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=== This film has examples of the following tropes: ===

* [[Alien Invasion]]

* [[Aliens in Cardiff]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and [[Justified Trope|justified]]. When one character claims that it would be absurd for aliens to secretly invade via a [[High School]] in a small town and brainwash the population, another [[Genre Savvy]] charcter points out that this would attract a lot less attention than attacking a big city, which the whole world will notice. See the page quote.

* [[Fake American]]: Canadian actress [[Laura Harris]] as the Southern girl Marybeth, complete with a ridiculously over-the-top Southern accent. {{spoiler|In-universe, this also applies to Marybeth herself, making it a justified example.}}

* [[Fake-Out Make-Out]]: Subverted. While breaking into the school's storeroom to steal ingredients for his drugs, Zeke cites the trope to reassure Marybeth should they be caught. However the two aren't patient, and start making out regardless.

{{quote|'''Stokely:''' So [[Alien Invasion|aliens]] have just been setting us up over the years, creating this happy little make-believe existence, with their ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.]]''s and their ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' movies, just so [[Crying Wolf|no one would believe it if it really happened]]?<br />

'''Casey:''' I think so. }}

* [[Five-Man Band]]: Not the variety used on this site, but the one used in ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'' -- the princess (Delilah), the criminal (Zeke), the brain (Casey), the athlete (Stan) and the basket case (Stokely). There's also the new girl (Marybeth). {{spoiler|Who turns out to be the [[Big Bad]].}}

** If you're going by the "standard" [[Five-Man Band]] formula:

*** Marybeth: The [[Sixth Ranger]]. {{spoiler|Actually the [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]].}}

* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]

* [[Full-Name Basis]]: Marybeth always introduces herself by her full name, Marybeth Louise Hutchinson.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: This ''is'' a [[The Nineties|late '90s]] teen horror film -- it goes with the territory.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Used multiple times by the pod people against the heroes, but the big one is delivered by {{spoiler|Marybeth}}. When {{spoiler|she}} confronts Casey in the locker room, {{spoiler|she}} tries to convince him that, by joining the aliens, he will be happy, and will no longer have to suffer through humiliation at the hands of his peers. When Casey [[Shut UP, Hannibal|refuses to be swayed]], {{spoiler|Marybeth}} simply gives up, tells him that it's too late and that the aliens have already won, and comes after him.

* [[High School]]

* [[Hollywood Nerd]]: Elijah Wood as the nerdy kid Casey.

* [[Homage]]: The entire film is an homage to ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' and ''[[The Puppet Masters (novel)|The Puppet Masters]]'', with [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] aplenty.

** When Zeke is selling pens full of drugs to some students, he tells them that the stuff is "guaranteed to jack you up." {{spoiler|Casey later repeats this line before he stabs and kills Alien!Marybeth with one of these pens.}}

** While snooping in the teachers' lounge, Casey tells Delilah that she can be "pretty cool sometimes" (i.e. when she's not being the [[Alpha Bitch]]). Delilah asks if he's hitting on her. At the end of the film, Delilah repeats this line to Casey, whom she is now dating.

* [[Lens Flare Censor]]: In reverse. The darkness is used to cover up {{spoiler|Marybeth's}} naughty bits. It doesn't work so well on the DVD, though.

* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Delilah.

** Several movies and books about aliens get name-dropped by the characters, including ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.]]'', ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'', ''[[Robert A. Heinlein|The Puppet Masters]]'' and ''[[Independence Day]]'', with one reference to the latter movie providing the page quote.

* [[Single Biome Planet]]: The head alien is from a planet covered entirely with water. This is the reason why people infected with the alien parasite need to drink lots of water -- the thing needs a lot of it, and it dehydrates people rather quickly.

** The head: Zeke.

** The muscle: Stan.

* [[Tomato Surprise]]: {{spoiler|Marybeth faked her negative result on the drug test by sealing her nostril and turning her pinky finger back into a tentacle temporarily to remove the butt cap of the pen so the drug will fall through it, but making everyone think she sniffed it.}}

* [[Uncanny Valley Girl]]: {{spoiler|Marybeth.}}

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: During the climax, {{spoiler|Marybeth}} switches between human and alien forms at will.

* [[Write What You Know]]: Casey references this trope when trying to explain to Stokely why he believes that ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' was [[Based on a True Story]].