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* DeathNotification: When Sam Hodges is found dead, Mayor Hawthorne is tasked with telling his wife, but doesn't want to. Sheriff Thompson says to give him her number, that he'll do it, that he doesn't give a shit.
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* MushroomSamba: When Harry takes whiskey and sleeping pills, he collapses and has a nightmare that the corpse of the real Dr. Vanderspiegle comes to life to chastise him.
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* SuperIdentikit: Deputy Liz's sketch of Harry is unmistakably accurate, despite it being of an alien as described by an elementary schooler.
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* SuperIdentikit: Deputy Liz's sketch of Harry is unmistakably accurate, despite it being of an alien as described by an elementary schooler.
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* HideousHangoverCure: D'Arcy's "Breakfast Special" is whiskey with a raw egg cracked into it. She's shown drinking it herself after waking up in her bar (which she does a couple of times a week).
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* HideousHangoverCure: D'Arcy's "Breakfast Special" is whiskey with a raw egg cracked into it. She's shown drinking it herself after waking up in her bar (which she does a couple of times a week).
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* RingRingCrunch: Harry crushes his ringing alarm clock in the morning with gusto.
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* RingRingCrunch: Harry crushes his ringing alarm clock with gusto in the morning with gusto.morning.
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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Harry grabs and strangles Jimmy down to the ground with the intent to kill him. Asta begs Harry to let go, saying it's not worth it. Harry relents, and walks away with Asta giving spiteful kicks.
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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: The reason Harry's ship crashed was that the night he arrived on Earth was during thunderstorm; a bolt of lightning struck his ship and damaged the engines.
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he was no professional so missing this is just normal and not noteworthy
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* FailedASpotCheck: Harry immediately assumes that the doctor killed himself by stabbing himself in the neck, but it's soon pointed out that a doctor would have stabbed himself in the carotid artery if he genuinely wanted to commit suicide.
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* FoodAsBribe: Asta offers to buy Harry dinner at the bar if he helps her move all her stuff out of her house as he possesses a pick-up truck and she only has a bicycle. Harry decides he has no choice but to help her as he needs to look like he fits in to the community after he got made by Max and spooked the late doctor's wife by offering to shake her hand with his hand smeared with her dead husband's brains.
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* FoodAsBribe: Asta offers to buy Harry dinner at the bar if he helps her move all her stuff out of her house as he possesses a pick-up truck and she only has a bicycle. Harry decides he has no choice but to help her as he needs to look like he fits in to into the community after he got made by Max and spooked the late doctor's wife by offering to shake her hand with his hand smeared with her dead husband's brains.
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* LiteralMinded: After just seeing the doctor's dead body and giving a brief summary of it, Harry tries to bolt, but Ben tells him he has more work to do such as the autopsy.
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* LiteralMinded: MathematiciansAnswer: After just seeing the doctor's dead body and giving a brief summary of it, Harry tries to bolt, but Ben tells him he has more work to do such as the autopsy.
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adding new tropes
* AlienCatnip: Parodied. Harry thinks that his alien anatomy is responsible for the terrible hangover he is experiencing after a night out drinking. It's unimaginable to him that humans would subject themselves to drinking if they had to deal with the same after-effects as he does.
* BarrierBustingBlow: Harry attacks Asta's ex from behind a wooden wall.
* CarRadioDispute: Deputy Liv turns on the radio in the police car but the sheriff turns it off immediately.
* CassandraTruth: Max tries to convince his parents that there is an alien under his bed but they just think he is imagining things.
* CassandraTruth: Max tries to convince his parents that there is an alien under his bed but they just think he is imagining things.
* EnemyRisingBehind: At the cabin, the real Harry doesn't notice the alien Harry behind him until it's too late.
* EurekaMoment: Harry has one at the funeral when Asta mentions fresh air which gives him a new lead about the doctor's self-inflicted incision.
