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With a smart sense of humor and indelible chemistry between Jones and Smith from their "deadpan [[SeenItAll seen-it-all]]"/"charismatic newbie" dynamic, the film was one of the most popular releases of 1997. Some publicity was garnered on advertising posters from the fact that its two leads are literally "[[SpecialPersonNormalName Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones]]." Will Smith also released a tie-in song for the film entitled "Men in Black" that won him a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward.
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With a smart sense of humor and indelible chemistry between Jones and Smith from their "deadpan [[SeenItAll seen-it-all]]"/"charismatic newbie" dynamic, the film was one of the most popular releases of 1997. Some publicity was garnered on advertising posters from the fact that its two leads are literally "[[SpecialPersonNormalName Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones]]." Will Smith also released a tie-in song for the film entitled "Men in Black" that won him a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward.
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* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: The eponymous organization brings in a huge group of potential military recruits, including the Rangers and Navy [=SEALs=], plus NYPD detective James Edwards. Z makes it abundantly clear that they're looking for the best of the best of the best, but out of the entire class, only Edwards is able pass the IncomprehensibleEntranceExam, having the practicality to use the coffee table for the written exam and the observational skills to realize that the hostile aliens on the shooting range are minding their own business; everyone else is neuralized.
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* AbsurdlyExclusiveRecruitingStandards: The eponymous organization brings in a huge group of potential military recruits, including the Rangers and Navy [=SEALs=], plus NYPD detective James Edwards. Z makes it abundantly clear that they're looking for the best of the best of the best, but out of the entire class, only Edwards is able pass the IncomprehensibleEntranceExam, having the practicality to use the coffee table for the written exam and the observational skills to realize that the hostile scary-looking aliens on the shooting range are minding their own business; everyone else is neuralized.
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* ImageSong: Will Smith performed the title song, rapping about being Agent J saving the world and covering up the existence of aliens.
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Disappearance of a man after encountering a UFO and a suicide --> theft of a galaxy and possible destruction of the Earth.
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Disappearance of a man after encountering a UFO and a suicide --> gives a lead to theft of a galaxy and possible destruction of the Earth.
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-->'''Edwards''': "Read my lips, asshole. You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right, anything you say can and will ''no doubt'' be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one-"
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* TheMenInBlack: The good guy version.
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* TheMenInBlack: The good guy version. They act as an immigration and naturalization agency for extraterrestrials, acclimating alien refugees to live among Earth society in secret and policing any manner of alien activity for the safety of all on the planet. Anything bad they do is usually PlayedForLaughs, such as the uncertainty over how much brain damage the [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralyzer]] does.
* MindControlDevice: [[LaserGuidedAmnesia The Neuraliser]]. Whenever a civilian sees an alien-related incident (or just an alien at all), TheMenInBlack use the aforementioned device in front of the civilian's eyes so they can forget what they saw -- *flash* Forget what?
* MirandaRights: Kay shoots Jeebs' head, and Edwards (who has not yet joined the MIB and become Agent Jay) yells at him to drop his gun and "Don't make me shoot you" before Jeebs gets up as his head grows back. The novel expands this by having Edward start to Mirandize Kay, but get interrupted partway through when Kay tells him to lighten up, right before Jeebs revives.
-->'''Edwards''': "Read my lips, asshole. You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right, anything you say can and will ''no doubt'' be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one-"
* MissingBackblast: When Agent J first uses the Noisy Cricket, it fires a colossal beam of energy, but he gets flung back at least several feet. When firing it backed up against a wall doesn't work, he attaches a silencer to it. The silencer severely reduces the firepower of the Noisy Cricket, but J no longer injures himself whenever he uses it.
-->'''Edwards''': "Read my lips, asshole. You are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right, anything you say can and will ''no doubt'' be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one-"
* MissingBackblast: When Agent J first uses the Noisy Cricket, it fires a colossal beam of energy, but he gets flung back at least several feet. When firing it backed up against a wall doesn't work, he attaches a silencer to it. The silencer severely reduces the firepower of the Noisy Cricket, but J no longer injures himself whenever he uses it.
* MoveAlongNothingToSeeHere: Used by TheMenInBlack to uphold their {{Masquerade}}. Thanks to the [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralyzer]], the people believe it.
* NitroBoost: The "Ford POS" has rocket boosters powerful enough to allow driving on the roof of a tunnel.
-->'''K:''' Remember the little red button?\\
'''J:''' Yeah?\\
'''K:''' Push the little red button. And you may want to put on a seatbelt...
-->'''K:''' Remember the little red button?\\
'''J:''' Yeah?\\
'''K:''' Push the little red button. And you may want to put on a seatbelt...
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* NoSuchAgency: PlayedWith. Originally a Federal agency, the MIB splintered off since the government "asked too many questions." They erased any and all records and memories of their existence from their own government, getting their funding from the patents of alien technologies.
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* NoSuchAgency: PlayedWith. Originally a Federal agency, the MIB splintered off since the government "asked too many questions." They erased any NoAnimalsWereHarmed: PlayedForLaughs with this tongue-in-cheek disclaimer: "The animals and aliens used in this film were in no way mistreated and all records and scenes in which they appeared were under strict supervision with the utmost concern for their handling."
* NoEyeInMagic: The Neuralizer is a technological case, rather than magical. They flash in someone's eyes to erase a period of memoriesof their existence from their own government, getting their funding from the patents of alien technologies.and can be protected against by normal looking sunglasses.
* NoEyeInMagic: The Neuralizer is a technological case, rather than magical. They flash in someone's eyes to erase a period of memories
* NonchalantDodge: Zed. Jay accidentally releases the [[HyperDestructiveBouncingBall Bouncy Ball of Doom]], it ricochets through Zed's office as he's doing paperwork, and he casually leans to the side to avoid it, only tilting his head at the very end because it would have gone straight through his skull.
* NonGovernmentalOrganization: The agency of TheMenInBlack becomes this after cutting off ties with the United States government.
* NonGovernmentalOrganization: The agency of TheMenInBlack becomes this after cutting off ties with the United States government.
* NoSuchAgency: PlayedWith. Originally a Federal agency, the MIB splintered off since the government "asked too many questions." They erased any and all records and memories of their existence from their own government, getting their funding from the patents of alien technologies.
* NothingIsScarier: When the Bug pulls the farmer Edgar into the crater, the audience isn't shown what he does to him. However, judging from the various ripping and tearing sounds, the screams of the farmer, and the fact that all that's left after is his skin, it couldn't have been fast or pleasant.
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* NothingIsScarier: When the Bug pulls the farmer Edgar into the crater, the audience isn't shown what he does to him. However, judging from the various ripping and tearing sounds, the screams of the farmer, and the fact that all that's left after is his skin, it couldn't have been fast or pleasant.
* ObjectTrackingShot: The (primitive CGI) insect at the beginning of the movie, which ends up splattered on the windscreen of a van.
* OrbitalBombardment: After the Bug kills the Arquilian prince and steals the Galaxy, an Arquillian battle cruiser enters orbit around the Earth. It sends an ultimatum: deliver the Galaxy or it will destroy the Earth. It then fires a warning shot at the North Pole to make it clear that it means it.
* PlaceWorseThanDeath:
-->'''Jay:''' So the flying saucers were real and the World's Fair was just a coverup.\\
'''K:''' Why else would they hold it in Queens?
-->'''Jay:''' So the flying saucers were real and the World's Fair was just a coverup.\\
'''K:''' Why else would they hold it in Queens?
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* PlanetTerra: In the novelization, Edgar calls humans "terries."
* PlausibleDeniability
* PlausibleDeniability
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* PlanetTerra: In the novelization, Edgar calls humans "terries."
"terries" (though it's likely a derogatory derivative of "terran".)
*PlausibleDeniabilityPlausibleDeniability: The characters resort to using the neuralyzer for this reason, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia This device is used to clear peoples' memories of a given event that had transpired concerning aliens]]. Theoretically, this gives them the power of "plausible deniability" beyond belief, although their excuses aren't always so plausible.
* PlotCoupon: The Galaxy "on Orion's Belt" [[spoiler:or rather, on the cat Orion's collar]].
* PlotPoweredStamina: In the beginning of the movie, J runs down an alien known for its speed, across blocks up a building, and is not winded at all after the chase that left the alien a little tired (somewhat justified by J taking some shortcuts like a bus and a freight elevator). This is part of what gets him into the [=MIB=] in the first place.
* PointThatSomewhereElse: When Agent J ([[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety who really ought to know better]]) points the Noisy Cricket ([[LittleUselessGun itty-bitty pistol]] with [[BlownAcrossTheRoom power and recoil of a gun 50x its size]]) at Agent K, K immediately pushes it away so it isn't pointed at him.
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* PlotCoupon: The Galaxy "on Orion's Belt" [[spoiler:or rather, on the cat Orion's collar]].
* PlotPoweredStamina: In the beginning of the movie, J runs down an alien known for its speed, across blocks up a building, and is not winded at all after the chase that left the alien a little tired (somewhat justified by J taking some shortcuts like a bus and a freight elevator). This is part of what gets him into the [=MIB=] in the first place.
* PointThatSomewhereElse: When Agent J ([[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety who really ought to know better]]) points the Noisy Cricket ([[LittleUselessGun itty-bitty pistol]] with [[BlownAcrossTheRoom power and recoil of a gun 50x its size]]) at Agent K, K immediately pushes it away so it isn't pointed at him.
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* RealEventFictionalCause: The 1977 New York Blackout was caused by an alien releasing a HyperDestructiveBouncingBall into the area as a prank.
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* RealEventFictionalCause: RainOfBlood: Kay realizes that [[spoiler: a Bug has infiltrated the morgue]] when he attempts to smoke a cigarette and [[spoiler: bug-spit drips on the tip]]. Cue the camera panning up to [[spoiler: the other morgue employee's corpse glued to the ceiling]].
* RealEventFictionalCause:
** The 1977 New York Blackout was caused by an alien releasing a HyperDestructiveBouncingBall into the area as aprank.prank.
** The 1964-65 New York World's Fair was a cover operation so that the first alien ambassadors to Earth could land -- their ships became the flat circular tops of the observation towers. The movie jokes that this was the only reason the fair was held in Queens. It becomes a ChekhovsGun later when [[spoiler: MIB are trying to stop the Bug from leaving Earth -- all the other New York-area spaceships registered in MIB's database are gone and they're trying to figure out how the Bug intends to leave when Agent J looks over a picture of Flushing Meadows, sees the observation towers, and asks whether those still work.]]
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** The 1977 New York Blackout was caused by an alien releasing a HyperDestructiveBouncingBall into the area as a
** The 1964-65 New York World's Fair was a cover operation so that the first alien ambassadors to Earth could land -- their ships became the flat circular tops of the observation towers. The movie jokes that this was the only reason the fair was held in Queens. It becomes a ChekhovsGun later when [[spoiler: MIB are trying to stop the Bug from leaving Earth -- all the other New York-area spaceships registered in MIB's database are gone and they're trying to figure out how the Bug intends to leave when Agent J looks over a picture of Flushing Meadows, sees the observation towers, and asks whether those still work.]]
* RedPillBluePill: Though little attention is called to it, all agents apparently get this. Naturally, it's the amnesia version.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: Averted, as [[LaserGuidedAmnesia the technology to alter people's memories]] means an agent can retire without the agency worrying that HeKnowsTooMuch.
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* SafetyInMuggles: While the Neuralyzer makes fighting outside doable, the general idea is to avoid being seen when fighting aliens.
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* SafetyInMuggles: While K stops J's attempt to kill the Neuralyzer makes fighting outside doable, bug villain because they are in public. Turns out the MIB's don't have a GodzillaThreshold because TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed and a big part of their job is making sure the general idea is to avoid being seen when fighting aliens.public don't know about it.
* SecretlyEarmarkedForGreatness: Agent K witnesses NYPD detective James Edwards run down an alien on foot, by himself. After neutralizing James, he gives him a card to apply to the Men in Black. With no idea what the organization does, James goes to the trials, surrounded by Navy SEALS and Green Berets, and, while a bit cocky and mouthy, shows the out-of-the-box thinking MIB needs, with K talking him up to Agent Z behind the scenes. Thus, James is offered the position at MIB, becoming Agent J.
