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->''"My dear friends, you've just witnessed a small sample of the awesome power of XS teleportation. But wait! There's much more. Imagine if the trip were not merely the width of this room, but the breadth of a galaxy! The span of a universe! Well, imagine no more. Because soon one of you will be taking that trip. One of you will seize the future with XS! Bon voyage!"''
-->--S.I.R.
The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort]] and one of Imagineering's various collaborations with Creator/GeorgeLucas. A replacement for the 18-year-old Mission to Mars, it was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects. It officially opened on June 20, 1995 as part of "New Tomorrowland" and ran until October 12, 2003, after which it was later replaced by Ride/StitchsGreatEscape.
At Tomorrowland's Interplanetary Convention Centre, shady MegaCorp XS Tech invites you to a demonstration of their new teleportation technology, however a carnivorous alien is mistakenly beamed into the auditorium and terrorizes the audience.
The show underwent two versions: The original 1994 version (December 16, 1994 to January 12, 1995) was a little more comical and featured a character voiced by Creator/PhilHartman. Shortly afterwards, at the insistence of Michael Eisner, the show was reworked to become much darker and Creator/TimCurry replaced the Phil Hartman character's voice. The ride was not really greatly popular during its run, considering it was an adult-oriented attraction in otherwise family-friendly Disney, but it managed to gain a cult following from a number of Disney World fans who loved the dark, sophisticated, and [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] atmosphere, which only intensified after its ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch''-themed successor opened and got lambasted like there was no tomorrow.
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!![=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter provided examples of the following tropes:
* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: S.I.R. suffers from this so bad.
* AliensAreBastards: Not only the ferocious alien that tries to eat the audience, but the corrupt corporate executives of X-S Tech fit this as well.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Clearly the XS Tech people had no trouble learning it.
* BlackComedy: To balance out the more horrific elements, the show had moments of dark humor.
* ButtMonkey: Skippy, the cute and fuzzy little alien gets painfully teleported from one tube to another, getting fried in the process, before having the entire procedure reversed. Double ouch.
* CaptainErsatz: The alien was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned to be a Xenomorph]] from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive Chairman Clench. Spinlok is a cowardly middle-management version too.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: In this case, XS Tech has received a fair share of checks and wants more for their technology.
* DarkerAndEdgier:
** Alien Encounter was far more adult-oriented than most other attractions in the park, being about a blood-thirsty alien getting unleashed among an audience of guests, with the attraction even giving the illusion of it ''licking you''.
** Yet, it's still LighterAndSofter compared to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original story proposal]] by Creator/GeorgeLucas in which [[spoiler: XS brings the alien in on purpose to see its destructive capabilities by using a captive audience as guinea pigs. The alien then reveals itself to be an intelligent captive and breaks the guests out of the testing facility before the scientists try gassing the entire test facility. The exit area would have featured the sounds of the alien enacting vengeance on the scientists. (At least in this one the alien ended up being on your side.)]]
** The pre-show was LighterAndSofter in its 1994 incarnation: T.O.M. was just learning how to use the teleportation machine and accidentally fries Skippy. In the 1995 version, S.I.R. fries Skippy on purpose.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Even if Clench had arrived successfully to Earth, he would've had to talk to an entire audience of parents and children about the benefits of future technology, and what if the teleporter hadn't returned him to his planet?
* TheDitz: TOM in the 1994 pre-show.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot[=/=]SchmuckBait: A LOT of signs were placed in line warning parents that this was not a kid-friendly attraction. Too many parents didn't listen.
* EvilBrit: S.I.R., played by '''''Creator/TimCurry'''''.
* FunWithAcronyms: S.I.R. stands for "Simulated Intelligence Robotics".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The frying of Skippy during the S.I.R. preshow makes clear that the teleportation technology is very flawed.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The female host in the preshow counts, played by Tyra Banks no less.
