaun of the Dead]]'' and ''[[Film/Hot Fuzz|Hot Fuzz]]''.
* [[Punny Name]]: {{spoiler|[
* [[Reality Subtext]]: At the end, Pat tells Ruth that she would look even better with her clothes off. The actress who plays her, [[Glee|Jane Lynch]], is a lesbian.
* [[Religious Stereotype]]: Ruth and her dad. Ruth experiences [[Easy Evangelism]] via psychic powers, while her dad {{spoiler|decides that the main group isn't so bad after Paul revives Graeme.}}
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'''Graeme''': [cowboy voice] Ah sure do! [laughter] }}
* [[Serkis Folk]]: Paul. Most of the stand-in work was done by Joe Lo Truglio, who also plays Agent O'Reilly. Seth Rogen also did some motion capture work during pre-production.
* [[Shout
** For starters: Clive is implied to have a dog called [[Independence Day|Boomer]]. Interestingly, while in ''[[Independence Day]]'' Boomer survives everything, the first scenes of ''Paul'' shows more cruelty towards pets.
** Who has guns in England? "[[Hot Fuzz|...farmers.]]"
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** [[Jaws (Film)|"Smile, you son of a bitch!"]]
** [[The Blues Brothers|"I'm on a mission from God!"]]
** [[Doctor Who
** Paul [[The Karate Kid|puts his palms together and rubs]] before healing a bird.
** [[Back to The Future|"Where we're going, you won't need teeth."]]
** Paul also wanted some [[
** Three-breasted space babe, [[Total Recall|you say]]? Also could be a shoutout to [[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy|Eccentrica Gallumbits, the Triple-Breasted Whore of Eroticon VI]]
** The Big Guy refers to Paul as "[[Mork and Mindy|Mork]]'' at one point. He doesn't like it.
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