History Film / MarsNeedsWomen

* AllMenArePerverts: 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.

* BrainyBrunette: Dr. Marjorie Bolen, played by Creator/YvonneCraig. Even the newsreader introducing her waffles on about how attractive she is, despite hiding her charm behind [[NerdGlasses horn-rimmed spectacles]]. She's also an authority on space genetics and space medicine, and has been called to Monitor One as a consultant on the Martians. Dop realises this makes her an ideal subject for AlienAbduction.

* BrainyBrunette: Dr. Marjorie Bolen, played by Creator/YvonneCraig. Even the newsreader introducing her waffles on about how attractive she is, despite hiding her charm behind [[NerdGlasses horn-rimmed spectacles]]. She's not only attractive but is also an authority on space genetics and space medicine, and has been called to Monitor One as a consultant on the Martians. Dop realises this makes her an ideal subject for AlienAbduction.

Across the airwaves comes a message that startles the world: MarsNeedsWomen! When the human authorities resist 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?

Across the airwaves comes a message that startles the world: MarsNeedsWomen! When the human authorities resist 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 Dr. Marjorie Bolen? Will this rank with ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' as one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made?

Across the airwaves comes a message that startles the world: MarsNeedsWomen! When the human authorities resist 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 HotScientist Dr. Marjorie Bolen? Will this rank with ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' as one of the worst sci-fi movies ever made?

* HotScientist: Dr. Marjorie Bolen, played by Creator/YvonneCraig. Even the newsreader introducing her waffles on about how attractive she is, despite hiding her charm behind [[NerdGlasses horn-rimmed spectacles]]. She's not only attractive but is [[BrainyBrunette also an authority on space genetics and space medicine]], and has been called to Monitor One as a consultant on the Martians. Dop realises this makes her an ideal subject for AlienAbduction.

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]]'' [[BoldlyComing want from Earth!]]

* 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?

* HotScientist: Dr. Marjorie Bolen, played by Creator/YvonneCraig. Even the newsreader introducing her waffles on about how attractive she is, despite hiding her charm behind [[NerdGlasses horn-rimmed spectacles]]. She's not only attractive but is [[BrainyBrunette also an expert]] on space genetics and space medicine, and has been called to Monitor One as a consultant on the Martians. Dop realises this makes her an ideal subject for AlienAbduction.

* HotScientist: Dr. Marjorie Bolen, played by Creator/YvonneCraig. Even the newsreader introducing her waffles on about how attractive she is, despite hiding her charm behind [[NerdGlasses horn-rimmed spectacles]]. She's not only attractive but is [[BrainyBrunette also an expert]] on "space genetics" ([[SpaceX whatever that is]]) and space medicine, and has been called to Monitor One as a consultant on the Martians. Dop realises this makes her an ideal subject for AlienAbduction.

* AllMenArePerverts: 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. Only Dop chooses his victim because she has useful knowledge as well as hot looks. 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.

* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Averted; the Martian doctor warns the others to stick to their [[FoodPills "encapsulated diet from the tubes"]] and not eat any local food.

* 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 do so 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.

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]]'' [[YouNeedToGetLaid want from Earth!]]

** "We have attempted to seize three woman by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transponder transponder]]."

* RevealingCoverup: Dop is tipped off that something is going on because the military shut down the press. Then Marjorie ends up SayingTooMuch when she complains she won't see him after tomorrow, because the news story will be over by then.

* 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 showing the human anatomy.

* 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 do so 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.

* 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, suggesting he either force Marjorie to come with him and she can be frozen on the way, or he returns alone and be punished for failing his mission.

* AllMenArePerverts: 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. Only Dop chooses his victim because she has useful knowledge as well as hot looks. 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.

* MarsNeedsWomen: The TropeNamer. Thanks to a recession in the Y chromosome, Martian men outnumber Martian women 100 to 1, hence the need for BreedingSlaves.

* EconomyCast: Lampshaded when only Simmons turns up for Colonel Page's briefing, causing the colonel to retort: "You're ''it?"'' Ironically the Martians have difficulty getting a room at a hotel because of [[TakeOurWordForIt all the off-screen journalists who have turned up]] in Houston to cover the story.

* 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?
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove:
-->'''Dop:''' What I have to say is for your ears only. [[LanguageEqualsThought The world 'love' went out of our vocabulary a hundred years ago]], but whatever love is, I know it must be what I feel for you.

* 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 [[TransporterAccident transponder accident]], like being converted into an Identification-Friend-or-Foe signal?

* MarsNeedsWoman: The TropeNamer. Thanks to a recession in the Y chromosome, Martian men outnumber Martian women 100 to 1, hence the need for BreedingSlaves.

* NoBiologicalBarriers: Averted; the Martian doctor warns the others to stick to their [[FoodPills "encapsulated diet from the tubes"]] and not eat any local food.
* OperationBlack: Operation [[HumanPopsicle Sleep Freeze]].

* CastTheExpert: The stripper is played by an actual stripper, 'Bubbles' Cash.