* HumanoidAliens: The green-skinned aliens that run XS Tech.
* LargeHam: S.I.R.
* LeeroyJenkins: Chairman Clench interrupts the demonstration by insisting that he be teleported to Earth, much to Dr. Femus's dismay.
* MegaCorp: XS Tech are a sinister interplanetary tech company.
-->'''Chairman Clench:''' I know some critics have implied that we are interested in the Earth solely for commercial reason, for profit. but I believe we have an important obligation to help less fortunate planets upgrade their technology, profit is simply a biproduct we've learned to live with.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: S.I.R., the robot that sends poor Skippy through the teleportation process. This was an InvokedTrope by the Imagineers, who wanted to warn parents this was DarkerAndEdgier.
* NoIndoorVoice: TOM in the 1994 pre-show.
* NoOSHACompliance: Not that an interplanetary corporation would care about Earth's OSHA, but you think they would take more care when performing cross-planet teleportation. The audience isn't even encouraged to sign release waivers.
** If one audience member had been chosen to teleport, as Dr. Femus had planned, [[FridgeHorror he or she would have been stuck on the planet with carnivores.]]
* NothingIsScarier: Because half the show is in the dark, the audience mainly hears the alien's roars and thumps, as well as feeling the saliva on the back of their neck.
* OhCrap: Dr. Femus panics when he realizes that they sent a "carnivore" instead of Chairman Clench; the alien they sent is going to eat the audience. The audience soon reacts the same way when they see the alien.
* OneToMillionToOne: How the teleporting works, unfortunately it's far from painless.
* OnlySaneMan: Dr. Femus is the sole voice of reason in the show, first warning against rushing the teleportation demonstration, then successfully protecting the audience and killing the alien.
* {{Portmantitle}}: Extraterrestrial + Terror = [=ExtraTERRORestrial=].
* RedShirt: A mechanic is called to repair the lights, so as to trap the alien in beams. He only lasts a [[CurbStompBattle few minutes against the alien]], and his blood "drips" onto the audience.
* TechnoBabble: One of XS's fields is "cryo-cybernetics" which would be ice robots...
* TeleportationMisfire: Clench's fate - a planet crosses the teleporter's transmission path, leaving Clench stranded. The original version of the show had them find Clench at the very end, but he's left stuck in the tube when guests leave.
* TemptingFate:
** How the alien gets teleported instead of Clench. A planet crosses with the beam, but the doctors decide to send the subject in anyway because it "has" to be Clench.
** Right after they see what they summoned, and the alien has broken the glass, the scientists try to calm the audience by saying it's trapped in the tube as long as the beams stay on. [[OhCrap Then the power goes out.]]
* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Dr. Femus tells the audience not to scream because the alien will probably eat whoever is screaming the loudest. [[MoodWhiplash Sometimes an audience member with a good sense of humor then screams, "Take her!"]]
* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: Next time, if you're trying to sell a new product to customers, use a robot that isn't so downright evil.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Clench goes LeeroyJenkins when he heads into the teleporter because he wants to meet every member of the audience and extoll XS Tech's potential benefits.
* WeaponisedTeleportation: Dr. Femus overclocks the teleporter's power to explode the alien.
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->''"My dear friends, you've just witnessed a small sample of the awesome power of XS teleportation. But wait! There's much more. Imagine if the trip were not merely the width of this room, but the breadth of a galaxy! The span of a universe! Well, imagine no more. Because soon one of you will be taking that trip. One of you will seize the future with XS! Bon voyage!"''
-->--S.I.R.
The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort]] and one of Imagineering's various collaborations with Creator/GeorgeLucas. A replacement for the 18-year-old Mission to Mars, it was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects. It officially opened on June 20, 1995 as part of "New Tomorrowland" and ran until October 12, 2003, after which it was later replaced by Ride/StitchsGreatEscape.
