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For the 2023 video game, click [[VideoGame/Cocoon2023 here]].
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** After Jack discovers the Antareans' secret, he starts to panic, voicing his worries that they may "try to eat my face off." Walter is bemused by this, and [[{{Troll}} asks if face-eating is a delicacy on Earth,]] just to mess with Jack. Then he gives his real threat: if Jack doesn't help them, then they'll... just hire and pay someone else to provide a boat. Jack quiets down fast when he realizes he'll be broke again (and that nobody would believe his story).
** After the nursing home residents [[spoiler: break into the pool house and undo ''everything'' the Antareans have worked for in about three minutes,]] Walter comes in, enraged. Does he threaten to zap them? Take them hostage? Do anything one might expect from an extraterrestrial? No. He ''threatens to call the police.'' Everyone clears out fast.
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** After the nursing home residents [[spoiler: break into the pool house and undo ''everything'' the Antareans have worked for in about three minutes,]] Walter comes in, enraged. Does he threaten to zap them? Take them hostage? Do anything one might expect from an extraterrestrial? No. He ''threatens to call the police.'' Everyone clears out fast.
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** After Jack discovers the Antareans' secret, he starts to panic, voicing his worries that they may "try to eat my face off." Walter is bemused by this, and [[{{Troll}} asks if face-eating is a delicacy on Earth,]] just to mess with Jack. Then he gives his real threat: if Jack doesn't help them, then they'll... just hire and pay someone else to provide a boat. Jack quiets down fast when he realizes he'll be broke again.
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** After Jack discovers the Antareans' secret, he starts to panic, voicing his worries that they may "try to eat my face off." Walter is bemused by this, and [[{{Troll}} asks if face-eating is a delicacy on Earth,]] just to mess with Jack. Then he gives his real threat: if Jack doesn't help them, then they'll... just hire and pay someone else to provide a boat. Jack quiets down fast when he realizes he'll be broke again.again (and that nobody would believe his story).
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While the orderlies are obnoxious jerks, they aren't wrong to be skeptical of old men who claim to have encountered space aliens or to find such stories ridiculous: their story doesn't exactly sound plausible, not to mention that fact that many of the retirement home residents do have mild dementia, and that lonely elderly people often make up fanciful stories to get attention.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While the orderlies are obnoxious jerks, they aren't wrong it makes perfect sense for them to be skeptical of a bunch of old men who claim claiming to have encountered had encounters with extraterrestrials - after all, their space aliens or to find such stories ridiculous: their alien story doesn't exactly sound plausible, not to mention that does seem wildly implausible. There's the additional fact that many of the retirement home orderlies were probably used to dealing with residents do who have mild dementia, and that with lonely elderly people often who make up fanciful stories to get attention.
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*JerkassHasAPoint: While the orderlies are obnoxious jerks, they aren't wrong to be skeptical of old men who claim to have encountered space aliens or to find such stories ridiculous: their story doesn't exactly sound plausible, not to mention that fact that many of the retirement home residents do have mild dementia, and that lonely elderly people often make up fanciful stories to get attention.
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*DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A group of senior citizens fly away to another world where they will enjoy eternal life and good health. More or less lampshaded by the minister at a funeral service held for the retirement community residents (it was assumed by all that the boat sank and the seniors on board all died) who speaks of them now being in Heaven for eternity.
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*ActorAllusion: When Ben first enters the pool, he says "The Marines have landed." Creator/WilfordBrimley served in the US Marine Corps.
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*TheEeyore: Bernie is a [[GrumpyOldMan grouchy killjoy]] who seems to resent the fact that Ben, Joe, and Art are having such a good time, partly because he disapproves of anything that tries to cheat nature's course of old age and eventual death.
*TheFatalist: Bernie is opposed to using the alien "fountain of youth" to prolong one's life, being a firm believer in accepting what life has to offer and not trying to cheat fate (although he violates his own principles once, when stricken with grief over [[spoiler: Rose's death]]).
-->''Bernie'': You play the cards you've been dealt. You don't get to reshufle the deck!
*TheFatalist: Bernie is opposed to using the alien "fountain of youth" to prolong one's life, being a firm believer in accepting what life has to offer and not trying to cheat fate (although he violates his own principles once, when stricken with grief over [[spoiler: Rose's death]]).
-->''Bernie'': You play the cards you've been dealt. You don't get to reshufle the deck!
