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The aliens land and meet with the police, the pilot and an army colonel and belittle the humans for their "''stupid'' minds! Stupid, ''stupid''!" The head alien, [[SadlyMythtaken Eros]], explains that humanity will "stumble across" a way to explode [[UnitConfusion particles of sunlight]], thus eventually destroying the universe. The movie climaxes with a fight between Eros and the pilot, followed by the spaceship taking off and exploding in mid air, leaving the reanimated corpses as skeletons. As they leave, Criswell says:
->''My friend, you have seen this incident based on sworn testimony. Can you prove that it didn't happen? Perhaps on your way home, you will pass someone in the dark, and you will never know it, for they will be from outer space. Many scientists believe that another world is watching us this moment. We once laughed at the horseless carriage, the aeroplane, the telephone, the electric light, vitamins, radio, and even television! And now some of us laugh at outer space. God help us... in the future.''
Every year, at the 24-hour film festival known as B-Fest, this movie is screened at midnight. There are a set of AudienceParticipation actions a la ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' that are performed with the film (yelling "DAY!" for day shots, "NIGHT!" for night shots, "NOT BELA!" for Bela's replacement, "BANG" whenever [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety someone displays poor firearm safety]], etc.).
->''My friend, you have seen this incident based on sworn testimony. Can you prove that it didn't happen? Perhaps on your way home, you will pass someone in the dark, and you will never know it, for they will be from outer space. Many scientists believe that another world is watching us this moment. We once laughed at the horseless carriage, the aeroplane, the telephone, the electric light, vitamins, radio, and even television! And now some of us laugh at outer space. God help us... in the future.''
Every year, at the 24-hour film festival known as B-Fest, this movie is screened at midnight. There are a set of AudienceParticipation actions a la ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' that are performed with the film (yelling "DAY!" for day shots, "NIGHT!" for night shots, "NOT BELA!" for Bela's replacement, "BANG" whenever [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety someone displays poor firearm safety]], etc.).
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The aliens land and meet with the police, the pilot and an army colonel and belittle the humans for their "''stupid'' minds! Stupid, ''stupid''!" The head alien, [[SadlyMythtaken Eros]], explains that humanity will "stumble across" a way to explode [[UnitConfusion particles of sunlight]], thus eventually destroying the universe. The movie climaxes with a fight between Eros and the pilot, followed by the spaceship taking off and exploding in mid air, leaving the reanimated corpses as skeletons. As they leave, Criswell says:
->''My friend, you have seen this incident based on sworn testimony. Can you prove that it didn't happen? Perhaps on your way home, you will pass someone in the dark, and you will never know it,returns for they will be from outer space. Many scientists believe that another world is watching us this moment. We once laughed at the horseless carriage, the aeroplane, the telephone, the electric light, vitamins, radio, and even television! And now some of us laugh at outer space. God help us... in the future.''
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Naturally, given its reputation, it has grown a large cult following. Every year, at the 24-hour film festival known as B-Fest, this movie is screened at midnight. There are a set of AudienceParticipation actions a la ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' that are performed with the film (yelling "DAY!" for day shots, "NIGHT!" for night shots, "NOT BELA!" for Bela's replacement, "BANG" whenever [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety someone displays poor firearm safety]], etc.).
). Because of SmallReferencePools, ''Plan 9 from Outer Space'' is frequently used as a shorthand for "really bad movie", especially by film critics. For example, a movie review might read "[Good movie] is ''Plan 9'' compared to [excellent movie]."
->''My friend, you have seen this incident based on sworn testimony. Can you prove that it didn't happen? Perhaps on your way home, you will pass someone in the dark, and you will never know it,
Naturally, given its reputation, it has grown a large cult following. Every year, at the 24-hour film festival known as B-Fest, this movie is screened at midnight. There are a set of AudienceParticipation actions a la ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' that are performed with the film (yelling "DAY!" for day shots, "NIGHT!" for night shots, "NOT BELA!" for Bela's replacement, "BANG" whenever [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety someone displays poor firearm safety]], etc.
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->''My friend, you have seen this incident based on sworn testimony. Can you prove that it didn't happen? Perhaps on your way home, you will pass someone in the dark, and you will never know it, for they will be from outer space. Many scientists believe that another world is watching us this moment. We once laughed at the horseless carriage, the aeroplane, the telephone, the electric light, vitamins, radio, and even television! And now some of us laugh at outer space. God help us... in the future.''
->''My friend, you have seen this incident based on sworn testimony. Can you prove that it didn't happen? Perhaps on your way home, you will pass someone in the dark, and you will never know it, for they will be from outer space. Many scientists believe that another world is watching us this moment. We once laughed at the horseless carriage, the aeroplane, the telephone, the electric light, vitamins, radio, and even television! And now some of us laugh at outer space. God help us... in the future.''
