Line #87 WesternAnimation/EscapeFromPlanetEarth


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3	''Escape From Planet Earth'' is a 2013 animated movie from Creator/RainmakerEntertainment; starring the voices of Creator/RobCorddry, Creator/BrendanFraser, Creator/SarahJessicaParker, Creator/JessicaAlba, Creator/JaneLynch, Creator/CraigRobinson, Creator/WilliamShatner, Creator/GeorgeLopez and Creator/SofiaVergara.
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5	Alien astronaut Scorch Supernova (Brendan Fraser), beloved hero to the people of the planet Baab, and brother of Gary (Rob Corddry) - head of the BASA mission control - is sent on a rescue mission by BASA chief Lena (Jessica Alba) to the "Dark Planet" (Earth), but Gary has to step up when Scorch is captured by the evil {{Area 51}} commander Shanker (William Shatner).
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8	!! ''Escape From Planet Earth'' contains examples of:
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10	%% Commented out examples need more to them than just names. They need actual descriptions that explain how the work is using the trope. Deleted the "%" only after correcting the entry/entries.
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12	* AbsoluteXenophobe: [[spoiler:Shanker. He hates all alien life forms thanks to losing his dad to them and plans to destroy every alien civilization he can, regardless of how peaceful they may be. Even his relationship with Lena was a front just so she can give Shanker what he needs, then he planned to discard her after she was no longer of use to him.]]
13	* ActionGirl: Gary's wife Kira, who mentions that she was a test pilot for many years.
14	* ActionMom: Again, Kira Supernova. She's the one that ends up spurring Gary to go rescue his brother after her actions net them a rescue pod set for Earth. Lampshaded by Kira herself.
15	--> '''Kira:''' You think just because a chick has kids, she can't dish it out? Psh.
16	* AerithAndBob: Gary, compared to just about everyone else, including his wife Kira.
17	%%* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: Planet Baab, at least.
18	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Oh so much. Every single species we meet speaks English (including some of the [[AnthropomorphicFood food in the cafeteria]]), and there's no mention of any kind of UniversalTranslator technology.
19	%%* AllStarCast: See overview.
20	%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Scorch to Gary.
21	%%* ArchEnemy: The Gnarlachs are this to the people of Planet Baab.
22	* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:The reason why the Grays worked for Shanker, they felt bad for squishing his dad.]]
23	%%* BadassBookworm: Gary
24	%%* BadassFamily: The Supernovas are this.
25	* BerserkButton: Well what do you know, a red & yellow alien [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin named after one of Jupiter's moons]] from the sun. Isn't it weird...[[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry er.......]][[LightningBruiser why is it flexin' its muscles?]]
26	%%* BigBadDuumvirate: Shanker and [[spoiler:Lena]]
27	%%* BigBrotherInstinct: Scorch (although it turns out he's Gary's younger brother).
28	%%* BigLittleBrother: Scorch to Gary.
29	* BigNo: Scorch when he thinks the "alien" he was trying to rescue on Earth died.
30	* BrainsAndBrawn: Gary and Scorch, to the point that Scorch apparently commonly mentions this trope by name.
31	* BrattyHalfPint: {{Averted}} with Kip. At first it seems that he really idolizes Scorch to the point of ignoring his more reasonable father, Gary (much to his annoyance), but it turns out that he loves them both pretty equally. [[spoiler: He even combines his uncle's heroism and his father's intelligence to help spring his mother and himself out of captivity.]]
32	* CatchPhrase: Scorch's "Scorch me, baby!" when he's about to attack.
33	* ChekhovsSkill: [[spoiler:Kip is good at flying a remote-controlled model of Scorch's ship, Gary demonstrates that the real ship can be piloted by remote control from BASA Mission Control. Then the real ship's controls go dead at a crucial moment while Kip is hiding in Mission Control...]]
34	%%** There's also the blast tape.
35	* ChickMagnet: {{Implied}} with Scorch when Gabby (his girlfriend) [[PlayedForLaughs warned other women to stay from him]] ''on live TV''.
36	* CoolUncle: Scorch to Kip, to the annoyance of Gary.
37	* CoversAlwaysLie: The main alien cast kept at {{Area 51}} never escape from a city. In fact, no cities on Earth appear in this movie.
38	** To add on, Kip is sometimes seen escaping alongside the other characters. He pretty much stays on Planet Baab throughout the entire movie.
39	* DeadpanSnarker: Mission Control AI Mr. James Bing, voiced by real life DeadpanSnarker Creator/RickyGervais. Gary also has his share of snark, after putting up with Scorch's crap for so long.
40	* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Averted, as Shanker falls after Scorch's suit explodes, but the Greys catch him, along with Gary and Scorch.]]
41	* TheDreaded: The "Dark Planet", the planet that many aliens have gone to but have never returned, aka Planet Earth.
42	* DumbMuscle: Scorch, the arrogant muscle bound heroic twit.
