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* {{Hypocrite}}: Sister Anne tells Dr. Harvey that she dislikes how Americans inject their culture into other people's. This is despite the fact that Sister Anne's entire purpose as a Missionary is to visit foreign lands and convince them to abandon their beliefs in favor of Christianity.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The whole plot kicks off thanks to Miko's curiosity getting the better of him, sending both him and Nukie to Earth. Miko is kidnapped shortly after this.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Sangoma banishes the twins from the village with the expectation that one will die.
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* SayMyName: A significant chunk of the film consists of Miko and Nukie saying the other's name.
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Nukie is a 1987 [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica South African]] children's movie directed by Sias Odendaal and Michael Pakleppa about the titular alien who, separated from his brother Miko, crash lands in Africa and has to enlist the aid of two twin brothers to rescue Miko from a U.S. government organization.
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* {{Bulungi}}: Nukie lands near a village in Orapi, Central Africa, complete with a witch doctor who believes Nukie to be a "bad god. They are even explicitly stated to be paranoid and uninformed, compared to Sister Anne and Dr. Harvey.
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[[FollowTheLeader Borrowing quite a bit from]] [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]], Nukie was an attempt from the South African film industry to target an international audience and... well, much like Film/SpaceMutiny, it wasn't well-received to say the ''very'' least.
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[[FollowTheLeader Borrowing quite a bit from]] [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial ''[[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]], ]]'', Nukie was an attempt from the South African film industry to target an international audience and... well, much like Film/SpaceMutiny, ''Film/SpaceMutiny'', it wasn't well-received to say the ''very'' least.
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* DeusExMachina: At the end of the movie, Toki, having reached a low point, makes a wish to the stars to be reunited with his family and the aliens Nukie and Miko. His wish gets granted.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Nukie at one point manages to regain the power to turn into a light ball to fly and gets excited like its his first time, despite have flown around in outer space in the beginning of the movie.
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* TheComputerIsYourFriend: With Miko's aid, E.D.D.I [[TookALevelInKindness becomes a lot nicer]] [[spoiler: and refuses to assist [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Rhinestone]] towards the end, even going so far as tell her "YouSuck".]]
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* TheComputerIsYourFriend: With Miko's aid, E.D.D.I [[TookALevelInKindness becomes a lot nicer]] [[spoiler: and refuses to assist [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Rhinestone]] towards the end, even going so far as tell her "YouSuck"."You suck".]]
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Corporal's actual name is never given by anyone who refers to him in the film.
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* DeusExMachina: At the end of the movie, Toki, having reached a low point, makes a wish to the stars to be reunited with his family and the aliens Nukie and Miko. His wish gets granted.
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!!''Nukie'' provides examples of:
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* DullSurprise: And how! A good example being Dr. Harvey's disinterested expression when phoned by the Space Foundation.
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Nukie is a 1987 [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica South African]] children's movie directed by Sias Odendaal and Michael Pakleppa about the titular alien who, separated from his brother Miko, crash lands in Africa and has to enlist the aid of two twin brothers to rescue Miko from a U.S. government organization.
[[FollowTheLeader Borrowing quite a bit from]] [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]], Nukie was an attempt from the South African film industry to target an international audience and... well, much like Film/SpaceMutiny, it wasn't well-received to say the ''very'' least.
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* {{Bulungi}}: Nukie lands near a village in Orapi, Central Africa, complete with a witch doctor who believes Nukie to be a "bad god. They are even explicitly stated to be paranoid and uninformed, compared to Sister Anne and Dr. Harvey.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Nukie after surviving a drop down a waterfall and exhausting himself trying to find America.]]
* FlatCharacter: Pretty much ''everyone's'' character can be summarized in a short paragraph.
* HumansAreBastards: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]; although Dr. Glynn and Dr. Rhinestone have no qualms about performing medical experiments on Miko, at least a few other U.S. government officials strongly object. Not to mention Dr. Harvey, Sister Anne and the twins Tiko and Toki are on the side of good.
