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* [[Aliens Steal Cable]]: Klaatu says that his people have been monitoring Earth's radio signals, and that this is the source of his knowledge of Earth culture and language; however, the common subtrope of aliens being unable to distinguish fiction from reality is avoided.
* [[Aliens Steal Cable]]: Klaatu says that his people have been monitoring Earth's radio signals, and that this is the source of his knowledge of Earth culture and language; however, the common subtrope of aliens being unable to distinguish fiction from reality is avoided.
* [[Benevolent Alien Invasion]]: Played mostly straight in the original. Subverted in the remake.
* [[Benevolent Alien Invasion]]: Played mostly straight in the original. Subverted in the remake.
* [[Crush! Kill! Destroy!]]: Averted
* [[Crush! Kill! Destroy!]]: Averted.
* [[Cyber Cyclops]]
* [[Cyber Cyclops]]
* [[Disintegrator Ray]]: Gort's eye beam
* [[Disintegrator Ray]]: Gort's eye beam.
* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: Klaatu warns that if humanity continues to be so violent, his society will have to do this.
* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: Klaatu warns that if humanity continues to be so violent, his society will have to do this.
* [[Einstein Hair]]: Professor Barnhardt
* [[Einstein Hair]]: Professor Barnhardt.
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]
* [[First Contact]]
* [[First Contact]]
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** Helen tells Tom not to tell the authorities about Klaatu, but doesn't say why it's such a bad idea - that Klaatu's people will destroy Earth.
** Helen tells Tom not to tell the authorities about Klaatu, but doesn't say why it's such a bad idea - that Klaatu's people will destroy Earth.
* [[Scare Chord]]: The Piano got some really bad abuse during the making of this film.
* [[Scare Chord]]: The Piano got some really bad abuse during the making of this film.
* [[Screaming Woman]]: Helen
* [[Screaming Woman]]: Helen.
* [[Shoot Him! He Has a Wallet!]]: Happens to Klaatu in the beginning.
* [[Shoot Him! He Has a Wallet!]]: Happens to Klaatu in the beginning.
* [[Space Police]]
* [[Space Police]]
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* [[Broken Aesop]]: We're destroying the other species on our planet, and aliens think that's bad. Fine. So why does Helen's love for Jacob change Klaatu's mind? A mother's love for a child of her own species, while charming, doesn't really show anything except a desire to perpetuate her species. It'd be more valid if she showed love for an animal, perhaps something [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|completely dissimilar to humans.]] Instead, [[The Power of Love]] conquers all.
* [[Broken Aesop]]: We're destroying the other species on our planet, and aliens think that's bad. Fine. So why does Helen's love for Jacob change Klaatu's mind? A mother's love for a child of her own species, while charming, doesn't really show anything except a desire to perpetuate her species. It'd be more valid if she showed love for an animal, perhaps something [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|completely dissimilar to humans.]] Instead, [[The Power of Love]] conquers all.
** Another problem is how, in the original, despite the distrust he faces, [[Rousseau Was Right|Klaatu still believes in human goodness]], whereas in the remake, Klaatu is as distrustful of humans as they are of him.
** Another problem is how, in the original, despite the distrust he faces, [[Rousseau Was Right|Klaatu still believes in human goodness]], whereas in the remake, Klaatu is as distrustful of humans as they are of him.
* [[The Cameo]]: Gurrak
* [[The Cameo]]: Gurrak.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: The US government decides Klaatu's robot buddy is '''G'''enetically '''O'''rganized '''R'''obotic '''T'''echnology -- apparently, just having Klaatu ''say'' "Gort" at some point wasn't remakey enough.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: The US government decides Klaatu's robot buddy is '''G'''enetically '''O'''rganized '''R'''obotic '''T'''echnology -- apparently, just having Klaatu ''say'' "Gort" at some point wasn't remakey enough.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: We never see anyone getting totally disintegrated by the {{spoiler|metal insects that make up Gort}}. The worst we see is a technician get a nosebleed and then fall over dead.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: We never see anyone getting totally disintegrated by the {{spoiler|metal insects that make up Gort}}. The worst we see is a technician get a nosebleed and then fall over dead.
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* [[Grey Goo]]: How GORT was going to wipe out humanity.
* [[Grey Goo]]: How GORT was going to wipe out humanity.
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: Maybe. The period of time without electricity isn't specified. See its entry on the trope page.
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: Maybe. The period of time without electricity isn't specified. See its entry on the trope page.
* [[Knight Templar]]: Klaatu
* [[Knight Templar]]: Klaatu.
* [[Lowered Monster Difficulty]]: for certain values of "monster"
* [[Lowered Monster Difficulty]]: For certain values of "monster".
* [[No Conservation of Energy]]: The space ship must have had some nice [[Applied Phlebotinum|phlebotinum]] to decelerate that fast without creating enough waste heat to completely level the UN.
* [[No Conservation of Energy]]: The space ship must have had some nice [[Applied Phlebotinum|phlebotinum]] to decelerate that fast without creating enough waste heat to completely level the UN.
* [[Product Placement]]: So blatant that it's distracting.
* [[Product Placement]]: So blatant that it's distracting.
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