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* OneDimensionalThinking: The reason Detective Clay died.
* LeftItIn: The actor playing Mr. Trent blows his line while revealing to his wife that he saw a flying saucer. The line is supposed to be, "they're here, that's fact" but he says "they here" instead, but he was not asked to do the line over so the mistake made the final cut of the film.
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* OneDimensionalThinking: The reason Detective Clay died.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: When Mr. Trent is saying goodbye to Mrs. Trent before he's off on his next flight, he likely says, "you know, I do love you, darling" but since the actor doesn't really open his mouth and enunciate and he says the words fairly fast, the Rifftrax guys heard the line as "I'm gon' do Lovey Town" instead. They're not wrong; the line is extremely hard to understand since he basically murmurs it and the boom mic or mic he was possibly wearing does not pick the sound up properly, resulting in unintentional hilarity.
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* TapOnTheHead: Since it was the 50s and this was a no budget project, it was probably too hard for them to figure out how to make any hits or blows look real, so most of the hits very obvious don't connect in the brief fight scenes in the movie. The worst example by far is when zombie Clay comes for Mrs. Trent in the car. He basically lifts his arms and kind of ''mushes'' the cop to the ground without an obvious slap or punch or bludgeoning motion, so it actually ends up looking unintentionally hilarious when it happens.
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* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes: "Report to me in two earth days."
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* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes: "Report to me in two earth Earth days."
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* CuteButCacophonic: Mrs. Trent is quite pretty, but she has a rather shrill, nasal voice and she spends most of her scenes in the second and third act screaming her head off, even fainting twice. The most noticeable moment is after they have all gathered in the cemetery to inspect the noises and flashes of light and the men want to leave her in the car, she says, "and stay here all alone?" and you can truly hear how nasal her voice happens to be.
* DamselInDistress: Mrs. Trent winds up menaced twice; the first time by the old man zombie (Bela's character) wandering into her home after she didn't think to lock the side door and later again in the third act when the men have gone to the cemetery to inspect the noise and flashes of light, and Clay as a zombie kidnaps her after, uh, [[TapOnTheHead dispatching]] the cop left behind to watch her. She is eventually rescued by the two cops who come looking for answers as well in the cemetery.
* DamselInDistress: Mrs. Trent winds up menaced twice; the first time by the old man zombie (Bela's character) wandering into her home after she didn't think to lock the side door and later again in the third act when the men have gone to the cemetery to inspect the noise and flashes of light, and Clay as a zombie kidnaps her after, uh, [[TapOnTheHead dispatching]] the cop left behind to watch her. She is eventually rescued by the two cops who come looking for answers as well in the cemetery.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: "Atmospheric conditions in outer space"
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: ArtisticLicensePhysics:
** "Atmospheric conditions in outerspace"space"
** "A ray of sunlight is made up of ''many'' atoms!" No, it really isn't. Sunlight is made up of ''photons'', elementary particles consisting of waves of electromagnetic radiation. Some of these photons are in the wavelengths of visible light (2 to 2.75 eV), giving us daylight, while other, high-energy photons are in the wavelengths of UV radiation (3 to 124 eV), which causes sunburns and skin cancer. It also contains some infrared, which is non-ionizing. Even in 1959, photons were known and understood to exist.
** "Atmospheric conditions in outer
** "A ray of sunlight is made up of ''many'' atoms!" No, it really isn't. Sunlight is made up of ''photons'', elementary particles consisting of waves of electromagnetic radiation. Some of these photons are in the wavelengths of visible light (2 to 2.75 eV), giving us daylight, while other, high-energy photons are in the wavelengths of UV radiation (3 to 124 eV), which causes sunburns and skin cancer. It also contains some infrared, which is non-ionizing. Even in 1959, photons were known and understood to exist.
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''Plan 9 from Outer Space'' is a 1959 American black-and-white science fiction horror film written, produced, directed and edited by Creator/EdWood that was to change the world irrevocably, resurrect Creator/BelaLugosi's ailing film career and be known forever as the greatest motion picture of all time. As it turned out however, Bela Lugosi was {{dead|StarWalking}}, and Ed Wood was [[GiftedlyBad a man of unlimited drive and determination but absolutely no talent]] as a writer or director, so much so that the end product he made is often considered [[SoBadItsGood the worst movie of all time]]. But hey -- in this case, one out of three ain't bad.