43	* EarlyBirdCameo: Io, Doc, and Thurman can be seen among the many aliens who have been lost to the Dark Planet on Bing’s screen. Gary will get to meet the three of them later on in Area 51.
44	* ETGaveUsWiFi: Shanker makes the aliens he captures invent stuff that he takes credit for. Thurman invented the touchscreen and the internet, Io search engines, and Doc social networks.
45	* FacelessGoons: All the {{Area 51}} soldiers wear face concealing {{Hazmat Suit}}s that make it impossible to tell one from the other.
46	* {{Foodfight}}: Gary and Scorch accidentally food fight after having a heated argument.
47	* FootPopping: Gabby foot pops when she kisses Scorch [[spoiler: at their wedding.]]
48	* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler:Lena apparently.]]
49	-->[[spoiler:'''Computer:''' This villain thing is not you. It's the aging, the stress.\
50	'''Lena:''' Shut up!]]
51	%%* FourFingeredHands: Again, the people of Planet Baab.
52	* FreezeFrameBonus: All the names on the floor 46 minutes into the film.[[note]][[WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats\|1985}} Lion-O]], [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]], [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Ripley]], Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El, Zod]], [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mew]], [[Film/TheFifthElement Leeloo]], [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock, Khan]], [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank Ratchet]], [[Film/TheThing1982 The Thing]], [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]], [[Franchise/TheMuppets Gonzo]], [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Zim]], [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Gojira]], [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} Barf, Yogurt]], [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Odo]], [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Hal-9000]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]], [[Film/{{Riddick}} Riddick]], [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]], [[Film/{{Paul}} Paul]], [[Manga/TokyoMewMew Mew]], [[Series/{{Teletubbies}} Tinky Winky]], [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank Ratchet]], Beta Ray Bill, George Allen, and {{ComicBook/Venom}}, to name a few.[[/note]]
53	* {{Foreshadowing}}: A lot of emphasis is put on Gary's timing in telling his brother when to shoot his grappling hook in the opening sequence. It turns out Scorch can't use it effectively at all without Gary's help, and it ultimately causes him to be captured.
54	* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Shanker wants to exterminate all aliens in the Universe because the Greys killed his father in a flying-saucer crash.]]
55	* GentleGiant: {{Downplayed}} with Scorch since he's not exactly a guy without faults, but they don't outweigh his good parts.
56	* GenreBlind: The other aliens think that [[ObviouslyEvil the villain]] will keep his word in sending them back home. Subverted a little in that even if they were suspicious, they don't have any other options.
57	* TheGreys: One of the alien races detained at Area 51, and Shanker's right-hand men.
58	* HairTriggerTemper: Io, usually involving her eye more than anything.
59	* HappilyMarried: Kira and Gary have a loving and deep relationship, and occasionally trade jokes with each other. [[spoiler: And it looks like Scorch and Gabby are heading this way after the marry in the end.]]
60	* HartmanHips: Every female alien from Planet Baab.
61	* HeelRealization: Scorch's decision to fire his brother bites him hard when he realizes, in the middle of the mission no less, that he really does need Gary's help.
62	* HeroicBuild: With all of his jerkass tendencies, Scorch's heroism matches his impressive build.
63	** Io my have her anger issues, but her huge build corresponds with how much she's a good guy.
64	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Scorch and Gary appear to finally become this at the ending. [[spoiler: Especially since Gary is the Best Man at Scorch and Gabby's wedding.]]
65	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Scorch is the Huge Guy and his girlfriend [[spoiler: and later wife]], Gabby Babblerbrook is the Tiny Girl.
66	* HumansAreBastards: Unlike other intelligent species in the universe, they divide themselves into countries over which they have endless wars (where the winner goes into decline and the loser prospers until the cycle repeats), they choose their leaders based on the silliness of their facial hair, and they worship an bizarre creature known as "[[Creator/SimonCowell the Cowell]]". They also do nasty stuff to alien visitors, none of which have ever returned from what the aliens call The Dark Planet.
67	* InformedAttractiveness: Gary's wife, Kira, to viewers, thanks to all of the aliens from Baab having near-identical features. Other aliens even comment on it. "How'd you manage that?"
68	* InstantSedation: The soldiers use [[TranquillizerDart Tranquillizer Guns]] that can knock out anyone in a few seconds, regardless of species.
69	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Scorch can be quite arrogant, loud and obnoxious, especially to his brother, Gary. He's also the CoolUncle to Kip, brave, loves his girlfriend dearly, and actually admits to Gary that [[spoiler: he always wanted to be like him. Have a great wife and a great kid.]]
70	* KidHero: Kip really helps out in the climax and he's only about 8 or 9 years old.
71	* LetsMeetTheMeat: In the cafeteria, they serve something called Plarbe that looks like scrambled eggs with a face and it does not seem to mind that it is going to be eaten.
72	%%* LightningBruiser: Io.
73	* LittleBigBrother: Gary.
