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%%* LookBothWays: "If only Captain Bipto had known!"
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-->"So ''that's'' the secret! If only Captain Bipto had known!"
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--> '''Pez:''' 'Prepare to die, Earth Scum. Prepare to die, Earth Scum!' I hope they write that on your tombstone!
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--> '''Pez:''' 'Prepare "Prepare to die, Earth Scum. Prepare to die, Earth Scum!' Scum!" I hope they write that on your tombstone!
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--> '''Pez:''' "'Prepare to die, Earth Scum. Prepare to die, Earth Scum!' I hope they write that on your tombstone!"
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--> '''Pez:''' "'Prepare 'Prepare to die, Earth Scum. Prepare to die, Earth Scum!' I hope they write that on your tombstone!"tombstone!
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** And to StarWars: "Never tell me the decimals".
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** And to StarWars: ''Franchise/StarWars'': "Never tell me the decimals".decimals."
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** For all the enforcer drones' menacing qualities, they're about as competent as a bag of bricks with the intelligence to match. One drone is defeated when Wrenchmuller poses as the [[BavarianFireDrill ambassador of Earth]] and convinces the drone that it has won an award for being generally awesome and he presents it with a lit stick of dynamite.
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** For all the enforcer drones' Enforcer Drones' menacing qualities, they're about as competent as a bag of bricks with the intelligence to match. One drone is defeated when Wrenchmuller poses as the [[BavarianFireDrill ambassador of Earth]] and convinces the drone that it has won an award for being generally awesome and he presents it with a lit stick of dynamite.
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** Klembecker for the humans. In the beginning, he comes across more like a car salesman. But once he puts on his Hulk Hogan costume, he is loud, obnoxious, and incredibly trigger-happy.
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** Klembecker for the humans. In the beginning, he comes across as more like a car salesman. But once he puts on his Hulk Hogan costume, he is loud, obnoxious, and incredibly trigger-happy.
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* DistressCall: One from the lead ship of the Martian battle group catches attention from Bipto's patrol ship way back in the Sol System. Played with since the patrol ship doesn't know where it came from and have to start scanning for additional signal. They then pick up ''War of the World'' and mistake it for a human DistressCall. The trope is then immediately subverted in that they don't want to send aid; they think that the battle group went to Earth and decide to ''join'' their fleet in conquering humanity.
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--> '''Russel Pillsbury:''' ''([[{{Beat}} beat]])'' This happened a ''lot'' in Chicago?
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--> '''Russel Pillsbury:''' ''([[{{Beat}} beat]])'' ''({{beat}})'' This happened a ''lot'' in Chicago?
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* {{Expy}}: Blaznee is an Expy of Creator/JackNicholson while Giggywig is one of Creator/JohnCleese.
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* HerrDoktor: Doctor Ziplock.
* HumongousMecha: The Farmzoid.
* IGotARock
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* LargeHam: Pretty much anyone on the Martians' side of the issue. Lieutenant Giggywig is constantly spouting typical invader lines and, at one point, imitates [[Film/{{Patton}} General Patton]]. Captain Bipto is just a few shades under him. [[{{Expy}} Blaznee]] might as well ''be'' Creator/JackNicholson. Doctor Ziplock is a consistent critic on how [[JugglingLoadedGuns his fellows handle weapons]], and his target is usually [[StuffBlowingUp Pez]]. After Bipto takes control of him, Vern's personality takes on a combination of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Lieutenant Commander Data]] and a game show host. And the Enforcer drone seems to channel [[StarWars Darth Vader]] in both appearance ''and'' [[YouHaveFailedMe attitude]].
