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* [[Cult Classic]]
* [[It Was His Sled]]: Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien. Despite it being revealed about [[Ludicrous Precision|one hour, twenty-one minutes and sixteen point five seconds]] in, it's blaringly obvious to most who read the title. The novel is completely upfront about this.
* [[Moe]]: [[
* [[Narm]]: An emotional confrontation between Thomas and Mary-Lou climaxes with him angrily knocking a tray of cookies she is offering him into the air...and in slow-motion to boot.
** Also, the random shots of Thomas and Mary-Lou looking into the camera with vacant expressions.
** Thomas freaking out over the cacophony of the [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]: "GET OUT OF MY MIND! ALL OF YOU! LEAVE MY MIND ALONE! GO BACK TO WHERE YOU BELONG!"
* [[So Bad It's Good]]: For those viewers who see it as a narmy [[Mind Screw]]. But others see it as a...
* [[Tear Jerker]]: One notable example: When Mary-Lou asks what Thomas's children are like, he replies with a mournful gaze across a lake, "They're like children. They're just like children." And then there's the [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|After years of suffering he's stuck on Earth, an alcoholic with no confidante or lover who might help him through the guilt and grief he must be feeling. And We Are As Mayflies to him...}} Tears? This can induce '''rage'''.
* [[Ugly Cute]]: Thomas's true form; when a picture of it appeared on a Bowie fan-blog, one commenter described it as "[[Harry Potter|Voldemort]] with a nose", and in-film Mary-Lou finds him hideous. But commentators over at [[YouTube]] have likened him and his family (especially with their bodysuits) to teddy bears instead...awwww.
* [[Vindicated
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made
* [[
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