History Recap / FilmRerollETTheExtraTerrestrial

* NormalFishinaTinyPond: Paulo points out that the ability to slightly wiggle objects with their minds makes the experimental telekinetic soldiers the most incredible people to ever live... but it's still completely useless in the situation they're in.

Stranded on a foreign planet, the alien known only as E.T. makes contact with the local civilisations. Moving in with a trio of siblings -- Elliot, Michael and Gertie -- who hide him from their parents, E.T. and his newfound friends must figure out a way to get back to his planet and his people. But who is E.T. exactly? And should they really stop the goverment from getting their hands on him?

* ApocalypseHow: [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 A Class 1 apocalypse.]] The Moon explodes. 2.3 ''billion'' people die, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the song "Blue Moon" has to be renamed]] "[[RunningGag Blue goo]]".

* BigRedButton: The firing control for the WaveMotionGun on the We'abo ship is a big red button.

* ContinuousDecompression: In the shuttle bay of the We'ago ship, after one of the Barrys inadvertantly blows a hole in the hull. Another Barry is sucked out into space, along with various other loose items, before eventually one of the shuttles is pulled into the hole and blocks it.

** When several trucks full of goverment agents show up at Michael's house, he believes that they are there to confiscate [[TheStoner his weed.]] Gertie, meanwhile, wonders if they are having a surprise party.

** He also -- still InUniverse -- deliberately ignored the sequel novel E.T.: The Book of the Green Planet by William Kotzwinkle (who also wrote the novellisation of the film) as he felt that [[FridgeLogic the premise didn't make that much sense if you really thought about it.]]

* FantasyWorldMap: Paluo Quiros drew one of "known space," [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DI-iF1uWAAEyAoY.jpg:large which truly shows off just how expansive his worldbuilding really is.]]

* ThatsNoMoon: The rings of UsefulNotes/{{Saturn}} turn out to be the remains of a planet destroyed in an interplanetary war several millenia ago.

** Joz refers to the hostile aliens that will likely attempt to devastate the planet as "[[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Vogons]]". Said aliens are also said to resemble [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Stitch]], only with six legs and fingers.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Michael believes in the creatures from TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, and in the HollowEarth theory, but refuses to believe in the existence of aliens. ([[GenreBlind Granted, his specific beliefs doesn't allow for their existence.]])

* EvilAllAlong: Teased with E.T. throughout the campaign, but nothing ever really comes of it. WordOfGod is that E.T. is a nice enough guy, but also a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter who acted irrationally by overestimating the danger the We'Ago posed and, as a result, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero caused an unnesseray amount of bloodshed.]]

* ProductPlacement: The product placement in the original movie is referenced when the subject of E.T.'s favorite Earth food arises, and the players ask Paulo to rule on whether this version of the story is set in a continuity where it's Reece's Pieces (as in the film) or M&M's (as in the novelization).

At four episodes, it is one of the longest campaigns in the show, only beaten by [[Recap/FilmRerollRogueOne Rogue One,]] (concisting of five episodes.)

There was a ten week hiatus between episodes two and three, partially because the players started [[Recap/FilmRerollAlien another campaign]] during that time. This was the first -- and thus far, only -- time something like that has happened on the show.

At four episodes, it is one of the longest campaigns in the show, only sharing its place with [[Recap/FilmRerollTheWizardOfOz The Wizard Of Oz.]]

Followed (sort of) by [[Recap/FilmRerollAlien Alien.]]

** When coming across the lone We'Ago gunner, (who DM Paulo Quiros accideantally refers to as "a man") Joz / Jake asks "Does he look like a Jeff?" This is a paraphrase (and a slight {{Bowdlerisation}}) of a line from Film/PulpFiction.

** When coming across the lone We'Ago gunner, (who DM Paulo Quiros accideantally refers to as "a man") Joz / Jake asks "Does he look like a Jeff?" This is a paraphrase (and a slight [[{{Bowlderise}} Bowlderisation]]) of a line from Film/PulpFiction.