* FaceRevealingTurn: Early on, Harry is revealed to be an alien when he turns towards to camera in his fishing boat.
* EurekaMoment: Harry has one at the funeral when Asta mentions fresh air which gives him a new lead about the doctor's self-inflicted incision.
* FaceRevealingTurn: Early on, Harry is revealed to be an alien when he turns towards to camera in his fishing boat.
* FalseReassurance: Harry when ambushing Max in his bedroom:
-->"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you. I'm just going to kill you."
-->"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you. I'm just going to kill you."
* TheFunInFuneral: Not accustomed to human norms, Harry unwittingly makes a scene at the doctor's funeral when he opens the coffin to get another view on the incision.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Asta does this to Jimmy, her violent ex-husband, after Harry helped her with the "They Are Down" part.
* KillAndReplace: It turns out that Harry stole the identity of an actual human doctor through this method.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Harry dislikes Earth and humanity in general, but he did like pizza since the series began. The fact that the town Patience doesn't have a pizza place aggravates him, and as the series progresses he goes on to enjoy drinking alcohol, partying and dancing to Nicki Minaj.
* KillAndReplace: It turns out that Harry stole the identity of an actual human doctor through this method.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Harry dislikes Earth and humanity in general, but he did like pizza since the series began. The fact that the town Patience doesn't have a pizza place aggravates him, and as the series progresses he goes on to enjoy drinking alcohol, partying and dancing to Nicki Minaj.
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Asta does this to Jimmy, her violent ex-husband, after Harry helped her with the "They Are Down" part.
* KillAndReplace: It turns out that Harry stole the identity of an actual human doctor through this method.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Harry dislikes Earth and humanity in general, but he did like pizza since the series began. The fact that the town Patience doesn't have a pizza place aggravates him, and as the series progresses he goes on to enjoy drinking alcohol, partying and dancing to Nicki Minaj.
* KillAndReplace: It turns out that Harry stole the identity of an actual human doctor through this method.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Harry dislikes Earth and humanity in general, but he did like pizza since the series began. The fact that the town Patience doesn't have a pizza place aggravates him, and as the series progresses he goes on to enjoy drinking alcohol, partying and dancing to Nicki Minaj.
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Asta does this to Jimmy, her violent ex-husband, after Harry helped her with the "They Are Down" part.
* KillAndReplace: It turns out that Harry stole the identity of an actual human doctor through this method.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Harry dislikes Earth and humanity in general, but he did like pizza since the series began.PainfulTransformation: The fact that the town Patience KillAndReplace procedure doesn't have a pizza place aggravates him, and as seem to come painlessly for the series progresses he goes on alien.
* RingRingCrunch: Harry crushes his ringing alarm clock in the morning with gusto.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Harry attacking Max at night in his sleep.
* WallPinOfLove: Asta's ex uses the pose toenjoy drinking alcohol, partying and dancing to Nicki Minaj.intimidate her during their dispute.
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* KillAndReplace: It turns out that Harry stole the identity of an actual human doctor through this method.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Harry dislikes Earth and humanity in general, but he did like pizza since the series began.
* RingRingCrunch: Harry crushes his ringing alarm clock in the morning with gusto.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Harry attacking Max at night in his sleep.
* WallPinOfLove: Asta's ex uses the pose to
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* KillAndReplace: It turns out that Harry stole the identity of an actual human doctor through this method. Harry also beforehand had an advanced understanding of human biology even if he's not very familiar with human culture, so he easily passed off as a doctor among the town locals.
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* KillAndReplace: It turns out that Harry stole the identity of an actual human doctor through this method. Harry also beforehand had an advanced understanding of human biology even if he's not very familiar with human culture, so he easily passed off as a doctor among the town locals.
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Disambiguating; deleting and renaming wicks as appropriate. Moved to discussion
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* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Harry dislikes Earth and humanity in general, but he did like pizza since the series began. The fact that the town Patience doesn't have a pizza place aggravates him, and as the series progresses he goes on to enjoy drinking alcohol, partying and dancing to Nicki Minaj.