At Tomorrowland's Interplanetary Convention Centre, shady MegaCorp XS Tech invites you to a demonstration of their new teleportation technology, however a carnivorous alien is mistakenly beamed into the auditorium and terrorizes the audience.
The show underwent two versions: The original 1994 version (December 16, 1994 to January 12, 1995) was a little more comical and featured a character voiced by Creator/PhilHartman. Shortly afterwards, at the insistence of Michael Eisner, the show was reworked to become much darker and Creator/TimCurry replaced the Phil Hartman character's voice. The ride was not really greatly popular during its run, considering it was an adult-oriented attraction in otherwise family-friendly Disney, but it managed to gain a cult following from a number of Disney World fans who loved the dark, sophisticated, and [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] atmosphere, which only intensified after its ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch''-themed successor opened and got lambasted like there was no tomorrow.
----
!![=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter provided examples of the following tropes:
* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: S.I.R. suffers from this so bad.
* AliensAreBastards: Not only the ferocious alien that tries to eat the audience, but the corrupt corporate executives of X-S Tech fit this as well.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Clearly the XS Tech people had no trouble learning it.
* BlackComedy: To balance out the more horrific elements, the show had moments of dark humor.
* ButtMonkey: Skippy, the cute and fuzzy little alien gets painfully teleported from one tube to another, getting fried in the process, before having the entire procedure reversed. Double ouch.
* CaptainErsatz: The alien was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned to be a Xenomorph]] from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive Chairman Clench. Spinlok is a cowardly middle-management version too.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: In this case, XS Tech has received a fair share of checks and wants more for their technology.
* DarkerAndEdgier:
** Alien Encounter was far more adult-oriented than most other attractions in the park, being about a blood-thirsty alien getting unleashed among an audience of guests, with the attraction even giving the illusion of it ''licking you''.
** Yet, it's still LighterAndSofter compared to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original story proposal]] by Creator/GeorgeLucas in which [[spoiler: XS brings the alien in on purpose to see its destructive capabilities by using a captive audience as guinea pigs. The alien then reveals itself to be an intelligent captive and breaks the guests out of the testing facility before the scientists try gassing the entire test facility. The exit area would have featured the sounds of the alien enacting vengeance on the scientists. (At least in this one the alien ended up being on your side.)]]
** The pre-show was LighterAndSofter in its 1994 incarnation: T.O.M. was just learning how to use the teleportation machine and accidentally fries Skippy. In the 1995 version, S.I.R. fries Skippy on purpose.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Even if Clench had arrived successfully to Earth, he would've had to talk to an entire audience of parents and children about the benefits of future technology, and what if the teleporter hadn't returned him to his planet?
* TheDitz: TOM in the 1994 pre-show.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot[=/=]SchmuckBait: A LOT of signs were placed in line warning parents that this was not a kid-friendly attraction. Too many parents didn't listen.
* EvilBrit: S.I.R., played by '''''Creator/TimCurry'''''.
* FunWithAcronyms: S.I.R. stands for "Simulated Intelligence Robotics".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The frying of Skippy during the S.I.R. preshow makes clear that the teleportation technology is very flawed.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The female host in the preshow counts, played by Tyra Banks no less.
* HumanoidAliens: The green-skinned aliens that run XS Tech.
* LargeHam: S.I.R.
* LeeroyJenkins: Chairman Clench interrupts the demonstration by insisting that he be teleported to Earth, much to Dr. Femus's dismay.
* MegaCorp: XS Tech are a sinister interplanetary tech company.
-->'''Chairman Clench:''' I know some critics have implied that we are interested in the Earth solely for commercial reason, for profit. but I believe we have an important obligation to help less fortunate planets upgrade their technology, profit is simply a biproduct we've learned to live with.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: S.I.R., the robot that sends poor Skippy through the teleportation process. This was an InvokedTrope by the Imagineers, who wanted to warn parents this was DarkerAndEdgier.
* NoIndoorVoice: TOM in the 1994 pre-show.