** When coming across the lone We'Ago gunner, (who DM Paulo Quiros accideantally refers to as "a man") Joz / Jake asks "Does he look like a Jeff?" This is a paraphrase (and a slight {{Bowlderization}}) of a line from Film/PulpFiction.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Michael believes in the creatures from TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, and in the HollowEarth theory, but refuses to believe in the existence of aliens. ([[GenreBlind Granted, his specific beliefs doesn't allow for them.]])

* FakeStatic: The "we're going through a tunnel" excuse is jokingly invoked at the end of the radio communication with the We'ago.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Michael believes in the creatures from TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, and in the HollowEarth theory, but refuses to believe in the existence of aliens. ()

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Michael believes in the creatures from TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, and in the HollowEarth theory, but refuses to believe in the existence of aliens.

* FanSequel: A short story written by Spaceman 9800 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/filmreroll/comments/7othl6/epilogue_to_et_4_spoilers/ on the official Film Reroll subreddit.]] Set ten years after the campaign, it reveals what happens to both the [[KidHero Kid Heroes]] and to Earth itself. Our planet has become a part of the Baedelorian Empire, with humanity at large getting access to their technology and powers. Gertie has become a [[DisasterScavengers Disaster Scavenger]] (apparently a common career on post-apocalypse Earth) while Elliot and Michael have joined the army to participate in the still ongoing war against the We'ago ([[UncertainDoom the latter having gone MIA.]])

* FanSequel: A short story written by Spaceman9800 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/filmreroll/comments/7othl6/epilogue_to_et_4_spoilers/ on the official Film Reroll subreddit.]] Set ten years after the campaign, it reveals what happens to both the [[KidHero Kid Heroes]] and to Earth itself. Our planet has become a part of the Baedelorian Empire, with humanity at large getting access to their technology and powers. Gertie has become a DisasterScavenger (apparently a common career on post-apocalypse Earth) while Elliot and Michael have joined the army to participate in the still ongoing war against the We'ago ([[UncertainDoom the latter having gone MIA.]])

* FanSequel: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/filmreroll/comments/7othl6/epilogue_to_et_4_spoilers/ A short story written by Spaceman9800 on the official Film Reroll subreddit.]] Set ten years after the campaign, it reveals what happens to both the [[KidHero Kid Heroes]] and to Earth itself. Our planet has become a part of the Baedelorian Empire, with humanity at large getting access to their technology and powers. Gertie has become a DisasterScavenger (apparently a common career on post-apocalypse Earth) while Elliot and Michael have joined the army to participate in the still ongoing war against the We'ago (the latter having gone MIA.)

* DecoyProtagonist: Michael, Elliot and Gertie end up becoming this. Part way through the second episode they are reunited with their mother and written out of the story. The players are instead given control of [[OriginalCharacter three members of the research team trying to help E.T.]] Even so, two of them are DemotedToExtra in the last episode. The only consistant main character through the entire story is actually... [[ProtagonistTitle E.T. himself.]]

* HeroWithBadPublicity: E.T. himself, who is considered a threat by parts of the american goverment.

Stranded on a foreign planet, the alien known only as E.T. makes contact with the local civilisations. Moving in with a trio of siblings - Elliot, Michael and Gertie - who hide him from their parents, E.T. and his newfound friends must figure out a way to get back to his planet and his people. But who is E.T. exactly? And should they really stop the goverment from getting their hands on him?

There was a ten week hiatus between episodes two and three, partially because the players started [[Recap/FilmRerollAlien another campaign]] during that time. This was the first - and thus far, only - time something like that has happened on the show.

It is also the first campaign [[Recap/FilmRerollDoctorWhoDayOfTheMoon to feature a Bonus Scene,]] based on the Series/DoctorWho episode ''Day Of The Moon,'' another story involving alien visitors and secret goverment agents.

* ApocalypseHow: [[ApocalypseHow/Class1 A Class 1 apocalypse.]] The Moon explodes. 2,3 ''billions'' of people die, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the song "Blue Moon" has to be renamed]] "[[RunningGag Blue goo.]]"