74	* [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Manly Man and Sensitive Guy]]: Scorch is the Manly Man to Gary's Sensitive Guy.
75	* MissionControl: Gary's job and he's really good at it when his musclehead brother does what he is told. The first mission in which Gary doesn't participate is the one where Scorch gets captured.
76	* MommasBoy: Lampshaded by Scorch to Gary.
77	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:When Shanker threatens to break off with Lena, she's realized she's being used. But she may have just been acting, and apparently is still going with the plan of galactic domination without Shanker.]]
78	* TheNameIsBondJamesBond:
79	-->'''Gary''': Zip it, James.\
80	'''James''': The name's Bing, by the way. James Bing.
81	* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Justified, [[spoiler: If telekinetic aliens can catch them, they can also keep them from being squashed by the impact.]]
82	* PintSizedKid: Kip reaches around the adults' waist area.
83	* {{Planetville}}: All other species find it weird that humans have split into countries while all other alien species act as one group.
84	* PointyEars: The residents of Planet Baab have these.
85	* PoweredArmor: Scorch's mission suit [[spoiler:(later worn by Shanker)]].
86	* ProductPlacement: Much of the film is an ad for 7-Eleven.
87	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[spoiler:"For the last time, we... come... in... PEACE!!"]]
88	* RageQuit: Gary does this ''immediately'' after Scorch fires him.
89	* RedOniBlueOni: Scorch is the Red Oni to Gary's Blue Oni.
90	* RubeGoldbergDevice: Gary uses a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome pretty ingenious one]] to cause the laser ray to malfunction. It required the villain to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard unintentionally set it off himself no less.]]
91	* ShockCollar: All the aliens captured by the humans are fitted with shock collars that Shanker controls with a wrist device.
92	* ShoutOut: Earth is described as being a [[Franchise/StarTrek "Class M"]] planet.
93	** "[[Creator/JamesCameron James! Cameron!]] Get the [[Franchise/{{Alien}} alien]]!"
94	*** On another director-related note:
95	---> "[[Creator/PeterJackson Peter! Jackson]] is down!"
96	** Creator/WilliamShatner's character and his [[DodgyToupee enormous wig]].
97	** Planet [[WesternAnimation/TitanAE Baab]]
98	* SiblingRivalry: Scorch and Gary, mostly over which feature is better: brawn or brains.
99	* StepfordSnarker: {{Implied}} with Gary; snarking seem to be his defense mechanism against his brother's constant disrespect and arrogance.
100	* SuddenlySpeaking: [[spoiler: TheGreys start talking in a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Liverpudlian accent]] after they rescue Shanker, Scorch and Gary.]]
101	-->'''Scorch''': You can talk?\
102	[[spoiler: '''Grey''']]: Of course.
103	* TearingThroughTheMovieScreen: As Gary crash-lands on Earth, a couple at a nearby drive-in theater are watching a film about an alien invasion. The lady complains about the film not being in 3D like her apparent boyfriend says it is. As the film shows an alien ship approaching the camera, Gary's ship flies through the screen and over the couple, and she assumes it to be part of the film.
104	* TemptingFate: Gary sarcastically comments he hopes Scorch get stranded when he goes to the "Dark Planet". Scorch ends up captured and stranded.
105	* ThisAintRocketSurgery: Right after Kira grabs Gary's RocketBoots in a rush to get to BASA before Kip can launch in a ship.
106	-->'''Gary''': Are you crazy? The gyroscope is off. The thrust mechanism is broken. They're not ready to fly.\
107	'''Kira''': I've spent 15 years as a BASA test pilot. It's not rocket science.\
108	'''Gary''': That's exactly what it is! They're rocket boots!
109	* TooManyHalves: Dark Planet cola is 800% sugar.
110	* UglyGuyHotWife: Most of the characters are shocked that a guy like Gary could get an attractive girl like Kira, even though [[InformedAttractiveness she looks pretty much like all the other female Baab aliens]].
111	* UnexplainedAccent: [[spoiler: TheGreys]] speak in a [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents Liverpudlian accent]] despite all the other aliens speaking with American accents and having lived with Americans for who knows how many years.
112	* WeaponOfPeace: Shanker's giant laser weapon is named the "Peace Shield".
113	-->'''Gary''': Nothing says peace like a giant gun, huh?
114	* WellDoneDadGuy: Gary desperately wants his only son, Kip, to look up to him and is heartbroken on how Kip wants to be just like his brother (Kip's uncle). [[spoiler: Until Kip tells his father in the end that he wants to be just like him.]]
115	* WinWinEnding: Doc, Thurman and Io decide into leave their planets and move in with Gary and become part of mission control, Kip becomes Scorch's lieutenant, Kira becomes a test pilot, Saunderson and Lena are arrested for their crimes, Hawk and Hammer, having befriended Gary, decide to shut down their store and move into Planet Baab, and [[spoiler:Scorch marries Gabby]].
116	* YouthfulFreckles: All of the people of Planet Baab have freckles on their face.
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