History Literature / EarthTheBook

* AnimationAgeGhetto: "Animated movies presented children with a dazzling array of colorful characters they could [[MerchandiseDriven force their parents to buy for them.]]"

* AnimationAgeGhetto: In the section on movies, it is claimed that "animated films presented our children with a dazzling array of colorful characters they could convince their parents to buy for them."

* FunnyTerrainCrossSection: The Religion chapter has a cut-away of the Temple Mount in Jerussalem that traces possession of the site from the Al Aqsa Mosque to the Second Temple to a Mammoth Mosque and a Jewish Dinosaur Temple.

* UsefulNotes/AustralianEnglish: The description of a "billabong" is peppered with words that few outside Australia would understand: "A billabong was a small Australian lake. Shaped like a ''yakka'', diverted from a nearby ''bludge-hook'', following the mid-summer ''Dozzie wobbles''."

* SelfDeprecation: Assorted well-known fictional characters are used to represent the SevenDeadlyScenes. The representative for "Lust" is ''Daily Show'' cast member Jason Jones.

* ParodicTableOfTheElements: There's a "Periodic Table of the Synthetic" in the Science chapter.

* UranusIsShowing: Uranus is described as being "the funniest planet by far," although any aliens would "have to spend about ten years learning idiomatic English to learn why." Lake Titicaca is also identified as "The 'Uranus' of Lakes."

* ConfessInConfidence: Subverted. There is a transcript of a confession where the person confesses to: speeding, a hit-and-run, hitting a cop in the hit-and-run, robbing a bank, and murdering people in the robbery. This causes the priest lots of discomfort. It seems completely played straight, until you realize it was transcribed. This is lampshaded, saying the transcriptions were for 'insurance purposes.'

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: "Love", as the book explains, [[PlayingWithATrope was just a chemical reaction in the brain]] that caused two individuals to enjoy each other's company to a higher degree than normal, with the side-benefit of often resulting in a prolonged union and children, to further continue the species. Completely unremarkable, [[BlatantLies and not considered that big a deal by humanity at large]].

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: "Love", as the book explains, [[PlayingWithATrope was just a chemical reaction in the brain]] that caused two individuals to enjoy each other's company to a higher degree than normal, with the side-benefit of often resulting in a prolonged union and children, to further continue the species. Completely unremarkable, and not considered that big a deal by humanity at large.

* EverythingsWorseWithBees[=/=][[ThreateningShark Everything Is Even Worse With Sharks]]: One of the possible reasons for humanity's extinction was bee/shark hybrids.

* GeorgeClooney: The book says that if the aliens that find our dna can only replicate one thing, it has to be, "that mischievous twinkle found in George Clooney's eyes"

!! This book provides examples of

* FunWithAcronyms: Every chapter ends with an FAQ (Future Alien Questions) Section to answer the most likely questions aliens may have about humans and Earth after reading about the subjects covered therein.
* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: The book claims that OJ Simpson used the actual Monopoly game card to avoid going to jail during the 1995 trial.

* ShootTheMedicFirst: Parodied and taken to comedic extreme levels in the GenevaConvention section, on what exactly you are NOT allowed to do to Red Cross members.

* NothingPersonal: The stock phrase is mentioned and explained as just another absurdity of human nature (i.e. that trade is exempt from normal moral codes of conduct).

-->-- '''Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'''[[note]]fake quote from the back cover[[/note]]

-->--'''Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'''[[note]]fake quote from the back cover[[/note]]

** Nor did the [[MultiBoobage three-boobed woman]] with [[TotalRecall her boobs uncovered]].

The SpiritualSuccessor to ''[[AmericaTheBook America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]'', ''[[LongTitle Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race]]'' is a SatireParodyPastiche of high-school textbooks designed as a record for any alien visitors who may visit Earth AfterTheEnd and wonder exactly what [[PunyEarthlings the creatures who used to inhabit this planet]] [[HumanityIsInsane were actually like]], as written by the writers of ''Series/TheDailyShow''.

* EverythingsWorseWithBees / EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks: One of the possible reasons for humanity's extinction was bee/shark hybrids.

* AudioAdaptation: Read by SigourneyWeaver, no less.

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The SpiritualSuccessor to ''[[AmericaTheBook America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]'', ''[[LongTitle Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race]]'' is a SatireParodyPastiche of high-school textbooks designed as a record for any alien visitors who may visit Earth AfterTheEnd and wonder exactly what [[PunyEarthlings the creatures who used to inhabit this planet]] [[HumanityIsInsane were actually like]], as written by the writers of ''TheDailyShow''.