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''Plan 9 from Outer Space'' is a 1959 American black-and-white science fiction horror film written, produced, directed and edited by Creator/EdWood that was to change the world irrevocably, resurrect Creator/BelaLugosi's ailing film career and be known forever as the greatest motion picture of all time. As it turned out however, Bela Lugosi was {{dead|StarWalking}}, {{dead|StarWalking}} and Ed Wood was [[GiftedlyBad a man of unlimited drive and determination but absolutely no talent]] as a writer or director, so much so that the end product he made is often considered [[SoBadItsGood the worst movie of all time]]. But hey -- in this case, one out of three ain't bad.
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* ShownTheirWork: or maybe TruthInTelevision[[note]]If you want to play fast-and-loose with the definition of "Truth"[[/note]]. Jeff describing the sauces as "cigar shaped." Pilots who clamed to have seen [=UFOs=] while flying describe them that way because that is what a saucer looks like when viewed from the side.
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* ShownTheirWork: or maybe TruthInTelevision[[note]]If you want to play fast-and-loose with the definition of "Truth"[[/note]]. Jeff describing the sauces as "cigar shaped." Pilots who clamed claimed to have seen [=UFOs=] while flying describe them that way because that is what a saucer looks like when viewed from the side.
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** Turner Classic Movies has since produced a fully restored print in the original 1.85:1 ratio, with the stock footage elements slightly reframed to fit better.
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** Turner Classic Movies Creator/TurnerClassicMovies has since produced a fully restored print in the original 1.85:1 ratio, with the stock footage elements slightly reframed to fit better.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Yes, the Ruler resorts to some pretty drastic and violent tactics, but he genuinely believes he's saving the universe from destruction and laments having to use such methods after a more peaceful approach failed.
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* FakeShemp: One of the most notorious and badly done examples of this trope in the history of film. Bela Lugosi is replaced by a taller and ''very'' obvious double that does not resemble him in any way.
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* FakeShemp: One of the most notorious and badly done examples of this trope in the history of film. Bela Lugosi is replaced by a taller and ''very'' obvious double (Tom Mason, the chiropractor of Wood's wife) that does not resemble him in any way.
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* ItsAlwaysSunnyAtFunerals: The opening scene, with the wife of the old man (Legosi) being buried.
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* ItsAlwaysSunnyAtFunerals: The opening scene, with the wife of the old man (Legosi) (Bela Lugosi) being buried.
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* AspectRatioSwitch: Unintentionally. The film has never been released on video in its proper 1.85:1 aspect ratio, due to the fact that Ed Wood failed to realize neither the glut of 1940s stock footage he incorporated or the Lugosi scenes he shot himself, were framed for widescreen (they actually ''predate'' widescreen). As a result, when the film screened theatrically, the stock footage was horribly cropped. Of course, the 1.33:1 ratio used on home video instead means we see more that Wood intended to, like the infamous VisibleBoomMic and various prop edges.
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* AspectRatioSwitch: Unintentionally. The film has never been released on video in its proper 1.85:1 aspect ratio, due to the fact that Ed Wood failed to realize neither the glut of 1940s stock footage he incorporated or the Lugosi scenes he shot himself, were framed for widescreen (they actually ''predate'' widescreen). As a result, when the film screened theatrically, the stock footage was horribly cropped. Of course, the 1.33:1 ratio used on home video instead means we see more that than Wood intended to, like the infamous VisibleBoomMic and various prop edges.
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Contrast with ''Film/CitizenKane'', which is often considered the greatest movie of all time by film scholars (though Creator/TimBurton actually dared to ''compare'' ''Plan 9'' with ''Film/TouchOfEvil'' in ''Film/EdWood'').[[note]]To be fair, he was comparing the same moviemaking difficulties, such as producer-enforced casting decisions.[[/note]] Not to be confused with the {{Creator/Konami}} AdventureGame based on the [[http://www.mobygames.com/game/plan-9-from-outer-space movie.]] If you're looking for the webcomic about a rock band called [=Plan9=], who named themselves after this film, go '''[[Webcomic/NineteenSeventySevenTheComic here]]'''.
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Contrast with ''Film/CitizenKane'', which is often considered the greatest movie of all time by film scholars (though Creator/TimBurton actually dared to ''compare'' ''Plan 9'' with ''Film/TouchOfEvil'' in ''Film/EdWood'').[[note]]To ''Film/EdWood''[[note]]To be fair, he was comparing the same moviemaking difficulties, such as producer-enforced casting decisions.[[/note]] [[/note]]). Not to be confused with the {{Creator/Konami}} AdventureGame based on the [[http://www.mobygames.com/game/plan-9-from-outer-space movie.]] If you're looking for the webcomic about a rock band called [=Plan9=], who named themselves after this film, go '''[[Webcomic/NineteenSeventySevenTheComic here]]'''.
