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* NonActionGuy: Victor, in stark contrast to the RatedMForManly Bob Hedges.
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* NonActionGuy: Victor, in stark contrast to the RatedMForManly manly Bob Hedges.
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[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/terror_from_year_5000_poster.png]]
''Terror from the Year 5000'' is a 1958 sci-fi film directed by Robert J. Gurney Jr., involving TimeTravel with a twist.
''Terror from the Year 5000'' is a 1958 sci-fi film directed by Robert J. Gurney Jr., involving TimeTravel with a twist.
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''Terror from the Year 5000'' is a 1958
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* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The opening sequence proclaims that Dr. Earling will soon "unleash upon the world [[TitleDrop TERROR - From The Year 5000!]]", and sets Earling up as the sort of amoral, insane scientist so prevalent in this era's sci-fi. Dr. Earling himself is actually a completely ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and a notable aversion of the MadScientist trope; the one to blame for the eponymous terror's escape from the lab is his JerkAss assistant Victor.
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* {{Irony}}: The opening crawl proclaims that Dr. Earling will soon "unleash upon the world [[TitleDrop TERROR - From The Year 5000!]]". Dr. Earling himself is actually a completely ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and a notable aversion of the MadScientist trope; the one to blame for the eponymous terror's escape from the lab is his JerkAss assistant Victor.
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* TitleDrop: During the opening sequence, the announcer bombastically claims that Dr. Earling will soon "unleash upon the world, TERROR - from the year 5000!"
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* {{Irony}}: The opening crawl proclaims that Dr. Earling will soon "unleash upon the world [[TitleDrop TERROR - From The Year 5000!]]". Dr. Earling himself is actually a completely ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and a notable aversion of the MadScientist trope; the one to blame for the eponymous terror's escape from the lab is his JerkAss assistant Victor.
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* MadScientist: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Dr. Earling]]. He insists on official verification of his discoveries, and when he learns that his experiments are resulting in dangerous radioactivity, he suspends his work until safeguards can be implemented. His assistant, on the other hand, is a complete jerk; he plays the trope straight, but not out of a desire ForScience He just wants [[OnlyInItForTheMoney to make money.]]
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* MadScientist: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with by [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Dr. Earling]]. He insists on official verification of his discoveries, and when he learns that his experiments are resulting in dangerous radioactivity, he suspends his work until safeguards can be implemented. His assistant, on the other hand, is a complete jerk; he plays the trope straight, but not out of a desire ForScience He just wants [[OnlyInItForTheMoney to make money.]]
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* NonActionGuy: VictorVictor, in stark contrast to the RatedMForManly Bob Hedges.
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* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: It takes a ''long'' time for the Terror to make an appearance. There's a point when the plot stops in its tracks as our characters catch a movie and hit the bar.
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* BrokenAesop: Near the end Bob is all for repairing the machine and seeing that the people get the genes they need, commenting that despite their looks the mutants are still human. Only for Dr. Earling to say that the future is what they make it *cue triumphant music*. So the moral is: do nothing even though you have the means to help people and try to avoid doing what caused it in the first place... even though there's no guarantee it can be avoided.
** How the hell would you expect three people to change global events that aren't going to occur for another couple thousand years? [[ForWantOfANail Butterfly effects, maybe?]]
** How the hell would you expect three people to change global events that aren't going to occur for another couple thousand years? [[ForWantOfANail Butterfly effects, maybe?]]
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* BrokenAesop: Near the end Bob is all for repairing the machine and seeing that the people get the genes they need, commenting that despite their looks the mutants are still human. Only for Dr. Earling to say stops him, saying that the future is what they we make it *cue it. Cue triumphant music*. So music. The problem is that there's no way of knowing whether they'll be ''able'' to change the events that aren't even going to happen for three thousand more years. As a result, the moral is: do nothing ends up coming across as "don't bother helping people even though you have the means ability to help people do so, and try to avoid doing what caused instead just hope it in the first place... even though there's no guarantee it can be avoided.
** How the hell would you expect three people to change global events that aren't going to occur for another couple thousand years? [[ForWantOfANail Butterfly effects, maybe?]]all works out on its own."
