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-->--'''Gordon Freeman''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

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-->--'''Gordon Freeman''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''
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-->--'''Gordon Freeman''' again, ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

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-->--'''Gordon Freeman''' again, ''Machinima/FreemansMind''
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->I realize a lot of my intergalactic communication theories revolve around the idea that all aliens are like the ones in ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' that can't tell the difference between fantasy and documentary. But let's not be stupid-- aliens have no idea what's going on. They come to a planet with Google, and their idea of research is jamming tubes up a hillbilly. They're either morons or '''completely made up'''. But like I said before, let's not be stupid.

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->I realize a lot of my intergalactic communication theories revolve around the idea that all aliens are like the ones in ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' that can't tell the difference between fantasy and documentary. But let's not be stupid-- aliens have no idea what's going on. They come to a planet with Google, and their idea of research is [[AnalProbing jamming tubes up a hillbilly.hillbilly]]. They're either morons or '''completely made up'''. But like I said before, let's not be stupid.
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->''You've just stated, that these technologically-advanced aliens, these creatures that we are supposed to be afraid of... '''CANNOT''' get through, [[InsurmountableWaistHeightFence Pantry Doors]]! They can, build [[CoolSpaceship Spacecrafts]] that can jump [[FTLDrive millions of Miles across space]]: but ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors"). They can take these exact same Spacecrafts, [[InvisibilityCloak and turn them invisible]] so that nobody else could find them: '''YEARS above our technology:''' but ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors"). [[AlienInvasion They're going to take over our planet]]: but ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors"). [[KillAllHumans They're going to wipe out]] '''[[KillAllHumans AAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL]]''' [[KillAllHumans OF MANKIND]]... But! ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors").
'''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic''', ''Film/Signs''


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->''You've just stated, that these technologically-advanced aliens, these creatures that we are supposed to be afraid of... '''CANNOT''' get through, [[InsurmountableWaistHeightFence Pantry Doors]]! They can, build [[CoolSpaceship Spacecrafts]] that can jump [[FTLDrive ''[[FasterThanLightTravel millions of Miles across space]]: space]]'': but ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors"). They can take these exact same Spacecrafts, [[InvisibilityCloak and turn them invisible]] so that nobody else could find them: '''YEARS above our technology:''' but ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors"). [[AlienInvasion They're going to take over our planet]]: but ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors"). [[KillAllHumans They're going to wipe out]] '''[[KillAllHumans AAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL]]''' [[KillAllHumans OF MANKIND]]... But! ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors").
Doors"). [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe YOU CAN'T BE THIS STUPID!]] You've literally just stated out loud: '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Why. This Movie. Can't. Work!]]''' I mean, [[Creator/MNightShyamalan what are you]] '''A MORON?!'''''
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'''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic''', ''Film/Signs''

''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Signs Signs]]''

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->''You've just stated, that these technologically-advanced aliens, these creatures that we are supposed to be afraid of... '''CANNOT''' get through, [[InsurmountableWaistHeightFence Pantry Doors]]! They can, build [[CoolSpaceship Spacecrafts]] that can jump [[FTLDrive millions of Miles across space]]: but ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors"). They can take these exact same Spacecrafts, [[InvisibilityCloak and turn them invisible]] so that nobody else could find them: '''YEARS above our technology:''' but ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors"). [[AlienInvasion They're going to take over our planet]]: but ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors"). [[KillAllHumans They're going to wipe out]] '''[[KillAllHumans AAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL]]''' [[KillAllHumans OF MANKIND]]... But! ("They Seem To Have Trouble with Pantry Doors").
'''WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic''', ''Film/Signs''

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-->--''[[Film/ScaryMovie Scary Movie 3]]''

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-->--''[[Film/ScaryMovie Scary Movie 3]]''3]]''

->'''Jeremy Clarkson:''' What you're suggesting is, these aliens, they're are going to travel trillions of miles, using a propulsion system that we can't even conceive, and then they're going to try and take over the world... using .177 air rifles?
->'''Richard Hammond:''' Well, if they do, I shall be ready for them!
-->--''Series/TheGrandTour''
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->You have intergalactic starships, but you don't have Goddamned pants? How does a civilization's evolution just skip over that part?

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->You have intergalactic starships, but you don't have Goddamned goddamned pants? How does a civilization's evolution just skip over that part?



-->--''[[Film/ScaryMovie Scary Move 3]]''

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-->--''[[Film/ScaryMovie Scary Move Movie 3]]''
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-->--'''Gordon Freeman''' again, ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

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-->--'''Gordon Freeman''' again, ''Machinima/FreemansMind''''Machinima/FreemansMind''

->'''Mahalik:''' I hear they can't open doors.
->'''Tom:''' They've mastered space flight but they can't get through a wooden door?
-->--''[[Film/ScaryMovie Scary Move 3]]''
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->I realize a lot of my intergalactic communication theories revolve around the idea that all aliens are like the ones in ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' that can't tell the difference between fantasy and documentary. But let's not be stupid-- aliens have no idea what's going on. They come to a planet with Google, and their idea of research is jamming tubes up a hillbilly. They're either morons or '''completely made up'''. But like I said before, let's not be stupid.
-->-- Creator/{{Seanbaby}}, [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-movies-we-hope-any-potential-alien-invaders-have-seen/ 5 Movies Aliens Should Watch Before Trying To Invade Earth]]

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->They're not impressing me with their intelligence. In science fiction, the usual assumption is aliens are just monsters or else way more advanced. There's not a whole lot of invading aliens that are just kind of stupid...
-->--'''Gordon Freeman''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