* TheReptilians: Harry in the comics was a pointy-eared purple alien whose appearance mirrored TheGreys. Here, he doesn't look much like a traditional alien would but rather a green reptile-man.
* TheReptilians: Harry in the comics was a pointy-eared purple alien whose appearance mirrored TheGreys. Here, he doesn't look much like a traditional alien would but rather a green reptile-man.
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* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Harry dislikes Earth and humanity in general, but he did like pizza since the series began. The fact that the town Patience doesn't have a pizza place aggravates him, and as the series progresses he goes on to enjoy drinking alcohol, partying and dancing to Nicki Minaj.
* TheReptilians: Harry in the comics was a pointy-eared purple alien whose appearance mirrored TheGreys. Here, he doesn't look much like a traditional alien would but rather a green reptile-man.Minaj.
* TheReptilians: Harry in the comics was a pointy-eared purple alien whose appearance mirrored TheGreys. Here, he doesn't look much like a traditional alien would but rather a green reptile-man.
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* AdaptedOut: In the comic book, Harry was caught in his true form by the FBI when he stole cash from an ATM. Here, the FBI is completely out of the picture since Harry instead of stealing just money, stole a man's identity plus his home and resources with nobody to have witnessed this.
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* DomesticAbuse: Jimmy attacks Asta off-screen as when we see her after Harry returns, Asta is laying on the ground with a bloody nose.
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The mayor's name is Ben.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Tom, the town's mayor and also Max's dad, gets blamed by his wife for Max having "nightmares" (really it was Harry trying to kill him) by showing him late-night alien movies. Tom justifies that Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial didn't give ''him'' nightmares as a child.
* LiteralMinded: After just seeing the doctor's dead body and giving a brief summary of it, Harry tries to bolt, but Tom tells him he has more work to do such as the autopsy.
-->'''Tom''': Please don't tell me that you're leaving.\\
* LiteralMinded: After just seeing the doctor's dead body and giving a brief summary of it, Harry tries to bolt, but Tom tells him he has more work to do such as the autopsy.
-->'''Tom''': Please don't tell me that you're leaving.\\
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* HenpeckedHusband: Tom, Ben, the town's mayor and also Max's dad, gets blamed by his wife for Max having "nightmares" (really it was Harry trying to kill him) by showing him late-night alien movies. Tom Ben justifies that Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial didn't give ''him'' nightmares as a child.
* LiteralMinded: After just seeing the doctor's dead body and giving a brief summary of it, Harry tries to bolt, butTom Ben tells him he has more work to do such as the autopsy.
-->'''Tom''': -->'''Ben''': Please don't tell me that you're leaving.\\
* LiteralMinded: After just seeing the doctor's dead body and giving a brief summary of it, Harry tries to bolt, but
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* DueToTheDead: Harry, despite not having any empathy for the death of the town doctor Hodges, still tries to give him a proper "preservation" by burying him under snow (this is most likely normal in his alien kind's culture). The sheriff Mike "Big Black" Thompson denigrates this as an improper if not illegal means of burial while Harry objects he meant no disrespect to the doctor.
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* FoodAsBribe: Asta offers to buy Harry dinner at the bar if he helps her move all her stuff out of her house as he possesses a pick-up truck and she only has a bicycle. Harry decides he has no choice but to help her as he needs to look like he fits in to the community after he got made by Max and spooked the late doctor's wife by offering to shake her hand with his hand smeared with her widow's brains.
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* FoodAsBribe: Asta offers to buy Harry dinner at the bar if he helps her move all her stuff out of her house as he possesses a pick-up truck and she only has a bicycle. Harry decides he has no choice but to help her as he needs to look like he fits in to the community after he got made by Max and spooked the late doctor's wife by offering to shake her hand with his hand smeared with her widow's dead husband's brains.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Harry immediately assumes that the doctor killed himself by stabbing himself in the neck, but it's soon pointed out that a doctor would have stabbed himself in the carotid artery if he genuinely wanted to commit suicide.
