Is there any work anyone can think of that shows an alien working some menial day job on Earth? That would get the idea across.
Infinite Tree: an experimental storyThen we have two different definitions in the same trope:
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Then in the next paragraph, the much narrower definition that they
Sigh. Why is it that image picking is always the place where these things are brought to light? Stupid contradictory trope definitions. I think this is supposed to be the trope for "Family takes in alien and protects it from the big bad government / alien bounty hunters."
edited 12th Jan '11 12:31:27 PM by shimaspawn
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
I bet they get brought up here cuz Image Pickers think of images before they read the trope description and end up inadvertently playing Guess That Trope with nonindicative names.


Can we at least find a picture from the teaser trailer with the "We just want to go home" subtitle at the bottom?
Even the current caption has problems; given the context of the film it comes from and the aliens' history with humans, I don't think they'd want to be friends nor did the Prawns' spaceship explicitly come here for diplomatic purposes.
edited 18th Dec '10 11:24:57 AM by SeanMurrayI