** How the hell would you expect three people to change global events that aren't going to occur for another couple thousand years? [[ForWantOfANail Butterfly effects, maybe?]]
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-->'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Mike]]''' (distressed): Ohhh... What are they implying?
-->'''Tom''': They are implying '''''[[UnusualEuphemism "POOM!"]]'''''
* DeusExMachina: The scuba gear and the radiation-proof gear.
-->'''Tom''': They are implying '''''[[UnusualEuphemism "POOM!"]]'''''
* DeusExMachina: The scuba gear and the radiation-proof gear.
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-->'''Tom''': They are implying '''''[[UnusualEuphemism "POOM!"]]'''''
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* DumbassHasAPoint: While discussing how to properly authenticate the statue, Dr. Hedges' assistant gives what is supposed to be a very ignorant "layman's version" description of carbon testing, thus allowing the doctor to exposit to her and to the audience as to what carbon testing ''really'' is. The problem is, while her description of it as "[[BuffySpeak that carbon-14 thing that tells you how old things are]]" might be stated in a rather simplistic way, it's actually far more accurate to how carbon testing actually works compared to what's shown in the movie. The movie shows it as giving specific dates-of-origin, and is somehow even able to date the relic Hedges is studying ''into the future''.
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* [[HypnoticEyes Hypnotic Fingernails]]
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* [[HypnoticEyes Hypnotic Fingernails]]HypnoticEyes: Fingernails, actually. The terror's fingernails somehow have the power to hypnotize people who look at them.
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* MadScientist: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Dr. Earling]]. He insists on official verification of his discoveries, and when he learns that his experiments are resulting in dangerous radioactivity, he suspends his work until safeguards can be implemented. His assistant, on the other hand, is a complete ''[[SpannerInTheWorks jerk;]]'' he plays the trope straight, but not out of a desire ForScience He just wants [[OnlyInItForTheMoney to make money.]]
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* MadScientist: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Dr. Earling]]. He insists on official verification of his discoveries, and when he learns that his experiments are resulting in dangerous radioactivity, he suspends his work until safeguards can be implemented. His assistant, on the other hand, is a complete ''[[SpannerInTheWorks jerk;]]'' jerk; he plays the trope straight, but not out of a desire ForScience He just wants [[OnlyInItForTheMoney to make money.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Claire is ''engaged'' to Victor, but begins to mack on Bob almost the instant she sees him; sure enough, by the end of the movie, they're all but explicitly stated to have hooked up, which doesn't seem to bother anyone - if only because [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse Victor is dead by that point.]]
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** Carbon dating uses the concept of radioactive decay to estimate how much time has passed since the item was originally created, with the current date being a reference point. Any item from the future would be incorrectly dated as it would still use the current date as a reference; the process will ''never'' date an item into the future. It also only works on organic matter. The statue is made of ''metal''.
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** Carbon dating uses the concept of radioactive decay to estimate how much time has passed since the item was originally created, a living object died, with the current date being a reference point. Any item from the future would be incorrectly dated as it would still use the current date as a reference; the process will ''never'' date an item into the future. It also only works on organic matter. The statue is made of ''metal''.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Claire is ''engaged'' to Victor, but begins to mack on Bob almost the instant she sees him; sure enough, by the end of the movie, they're all but explicitly stated to have hooked up, which doesn't seem to bother anyone - if only because [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse Victor is dead by that point.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Claire is ''engaged'' to Victor, but begins to mack on Bob almost the instant she sees him; sure enough, by the end of the movie, they're all but explicitly stated to have hooked up, which doesn't seem to bother anyone - if only because [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse Victor is dead by that point.]]
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** Carbon dating would not work on objects from the future, because it's an estimate based on radiometric ''decay.'' It also only works on organic matter. The statue is made of ''metal''.
