History Film / Coneheads

* {{Applicability}}: Neurodivergent people, like autistic people, can relate to several oddities of the Coneheads, like the expospeak and inferring social customs through observation and deduction. This makes things like their friends and neighbours barely reacting to their behavior, and the fact that their love for each other and their daughter is very obvious and never in doubt, very sweet to see. Even seen how the humor is handled is nice, since it revolves around their behavior but without making them the butt of the joke.

* {{Applicability:}} Neurodivergent people, like autistic people, can relate to several oddities of the Coneheads, like the expospeak and inferring social customs through observation and deduction. This makes things like their friends and neighbours barely reacting to their behavior, and the fact that their love for each other and their daughter is very obvious and never in doubt, very sweet to see. Even seen how the humor is handled is nice, since it revolves around their behavior but without making them the butt of the joke.

* TookALevelInKindness: Beldar and Prymaat were implied to think poorly of Earthlings like everyone on Remulak did, but after living among humans for so long they've outgrown their previous misconceptions to the point of being uncomfortable when their relatives make "blunt-skull" jokes after their return. Considering Connie grew up on Earth with an upbringing influenced by humanity, they have more of a reason to let go of their previous views seeing how Earth helped shaped their daughter into the upstanding young woman she is.

A 1993 comedy film directed by Steve Barron (''Film/ElectricDreams'', ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1990}}'' [1990]) and produced by Lorne Michaels, based on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketches about the titular Coneheads, aliens stranded on earth. As was the case with the previous ''SNL'' skit-inspired film ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Coneheads'' has been said to have made an "accidental" or "unintentional" political statement or social commentary about the nature of the immigrant experience in America, the filmmakers' ostensible intent being merely to entertain. ''Coneheads'' remains the only ''SNL''-related film to date to receive a PG rating.

* TheAce: Beldar sort of qualifies. He impresses all of his bosses with his work skills, easily fixes his neighbor's lawn mower within seconds, wins a golf trophy, [[CunningLinguist learned perfect conversational French to keep up the "We come from France" charade]], and even successfully [[spoiler: narfles the Garthok, something implied to have never been accomplished before.]] But he then needs to take his car to an auto repair shop.[[note]]Most likely, either his car has foreign parts that only repair shops can affordably get their hands on, or he logically decided against investing in the (very expensive) necessary equipment, especially for something that's only going to be needed once a year at most. Or since his car is also used for his business, he may have to use a certified mechanic for insurance purposes as well as a tax writeoff.[[/note]]

* AlienInvasion: Beldar and Pryymat arrive to Earth with this goal in mind, but they are shot down by a fighter jet due to Beldar forgetting to turn on their cloaking device, causing them to crash while only escaping with their uniforms, leaving them stranded. It's later revealed that the Remulakians have advanced technology, but it's still not clear how two people were expected to take over a world of billions, though there are indications that the Remulakians massively overestimate their own superiority and may have actually thought a single ship would be sufficient for the entire planet. Prymaat even needles Beldar about this with her statement "Some Earth weapons are not so primitive" when he's posturing about Earth's inferiority again.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: The lyrics to the "Conehead Love" in the credits say "[[UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower Eisenhower]], [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Nixon]], [[UsefulNotes/HarryTruman Truman]]. None of them were really human".

* ChekhovsSkill: Beldar's golf skills come in handy [[spoiler: when he's forced to narfle the Garthok back on Remulak.]]

* GoodParents: Seriously. Beldar and Prymaat actually forfeit their newly-obtained privileged status on Remulak and fake their own deaths simply to give Connie the life on Earth she wants. As Beldar tells her, "Your happiness and positive perception of me is vital to my existence. After all, it's not every day that a father can give the world to his young one..."

* IAmOneOfThoseToo: After Prymaat and Beldar give the "we come from France" line to a disguised Seedling, he tries to trap them by speaking in French. Luckily, they apparently prepared for this and continue the conversation in perfect French.

* {{Joisey}}

* JurisdictionFriction:
** When INS operatives Seedling and Eli are discussing the possibility that the Coneheads might be aliens, Eli asks if their case should be handled by the Air Force. Seedling gives a somewhat probable counterargument for INS jurisdiction.
--> '''Seedling:''' If they're just visiting, sure. But the minute they try to work here, they're mine.
** FairForItsDay, of course, but these days, Homeland Security would trump that argument.

* ScreamingBirth: Connie's birth is accompanied by oceans of fluid, truly epic mugging from her mother Prymaat, and glass-shattering howls. Considering that her biological readings at that point are apparently enough to cause Earth medical machines to howl like a red alert and fling sparks, the screaming's likely justified. Also literally crushing her husband's hand as she shouts "I hate you, Beldar! I hate yoooou!" And then Beldar, when asked by the obstetrician if he would like to cut the umbilical cord (and being offered a pair of scissors to do so), leans in and bites clean through it the old-fashioned way[[note]]Which could be a ShoutOut to ''Film/FemaleTrouble''[[/note]]. Cue the obstetrician's humorous fainting.

* TokenMinority: {{Creator/Sinbad}}, Creator/GarrettMorris, Creator/EddieGriffin and [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Tim Meadows]] are the film's only actors of color with speaking parts. Meadows and Morris also play the only black Coneheads with speaking roles (there are other non-speaking black Coneheads in the stadium crowd, and an Asian Conehead in the emperor's court).

A 1993 comedy film directed by Steve Barron (''Film/ElectricDreams'', ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1990}}'' [1990]) and produced by Lorne Michaels, based on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketches about the titular Coneheads. As was the case with the previous ''SNL'' skit-inspired film ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Coneheads'' has been said to have made an "accidental" or "unintentional" political statement or social commentary about the nature of the immigrant experience in America, the filmmakers' ostensible intent being merely to entertain. ''Coneheads'' remains the only ''SNL''-related film to date to receive a PG rating.

A 1993 comedy film directed by Steve Barron (''Film/ElectricDreams'', ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'') and produced by Lorne Michaels, based on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketches about the titular Coneheads. As was the case with the previous ''SNL'' skit-inspired film ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Coneheads'' has been said to have made an "accidental" or "unintentional" political statement or social commentary about the nature of the immigrant experience in America, the filmmakers' ostensible intent being merely to entertain. ''Coneheads'' remains the only ''SNL''-related film to date to receive a PG rating.

A 1993 comedy film directed by Steve Barron (''Film/ElectricDreams'', ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'') and produced by Lorne Michaels, based on the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketches about the titular Coneheads. As was the case with the previous ''SNL'' skit-inspired film ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'', ''Coneheads'' has been said to have made an "accidental" or "unintentional" political statement or social commentary about the nature of the immigrant experience in America, the filmmakers' ostensible intent being merely to entertain. ''Coneheads'' remains the only ''SNL''-related film to date to receive a PG rating.

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: Seedling speak fluent French and uses it to see if Beldar and Prymaat's backstory of coming from France will fall apart. Turns out, they prepared for this eventuality and reply in the same language.
-->'''Seedling:''' Do you still speak French in America?\\
'''Beldar:''' Yes. Absolutely, but it is difficult to practice in this town. There are not very many continental French people here in New Jersey.\\
'''Seedling:''' And you?\\
'''Prymaat:''' Yes, I speak a little of it often with my French-speaking friends.