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[[caption-width-right:251:Gimme back my crystals, or I'll go tell my [[{{Pun}} mummy]].]]

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* FesteringFungus: The mummy and his sarcophagus are both infected with a fungus that rapidly destroys human tissue. [[spoiler: The final shot of the film is Seranno screaming as he's devoured alive by it after touching one of the alien's crystals.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: Many mummy puns are thrown around in the costume party.
* HeroicSacrifice: A rather odd example: upon learning [[spoiler: the mummy/alien's true nature]] [=McCadden=] ''takes a bullet'' for it when the other characters try to shoot it (it only hits him in the shoulder so he lives), even though the creature has already killed multiple people and there's basically no reason for him to care about it, let alone put his life on the line for it.
* JerkAss / HateSink: Sharpe, Rossmore and Seranno. Rossmore, in particular, is more concerned with preserving the college's (and his own) image in the media than with the fact that there seems to be a murderer about. And Seranno is perfectly willing to frame a man he knows to be innocent, for a crime he knows didn't happen, just to advance his own career.
* KarmaHoudini [[spoiler: The mummy/alien just teleports back home once it gets its crystals. Oddly, the film acts like this is a good thing, even though the mummy murdered a couple of people just for the crime of having the crystals it wanted (which they didn't even know the mummy needed) as well as murdering a janitor who didn't even have any crystals and was just in his way.]]

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* FesteringFungus: The mummy and his sarcophagus are both infected with a fungus that rapidly destroys human tissue. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The final shot of the film is Seranno screaming as he's devoured alive by it after touching one of the alien's crystals.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: Many mummy puns are thrown around in the costume party.
* HeroicSacrifice: A rather odd example: upon learning [[spoiler: the mummy/alien's true nature]] [=McCadden=] ''takes a bullet'' for it when the other characters try to shoot it (it only hits him in the shoulder so he lives), even though the creature has already killed multiple people and there's basically no reason for him to care about it, let alone put his life on the line for it.
* JerkAss /
HateSink: Sharpe, Rossmore and Seranno. Rossmore, in particular, is more concerned with preserving the college's (and his own) image in the media than with the fact that there seems to be a murderer about. And Seranno Seranno, for his part, is perfectly willing to frame a man he knows to be innocent, for a crime he knows didn't happen, just to advance his own career.
* HeroicSacrifice: A rather odd example: upon learning [[spoiler:the mummy/alien's true nature]], [=McCadden=] ''takes a bullet'' for it when the other characters try to shoot it (it only hits him in the shoulder so he lives), even though the creature has already killed multiple people and there's basically no reason for him to care about it, let alone put his life on the line for it.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Many mummy puns are thrown around in the costume party.
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KarmaHoudini [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The mummy/alien just teleports back home once it gets its crystals. Oddly, the film acts like this is a good thing, even though the mummy murdered a couple of people just for the crime of having the crystals it wanted (which they didn't even know the mummy needed) as well as murdering a janitor who didn't even have any crystals and was just in his way.]]



* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[spoiler:A mummified alien in this case]].

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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[spoiler:A mummified alien alien, in this case]].case.]]



* PsychicPowers: The mummy is shown to have telekinetic powers when it levitates one of the crystals into its hand.
** Several people would still be alive [[ForgotAboutHisPowers had the mummy used it more often]].

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* PsychicPowers: The mummy is shown to have telekinetic powers when it levitates one of the crystals into its hand.
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hand. Several people would still be alive [[ForgotAboutHisPowers had the mummy used it more often]].



* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The mummy is [[TheGreys an alien]] that was [[AncientAstronauts visiting Earth]] in the past]].

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The mummy is [[TheGreys an alien]] that was [[AncientAstronauts visiting Earth]] in the past]].past.]]



* TeacherStudentRomance: Prof. [=McCadden=] and his student Susie are shown to be romantically involved.
** Also, WhatTheHellHero: Professors and students really aren't supposed to be romantically involved.