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* LargeHam: Pretty much anyone on the Martians' side of the issue. Lieutenant Giggywig is constantly spouting typical invader lines and, at one point, imitates [[Film/{{Patton}} General Patton]]. Captain Bipto is just a few shades under him. [[{{Expy}} Blaznee]] might as well ''be'' Creator/JackNicholson. Doctor Ziplock is a consistent critic on how [[JugglingLoadedGuns his fellows handle weapons]], and his target is usually [[StuffBlowingUp Pez]]. After Bipto takes control of him, Vern's personality takes on a combination of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Lieutenant Commander Data]] and a game show host. And the Enforcer drone seems to channel [[StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] in both appearance ''and'' [[YouHaveFailedMe attitude]].
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* LittleGreenMen: Lampshaded.
* LookBothWays: "If only Captain Bipto had known!"
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* [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood Not Evil, Just... Stupid]]: Kathy's evaluation of the Martians.
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** Klembecker asks Vern about his Cadillac toward the beginning of the movie. Later, Wrenchmuller swipes the clearly-labeled keys with a smirk, in a desperate bid to get back to his farm, drives the Cadillac through a cornfield. At the end of the movie, with his truck smashed, Klembecker is forced to drive the trashed Cadillac out to Wrenchmuller's.
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* BrickJoke: Wrenchmuller's trap. Blaznee doesn't fall for it, but he tricks Russel into triggering it later.
*** Including the ship, causing Blaznee to panic.
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* PossessionImpliesMasteryPossessionImpliesMastery: Averted by the five Martians; half of the time, they are bumbling around with their own technology and causing chaos. Blaznee seems to be the only one with any idea of how Martian technology works (he spends most of the movie fixing the ship), and he still comes up short when all five of them fail to assemble the D.O.D. the right way.
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** Blaznee is this for the martians. He suspects something is wrong from the very beginning, but nobody listens to him.
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** Blaznee is this for the martians.Martians. He suspects something is wrong from the very beginning, but nobody listens to him.
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* ToiletHumor: To lighten the load as they take off, the martians empty their septic tank. The contents turn out to be a super fertilizer that cause Wrenchmuller's crops to grow enormously overnight.
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* ToiletHumor: To lighten the load as they take off, the martians Martians empty their septic tank. The contents turn out to be a super fertilizer that cause Wrenchmuller's crops to grow enormously overnight.
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* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: The commander of the martians sends a message throuh hijacked TV waves:
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* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: The commander of the martians Martians sends a message throuh through hijacked TV waves:
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* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: The commander of the martians sends a message throuh hijacked TV waves:
--->"Surrender peacefully, so we can execute you in orderly fashion!"
* {{WPUN}}: The local radio station that broadcasts the ''War of the Worlds'' show and causes this whole mess is called WELZ, after Orson Wells.
--->"Surrender peacefully, so we can execute you in orderly fashion!"
* {{WPUN}}: The local radio station that broadcasts the ''War of the Worlds'' show and causes this whole mess is called WELZ, after Orson Wells.
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* AllHallowsEve: The film takes place on Halloween.
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* HalloweenEpisode: The film takes place on Halloween.
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-->'''Russel:''' I've just made a serious mistake. ''(listens to the overhead noises)'' Haven't I.
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-->'''Russel:''' I've just made a serious mistake. ''(listens to the overhead noises)'' Haven't I.I?
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-->'''Martian Soldier:''' Now would be a great time to start.start!
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** For all the enforcer drones' menacing qualities, they're about as competent as a bag of bricks with the intelligence to match. One drone is defeated when Wrenchmuller poses as the [[BavarianFireDrill ambassador of Earth]] and convinces the drone that it has won an award for being generally awesome and he [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome presents it with a lit stick of dynamite.]]
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** For all the enforcer drones' menacing qualities, they're about as competent as a bag of bricks with the intelligence to match. One drone is defeated when Wrenchmuller poses as the [[BavarianFireDrill ambassador of Earth]] and convinces the drone that it has won an award for being generally awesome and he [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome presents it with a lit stick of dynamite.]]
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-->'''Blaznee:''' [[WhyCantYouSayGoodNight Ain't life a bitch]]?
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-->'''Blaznee:''' [[WhyCantYouSayGoodNight Ain't life a bitch]]?bitch?
