History YMMV / ETTheExtraterrestrial

* AwardSnub: It was nominated for the Best Picture and Director Oscars, but lost both to Richard Attenborough's ''{{Gandhi}}''.
** Attenborough even stated in his acceptance speech that he believed ''E.T.'' should have won, since it was truly the better film.
** This was at least partly due to a rather sleazy Oscar campaign by Paramount, where they more or less stated that a vote against the film was a vote against Gandhi himself.

* HilariousInHindsight: Mary reads Gertie PeterPan. A decade later, StevenSpielberg would go on to direct ''{{Hook}}''

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A response generated by the edits for the 2002 20th Anniversary edition, which included replacing guns with walkie-talkies and changing "terrorist" to "hippie." Mercilessly lampooned in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' parody episode "Free Hat." Incidentally, while said episode portrays Steven Spielberg as the diabolical mastermind behind editing ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', with GeorgeLucas only reluctantly following, in RealLife Spielberg later stated that editing the movie was a mistake.

** Elliot lets the frogs in science class go because they remind him of E.T. [[ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/04/ribbit-frog-all-lit-up-by-swallowed-christmas-light/ A few years ago a Cuban Tree Frog swallowed a Christmas light, which glowed inside him, making it look like a heartlight.]]

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: See AwesomeMusic.JohnWilliams

** DrewBarrymore is Elliott's little sister. She has had the exact same face for over 20 years.

* ValuesDissonance: In a post 9/11 world not many kids would go as a terrorist for Halloween.

* SugarWiki/AndTheFandomRejoiced: Judging by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pemcu2E9ehk trailer]] for the Blu-ray release the walkie talkies are out and the shotguns are back in!

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Judging by the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pemcu2E9ehk trailer]] for the Blu-ray release the walkie talkies are out and the shotguns are back in!

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Everything about the title character, from how he looks to the scenes with his telekinesis scares the bejeezus out of many children the first time they see it, this troper included.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A response generated by the edits for the 2002 20th Anniversary edition, which included replacing guns with walkie-talkies and changing "terrorist" to "hippie." Mercilessly lampooned in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' parody episode "Free Hat." Incidentally, while said episode portrays Steven Spielberg as the diabolical mastermind behind editing ''[[IndianaJones Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', with GeorgeLucas only reluctantly following, in RealLife Spielberg later stated that editing the movie was a mistake.

** Erika Eleniak, who would later be known as Shauni in ''{{Baywatch}}'', in the role of Elliott's classmate on whom he has a crush. Also a case of DawsonCasting - a 13 year old girl playing a classmate of a 10 year old boy?! Yeah, right!

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The TropeMaker.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: A response generated by the edits for the 2002 20th Anniversary edition, which included replacing guns with walkie-talkies and changing "terrorist" to "hippie." Mercilessly lampooned in the ''SouthPark'' parody episode "Free Hat." Incidentally, while said episode portrays Steven Spielberg as the diabolical mastermind behind editing ''RaidersOfTheLostArk'', with GeorgeLucas only reluctantly following, in RealLife Spielberg later stated that editing the movie was a mistake.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: See [[{{CrowningMusic/JohnWilliams}} CrowningMusic/JohnWilliams]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Everything about the title character, from how he looks to the scenes with his telekinesis scares the bejeezus out of many children the first time they see it, this troper included.

!! [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial The Film]]:

!! [[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial The video game]]:

* CriticalBacklash

** [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial The Film]]:

** [[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial The video game]]:

* UglyCute

* CriticalBacklash: The Atari 2600 game, thanks to massive hype from Atari.
* GoddamnedBats: Both the enemies.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: TropeMaker.

* GoddamnedBats: Both the enemies.

* GoddamnedBats: Both the enemies.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: And '''how!'''

* CriticalBacklash: Thanks to massive hype from Atari.