* NoOSHACompliance: Not that an interplanetary corporation would care about Earth's OSHA, but you think they would take more care when performing cross-planet teleportation. The audience isn't even encouraged to sign release waivers.
** If one audience member had been chosen to teleport, as Dr. Femus had planned, [[FridgeHorror he or she would have been stuck on the planet with carnivores.]]
* NothingIsScarier: Because half the show is in the dark, the audience mainly hears the alien's roars and thumps, as well as feeling the saliva on the back of their neck.
* OhCrap: Dr. Femus panics when he realizes that they sent a "carnivore" instead of Chairman Clench; the alien they sent is going to eat the audience. The audience soon reacts the same way when they see the alien.
* OneToMillionToOne: How the teleporting works, unfortunately it's far from painless.
* OnlySaneMan: Dr. Femus is the sole voice of reason in the show, first warning against rushing the teleportation demonstration, then successfully protecting the audience and killing the alien.
* {{Portmantitle}}: Extraterrestrial + Terror = [=ExtraTERRORestrial=].
* RedShirt: A mechanic is called to repair the lights, so as to trap the alien in beams. He only lasts a [[CurbStompBattle few minutes against the alien]], and his blood "drips" onto the audience.
* TechnoBabble: One of XS's fields is "cryo-cybernetics" which would be ice robots...
* TeleportationMisfire: Clench's fate - a planet crosses the teleporter's transmission path, leaving Clench stranded. The original version of the show had them find Clench at the very end, but he's left stuck in the tube when guests leave.
* TemptingFate:
** How the alien gets teleported instead of Clench. A planet crosses with the beam, but the doctors decide to send the subject in anyway because it "has" to be Clench.
** Right after they see what they summoned, and the alien has broken the glass, the scientists try to calm the audience by saying it's trapped in the tube as long as the beams stay on. [[OhCrap Then the power goes out.]]
* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Dr. Femus tells the audience not to scream because the alien will probably eat whoever is screaming the loudest. [[MoodWhiplash Sometimes an audience member with a good sense of humor then screams, "Take her!"]]
* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: Next time, if you're trying to sell a new product to customers, use a robot that isn't so downright evil.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Clench goes LeeroyJenkins when he heads into the teleporter because he wants to meet every member of the audience and extoll XS Tech's potential benefits.
* WeaponisedTeleportation: Dr. Femus overclocks the teleporter's power to explode the alien.
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->''"My dear friends, you've just witnessed a small sample of the awesome power of XS teleportation. But wait! There's much more. Imagine if the trip were not merely the width of this room, but the breadth of a galaxy! The span of a universe! Well, imagine no more. Because soon one of you will be taking that trip. One of you will seize the future with XS! Bon voyage!"''
-->--S.I.R.
The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort]] and one of Imagineering's various collaborations with Creator/GeorgeLucas. A replacement for the 18-year-old Mission to Mars, it was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects. It officially opened on June 20, 1995 as part of "New Tomorrowland" and ran until October 12, 2003, after which it was later replaced by Ride/StitchsGreatEscape.
At Tomorrowland's Interplanetary Convention Centre, shady MegaCorp XS Tech invites you to a demonstration of their new teleportation technology, however a carnivorous alien is mistakenly beamed into the auditorium and terrorizes the audience.
The show underwent two versions: The original 1994 version (December 16, 1994 to January 12, 1995) was a little more comical and featured a character voiced by Creator/PhilHartman. Shortly afterwards, at the insistence of Michael Eisner, the show was reworked to become much darker and Creator/TimCurry replaced the Phil Hartman character's voice. The ride was not really greatly popular during its run, considering it was an adult-oriented attraction in otherwise family-friendly Disney, but it managed to gain a cult following from a number of Disney World fans who loved the dark, sophisticated, and [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] atmosphere, which only intensified after its ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch''-themed successor opened and got lambasted like there was no tomorrow.
