History Characters / ETTheExtraterrestrial

* VagueAge: According to the novelization of the film he's over 10 million years old. Other sources put him at about 800 years old, and he's shown to be a child in the [[ExpandedUniverse book E.T: The Book of the Green Planet.]]

-->'''Rev. Lovejoy''': I remember another gentle visitor from the heavens, he came in peace and then died, only to come back to life, and his name was... E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial. ''(cries)'' I loved that little guy.

[[folder: Michael]]
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[[folder: Gertie]]

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Elliot tends to think she is this more so than Michael.

[[folder: Mary]]

* FailedASpotCheck: The first time she sees ET, she doesn't think he's anything but a stuffed doll.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Averted and defied. Is generally girly despite her pixie cut.

[[folder: Greg, Steve and Tyler]]

[[folder: "Keys" (and other government figures)]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Something must have happened to Keys to get him interested in aliens, since he claims he's been waiting for something like E.T. to appear since he was 10. (While his claim that "[E.T.] came to me too" seems unlikely, he might be rationalizing this as being the truth FromACertainPointOfView.) He and the rest of the government investigation team are just given very quick (and sinister-looking) scenes where they investigate the remains of E.T.'s and Eliot's shenanigans up until they converge on the house.

* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: He has a job to do that conflicts with the protagonists and is part of a group that comes across as very scary, but he is a good man at heart who has been wanting to meet an alien since he was 10, wants to save E.T., sympathizes with Elliot ("I'm glad he met you first."), and when he sees E.T. is going home, he just watches alongside Mary, and doesn't do anything to prevent it.
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[[folder: Elliott]]
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* BigBrotherBully: In order to make sure Gertie doesn't tell their mom about E.T, Elliot and Michael invoke this by threatening to torture her toy doll.
* CoyGirlishFlirtPose: Elliot is a deceptively good ladies' man.

* BizarreAlienBiology: Background dialogue from the doctors indicates that E.T.'s DNA uses six nucleotides instead of four. (This may help explain why he got sick: Earth's food doesn't provide him sufficient nourishment.)

->Voiced by: Pat Welsh

* OutnumberedSibling: She's the only girl with two older brothers.

* BigBad: He is the lead scientist who wants to capture E.T.

* MamaBear: Once shown E.T. for the first time, while she is unaware of the alien's relationship to her child, her first impulse is to grab her obviously ill son and get him away from the strange creature.
** She also tries to protect the kids when the government agents finally make their way into her house.

->Played by: Dee Wallace

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* CharacterDevelopment: He goes from a basic {{Jerkass}} to caring about E.T. and wanting to help him just as much as his younger siblings--he's very upset upon finding him near death, and even moreso when he does die, then just as thrilled as Elliot when he revives.

->Played by: Henry Thomas

* BadassAdorable: He's UglyCute, but has formidable PsychicPowers.

* BizarreAlienBiology: Background dialogue from the doctors (see CastTheExpert) indicates that E.T.'s DNA uses six nucleotides instead of four. (This may help explain why he got sick: Earth's food doesn't provide him sufficient nourishment.)

* SweetTooth: Quickly develops a fondness for [[MarsWantsChocolate Reece's Pieces candy]].