History Series / MyFavoriteMartian

* Martians: No surprise when the word "Martian" is in the name of the show.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Martin has met with and inspired many of history's greatest inventors (e.g., DaVinci and Edison) and writers (e.g., Shakespeare).

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

** Mr. Burns, Tim's boss, is occasionally memtioned but not seen after Season 1.

* CaptainErsatz: Terrorist organization CRUSH, of THRUSH from Series/TheManFromUNCLE.

The premise is simple enough: When a 450-year-old Martian anthropologist (Creator/RayWalston) is stranded on Earth after his saucer crashes outside UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, he is taken in by Tim O'Hara (Creator/BillBixby), a kindly but none-too-bright newspaper reporter. "Uncle Martin" fortunately looks just like a human being except for two retractable rabbit-ear antennae which emerge from his head. He has some special powers, but not enough to keep himself or his human sidekick out of trouble with their feather brained landlady, Lorelei Brown, and her suspicious love interest, Lt. Detective Bill Brennan (starting with season 2). Nor is he able to repair his saucer, hidden in the garage, possibly because he's not a mechanic.

* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Martin. While he's witnessed many great men and famous deeds, he never interferes, inspires or does things for them, believing that individuals and nations must find their own ways. We're given to understand this is general Martian ethics, not just Martin's own belief. (This aired three years before ''Star Trek'' codified the Prime Directive.)

The premise is simple enough: When a 450-year-old Martian anthropologist (Creator/RayWalston) is stranded on Earth after his saucer crashes outside Los Angeles, he is taken in by Tim O'Hara (Creator/BillBixby), a kindly but none-too-bright newspaper reporter. "Uncle Martin" fortunately looks just like a human being except for two retractable rabbit-ear antennae which emerge from his head. He has some special powers, but not enough to keep himself or his human sidekick out of trouble with their feather brained landlady, Lorelei Brown, and her suspicious love interest, Lt. Detective Bill Brennan (starting with season 2). Nor is he able to repair his saucer, hidden in the garage, possibly because he's not a mechanic.

The premise is simple enough: When a 450-year-old Martian anthropologist (Creator/RayWalston) is stranded on Earth after his saucer crashes outside Los Angeles, he is taken in by Tim O'Hara (Creator/BillBixby), a kindly but none-too-bright newspaper reporter. "Uncle Martin" fortunately looks just like a human being except for two retractable rabbit-ear antennae which emerge from his head. He has some special powers, but not enough to keep himself or his human sidekick out of trouble with their feather brained landlady and her suspicious love interest. Nor is he able to repair his saucer, hidden in the garage, possibly because he's not a mechanic.

[[caption-width-right:320:Before he became [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 the Hulk]], Bill Bixby palled around with aliens. Small world.]]

A [[TheFilmOfTheSeries movie adaptation]] was released in 1999 [[Film/MyFavoriteMartian that went by the same name]].

Compare with ''Series/MorkAndMindy'', the UsefulNotes/TheSeventies equivalent that largely didn't need visual effects to anything to the same degree for the otherworldly effect; Creator/RobinWilliams was enough.

The premise of this 1963 {{sitcom}} is simple: A Martian anthropologist (Creator/RayWalston) is stranded on Earth when his saucer crashes. He is taken in by Tim (Creator/BillBixby), a kindly but not too bright earthling who happens, of all things, to be a newspaper reporter. "Uncle Martin" fortunately looks just like a human being except for two retractable rabbit-ear antennae which emerge from his head. He has some special powers, but not enough to keep himself or his human sidekick out of trouble with their feather brained landlady and her suspicious love interest. Nor is he able to repair his saucer, hidden in the garage, possibly because he's not a mechanic.

''[-Not to be confused with "WebVideo/YourFavoriteMartian", an animated music video series by Website/YouTube sensation Ray William Johnson.-]''

The premise of this 1963 {{sitcom}} is simple: A Martian anthropologist (Ray Walston) is stranded on Earth when his saucer crashes. He is taken in by Tim (Creator/BillBixby), a kindly but not too bright earthling who happens, of all things, to be a newspaper reporter. "Uncle Martin" fortunately looks just like a human being except for two retractable rabbit-ear antennae which emerge from his head. He has some special powers, but not enough to keep himself or his human sidekick out of trouble with their feather brained landlady and her suspicious love interest. Nor is he able to repair his saucer, hidden in the garage, possibly because he's not a mechanic.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One episode has Martin falling in love with a woman who works as an exotic dancer. Despite his centuries of experience with many Earth cultures, Martin has no idea what a stripper is and goes through the whole episode oblivious to the actual nature of her job and the numerous [[DoubleEntendre double entendres]] both she and Tim make about it.

* CousinOliver: A stranded Martian kid named Andromeda, or "Andy," was introduced in the very last episode of the series. [[Creator/{{Filmation}} Filmation's]] AnimatedAdaptation aged him up to his teens and kept him on as one of the main characters.

[[caption-width-right:320:Before he became [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], Bill Bixby palled around with aliens. Small world.]]