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!![=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter provided examples of the following tropes:
* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: S.I.R. suffers from this so bad.
* AliensAreBastards: Not only the ferocious alien that tries to eat the audience, but the corrupt corporate executives of X-S Tech fit this as well.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Clearly the XS Tech people had no trouble learning it.
* BlackComedy: To balance out the more horrific elements, the show had moments of dark humor.
* ButtMonkey: Skippy, the cute and fuzzy little alien gets painfully teleported from one tube to another, getting fried in the process, before having the entire procedure reversed. Double ouch.
* CaptainErsatz: The alien was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally planned to be a Xenomorph]] from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive Chairman Clench. Spinlok is a cowardly middle-management version too.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: In this case, XS Tech has received a fair share of checks and wants more for their technology.
* DarkerAndEdgier:
** Alien Encounter was far more adult-oriented than most other attractions in the park, being about a blood-thirsty alien getting unleashed among an audience of guests, with the attraction even giving the illusion of it ''licking you''.
** Yet, it's still LighterAndSofter compared to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original story proposal]] by Creator/GeorgeLucas in which [[spoiler: XS brings the alien in on purpose to see its destructive capabilities by using a captive audience as guinea pigs. The alien then reveals itself to be an intelligent captive and breaks the guests out of the testing facility before the scientists try gassing the entire test facility. The exit area would have featured the sounds of the alien enacting vengeance on the scientists. (At least in this one the alien ended up being on your side.)]]
** The pre-show was LighterAndSofter in its 1994 incarnation: T.O.M. was just learning how to use the teleportation machine and accidentally fries Skippy. In the 1995 version, S.I.R. fries Skippy on purpose.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Even if Clench had arrived successfully to Earth, he would've had to talk to an entire audience of parents and children about the benefits of future technology, and what if the teleporter hadn't returned him to his planet?
* TheDitz: TOM in the 1994 pre-show.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot[=/=]SchmuckBait: A LOT of signs were placed in line warning parents that this was not a kid-friendly attraction. Too many parents didn't listen.
* EvilBrit: S.I.R., played by '''''Creator/TimCurry'''''.
* FunWithAcronyms: S.I.R. stands for "Simulated Intelligence Robotics".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The frying of Skippy during the S.I.R. preshow makes clear that the teleportation technology is very flawed.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: The female host in the preshow counts, played by Tyra Banks no less.
* HumanoidAliens: The green-skinned aliens that run XS Tech.
* LargeHam: S.I.R.
* LeeroyJenkins: Chairman Clench interrupts the demonstration by insisting that he be teleported to Earth, much to Dr. Femus's dismay.
* MegaCorp: XS Tech are a sinister interplanetary tech company.
-->'''Chairman Clench:''' I know some critics have implied that we are interested in the Earth solely for commercial reason, for profit. but I believe we have an important obligation to help less fortunate planets upgrade their technology, profit is simply a biproduct we've learned to live with.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: S.I.R., the robot that sends poor Skippy through the teleportation process. This was an InvokedTrope by the Imagineers, who wanted to warn parents this was DarkerAndEdgier.
* NoIndoorVoice: TOM in the 1994 pre-show.
* NoOSHACompliance: Not that an interplanetary corporation would care about Earth's OSHA, but you think they would take more care when performing cross-planet teleportation. The audience isn't even encouraged to sign release waivers.
** If one audience member had been chosen to teleport, as Dr. Femus had planned, [[FridgeHorror he or she would have been stuck on the planet with carnivores.]]
* NothingIsScarier: Because half the show is in the dark, the audience mainly hears the alien's roars and thumps, as well as feeling the saliva on the back of their neck.
* OhCrap: Dr. Femus panics when he realizes that they sent a "carnivore" instead of Chairman Clench; the alien they sent is going to eat the audience. The audience soon reacts the same way when they see the alien.
* OneToMillionToOne: How the teleporting works, unfortunately it's far from painless.
