Line #27 ComicBook/ItCame


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3	->''Since dawn's crack has man looked to the stars in wonder; often pondering his insignificance over a hot buttered crumpet; asking the eternal question, 'Are we alone in it all?' Today, dear friend, today he finds out...''
4	-->-- '''Narration'''
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6	''It Came!'' is a 2013 British comic book series "directed" by Dan Boultwood.
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8	Told in the style of a low-budget BMovie from TheFifties, the comic tells the story of Dr. Boy Brett and his "lady" friend, Doris Night, who encounter a gigantic extraterrestrial robot terrorizing the English countryside.
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11	!!It Troped!:
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13	* AffectionateParody: Of cheesy 50's [[BMovie B Movies]].
14	* TheAlcoholic: Dick Claymore, according to what amounts to [[AllThereInTheManual his in-universe IMDb page]]. ''It Came'''s budget was so low because Pinetree Studios kept covering Claymore's bar tab.
15	* AlliterativeName: Frances Florence Flaunders, a.k.a. Fanny Flaunders.
16	* AllThereInTheManual: The trade edition includes fake histories for the "actors", photos from the set, and even period-appropriate merchandise for the movie.
17	* AnimatedActors: A certainty given that the comic is presented as an actual BMovie. Dr. Boy Brett is played by [[TheAlcoholic prolific boozehound]] Dick Claymore and Doris is played by Fanny Flaunders.
18	* ArtisticLicenseGeography: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]].
19	-->'''Doris:''' I didn't think [the Marble Arch] was this close to Piccadilly?
20	-->'''Dr. Brett:''' This is no time for geographical accuracy, Doris!
21	* BringMyBrownPants: Happens to Dr. Brett. Twice.
22	-->'''Dr. Brett:''' Well, it's all gone brown in Trouser Town...
23	** Also invoked in the tagline for ''Lost Valley of the Lost'': "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal TROUSER BROWNING TRIASSIC TERROR!]]"
24	* BritsLoveTea: "The very thing that maintains our Britishness" is tea. [[spoiler:Turns out to be Grurk's weakness]].
25	* CrazyCatLady: Fanny Flaunders, a.k.a. "Doris", after retiring from acting.
26	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: ''Lost Valley of the Lost'' and ''Myopic Moon Men from the Moon''.
27	* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: Dr. Brett and his colleagues each have one, which are apparently necessary for "optimum sciencing".
28	* DumbBlonde: The secretary at the Mayfair Space Laboratory doubts dinosaurs existed because she has never seen a photo of one.
29	* {{Expy}}: Pinetree Studios is a schlockier version of Creator/PinewoodStudios.
30	* ForScience: Frequently proclaimed by Dr. Brett.
31	* FlyingSaucer: Grurk's flying saucer is clearly a prop wrapped in aluminum foil... [[SpecialEffectsFailure and held up by a piece of string]].
32	* GroinAttack: Doris gives a richly-deserved one to Boy at the very end as punishment for his humiliating treatment of her.
33	* {{Irony}}: The purpose of Grurk's invasion is to [[spoiler:kidnap Britons and steal their [[StiffUpperLip Stiff Upper Lips]] for itself. Its weakness turns out to be that ''other'' quintessential British characteristic, [[BritsLoveTea a love of tea]].]]
34	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Dr. Brett, who is constantly referred to as a "great scientific mind," thinks that the "hundreds of solar systems" in space revolve around our Sun.
35	* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Closer to Nice Character, Erratic Alcoholic Actor with Dick.
36	* PokemonSpeak: Grurk.
37	* StiffUpperLip: Turns out that Grurk's motive is to [[spoiler:steal the very Britishness of its victims, seen when they lose their the stiffness of their upper lips.]]
38	* StockBritishPhrases: '''YES.'''
39	* TypeCasting: [[invoked]] Fanny Flaunders started out as a secretary at Pinetree Studios, and her first few roles had her cast as one.

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