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** [[{{Mondegreen}} He's saying "Earth"]], [[WebOriginal/Cracked you racist bastards]].
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** [[{{Mondegreen}} He's saying "Earth"]], [[WebOriginal/Cracked [[WebOriginal/{{Cracked}} you racist bastards]].
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** [[{{Mondegreen}} He's saying "Earth"]], [[WebOriginal/Cracked you racist bastards]].
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* MoralEventHorizon: The aliens' blowing up several cities at once is terrible, but what truly cements the aliens' status as unforgivable, especially in-universe, is when the captive alien reveals that they want to annihilate hummanity.
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* MoralEventHorizon: The aliens' blowing up several cities at once is terrible, but what truly cements the aliens' status as unforgivable, especially in-universe, is when the captive alien reveals that they want to annihilate hummanity.humanity, and they have done this to countless other worlds.
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* CompleteMonster: The aliens.
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* CompleteMonster: CompleteMonster : The aliens.aliens. The President manages to see into their minds, and realizes that they have beem traveling across the universe, conquering and strip-mining all the planets in their path. It's at this point that he concludes that peace is impossible and declares that they should "nuke the bastards".
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* MoralEventHorizon: The aliens' blowing up several cities at once is terrible, but what truly cements the aliens' status as unforgivable, especially in-universe, is when the captive alien reveals that they want to annihilate hummanity.
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** The look on Hiller's face when he finds out that the air base where his fiancee and stepson were headed has been destroyed. They're alive, but he doesn't know that, and they have a similar reaction when they think he's been killed.
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** It could also serve to explain why Captain Hiller can fly the alien ship. Every sub-sequent fighter-jet which came after the ship crashed was probably based on its technology in some way, shape or form.
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-->'''Hiller:''' This was supposed to be my weekend off. But ''nooooo...'' Instead, you got me out here dragging yo' heavy ass through the burnin' desert... wit' yo' dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute... You had to come down here with an attitude, packin' all big and bad...''(pauses)'' and WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SMELL? ''(repeatedly kicks unconscious alien while screaming in frustration)'' I COULDA' BEEN AT A BARBECUE! ''(grabs parachute, continues dragging)'' But I ain't mad.
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-->'''Hiller:''' This You know, this was supposed to be my weekend off. But ''nooooo...'' Instead, you got me out here dragging yo' heavy ass through the burnin' desert... wit' yo' dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute... You had to come down here with an attitude, packin' all big and bad...''(pauses)'' and WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SMELL? ''(repeatedly kicks unconscious alien while screaming in frustration)'' I COULDA' BEEN AT A BARBECUE! ''(grabs parachute, continues dragging)'' But I ain't mad.
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-->'''Hiller:''' This was supposed to be my weekend off. But ''nooooo...'' Instead, you got me out here dragging yo' heavy ass through the burnin' desert... wit' yo' dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute... You had to come down here with an attitude, packin' all big and bad... AND WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SMELL??? ''(repeatedly kicks unconscious alien)'' AHHHH! I COULDA' BEEN AT A BARBECUE! But I ain't mad.
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-->'''Hiller:''' This was supposed to be my weekend off. But ''nooooo...'' Instead, you got me out here dragging yo' heavy ass through the burnin' desert... wit' yo' dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute... You had to come down here with an attitude, packin' all big and bad... AND ''(pauses)'' and WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SMELL??? SMELL? ''(repeatedly kicks unconscious alien)'' AHHHH! alien while screaming in frustration)'' I COULDA' BEEN AT A BARBECUE! ''(grabs parachute, continues dragging)'' But I ain't mad.
