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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* HumanAliens: Carly and Frampton (along with the rest of their race) are this... except for their eight-toed feet.
** There are other near-miss races that fall under UncannyValley.

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Carly and Frampton (along with the rest of their race) are this... except for their eight-toed feet.
%% ** There are other near-miss races that fall under UncannyValley.too.
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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Judy loves this, it seems. "“I’m Judy Sherman, bitch. And you’re in infinitely deep shit.”

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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Judy loves this, it seems. "“I’m "I’m Judy Sherman, bitch. And you’re in infinitely deep shit."
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Join Nick Carter, a young copyright lawyer, as he hurdles the obstacles thrown in his path: an obnoxious cousin, a beautiful neighbor he desperately wants to hook up with, a megalomanical boss, and aliens who want to blow up the earth unless they [[ImpossibleTask get a license that allows every species in the universe unlimited access to Earth's music (sans North Korea).]]

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Join Nick Carter, a young copyright lawyer, as he hurdles the obstacles thrown in his path: an obnoxious cousin, a beautiful neighbor he desperately wants to hook up with, a megalomanical boss, and aliens who want to blow up the earth unless they [[ImpossibleTask get a license that allows every species in the universe unlimited access to Earth's music music]] [[RunningGag (sans North Korea).]]
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* LawfulStupid: The major problem with the Refined, and the source of the central conflict of the plot. They have a sacred tenant of their galactic society that the rules that govern the art of any member species must be preserved when sharing it with all other species, in order to maintain the unique distinctiveness of that contribution. Unfortunately, as they have been [[AliensStealCable Stealing Cable from Earth]] for decades, that means Earth copyright laws ([[HumansAreBastards which are apparently the most myopic and short-sighted laws in galactic history]]) apply to every piece of media they have intercepted and recorded, despite none of those laws ever being reasonably expected to apply beyond humanity itself.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:Judy may be a self-admitted power-hungry and ruthless AmoralAttorney, but she knows when the situation is bigger than her immediate concerns, adjusts to new information surprisingly quickly even if it is fantastic, and immediately figures out how to best apply her authority to Earth's advantage (because Earth's advantage is her advantage.)]]
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: According to Carly, nothing attracts media attention like infidelity and female bisexuality. This is apparently true across all the many diverse species of the universe.
-->'''Carly''': It's like, an iron law of physics, or something.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: It turns out that [[spoiler:Bill Gates]] is an alien who's intentionally retarding Earth's technological development. [[spoiler:Although this is too prevent Earth from going through the great acceleration, a final period of rapid technological growth where 3 out 4 species wipe themselves out]]

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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: It turns out that [[spoiler:Bill Gates]] is an alien who's intentionally retarding Earth's technological development. [[spoiler:Although this is too to prevent Earth from going through the great acceleration, a final period of rapid technological growth where 3 out 4 species wipe themselves out]]
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* BuffySpeak. The rest of the universe learned to speak American English, in part, by watching our sitcoms and reality TV. Thus it tends to pop up from time to time.

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* BuffySpeak. BuffySpeak: The rest of the universe learned to speak American English, in part, by watching our sitcoms and reality TV. Thus it tends to pop up from time to time.
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* HumansAreSpecial: Humans are the only species that can create decent music. We, however, suck in all other artistic mediums.

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* HumansAreSpecial: Humans are the only species that can create decent music. We, however, However, we suck in all other artistic mediums.

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