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* BigDamnHeroes: When Harry saves Asta from her violent ex-husband.
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* BigDamnHeroes: When Harry saves Asta from Jimmy, her violent ex-husband.
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Asta does this to her violent ex-husband after Harry helped her with the "They Are Down" part.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The female bartender says this to Harry.
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* FoodAsBribe: Asta offers to buy Harry dinner at the bar if he helps her move all her stuff out of her house as he possesses a pick-up truck and she only has a bicycle. Harry decides he has no choice but to help her as he needs to look like he fits in to the community after he got made by Max.
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* FoodAsBribe: Asta offers to buy Harry dinner at the bar if he helps her move all her stuff out of her house as he possesses a pick-up truck and she only has a bicycle. Harry decides he has no choice but to help her as he needs to look like he fits in to the community after he got made by Max.Max and spooked the late doctor's wife by offering to shake her hand with his hand smeared with her widow's brains.
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* FoodAsBribe: Asta offers to buy Harry dinner at the bar if he helps her move all her stuff out of her house as he possesses a pick-up truck and she only has a bicycle. Harry decides he has no choice but to help her as he needs to look like he fits in to the community after he got made by Max.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: After taking at least 5 shots of alcohol, Harry gets the not so bright idea of killing the little boy Max who can see through him which would only risk him being exposed further. Bonus idiot points go to Harry not pulling out his extra arms to strangulate Max and kill him off swiftly as he did with the original human doctor he killed and replaced.
* FlippingTheBird: Harry grows fond of doing this.
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'''Tom''': Uhhhh, but no no we still need your help.
'''Tom''': Uhhhh, but no no we still need your help.
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'''Harry''': Okay I won't. (''goes for the door anyways'')\\
'''Tom''': Uhhhh, but no no we still need your help.anyways'')
'''Tom''': Uhhhh, but no no we still need your help.
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* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Harry dislikes Earth and humanity in general, but he did like pizza since the series began. The fact that the town Patience doesn't have a pizza place aggravates him, and as the series progresses he goes on to enjoy drinking alcohol, partying and dancing to Nicki Minaj.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Tom, the town's mayor and also Max's dad, gets blamed by his wife for Max having "nightmares" (really it was Harry trying to kill him) by showing him late-night alien movies. Tom justifies that Film/ETExtraTerrestrial didn't give ''him'' nightmares as a child.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Tom, the town's mayor and also Max's dad, gets blamed by his wife for Max having "nightmares" (really it was Harry trying to kill him) by showing him late-night alien movies. Tom justifies that Film/ETExtraTerrestrial Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial didn't give ''him'' nightmares as a child.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Max's father gets blamed by his wife for the boy having "nightmares" (really it was Harry trying to kill him) by showing him late-night alien movies.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Tom, the town's mayor and also Max's father dad, gets blamed by his wife for the boy Max having "nightmares" (really it was Harry trying to kill him) by showing him late-night alien movies.movies. Tom justifies that Film/ETExtraTerrestrial didn't give ''him'' nightmares as a child.
* LiteralMinded: After just seeing the doctor's dead body and giving a brief summary of it, Harry tries to bolt, but Tom tells him he has more work to do such as the autopsy.
-->'''Tom''': Please don't tell me that you're leaving.\\
'''Harry''': Okay I won't. (''goes for the door anyways'')\\
'''Tom''': Uhhhh, but no no we still need your help.
* LiteralMinded: After just seeing the doctor's dead body and giving a brief summary of it, Harry tries to bolt, but Tom tells him he has more work to do such as the autopsy.
