History Film / PodPeople

** If you're poacher number two and you see a random teenage girl walking through the woods, then clearly you're only reasonable response has to be to grab her and make a joke about wanting to rape her. Even poacher 3 refuses to help him when she runs off, telling him "you better run!" The only reason this doesn't end with him behind bars is that she dies instead after jumping off a cliff to escape him. Of course, he still proves Too Dumb To Live when he tries fighting Trumpy's mom later...
** Speaking of Trumpy's mom, Poacher 3 proves himself also Too Dumb To Live despite previously being the OnlySaneMan of the three. It almost seemed Trumpy's mom was about to accept them as not involved with the destruction of her eggs and move on, until he and number 2 try to kill her for, again, ''absolutely no reason''.
%%* TheUnintelligible: Rick's "singing."

* WorstAid: When Laura falls off the cliff landing on her back, the other campers find her and carry her stupidly. Also, Tommy's mother seems to think the cure for a crushed spine is a good night's rest.

%%* TooDumbToLive

You can check out WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob's [[http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/11/04/et-week-extra-terrestrial-visitors.aspx review]] of the film, this time under the title ''Extra-Terrestrial Visitors''.

* BMovie

* BigEater: Trumpy
* ABoyAndHisX: Tommy and Trumpy
* TheBrainlessBeauty: Laura
* ButNowIMustGo

* CrossDressingVoices: Tommy's dubbed voice.

* DiesWideOpen
* TheDitz: Laura

* FakeBand

* HollywoodNight

* {{Housewife}}: Tommy's mom
* HyperlinkStory

* TheLostWoods: Cinder Woods

* MixAndMatchCritters: Trumpy

* NonHumanSidekick: Trumpy
* NonindicativeName: Yep.

* PaperThinDisguise: Trumpy

* SceneryPorn
* ShooTheDog
* TheSpeechless: Trumpy
* TooDumbToLive
* TheUnintelligible: Rick's "singing."

"Good? He's the ''BEST''!"

The film is as much of a mess behind the scenes as it is on-screen. ''Los Nuevos Extraterrestres'' began its life as a low-budget horror film. Then, after the initial script had been written, [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086026/trivia the producers demanded the addition of the subplot about the little kid adopting the alien]], in a blatant attempt to [[FollowTheLeader cash in on the success]] of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. It was filmed in Spanish and French. For the US release is was (badly) dubbed into English and retitled ''The Unearthling''. Then, when the copyright expired, the distributor Film Ventures International purchased the film, slapped the credits from a ''completely different film'' onto the beginning and end, and changed the name to ''[[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/mstfaq/subtle.html Pod People]]''.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Trumpy's parent goes on this, justifiably. First, all but one of the eggs on its ship are senselessly smashed by a poacher, then, when it approaches two more poachers by a campfire, they lure it closer, then shoot and wound it without provocation. After that, you'd understand why it kills everyone it sees; it thinks all HumansAreBastards.

A little boy named Tommy who has an extensive array of pets he likes to call "specimens" finds an alien egg to hatch, somewhat like Horton. When it hatches, Tommy names the creature--who manages to use his snout to suck up peanuts and warp time and space with his fingers--Trumpy. Unfortunately, Trumpy's mom is found by poachers and goes on [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge a killing spree in response]]. To add to the terror, a group of [[TheScrappy unappealing young people]] takes a break from recording [[FakeBand nightmarish "pop" music]] to travel by RV up to the scene of the alien foothold. When one of their members is killed by the alien, they are drawn into the hunt for the culprit.

* ShooTheDog: Provides the page quote.

* HongKongDub: The English dub were recorded by at most two actors and two actresses.

* ABoyAndHisX: Tommy and Trumpy
* BigEater: Trumpy

* ExecutiveMeddling / FollowTheLeader: According to Mental Floss:
-->The Pod People was originally conceived as a straight-up alien invasion horror film. But while Los Nuevos Extraterrestres (the Spanish production’s original title) was still being filmed, Steven Spielberg released a little film called E.T. that became a blockbuster hit. The money people behind Pod People demanded several script changes at the last minute (“add a cute kid and make the alien more adorable!”) in order to make the movie more E.T.-ish, which partially accounts for the disjointed feel of this film.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Ian Sera, here playing the lead singer in the band, is better known for getting his junk ripped off by a stitched-together corpse in ''{{Pieces}}''.

* MoodWhiplash: The movie can't decide if it's trying to be a cutesy E.T.-like movie or a monster movie, [[TakeAThirdOption so it settles on being both.]]

!!''PodPeople'' Contains Examples of:

* CreepyKid: There's something ''wrong'' about a boy who wants to collect ''specimens''.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Sharon's friends give her ''really'' bad advice that screams of co-dependence, telling her to accept the fact her lover is taking another girl on the trip.
-->'''[[MST3K Crow:]]''' Yeah, try to be nice to your boyfriend's girlfriend.

The film is as much of a mess behind the scenes as it is on-screen. ''Los Nuevos Extraterrestres'' began its life as a low-budget horror film. Then, after the initial script had been written, [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086026/trivia the producers demanded the addition of the subplot about the little kid adopting the alien]], in a blatant attempt to [[FollowTheLeader cash in on the success]] of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. It was filmed in Spanish and French. For the US release is was (badly) dubbed into English and retitled ''The Unearthling''. