The Puppet Masters (novel): Difference between revisions

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* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: Mary uses this to detect men who've been possessed by the Alien Invaders. Those [[Not Distracted By the Sexy]] are assumed to be "hag-ridden", though as the President points out at one stage, it could also mean they're "[[Unusual Euphemism|harem guards]]"--it is unclear whether Heinlein meant they were eunuchs or gay.

* [[Eagle Land]]: Flavor 1.

* [[Easily Thwarted Alien Invasion]]: The solution is reached by logical reasoning rather than detailed research or military strategy, and turns out to be relatively simple.

* [[Easily-Thwarted Alien Invasion]]: The solution is reached by logical reasoning rather than detailed research or military strategy, and turns out to be relatively simple.

* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Sam goes through several false identities. Only late in the novel does he go right up to his father and asks, "Dad, why did you name me Elihu?"

* [[Exposition Intuition]]: Mary. Her intuition helps her to distinguish infected humans from non-infected ones. The author never explains how is she able to do it, though it is implied that this is somehow associated with sexual arousal as something of which only humans are capable.

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* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Sam and Mary, though it's not clear whether the red color of Mary's hair is natural or not.

* [[If You Won't I Will]]: Sam is asked to allow one of the title monsters to take control of him as an experiment. He refuses, and discovers that his girlfriend Mary has volunteered to do it and will be going in his place. He reverses himself and agrees to take part.

* [[~~Its~~ Personal]]: Things really get personal for Sam when {{spoiler|his beloved cat Pirate dies after being infected}}. He mentions his need for revenge in the closing of the book.

* [[It's Personal]]: Things really get personal for Sam when {{spoiler|his beloved cat Pirate dies after being infected}}. He mentions his need for revenge in the closing of the book.

* [[Mental Fusion]]: The aliens.

* [[Misanthrope Supreme]]: There are some human beings who do not have masters riding them, who are so vile that they serve as Fifth Columnists to the masters.

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* [[Synthetic Plague]]: {{spoiler|The only way to stop the aliens from taking over the Earth.}}

* [[Tank Goodness]]: The "mud turtles."

* [[We Come in Peace Shoot To Kill]]: The aliens. Again, this may be a political allusion.

* [[We Come in Peace, Shoot To Kill]]: The aliens. Again, this may be a political allusion.

* [[Year Inside Hour Outside]]: As a drug induced state.

* [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]]: As a drug induced state.

* [[Zeerust]]: Several examples. One that stands out is when Sam goes to the library to do research on UFO sightings. He does this by scanning through spools of microfilm. In 2007.