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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 ''[[ET the Extraterrestrial (Film)|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]''.

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 Extraterrestrial (Film)|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 (Web Video)|The Cinema Snob]]'s [http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/11/04/et-week-extra-terrestrial-visitors.aspx review] of the film, this time under the title ''Extra-Terrestrial Visitors''.

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* [[The Brainless Beauty]]: Laura

* [[But Now I Must Go]]

* [[Cross Dressing Voices]]: Tommy's dubbed voice.

* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: Tommy's dubbed voice.

* [[Dies Wide Open]]

* [[The Ditz]]: Laura

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* [[Megaton Punch]]: Trumpy's mom kills two or three of the cast by punching them in the face.

** Many of them she appears to kill by simply pushing them over.

* [[Mix and Match Critters]]: Trumpy

* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: Trumpy

* [[Mondegreen]]: The reason "The Engines Roar" is so susceptible to mondegreens is that the Spanish composer is singing the song, dubbing Ian Sera, and trying to hide a thick Spanish accent.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The movie can't decide if it's trying to be a cutesy E.T.-like movie or a monster movie, [[Take a Third Option|so it settles on being both.]]