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* MoneyShot: The alien ship blasting {{the White House}} is the emblematic shot of the movie. After that, it's the shadows falling over major landmarks, and their destruction that was the basis of the trailers.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: A young MaeWhitman plays the President's daughter; she's better known as being both [[ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Foe]] and [[ArrestedDevelopment Yay]] to Michael Cera.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: A young MaeWhitman plays the President's daughter; she's better known as being both [[ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld [[Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Foe]] and [[ArrestedDevelopment [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Yay]] to Michael Cera.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Nimziki gets two. We're supposed to be against his suggestion of using nuclear weapons but considering what we've seen so far that would be closest thing to a reasonable chance of success. Later he's supposed to be showing incompetence and cowardice for being against the plan to infect the mothership but the plan relies on a ''lot'' of luck, a human pilot managing to use an alien vessel, the aliens not getting suspicious and if it failed it would probably mean the end of all organized human resistance.
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** Similarly this shows that they have been doing Recon on the Human Race and America in particular for some time... this is presumably why the attacked when they did. Remember the comment that 40% of American soldiers are either on shore leave for the holidays or massed in Washington for the 4th of July parade? The Aliens ''knew'' that they were both unprepared and there would be a significant portion in DC so they could take a large part of their military leadership in one fell swoop. ''This is also why they targeted the White House''.
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** Similarly this shows that they have been doing Recon on the Human Race and America in particular for some time... this is presumably why the attacked when they did. Remember the comment that 40% of American soldiers are either on shore leave for the holidays or massed in Washington for the 4th of July parade? The Aliens ''knew'' that they were both unprepared and there would be a significant portion in DC so they could take a large part of their military leadership in one fell swoop. ''This is also why they targeted the White House''.House''.
* FridgeLogic: Why the HELL did they launch a nuclear cruise missile from close enough for it to impact the target in 10 seconds, much less have an APC within shockwave distance of the missile?
* FridgeLogic: Why the HELL did they launch a nuclear cruise missile from close enough for it to impact the target in 10 seconds, much less have an APC within shockwave distance of the missile?
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-->'''Hiller:''' This was supposed to be my weekend off. But ''nooooo...'' Instead, you got me out here dragging yo' heavy ass through the burnin' desert... wit' yo' dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute... You had to come down here with an attitude, packin' all big and bad... AND WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SMELL??? ''(repeatedly kicks unconscious alien)'' AHHHH! I COULDA' BEEN AT A BARBECUE!
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-->'''Hiller:''' This was supposed to be my weekend off. But ''nooooo...'' Instead, you got me out here dragging yo' heavy ass through the burnin' desert... wit' yo' dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute... You had to come down here with an attitude, packin' all big and bad... AND WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SMELL??? ''(repeatedly kicks unconscious alien)'' AHHHH! I COULDA' BEEN AT A BARBECUE!BARBECUE! But I ain't mad.
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** Particular the image of the shadow crossing over the Twin Towers.
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** Similarly this shows that they have been doing Recon on the Human Race and America in particular for some time... this is presumably why the attacked when they did. Remember the comment that 40% of American soldiers are either on shore leave for the holidays or massed in Washington for the 4th of July parade? The Aliens ''knew'' that they were both unprepared and there would be a significant portion in DC so they could take a large part of their military leadership in one fell swoop. ''This is also why the targeted the White House''.
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** Similarly this shows that they have been doing Recon on the Human Race and America in particular for some time... this is presumably why the attacked when they did. Remember the comment that 40% of American soldiers are either on shore leave for the holidays or massed in Washington for the 4th of July parade? The Aliens ''knew'' that they were both unprepared and there would be a significant portion in DC so they could take a large part of their military leadership in one fell swoop. ''This is also why the they targeted the White House''.
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* FridgeBrilliance: the Roswell crash was a ship belonging to the movie's aliens. It was held in Area 51 since the 50s. Part of the conspiracy theory mythology involving the supposed aliens and alien technology at Area 51 (and possibly mentioned in the movie, it's been a while) is that a lot of modern technology was reverse-engineered from the alien technology in the ship. Put all this together, and it no longer seems quite so unreasonable that David could hack into the alien mothership with his laptop; it was probably reverse-engineered from the alien ship in the first place.
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* FridgeBrilliance: the The Roswell crash was a ship belonging to the movie's aliens. It was held in Area 51 since the 50s. Part of the conspiracy theory mythology involving the supposed aliens and alien technology at Area 51 (and possibly mentioned in the movie, it's been a while) is that a lot of modern technology was reverse-engineered from the alien technology in the ship. Put all this together, and it no longer seems quite so unreasonable that David could hack into the alien mothership with his laptop; it was probably reverse-engineered from the alien ship in the first place.place.
