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This film's plot was copied in the extremely similar (yet hilarious) ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''.
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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.
* [[Benevolent Alien Invasion]]: Played mostly straight in the original. (Subverted in the remake.)
* [[Crush! Kill! Destroy!]]: Averted; Gort is very much not a marauder.
* [[Cyber Cyclops]]: Gort.
* [[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.
* [[Einstein Hair]]: Professor Barnhardt.
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Threatened, but doesn't actually happen during the story.
* [[First Contact]]: In the first reel.
* [[Flying Saucer]]: Klaatu's ship.
* [[Future Music]]: The soundtrack loves its theremin.
* [[Hanlon's Razor]]: For the most part, Klaatu blames human aggression and violence on ''irresponsibility'', not malicious intent.
* [[Holographic Terminal]]: The [[Ur Example]]. Being a movie from the 1950's, Klaatu of course does not have access to CGI hologram special effects, but he does wave at his computer to control it from a distance.
* [[Hot Mom]]:
* [[Human Aliens]]: Klaatu.
* [[Humanity on Trial]]: Discussed - it's up to humanity, by its actions, how the trial will end.
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]
* [[Humans Are Morons]]
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* [[Interrupted Cooldown Hug]]
* [[Jerkass]]: Tom, who rats Klaatu out to the Feds.
* [[Killer Robot]]: Gort.▼
▲* [[Killer Robot]]
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: The item shot out of Klaatu's hand was a gift for the President that would have advanced science significantly.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Professor Barnhardt is a clear stand-in for [[Albert Einstein]].
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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.
* [[Scare Chord]]: The Piano got some really bad abuse during the making of this film.
* [[Screaming Woman]]: Helen, when Gort advances on her.
* [[Shoot Him! He Has a Wallet!]]: Happens to Klaatu in the beginning.
* [[Space Police]]: Klaatu.
* [[Space Whale Aesop]]: Give up war or be destroyed by robots from outer space.
* [[Two of Your Earth Minutes]]: When Klaatu is telling the President's representative how long and how far he's traveled to reach Earth.
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