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* LittleHeroBigWar: Nada hears VoiceOfTheResistance speeches, hears of attacks against mysterious targets, and sees the corrupted authorities' brutal retaliation from the beginning of the film, but takes a while to learn that malign aliens have infiltrated human society and only joins up with the organized resistance [[spoiler:right before it is destroyed, leaving him to carry on with just his friend Frank for help.]]
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* UpperClassTwit: Aside from police officers and yuppies, the aliens also take the form of TV actors, politicians, wealthy newscasters and Nada observes some RichBitch aliens, like the beauty salon costumers, the gossipy alien woman shopping with her tired human helpers and the one disguised as an elderly lady he insults at the convenience store.
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* UpperClassTwit: Aside from police officers and yuppies, the aliens also take the form of TV actors, politicians, wealthy newscasters and Nada observes some RichBitch aliens, like the beauty salon costumers, the gossipy alien woman shopping with her tired human helpers servants and the one disguised as an elderly lady he insults at the convenience store.
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-> '''Played By''': John E. Goff; Thelma Lee; Norman Howell; Michael Forino; Michelle Costello; Gunnar Magg
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* WideEyedIdealist: Initially. Despite being down on his luck and jobless, he claims he believes in America and that things will work themselves out with the current system.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"The under-class is growing, racial justice and human rights are nonexistent, in their nonexistent. They have created a repressive society society, and we are their unwitting accomplices!"'']]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Nada tends to make sarcastic jokes and one-liners when faced with adversities.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Downplayed, but at least in the movie they're still HumanoidAliens, compared to their short story counterparts who are described as being repulsive masses of scaly flesh with sharp teeth and multiple eyes that look like huge fat slugs in their larvae state.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Downplayed, but at least in the movie they're still HumanoidAliens, compared to their short story counterparts who are described as being repulsive masses of scaly flesh multi-eyed reptilians with sharp teeth and multiple eyes [[AlienBlood blue-green blood]] that look like huge fat slugs in their larvae state.state, and in the comic they're repulsive masses of flesh, eyes and fangs.
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* PaperTiger: While they're technologically advanced, the aliens are vulnerable (as Nada comments "So you bastards die just like we do!") and it's implied that they came on top primarily thanks to the steady support of [[HumansAreBastards easily corruptible humans]] who seek wealth and power above all else.
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* AdaptationExpansion: He's much more flashed out and given a backstory in the movie, whereas in the short story we don't know much about his past.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While John going on a killing spree in a bank was very impulsive and short-sighted, George becomes an unhinged serial killer, [[BoundAndGagged bound and gags]] his girlfriend when slapping her doesn't "awaken" her from the alien signal and upon finding infant Fascinators, [[WouldHurtAChild he mercilessly kills them]].
* AdaptationalWealth: In the original story Nada lived in a small apartment with no mention of financial issues and had a girlfriend, whereas in the film he's a lonely drifter struggling during an economical crisis.
* AdaptationalWealth: In the original story Nada lived in a small apartment with no mention of financial issues and had a girlfriend, whereas in the film he's a lonely drifter struggling during an economical crisis.
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* DiesDifferentInAdaptation: In the short story Nada goes on his killing spree after a phone call informs him that [[YourDaysAreNumbered he will die at 8 o'clock in the morning]] due to him snapping out of the alien signal's influence, and in the ending he dies of a heart attack at exactly 8 o'clock. In the movie he's instead fatally shot.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the end credits it's implied that the members of this alien species are referred to as "Ghouls", while in the original short story the aliens were called "The Fascinators".
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Downplayed, but at least in the movie they're still HumanoidAliens, compared to their short story counterparts who are described as being repulsive masses of scaly flesh with sharp teeth and multiple eyes that look like huge fat slugs in their larvae state.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Downplayed, but at least in the movie they're still HumanoidAliens, compared to their short story counterparts who are described as being repulsive masses of scaly flesh with sharp teeth and multiple eyes that look like huge fat slugs in their larvae state.
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* TheGrotesque: They look like zombies with red and blue skin and silvery bug eyes.