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*IntergenerationalFriendship: Ben Luckett is his grandson David's best friend, and the boy seems to be well-liked by most of the other people at the retirement community. Lampshaded when Ben tells his grandson that as much as he loves his company, David needs to learn how to make friends among people his own age too.
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*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bernie is a dyspeptic killjoy early on the in the film, but he's truly devoted to his wife Rose, and towards the end of the film he makes it a point to say goodbye to all of the departing members of the nursing home.
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''Cocoon'' is a 1985 American sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with an EnsembleCast that includes Creator/DonAmeche (who won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/BrianDennehy, Creator/JackGilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, beating out ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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''Cocoon'' is a 1985 American sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with an EnsembleCast that includes Creator/DonAmeche (who won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/BrianDennehy, Creator/JackGilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, Creator/JessicaTandy and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, beating out ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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''Cocoon'' is a 1985 sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with a cast including Creator/DonAmeche (who won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/BrianDennehy, Creator/JackGilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, beating out ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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''Cocoon'' is a 1985 American sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with a cast including an EnsembleCast that includes Creator/DonAmeche (who won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/BrianDennehy, Creator/JackGilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, beating out ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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Followed by a 1988 sequel (''Cocoon: The Return''), which was not directed by Ron Howard but ''did'' reunite the entire original cast. Not to be confused with another ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Cocoon.]]''
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Followed by a 1988 sequel (''Cocoon: The Return''), which was not directed by Ron Howard but ''did'' reunite the entire original cast. Not to be confused with another ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Cocoon.]]''
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''Cocoon'' is a 1985 sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with a cast including Creator/DonAmeche (who won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/BrianDennehy, Creator/JackGilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, beating out ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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''Cocoon'' is a 1985 sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with a cast including Creator/DonAmeche (who won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/BrianDennehy, Creator/JackGilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Creator/MaureenStapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, beating out ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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''Cocoon'' is a 1985 sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with a cast including Creator/DonAmeche (who won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/BrianDennehy, Jack Gilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, beating out ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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''Cocoon'' is a 1985 sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with a cast including Creator/DonAmeche (who won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/BrianDennehy, Jack Gilford, Creator/JackGilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, beating out ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Pretty soft.
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A 1985 sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with a cast including Creator/DonAmeche (who won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Creator/BrianDennehy, Jack Gilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, beating out ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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* RealityEnsues: After Jack discovers the Antareans' secret, he starts to panic, voicing his worries that they may "try to eat my face off." Walter is bemused by this, and [[{{Troll}} asks if face-eating is a delicacy on Earth,]] just to mess with Jack. Then he gives his real threat: if Jack doesn't help them, then they'll... just hire and pay someone else to provide a boat. Jack quiets down fast when he realizes he'll be broke again.
** After the nursing home residents [[spoiler: break into the pool house and undo ''everything'' the Antareans have worked for in about three minutes,]] Walter comes in, enraged. Does he threaten to zap them? Take them hostage? Do anything one might expect from an extraterrestrial? No. He ''threatens to call the police.'' Everyone clears out fast.
** After the nursing home residents [[spoiler: break into the pool house and undo ''everything'' the Antareans have worked for in about three minutes,]] Walter comes in, enraged. Does he threaten to zap them? Take them hostage? Do anything one might expect from an extraterrestrial? No. He ''threatens to call the police.'' Everyone clears out fast.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** After Jack discovers the Antareans' secret, he starts to panic, voicing his worries that they may "try to eat my face off." Walter is bemused by this, and [[{{Troll}} asks if face-eating is a delicacy on Earth,]] just to mess with Jack. Then he gives his real threat: if Jack doesn't help them, then they'll... just hire and pay someone else to provide a boat. Jack quiets down fast when he realizes he'll be broke again.
** After the nursing home residents [[spoiler: break into the pool house and undo ''everything'' the Antareans have worked for in about three minutes,]] Walter comes in, enraged. Does he threaten to zap them? Take them hostage? Do anything one might expect from an extraterrestrial? No. He ''threatens to call the police.'' Everyone clears out fast.
** After Jack discovers the Antareans' secret, he starts to panic, voicing his worries that they may "try to eat my face off." Walter is bemused by this, and [[{{Troll}} asks if face-eating is a delicacy on Earth,]] just to mess with Jack. Then he gives his real threat: if Jack doesn't help them, then they'll... just hire and pay someone else to provide a boat. Jack quiets down fast when he realizes he'll be broke again.