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* TeacherStudentRomance: Prof. [=McCadden=] and his student Susie are shown to be romantically involved.
** Also, WhatTheHellHero: Professors
involved, which professors and students really aren't supposed to be romantically involved.be.
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** Several people would still be alive [[ForgotAboutHisPowers had the mummy used it more often]].
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A sarcophagus containing a {{Mummy}} is discovered in Egypt and brought back to a university for study. A student finds crystals inside and steals them to sell to other students. Meanwhile, attempts to X-ray the mummy revive it and unleash a lethal fungus. The mummy goes on a killing spree in search of the stolen crystals. But is it really a mummy?

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A sarcophagus containing a {{Mummy}} is discovered in Egypt and brought back to a university for study. A student finds crystals inside and steals them to sell to other students. Meanwhile, attempts to X-ray an overdose of x-rays revives the mummy revive it and unleash unleashes a lethal fungus. The mummy goes on a killing spree in search of the stolen crystals. But is it really a mummy?



* BodyHorror: Don't turn an X-ray onto someone infected by alien fungus, for it only makes it spread faster.

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* BodyHorror: Don't turn an X-ray onto x-ray machine on someone infected by alien fungus, for it only makes it spread faster.



* ZombieGait: Averted. This mummy is really spry for a 3000-year-old corpse, [[spoiler:which is justfied by its undetermined alien abilities]]. It still performs a traditional MenacingStroll for dramatic purposes when it confronts Susie.

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* ZombieGait: Averted. This mummy is really spry for a 3000-year-old corpse, [[spoiler:which is justfied justified by its undetermined alien abilities]]. It still performs a traditional MenacingStroll for dramatic purposes when it confronts Susie.
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* KarmaHoudini [[spoiler: The mummy/alien just teleports back home once it gets it's crystals. Oddly, the films acts like this is a good thing, even though the mummy murdered a couple of people just for the crime of having the crystals it wanted (which they didn't even know the mummy needed) as well a murdering a janitor who didn't even have any crystals and was just in his way.]]

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* KarmaHoudini [[spoiler: The mummy/alien just teleports back home once it gets it's its crystals. Oddly, the films film acts like this is a good thing, even though the mummy murdered a couple of people just for the crime of having the crystals it wanted (which they didn't even know the mummy needed) as well a as murdering a janitor who didn't even have any crystals and was just in his way.]]



* ZombieGait: Averted. This mummy is really spry for a 3000 year old corpse, [[spoiler:which is justfied by its undetermined alien abilities]]. It still performs a traditional MenacingStroll for dramatic purposes when it confronts Susie.

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* ZombieGait: Averted. This mummy is really spry for a 3000 year old 3000-year-old corpse, [[spoiler:which is justfied by its undetermined alien abilities]]. It still performs a traditional MenacingStroll for dramatic purposes when it confronts Susie.
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* RealEventFictionalCause: It's implied that the fungus was the cause of Tutankhamun's early death.
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* HeroicSacrifice: A rather odd example: upon learning [[spoiler: the mummy/alien's true nature]] McCadden ''takes a bullet'' for it when the other characters try to shoot it (it only hits him in the shoulder so he lives), even though the creature has already killed multiple people and there's basically no reason for him to care about it, let alone put his life on the line for it.

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* HeroicSacrifice: A rather odd example: upon learning [[spoiler: the mummy/alien's true nature]] McCadden [=McCadden=] ''takes a bullet'' for it when the other characters try to shoot it (it only hits him in the shoulder so he lives), even though the creature has already killed multiple people and there's basically no reason for him to care about it, let alone put his life on the line for it.
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* TakingTheBullet: After the mummy [[spoiler:reveals itself to be an alien]], [=McCadden=] takes a bullet meant for it on his shoulder.

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* TakingTheBullet: After the mummy [[spoiler:reveals itself to be an alien]], [=McCadden=] takes a bullet meant for it on in his shoulder.
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* KarmaHoudini [[spoiler: The mummy/alien just teleports back home once it gets it's crystals. Oddly, the films acts like this is a good thing, even though the mummy murdered a couple of people just for the crime of having the crystals it wanted (which they didn't even know the mummy needed) as well a murdering a janitor who didn't even have any crystals and was just in his way)]]

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* KarmaHoudini [[spoiler: The mummy/alien just teleports back home once it gets it's crystals. Oddly, the films acts like this is a good thing, even though the mummy murdered a couple of people just for the crime of having the crystals it wanted (which they didn't even know the mummy needed) as well a murdering a janitor who didn't even have any crystals and was just in his way)]]way.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: A rather odd example: upon learning [[spoiler: the mummy/alien's true nature]] McCadden ''takes a bullet'' for it when the other characters try to shoot it (it only hits him in the shoulder so he lives), even though the creature has already killed multiple people and there's basically no reason for him to care about it, let alone put his life on the line for it.


