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West and Gordon are accompanying a gold shipment. It arrives in Morning Glory, Arizona at the same time that a flying saucer apparently streaks through the sky and lands near town, much to the delight of local hellfire preacher Brother Simon. Three green-skinned females emerge and claim that they have run out of their ship's fuel - gold. They promise the townspeople valuable gems in exchange for a large supply, and it just so happens that one has recently arrived in town...

Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/DirkDeJohnFlyingPiePlate.jpg.html?sort=6&o=28&ref=1 Dirk DeJohn, Precious and Semi-Precious gemstone Expert]][[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5q8ext (16:45)]]

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!!Tropes present in this episode:
* FlyingSaucer: The episode revolves around the mysterious appearance outside town of what is dubbed a "flying pie plate" and the demands of the women who emerge from inside.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The inhabitants of the saucer are female, very attractive and green-skinned. They claim to be from Venus.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Brother Simon has a lot to say about how evil the saucer is, destruction from above, etc. [[spoiler:Turns out he's the one in charge of everything, making wild pronouncements because he knows they won't be believed and will prevent anyone from suspecting his involvement.]]
* {{Telepathy}}: The strange visitors communicate with one another via "thought projection."
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The entire population of Morning Glory. Not only is Simon using them to steal the gold for him, he's leaving them to be the [[FallGuy fall guys]] for the robbery once his jewels are found to be worthless.]]
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