* SecretShop: Jeeb's shop, for special "imported merchandise", which is more HiddenInPlainSight than anything else; his pawn shop is a front for [[ArmsDealer selling guns under the counter]]. Only his hardware is... unconventional:
-->'''Kay''': You sold [[TechnoBabble a reverberating carbonizer with mutate capacity]] to an unlicensed cephalopoid, Jeebs, you piece of shit...\\
'''Jeebs''': He looked all right to me.
* SecretShop: Jeeb's shop, for special "imported merchandise", which is more HiddenInPlainSight than anything else; his pawn shop is a front for [[ArmsDealer selling guns under the counter]]. Only his hardware is... unconventional:
-->'''Kay''': You sold [[TechnoBabble a reverberating carbonizer with mutate capacity]] to an unlicensed cephalopoid, Jeebs, you piece of shit...\\
'''Jeebs''': He looked all right to me.
* SelfMutilationDemonstration: Although it's not exactly ''self''-harm, K shoots Jeebs in the face mostly to unveil TheMasquerade to J.
-->'''Jeebs:''' You insensitive prick! Do you have any idea how much that ''stings''?
* SharedMassHallucination: TheMenInBlack do this after using their [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralyzers]], wipe the targets' short-term memory and make them extremely susceptible to suggestions, allowing the Men in Black to craft a plausible suggestion that everybody "saw." And since it's the targets' own brains that create false memories to fill in the blanks of whatever basic explanation the [=MiB=] provide, the usual flaw in this trope doesn't apply: each person's brain will come up with something a little different, and thus the inconsistent details from one person to the next actually make the {{Masquerade}} ''more'' believable.
-->'''Jeebs:''' You insensitive prick! Do you have any idea how much that ''stings''?
* SharedMassHallucination: TheMenInBlack do this after using their [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralyzers]], wipe the targets' short-term memory and make them extremely susceptible to suggestions, allowing the Men in Black to craft a plausible suggestion that everybody "saw." And since it's the targets' own brains that create false memories to fill in the blanks of whatever basic explanation the [=MiB=] provide, the usual flaw in this trope doesn't apply: each person's brain will come up with something a little different, and thus the inconsistent details from one person to the next actually make the {{Masquerade}} ''more'' believable.
* ShootingGallery: A trick-based example. The [=MIBs=] put potential recruits through a shooting gallery full of scary-looking monsters, but the only thing Jay shoots is a little girl. When questioned by Z, he points out his logic - the "snarling" monster is carrying a tissue so just has a cold, the one on the streetlight is just exercising, but the little white girl in the projects at the dead of night with quantum physics textbooks ''must'' be up to something. It turns out that was the right answer.
* SlowElectricity: The lights turning on one row at a time in the post-credits [[DVDBonusContent music video]].
* SmokingIsCool: The "worm guys" in the break room (according to the books their species is Vermar), smoke cigarettes while swilling coffee.
* SmokingIsCool: The "worm guys" in the break room (according to the books their species is Vermar), smoke cigarettes while swilling coffee.
* SparseListOfRules: Agent Kay is given to quoting chapter and verse of MIB regulations at Jay when he does something questionable.
* SpiesInAVan: The Zap 'Em Pest Control van ironically serves as transportation for a [[BigCreepyCrawlies big bad bug]]. Somewhat {{Lampshaded}} because half of his spaceship stuck out of the back and top.
* SpySatellites: Plays straight when K is watching his lost love, although it does appear to turn into a freeze-frame as she looks upward.
* SpiesInAVan: The Zap 'Em Pest Control van ironically serves as transportation for a [[BigCreepyCrawlies big bad bug]]. Somewhat {{Lampshaded}} because half of his spaceship stuck out of the back and top.
* SpySatellites: Plays straight when K is watching his lost love, although it does appear to turn into a freeze-frame as she looks upward.
* StargazingScene: In the opening of the film, Agent K's partner, Agent D, after not reacting fast enough during a case, looks up and points out how beautiful the stars are and how easily the Men in Black take them for granted, leading into his decision to retire. [[spoiler: This is echoed at the end, when Agent K decides to do the same.]]
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* StumbledIntoThePlot: Agent K was one of the first MIB members, solely because he took a wrong turn on the road and arrived at the FirstContact site. J works out that he was actually going to meet up with the girl he loved (he was carrying flowers), who he still cares about decades later. [[WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries The animated series]] makes it worse - he was planning to ''propose'' that night.
* SuperWindowJump:
** Done by the Bug to effect a dramatic escape.
** Subverted when the future Jay tries to smash through a glass door to chase a perp, but just bounces off and has to shoot the glass to break it.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: Agents Jay and Kay are at a morgue supervised by Dr. Laurel Weaver, [[BavarianFireDrill masquerading as public health officials in order to examine two recently-murdered aliens]].
-->'''Kay:''' What do you think?\\
'''Jay:''' Very interesting. She got a whole "queen of the undead" thing going on...\\
'''Kay:''' What about the body?\\
'''Jay:''' Great body...\\
'''Kay:''' The ''dead'' body.\\
'''Jay:''' Man, you have to look at that thing...
** Done by the Bug to effect a dramatic escape.
** Subverted when the future Jay tries to smash through a glass door to chase a perp, but just bounces off and has to shoot the glass to break it.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: Agents Jay and Kay are at a morgue supervised by Dr. Laurel Weaver, [[BavarianFireDrill masquerading as public health officials in order to examine two recently-murdered aliens]].
-->'''Kay:''' What do you think?\\
'''Jay:''' Very interesting. She got a whole "queen of the undead" thing going on...\\
'''Kay:''' What about the body?\\
'''Jay:''' Great body...\\
'''Kay:''' The ''dead'' body.\\
'''Jay:''' Man, you have to look at that thing...
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* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: After Edwards (later Agent J) corners the Cephalapoid assassin atop a building, the assassin starts backing up toward the edge, rambling about how he's failed. He then 'blinks'. Edwards tries to talk him down, but the Cephalopoid simply smiles and falls back.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: When Edgar the Bug is taking Laurel (Creator/LindaFiorentino 's character) to his spaceship with the intent of eating her, she begins telling him all sorts of things to make him desist, like claiming she's a goddess and her death could result in a war. Unimpressed, Edgar keeps climbing and tells her a war would result in lots of food for his family. After a while, however, Laurel annoys Edgar [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth too much]] and he throws her to the branches of a tree, deciding she's not worth it.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: After Edwards (later Agent J) corners the Cephalapoid assassin atop a building, the assassin starts backing up toward the edge, rambling about how he's failed. He then 'blinks'. Edwards tries to talk him down, but the Cephalopoid simply smiles and falls back.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: When Edgar the Bug is taking Laurel (Creator/LindaFiorentino 's character) to his spaceship with the intent of eating her, she begins telling him all sorts of things to make him desist, like claiming she's a goddess and her death could result in a war. Unimpressed, Edgar keeps climbing and tells her a war would result in lots of food for his family. After a while, however, Laurel annoys Edgar [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth too much]] and he throws her to the branches of a tree, deciding she's not worth it.
* TranslatorMicrobes: The movie mentions a translator that makes communication between humans and aliens possible, along with the fact human thought is considered a disease by some aliens.
* TruceZone: Earth as a whole. K explains that the first aliens encountered were a group of refugees who requested that they be allowed to use Earth as an apolitical zone for aliens without a planet.
-->'''K''': Did you ever see the movie ''Casablanca''? The same thing, 'cept no Nazis.
-->'''K''': Did you ever see the movie ''Casablanca''? The same thing, 'cept no Nazis.
* UniversalUniverseTime: A galactic standard week is an hour. The 37-hour day the [=MIB=] runs on is a specific alien culture's time system--presumably the first species [=MIB=] encountered.
--> '''Agent Zed:''' You'll get used to it. Or you'll have a psychotic episode.
--> '''Agent Zed:''' You'll get used to it. Or you'll have a psychotic episode.
* VaguenessIsComing:
** The disguised alien who James Edwards chases down at the beginning delivers several panicky warnings that "your world is gonna end" and "he's coming!"
--->'''Edwards:''' Yeah, and when he gets here I'll arrest his ass, too.
** Apparently this is something MIB has to handle on a regular basis.
--->'''Edwards:''' He said the world was gonna end.\\
'''K:''' ''[without a blink]'' Did he say when?
** The disguised alien who James Edwards chases down at the beginning delivers several panicky warnings that "your world is gonna end" and "he's coming!"
--->'''Edwards:''' Yeah, and when he gets here I'll arrest his ass, too.
** Apparently this is something MIB has to handle on a regular basis.
--->'''Edwards:''' He said the world was gonna end.\\
'''K:''' ''[without a blink]'' Did he say when?
* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: This happens to any [[TheMenInBlack Man in Black]] once they leave the service.
* WallOfWeapons: There's an impressive wall of impossible sci-fi superweapons in the form of Jeebs' Jewelery.
* WeirdnessCensor: One of the primary responsibilities of TheMenInBlack (the other being handling lawful extraterrestrial alien visitor traffic) is policing illicit alien activity on Earth. Part of that duty is ensuring that the humans on Earth outside the agency are completely oblivious to the aliens among them, be they legal or otherwise.
* WeirdnessCensor: One of the primary responsibilities of TheMenInBlack (the other being handling lawful extraterrestrial alien visitor traffic) is policing illicit alien activity on Earth. Part of that duty is ensuring that the humans on Earth outside the agency are completely oblivious to the aliens among them, be they legal or otherwise.
* WhiteVoidRoom: There are some, specifically the Deneuralizing Room. Eventually, we come to realize that it's basically a large toilet bowl.
* WorldOfWeirdness: Earth manages to be this in spite of TheMasquerade. It implies the real world is like this, we just don't know about it because a) the MIB organization is actively hiding the truth from the general public and b) whenever someone ''does'' spill the beans, nobody believes them anyway. At one point K goes to get leads from the "hot sheets", which turn out to be tabloids like ''National Enquirer'' and ''Weekly World News''. He tells the incredulous J, "Finest investigative reporting on the planet. Oh, you can read the ''New York Times'' if you ''want'' to; sometimes they get lucky."
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* WorthlessYellowRocks: The two Arquillians at the diner are chatting and one notices an ornamental case on the table. He asks with awe, "Is that it?" The other replies, "No, just some diamonds for your children."
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* WorthlessYellowRocks: WorthlessYellowRocks:
** The two Arquillians at the diner are chatting and one notices an ornamental case on the table. He asks with awe, "Is that it?" The other replies, "No, just some diamonds for your children.""
** Same with Edgar the Cockroach, who, after opening the container he thought contained the galaxy, just dumped the diamonds all over the floor of the truck - and who later ransacked Rosenberg's jewelry store in search of the galaxy but didn't take any of the goods.
** The two Arquillians at the diner are chatting and one notices an ornamental case on the table. He asks with awe, "Is that it?" The other replies, "No, just some diamonds for your children.
** Same with Edgar the Cockroach, who, after opening the container he thought contained the galaxy, just dumped the diamonds all over the floor of the truck - and who later ransacked Rosenberg's jewelry store in search of the galaxy but didn't take any of the goods.
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* YourMom: J's bug-stomping routine at the film's climax was originally the build-up to him calling one of the cockroaches "yo mama!" It was in the novelization and the original script, but the payoff was cut from the finished film.
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* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Stated almost verbatim by K at Done with a dramatic zoom on Kay after he dismisses the beginning "illegal aliens" in order to interrogate the ''ALIEN'', and he's had enough of the movie.protests from Border Patrol.
-->'''Kay''': Don't "Sir" me young man, you have no idea who you're dealing with.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Made LighterAndSofter and combined with PassingTheTorch, though it's more like, "You [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralize it]], you bought it." It comes into play when senior agents get too old, and their younger partners "retire" them and take over. This could pose a problem among more ambitious agents, so its use is regulated with a ceremonial SpySpeak protocol.
-->'''D [[spoiler:and K]]:''' They're beautiful, aren't they? ...The stars.
