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Across the airwaves comes a message that startles the world: MarsNeedsWomen! When the human authorities refuse to cooperate with this evil plan of interspecies miscegenation, a five-man FlyingSaucer lands covertly on Earth to select five women, by fair means or foul (mostly foul) to take back to Mars to [[OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace repopulate]] their DyingRace. Will the beautiful women of Texas be at the mercy of these intersolar abductors? Will Martian Fellow #1 Dop be swayed from his mission by a hot Earth scientist? Will this rank with ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' as one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made?

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Across the airwaves comes a message that startles the world: MarsNeedsWomen! When the human authorities refuse to cooperate with this evil plan of interspecies miscegenation, a five-man FlyingSaucer lands covertly on Earth to select five women, by fair means or foul (mostly foul) to take back to Mars to [[OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace repopulate]] their DyingRace. Will the beautiful women of Texas be at the mercy of these intersolar abductors? Will Martian Fellow #1 Dop be swayed from his mission by a hot Earth scientist? scientist Dr. Marjorie Bolen? Will this rank with ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' as one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made?
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Not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/MarsNeedsMoms'', though the title of that movie (and the storybook it's based on) pays homage to this one.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Dop tells Colonel Page that they've come to ask for five fertile female volunteers to come back to Mars with them. If he'd just ''started'' with this pitch [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage instead of trying to teleport women away without invitation]], he might have gotten a more sympathetic reception. Given that the Martians are handsome HumanAliens, surely five women could be found matching the Martians' requirements who'd be willing to immigrate for money, adventure, charity, or ForScience. Instead, Colonel Page declares their actions an act of abduction and war and tells them to get their asses back to Mars.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Dop tells Colonel Page that they've come to ask for five fertile female volunteers to come back to Mars with them. If he'd just ''started'' with this pitch [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage instead of trying to teleport women away without invitation]], he might have gotten a more sympathetic reception. Given that the Martians are handsome HumanAliens, surely five women could be found matching the Martians' requirements who'd be willing to immigrate for money, adventure, charity, or ForScience. ForScience Instead, Colonel Page declares their actions an act of abduction and war and tells them to get their asses back to Mars.
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* HollywoodScience
** Dop states that: "We attempted to seize three women by transponder." Their failure probably has something to do with the fact that a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transponder transponder]] is an entirely different device from a [[TransportersAndTeleporters transporter]].

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** Dop states that: "We attempted to seize three women by transponder." Their failure probably has something to do with the fact that a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transponder transponder]] is an entirely different device from a [[TransportersAndTeleporters transporter]]."transporter".

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* StealthyTeleportation: The 'transponder' works via a JumpCut.



* TransportersAndTeleporters: The 'transponder' works via a JumpCut without even the [[FlashyTeleportation usual sparkly effect]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to the three women the Martians tried to seize via transponder in the opening scene? Did they suffer some kind of horrible [[TeleporterAccident transponder accident]], like being converted into an Identification-Friend-or-Foe signal?

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to the three women the Martians tried to seize via transponder in the opening scene? Did they suffer some kind of horrible [[TeleporterAccident transponder accident]], like being converted into an Identification-Friend-or-Foe signal?scene?
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* {{Fanservice}}: [[CastTheExpert Dallas stripper]] Bubbles Cash shows off her routine, stripping down from a tight black dress. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer There are several women in the audience.]]

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* {{Fanservice}}: Well-known Dallas stripper Bubbles Cash shows off her routine, stripping down from a tight black dress. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer There are several women in the audience.]]

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* {{Fanservice}}: Well-known [[CastTheExpert Dallas stripper stripper]] Bubbles Cash shows off her routine, stripping down from a tight black dress. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer There are several women in the audience.]]
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The notorious 1967 sci-fi BMovie, written and directed by self-proclaimed schlockmeister Creator/LarryBuchanan, that became the TropeNamer for what those alien invaders ''[[YouNeedToGetLaid really]]'' want from Earth!