-->'''Tom''': Please don't tell me that you're leaving.\\
'''Harry''': Okay I won't. (''goes for the door anyways'')\\
'''Tom''': Uhhhh, but no no we still need your help.
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The pilot of ''Series/ResidentAlien'', following the adventures of an alien who absorbs the identity of a human doctor to blend in with a snow-laden small town up in the mountains
!!Tropes
* AdaptedOut: In the comic book, Harry was caught in his true form by the FBI when he stole cash from an ATM. Here, the FBI is completely out of the picture since Harry instead of stealing just money, stole a man's identity plus his home and resources with nobody to have witnessed this.
* AdultsAreUseless: When Harry sets out to kill Max, the boy screams and Harry has no choice but to either run back out the window or hide under the bed. Harry goes with the latter (and riskier) option, and when Max tries to squeal to his parents who barge into his room that Harry is right under, the parents don't even bother checking under the bed saying it's just in Max's head.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Harry has a lot of things he's searching for: the parts of his ship that fell off before he crashed in a lightning storm including the device that can eradicate all humans, the boy Max who can see through Harry's disguise and ultimately expose him to the authorities, the unknown assailant who [[spoiler: poisoned]] the town doctor, and a decent pizza place.
* BigDamnHeroes: When Harry saves Asta from her violent ex-husband.
* GenderFlip: Honey the girl is replaced by Max, a boy, who was the only human who could see through Harry's human disguise let alone cannot see Harry as a human at all and has the genetic mutation to outright see Harry as just an alien.
* HenpeckedHusband: Max's father gets blamed by his wife for the boy having "nightmares" (really it was Harry trying to kill him) by showing him late-night alien movies.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Asta does this to her violent ex-husband after Harry helped her with the "They Are Down" part.
* KillAndReplace: It turns out that Harry stole the identity of an actual human doctor through this method. Harry also beforehand had an advanced understanding of human biology even if he's not very familiar with human culture, so he easily passed off as a doctor among the town locals.
* TheReptilians: Harry in the comics was a pointy-eared purple alien whose appearance mirrored TheGreys. Here, he doesn't look much like a traditional alien would but rather a green reptile-man.
!!Tropes
* AdaptedOut: In the comic book, Harry was caught in his true form by the FBI when he stole cash from an ATM. Here, the FBI is completely out of the picture since Harry instead of stealing just money, stole a man's identity plus his home and resources with nobody to have witnessed this.
* AdultsAreUseless: When Harry sets out to kill Max, the boy screams and Harry has no choice but to either run back out the window or hide under the bed. Harry goes with the latter (and riskier) option, and when Max tries to squeal to his parents who barge into his room that Harry is right under, the parents don't even bother checking under the bed saying it's just in Max's head.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Harry has a lot of things he's searching for: the parts of his ship that fell off before he crashed in a lightning storm including the device that can eradicate all humans, the boy Max who can see through Harry's disguise and ultimately expose him to the authorities, the unknown assailant who [[spoiler: poisoned]] the town doctor, and a decent pizza place.
* BigDamnHeroes: When Harry saves Asta from her violent ex-husband.
* GenderFlip: Honey the girl is replaced by Max, a boy, who was the only human who could see through Harry's human disguise let alone cannot see Harry as a human at all and has the genetic mutation to outright see Harry as just an alien.
* HenpeckedHusband: Max's father gets blamed by his wife for the boy having "nightmares" (really it was Harry trying to kill him) by showing him late-night alien movies.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Asta does this to her violent ex-husband after Harry helped her with the "They Are Down" part.
* KillAndReplace: It turns out that Harry stole the identity of an actual human doctor through this method. Harry also beforehand had an advanced understanding of human biology even if he's not very familiar with human culture, so he easily passed off as a doctor among the town locals.
* TheReptilians: Harry in the comics was a pointy-eared purple alien whose appearance mirrored TheGreys. Here, he doesn't look much like a traditional alien would but rather a green reptile-man.