-->'''Kay''': Don't "Sir" me young man, you have no idea who you're dealing with.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: Made LighterAndSofter and combined with PassingTheTorch, though it's more like, "You [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralize it]], you bought it." It comes into play when senior agents get too old, and their younger partners "retire" them and take over. This could pose a problem among more ambitious agents, so its use is regulated with a ceremonial SpySpeak protocol.
-->'''D [[spoiler:and K]]:''' They're beautiful, aren't they? ...The stars.
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* {{Zeerust}}: K shows J a tiny disc, explaining: "it'll replace [=CDs=] soon." Back then, it looked like the logical next step in audio recording medium. But with the invention of the UsefulNotes/MP3, it seems we skipped that "micro-disc" step. The trope is then used intentionally in the third movie, with the 1969 MIB headquarters (as well as many of the aliens inside) having a very Zeerusty look.
* {{Zeerust}}: K shows J a tiny disc, explaining: "it'll replace [=CDs=] soon." Back then, it looked like the logical next step in audio recording medium. But with the invention of the UsefulNotes/MP3, it seems we skipped that "micro-disc" step. The trope is then used intentionally in the third movie, with the 1969 MIB headquarters (as well as many of the aliens inside) having a very Zeerusty look.
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* AnimalReactionShot: Edgar the Bug walks up to the front desk in the morgue and rings the bell. After nobody comes, he rings it again, and then a third time, at which point, the shot changes to a cat hissing.
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* AnimalReactionShot: AnimalReactionShot: Edgar the Bug walks up to the front desk in the morgue and rings the bell. After nobody comes, he rings it again, and then a third time, at which point, the shot changes to a cat hissing.
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* AbstractScale: At the end of the movie, J quantifies the battle with the Bug as ranking 9.5 on the "Weird-Shit-O-Meter".
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** In a blink and you'll miss it moment, the location of Jay's teacher in the third grade is shown as [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Philadelphia]] (also an ActorSharedBackground for Creator/WillSmith).
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** In a blink and you'll miss it moment, the location of Jay's teacher in the third grade is shown as [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Philadelphia]] (also an ActorSharedBackground for Creator/WillSmith).[[invoked]]
* AggressiveNegotiations: This is how the Arquellians negotiate. First step is to deliver an ultimatum. Next, they fire a "warning shot" at an uninhabited area (in this case a heat beam at Earth's ice caps). Finally, if the demands are not met within a galactic standard week (one hour), [[EarthShatteringKaboom you can say goodbye to Planet Earth]]. Though they were at least nice enough to add a "Sorry" at the end of the ultimatum.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The movie ends with Agents J and the newly-inducted L going on a new assignment.
* AnimalReactionShot: Edgar the Bug walks up to the front desk in the morgue and rings the bell. After nobody comes, he rings it again, and then a third time, at which point, the shot changes to a cat hissing.
* AnimalReactionShot: Edgar the Bug walks up to the front desk in the morgue and rings the bell. After nobody comes, he rings it again, and then a third time, at which point, the shot changes to a cat hissing.
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-->'''K:''' I don't suppose you know what kind of alien life form leaves a green spectral trail and craves sugar water, do you? \\
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--->'''K:''' I don't suppose you know what kind of alien life form leaves a green spectral trail and craves sugar water, do you? \\
* AstronomicZoom: The movie ends with a Zoom Out, revealing that our entire galaxy is contained in a marble played by really, ''really'' humongous creatures.
* AttackPatternAlpha: Played with. Agents K and J are preparing to shoot the evil alien's ship:
-->'''K:''' ''[fiddles with his gun]'' Set for pulsar level five, sub-sonic implosion factor two.\\
'''J:''' What?\\
'''K:''' Just shoot the damn thing on the count of three! One...
* AwfulTruth: There's this gem from K:
-->'''K:''' There's ''always'' an alien battle cruiser, or a Corellian death ray, or an intergalactic plague [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed intended to wipe out life on this miserable little planet.]] The only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they '''do. Not. ''Know'' about it!'''
* BabyPlanet: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}, as the [[MacGuffin plot centers around]] [[spoiler:a galaxy small enough to fit in the bauble of a cat's collar]].
* AttackPatternAlpha: Played with. Agents K and J are preparing to shoot the evil alien's ship:
-->'''K:''' ''[fiddles with his gun]'' Set for pulsar level five, sub-sonic implosion factor two.\\
'''J:''' What?\\
'''K:''' Just shoot the damn thing on the count of three! One...
* AwfulTruth: There's this gem from K:
-->'''K:''' There's ''always'' an alien battle cruiser, or a Corellian death ray, or an intergalactic plague [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed intended to wipe out life on this miserable little planet.]] The only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they '''do. Not. ''Know'' about it!'''
* BabyPlanet: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}, as the [[MacGuffin plot centers around]] [[spoiler:a galaxy small enough to fit in the bauble of a cat's collar]].
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: At one point in the movie there is a screen showing numerous people who are really aliens with most of them being celebrities, including Al Roker, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Creator/StevenSpielberg ([[CreatorCameo who produced the film; the film's director is also in the monitor]]), Creator/NewtGingrich, and Creator/DannyDeVito. Later on, while listening to an 8-track tape of Music/ElvisPresley songs, Agent J remarks that Elvis (as in, the popularity of his music) is dead, which prompts K to remark that "[[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet Elvis is not dead, he just went home]]", implying that Elvis is an alien who left the Earth. Also included: a TakeThat at Dennis Rodman's expense.
* BigBlackout: While Agent Kay shows James Edwards around MIB headquarters, he takes him into a room full of unrevealed alien technology. James sees a ball in a stasis field, [[DontTouchItYouIdiot but ignores Kay's warning and touches it]], [[HyperDestructiveBouncingBall accidentally setting it loose in the complex until Kay stops it]], [[HistoricalRapSheet explaining that this was responsible for the 1977 NYC blackout]].
-->'''Kay:''' A practical joke from the Great Attractor. He thought it was funny as hell.
* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou: A rare positive example are the titular Men in Black, who run the vast government conspiracy keeping people in the dark about alien life on planet Earth, with all the lying, violence, and mind-wiping presented as ultimately justified.
-->'''Kay:''' A practical joke from the Great Attractor. He thought it was funny as hell.
* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou: A rare positive example are the titular Men in Black, who run the vast government conspiracy keeping people in the dark about alien life on planet Earth, with all the lying, violence, and mind-wiping presented as ultimately justified.
* BilingualBackfire: Inverted. Insulting the (apparently) Mexican illegal immigrant in Spanish (saying extremely profane/insulting things in a cheery tone of voice) but getting no reaction whatsoever is how K figures out that the alien is an actual alien (as in, extra-terrestrial) in disguise.
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* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Laser weapons ''hurt''.
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* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Laser weapons ''hurt''.Inverted when Agent J's tiny "Noisy Cricket" gun packs enough kick to destroy a truck but knocks the shooter off his feet and onto the hood of a car several yards behind him from recoil (despite it being an energy weapon).
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: Even in broadcasts with the most lenient editing, all instances of the word "shit" are censored, and J's reaction to the Arquillians' demand for the galaxy is dubbed over as a BigWhat
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: {{Bowdlerize}}:
** Even in broadcasts with the most lenient editing, all instances of the word "shit" are censored, and J's reaction to the Arquillians' demand for the galaxy is dubbed over as a BigWhat
** Even in broadcasts with the most lenient editing, all instances of the word "shit" are censored, and J's reaction to the Arquillians' demand for the galaxy is dubbed over as a BigWhat
* BrainBleach: The [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralyzers]], while normally used to brain-bleach others, can also be used on yourself.
-->'''K:''' I've just been down the gullet of an interstellar cockroach. That's one of a hundred memories I don't want.
-->'''K:''' I've just been down the gullet of an interstellar cockroach. That's one of a hundred memories I don't want.
* BringingRunningShoesToACarChase: When the Bug escapes from J and K in a cab, J tears off after the cab on foot. K sensibly goes to get their car and picks up J, and admonishes him for not remembering that they have Edgar's ship.
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* BringingRunningShoesToACarChase: When the Bug escapes from J and K in a cab, J tears off after the cab on foot. K sensibly goes to get their car and picks up J, and admonishes him for not remembering that they have Edgar's ship.
* BulletproofFashionPlate: Played with. They get dirty a couple of times but are always fresh as a daisy in the next scene.
* CameFromTheSky: The bug-alien villain arrives on Earth in an impact crater, and the first person on the scene is indeed a violent hick toting a shotgun.
-->'''Alien:''' Place projectile weapon on the ground.\\
'''Hick:''' You can have my gun ''[DramaticGunCock]'' [[TemptingFate when you pry it from my cold dead fingers]].\\
'''Alien:''' [[LiteralGenie Your proposal is acceptable]]. ''[sucks hick into the crater]''
* CameFromTheSky: The bug-alien villain arrives on Earth in an impact crater, and the first person on the scene is indeed a violent hick toting a shotgun.
-->'''Alien:''' Place projectile weapon on the ground.\\
'''Hick:''' You can have my gun ''[DramaticGunCock]'' [[TemptingFate when you pry it from my cold dead fingers]].\\
'''Alien:''' [[LiteralGenie Your proposal is acceptable]]. ''[sucks hick into the crater]''
* CarCushion: An unusual example occurs when J fires the Noisy Cricket and ends up flying butt-first into a car windshield.
* CeilingCorpse: When J and K return to the morgue, Agent K finds the body of the rude morgue attendant (David Cross) where the Bug stuck it to the ceiling. The second movie reveals that he's still alive, however.
* CheckpointCharlie: The movie starts with K arresting one of the aliens trying to cross the Mexican border, as the alien was trying to disguise as a human illegal immigrant but gets sussed out for not understanding Spanish. MIB headquarters in New York also serves as an immigration checkpoint for extraterrestrials wanting to enter Earth for whatever reason -- unauthorized ship launches or leaving Manhattan tends to draw their attention quickly.
* CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth: The BigBad looks like a giant space cockroach who wants to ensure earth's destruction and start a war with the Arquillians by stealing the galaxy from the Arquillian prince. He considers his kind superior to and more evolved than humans, willing to kill them over swatting an Earth bug.
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* TheComicallySerious: Nothing about the job fazes K [[SeenItAll in the slightest]], so his deadpan approach to all the outlandish alien craziness is hilarious. In an interview, Creator/TommyLeeJones says he actually ''is'' this; the way to make great comedy is stay close to Creator/WillSmith so the funny spills over. WordOfGod also describes it as something of an EnforcedTrope, as he wanted Creator/WillSmith to be the only one who was ''trying'' to be funny.
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* TheComicallySerious: Nothing about the job fazes K [[SeenItAll in the slightest]], so his deadpan approach to all the outlandish alien craziness is hilarious. In an interview, Creator/TommyLeeJones says he actually ''is'' this; the way to make great comedy is stay close to Creator/WillSmith so the funny spills over. WordOfGod The movie's director also describes it as something of an EnforcedTrope, as he wanted Creator/WillSmith to be the only one who was ''trying'' to be funny.
* ConspiracyKitchenSink: The film is a peculiar version of this -- every conspiracy theory you've ever heard is on to something big, but the truth behind all of them is the same, in this case aliens.
** One example is a small ball that seems to be similar to rubber except that it gains energy with each bounce, making it incredibly destructive. Apparently it caused a massive New York blackout. The alien diplomat who did it [[ItAmusedMe thought it was funny as hell]].
** Elvis' death? [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet He was an alien who just went home]].
** J's theory about that one grade school teacher of his being an alien, though? Spot on, except that he got the wrong planet.
** One example is a small ball that seems to be similar to rubber except that it gains energy with each bounce, making it incredibly destructive. Apparently it caused a massive New York blackout. The alien diplomat who did it [[ItAmusedMe thought it was funny as hell]].
** Elvis' death? [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet He was an alien who just went home]].
** J's theory about that one grade school teacher of his being an alien, though? Spot on, except that he got the wrong planet.
* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: Happens at the end of the movie. After they think that Edgar is dead and are relaxing for a moment, he lurks in the background and then leaps up to kill them. Before they can react, L shoots him.
* CosmicChessGame: The end of the movie reveals that [[spoiler:the whole universe is nothing but a huge cosmic ''marble game'' played by aliens. The marbles are entire galaxies]].
* CostumesChangeYourSize: Played with. The invading alien Bug spends most of the movie walking around [[GenuineHumanHide in the skin of a local redneck named Edgar]]. In the climax, [[spoiler:the Bug sheds his Edgar suit to reveal that he had folded himself to fit, and he's really much, much larger than a human]].
* CostumesChangeYourSize: Played with. The invading alien Bug spends most of the movie walking around [[GenuineHumanHide in the skin of a local redneck named Edgar]]. In the climax, [[spoiler:the Bug sheds his Edgar suit to reveal that he had folded himself to fit, and he's really much, much larger than a human]].
* DeathlyUnmasking: The climax features the Bug finally removing the decomposing skin of Edgar to reveal his true form so he can take down Agents Jay and Kay and escape the planet. Fortunately, he ends up being blown in half by Kay during the ensuing battle - and then blasted to bits by Laurel Weaver.
* DoesThatSoundLikeFunToYou: This line Kay gives to Jay:
-->'''Kay:''' Imagine a giant cockroach, with unlimited strength, a massive inferiority complex, and a real short temper, is tear-assing around Manhattan Island in a brand-new Edgar suit. That sound like fun?
-->'''Kay:''' Imagine a giant cockroach, with unlimited strength, a massive inferiority complex, and a real short temper, is tear-assing around Manhattan Island in a brand-new Edgar suit. That sound like fun?
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Said almost word for word during the famous pawnshop scene. NYPD detective James Edwards and "Agent K" from a vague yet menacing government agency are giving a pawnbroker and alleged black market ArmsDealer the GoodCopBadCop treatment when K suddenly straight up puts a bullet through the guy's head. An understandably appalled Edwards immediately trains his own weapon on K and repeatedly orders him to drop the weapon and put his hands up, his exact words being "Don't make me shoot you!" But then things get weird...
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: Agent K tells Agent J not to touch anything. What does Agent J do? Touches a small ball thing. Cue destruction and mayhem.
* DramaticGunCock: Edgar replies to the Bug who asked him to put down his shotgun with "You can have my gun *chk chk* when you pry it from my cold dead fingers." The response is "Your proposal is acceptable" and [[DoNotTauntCthulhu a painful death for Edgar.]] Elsewhere, at the climax, Jay and Kay carry pump-action weapons. The script even notes, "[Kay] pumps the gun for emphasis."
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: Agent K tells Agent J not to touch anything. What does Agent J do? Touches a small ball thing. Cue destruction and mayhem.
* DramaticGunCock: Edgar replies to the Bug who asked him to put down his shotgun with "You can have my gun *chk chk* when you pry it from my cold dead fingers." The response is "Your proposal is acceptable" and [[DoNotTauntCthulhu a painful death for Edgar.]] Elsewhere, at the climax, Jay and Kay carry pump-action weapons. The script even notes, "[Kay] pumps the gun for emphasis."
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse:
** The movie casts Earth as an intergalactic neutral zone, making it ''the'' hub for galactic travel, intrigue, and fugitives. This handily explains just why TheMenInBlack enforce the {{masquerade}} on humanity specifically: can't risk the neutral zone stop being neutral.
--->'''K:''' Ever seen the movie ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''?\\
'''J:''' Yeah.\\
'''K:''' Same thing, except no Nazis.
** As K notably points out: "There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT!"
** The movie casts Earth as an intergalactic neutral zone, making it ''the'' hub for galactic travel, intrigue, and fugitives. This handily explains just why TheMenInBlack enforce the {{masquerade}} on humanity specifically: can't risk the neutral zone stop being neutral.
--->'''K:''' Ever seen the movie ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''?\\
'''J:''' Yeah.\\
'''K:''' Same thing, except no Nazis.
** As K notably points out: "There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT!"
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The secret headquarters of the Men in Black are located several stories beneath Manhattan... accessible by the entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
* ElvisLives: Elvis isn't dead, he "just went home". Your guess is as good as ours on this one; it's a movie where [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Beethoven was almost definitely an alien immigrant]] and [[ETGaveUsWifi aliens gave us the microwave oven]], but [[{{Troll}} Kay]] also loves messing with Jay's head ([[BeingPersonalIsntProfessional when they're alone]]).
* EmpireWithADarkSecret: It's revealed that not only do aliens live among us, but most modern inventions were actually gifts from alien civilizations, not human creations. Earth is repeatedly in cosmic peril and almost everyone on Earth remains in blissful ignorance.
-->'''K:''' There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they ''Do. Not. Know about it.''
* EmpireWithADarkSecret: It's revealed that not only do aliens live among us, but most modern inventions were actually gifts from alien civilizations, not human creations. Earth is repeatedly in cosmic peril and almost everyone on Earth remains in blissful ignorance.
-->'''K:''' There's always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they ''Do. Not. Know about it.''
* EnforcedTechnologyLevels: The movie features elements of this, as some of the alien cultures humanity has contact with are much more advanced than humans. The MIB organization prohibits certain advanced technologies on Earth, reasoning that humanity shouldn't be allowed to discover them until we're ready. They slowly release some of the alien technology using shell companies and finance their operations using the patents. A lot of it is confiscated tech, although some of it is given by friendly aliens.
* EpicTrackingShot: The movie ends with an epic tracking shot by starting with an overhead of J and L, then pulling away to [[AstronomicZoom see the Earth, continuing on past the solar system and the galaxy to show that our galaxy is simply a marble in a giant alien's hand]], much like the MacGuffin of the film.
* ExpositingTheMasquerade: Happens when K gives J a rundown on the little known facts during the latter's first entry to the MIB HQ.
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** Lampshaded by a soldier and a marine at the firing range test whose reactions pretty much say "How the hell we miss that?"
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** Lampshaded by a soldier and a marine at the firing range test whose reactions pretty much say "How the hell we miss that?"
* FamouslyMundaneFictionallyMagical: The flying-saucer-shaped observation towers at the New York State Pavillion really are [=UFO=]s, as the whole World's Fair was actually a cover for alien immigration.
* FantasticSlurs: The Bug refers to humans as "undeveloped pond scum", "meatbags", "milksuckers" and "monkey boys".
* FeedItABomb: After the Bug has eaten the {{BFG}}s, K goads it into eating him. He survives being swallowed, finds the gun and fires it, resulting in [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe the Bug's abdomen being split open]], letting K out.
* FireBreathingWeapon: This is used by TheMenInBlack to create "evidence" of a [[GasLeakCoverup swamp gas explosion]].
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* ForTheLulz: Why did the Great Attracter unleash the super-bouncy ball that caused the 1977 New York Blackout? He thought it was funny as hell!
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* ForTheLulz: Why did the Great Attracter unleash the super-bouncy ball FlatWorld: Agent Kay affirms that caused long ago everybody ''knew'' the 1977 New York Blackout? He thought it Earth was funny flat, using it as hell!a reference to people believing something that is wrong, and how suddenly enlightening them too fast can be dangerous. Thus, his and the [=MIB's=] reasons for keeping the existence of aliens a secret.
* FollowTheChaos:
--> '''K:''' With the bug in town, we'll watch the morgues.
* FollowTheChaos:
--> '''K:''' With the bug in town, we'll watch the morgues.
* FultonStreetFolly: The headquarters of TheMenInBlack are located under Battery Park.
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* GoodCopBadCop: Used in the scene with Jeebs, before James is officially recruited. K threatens to blow Jeebs' head off if he doesn't talk, and James plays along, saying that K's not messing around. What James doesn't realize is that K wasn't bluffing, and he quickly gets in over his head.
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* GodzillaThreshold:
** The bug impersonating Edgar is getting close to stealing the Arquillian galaxy, so when Agent J sees him, he tries to shoot in broad view of dozens of New Yorkers with his fancy ray gun, earning K's fury.
--->'''Agent J:''' Hey, we ain't got time for this cover-up bullshit! Maybe you've forgotten, but there's an Arquillian battle cruiser-\\
'''Agent K:''' There's ''[[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed always]]'' an Arquillian battle cruiser, or a Corellian DeathRay, or an intergalactic plague that's about to wipe out life on this miserable little planet. [[{{Masquerade}} The only way these people get on with their happy lives]] is they [[PunctuatedForEmphasis do. Not. Know about it]]!
** The real threshold is with the Arquillians, who think a Bug in control of a Galaxy is enough of a threat to destroy the planet both are on, even if most of the inhabitants of said planet have no clue they're about to die.
--->'''Arquillian battleship:''' DELIVER THE GALAXY OR EARTH WILL BE DESTROYED. [[ApologeticAttacker SORRY.]]
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: The sunglasses worn by J and K and, indeed, all of TheMenInBlack protect them from the [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Neuralyzer]].
* GoodCopBadCop: Used in the scene with Jeebs, before James is officially recruited. K threatens to blow Jeebs' head off if he doesn't talk, and James plays along, saying that K's not messing around. What James doesn't realize is that K wasn't bluffing, and he quickly gets in over his head.
** The bug impersonating Edgar is getting close to stealing the Arquillian galaxy, so when Agent J sees him, he tries to shoot in broad view of dozens of New Yorkers with his fancy ray gun, earning K's fury.
--->'''Agent J:''' Hey, we ain't got time for this cover-up bullshit! Maybe you've forgotten, but there's an Arquillian battle cruiser-\\
'''Agent K:''' There's ''[[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed always]]'' an Arquillian battle cruiser, or a Corellian DeathRay, or an intergalactic plague that's about to wipe out life on this miserable little planet. [[{{Masquerade}} The only way these people get on with their happy lives]] is they [[PunctuatedForEmphasis do. Not. Know about it]]!
** The real threshold is with the Arquillians, who think a Bug in control of a Galaxy is enough of a threat to destroy the planet both are on, even if most of the inhabitants of said planet have no clue they're about to die.
--->'''Arquillian battleship:''' DELIVER THE GALAXY OR EARTH WILL BE DESTROYED. [[ApologeticAttacker SORRY.]]
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: The sunglasses worn by J and K and, indeed, all of TheMenInBlack protect them from the [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Neuralyzer]].
* GoodCopBadCop: Used in the scene with Jeebs, before James is officially recruited. K threatens to blow Jeebs' head off if he doesn't talk, and James plays along, saying that K's not messing around. What James doesn't realize is that K wasn't bluffing, and he quickly gets in over his head.
* GoToAlias: "Division Six".
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* GoToAlias: "Division Six".
* HappyFunBall:
** When J is getting a tour of the office, he sees a small ball floating above a machine. When he touches the ball, it goes careening at high speed through the whole building, smashing windows and knocking people over before K catches it and puts it back, explaining that it had caused the 1977 blackout in New York. The ball was meant for fun, apparently an alien ambassador released it as part of a practical joke likely not realizing it would cause a massive blackout. He thought it was funny as hell.
** To a lesser extent, the Noisy Cricket is one as well. It looks like a child's toy RayGun and is smaller than J's hand ("I feel like I'ma break dis damn thang!"), but it is apparently the most powerful sidearm in the film. According to the filmmakers, the Noisy Cricket was originally designed as a concealable weapon, but proved to be easily modified to the magnitude it exhibits in the movie. This was done as a form of hazing for new recruits.
** When J is getting a tour of the office, he sees a small ball floating above a machine. When he touches the ball, it goes careening at high speed through the whole building, smashing windows and knocking people over before K catches it and puts it back, explaining that it had caused the 1977 blackout in New York. The ball was meant for fun, apparently an alien ambassador released it as part of a practical joke likely not realizing it would cause a massive blackout. He thought it was funny as hell.
** To a lesser extent, the Noisy Cricket is one as well. It looks like a child's toy RayGun and is smaller than J's hand ("I feel like I'ma break dis damn thang!"), but it is apparently the most powerful sidearm in the film. According to the filmmakers, the Noisy Cricket was originally designed as a concealable weapon, but proved to be easily modified to the magnitude it exhibits in the movie. This was done as a form of hazing for new recruits.