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** Carbon dating would not work on objects uses the concept of radioactive decay to estimate how much time has passed since the item was originally created, with the current date being a reference point. Any item from the future, because it's future would be incorrectly dated as it would still use the current date as a reference; the process will ''never'' date an estimate based on radiometric ''decay.'' item into the future. It also only works on organic matter. The statue is made of ''metal''.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Claire is ''engaged'' to Victor, but begins to mack on Bob almost the instant she sees him; sure enough, by the end of the movie, they're all but explicitly stated to have hooked up, which doesn't seem to bother anyone - if only because [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse Victor is dead by that point.]]
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* MadScientist: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Dr. Earling]]. He insists on official verification of his discoveries and when he learns that his experiments are resulting in dangerous radioactivity, he suspends his work until safeguards can be implemented. His assistant, on the other hand, is a complete ''[[SpannerInTheWorks jerk.]]''
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* LoveTriangle: Downplayed. One ''sort of'' develops between Bob, Claire and Victor, but Claire has roughly one moment where she shows Victor any kind of affection, even though he's her ''fiance''; she spends the rest of her time macking on Bob.
* MadScientist: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Dr. Earling]]. He insists on official verification of hisdiscoveries discoveries, and when he learns that his experiments are resulting in dangerous radioactivity, he suspends his work until safeguards can be implemented. His assistant, on the other hand, is a complete ''[[SpannerInTheWorks jerk.]]''jerk;]]'' he plays the trope straight, but not out of a desire ForScience He just wants [[OnlyInItForTheMoney to make money.]]
* MadScientist: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Dr. Earling]]. He insists on official verification of his
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* NeutralFemale: Dr. Bob's assistant Miss Blake plays this totally straight with her ExtremeDoormat personality. Claire, on the other hand, averts it; even outside '50s standards, she's rather intelligent and assertive. Heck, she even brawls with the titular Terror after finding out the villainous mutant was responsible for killing Angelo.
This is ironic, because The Terror lampshades this trope by accusing women from this period of standing around doing nothing.
This is ironic, because The Terror lampshades this trope by accusing women from this period of standing around doing nothing.
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* NeutralFemale: Dr. Bob's assistant Miss Blake plays this totally straight with her ExtremeDoormat personality. Claire, on the other hand, averts it; even outside '50s standards, she's rather intelligent and assertive. Heck, she even brawls with the titular Terror after finding out the villainous mutant was responsible for killing Angelo.
Angelo. This is ironic, because The Terror lampshades this trope by accusing women from this period of standing around doing nothing.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Carbon dating would not work on objects from the future, because it's an estimate based on radiometric ''decay.''
** It also only works on organic matter. The statue is made of ''metal''.
** It also only works on organic matter. The statue is made of ''metal''.
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** Carbon dating would not work on objects from the future, because it's an estimate based on radiometric ''decay.''
**'' It also only works on organic matter. The statue is made of ''metal''.
** Carbon dating would not work on objects from the future, because it's an estimate based on radiometric ''decay.
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** Ironic, because The Terror lampshades this trope by accusing women from this period of standing around doing nothing.
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* NeutralFemale: Dr. Bob's assistant Miss Blake plays this totally straight with her ExtremeDoormat personality. Claire, on the other hand, subverts it; even outside '50s standards, she's rather intelligent and assertive. Heck, she even brawls with the titular Terror after finding out the villainous mutant was responsible for killing Angelo.
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* NeutralFemale: Dr. Bob's assistant Miss Blake plays this totally straight with her ExtremeDoormat personality. Claire, on the other hand, subverts averts it; even outside '50s standards, she's rather intelligent and assertive. Heck, she even brawls with the titular Terror after finding out the villainous mutant was responsible for killing Angelo.
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* NeutralFemale: Dr. Bob's assistant Miss Blake plays this totally straight with her ExtremeDoormat personality. Claire, on the other hand, subverts it; even outside '50s standards, she's rather intelligent and assertive. Heck, she even brawls the titular Terror after finding out the villainous mutant was responsible for killing Angelo.
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* NeutralFemale: Dr. Bob's assistant Miss Blake plays this totally straight with her ExtremeDoormat personality. Claire, on the other hand, subverts it; even outside '50s standards, she's rather intelligent and assertive. Heck, she even brawls with the titular Terror after finding out the villainous mutant was responsible for killing Angelo.