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->They're ->''"They're not impressing me with their intelligence. In science fiction, the usual assumption is aliens are just monsters or else way more advanced. There's not a whole lot of invading aliens that are just kind of stupid...
stupid..."''
-->--'''Gordon Freeman''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

->''"I'd say the aliens are as advanced as they are backwards, but that's a gross simplification. It's more like they're a '''mess''' of a society that's managed to stumble upon a couple of advanced technologies. [...] Okay, nothing here but [[SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity our stuff]]. See, this is what I mean. All of our weaponry that's been teleported here is just lying around like it's garbage. If the aliens had our intelligence, they would be hoarding this stuff and studying the hell out of it. Our weapons are obviously better than theirs. Christ, some of our scientists were studying the aliens at Black Mesa while it was ''under attack''! That's how ahead of them we are. And yet they have forcefields, manufacture their own soldiers and use teleporters like they're bus stops. I don't get it."''
-->--'''Gordon Freeman''' again,
''Machinima/FreemansMind''
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-->--'''[[RobotBuddy Minionbot]]''', ''{{Vexxarr}}''

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-->--'''[[RobotBuddy Minionbot]]''', ''{{Vexxarr}}''
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-->--'''{{Vexxarr}}''' himself

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-->--'''{{Vexxarr}}''' -->--'''{{Webcomic/Vexxarr}}''' himself
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-->-- '''Naomi Cohen''' and '''Ruth Meyer''', former IDF conscripts fighting in Brazil while discussing the technology gap between Humans and The Race invaders in ''FanFic/WorldwarWarOfEquals''.

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-->-- '''Naomi Cohen''' and '''Ruth Meyer''', former IDF conscripts fighting in Brazil while discussing the technology gap between Humans and The Race invaders in ''FanFic/WorldwarWarOfEquals''.''FanFic/WorldwarWarOfEquals''.

->They're not impressing me with their intelligence. In science fiction, the usual assumption is aliens are just monsters or else way more advanced. There's not a whole lot of invading aliens that are just kind of stupid...
-->--'''Gordon Freeman''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''
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->You have intergalactic starships, but you don't have goddamned pants? How does a civilization's evolution just skip over that part?

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->You have intergalactic starships, but you don't have goddamned Goddamned pants? How does a civilization's evolution just skip over that part?
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->'''Ruth:''' "I asked if you thought it was odd that the aliens were so... backwards, I think. No plasma guns or force fields, only assault rifles and tanks."\\
'''Naomi:''' "Yeah, it is weird. You'd expect them to be superior to us. But you know what? I like the little fuckers better the way they are. We have enough of them already."
-->-- Naomi Cohen and Ruth Meyer, former IDF conscripts fighting in Brazil while discussing the technology gap between Humans and The Race invaders in ''FanFic/WorldwarWarOfEquals''.

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->'''Ruth:''' "I "[[LampshadeHanging I asked if you thought it was odd that the aliens were so... backwards, backwards]], I think. No [[EnergyWeapon plasma guns guns]] or [[DeflectorShields force fields, fields]], only assault rifles and tanks."\\
'''Naomi:''' "Yeah, it is weird. You'd expect them to be superior to us. But you know what? I like the little fuckers better the way they are. [[ZergRush We have enough of them already.already]]."
-->-- Naomi Cohen '''Naomi Cohen''' and Ruth Meyer, '''Ruth Meyer''', former IDF conscripts fighting in Brazil while discussing the technology gap between Humans and The Race invaders in ''FanFic/WorldwarWarOfEquals''.
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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Treehouse of Horror"

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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Treehouse of Horror"Horror"

->'''Ruth:''' "I asked if you thought it was odd that the aliens were so... backwards, I think. No plasma guns or force fields, only assault rifles and tanks."\\
'''Naomi:''' "Yeah, it is weird. You'd expect them to be superior to us. But you know what? I like the little fuckers better the way they are. We have enough of them already."
-->-- Naomi Cohen and Ruth Meyer, former IDF conscripts fighting in Brazil while discussing the technology gap between Humans and The Race invaders in ''FanFic/WorldwarWarOfEquals''.
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->'''Bart:''' Hey! That's just Pong. Get with the times man.\\
'''Homer:''' Marge and I played that old game before we were married.\\
'''Kang:''' Well, we did build this spaceship, you know.\\
'''Kodos:''' Anyone from a species that has mastered intergalactic travel raise your hand.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Treehouse of Horror"
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-->--'''Dib''', ''InvaderZim''

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-->--'''Dib''', ''InvaderZim''
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-->-- ''{{Cracked}}'', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19025_6-giant-blind-spots-in-every-movie-aliens-invasion-strategy.html 6 Giant Blind Spots In Every Movie Alien's Invasion Strategy]]

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-->-- ''{{Cracked}}'', ''Website/{{Cracked}}'', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19025_6-giant-blind-spots-in-every-movie-aliens-invasion-strategy.html 6 Giant Blind Spots In Every Movie Alien's Invasion Strategy]]
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-->-- [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19025_6-giant-blind-spots-in-every-movie-aliens-invasion-strategy.html Cracked.com]]

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-->-- ''{{Cracked}}'', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19025_6-giant-blind-spots-in-every-movie-aliens-invasion-strategy.html Cracked.com]]
6 Giant Blind Spots In Every Movie Alien's Invasion Strategy]]
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-> How [[LampshadeHanging advanced]] is an alien race that can't handle a litle water balloon? I don't even feel ''good'' about winning this fight.

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-> How [[LampshadeHanging advanced]] is an alien race that can't handle a litle little water balloon? I don't even feel ''good'' about winning this fight.
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->You have intergalactic starships, but you don't have goddamned pants? How does a civilization's evolution just skip over that part?
-->-- [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19025_6-giant-blind-spots-in-every-movie-aliens-invasion-strategy.html Cracked.com]]

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