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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 manages to use his snout to suck up peanuts and warp time and space with his 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]''.

 

 

For the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' version, please go to the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S03/E03 Pod People|episode recap page]].