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-->'''Mitch:''' Did he ask her?\
'''Cliff:''' ... I'm not sure.
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* WhamLine: After bringing up the station's systems after a power failure...
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** [[spoiler: Later, they realise that this is actually a useful answer: since the spaceship is on its way to the Moon, with only a few thousand miles to go, it has to be within a few degrees of the Moon in the sky.]]

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** [[spoiler: Later, they realise that this is actually a useful answer: since the spaceship is on its way to the Moon, with only a few thousand miles to go, it has to be within a few degrees of the Moon in the sky. Start the search there and spiral out.]]
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* CannotSpitItOut: [[EveryoneCanSeeIt It's obvious to everyone that Glenn and Jeanine like each other]], but he has trouble admitting it. [[spoiler: Towards the end of the film, he finally summons up the courage to ask her out.]]

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* CannotSpitItOut: [[EveryoneCanSeeIt It's obvious to everyone that Glenn and Jeanine Janine like each other]], but he has trouble admitting it. [[spoiler: Towards the end of the film, he finally summons up the courage to ask her out.]]



* WrongSongGag: Bob announces the US NationalAnthem, but the clueless band plays the theme from ''Series/HawaiiFiveO''.

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* WrongSongGag: Bob announces the US NationalAnthem, but the clueless band plays band, who don't have the sheet music for that, play the theme from ''Series/HawaiiFiveO''.

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* NationalAnthem: Subverted. Bob announces the US NationalAnthem, but the clueless band plays the 'Theme from ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'''.
** Only for one of the dignitaries visiting from the 'States to quip that they sometimes wish that '''was''' America's national anthem.


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* WrongSongGag: Bob announces the US NationalAnthem, but the clueless band plays the theme from ''Series/HawaiiFiveO''.
** Only for one of the dignitaries visiting from the 'States to quip that they sometimes wish that '''was''' America's national anthem.
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* NotSoDifferent: Mitch seems quite [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of NASA]] and all the resources it had at its disposal until Cliff points this out.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Mitch seems quite [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of NASA]] and all the resources it had at its disposal until Cliff points this out.
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* TheWholeWorldIsWatching: There's an extended montage of people watching the moon landing, ranging from schoolchildren and residents of Parkes, Australia (where the satellite dish receiving the Apollo 11 signal is located) to people in several cities around the world to a group of American soldiers in Vietnam.

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''The Dish'' is an Australian comedy from Creator/WorkingDogProductions set in the rural town of Parkes in 1969. In the middle of a sheep farm sits its main claim to fame: A large radio telescope, over which Australia and the United States are joining forces so that the Moon landing can be relayed to eager viewers across the world.

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''The Dish'' is an Australian comedy from Creator/WorkingDogProductions Creator/WorkingDogProductions, directed by Rob Sitch.

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set in the rural town of Parkes in 1969. In the middle of a sheep farm sits its main claim to fame: A large radio telescope, over which Australia and the United States are joining forces so that the Moon landing can be relayed to eager viewers across the world.


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** The moment when Armstrong set foot on the moon, and his "one giant leap for mankind" quote, were broadcast by the Honeysuckle Creek dish. The Parkes dish did take over before the end of Armstrong's walk, however.
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* NoAntagonist: The closest thing to an antagonist is the wind, which is blowing so hard that moving the dish to receive the signal would be dangerous.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The Americans point out that the Australians should have just told NASA that something had gone wrong, [[SeenItAll as things go wrong there all the time]].

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The Americans point Al, the NASA observer, points out that the Australians Australian crew should have just told NASA that something had gone wrong, [[SeenItAll as things go wrong there all the time]].



-->'''Al''': The prime receiving station has no idea where ''Apollo XI'' is?\\

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-->'''Al''': The prime receiving station Southern Hemisphere's Prime Receiving Station has no idea where ''Apollo XI'' is?\\
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''The Dish'' explores 1960s culture, specifically the cultural differences between Americans and Australians, whilst casting a comical eye over the people of the rural town.

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''The Dish'' explores 1960s culture, specifically the cultural differences between Americans and Australians, whilst casting a comical eye over the people of the rural town. Creator/SamNeill stars as Cliff, director of the Parks radio telescope facility.
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Doesn't fit the trope description, which involves directly insulting the Cthulhu-like entity.


* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: "Cliff, that's bullshit. You just bullshitted NASA!"

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