* OnlySaneMan: Dr. Femus is the sole voice of reason in the show, first warning against rushing the teleportation demonstration, then successfully protecting the audience and killing the alien.
* {{Portmantitle}}: Extraterrestrial + Terror = [=ExtraTERRORestrial=].
* RedShirt: A mechanic is called to repair the lights, so as to trap the alien in beams. He only lasts a [[CurbStompBattle few minutes against the alien]], and his blood "drips" onto the audience.
* TechnoBabble: One of XS's fields is "cryo-cybernetics" which would be ice robots...
* TeleportationMisfire: Clench's fate - a planet crosses the teleporter's transmission path, leaving Clench stranded. The original version of the show had them find Clench at the very end, but he's left stuck in the tube when guests leave.
* TemptingFate:
** How the alien gets teleported instead of Clench. A planet crosses with the beam, but the doctors decide to send the subject in anyway because it "has" to be Clench.
** Right after they see what they summoned, and the alien has broken the glass, the scientists try to calm the audience by saying it's trapped in the tube as long as the beams stay on. [[OhCrap Then the power goes out.]]
* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Dr. Femus tells the audience not to scream because the alien will probably eat whoever is screaming the loudest. [[MoodWhiplash Sometimes an audience member with a good sense of humor then screams, "Take her!"]]
* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: Next time, if you're trying to sell a new product to customers, use a robot that isn't so downright evil.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Clench goes LeeroyJenkins when he heads into the teleporter because he wants to meet every member of the audience and extoll XS Tech's potential benefits.
* WeaponisedTeleportation: Dr. Femus overclocks the teleporter's power to explode the alien.
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The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort]] and one of Imagineering's various collaborations with Creator/GeorgeLucas. A replacement for ''Mission the 18-year-old Mission to Mars'', Mars, it was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects. It officially opened on June 20, 1995 as part of "New Tomorrowland" and ran until October 12, 2003, after which it was later replaced by Ride/StitchsGreatEscape
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The show underwent two versions: The original 1994 version (December 16, 1994 to January 12, 1995) was a little more comical and featured a character voiced by Creator/PhilHartman. Shortly afterwards, at the insistence of Michael Eisner, the show was reworked to become much darker and Creator/TimCurry replaced the Phil Hartman character's voice. \n The ride was not really greatly popular during its run, considering it was an adult-oriented attraction in otherwise family-friendly Disney, but it managed to gain a cult following from a number of Disney World fans who loved the dark, sophisticated, and [[NightmareFuel terrifying]] atmosphere, which only intensified after its ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch''-themed successor opened and got lambasted like there was no tomorrow.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Alien Encounter was far more adult-oriented than most other attractions in the park, being about a blood-thirsty alien getting unleashed among an audience of guests, with the attraction even giving the illusion of it ''licking you''.
** And its still LighterAndSofter compared to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original story proposal]] by Creator/GeorgeLucas in which [[spoiler: XS brings the alien in on purpose to see its destructive capabilities by using a captive audience as guinea pigs. The alien then reveals itself to be an intelligent captive and breaks the guests out of the testing facility before the scientists try gassing the entire test facility. The exit area would have featured the sounds of the alien enacting vengeance on the scientists. (At least in this one the alien ended up being on your side.)]]
** And its still LighterAndSofter compared to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original story proposal]] by Creator/GeorgeLucas in which [[spoiler: XS brings the alien in on purpose to see its destructive capabilities by using a captive audience as guinea pigs. The alien then reveals itself to be an intelligent captive and breaks the guests out of the testing facility before the scientists try gassing the entire test facility. The exit area would have featured the sounds of the alien enacting vengeance on the scientists. (At least in this one the alien ended up being on your side.)]]
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** Alien Encounter was far more adult-oriented than most other attractions in the park, being about a blood-thirsty alien getting unleashed among an audience of guests, with the attraction even giving the illusion of it ''licking you''.