* HiddenInPlainSight:
** [[MacGuffin The Galaxy]] was "disguised" as [[spoiler: the charm on the cat's collar]]. With the additional benefit that the uninformed assume that a galaxy would by definition be enormous, and thus don't think to look for something [[spoiler:the size of a marble]]. The point is driven home with a vengeance at the end of the movie, when [[spoiler: a pullback reveals that ''[[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet our]]'' [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet galaxy]] is itself trapped inside a marble played with by a gigantic alien]].
** There's also a more mundane (but still weird) example earlier when J and K go to see an alien informant at a newspaper stand, which is run by a creepy-looking, pale-skinned man. J remarks that the man's disguise is absolutely pathetic -- but then the pug sitting next to him [[YouCanTalk starts talking]].
** It turns out that many aliens live among humans and go about their daily lives; they either wear humanoid disguises or look human enough to pass, especially in a dense population center like New York City. K also confirms that the stories found in cheap supermarket tabloids are often the MIB's primary source for information on invasions--no one bothers to take them seriously because they seem obviously fake.
** The spaceship that the first alien refugees used to travel to Earth was hidden by being turned into a decoration at the site of the 1939 World's Fair in Queens.
** [[MacGuffin The Galaxy]] was "disguised" as [[spoiler: the charm on the cat's collar]]. With the additional benefit that the uninformed assume that a galaxy would by definition be enormous, and thus don't think to look for something [[spoiler:the size of a marble]]. The point is driven home with a vengeance at the end of the movie, when [[spoiler: a pullback reveals that ''[[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet our]]'' [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet galaxy]] is itself trapped inside a marble played with by a gigantic alien]].
** There's also a more mundane (but still weird) example earlier when J and K go to see an alien informant at a newspaper stand, which is run by a creepy-looking, pale-skinned man. J remarks that the man's disguise is absolutely pathetic -- but then the pug sitting next to him [[YouCanTalk starts talking]].
** It turns out that many aliens live among humans and go about their daily lives; they either wear humanoid disguises or look human enough to pass, especially in a dense population center like New York City. K also confirms that the stories found in cheap supermarket tabloids are often the MIB's primary source for information on invasions--no one bothers to take them seriously because they seem obviously fake.
** The spaceship that the first alien refugees used to travel to Earth was hidden by being turned into a decoration at the site of the 1939 World's Fair in Queens.
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* HistoricalRapSheet: See the bouncy ball entry on HistoricalInJoke above.
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*HistoricalRapSheet: See HoldingTheFloor: Agent J does this (and takes quite a beating) while Agent K "goes to get his gun". [[spoiler: After the bouncy ball entry on HistoricalInJoke above.BigBad swallowed it.]]
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* HumanityIsInsane: This is the reason why human thought is viewed as an infectious disease by some aliens. No wonder they don't want us to get our hands on a UniversalTranslator.
* HumanShield: In the morgue, the Bug grabs Laurel (the medical examiner) and uses her as a shield to prevent being shot by Agents J and K.
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: J touches some alien device and it bounces wildly all over the headquarters until K catches it; notably, bulls-eyeing a donut hole, nailing one poor guy right in the forehead ("Somebody get him some ice!"), and totally wrecking a chemistry lab full of glass apparati. According to K, the ball was the actual cause of the 1977 New York Blackout because some alien prankster thought it was funny. In J's defense, [[SchmuckBait it was just floating out in the open.]]
* HypnoRay: The Neuralizer makes whoever sees its flashlight forget their most recent memories. TheMenInBlack use it to make people forget their sightings of aliens.
* IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou: Played with. J tells Laura about the MIB. Then says "I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to...", to which Laura responds "Kill me." But just a little flash with the neuralyzer, and everything goes back to the way it was.
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: J touches some alien device and it bounces wildly all over the headquarters until K catches it; notably, bulls-eyeing a donut hole, nailing one poor guy right in the forehead ("Somebody get him some ice!"), and totally wrecking a chemistry lab full of glass apparati. According to K, the ball was the actual cause of the 1977 New York Blackout because some alien prankster thought it was funny. In J's defense, [[SchmuckBait it was just floating out in the open.]]
* HypnoRay: The Neuralizer makes whoever sees its flashlight forget their most recent memories. TheMenInBlack use it to make people forget their sightings of aliens.
* IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou: Played with. J tells Laura about the MIB. Then says "I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to...", to which Laura responds "Kill me." But just a little flash with the neuralyzer, and everything goes back to the way it was.
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* InJoke: The driver smuggling illegal aliens (one of whom is [[StealthPun an alien disguised as an illegal alien]]) along a road marked "375" claims to have been "fishing in Cuernavaca." 375 refers to Nevada State Road 375, known as the "Extraterrestrial Highway" for being near Area 51 (although the scene is in Texas), while Cuernavaca is a Mexican city that supposedly had a flying saucer crash.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: A dying alien tells the heroes that they must "protect the galaxy on Orion's belt." This confuses them, since Orion's Belt is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion%27s_Belt three random stars]], not a galaxy. [[spoiler:Orion is the alien's ''cat,'' and whose collar has a bauble with [[BabyPlanet a tiny galaxy]] inside]].
* ImmortalityHurts: The character Jack Jeebs has a HealingFactor so powerful ''he can survive even if the ChunkySalsaRule is invoked!'' Though as he remarks after K quite literally blew his head off, "Don't you have any idea how much that stings!?" Oh yeah, it sucks to be Jeebs.
-->'''Jeebs''': Oh great, right in the piehole! Now nothing's gonna taste right.
* ImmortalityHurts: The character Jack Jeebs has a HealingFactor so powerful ''he can survive even if the ChunkySalsaRule is invoked!'' Though as he remarks after K quite literally blew his head off, "Don't you have any idea how much that stings!?" Oh yeah, it sucks to be Jeebs.
-->'''Jeebs''': Oh great, right in the piehole! Now nothing's gonna taste right.
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* InNameOnly: The first five minutes ImprobableInfantSurvival: Played with when James Edwards, in a live-fire exercise with other potential MIB trainees, shoots a cardboard cutout of a little girl instead of the movie is scary aliens. In a faithful reproduction of subversion, he justifies this by claiming one alien was simply exercising on a streetlight, the first few pages of other was sneezing, and the first issue of little girl was out late at night, eight-years-old, with a college-level textbook in her arms, so she was up to something bad. And, judging that he was chosen to join the [[Comicbook/MenInBlack comic]]. After that, they have almost nothing in common.organization, this reasoning was absolutely correct.
* InfiniteSupplies: Subverted when Kay tells Jay ''exactly'' how the organization is funded, saying they hold patents on a lot of inventions that were either given to them or confiscated from aliens, including microwaves and liposuction.
* InJoke: The driver smuggling illegal aliens (one of whom is [[StealthPun an alien disguised as an illegal alien]]) along a road marked "375" claims to have been "fishing in Cuernavaca." 375 refers to Nevada State Road 375, known as the "Extraterrestrial Highway" for being near Area 51 (although the scene is in Texas), while Cuernavaca is a Mexican city that supposedly had a flying saucer crash.
* InNameOnly: The first five minutes of the movie is a faithful reproduction of the first few pages of the first issue of the [[Comicbook/MenInBlack comic]]. After that, they have almost nothing in common.
* InJoke: The driver smuggling illegal aliens (one of whom is [[StealthPun an alien disguised as an illegal alien]]) along a road marked "375" claims to have been "fishing in Cuernavaca." 375 refers to Nevada State Road 375, known as the "Extraterrestrial Highway" for being near Area 51 (although the scene is in Texas), while Cuernavaca is a Mexican city that supposedly had a flying saucer crash.
* InNameOnly: The first five minutes of the movie is a faithful reproduction of the first few pages of the first issue of the [[Comicbook/MenInBlack comic]]. After that, they have almost nothing in common.
* IShallTauntYou: Towards the end of the movie, Jay figures out the best way to get "Edgar"'s attention is by [[BerserkButton stomping on cockroaches]].
-->'''Jay:''' ''[feigning ignorance]'' Oh, I'm sorry, was that your auntie? Then that must be your uncle over there! (''stomps on another roach'') Well, well. Big, bad Bug got a bit of a soft spot, huh? What I can't understand is, why you gotta come down here bringing all this ruckus! Snatching up galaxies and everything. My attitude is: don't (''stomp'') start nothing, won't (''stomp'') be nothing!
-->'''Jay:''' ''[feigning ignorance]'' Oh, I'm sorry, was that your auntie? Then that must be your uncle over there! (''stomps on another roach'') Well, well. Big, bad Bug got a bit of a soft spot, huh? What I can't understand is, why you gotta come down here bringing all this ruckus! Snatching up galaxies and everything. My attitude is: don't (''stomp'') start nothing, won't (''stomp'') be nothing!
* ItAmusedMe: Why did the Great Attracter unleash the super-bouncy ball that caused the 1977 New York Blackout? He thought it was funny as hell!
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: The "Edgar" bug follows Rosenberg to a restaurant, where he murders a waiter and takes his place before killing Rosenberg and his contact there.
* JediMindTrick: TheMenInBlack have the Neuralizer for this purpose, with, strangely enough, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia only three settings]]: days, months, and years. The Neuralizer used on Tee in the second movie has an "hours" setting.
* JustDesserts: Spousal abuser Edgar is skinned and eaten by the Bug.
* JustDesserts: Spousal abuser Edgar is skinned and eaten by the Bug.
* LandmarkingTheHiddenBase: The Men In Black operate their New York headquarters underneath a ventilation tower for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
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* LittleUselessGun: The Noisy Cricket is a double subversion. It's tiny, sure, but it packs a ''hell'' of a punch... which never actually helps at any point in the film.
** The novelization informs us that this is a deliberate tactic used to train new agents not to assume things about how something because of how it looks (and to haze the new recruits and bet on how far they will fly backwards).
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* LittleUselessGun: The Noisy Cricket is a double subversion. It's tiny, sure, but it packs a ''hell'' of a punch... which never actually helps at any point in the film.
**film. The novelization informs us that this is a deliberate tactic used to train new agents not to assume things about how something because of how it looks (and to haze the new recruits and bet on how far they will fly backwards).
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* LudicrousGibs: The weapons used by TheMenInBlack actually go so far into the ludicrous department it's no longer grotesque. The aliens simply explode into slime, which is less disgusting than gibs and less disturbing than gutted bodies.
-->'''K:''' Oh, you've got some entrails on you...
* LuridTalesOfDoom: Agent K says this sort of news is actually very trustworthy when it comes to tracking aliens.
-->'''Agent J:''' ''These'' are the hot sheets?\\
'''Agent K:''' Best investigative reporting on the planet. But go ahead, read the New York Times if you want, they get lucky sometimes.
-->'''K:''' Oh, you've got some entrails on you...
* LuridTalesOfDoom: Agent K says this sort of news is actually very trustworthy when it comes to tracking aliens.
-->'''Agent J:''' ''These'' are the hot sheets?\\
'''Agent K:''' Best investigative reporting on the planet. But go ahead, read the New York Times if you want, they get lucky sometimes.