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The notorious 1967 sci-fi BMovie, written and directed by self-proclaimed schlockmeister Creator/LarryBuchanan, that became the TropeNamer {{Trope Namer|s}} for what those alien invaders ''[[YouNeedToGetLaid really]]'' want from Earth!
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The notorious 1967 sci-fi BMovie written and directed by self-proclaimed schlockmeister Creator/LarryBuchanan, that became the TropeNamer for what those alien invaders ''[[YouNeedToGetLaid really]]'' want from Earth!

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The notorious 1967 sci-fi BMovie BMovie, written and directed by self-proclaimed schlockmeister Creator/LarryBuchanan, that became the TropeNamer for what those alien invaders ''[[YouNeedToGetLaid really]]'' want from Earth!
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* TransportersAndTeleporters: The 'transponder' works via a JumpCut without even the usual sparkly effect.

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** The Martians deride the humans for not making decisions on a scientific basis, but they still chose their victims based first of all on their "superficial physical specs"--stalking strippers, stewardesses, college co-eds and beauty queens. And they repeatedly insist the women be single, even though selecting women who already had a family would be an assurance that they were fertile. Maybe it's because [[EvenEvilHasStandards they don't want to break up an established family]] but this is never mentioned, making it far more like they're going for youngest, hottest, possibly-still-a-virgin babe like any Earthman of the time would.

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** The Martians deride the humans for not making decisions on a scientific basis, but they still chose choose their victims based first of all on their "superficial physical specs"--stalking strippers, stewardesses, college co-eds and beauty queens. And they repeatedly insist the women be single, even though selecting women who already had a family would be an assurance that they were fertile. Maybe it's because [[EvenEvilHasStandards they don't want to break up an established family]] but this is never mentioned, making it far more like they're going for the youngest, hottest, possibly-still-a-virgin babe like any Earthman of the time would.



* ChangedMyJumper: Dop is more organized than many alien invaders, prioritizing the acquisition of Earth clothing and currency, an automobile, and a map of the city. He's smart enough to advise stealing a car from the airport so it's owner won't notice and report it to the police, and makes sure the Fellow sent to steal clothing is aware of the size differences between human and Martian measurements. Though one of them gripes that the tie serves no purpose.

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* ChangedMyJumper: Dop is more organized than many alien invaders, prioritizing the acquisition of Earth clothing and currency, an automobile, and a map of the city. He's smart enough to advise stealing a car from the airport so it's its owner won't notice and report it to the police, and makes sure the Fellow sent to steal clothing is aware of the size differences between human and Martian measurements. Though one of them gripes that the tie serves no purpose.



* LoveRedeems: Dop refuses to abduct Marjorie, even though it may placate his superiors' wrath if he at least brought one woman back to Mars.

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* LoveRedeems: Dop refuses to abduct Marjorie, even though it may might placate his superiors' wrath if he at least brought one woman back to Mars.



* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Zigzagged; the Martian doctor warns the others to stick to their [[FoodPills "encapsulated diet from the tubes"]] and not eat any local food. On the other hand, no-one questions whether human women would be suitable breeding stock for Martians.

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* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Zigzagged; the Martian doctor warns the others to stick to their [[FoodPills "encapsulated diet from the tubes"]] and not eat any local food. On the other hand, no-one no one questions whether human women would be suitable breeding stock for Martians.



* PoorCommunicationKills: Dop tells Colonel Page that they've come to ask for five fertile female volunteers to come back to Mars with them. If he'd just ''started'' with this pitch [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage instead of trying to teleport women away without invitation]], he might have gotten a more sympathetic reception. Given that the Martians are handsome HumanAliens, surely five women could be found matching the Martians requirements who'd be willing to immigrate for money, adventure, charity, or ForScience Instead Colonel Page declares their actions an act of abduction and war and tells them to get their ass back to Mars.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Dop tells Colonel Page that they've come to ask for five fertile female volunteers to come back to Mars with them. If he'd just ''started'' with this pitch [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage instead of trying to teleport women away without invitation]], he might have gotten a more sympathetic reception. Given that the Martians are handsome HumanAliens, surely five women could be found matching the Martians Martians' requirements who'd be willing to immigrate for money, adventure, charity, or ForScience Instead ForScience. Instead, Colonel Page declares their actions an act of abduction and war and tells them to get their ass asses back to Mars.



