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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Germany, the film was released as ''Metaluna 4 Does Not Reply''.

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Germany, the film was released as ''Metaluna 4 Does Not Reply''.Reply'', while in Japan the film was released as ''Uchū Suibakusen'' ("Space Hydrogen Bomb War").
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* CreatorBacklash: Surprisingly, the cast and crew were heavily divided on the Mutant, considering it became the movie's most iconic character. Rex Reason said that it "didn't have the realism of the rest of the picture," while Jeff Morrow joked that he considered sneaking out of the premiere when the Mutant appeared. Screenwriter Franklin Coen agreed with Reason that the creature "cheapened the whole picture" although he liked its design. Producer William Alland told an interviewer that the Mutant was "one hell of a mess" and "outrageous" (though Coen says that Alland acted quite proud of the Mutant at the time, and enjoyed showing the costume off to reporters and other visitors to the set). Faith Domergue disagreed, saying that the Mutant was "a stroke of genius" and the best part of the movie, an opinion much closer to the fan consensus.
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* NamesTheSame: Don't confuse Exeter with the English city, or Brack with [[WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow Brak]]. Or indeed [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack]]...
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* NamesTheSame: Don't confuse Exeter with the English city, or Brack with [[WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow Brak]].
** Or indeed [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack]]...

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Germany, the film was released as ''Metaluna 4 Does Not Reply''.
* NamesTheSame: Don't confuse Exeter with the English city, or Brack with [[WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow Brak]].
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Brak]]. Or indeed [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack]]...
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* PropRecycling: The [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie "picture of a burger"]] on Exeter's office wall was apparently a stock prop in Universal films. It made another appearance in ''Film/TheLeechWoman'' (mentioned on that film's ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E02TheLeechWoman episode]] as an "original [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ray Kroc]]".)

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* PropRecycling: The [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie "picture of a burger"]] on Exeter's office wall was apparently a stock prop in Universal films. It made another appearance in ''Film/TheLeechWoman'' (mentioned on that film's ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E02TheLeechWoman episode]] as an "original [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ray Kroc]]".)Kroc]]"). Both movies had the same set designer, Russel A. Gausman.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Dr. Steve Carlson is played by Russell Johnson, probably better known for playing another brilliant scientist, the Professor on ''Series/GilligansIsland.''
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Dr. Steve Carlson is played by Russell Johnson, probably better known for playing another genius scientist, the Professor on ''Series/GilligansIsland.''

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* RetroactiveRecognition: Dr. Steve Carlson is played by Russell Johnson, probably better known for playing another genius brilliant scientist, the Professor on ''Series/GilligansIsland.''
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Dr. Steve Carlson is played by Russell Johnson, probably better known for playing another genius scientist, the Professor on ''Series/GilligansIsland.''

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* RetroactiveRecognition: It would be decades before Creator/ColemanFrancis became a BMovie personality. He appears briefly as a postman in the film.
** While a science fiction movie instead of horror, the Metaluna Mutant has been included in some sets of [[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal Monsters]] merchandise.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: It would be decades before Creator/ColemanFrancis became a BMovie personality. He appears briefly as a postman in the film.
** While a science fiction movie instead of horror, the Metaluna Mutant has been included in some sets of [[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal Monsters]] merchandise.
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* PropRecycling: The [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000TheMovie "picture of a burger"]] on Exeter's office wall was apparently a stock prop in Universal films. It made another appearance in ''Film/TheLeechWoman'' (mentioned on that film's ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E02TheLeechWoman episode]] as an "original [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ray Kroc]]".)



* While a science fiction movie instead of horror, the Metaluna Mutant has been included in some sets of [[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal Monsters]] merchandise.

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* ** While a science fiction movie instead of horror, the Metaluna Mutant has been included in some sets of [[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal Monsters]] merchandise.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: It would be decades before Creator/ColemanFrancis became a BMovie personality. He appears briefly as a postman in the film.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: It would be decades before Creator/ColemanFrancis became a BMovie personality. He appears briefly as a postman in the film.film.
* While a science fiction movie instead of horror, the Metaluna Mutant has been included in some sets of [[Franchise/UniversalHorror Universal Monsters]] merchandise.
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** Or indeed [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack]]...

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** Or indeed [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack]]...Barack]]...
* RetroactiveRecognition: It would be decades before Creator/ColemanFrancis became a BMovie personality. He appears briefly as a postman in the film.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Steve Carlson is played by Russell Johnson, TheProfessor from ''Series/GilligansIsland.''
** Creator/ColemanFrancis (!) makes an uncredited cameo as a deliveryman.
** One of the reporters talking to Cal is played by Olan Soule, better known as Ray Pinker of S.I.D., from the '60s episodes of ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', or possibly as the voice of Batman in 1960s {{Creator/Filmation}} cartoons and the 1970s {{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}}.
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** One of the reporters talking to Cal is played by Olan Soule, better known as Ray Pinker of S.I.D., from the '60s episodes of ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', or possibly as the voice of Batman in 1960s {{Creator/Filmation}} cartoons and the 1970s SuperFriends.

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** One of the reporters talking to Cal is played by Olan Soule, better known as Ray Pinker of S.I.D., from the '60s episodes of ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', or possibly as the voice of Batman in 1960s {{Creator/Filmation}} cartoons and the 1970s SuperFriends.{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}}.
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** Or indeed [[BarackObama Barack]]...

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** Or indeed [[BarackObama [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack]]...

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.. don\'t know what to do with that line of trivia that\'s already there. So I\'m leaving it.


*The Metalunian mutant's blood was not ordinary fake blood, but actual ''tomato ketchup'', which started to go off under the hot studio lights.

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*The * The Metalunian mutant's blood was not ordinary fake blood, but actual ''tomato ketchup'', which started to go off under the hot studio lights.lights.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Steve Carlson is played by Russell Johnson, TheProfessor from ''Series/GilligansIsland.''
** Creator/ColemanFrancis (!) makes an uncredited cameo as a deliveryman.
** One of the reporters talking to Cal is played by Olan Soule, better known as Ray Pinker of S.I.D., from the '60s episodes of ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', or possibly as the voice of Batman in 1960s {{Creator/Filmation}} cartoons and the 1970s SuperFriends.
* NamesTheSame: Don't confuse Exeter with the English city, or Brack with [[WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow Brak]].
** Or indeed [[BarackObama Barack]]...

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