History Film / EarthToEcho

* BadLiar: Munch. He was coached to tell his parents that he's spending the night at a friend's house, which he fumbles his way through. This is later PlayedForLaughs as Alex's mom calls Munch's cell phone, and he does a terrible job imitating his own mom to convince her that everything was fine. [[spoiler: [[PlayedForDrama Later on, he accidentally contradicts his friends when a construction worker asked if they'd been in the desert that night]], which is where they found Echo. They only avoid having to answer any more questions, because of Emma's HystericalWoman [[BigDamnHeroes act]].

* BadLiar: Munch. He was coached to tell his parents that he's spending the night at a friend's house, which he fumbles his way through. This is later PlayedForLaughs as Alex's mom calls Munch's cell phone, and he does a terrible job imitating his own mom to convince her that everything was fine.

* {{Technopath}}: Echo uses this power to send the first map to Alex's phone. He's also able to attract, reshape, and attach the pieces that he needs from each place that his maps lead the kids to. [[spoiler: Once he gains a couple pieces, he is strong enough to turn on arcade machines in order to distract a security guard. After gaining the final piece, Echo is able to disassemble a semi-truck that's heading towards the kids and safely reassemble it behind them.]]

* Technopathy: Echo uses this power to send the first map to Alex's phone. He's also able to attract, reshape, and attach the pieces that he needs from each place that his maps lead the kids to. [[spoiler: Once he gains a couple pieces, he is strong enough to turn on arcade machines in order to distract a security guard. After gaining the final piece, Echo is able to disassemble a semi-truck that's heading towards the kids and safely reassemble it behind them.]]

* Technopath: Echo. At first, he's able to attract, reshape, and attach the pieces that he needs from each place that his maps lead the kids to. [[spoiler: Once he gains a couple pieces, he is strong enough to turn on arcade machines in order to distract a security guard. After gaining the final piece, Echo is able to disassemble a semi-truck that's heading towards the kids and safely reassemble it behind them.]]

* TheStinger: [[spoiler: After the credits, [[SequelHookAlex is woken up by a new map on his phone sent by Echo, and he sends a video to his friends showing them the location.]]]]

* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Alex is woken up by a new map on his phone sent by Echo, and he sends a video to his friends showing them the location.]]

* XMeetsY: ''ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' meets ''{{Chronicle}}'' minus AGodAmI
** One commercial's blurb uses "''WesternAnimation/WallE'' meets ''E.T.''".
*** And this troper thought of it as Super 8 meets the Iron Giant.

* JerkassHasAPoint: The construction workers. [[spoiler: While the leader of them is very rude to the children, he's doing this because he believes if Echo manages to leave, the entire neighborhood will be destroyed.]]

** One commercial's blurb uses "''WesternAnimation/WallE'' meets ''E.T.''".

* {{Homage}}: To coming-of-age films of previous decades, such as ETtheExtraterrestrial or TheGoonies.

* Homage: To coming-of-age films of previous decades, such as ETtheExtraterrestrial or TheGoonies.

''Earth to Echo'' is a 2014 FoundFootageFilms centered around four children discovering a tiny "spaceship" a few miles away from their neighborhood and helping the small alien trapped inside, whom they name Echo, return home.

* MechanicalLifeforms: The kids' first questions to Echo involve asking him whether he's a robot.

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Earth to Echo is a 2014 FoundFootageFilm centered around four children discovering a tiny "spaceship" a few miles away from their neighborhood and helping the small alien trapped inside, whom they name Echo, return home.