My Parents Are Aliens: Difference between revisions

While stranded, Brian and Sophie attempt to study Earth culture, in order to fit in and thus avoid being found out and taken away for scientific experimentation. A typical episode would begin with Brian and Sophie learning about some aspect of Earth culture and misunderstanding it completely, resulting in [[Hilarity Ensues|various wacky hijinks]]. Often, they would attempt to help the children out with their schoolwork and social lives, inadvertently making things far more complicated than they were in the first place and resulting in some painfully [[Farce|farcical]] plots.

 

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* [[Alien Among Us]]: The titular 'parents'

* [[Alien Catnip]]: the [[Bizarre Alien Biology]] of the titular parents cause them to get very high from various innocent things. A Running Gag was that eating ice cream would cause Brian to sprout a pair of moose antlers.

{{quote|'''Brian:''' "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, carbon and silicon-based organisms, Josh."}}

** In the Series 7 episode, ''The Love Bug'', a letter that Brian and Sophie leave behind after they run away starts with "To our dear children... and Josh." Justified in that Brian loathed Josh for apparently trying to steal Sophie from him, when he just wanted them to stop being all lovey-duvey.

* [[The Nth Doctor]]: In series 1 and 2, Sophie Johnson was played by the blonde Barbara Durkin. From series 3 onwards, Sophie was played brown-haired Carla Mendonsa. It was explained in-show as Sophie having got 'stuck' that way after morphing.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Tanya Thomas, despite being human, was played by three different actresses over the course of the show's run.