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* KarmaHoudini [[spoiler: The mummy/alien just teleports back home once it gets it's crystals. Oddly, the films acts like this is a good thing, even though the mummy murdered a couple of people just for the crime of having the crystals it wanted (which they didn't even know the mummy needed) as well a murdering a janitor who didn't even have any crystals and was just in his way)]]

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A 1982 horror movie starring Ben Murphy.

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A 1982 horror movie starring Ben Murphy.
Murphy and featuring Shari Belafonte-Harper.



* AntiVillain: The mummy just wants its crystals back. It is still rather uncaring about the damage it causes.

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* AntiVillain: AntiVillain:
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The mummy just wants its crystals back. It is still rather uncaring about the damage it causes.causes.
** Related, the boy who stole the crystals in the first place. He had no idea the mummy would come back to life and hunt down its property so roughly.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Seranno]], at the end, tries to grab [[spoiler:a crystal the mummy/alien had left behind, and gets his hand eaten by fungus]].



* JerkAss: Sharpe, Rossmore and Seranno.

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* JerkAss: JerkAss / HateSink: Sharpe, Rossmore and Seranno.Seranno. Rossmore, in particular, is more concerned with preserving the college's (and his own) image in the media than with the fact that there seems to be a murderer about. And Seranno is perfectly willing to frame a man he knows to be innocent, for a crime he knows didn't happen, just to advance his own career.


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* OhCrap: The doctor who belatedly discovers that x-ray radiation is what triggers the fungus' growth. He quickly tries to call the hospital to warn them not to x-ray a fungus victim but is too late.


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* TemptingFate: At the climax Seranno tells [=McCadden=] that [=McCadden=] is about to go to jail and that Seranno will soon "get [[AssholeVictim exactly what I deserve]]!"
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A sarcophagus containing a {{Mummy}} is discovered in Egypt and brought back to a university for study. A student finds crystals inside and steals them to sell to other students. Meanwhile, attempts to x-ray the mummy revive it and unleash a lethal fungus. The mummy goes on a killing spree in search of the stolen crystals. But is it really a mummy?

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A sarcophagus containing a {{Mummy}} is discovered in Egypt and brought back to a university for study. A student finds crystals inside and steals them to sell to other students. Meanwhile, attempts to x-ray X-ray the mummy revive it and unleash a lethal fungus. The mummy goes on a killing spree in search of the stolen crystals. But is it really a mummy?



* BodyHorror: Don't turn an x-ray onto someone infected by alien fungus, for it only makes it spread faster.

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* BodyHorror: Don't turn an x-ray X-ray onto someone infected by alien fungus, for it only makes it spread faster.
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** Also, WhatTheHellHero: Professors and students really aren't supposed to be romantically involved.
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For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, shown under the title ''Being From Another Planet'', please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E05BeingFromAnotherPlanet episode recap page]].

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For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, shown under the title ''Being alternative SpoilerTitle [[spoiler:''Being From Another Planet'', Planet'']], please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E05BeingFromAnotherPlanet episode recap page]].
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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The alien transports itself and [=McCadden=] to somewhere]] in the ending, and the film ends with "a to be continued". The sequel never materialized.

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* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The alien transports itself and [=McCadden=] to somewhere]] in the ending, and the film ends with "a to be continued".a ToBeContinued. The sequel never materialized.
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* PowerCrystal: The crystals that were in mummy's sarcophagus [[spoiler:are part of a device that rejuvenates it,

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* PowerCrystal: The crystals that were in mummy's sarcophagus [[spoiler:are part of a device that rejuvenates it,and transports it.]]
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A sarcophagus containing a mummy is discovered in Egypt and brought back to a university for study. A student finds crystals inside and steals them to sell to other students. Meanwhile, attempts to x-ray the mummy revive it and unleash a lethal fungus. The mummy goes on a killing spree in search of the stolen crystals. But is it really a mummy?