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* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: While no actual mind-reading occurs on screen, it's mentioned that human thought is so primitive, it's considered an infectious disease.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: During the selection of the new MIB agent, Zed claims that the candidates have been called to the MIB headquarters because "they are the best of the best". Unconvinced, Edwards asks him again why they are there, to which another candidate repeats what Zed just said before giving Edwards a condescending look. Edwards' reaction to this is to laugh, as he finds funny that none of the other candidates understand that "they are the best of the best" might answer to the question of why they were chosen, but not to why they're there. While remaining deadpan, Zed cannot help but give to an amused Kay, who is watching from behind a one-way mirror, a complicit look, suggesting that of all the candidates, Edwards is the only one who has not made a fool of himself.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: During the test, Zed claims that the candidate recruits were called to the MIB headquarters because "they are the best of the best". Unconvinced, Edwards asks him again why they are there, to which another candidate repeats what Zed just said before giving Edwards a condescending look. Edwards' reaction to this is to laugh, as he finds it quite funny that none of the other candidates understand that "they are the best of the best" doesn't answer why they are there, but why they were chosen. Although no one else is laughing, Zed cannot help but give to an amused Kay, who is watching from behind a one-way mirror, a complicit look, suggesting that of all the candidates, Edwards is the only one who has not made a fool of himself.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: During the test, Zed claims that the candidates were called to the MiB headquarters because "they are the best of the best". Unconvinced, Edwards asks him again why they are there, to which another candidate repeats what Zed just said before giving Edwards a condescending look. Edwards' reaction to this is to laugh, as he finds it quite funny that none of the other candidates understand that "they are the best of the best" doesn't answer why they are there, but why they were chosen. Although no one else is laughing, Zed cannot help but give to an amused Kay, who is watching from behind a one-way mirror, a complicit look, suggesting that of all the candidates, Edwards is the only one who has not made a fool of himself.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: During the test, Zed claims that the candidates candidate recruits were called to the MiB MIB headquarters because "they are the best of the best". Unconvinced, Edwards asks him again why they are there, to which another candidate repeats what Zed just said before giving Edwards a condescending look. Edwards' reaction to this is to laugh, as he finds it quite funny that none of the other candidates understand that "they are the best of the best" doesn't answer why they are there, but why they were chosen. Although no one else is laughing, Zed cannot help but give to an amused Kay, who is watching from behind a one-way mirror, a complicit look, suggesting that of all the candidates, Edwards is the only one who has not made a fool of himself.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: During the test, Zed claims that the candidates were called to the MiB headquarters because "they are the best of the best". Unconvinced, Edwards asks him again why they are there, to which another candidate repeats what Zed just said before giving Edwards a condescending look. Edwards' reaction to this is to laugh, as he finds it quite funny that none of the other candidates understand that "they are the best of the best" doesn't answer why they are there, but why they were chosen. Although no one else is laughing, Zed cannot help but give to an amused Kay, who is watching from behind a one-way mirror, a complicit look, suggesting that of all the candidates, Edwards is the only one who has not made a fool of himself.
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-->'''J:''' "[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe I can't believe you're looking for tips in the supermarket tabloids!]]"
-->'''K:''' "Not 'looking for'. ''Found''."
-->''*K sets down Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews issue with the headline "Space Aliens Stole My Husband's Skin!"*''
-->'''K:''' "Not 'looking for'. ''Found''."
-->''*K sets down Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews issue with the headline "Space Aliens Stole My Husband's Skin!"*''
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-->'''J:''' "[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe I can't believe you're looking for tips in the supermarket tabloids!]]"
-->'''K:''' "Not 'looking for'.tabloids!]]\\
'''K:''' Not "looking for". ''Found''."
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''[K sets downMagazine/WeeklyWorldNews ''Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews'' issue with the headline "Space Aliens Stole My Husband's Skin!"*'' Skin!"]''
-->'''K:''' "Not 'looking for'.
'''K:''' Not "looking for". ''Found''.
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-->'''K:''' "Not 'looking for'. ''Found''."
-->''*K sets down Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews issue with the headline "Space Aliens Stole My Husband's Skin!"*''
-->'''K:''' "Not 'looking for'. ''Found''."
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* TheDailyMisinformer: Inverted. Agent K calls tabloids that report on alien activity and ElvisLives stories "the best investigative reporting on the planet", and indeed, it's how he and J find out about the Bug landing on Earth.
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-->'''James Edwards:''' Well, first I was gonna pop this guy hanging from the street light, and I realized, y'know, he's just working out. I mean, how would I feel if somebody come runnin' in the gym and bust me in my ass while I'm on the treadmill? Then I saw this snarling beast guy, and I noticed he had a tissue in his hand, and I'm realizing, y'know, he's not snarling, he's sneezing. Y'know, ain't no real threat there. Then I saw little Tiffany. I'm thinking, y'know, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters, this time of night with quantum physics books? She about to start some shit, Zed. She's about eight years old, those books are WAY too advanced for her. If you ask me, I'd say she's up to something. And to be honest, I'd appreciate it if you eased up off my back about it. ''[beat]'' Or do I owe her an apology?
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-->'''James Edwards:''' Well, first I was gonna pop this guy hanging from the street light, and I realized, y'know, he's just working out. I mean, how would I feel if somebody come runnin' in the gym and bust me in my ass while I'm on the treadmill? Then I saw this snarling beast guy, and I noticed he had a tissue in his hand, and I'm realizing, y'know, he's not snarling, he's sneezing. Y'know, ain't no real threat there. Then I saw little Tiffany. I'm thinking, y'know, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters, this time of night with quantum physics books? She about to start some shit, Zed. She's about eight years old, those books are WAY too advanced for her. If you ask me, I'd say she's up to something. And to be honest, I'd appreciate it if you eased up off my back about it. ''[beat]'' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Or do I owe her an apology?
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* UncleTomfoolery: J.
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--> '''James Edwards:''' Well, first I was gonna pop this guy hanging from the street light, and I realized, y'know, he's just working out. I mean, how would I feel if somebody come runnin' in the gym and bust me in my ass while I'm on the treadmill? Then I saw this snarling beast guy, and I noticed he had a tissue in his hand, and I'm realizing, y'know, he's not snarling, he's sneezing. Y'know, ain't no real threat there. Then I saw little Tiffany. I'm thinking, y'know, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters, this time of night with quantum physics books? She about to start some shit, Zed. She's about eight years old, those books are WAY too advanced for her. If you ask me, I'd say she's up to something. And to be honest, I'd appreciate it if you eased up off my back about it. ''(beat)'' Or do I owe her an apology?
** J got the job, the others had their memories wiped and were sent home.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight
** J got the job, the others had their memories wiped and were sent home.
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* VisualPun: The opening scene has Mikey, an illegal ''alien''[[note]]As in, an extraterrestrial violating parole[[/note]], traveling disguised as an ''illegal'' alien.[[note]]As in, a prospective migrant attempting to enter the country without documentation[[/note]]
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* VisualPun: The opening scene has Mikey, an illegal ''alien''[[note]]As ''alien'' (as in, an extraterrestrial violating parole[[/note]], parole), traveling disguised as an ''illegal'' alien.[[note]]As alien (as in, a prospective migrant attempting to enter the country without documentation[[/note]]documentation).
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* WhatAPieceOfJunk: J refers to K's Crown Victoria as a "Ford P.O.S.". He finds out very quickly that it's outfitted with alien tech that makes it outperform anything else on the road.
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* WhatAPieceOfJunk: J refers to K's Crown Victoria as a "Ford P.O.S.". " He finds out very quickly that it's outfitted with alien tech that makes it outperform anything else on the road.
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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Laurel makes a pass (okay, a few) at J. [[spoiler: In the ending the duo are revealed to be partners.]]
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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Laurel makes a pass (okay, a few) at J. [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In the ending ending, the duo are revealed to be partners.]]
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* UnusualHiringPractices: Agent K invites J to the M.I.B.'s training facility, for a try out, after witnessing him track an alien on foot. J ends up competing with marksmen and top military officers in various tests of skill and mental acumen. During the written portion of the exam, the others tried using their chairs to write on, while J was the only one with sense enough to make use of the table. However, it was during the marksman exam, that J also demonstrated that he was not only keenly observant, but could think outside the box. The others simply fired at whatever looked like a monster, while sparing the civilian targets, as one would expect. J fires a single shot and kills "Little Tiffany". When Zedd asks why, J explains:
--> '''James Edwards:''' Well, first I was gonna pop this guy hanging from the street light, and I realized, y'know, he's just working out. I mean, how would I feel if somebody come runnin' in the gym and bust me in my ass while I'm on the treadmill? Then I saw this snarling beast guy, and I noticed he had a tissue in his hand, and I'm realizing, y'know, he's not snarling, he's sneezing. Y'know, ain't no real threat there. Then I saw little Tiffany. I'm thinking, y'know, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters, this time of night with quantum physics books? She about to start some shit, Zed. She's about eight years old, those books are WAY too advanced for her. If you ask me, I'd say she's up to something. And to be honest, I'd appreciate it if you eased up off my back about it. ''(beat)'' Or do I owe her an apology?
** J got the job, the others had their memories wiped and were sent home.
--> '''James Edwards:''' Well, first I was gonna pop this guy hanging from the street light, and I realized, y'know, he's just working out. I mean, how would I feel if somebody come runnin' in the gym and bust me in my ass while I'm on the treadmill? Then I saw this snarling beast guy, and I noticed he had a tissue in his hand, and I'm realizing, y'know, he's not snarling, he's sneezing. Y'know, ain't no real threat there. Then I saw little Tiffany. I'm thinking, y'know, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters, this time of night with quantum physics books? She about to start some shit, Zed. She's about eight years old, those books are WAY too advanced for her. If you ask me, I'd say she's up to something. And to be honest, I'd appreciate it if you eased up off my back about it. ''(beat)'' Or do I owe her an apology?
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: "Bugs thrive on carnage, tiger. They consume, infest, destroy, live off the death and destruction of other species."
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* ForTheLulz: Why did the Great Attracter unleash the super-bouncy ball that caused the 1977 New York Blackout? He thought it was funny as hell!
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** The dying Arquillian prince repeatedly struggles with selecting the right English word in his FinalSpeech, suggesting that [[spoiler:Orion's "belt" might not be ''exactly'' what that word typically calls to mind]].
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--> '''Translation of Arquillian transmission:''' ''MIB, deliver the Galaxy or Earth will be destroyed.''\\
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([[OneWingedAngel Bug Edgar]] looms over J absolutely livid and is one eye twitch away from tearing J in two)\\
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* BrokenMasquerade: K's introduction to aliens on Earth - and more-or-less how the Men in Black got started.
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* BrokenMasquerade: K's introduction to aliens on Earth - -- and more-or-less how the Men in Black got started.
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-->"A man came in here earlier. A dead man."
* CastingGag: The posters play on the fact that the film's two main stars had the last names [[Creator/WillSmith "Smith"]] and [[Creator/TommyLeeJones "Jones"]]... you know, the kind of super-plain codenames you'd expect two anonymous, black-suited government agents to use.
* CastingGag: The posters play on the fact that the film's two main stars had the last names [[Creator/WillSmith "Smith"]] and [[Creator/TommyLeeJones "Jones"]]... you know, the kind of super-plain codenames you'd expect two anonymous, black-suited government agents to use.
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* ClueOfFewWords: the dying alien struggles to say the words "Orion's Belt" before he perishes, leaving the agents to wonder what he was referring to.
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* ClueOfFewWords: the The dying alien struggles to say the words "Orion's Belt" before he perishes, leaving the agents to wonder what he was referring to.
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--> '''J:''' Cab drivers?
--> '''K:''' Not as many as you'd think.
--> '''K:''' Not as many as you'd think.
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* DomesticAbuser: In the short time before [[spoiler: he's killed and inhabited by the Bug]], Edgar demeans his wife's cooking, calls her lazy and threatens to hit her.
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* DomesticAbuser: In the short time before [[spoiler: he's [[spoiler:he's killed and inhabited by the Bug]], Edgar demeans his wife's cooking, calls her lazy and threatens to hit her.
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--->'''Agent J:''' "[[PunctuatedPounding Don't start nothin'...]]" ''[squish]'' "[[PunctuatedPounding ...won't be nothin'!]]" ''[squish]''
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--> '''K:''' There is always an Arquillian battle cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they do not know about it!
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*** When describing the people present for the FirstContact, he's brief with the description of the others, "seven agents, one astronomer", but makes a point to be specific about the "one dumb kid who got lost on the wrong back road".
* FourthWallPsych: When the bug invades Rosenberg's jewelry shop, he appears to walk up to the camera and punch it, cracking the lens. Then the supposedly-ruined camera pans out and we see that he's actually trying to break through the glass door to the shop.
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** The screen with the "celebrities who are secretly aliens" includes [[CreatorCameo director Barry Sonnenfeld, producer]] Creator/StevenSpielberg, and Creator/SylvesterStallone - and later singles out J's ex-teacher in [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Philadelphia]].
