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A bizarre 1996 Science Fiction film (based off an old trading card series by Topps) by [[Tim Burton]] that depicted an invasion on the planet Earth by gleefully destructive Martians. Notable for its all-star ensemble cast, including [[Jack Nicholson]], Lukas Haas, Annette Bening, Jim Brown, Pierce Brosnan, [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], Glenn Close, Martin Short, [[Michael J. Fox]], [[Jack Black]], [[Natalie Portman]]<ref>Do not confuse the below examples of Natalie the character with her</ref>, [[Pam Grier]], Danny DeVito, [[Stunt Casting|Tom Jones]] and [[Jack Nicholson]] (again). [[Hilarity Ensues]] as most of them are jokingly killed off with bizarre weaponry as cheesily as possible.

* [[Sedgwick Speech]]

* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: Art Land selling the investors on building his casino while the Martians blow up real estate all around them.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Multiple examples

* [[Stab the Salad]]

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Virtually all humans, who continue trusting the Martians after they've consistently vaporized their most important dignitaries.

* [[Two Out of Three Ain't Bad]]: Capitol Hill is vaporized early on, but at least the White House and the Supreme Court are okay....for the moment.

* [[Unexpected Successor]]: {{spoiler|The President's daughter, played by Natalie Portman.}}

* [[Universal Translator]]: The humans build one before formally meeting the Martians. Subverted in that it doesn't really work (or the Martians are intentionally spouting gibberish half the time just for the fun of it).