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A sarcophagus containing a mummy {{Mummy}} is discovered in Egypt and brought back to a university for study. A student finds crystals inside and steals them to sell to other students. Meanwhile, attempts to x-ray the mummy revive it and unleash a lethal fungus. The mummy goes on a killing spree in search of the stolen crystals. But is it really a mummy?

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For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, shown under the title ''Being From Another Planet'', please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E05BeingFromAnotherPlanet episode recap page]].

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For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, shown under the title ''Being From Another Planet'', please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E05BeingFromAnotherPlanet episode recap page]].




* BodyHorror: Don't turn an x-ray onto someone infected by alien fungus.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Many mummy puns are thrown around.

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\n!!This film has the examples of:

* AllJustADream: Scene of the mummy [[AxeBeforeEntering busting through the door]] to [=McCadden=]'s office is revealed to be a dream when Susie wakes him up.
* AmputationStopsSpread: When one student makes a mistake of touching the fungus on the sarcophagus, he is hospitalized and his hand has to be amputated.
* AntiVillain: The mummy just wants its crystals back. It is still rather uncaring about the damage it causes.
* BodyHorror: Don't turn an x-ray onto someone infected by alien fungus.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Many mummy puns are thrown around.
fungus, for it only makes it spread faster.



* IncrediblyLamePun: Many mummy puns are thrown around in the costume party.



* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Apparently the mummy was really a lame styrofoam headed alien.]]

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* MistakenForAnImposter: On his way to a costume party, Peter, who is dressed as a mummy, scares two lovebirds making out in a park. When the real mummy shows up later, it is mistaken for Peter pulling the same stunt again.
* MummyWrap: The scroll found with the mummy reveals that it was carrying the deadly fungus on it even in AncientEgypt, and was mummified alive in order to contain it.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[spoiler:A mummified alien in this case]].
* PowerCrystal: The crystals that were in mummy's sarcophagus [[spoiler:are part of a device that rejuvenates it,
* PsychicPowers: The mummy is shown to have telekinetic powers when it levitates one of the crystals into its hand.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Apparently [[spoiler:The mummy is [[TheGreys an alien]] that was [[AncientAstronauts visiting Earth]] in the past]].
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The alien transports itself and [=McCadden=] to somewhere]] in the ending, and the film ends with "a to be continued". The sequel never materialized.
* TakingTheBullet: After
the mummy was [[spoiler:reveals itself to be an alien]], [=McCadden=] takes a bullet meant for it on his shoulder.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Prof. [=McCadden=] and his student Susie are shown to be romantically involved.
* ZombieGait: Averted. This mummy is
really spry for a lame styrofoam headed alien.]]3000 year old corpse, [[spoiler:which is justfied by its undetermined alien abilities]]. It still performs a traditional MenacingStroll for dramatic purposes when it confronts Susie.

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* BodyHorror: Don't turn an x-ray onto someone infected by alien fungus.


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* FesteringFungus: The mummy and his sarcophagus are both infected with a fungus that rapidly destroys human tissue. [[spoiler: The final shot of the film is Seranno screaming as he's devoured alive by it after touching one of the alien's crystals.]]
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* IncrediblyLamePun: A many mummy puns are thrown around.

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* IncrediblyLamePun: A many Many mummy puns are thrown around.
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* JerkAss: Sharpe, Rossmore and Seranno.
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IncrediblyLamePun: A many mummy puns are thrown around.
TheReveal: [[spoiler: Apparently the mummy was really a lame styrofoam headed alien.]]

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* IncrediblyLamePun: A many mummy puns are thrown around.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Apparently the mummy was really a lame styrofoam headed alien.]]
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A 1982 horror movie starring Ben Murphy.

A sarcophagus containing a mummy is discovered in Egypt and brought back to a university for study. A student finds crystals inside and steals them to sell to other students. Meanwhile, attempts to x-ray the mummy revive it and unleash a lethal fungus. The mummy goes on a killing spree in search of the stolen crystals. But is it really a mummy?

For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, shown under the title ''Being From Another Planet'', please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E05BeingFromAnotherPlanet episode recap page]].
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