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* ABoyAndHisX: Kathy is very quick to wrest possession of the Help-in-a-Can droid from Brian. It decides to stick around for a while.
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A 1990 sci-fi/comedy film in which the idiotic crew of a small Martian spaceship overhear a Halloween re-broadcast of Creator/OrsonWelles' seminal ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' radio-play, leading them to "invade" the small town of Big Bean. Illinois. All [[HamAndCheese very cheesy]].
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A 1990 sci-fi/comedy film in which the idiotic crew of a small Martian spaceship overhear a Halloween re-broadcast of Creator/OrsonWelles' seminal ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' radio-play, leading them to "invade" the small town of Big Bean. Bean, Illinois. All [[HamAndCheese very cheesy]].
* AliensInCardiff: The plot being an (attempted) alien invasion deep within the Illinois farmland.
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* AliensStealCableAliensStealCable: The whole mess happens because the ship intercepts a radio broadcast of ''War of the Worlds''.
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* BackFromTheBrinkBackFromTheBrink: Wrenchmuller was going to lose his farm come the morning. The results of a single wild night helps him keep it.
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* JugglingLoadedGuns: Both the Martians ''and'' the humans have issues.
** Pez doesn't realize that it's a bad idea to fire a weapon called a "heat-seeking Annihilator" inside a small motor vehicle (his only saving grace being he aimed it out an open window). Twice more, the Martians fire weapons stupidly: neither do they understand their weapons nor do they really realize ''what'' they're firing at.
** Meanwhile, when the townspeople of Big Bean posse up, they are constantly firing weapons in the background as they hunt down the Martians. Casualties include [[ThatPoorCat a cat]] and a rabbit, both of which were shot at under the mistaken belief that they were Martians.
** Pez doesn't realize that it's a bad idea to fire a weapon called a "heat-seeking Annihilator" inside a small motor vehicle (his only saving grace being he aimed it out an open window). Twice more, the Martians fire weapons stupidly: neither do they understand their weapons nor do they really realize ''what'' they're firing at.
** Meanwhile, when the townspeople of Big Bean posse up, they are constantly firing weapons in the background as they hunt down the Martians. Casualties include [[ThatPoorCat a cat]] and a rabbit, both of which were shot at under the mistaken belief that they were Martians.
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** Klembecker for the humans. In the beginning, he comes across more like a car salesman. But once he puts on his Hulk Hogan costume, he is loud, obnoxious, and incredibly trigger-happy.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The Martian invasion winds up costing [[JerkAss Klembecker]]. His truck is smashed by Vern's Farmzoid and his Cadillac, after being swiped by Wrenchmuller, is messed up after being driven through a field (the results of which can be seen at the end of the movie), and it's indicated that he prizes both vehicles. In addition, [[spoiler:he is denied his right to kick Wrenchmuller off his property due to the fertile effects of Martian dookie on Wrenchmuller's crop.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: The Martian invasion winds up costing [[JerkAss Klembecker]]. His truck is smashed by Vern's Farmzoid and his Cadillac, after being swiped by Wrenchmuller, is messed up after being driven through a field (the results of which can be seen at the end of the movie), and it's indicated that he prizes both vehicles. In addition, [[spoiler:he is denied his right to kick Wrenchmuller off his property due to the fertile effects of Martian dookie on Wrenchmuller's crop.]]
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** "What the hell is that?" - Used by one of the background townspeople throughout the movie. Becomes [[OhCrap "I don't care what the hell that thing is"]] when the Farmzoid shows up.
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** "What the hell is that?" that thing?" - Used by one of the background townspeople throughout the movie. Becomes [[OhCrap "I don't care what the hell that thing is"]] when the Farmzoid shows up.
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Not to confuse with ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''.
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Not to confuse be confused with ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders''.
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** "What the hell is that?" - Used by one of the background townspeople throughout the movie. Becomes [[OhCrap "I don't care what the hell that thing is"]] when the Farmzoid shows up.