* FourthWallPsych: When the bug invades Rosenberg's jewelry shop, he appears to walk up to the camera and punch it, cracking the lens. Then the supposedly-ruined camera pans out and we see that he's actually trying to break through the glass door to the shop.
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** The screen with the "celebrities who are secretly aliens" includes [[CreatorCameo director Barry Sonnenfeld, producer]] Creator/StevenSpielberg, and Creator/SylvesterStallone - and later singles out J's ex-teacher in [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Philadelphia]].
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-->'''J:''' What branch of the government do we report to?
-->'''K:''' None, they ask too many questions.
-->'''K:''' None, they ask too many questions.
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-->'''J:''' What branch of the government do we report to?
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'''K:''' None, they ask too many questions.
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'''K:''' None, they ask too many questions.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Done very briefly. After the ColdOpen, the plot focuses on James running down a criminal who turns out to be an alien giving portents of doom. While being berated by his superiors for this ridiculous story, he is approached by Dr. Laurel Weaver, a coroner who examined the body claims to believe him. She whispers an address to him and tells him to meet her secretly afterwards - leading the audience to believe that the movie will be a Sci-Fi mystery or thriller, involving James and the coroner as {{Muggle}}s unearthing TheMasquerade... [[ShaggyDogStory and then Laurel is neuralyzed immediately after revealing her suspicions to James, cutting this plotline short immediately, leading into the agent in-training story the movie truly is.]] She still becomes involved later.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Done very briefly. After the ColdOpen, the plot focuses on James running down a criminal who turns out to be an alien giving portents of doom. While being berated by his superiors for this ridiculous story, he is approached by Dr. Laurel Weaver, a coroner who examined the body claims to believe him. She whispers an address to him and tells him to meet her secretly afterwards - -- leading the audience to believe that the movie will be a Sci-Fi mystery or thriller, involving James and the coroner as {{Muggle}}s unearthing TheMasquerade... [[ShaggyDogStory and then Laurel is neuralyzed immediately after revealing her suspicions to James, cutting this plotline short immediately, leading into the agent in-training story the movie truly is.]] She still becomes involved later.
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* HumansAreMorons: "A ''person'' is smart. ''People'' are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
--> Human thought is so primitive, it is looked upon as an infectious disease in some of the better galaxies. Kind of makes you feel proud, doesn't it?
** [[DeadpanSnarker Laurel herself]] isn't too fond of mankind either, after she fills out the form regarding [[spoiler: the dead Arquillian prince]] and asks the policeman giving it to her why there is a cat with the corpse, the rude jerk angrily takes the form away from her hands and tells her the cat is her problem now. Annoyed with the cop's negligence and rudeness, Laurel gives us this gem:
-->'''Laurel:''' I hate the living.
--> Human thought is so primitive, it is looked upon as an infectious disease in some of the better galaxies. Kind of makes you feel proud, doesn't it?
** [[DeadpanSnarker Laurel herself]] isn't too fond of mankind either, after she fills out the form regarding [[spoiler: the dead Arquillian prince]] and asks the policeman giving it to her why there is a cat with the corpse, the rude jerk angrily takes the form away from her hands and tells her the cat is her problem now. Annoyed with the cop's negligence and rudeness, Laurel gives us this gem:
-->'''Laurel:''' I hate the living.
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* HumansAreMorons: HumansAreMorons:
** "A ''person'' is smart. ''People'' are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
--> --->'''K:''' Human thought is so primitive, it is looked upon as an infectious disease in some of the better galaxies. Kind of makes you feel proud, doesn't it?
** [[DeadpanSnarker Laurel herself]] isn't too fond of mankind either, after she fills out the form regarding[[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the dead Arquillian prince]] and asks the policeman giving it to her why there is a cat with the corpse, the rude jerk angrily takes the form away from her hands and tells her the cat is her problem now. Annoyed with the cop's negligence and rudeness, Laurel gives us this gem:
-->'''Laurel:''' --->'''Laurel:''' I hate the living.
** "A ''person'' is smart. ''People'' are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
** [[DeadpanSnarker Laurel herself]] isn't too fond of mankind either, after she fills out the form regarding
* InJoke: The driver smuggling illegal aliens (one of whom is [[StealthPun an alien disguised as an illegal alien]]) along a road marked "375" claims to have been "fishing in Cuernavaca." 375 refers to Nevada State Road 375, known as the "Extraterrestrial Highway" for being near Area 51 (although the scene is in Texas), while Cuernavaca is a Mexican city that supposedly had a flying saucer crash.
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: The human smuggler at the beginning of the movie tells the Border Patrol he's been fishing in Cuernavaca to explain why he's driving across the Mexican border late at night. The Border Patrol agent has already busted him for smuggling on several previous occasions, so he doesn't buy this excuse for one second.
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: The human smuggler at ImmortalLifeIsCheap: K blowing Jeebs' head off isn't murder, it's interrogation.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: In thebeginning of games, the movie tells Aliens are responsible for ''everything''. Also, the Border Patrol he's been fishing Galaxy in Cuernavaca to explain why he's driving across the Mexican border late at night. The Border Patrol agent has already busted him for smuggling on several previous occasions, so he doesn't buy this excuse for one second.first movie.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: In the
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* ISurrenderSuckers: "Edgar", towards the end.
-->'''"Edgar":''' Oh, I see... I'll put my hands on my head... Like this?\\
''[[[OneWingedAngel tears Edgar's skin off]]]''
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: K blowing Jeebs' head off isn't murder, it's interrogation.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: In the games, the Aliens are responsible for ''everything''. Also, the Galaxy in the first movie.
* InJoke: The driver smuggling illegal aliens (one of whom is [[StealthPun an alien disguised as an illegal alien]]) along a road marked "375" claims to have been "fishing in Cuernavaca." 375 refers to Nevada State Road 375, known as the "Extraterrestrial Highway" for being near Area 51 (although the scene is in Texas), while Cuernavaca is a Mexican city that supposedly had a flying saucer crash.
* IncomprehensibleEntranceExam: The eponymous organization draws in applicants from the very best in the military and police for a series of exams - without ever telling them what they're really hoping to achieve by participating. Along with the incredibly awkward written exam in egg-shaped chairs with no desks, the applicants are pitted against a variety of menacing-looking aliens in a shooting range... and not told that the real target of this exercise is actually the harmless-looking girl. The entire class flunks out and has their memory of the incident erased - except for James Edwards, the future J.
-->'''"Edgar":''' Oh, I see... I'll put my hands on my head... Like this?\\
''[[[OneWingedAngel tears Edgar's skin off]]]''
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: K blowing Jeebs' head off isn't murder, it's interrogation.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: In the games, the Aliens are responsible for ''everything''. Also, the Galaxy in the first movie.
* InJoke: The driver smuggling illegal aliens (one of whom is [[StealthPun an alien disguised as an illegal alien]]) along a road marked "375" claims to have been "fishing in Cuernavaca." 375 refers to Nevada State Road 375, known as the "Extraterrestrial Highway" for being near Area 51 (although the scene is in Texas), while Cuernavaca is a Mexican city that supposedly had a flying saucer crash.
* IncomprehensibleEntranceExam: The eponymous organization draws in applicants from the very best in the military and police for a series of exams - without ever telling them what they're really hoping to achieve by participating. Along with the incredibly awkward written exam in egg-shaped chairs with no desks, the applicants are pitted against a variety of menacing-looking aliens in a shooting range... and not told that the real target of this exercise is actually the harmless-looking girl. The entire class flunks out and has their memory of the incident erased - except for James Edwards, the future J.
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-->'''"Edgar":''' Oh, I see... I'll put my hands on my head... Like this?\\
''[[[OneWingedAngel tears Edgar's skin off]]]''
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: K blowing Jeebs' head off isn't murder, it's interrogation.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: In the games, the Aliens are responsible for ''everything''. Also, the Galaxy in the first movie.
* InJoke: The driver smuggling illegal aliens (one of whom is [[StealthPun an alien disguised as an illegal alien]]) along a road marked "375" claims to have been "fishing in Cuernavaca." 375 refers to Nevada State Road 375, known as the "Extraterrestrial Highway" for being near Area 51 (although the scene is in Texas), while Cuernavaca is a Mexican city that supposedly had a flying saucer crash.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: The human smuggler at the beginning of the movie tells the Border Patrol he's been fishing in Cuernavaca to explain why he's driving across the Mexican border late at night. The Border Patrol agent has already busted him for smuggling on several previous occasions, so he doesn't buy this excuse for one second.
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* InventorOfTheMundane: The MIB owns the patents to some 'out of town' inventions, naming a few which make quite a bit of sense; Velcro ([[UrbanLegends not actually]] invented by NASA), microwave ovens (invented by a military defense contractor), liposuction (pre-dates alien contact, but was mostly a creative form of mutilation before the development of ultrasonics - another military invention)...
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* InventorOfTheMundane: The MIB owns the patents to some 'out "out of town' town" inventions, naming a few which make quite a bit of sense; Velcro ([[UrbanLegends not actually]] invented by NASA), microwave ovens (invented by a military defense contractor), liposuction (pre-dates alien contact, but was mostly a creative form of mutilation before the development of ultrasonics - -- another military invention)...
* ISurrenderSuckers: "Edgar", towards the end.
-->'''"Edgar":''' Oh, I see... I'll put my hands on my head... Like this?\\
''[[[OneWingedAngel tears Edgar's skin off]]]''
-->'''"Edgar":''' Oh, I see... I'll put my hands on my head... Like this?\\
''[[[OneWingedAngel tears Edgar's skin off]]]''
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--> ''"Eat me.'' '''EAT ME!!"'''
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--> '''Laurel:''' Interesting job you guys have.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: How the Neuralyzer works. They can be set to wipe a person's most recent memories for any length of time from minutes to years, allowing them to forget about the aliens trying to kill them. Repeated neuralyzations, however, cause ''deja vu'' in some subjects. Notably, this is usually matched with them telling BlatantLies about what happened (of the typical "weather balloon and swamp gas" explanations), and the assumption is that in the absence of their regular memories the subject is more likely to accept the suggestion, no matter how far fetched.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: LaserGuidedAmnesia:
** How the Neuralyzer works. They can be set to wipe a person's most recent memories for any length of time from minutes to years, allowing them to forget about the aliens trying to kill them. Repeated neuralyzations, however, cause ''deja vu'' in some subjects. Notably, this is usually matched with them telling BlatantLies about what happened (of the typical "weather balloon and swamp gas" explanations), and the assumption is that in the absence of their regular memories the subject is more likely to accept the suggestion, no matter howfar fetched.far-fetched.
** How the Neuralyzer works. They can be set to wipe a person's most recent memories for any length of time from minutes to years, allowing them to forget about the aliens trying to kill them. Repeated neuralyzations, however, cause ''deja vu'' in some subjects. Notably, this is usually matched with them telling BlatantLies about what happened (of the typical "weather balloon and swamp gas" explanations), and the assumption is that in the absence of their regular memories the subject is more likely to accept the suggestion, no matter how
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* MythologyGag: When Edgar first meets the Bug, their discussion about the gun is a reference to the surprisingly obscure comic the movie was based on. It [[spoiler:turns out ''much'' better for the farmer]] in that one, though - the bugs REALLY needed his gun (for a high-stakes scavenger hunt), but not so urgently that [[spoiler:they couldn't wait him out]].
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* MythologyGag: When Edgar first meets the Bug, their discussion about the gun is a reference to the surprisingly obscure comic the movie was based on. It [[spoiler:turns out ''much'' better for the farmer]] in that one, though - -- the bugs REALLY needed his gun (for a high-stakes scavenger hunt), but not so urgently that [[spoiler:they couldn't wait him out]].
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--> '''J:''' ''[to K]'' The dude was that ugly ''before'' he was an alien?
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''[cut to Zed and K shooting {{Death Glare}}s at him]''
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''[cut to Zed and K shooting {{Death Glare}}s {{death glare}}s at him]''
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-->'''Edgar:''' Just what exactly do you think you're doing here?\\
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'''Edgar:''' Pest problem? PEST??\\
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'''Edgar:''' You know I've noticed an infestation here. Everywhere I look in fact, nothing but undeveloped, unevolved, barely conscious pond scum totally convinced of their own superiority as they scurry about their short, pointless lives.\\
'''Exterminator:''' Well...yeah...uh, don't you wanna get rid of them?\\
'''Edgar:''' Oh in the worst way.
