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Thrown unexpectedly into human form, Mr Smith, under the alias 'Smithy,' finds himself stumbling through the daily lives of the Bannermans and towards that for a member of mankind. The idea of relationships, nightlife, gazing upon a set of stars and seeing the dark side of the moon in those close intrigues a once reserved mindset, and encountering the mysterious salesman known by the name of Ozmo with promises of security upon permanence, Mr Smith undertakes an objective to stay human for as long as possible; though to the knowledge of none, someone menacing is plotting behind the scenes.

Meet Mr Smith is a Sarah Jane Adventures fanwork written by theWAUfactor, inspired by the unreleased episode of the same name and related lore, which never made it to the show following it's discontinuation due to the unfortunate passing of Elisabeth Sladen.

As demonstrated in the summary, everyone's favourite extraterrestrial supercomputer, Mr Smith, is forced to take on a human shift - and it goes exactly as you would expect it to.

This fanfiction series contains examples of:

  • Aliens of London: Mr Smith, Serafeim, Ozmo and Aristoteles all speak in British accents.
    • Cogspring is an Alien of Nashville.
  • Aliens Speaking English: The Xyloks and Ozmo.
  • Darker and Edgier: Graphic depictions of violence, illness and murder, allusions to sex and paraphilia, drinking alcoholic beverages, and how could we forget - swearwords.
  • Evil Is Hammy: Ozmo
    • Oh, how could we not include Aristoteles!
  • Happily Adopted: Luke and Sky for Sarah Jane, and Cogspring's children Aside from Lex, but we're not going to talk about that.
  • Incredibly Lame Pun: Mr Smith: Unless you're expecting an answer from Father Christmas, I wouldn't bother. Clyde: I guess you could say you m- Both: -Might as well be talking to a brick wall?''
  • Interspecies Romance: Everyone wants a male Xylok; Mr Smith has three women (four if we count his nurse in Chapter 2) who've shown an interest in him, but of course, whilst he is a gentleman, he's only interested in Sarah Jane.
  • Large Ham: Mr Smith. Mr Smith.
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Mr Smith: Which one is your pointless answer? Ozmo: That's scary. Don't do that again.
  • Magical Computer: Mr Smith and The Xyloks
  • No Social Skills: Played with. Mr Smith clearly has good intentions in his heart, but clearly don't understand symbolic interactions with others, such as the message it sends to Carla by taking her out to an expensive place to eat, however, he sees her only as a friend.
    • However, he does present her with orange roses, which are symbolic of friendship rather than love.
  • Not What I Signed Up For: The guards of the safe didn't expect to be confronted by Serafeim.
  • Pardon My Klingon: It's enough to freeze your monoids off!
  • Schmuck Bait: Come on, Ozmo even says he's in trouble with the law. He obviously has ulterior motives.
  • Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: They'd no idea what Smithy was talking about, looking at one another for ideas how to respond, and ended up nodding sympathetically in turn.
  • Shout-Out: Many.
    • No, the name of Serafeim's Chassis isn't a coincidence.
    • Again, there's reference to Mr Smith being voiced by Alexander Armstrong.
    • Clyde calls Ozmo's forcefield a Justice Field because of how it mirrors whatever you try to do to it back to you.
    • The songs played at Gita's party.
    • Obviously there are many to previous episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

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