* JustEatGilligan: Since Nukie and Miko still have their abilities on Earth, ''including'' turning into shooting stars and flying, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot most of their troubles could've been prevented if they just did it and reunited in space]].
* MamaBear: Sister Anne tries to come to the twins' defense and dissuade Sangoma from exiling them but to no avail.
* MasterComputer: E.D.D.I (Electronic Digital Data Intelligence)
* MightyWhitey: Dr. Harvey
* NiceGuy: Dr. Harvey. He is stated to dislike experimentation on living things and even airlifts Tiko to the village hospital to get his snake bite treated.
* SkywardScream: [[spoiler: "America! HELP US!"]]
* ShowDontTell: A pretty egregious case; a narrator explains ''most'' of what is going on whenever the film cuts back to the government headquarters and you very rarely see actual experiments happen.
* TalkingAnimal: A couple primates "speak" to Nukie because he can communicate with them... [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext for some reason]]
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: With Miko's aid, E.D.D.I [[TookALevelInKindness becomes a lot nicer]] [[spoiler: and refuses to assist [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Rhinestone]] towards the end, even going so far as tell her "YouSuck".]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Nukie
* WouldHurtAChild: Sangoma banishes the twins from the village with the expectation that one will die.
** The Corporal also attempts to shoot Toki driving off with his truck.
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Nukie is a 1987 [[UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica South African]] children's movie directed by Sias Odendaal and Michael Pakleppa about the titular alien who, separated from his brother Miko, crash lands in Africa and has to enlist the aid of two twin brothers to rescue Miko from a U.S. government organization.
[[FollowTheLeader Borrowing quite a bit from]] [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]], Nukie was an attempt from the South African film industry to target an international audience and... well, much like Film/SpaceMutiny, it wasn't well-received to say the ''very'' least.
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* {{Bulungi}}: Nukie lands near a village in Orapi, Central Africa, complete with a witch doctor who believes Nukie to be a "bad god. They are even explicitly stated to be paranoid and uninformed, compared to Sister Anne and Dr. Harvey.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Nukie after surviving a drop down a waterfall and exhausting himself trying to find America.]]
* FlatCharacter: Pretty much ''everyone's'' character can be summarized in a short paragraph.
* HumansAreBastards: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]; although Dr. Glynn and Dr. Rhinestone have no qualms about performing medical experiments on Miko, at least a few other U.S. government officials strongly object. Not to mention Dr. Harvey, Sister Anne and the twins Tiko and Toki are on the side of good.
* JustEatGilligan: Since Nukie and Miko still have their abilities on Earth, ''including'' turning into shooting stars and flying, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot most of their troubles could've been prevented if they just did it and reunited in space]].
* MamaBear: Sister Anne tries to come to the twins' defense and dissuade Sangoma from exiling them but to no avail.
* MasterComputer: E.D.D.I (Electronic Digital Data Intelligence)
* MightyWhitey: Dr. Harvey
* NiceGuy: Dr. Harvey. He is stated to dislike experimentation on living things and even airlifts Tiko to the village hospital to get his snake bite treated.
* SkywardScream: [[spoiler: "America! HELP US!"]]
* ShowDontTell: A pretty egregious case; a narrator explains ''most'' of what is going on whenever the film cuts back to the government headquarters and you very rarely see actual experiments happen.
* TalkingAnimal: A couple primates "speak" to Nukie because he can communicate with them... [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext for some reason]]
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: With Miko's aid, E.D.D.I [[TookALevelInKindness becomes a lot nicer]] [[spoiler: and refuses to assist [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Rhinestone]] towards the end, even going so far as tell her "YouSuck".]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Nukie
* WouldHurtAChild: Sangoma banishes the twins from the village with the expectation that one will die.
** The Corporal also attempts to shoot Toki driving off with his truck.
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