** Similarly this shows that they have been doing Recon on the Human Race and America in particular for some time... this is presumably why the attacked when they did. Remember the comment that 40% of American soldiers are either on shore leave for the holidays or massed in Washington for the 4th of July parade? The Aliens ''knew'' that they were both unprepared and there would be a significant portion in DC so they could take a large part of their military leadership in one fell swoop. ''This is also why the targeted the White House''.
** Similarly this shows that they have been doing Recon on the Human Race and America in particular for some time... this is presumably why the attacked when they did. Remember the comment that 40% of American soldiers are either on shore leave for the holidays or massed in Washington for the 4th of July parade? The Aliens ''knew'' that they were both unprepared and there would be a significant portion in DC so they could take a large part of their military leadership in one fell swoop. ''This is also why the targeted the White House''.
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Love It Or Hate It is now In-Universe only.
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* LoveItOrHateIt
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* Narm/NarmCharm: As previously mentioned, the RousingSpeech.
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* Narm/NarmCharm: NarmCharm: As previously mentioned, the RousingSpeech.
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***FridgeBrilliance: The aliens have a WaveMotionGun powerful enough to take out cities in one blast. So a mountain's not much of a problem.
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* FridgeHorror: The aliens take out NORAD. Isn't NORAD ''under a mountain''?
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* FridgeBrilliance: the Roswell crash was a ship belonging to the movie's aliens. It was held in Area 51 since the 50s. Part of the conspiracy theory mythology involving the supposed aliens and alien technology at Area 51 (and possibly mentioned in the movie, it's been a while) is that a lot of modern technology was reverse-engineered from the alien technology in the ship. Put all this together, and it no longer seems quite so unreasonable that David could hack into the alien mothership with his laptop; it was probably reverse-engineered from the alien ship in the first place.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: A young MaeWhitman plays the President's daughter; she's better known as being both [[ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Foe]] and [[ArrestedDevelopment Yay]] to Michael Cera.
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** The laughing skull and crossbones right before nuking the mothership still cracks this troper up every time.
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* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: "Oh, my God. I gotta call my brother, my housekeeper, my lawyer. Nah, forget my lawyer."
* CompleteMonster: The aliens.
* CompleteMonster: The aliens.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Thanks to the now disturbing images of the destruction of the Empire State Building and the White House, this movie wasn't aired for a long time after 9/11.
* MemeticMutation: "Welcome to Earf!"
* MemeticMutation: "Welcome to Earf!"
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* TearJerker:
-->'''Patricia''': Mommy's sleeping now ?
-->'''Whitmore''': Yeah. Mommy's sleeping now.
* ToyShip: The President's daughter and Hiller's stepson
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: It still holds up well and the scope of the movie is awe inspiring. The sense of size and scale has not been matched by any movie since.
* {{Woolseyism}}: Will Smith's "Elvis has left the building!" was changed to "Last train to Mikkeli has just left!" in the Finnish DVD.
-->'''Patricia''': Mommy's sleeping now ?
-->'''Whitmore''': Yeah. Mommy's sleeping now.
* ToyShip: The President's daughter and Hiller's stepson
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: It still holds up well and the scope of the movie is awe inspiring. The sense of size and scale has not been matched by any movie since.
* {{Woolseyism}}: Will Smith's "Elvis has left the building!" was changed to "Last train to Mikkeli has just left!" in the Finnish DVD.
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***** [[spoiler: Also, because test audiences reacted poorly to that resolution. Probably because it's [[WallBanger very stupid.]] ]]
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***** [[spoiler: Also, because test audiences reacted poorly to that resolution. Probably because it's [[WallBanger very stupid.]] ]]
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* SoBadItsGood: You can't not laugh at the sheer stupidity of this movie, not to mention all the corny lines (the President's speech takes the cake in that department).
