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'''Starman:''' "Before. Yes, we are interested in your species."
'''Mark Shermin:''' "You mean you're some kind of anthropologist? Is that what you're doing here? Just checking us out?"
'''Starman:''' "You are a strange species, not like any other... and you'd be surprised how many there are. Shall I tell you what I find beautiful about you?" }}
[[John Carpenter]]'s ''Starman'' is a kind of ''[[
Starman arrives on Earth as a result of Earth having transmitted welcome messages to any alien life, and clones himself an environment
As usual, the military [[We Come in Peace, Shoot
The movie was followed by a [[Walking the Earth]] television series starring Robert Hays of ''[[Airplane!]]'' fame.
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* [[Alien Among Us]]
* [[But I Can't Be Pregnant]]: After he and Jenny made love on the train Starman proclaims "I gave you a baby tonight." Jenny says that this is impossible because she is incapable of having a child. Starman explains that he used his powers to alleviate this.
* [[The Eighties]]: [[Retcon
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Starman, obviously.
* [[Full
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: Shermin blows smoke in Fox's face after arranging for Jenny and Starman to get away.
* [[Green Aesop]]: Starman doesn't approve of deer hunting.
* [[Hey,
* [[Humanity Is Infectious]]
* [[Human Aliens]]: Starman takes on human form while on Earth, his natural form being a floating blob of light.
* [[Humans Are
* [[Humans Are Special]]: As usual.
* [[Klingons Love Shakespeare]]: Starman can't get enough of Dutch apple pie, to the point that eating it is nearly a sexual experience for him.
* [[Naked
* [[Quizzical Tilt]]: Starman spends most of the movie this way given he is learning the human experience as he goes, and everything is therefore bewildering and confusing to him.
* [[Recycled: the Series]]: The aforementioned short-lived TV show.
* [[Second Face Smoke]]: Shermin does this to Fox after allowing Starman to escape.
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'''Shermin''': Well, as much as I hate to stoop to symbolism...
''(Shermin takes a puff from cigar and blows smoke into Fox's face)'' }}
* [[Spheroid Dropship]]: The ship that comes to pick up Starman at the end.
* [[Super Human Trafficking]]
* [[They Would Cut You Up]]: Jenny and Shermin's concerns of what awaits Starman if Fox catches him.
* [[We Come in Peace, Shoot
* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]
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