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Line 2: [[File:pod_people.png\|frame]] Not to be confused with [[People Jars]], which [[Captain Obvious\|involves Jar People]], or ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'', which features [[~~Replicant~~Kill ~~Snatching~~and Replace\|pod people]], unlike this movie. A little boy named Tommy who has an extensive array of pets he likes to call "specimens" finds an alien egg to hatch, somewhat like Horton. When it hatches, Tommy names the ~~creature--who~~creature—who manages to use his snout to suck up peanuts and warp time and space with his ~~fingers--Trumpy~~fingers—Trumpy. Unfortunately, Trumpy's mom is found by poachers and goes on [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge\|a killing spree in response]]. To add to the terror, a group of [[The Scrappy\|unappealing young people]] takes a break from recording [[Fake Band\|nightmarish "pop" music]] to travel by RV up to the scene of the alien foothold. When one of their members is killed by the alien, they are drawn into the hunt for the culprit. The film is as much of a mess behind the scenes as it is on-screen. ''Los Nuevos Extraterrestres'' began its life as a low-budget horror film. Then, after the initial script had been written, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086026/trivia the producers demanded the addition of the subplot about the little kid adopting the alien], in a blatant attempt to [[Follow the Leader\|cash in on the success]] of ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\|ET the Extraterrestrial]]''. It was filmed in Spanish and French. For the US release is was (badly) dubbed into English and retitled ''The Unearthling''. Then, when the copyright expired, the distributor Film Ventures International purchased the film, slapped the credits from ''completely different films'' onto the beginning and end, and changed the name to ''[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/mstfaq/subtle.html PodPeople]''. You can check out [[The Cinema Snob]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130817025129/http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/11/04/et-week-extra-terrestrial-visitors.aspx review] of the film, this time under the title ''Extra-Terrestrial Visitors''. For the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' version, please go to the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S03/E03 Pod People\|episode recap page]]. Line 17: * [[B-Movie]] * [[Bait and Switch Credits]]: With Galaxy Invader, featuring a monster that looks ''worse'' than the one from here. * [[~~The~~ Brainless Beauty]]: Laura * [[But Now I Must Go]] * [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: Tommy's dubbed voice. Line 47: * [[People in Rubber Suits]]: Trumpy, looking like a mutant offspring of Ro-Man and an elephant. * [[Reality Warper]]: Trumpy wastes his awesome time-and-space-warping powers doing stupid tricks for Tommy. * [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Trumpy's parent goes on this, justifiably. First, all but one of the eggs on its ship are senselessly smashed by a poacher, then, when it approaches two more poachers by a campfire, they lure it closer, then shoot and wound it without provocation. After that, you'd understand why it kills everyone it sees; it thinks all [[Humans Are the Real Monsters\|Humans Are Bastards]]. * [[Scenery Porn]] * [[Shoo the Dog]]: Provides the page quote. Line 59: [[Category:Mystery Science Index 3000]] [[Category:Films of the 1980s]] [[Category:~~{{PAGENAME}}~~Pod People]] [[Category:Film]]