**And its Yet, it's still LighterAndSofter compared to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original story proposal]] by Creator/GeorgeLucas in which [[spoiler: XS brings the alien in on purpose to see its destructive capabilities by using a captive audience as guinea pigs. The alien then reveals itself to be an intelligent captive and breaks the guests out of the testing facility before the scientists try gassing the entire test facility. The exit area would have featured the sounds of the alien enacting vengeance on the scientists. (At least in this one the alien ended up being on your side.)]]
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** And its still LighterAndSofter compared to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original story proposal]] by Creator/GeorgeLucas in which [[spoiler: XS brings the alien in on purpose to see its destructive capabilities by using a captive audience as guinea pigs. The alien then reveals itself to be an intelligent captive and breaks the guests out of the testing facility before the scientists try gassing the entire test facility. The exit area would have featured the sounds of the alien enacting vengeance on the scientists.]]
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** And its still LighterAndSofter compared to [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the original story proposal]] by Creator/GeorgeLucas in which [[spoiler: XS brings the alien in on purpose to see its destructive capabilities by using a captive audience as guinea pigs. The alien then reveals itself to be an intelligent captive and breaks the guests out of the testing facility before the scientists try gassing the entire test facility. The exit area would have featured the sounds of the alien enacting vengeance on the scientists.]] (At least in this one the alien ended up being on your side.)]]
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'''''The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter''''' was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort]] and one of Imagineering's various collaborations with Creator/GeorgeLucas. A replacement for ''Mission to Mars'', it was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects. It was later replaced by ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape''
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!!''Alien Encounter'' provided examples of the following tropes:
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* WeaponisedTeleportation: Dr Femus overclocks the teleporter's power to explode the alien.
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* WeaponisedTeleportation: Dr Dr. Femus overclocks the teleporter's power to explode the alien.
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'''''The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter''''' was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort]] and one of Imagineering's various collaborations with Creator/GeorgeLucas. A replacement for ''Mission to Mars'', it was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects. Today, ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape'' plays in its theater.
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'''''The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter''''' was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort]] and one of Imagineering's various collaborations with Creator/GeorgeLucas. A replacement for ''Mission to Mars'', it was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects. Today, ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape'' plays in its theater.
It was later replaced by ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape''
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'''''Alien Encounter''''' (full title: '''''The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter''''') was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort]] and one of Imagineering's various collaborations with Creator/GeorgeLucas. A replacement for ''Mission to Mars'', it was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects. Today, ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape'' plays in its theater.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Alien Encounter was far more adult-oriented than the other attractions in the park, being about a blood-thirsty alien getting unleashed among an audience of guests, with the attraction even giving the illusion of it ''licking you''.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Alien Encounter was far more adult-oriented than the most other attractions in the park, being about a blood-thirsty alien getting unleashed among an audience of guests, with the attraction even giving the illusion of it ''licking you''.
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** The pre-show was LighterAndSofter in its 1994 incarnation: TOM was just learning how to use the teleportation machine and accidentally fries Skippy. In the 1995 version, S.I.R. fries Skippy on purpose.
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** The pre-show was LighterAndSofter in its 1994 incarnation: TOM T.O.M. was just learning how to use the teleportation machine and accidentally fries Skippy. In the 1995 version, S.I.R. fries Skippy on purpose.
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* DontTouchItYouIdiot[=/=]SchmuckBait: A LOT of signs are in line warning parents that this is not kid-friendly. Too many parents didn't listen.
* EvilBrit: S.I.R., played by '''''[[Creator/TimCurry TIM FUCKIN' CURRY]]'''''.
* EvilBrit: S.I.R., played by '''''[[Creator/TimCurry TIM FUCKIN' CURRY]]'''''.