* BowledOver: E.T. uses his telekinesis to do this on a group of attacking Viagos.
* CallBack: When Agent Smith's first name is revealed, the players express surprise that it ''isn't'' Jeff, like several law-and-order-related [=NPCs=] in earlier episodes. Also, when Dan Edwin's team are waiting for at the landing site for the return of E.T.'s ship with a large contingent of soldiers as backup, the players want to know if any of the soldiers is a Jeff.
** They ask the same question about Jake's team of agents. Turns out that they're actually all named Barry ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS and Bery.]])

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Jake, who - among other things - swallowed a lightbulb at the age of ''[[ManChild 20!]]'' [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Weirdly enough, it never came out again...]]

** Michael - who is a big fan of [[TabletopRPG Tabletop RPGs]] - believes that E.T. is not an alien but rather some kind of creature from TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons. When he sees E.T. blow a car apart, he becomes completely convinced that the alien is a "githyanki." (It doesn't help that he is high as a kite at that point.)

* When Jake manages to steer the space ship away from Earth, Bery thinks that it's the ''planet'' that's moving.
--> '''Bery:''' "Sir! Sir! I think the Earth is getting away!"

* EpilepticTrees: InUniverse. The players take a moment to discuss the conspiracy theories about whether or not [[Franchise/TheSmurfs Smurfette]] is actually biologically a boy ([[AmbiguousGender and what this would mean for her gender identity]]), if the characters from Franchise/StarWars are actually bugs, [[FridgeLogic and why there are taxi cabs]] in the Franchise/{{Cars}} universe.

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Goes from being, well, [[ShapedLikeItself E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial]] to a GovernmentConspiracy / AlienInvasion story more along the lines of Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} or Film/IndependenceDay.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The man in charge of the search for E.T., who is never named in the film, gets the name "Dan Edwin" here.
** E.T.'s species turn out to be named "Baedelorians."

* NoEndorHolocast: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] The destruction of the Moon causes massive damage on Earth, but maybe still not as much as it ''should'' have caused.

* RedShirt: Two of Jake's agents die during their takeover of the Viago ship. Pitr even name-drops the trope.
* RightfulKingReturns: E.T. turns out to be the heir to the throne of his people - the Baedelorians - marooned on Earth. His ultimate plan is to [[InvokedTrope invoke this trope]].
* RunningGag: Gertie saying "I am four." It happens so often that [[https://soundcloud.com/sean-williams-259/ger-t-the-four-year-old-part-one the other players start to wonder]] if she has a OneWordVocabulary.
** "Blue goo" also becomes one -- being a pair of InherentlyFunnyWords -- after a corridor filled with it is found.

** When E.T says that he wants something to read, the players suggest the next book in the Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire series.

** Ana Kopas compares E.T.'s powers with the force from Franchise/StarWars, which she is a big fan of. She also quotes one of Han Solo's lines when her Baedelorian colleague tries - [[BadBadActing rather poorly]] (but hey, it works) - tricking the enemy into letting them aboard their mothership.
--> '''Ana Kopas:''' [[Film/ANewHope "We're fine here. How are you?"]]
** Ana also claims to having been a big fan of "Lithuanian WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}," which - InUniverse - actually came out ''before'' [[ForeignRemake the American show.]]

--> '''E.T.:''' "Did I do that?"

* SmarterThanYouLook: It turns out that E.T. - [[AmbiguousDisorder a character some viewers have interpreted as mentally deficient]] - actually is an {{Omniglot}} with a very high IQ.

* WeNeedADistraction: Ana and Jake distract a secret service agent by gossiping and - in Ana's case - doing an interpretive dance number - so that E.T. can sneak into the meeting room.

* AlienBlood: The viagons have purple blood.

* DecoyProtagonist: Michael, Elliot and Gertie end up becoming this. Part way through the second episode they are reunited with their mother and written out of the story. The players are instead given control of [[OriginalCharacter three members of the research team trying to help E.T.]]

* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: When Jake arrives to the Viagon control room, his plan is simply to randomly press every button he can find and hope for the best.

Starring Jon Miller as E.T., Andy Hoover as Elliot and Dan Edwin, Pitr Strait as Michael and Ana Kopas, Jocelyn "Joz" Vammer as Gertie and Jake Rauhe, and Paulo Quiros as the Dungeon Master.