'''Exterminator:''' Well...yeah...uh, don't you wanna get rid of them?\\
'''Edgar:''' Oh in the worst way.
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'''Exterminator:''' Well...
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-->'''Edgar:''' I'll put my hands... on... my head... like ''this''!?
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-->'''Agent Kay:''' You fellas can hit the road. [[SarcasmMode Keep on protecting us from the "dangerous aliens"]].
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-->'''Kay:''' ''[cocks gun]'' Roaches check in...\\
'''Jay:''' ''[cocks gun]'' ...They don't check out.
'''Jay:''' ''[cocks gun]'' ...They don't check out.
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--->'''Agent J:''' "[[PunctuatedPounding Don't start nothin'...]]" ''[squish]'' "[[PunctuatedPounding ...won't be nothin'!]]" ''[squish]''
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--->'''J:''' So, who exactly are you with? [=FBI=]? [=NSA=]? \\
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--->'''J:''' So, who exactly are you with? [=FBI=]? [=NSA=]? FBI? NSA? \\
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* ReplicantSnatching
-->'''Edgar (the bug):''' Place projectile weapon on the ground.\\
'''Edgar (the farmer):''' You can have my gun ''[DramaticGunCock]'' [[TemptingFate when you pry it from my cold dead fingers]].\\
'''Edgar (the bug):''' [[LiteralGenie Your proposal is acceptable]]. ''[sucks Edgar into the hole]''
-->'''Edgar (the bug):''' Place projectile weapon on the ground.\\
'''Edgar (the farmer):''' You can have my gun ''[DramaticGunCock]'' [[TemptingFate when you pry it from my cold dead fingers]].\\
'''Edgar (the bug):''' [[LiteralGenie Your proposal is acceptable]]. ''[sucks Edgar into the hole]''
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* ReplicantSnatching
-->'''Edgar (the bug):'''ReplicantSnatching:
-->'''The Bug:''' Place projectile weapon on the ground.\\
'''Edgar (the farmer):''' '''Edgar:''' You can have my gun ''[DramaticGunCock]'' [[TemptingFate when you pry it from my cold dead fingers]].\\
'''Edgar (the bug):''' '''The Bug:''' [[LiteralGenie Your proposal is acceptable]]. ''[sucks Edgar into the hole]''
-->'''Edgar (the bug):'''
-->'''The Bug:''' Place projectile weapon on the ground.\\
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* RunningGag: Whenever J neuralyzes anyone, he tends to give them long rambling speeches in which he gives meaningful personal advice about their lives, goes into wild irrelevant tangents about the situation, and encourages them to do exciting and/or fun things - particularly as a counterpoint to K, who always gives very brusque and to-the-point memories and wants to be done with it. It pops up once in this movie, but really takes off in the second and third films.
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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
** Whenever J neuralyzes anyone, he tends to give them long rambling speeches in which he gives meaningful personal advice about their lives, goes into wild irrelevant tangents about the situation, and encourages them to do exciting and/or fun things- -- particularly as a counterpoint to K, who always gives very brusque and to-the-point memories and wants to be done with it. It pops up once in this movie, but really takes off in the second and third films.
** Whenever J neuralyzes anyone, he tends to give them long rambling speeches in which he gives meaningful personal advice about their lives, goes into wild irrelevant tangents about the situation, and encourages them to do exciting and/or fun things
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* StabTheSalad: K pulls a knife on a Mexican immigrant and swings it toward him - and slices open his clothing, revealing an alien hiding inside.
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* StabTheSalad: K pulls a knife on a Mexican immigrant and swings it toward him - -- and slices open his clothing, revealing an alien hiding inside.
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* SunglassesAtNight: Though in this case they've got a justified purpose - they protect against the mind-wiping effects of the Neuralyzer.
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* SunglassesAtNight: Though in this case they've got a justified purpose - -- they protect against the mind-wiping effects of the Neuralyzer.
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* SwallowedWhole: The Bug to K.
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* SwallowedWhole: SwallowedWhole:
** The Bug to K.
** The Bug to K.
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--> '''K:''' Set for pulsar level five, subsonic implosion factor two.
--> '''J:''' What?
--> '''K:''' Just shoot the damn thing on the count of three!
--> '''J:''' What?
--> '''K:''' Just shoot the damn thing on the count of three!
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-->
'''J:'''
-->
'''K:''' Just shoot the damn thing on the count of three!
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--> '''J:''' This definitely rates about a 9.0 on my weird-shit-o-meter.
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* WelcomedToTheMasquerade: After James has a close encounter with an alien assassin, Agent K recruits him into the Men in Black organization and gives him a tour of the facilities.
** Then, at the end of the film, [[spoiler:After Laurel Weaver demonstrates that she's quite capable of dispatching aliens herself, and admits she finds the MIB job interesting, she becomes Agent J's new partner after J neutralizes Agent K, allowing him to retire, and takes over K's job.]]
** Then, at the end of the film, [[spoiler:After Laurel Weaver demonstrates that she's quite capable of dispatching aliens herself, and admits she finds the MIB job interesting, she becomes Agent J's new partner after J neutralizes Agent K, allowing him to retire, and takes over K's job.]]
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* WelcomedToTheMasquerade: WelcomedToTheMasquerade:
** After James has a close encounter with an alien assassin, Agent K recruits him into the Men in Black organization and gives him a tour of the facilities.
** Then, at the end of the film,[[spoiler:After [[spoiler:after Laurel Weaver demonstrates that she's quite capable of dispatching aliens herself, and admits she finds the MIB job interesting, she becomes Agent J's new partner after J neutralizes Agent K, allowing him to retire, and takes over K's job.]]
** After James has a close encounter with an alien assassin, Agent K recruits him into the Men in Black organization and gives him a tour of the facilities.
** Then, at the end of the film,
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* YouAreNotReady: Jay (still known as James Edwards at the moment) tells Kay that he chose him so he needs to respect the skills and he doesn't want to be called any nicknames like "son" or "kid" or "sport".
-->'''Kay:''' Cool, whatever you say, slick, but I need to tell you something about all your skills. As of right now, they mean precisely... ''[they arrive at a massive company floor teeming with aliens]'' dick.
-->'''Kay:''' Cool, whatever you say, slick, but I need to tell you something about all your skills. As of right now, they mean precisely... ''[they arrive at a massive company floor teeming with aliens]'' dick.
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* YouAreNotReady: Jay J (still known as James Edwards at the moment) tells Kay K that he chose him so he needs to respect the skills and he doesn't want to be called any nicknames like "son" or "kid" or "sport".
-->'''Kay:''' -->'''K:''' Cool, whatever you say, slick, but I need to tell you something about all your skills. As of right now, they mean precisely... ''[they arrive at a massive company floor teeming with aliens]'' dick.
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* ClueOfFewWords: the dying alien struggles to say the words "Orion's Belt" before he perishes, leaving the agents to wonder what he was referring to.
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* ContemptCrossfire: The cephalopoid J chases is not only on the run from the NYPD, but knows that if his boss, the Bug, finds him, he'll kill him too. J lampshades it by saying that the cephalopoid is "pissing everybody off."
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* WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: K is a cynical white veteran of the MIB, and he specifically recruits J, a gung-ho black NYPD officer, because of his subversive attitude and outside-the-box mindset.
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* SaltAndPepper: Agent J, played by Creator/WillSmith, and Agent K, played by Creator/TommyLeeJones, are partners. Kay exhibits a very serious demeanor, rarely joking or smiling and giving very matter-of-fact responses. Jay has an energetic, enthusiastic attitude and refusal to strictly follow authority that Kay admired when he first met NYPD officer James Edwards who would become Agent J.
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** J and K get covered in bug guts after K blows him in half, then again after Laurel blasts the rest of him.
** J and K get covered in bug guts after K blows him in half, then again after Laurel blasts the rest of him.
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--->'''Zed''': He's got a real problem with authority.\\
'''K''': So do I.
'''K''': So do I.
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* GasLeakCoverup
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* GasLeakCoverupGasLeakCoverup:
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---> '''Agent K:''' The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
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--->'''Kay''': I'm serious, fellas, you're lucky to be alive after a blast like that.
--->'''INS Agent Janus''': What blast?
--->'''Kay''': Underground gas main, genius! You fellas need to exercise a lot more caution before discharging your firearms, I'll tell you that much right now. Especially you. ''[points at Janus, who is covered in alien viscera.]''
--->'''INS Agent Janus''': What blast?
--->'''Kay''': Underground gas main, genius! You fellas need to exercise a lot more caution before discharging your firearms, I'll tell you that much right now. Especially you. ''[points at Janus, who is covered in alien viscera.]''
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'''Kay:''' Underground gas main, genius! You fellas need to exercise a lot more caution before discharging your firearms, I'll tell you that much right now. Especially you. ''[points at Janus, who is covered in alien
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'''D''': I'll tell you, Kay... I will miss the chase. I will miss the chase.\\
'''K''': No, Dee. You won't. ''[neuralyzes him]''\\
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'''K''': No, Dee. You won't. ''[neuralyzes him]''\\
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'''K''': See you around, Jay.\\
'''J''': No. You won't. [[spoiler: ''[neuralyzes him]'']]
'''J''': No. You won't. [[spoiler: ''[neuralyzes him]'']]
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'''Edwards (sheepishly)''': [[ToughRoom Y'all ain't laughing, though...]]
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-->'''Edgar''': I'll put my hands... on... my head... like ''this''!?
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-->'''Kay''': I don't suppose you know what kind of alien life form leaves a green spectral trail and craves sugar water, do you?\\
'''Jay''': Uh, wait, that was on "Final Series/{{Jeopardy}}" last night. Damn, Alex said...
'''Jay''': Uh, wait, that was on "Final Series/{{Jeopardy}}" last night. Damn, Alex said...
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* StealthInsult
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* StealthInsultStealthInsult:
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---> '''Zed:''' Congratulations, you're everything we've come to expect from years of government training.[[note]]inadequate[[/note]]
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---> '''Overweight Cop:''' If you were ''half'' the man I was--\\
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---> '''Beatrice:''' You're not here to make fun of me again, are you?
---> '''K:''' No, ma'am, we at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we're aware of.
---> '''K:''' No, ma'am, we at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we're aware of.
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'''K:''' No, ma'am, we at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we're aware of.
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* YouAreNotReady: Jay (still known as James Edwards at the moment) tells Kay that he chose him so he needs to respect the skills and he doesn't want to be called any nicknames like "son" or "kid" or "sport."
-->'''Kay''': Cool, whatever you say, slick, but I need to tell you something about all your skills. As of right now, they mean precisely... (''they arrive at a massive company floor teeming with aliens'') dick.
-->'''Kay''': Cool, whatever you say, slick, but I need to tell you something about all your skills. As of right now, they mean precisely... (''they arrive at a massive company floor teeming with aliens'') dick.
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* YouAreNotReady: Jay (still known as James Edwards at the moment) tells Kay that he chose him so he needs to respect the skills and he doesn't want to be called any nicknames like "son" or "kid" or "sport."
-->'''Kay''':"sport".
-->'''Kay:''' Cool, whatever you say, slick, but I need to tell you something about all your skills. As of right now, they mean precisely...(''they ''[they arrive at a massive company floor teeming with aliens'') aliens]'' dick.
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* YouAreWhoYouEat: The "Edgar-suit."
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* YouAreWhoYouEat: The "Edgar-suit.""Edgar-suit".
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** In the penultimate scene, when K asks J to [[spoiler:erase his memory, K remarks that the fight with Edgar's just one of a hundred memories he doesn't want. [[Film/MenInBlack3 The third film]] [[ResolvedNoodleIncident will reveal one of these memories]].]]
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** It's implied by the reactions of MIB agents (Zed in particular) that J's not the first newbie to accidentally release the Great Attractor's orb.
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