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* ILoveNuclearPower: A radioactive meteorite fragment reacts with leftover lizard DNA from when Native American gods created mankind to turn Paul into a lizard creature. Or something.


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* NuclearMutant: A radioactive meteorite fragment reacts with leftover lizard DNA from when Native American gods created mankind to turn Paul into a lizard creature. Or something.
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See also ''Film/{{Werewolf}}'', another movie set in the American Southwest about a boring guy named Paul who turns into some kind of [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent were-beast]] while a supporting character makes confusing references to Count {{Dracula}}.

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See also ''Film/{{Werewolf}}'', ''Film/Werewolf1996'', another movie set in the American Southwest about a boring guy named Paul who turns into some kind of [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent were-beast]] while a supporting character makes confusing references to Count {{Dracula}}.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Johnny Longbow is a downplayed example of this trope. While he displays the usual fascination with Native legends and obligatory archery skills, he's also a respected professor of anthropology InUniverse and stays strictly on the scientific explanation of Paul's transformation. He also notes that old Native American legends are probably based on a similar occurrence of a meteor fragment in the past.

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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Johnny Longbow is a downplayed example of this trope. While he displays the usual fascination with Native legends and obligatory archery skills, he's also a respected professor of anthropology InUniverse and stays strictly on the scientific explanation of Paul's transformation. He is reluctant to believe a supernatural explanation as he initially thinks that the meteor gave Paul a concussion that requires medical care. He also notes that old Native American legends he describes are probably based on a similar occurrence of a meteor fragment in the past.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Surprisingly, Johnny Longbow is an aversion. He's a respected professor of anthropology InUniverse and stays strictly on the scientific explanation of Paul's transformation. He also notes that old Native American legends are probably based on a similar occurrence of a meteor fragment in the past.

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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Surprisingly, Johnny Longbow is an aversion. He's a downplayed example of this trope. While he displays the usual fascination with Native legends and obligatory archery skills, he's also a respected professor of anthropology InUniverse and stays strictly on the scientific explanation of Paul's transformation. He also notes that old Native American legends are probably based on a similar occurrence of a meteor fragment in the past.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The picture of the T. Rex in the biologist's office wouldn't convince a 4-year-old.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The picture of the T. Rex in the biologist's office wouldn't convince a 4-year-old. Besides its "classic pear shape," it appears to have ''human hands'' complete with four fingers.
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** Paul's pet lizard Ty. We're shown a shot of its cage busted open after Paul's first rampage, but it's unclear whether the lizard escaped, Paul killed it, Paul absorbed it, or if it's a poorly handled RedHerring. It's only mentioned briefly by Johnny in one other scene and he doesn't treat the lizard's disappearance as important, even though a paleontologist had compared the killer's footprints to a Komodo dragon.

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** Paul's pet lizard Ty. We're shown a shot of its cage busted open after Paul's first rampage, but it's unclear whether the lizard escaped, Paul killed it, Paul absorbed it, or if it's a poorly handled RedHerring. It's only mentioned briefly by Even when Johnny in one other scene and he doesn't treat notices the lizard's disappearance he doesn't treat it as important, even though a his paleontologist friend had compared just told him that the killer's footprints to creature's tracks resemble a Komodo dragon. dragon.

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* InsistentTerminology: For some reason Johnny and others repeatedly call Paul's werelizard form a "demon lizard monster," in those exact words, throughout the second half of the story.



** Johnny's students Budd and Janet, who seem like major characters in the first few scenes but turn out to have little role in the story. In the [=MST3K=] cut they complete vanish after the first act; in the uncut version they do feature in a later scene where they and Johnny examine some of Kathy's photographs but are nowhere to be found at the climax.
** Paul's pet lizard Ty. We're shown a shot of its cage busted open after Paul's first rampage, but it's unclear whether the lizard escaped, Paul killed it, Paul absorbed it, or if it's a poorly handled RedHerring. It's only mentioned briefly by Johnny in one other scene and he doesn't treat the lizard's disappearance as anything significant.

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** Johnny's students Budd and Janet, who seem like major characters in the first few scenes but turn out to have little role in the story. In the [=MST3K=] cut they complete completely vanish after the first act; in the uncut unedited version they do feature in a later scene where they and Johnny examine some of Kathy's photographs but are still nowhere to be found at the climax.
** Paul's pet lizard Ty. We're shown a shot of its cage busted open after Paul's first rampage, but it's unclear whether the lizard escaped, Paul killed it, Paul absorbed it, or if it's a poorly handled RedHerring. It's only mentioned briefly by Johnny in one other scene and he doesn't treat the lizard's disappearance as anything significant.important, even though a paleontologist had compared the killer's footprints to a Komodo dragon.

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