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* DontTouchItYouIdiot[=/=]SchmuckBait: A LOT of signs are were placed in line warning parents that this is was not kid-friendly.a kid-friendly attraction. Too many parents didn't listen.
* EvilBrit: S.I.R., played by'''''[[Creator/TimCurry TIM FUCKIN' CURRY]]'''''.'''''Creator/TimCurry'''''.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The frying of Skippy during the S.I.R. preshow makes clear that the teleportation technology is very flawed.
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* NoOSHACompliance: Not that an interplanetary corporation would care about Earth's OSHA, but you think they would take more care when performing teleportation across planets. The audience isn't even encouraged to sign release waivers.
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* RedShirt: A maintenance man is called to repair the lights, so as to trap the alien in beams. He only lasts a [[CurbStompBattle few minutes against the alien]], and his blood "drips" onto the audience.
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* RedShirt: A maintenance man mechanic is called to repair the lights, so as to trap the alien in beams. He only lasts a [[CurbStompBattle few minutes against the alien]], and his blood "drips" onto the audience.
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* AndIMustScream: Implied to be Skippy's finally fate. S.I.R. halts his teleportation signal "indefinitely", trapping him between the two teleportation devices. It wouldn't be so bad, except Skippy's screams can be heard even after he's been disintegrated, hinting that he may be conscious during the entire ordeal.
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* AndIMustScream: Implied to be Skippy's finally fate. S.I.R. halts his teleportation signal "indefinitely", trapping him between the two teleportation devices. It wouldn't be so bad, except Skippy's screams can be heard even after he's been disintegrated, hinting that he may be conscious during the entire ordeal.
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->''"My dear friends, you've just witnessed a small sample of the awesome power of XS teleportation. But wait! There's much more. Imagine if the trip were not merely the width of this room but the breadth of a galaxy, the span of a universe. Well imagine no more. Because soon one of you will be taking that trip. One of you will seize the future with XS! Bon Voyage!. "''
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->''"My dear friends, you've just witnessed a small sample of the awesome power of XS teleportation. But wait! There's much more. Imagine if the trip were not merely the width of this room room, but the breadth of a galaxy, the galaxy! The span of a universe. Well universe! Well, imagine no more. Because soon one of you will be taking that trip. One of you will seize the future with XS! Bon Voyage!. "''voyage!"''
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* FunWithAcronyms: S.I.R. stands for "Simulated Intelligence Robotics".
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* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot Next time, if you're trying to sell a new product to customers, use a robot that isn't so downright evil.
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* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: S.I.R. suffers from this so bad.
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* EvilBrit: S.I.R., played by '''''[[Creator/TimCurry TIM FUCKIN' CURRY]]'''''.
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* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: The animatronic that sends poor Skippy through the teleportation process. This was an InvokedTrope by the Imagineers, who wanted to warn parents this was DarkerAndEdgier.
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* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: The animatronic S.I.R., the robot that sends poor Skippy through the teleportation process. This was an InvokedTrope by the Imagineers, who wanted to warn parents this was DarkerAndEdgier.
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'''''Alien Encounter''''' (full title: '''''The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter''''') was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort]] and one of Imagineering's various collaborations with Creator/GeorgeLucas. A replacement for ''Mission to Mars'', it was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects. Today, ''[[Ride/StitchsGreatEscape Stitch's Great Escape!]]'' plays in its theater.
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'''''Alien Encounter''''' (full title: '''''The [=ExtraTERRORestrial=] Alien Encounter''''') was a "theater-in-the-round" attraction in the Tomorrowland section of the [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Magic Kingdom Park at the Walt Disney World Resort]] and one of Imagineering's various collaborations with Creator/GeorgeLucas. A replacement for ''Mission to Mars'', it was a darkly humorous science-fiction experience that used binaural sound to achieve many of its effects. Today, ''[[Ride/StitchsGreatEscape Stitch's Great Escape!]]'' ''Ride/StitchsGreatEscape'' plays in its theater.