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** Sheriff Hoxly also runs into this when trying to contact the appropriate authorities. Instead of taking the call seriously, the operator on the other end comments on "... an almost unlimited number of listings for 'psychiatrist'".
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* CarFu: When Blaznee sees the enforcer drone flying at him while he's trying to fix the ship, he panics and pulls a control stick on his console. The ship's engine fires, and the enforcer drone bounces off the dome and lands in a nearby field with a thud and an audible "Ow!"
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* MeanwhileBackAtTheMeanwhileBackAtThe: Blaznee comments "Meanwhile, elsewhere on the planet..." before switching on the radio to listen to more ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds''. [[OhCrap To his horror, that's when he discovers that there is no "elsewhere" for his crew.]]
** When Ziplock, Pez, and Giggywig are done laughing at their big mistake, they realize that they need to get the hell off Earth fast. So Giggywig activates the Distress-O-Matic. Cue every piece of Martian technology flipping out and trying to get to the device as fast as possible.
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** Ziplock fires something which resembles a cannon. Four of them scream "Hit the dirt!" Captain Bipto is the only one to respond with a confused "What?"
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** Ziplock fires something which resembles a cannon. Four Three of them scream "Hit the dirt!" Captain Bipto is the only one to respond with a confused "What?"
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-->'''Wrenchmuller:''' You can just say your prayers...
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-->'''Wrenchmuller:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner You can just say your prayers...]]
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--> '''Pez:''' "'Prepare to die, Earth Scum. Prepare to die, Earth Scum!' I hope they write that on your tombstone!"
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* GrumpyOldMan[=/=]CoolOldGuy: Old man Wrenchmuller, who's also quite GenreSavvy.
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* ShoutOut: Several to ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', and a particular subtle one to an [[SpaceInvaders old video game]].
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* {{Expy}}: Blaznee is an Expy of JackNicholson while Giggywig is one of Creator/JohnCleese.
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* LargeHam: Pretty much anyone on the Martians' side of the issue. Lieutenant Giggywig is constantly spouting typical invader lines and, at one point, imitates [[Film/{{Patton}} General Patton]]. Captain Bipto is just a few shades under him. [[{{Expy}} Blaznee]] might as well ''be'' JackNicholson. Doctor Ziplock is a consistent critic on how [[JugglingLoadedGuns his fellows handle weapons]], and his target is usually [[StuffBlowingUp Pez]]. After Bipto takes control of him, Vern's personality takes on a combination of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Lieutenant Commander Data]] and a game show host. And the Enforcer drone seems to channel [[StarWars Darth Vader]] in both appearance ''and'' [[YouHaveFailedMe attitude]].
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* LargeHam: Pretty much anyone on the Martians' side of the issue. Lieutenant Giggywig is constantly spouting typical invader lines and, at one point, imitates [[Film/{{Patton}} General Patton]]. Captain Bipto is just a few shades under him. [[{{Expy}} Blaznee]] might as well ''be'' JackNicholson.Creator/JackNicholson. Doctor Ziplock is a consistent critic on how [[JugglingLoadedGuns his fellows handle weapons]], and his target is usually [[StuffBlowingUp Pez]]. After Bipto takes control of him, Vern's personality takes on a combination of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Lieutenant Commander Data]] and a game show host. And the Enforcer drone seems to channel [[StarWars Darth Vader]] in both appearance ''and'' [[YouHaveFailedMe attitude]].
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-->'''Martian Soldier:''' Sir, the Arcturans have destroyed the remainder of the fleet. I sent a distress signal to all ships across the galaxy, BUT we're headed straight into their sun, and our engines are about to explode.
-->'''Enforcer Drone:''' I have not yet begun to fight.
-->'''Martian Soldier:''' Now would be a great time to start.
-->'''Enforcer Drone:''' I have not yet begun to fight.
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* AllHallowsEve: The film takes place on Halloween.
