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* ActingForTwo: Allegedly multiple alien characters were portrayed by stuntman and fight coordinator Jeff Imada.
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* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/JohnCarpenter cast Wrestling/RoddyPiper after seeing him at ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} III''.
--->Unlike most Hollywood actors, Roddy has life written all over him.
** Carpenter created the role of Frank Armitage especially for Creator/KeithDavid, having worked with him on ''Film/TheThing1982''. He wanted someone "who wouldn't be a traditional sidekick, but could hold his own."
** Carpenter cast Creator/MegFoster after seeing her in ''Ticket to Heaven''.
** Creator/JohnCarpenter cast Wrestling/RoddyPiper after seeing him at ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} III''.
--->Unlike most Hollywood actors, Roddy has life written all over him.
** Carpenter created the role of Frank Armitage especially for Creator/KeithDavid, having worked with him on ''Film/TheThing1982''. He wanted someone "who wouldn't be a traditional sidekick, but could hold his own."
** Carpenter cast Creator/MegFoster after seeing her in ''Ticket to Heaven''.
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Creator Chosen Casting is when the casting of an adaptation is influenced by the creator of the work being adapted; casting choices by the creators of the adaptation aren't examples
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* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/JohnCarpenter cast Wrestling/RoddyPiper after seeing him at ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} III''.
--->Unlike most Hollywood actors, Roddy has life written all over him.
** Carpenter created the role of Frank Armitage especially for Creator/KeithDavid, having worked with him on ''Film/TheThing1982''. He wanted someone "who wouldn't be a traditional sidekick, but could hold his own."
** Carpenter cast Creator/MegFoster after seeing her in ''Ticket to Heaven''.
** Creator/JohnCarpenter cast Wrestling/RoddyPiper after seeing him at ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} III''.
--->Unlike most Hollywood actors, Roddy has life written all over him.
** Carpenter created the role of Frank Armitage especially for Creator/KeithDavid, having worked with him on ''Film/TheThing1982''. He wanted someone "who wouldn't be a traditional sidekick, but could hold his own."
** Carpenter cast Creator/MegFoster after seeing her in ''Ticket to Heaven''.
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* ReferencedBy: ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' plot is about an alien invasion and has a mission named "He Lives", which features Keith David (AsHimself) in a prominent role, and at one time he has a long fist fight against Roddy Piper (AsHimself, too).
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** The plot of ''Literature/ZombieSchool'' is kicked off by the protagonist finding a pair of sunglasses which allows him to see the truth; that the students were replaced by zombies after being brainwashed by the faculty.
** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' plot is about an alien invasion and has a mission named "He Lives", which features Keith David (AsHimself) in a prominent role, and at one time he has a long fist fight against Roddy Piper (AsHimself, too).
** The plot of ''Literature/ZombieSchool'' is kicked off by the protagonist finding a pair of sunglasses which allows him to see the truth; that the students were replaced by zombies after being brainwashed by the faculty.
** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' plot is about an alien invasion and has a mission named "He Lives", which features Keith David (AsHimself) in a prominent role, and at one time he has a long fist fight against Roddy Piper (AsHimself, too).
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** Nada's immortal line as he enters the bank was an ad-lib by Wrestling/RoddyPiper.
--->'''Nada:''' I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.
--->'''Nada:''' I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.
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** Nada's immortal "ChewBubblegum and kick ass" line as he enters the bank was an ad-lib by Wrestling/RoddyPiper.
--->'''Nada:''' I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all outWrestling/RoddyPiper, who kept a notepad of bubblegum.pro wrestling promo-style one-liners he wrote with him during filming.
--->'''Nada:''' I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out
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-->Unlike most Hollywood actors, Roddy has life written all over him.
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* NoStuntDouble: Not only did Creator/RoddyPiper and Creator/KeithDavid do their fight scene themselves, but they were really hitting each other except for blows to the face and groin.
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* NoStuntDouble: Not only did Creator/RoddyPiper Wrestling/RoddyPiper and Creator/KeithDavid do their fight scene themselves, but they were really hitting each other except for blows to the face and groin.
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* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: The entire fist fight scene was always intended to be ad-libbed. Creator/JohnCarpenter's shooting script simply said "FIGHT CONTINUES" for six pages, having the two actors do their thing.
* NoStuntDouble: Not only did Creator/RoddyPiper and Creator/KeithDavid do their fight scene themselves, but they were really hitting each other except for blows to the face and groin.
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** The entire fist fight scene was always intended to be ad-libbed. Carpenter's shooting script simply said "[[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny FIGHT CONTINUES]]" for six pages, having the two actors do their thing.
** During said fight, they also really hit each other. The only thing faked were the face and nut shots.
** Apparently, one Universal executive didn't see the horror in aliens controlling the world's businesses, reportedly telling John Carpenter that "we sell out every day!" That line made its way into the finished film, where it was spoken by TheQuisling.
** During said fight, they also really hit each other. The only thing faked were the face and nut shots.
** Apparently, one Universal executive didn't see the horror in aliens controlling the world's businesses, reportedly telling John Carpenter that "we sell out every day!" That line made its way into the finished film, where it was spoken by TheQuisling.
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** During said fight, they also really hit each other. The only thing faked were the face and nut shots.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: The ChewBubblegum line often gets switched up to "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum". Funnily enough, Piper himself was guilty of this at WWE's 1994 King of the Ring PPV.
* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JohnCarpenter created the role of Frank Armitage especially for Creator/KeithDavid, having worked with him on ''Film/TheThing1982''.
* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JohnCarpenter created the role of Frank Armitage especially for Creator/KeithDavid, having worked with him on ''Film/TheThing1982''.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: The ChewBubblegum line often gets switched up to "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum". Funnily enough, Piper Wrestling/RoddyPiper himself was guilty of this at WWE's Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s 1994 King of the Ring PPV.
*CreatorChosenCasting: CreatorChosenCasting:
** Creator/JohnCarpenter cast Wrestling/RoddyPiper after seeing him at ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} III''.
-->Unlike most Hollywood actors, Roddy has life written all over him.
** Carpenter created the role of Frank Armitage especially for Creator/KeithDavid, having worked with him on''Film/TheThing1982''.''Film/TheThing1982''. He wanted someone "who wouldn't be a traditional sidekick, but could hold his own."
** Carpenter cast Creator/MegFoster after seeing her in ''Ticket to Heaven''.
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** Creator/JohnCarpenter cast Wrestling/RoddyPiper after seeing him at ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} III''.
-->Unlike most Hollywood actors, Roddy has life written all over him.
** Carpenter created the role of Frank Armitage especially for Creator/KeithDavid, having worked with him on
** Carpenter cast Creator/MegFoster after seeing her in ''Ticket to Heaven''.
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** Nada's immortal line as he enters the bank was an ad-lib by Piper.
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** Nada's immortal line as he enters the bank was an ad-lib by Piper.Wrestling/RoddyPiper.
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* ReferencedBy: ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' plot is about an alien invasion and has a mission named "He Lives", which features Keith David (AsHimself) in a prominent role, and at one time he has a long fist fight against Roddy Piper (AsHimself, too).
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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JohnCarpenter created the role of Frank Armitage especially for Creator/KeithDavid, having worked with him on ''Film/TheThing1982''.
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** Nada's immortal line as he enters the bank was an ad-lib by Piper.
--->'''Nada:''' I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.
--->'''Nada:''' I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.