** After the nursing home residents [[spoiler: break into the pool house and undo ''everything'' the Antareans have worked for in about three minutes,]] Walter comes in, enraged. Does he threaten to zap them? Take them hostage? Do anything one might expect from an extraterrestrial? No. He ''threatens to call the police.'' Everyone clears out fast.
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* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Bernie chooses to remain on Earth]].
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* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Bernie chooses to remain on Earth]]. In the sequel, [[spoiler: Alma, Ben, and Mary do as well]].
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A group of trespassing senior citizens get more than they bargained for when swimming in the neighbors' pool restores their health and gives them youthful vigor. Unbeknownst to them, a group of Antareans on a search-and-recover mission to retrieve twenty cocoons containing their crew mates from the ocean floor are renting that house and using the pool to store their cocoons, and when the two groups come together, everyone involved has to make major decisions that will affect the future for all of them.
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A group of trespassing senior citizens get more than they bargained for when swimming in the neighbors' pool restores their health and gives them youthful vigor. Unbeknownst to them, a group of aliens called Antareans are on a search-and-recover mission to retrieve twenty cocoons containing their crew mates from the ocean floor floor, and are renting that house and using the pool to store their cocoons, and when cocoons. When the two groups come together, everyone involved has to make major decisions that will affect the future for all of them.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: Joe Finley]].
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* CoolOldGuy: Most of the elderly cast, especially Ben, have some of this at the beginning. They take several levels in it, as well as a good bit of BadassGrandpa, when the effects of the pool start to show.
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* CoolOldGuy: Most of the elderly cast, especially Ben, have some of this at the beginning. They take several levels in it, as well as a good bit of BadassGrandpa, it when the effects of the pool start to show.
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* RealityEnsues: After Jack discovers the Antareans' secret, he starts to panic, voicing his worries that they may "try to eat my face off." Walter is bemused by this, and [[{{Troll}} asks if face-eating is a delicacy on Earth,]] just to mess with Jack. Then he gives his real threat: if Jack doesn't help them, then they'll... just hire and pay someone else to provide a boat. Jack quiets down fast when he realizes he'll be broke again.
** After the nursing home residents [[spoiler: break into the pool house and undo ''everything'' the Antareans have worked for in about three minutes,]] Walter comes in, enraged. Does he threaten to zap them? Take them hostage? Do anything one might expect from an extraterrestrial? No. He ''threatens to call the police.'' Everyone clears out fast.
** After the nursing home residents [[spoiler: break into the pool house and undo ''everything'' the Antareans have worked for in about three minutes,]] Walter comes in, enraged. Does he threaten to zap them? Take them hostage? Do anything one might expect from an extraterrestrial? No. He ''threatens to call the police.'' Everyone clears out fast.
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* GRatedSex: Antareans have sex by "sharing themselves" (exchanging energy). Evidently it's "very fulfilling".
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* GRatedSex: Antareans have sex by "sharing themselves" (exchanging energy). Evidently Kitty says it's "very fulfilling".fulfilling".... and Jack seems to agree, saying, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "If this is just foreplay, I'm a dead man."]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Walter is an all-around NiceGuy. But when everyone in the retirement home [[spoiler: breaks into the poolhouse, completely undoing everything the Antareans have done,]] he comes in and ''bellows'' at them to stop and gives them all a ''brutal'' dressing down. In that one moment, you realize you do '''''not''''' want to piss Walter off.
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* CoolOldGuy: Most of the elderly cast, especially Ben, have some of this at the beginning. They take several levels in it, as well as a good bit of BadassGrandpa, when the effects of the pool start to show.
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A 1985 sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with a cast including Creator/DonAmeche (who won the Best Supporting Actor UsefulNotes/AcademyAward), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Best Visual Effects Oscar over ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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A 1985 sci-fi/fantasy film directed by Creator/RonHoward, with a cast including Creator/DonAmeche (who won the Best Supporting Actor UsefulNotes/AcademyAward), Creator/WilfordBrimley, Creator/HumeCronyn, Brian Dennehy, Creator/BrianDennehy, Jack Gilford, Creator/SteveGuttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Creator/JessicaTandy, and Gwen Verdon. The film also won the Best Visual Effects Oscar over ''Film/YoungSherlockHolmes'' and ''Film/ReturnToOz''.
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* {{Atlantis}}: Walter thought brings up it would be the perfect spot for their first base here on Earth.
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* BadassGrandpa: The old people once they swim in the pool.
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* PleaseWakeUp: Bernie to Rose, who has just passed away, as he tries to resurrect her with the life-giving pool. [[spoiler:Which no longer has life-giving properties.]]