* SadisticChoice: After learning of the intended raid, Dop rushes to the ice factory to warn the others. They haven't finished preparing the women for suspended animation, so he tells them to abort the mission as he intends to stay on Earth with Marjorie. The others refuse to let him, as they'd all be executed if they returned with neither the women nor their leader. They suggest he either force Marjorie to come with him and she can be frozen on the way, or he returns alone and takes the blame for the failure of the mission. He chooses the latter.

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* SadisticChoice: After learning of the intended raid, Dop rushes to the ice factory to warn the others. They haven't finished preparing the women for suspended animation, so he tells them to abort the mission as he intends to stay on Earth with Marjorie. The others refuse to let him, as they'd all be executed if they returned with neither the women nor their leader. They suggest he either force Marjorie to come with him and she can be frozen on the way, or he returns return alone and takes take the blame for the failure of the mission. He chooses the latter.
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Across the airwaves comes a message that startles the world: MarsNeedsWomen! When the human authorities refuse to cooperate with this evil plan of interspecies miscegenation, a five-man FlyingSaucer lands covertly on Earth to select five women, by fair means or foul (mostly foul), to take back to Mars to [[OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace repopulate]] their DyingRace. Will the beautiful women of Texas be at the mercy of these intersolar abductors? Will Martian Fellow #1 Dop be swayed from his mission by a hot Earth scientist? Will this rank with ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' as one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made?

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Across the airwaves comes a message that startles the world: MarsNeedsWomen! When the human authorities refuse to cooperate with this evil plan of interspecies miscegenation, a five-man FlyingSaucer lands covertly on Earth to select five women, by fair means or foul (mostly foul), foul) to take back to Mars to [[OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace repopulate]] their DyingRace. Will the beautiful women of Texas be at the mercy of these intersolar abductors? Will Martian Fellow #1 Dop be swayed from his mission by a hot Earth scientist? Will this rank with ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' as one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made?
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The notorious 1967 sci-fi BMovie written and directed by self-proclaimed schlockmeister Creator/LarryBuchanan, that became the TropeNamer for what those alien invaders ''[[YouNeedToGetLaid really]]'' want whenever they visit Earth!

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The notorious 1967 sci-fi BMovie written and directed by self-proclaimed schlockmeister Creator/LarryBuchanan, that became the TropeNamer for what those alien invaders ''[[YouNeedToGetLaid really]]'' want whenever they visit from Earth!
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The notorious 1967 sci-fi BMovie written and directed by self-proclaimed schlockmeister Creator/LarryBuchanan, that became the TropeNamer for what those alien invaders ''[[YouNeedToGetLaid really]]'' want from Earth!

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The notorious 1967 sci-fi BMovie written and directed by self-proclaimed schlockmeister Creator/LarryBuchanan, that became the TropeNamer for what those alien invaders ''[[YouNeedToGetLaid really]]'' want from whenever they visit Earth!
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* GeekyTurnOn: Dr. Bolen likes that Dop is the only 'reporter' who knows anything about DNA (and doesn't act like a patronizing jerk) and asks ''him'' out. She takes him on a date to a planetarium and gives him his first kiss in a museum exhibition on the human anatomy.

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* GeekyTurnOn: Dr. Bolen likes that Dop is the only 'reporter' who knows anything about DNA (and (it helps that, unlike all the other reporters, he doesn't act like a patronizing jerk) and asks ''him'' out. She takes him on a date to a planetarium and gives him his first kiss in a museum exhibition on the human anatomy.

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