History Film / MyScienceProject

* DistantPrologue: The first scene has a UFO crashing into the desert after a apparent malfunction during a engagement with US fighters and brought to a military base hangar. The President is called in to see for himself. Knowing that they can't keep word from getting to the public indefinitely, he them to "get rid of it" except for the "engine" which was already removed. After that, the movie skips ahead to 1985.

* DistantPrologue: The first scene has a UFO crashing into a military base. Soldiers destroy all of it except the central time mechanism. After that, the movie skips ahead to 1985.

* NiceGuy: Despite Michael's assertion that he's better with machines than people, he's a quiet, laidback, pretty friendly guy who undergoes some CharacterDevelopment.

* SlowElectricity: Michael's car can outrun the electricity from the time warp device, allowing the protagonists to beat it to an electrical tower in its path and blow it up.

* CoolTeacher: Robert Roberts is this with somewhat mixed results. That said, Harlan respects him and asks for his help to understand what the Gizmo is.

* CoolTeacher: Robert Roberts is this with somewhat mixed results. That said, Harlan respects him and asks his help to understand what the Gizmo is.

* FireForgedFriends: Sherman, Vince and Harlan bond during their quest to shut the Gizmo down.

* NiceGuy: Despite Michael's assertion that he's better with machines than people, he's a pretty friendly guy who undergoes some CharacterDevelopment.

* SlowElectricity: Michael's car can outrun the electricity from the time warp device, allowing the protagonists to beat it to the power station.

* CowboyCop: Detective Nulty, who investigates the power failure, dynamite theft and explosion because he hasn't had a interesting case in a long time. He even looks the part with his Cowboy hat and treats Michael and Vince a bit roughly; though Vince more than Michael because of the latter's wisecracks.

* DueToTheDead: Cleopatra tosses a flower to Vince; after the protagonists kill a Neanderthal, Vince lays the flower on his chest.

* NiceGuy: Despite Michael's assertion that he's better with machines than people, he's a pretty friendly guy.

* CowboyCop: Detective Nulty, who investigates the power failure, dynamite theft and explosion because he hasn't had a interesting case in a long time. He even looks the part with his Cowboy hat.

* SunglassesAtNight: Vince wears sunglasses all the time. When asked why, he says, "Because when you're cool, the sun shine on you 24 hours a day."

* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: PlayedForLaughs. When a cop asks Bob "What's your name, cowboy?" Bob answers, "Robert Roberts, Esq. to you, honky!"
* ThreatBackfire: Ellie warns Sherman that the Gizomo is dangerous and he could wind up in another dimension. In his excitement, he completely ignores her warning, finds the wires and plugs the device back in to the electrical outlet.

* FlippingTheBird: Vince flips off a guy honking at him from behind with a light-up hand that emerges from a hatch in his hood.

* ThreatBackfire: Ellie warns Sherman that if he touches the orb, he'll end up in another dimension. Sherman is delighted and immediately touches it.

* CoolCar: The Presidential Limo seen in the opening scene, Harlan's customized Pontiac GTO and Vince's Buick Rivera equipped with a deployable middle finger).

* ThreatBackfire: Ellie warns the nerd Sherman (Creator/RaphaelSbarge) that if he touches the orb, he'll end up in another dimension. Sherman is delighted and immediately touches it.

* ParentWithNewParamour: Michael's father Lew (Creator/BarryCorbin) impulsively marries Dolores (Creator/AnnWedgeworth), a cosmetics saleswoman he barely knows who uses her company's products to redecorate their apartment, to Michael's displeasure.

Teenage gearhead Mike Harlan (John Stockwell) has two weeks to turn in a science project he hasn't even started, or he won't graduate high school. He and his date Ellie Sawyer (Creator/DanielleVonZerneck) break into a government aircraft boneyard looking for some machinery he can restore and use as his project. He takes a mysterious device that resembles a plasma globe attached to some other equipment. In auto shop the next day, he and his TV-obsessed friend Vince Latello (Creator/FisherStevens) discover that the device is a time machine, capable of creating a time warp where things from different time periods can interact.