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''Killer Klowns from Outer Space'' is a 1988 [[B-Movie]]. A spaceship shaped like a giant circus tent lands on the outskirts of a small town. The occupants are aliens that look like [[Monster Clown|Monster Clowns]]. They begin abducting the townsfolk, sealing them in cotton candy cocoons, and then [[Our Vampires Are Different|draining them of their blood]]. Only one man, his two delinquent friends, his girlfriend, and her cop ex-boyfriend can stop them.
A very [[Affectionate Parody]] of 50's [[B-Movie|B Movies]] (particularly ''[[
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* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|The Klowns' spaceship blows up at the end of the film with Dave and the Terenzi brothers on board. All three of them are alive and well a minute later.}}
* [[Earth-Shattering Poster]]
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* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[I'm Melting]]: Near the end the Klowns dispose of a security guard by showering him with throwing pies... which promptly melt him down to a pile of bones.
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: The {{spoiler|town's entire population gets killed outright or turned into cocoons (apparently an irreversible process)}} and then {{spoiler|blown up when the Klowns' spaceship explodes}}. Only five characters survive, three of whom merely due to {{spoiler|their [[Disney Death|Disney Deaths]]}}. Um... yeah?
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* [[Monster Clown]]: ''From Outer Space''.
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: Mooney tries a little [[Police Brutality]] on a klown, thinking it's a prankster in a costume.
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* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: John Vernon (Sgt. Mooney) has a grand total of seven minutes of screen time. He gets an "[[And Starring]]" credit. Then again, he was pretty much the only big name in the cast.
* [[People Puppets]]: {{spoiler|Mooney}} after being killed by a Klown.
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* [[Ray Gun]]: The Klown's main weapon of choice is a ray gun that turns people into cotton candy.
* [[Shower Scene]]: We don't get to see anything, but the love interest apparently spends a good half-hour in there...
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* [[To Serve Man]]: As mentioned above, the Klowns capture people to drink their victims' blood.
* [[Visual Pun]]: The Klowns' "Big Top" tent/spaceship, when it takes off at the end of the movie, is revealed to actually be shaped like a Big "top"
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