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''Plan 9 from Outer Space'' is a 1959 American black-and-white science fiction horror film written, produced, directed and edited by Creator/EdWood that was to change the world irrevocably, resurrect Creator/BelaLugosi's ailing film career and be known forever as the greatest motion picture of all time. As it turned out however, Bela Lugosi was {{dead|StarWalking}}, while Ed Wood was [[GiftedlyBad a man of unlimited drive and determination, but had absolutely no talent]] as a writer or director. But for just those qualities, it is often considered [[SoBadItsGood the worst movie of all time]]. Hey, in this case, one out of three ain't bad.
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''Plan 9 from Outer Space'' is a 1959 American black-and-white science fiction horror film written, produced, directed and edited by Creator/EdWood that was to change the world irrevocably, resurrect Creator/BelaLugosi's ailing film career and be known forever as the greatest motion picture of all time. As it turned out however, Bela Lugosi was {{dead|StarWalking}}, while and Ed Wood was [[GiftedlyBad a man of unlimited drive and determination, determination but had absolutely no talent]] as a writer or director. But for just those qualities, it director, so much so that the end product he made is often considered [[SoBadItsGood the worst movie of all time]]. Hey, But hey -- in this case, one out of three ain't bad.
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Every year, at the 24-hour film festival known as B-Fest, this movie is screened at midnight. There are a set of actions a la ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' that are performed with the film (yelling "DAY!" for day shots, "NIGHT!" for night shots, "NOT BELA!" for Bela's replacement, "BANG" whenever [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety someone displays poor firearm safety]], etc.).
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Every year, at the 24-hour film festival known as B-Fest, this movie is screened at midnight. There are a set of AudienceParticipation actions a la ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' that are performed with the film (yelling "DAY!" for day shots, "NIGHT!" for night shots, "NOT BELA!" for Bela's replacement, "BANG" whenever [[ArtisticLicenseGunSafety someone displays poor firearm safety]], etc.).
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Due to SmallReferencePools, ''Plan Nine From Outer Space'' is frequently used as a shorthand for "really bad movie", especially by film critics. For example, a movie review might read "''Good Movie'' is ''Plan Nine'' compared with ''Excellent Movie''."
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Due to SmallReferencePools, ''Plan Nine From 9 from Outer Space'' is frequently used as a shorthand for "really bad movie", especially by film critics. For example, a movie review might read "''Good Movie'' "[Good movie] is ''Plan Nine'' 9'' compared with ''Excellent Movie''.to [excellent movie]."
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I don't think Baby Geniuses is as infamous as the rest of these.
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Before there was ''Film/TheRoom2003'', ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'', ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'', the collected works of Creator/UweBoll, ''Film/BabyGeniuses'', ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', or even ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'', '''this''' was the golden standard in bad filmmaking.
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Before there was ''Film/TheRoom2003'', ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'', ''Film/{{The Room|2003}}'', ''Film/Troll2'', ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'', the collected works of Creator/UweBoll, ''Film/BabyGeniuses'', ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', or even ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'', '''this''' was the golden standard in bad filmmaking.
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Before there was ''Film/TheRoom'', ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'', ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'', the collected works of Creator/UweBoll, ''Film/BabyGeniuses'', ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', or even ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'', '''this''' was the golden standard in bad filmmaking.
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Before there was ''Film/TheRoom'', ''Film/TheRoom2003'', ''Film/{{Troll 2}}'', ''Film/{{Birdemic}}'', the collected works of Creator/UweBoll, ''Film/BabyGeniuses'', ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', or even ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'', '''this''' was the golden standard in bad filmmaking.
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* BenevolentAlienInvasion: Downplayed; the aliens are not evil, they come to earth to warn humans not to abuse the "solaranite" which could destroy the whole universe. Their methods of doing so, however, are... questionable.
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* BenevolentAlienInvasion: Downplayed; the aliens are not evil, they come to earth to warn humans not to abuse the "solaranite" which could destroy the whole universe. Their methods of doing so, however, are... questionable. Ultimately, it's very hard to say whether Wood intended them to be in the right or not.
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* CampGay: The alien leader, played by Bunny Breckinridge, who was in fact openly gay. Also Eros, played by Dudley Manlove.
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* CampGay: The alien leader, played by Bunny Breckinridge, who was in fact openly gay. Also Eros, played by gay - though today would probably have identified as a trans woman.
** CampStraight: DudleyManlove.Manlove, who plays Eros, was heterosexual as far as we know, but his performance here is ''extremely'' camp. Being named "Manlove" doesn't help.
** CampStraight: Dudley
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* DanBrowned: ''Anybody'', but in particular, physicists: "A ray of sunlight is made up of ''many'' atoms!"
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What are the crew of the other two saucers doing? Where did they go?
