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'''Graeme''': Did you want [[Spot of Tea|Tea]]? }}

 

** In the Unrated version there's a fake one at [[Comic Con]].

* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and mocked when Graeme asks Paul if he has [[Translator Microbes|some sort of magic translation thing]] going on.

** Also, [[Justified Trope|justified]], in that Paul has been living here for 60 years or so, more than enough time to learn to speak English fluently.

* [[Amazing Freaking Grace]]: Ruth when she first finds out about Paul.

* [[Amusing Alien]]: Paul.

* [[Anal Probing]]: Clive, suspicious of Paul after he and Graeme first find him and take Paul along in their RV, asks Graeme, "What if we wake up and find him inserting a probe into our anus?"

** On Twitter, [[Simon Pegg]] mentioned that they did consider doing a joke about anal probing and repressed memories (of sexual abuse), but they ditched it because a) they couldn't find a punchline, and b) they felt that [[Dude, Not Funny|it might actually be true and not funny]].

** Turns out those two rednecks are deathly afraid of homosexuality, and in their opinion, anal probing counts as such.

* [[Book Ends]]: The movie begins and ends at the San Diego ComicCon, first as attendees, {{spoiler|then as invited guests}}.

* [[Brick Joke]]: When Paul first meets Clive and Graeme, Clive faints and Graeme assumes Paul made it happen somehow, but Paul assures him he didn't. Later, when Ruth meets Paul the first time and faints:

'''Paul''': "She fainted! We've been over this!" }}

** "You'll know it when you see it." It immediately cuts to a ratty looking trailer park, with Paul saying that looks like a good place to stop, making you think this is the answer to the question. It turns out later he meant {{spoiler|Devil's Tower}}.

* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]:

** An otherwise throwaway line from Jane Lynch:

'''Pat''': [[Double Entendre|I hear that!]]" }}

** When Graeme first meets Ruth, he tells her, "You might want to push the tissues off the bed with a pen. I have a slight cold." He doesn't look or sound sick at all, so he's probably using the tissues for something else.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Paul, almost constantly.

* [[Determinator]]: Ruth's dad.

* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Graeme, and then Paul, a few moments later}}.

* [[Distant Prologue]]: A brief opener shows Paul's ship crashing on Earth in 1947, before we cut to the present day.

* [[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.

* [[Furry Fandom]]: Clive mentions that the last time he had sex before meeting Paul was with a woman cosplaying as an Ewok.

'''Clive''': Well... she was furry nice. }}

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: The Big "Guy" is actually a woman.

* [[Hug and Comment]]: "Clive, I can feel your boner."

* [[I Resemble That Remark]]: Happens to Clive, right after choking Paul.

'''Clive''': ''I DO NOT HAVE A FUCKING SPAZZ ATTACK!'' *starts choking Paul, ''again''* }}

** It helps to know that calling someone a "spaz" in England is equivalent to calling someone a "retard" in North America.

* [[Improvised Weapon]]: The clock that Graeme hits Agent Haggard with.

* [[Invisibility]]: Paul, but only if he holds his breath. Fails on him several times due to this.

* [[Invisible Streaker]]: Paul.

* [[Irony]]: Paul is a man from the stars with a Biblical name who heals the sick. He's hunted by crazed Bible thumpers.

* [[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}}.

"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]]'' and the films ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' and ''[[Film/Hot Fuzz|Hot Fuzz]]''.

** "You can't WIN with these people."

* [[Separated by a Common Language]]

'''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.