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* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: It's implied that their uncloaked HumanoidAliens look might not be their true form but only the shape they adapted for the Earth invasion.
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* UpperClassTwit: Aside from police officers and yuppies, the aliens also take the form of TV actors, politicians, wealthy newscasters and Nada observes some RichBitch aliens, like the beauty salon costumers, the gossipy alien woman shopping with her tired human helpers and the one disguised as an elderly lady he insults at the convenience store.
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* TheHeroDies: When the SWAT team raids the hideout, Gilbert attempts to shoot them back, but is overwhelmed and killed.
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* CharacterDeath: He and his daughter are gunned down InTheBack by the SWAT team while trying to help Holly escape.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: After the loss of his son, the Family Man vengefully tells Gilbert to stop talking about the movement suffering and "It's time we started spilling some blood!" and the daughter and several rebels cheer him on in agreement before Gilbert calms everybody down.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: After the loss of his son, the The Family Man vengefully tells Gilbert to stop talking about the movement suffering and "It's time we started spilling some blood!" and the daughter and several rebels cheer him on in agreement before Gilbert calms everybody down.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"This world may have blinded me, but the Lord has let me see!"'']]
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* OnlySaneMan: Despite how dire the situation is, Gilbert keeps order within the rebellion and makes its members focus on finding and interrupting the source of the alien signal instead of causing mindless bloodshed, especially since the aliens are recruiting a lot of humans in their forces.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: After the loss of his son, the Family Man vengefully tells Gilbert to stop talking about the movement suffering and "It's time we started spilling some blood!" and the daughter and several rebels cheer him on in agreement before Gilbert calms everybody down.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Hey! You better find yourself someplace to hide and keep praying nobody ever finds you!"'']]
* FireForgedFriends: Frank initially helps Nada find his place in the city but becomes hostile towards him believing that he's become unhinged for killing people (who were actually disguised aliens) and pestering him about putting on some sunglasses, escalating into a big brawl until he sees for himself the terrible truth. From that point on the two become a pair of alien busting BackToBackBadasses.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"''If you want me to look through your sunglasses, I'll look through your sunglasses. If I don't see what you see, I'm going to see it anyway.''"]]
* EvilRedhead: She's an [[RedheadsAreRavishing attractive]] evil redhead and a merciless ally of the aliens.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"What's the threat? We all sell out every day, might as well be on the winning team!"'']]
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the original short story the name of the protagonist was George Nada, while John is his first name in the film, [[AllThereInTheManual in the making-of featurette]] Roddy Piper refers to his characters as "John Nada".
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the original short story the name of the protagonist was George Nada, while John is his first name in the film, [[AllThereInTheManual in the making-of featurette]] Roddy Piper refers to his characters character as "John Nada".
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the original short story the name of the protagonist was George Nada, while John is his first name in this adaptation, the film, [[AllThereInTheManual in the making-of featurette]] Roddy Piper refers to his characters as "John Nada".
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the original short story the name of the protagonist was George Nada, while John is his first name in this adaptation, [[AllThereInTheManual in the making-of featurette]] Roddy Piper refers to his characters as "John Nada".
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Even after being fatally shot by the aliens for destroying the satellite, the last thing he does as he dies is to [[FlippingTheBird give them the finger]].
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He did however explain to Nada and Frank the entire procedure on how to undo the aliens' schemes and make the alien empire come crashing down.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: We see two business executives (trainees?) at the grocery mart with one of them human and the other alien. Only the alien got a promotion, the human one is still at entry-level stuck with a lower salary and as the human complains to him, the alien tells him to shrug it off and wait for another opportunity. [[SarcasmMode Yeah Yeah, right]].
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* AliensAreBastards: They have no pleasant qualities, they control our resources and take away the good, attractive women and see both men and elderly women as servants and maids.
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* AliensAreBastards: They have no pleasant qualities, Their sole purpose is economic exploitation. They're happy to pollute the planet and to use humans for whatever they control our resources and take away want, so long as it generates a profit. It's even implied that the good, attractive women and see both men and elderly women as servants and maids.humans who join them will be abandoned once Earth is no longer profitable.
