History Fridge / ETTheExtraterrestrial

* The movie is basically a retelling of TheWizardOfOz. E.T. wants to get home and is helped by three companions. Some scenes are even similar, such as E.T.'s tearful goodbye to each of his friends at the end.

* [[https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1.0-9/10007485_279621632197643_4005398743775442218_n.jpg E.T. is more than likely a Jedi.]]

* I could never understand why Elliot didn't go with his best friend on adventures in space when I was a kid. And then I grew up, and realized that Elliot had matured during E.T's visit. At the beginning, he's a very typical 10-year-old, hurting from a divorce, and unable to keep that hurt to himself, even making his mom cry. His brother yells at him for that, telling him to grow up and think how other people feel for a change. When he comes back from sleeping overnight in the forest, he learns that he is just as capable of hurting his family as his father did when said father left his three kids and wife, and at the end, cannot bring himself to hurt his broken family further by leaving with the aliens in the spaceship, no matter how much he loves one of them. ''Ouch.''

* Why the FBI are keeping their distance during the chase could mean two things, and there's a subtle payoff to how careful their being. One: They are following the kids to try to find where the spaceship is. But Keys is ultimately the only person outside the Taylor family to get near the ship. It's probable they were letting everyone go in peace. There's also a good chance the rest of them got to see their takeoff. Two: while the kids are harboring an alien, [[WouldntHurtAChild they are still kids and they are taking extra special care of not speeding up in risk of running them over.]] Even with the guns pointing at them, they were more or less a last resort warning, or else they would have shot them down during the flight. The guns probably weren't even loaded at all. They just wanted to intimidate the kids. The agents obviously don't mean any harm throughout the movie, they're just trying (and ultimately failing) to help and reach out to higher intelligence.

** Then, because Elliot relates to E.T as an outsider, the film could also be called Elliot Taylor (:The Extra-terrestrial part of the title hinting that Elliot also sees himself as an alien due to him being different and alienated after his father left home)

* Why the FBI are keeping their distance during the chase could mean two things, and there's a subtle payoff to how careful their being. One: They are following the kids to try to find where the spaceship is. But Keys is ultimately the only person outside the Taylor family to get near the ship. It's probable they were letting everyone go in peace. There's also a good chance the rest of them got to see their takeoff. Two: while the kids are harboring an alien, [[WouldntHurtAChild they are still kids and they are taking extra special care of not speeding up in risk of running them over.]] Even with the guns pointing at them, they were more or less a last resort warning, or else they would have shot them down during the flight. The guns probably weren't even loaded at all. The agents obviously don't mean any harm throughout the movie, they're trying (and ultimately failing) to help. They just wanted to intimidate the kids.

* Why the FBI are keeping their distance during the chase could mean two things. One is that they are following the kids to try to find where the spaceship is. Two while the kids are harboring an alien, [[WouldntHurtAChild they are still kids and they are taking extra special care of not speeding up in risk of running them over.]] Even with the guns pointing at them, they were more or less a last resort warning, or else they would have shot them down during the flight.
** It's possible the guns weren't even loaded at all, and they just wanted to intimidate the kids.

* The movie is basically a retelling of TheWizardOfOz. E.T. wants to get home and is helped by three companions. Some scenes are even similar, such as the kiss goodbye at the end.

* A {{Cracked}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7faGZJZzZ4k After Hours video]] argued that if E.T.'s mind-controlling, telepathic, lifeforce-draining, telekinetic, resource-harvesting race were ever to decide our planet was worth conquering, we would be in for a CosmicHorrorStory.

* A {{Cracked}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7faGZJZzZ4k After Hours video] argued that E.T.'s mind-controlling, telepathic, lifeforce-draining, telekinetic, resource-harvesting race were ever to decide our planet was worth conquering, we would be in for a CosmicHorrorStory.

* A minor example. Since we don't know what happened after E.T. left, it is possible Elliott's family got in trouble with the federal government for setting E.T. free.

* [[https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/t1.0-9/10007485_279621632197643_4005398743775442218_n.jpg E.T. is more than likely a DJ.]]

** Which makes it Spielberg's rebuttal to the ending of his previous ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' where the father ''did'' leave his family to go galivanting with aliens (none of whom he had formed a relationship with).
* Going by the above post, it took me years to realize that E.T. is a StealthSequel to CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind. The space ships even have some similarities.

* Going by the above post, it took me years to realize that E.T. is a StealhSequel to CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind. The space ships even have some similarities.

* Why does Michael find E.T. by a river? WordOfGod states that E.T. is a plant like creature (The ExpandedUniverse book and games touch upon this) and he could've been there to help himself survive.

* E.T. are the first and last letters of Elliot's name. WordofGod, a trading card series to tie in with the movie says the family's last name is Taylor. Elliott could've given E.T. his initials.

* E.T. are the first and last letters of Elliot's name.

* Lucas and Spielberg have confirmed that E.T. is from the Star Wars Universe. So...[[TheEmpire Guess who might be knocking on Earth's door one day?]]

* [[FridgeHorror Fridge Horror]]: Lucas and Spielberg have confirmed that E.T. is from the Star Wars Universe. So...[[TheEmpire Guess who might be knocking on Earth's door one day?]]

* E.T. are the first and last letters of Elliot's name.

* When E.T. sees Gertie for the first time she screams and he screams back. He was scared of Elliot at first, screamed, but came back and got to know Elliot. By the time he met Gertie and she screamed, he thought that was how humans greeted each other and was mimicking her facial expressions.

* When E.T. sees Gertie for the first time she screams and he screams back. He was scared of Elliot at first, screamed, but warmed up. By the time he met Gertie he thought that was how humans greeted each other and was being playful.

** Which makes it Spielberg's rebuttal to the ending of his previous ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' where the father ''did'' leave his family to go galivanting with aliens (none of whom he had formed a relationship with).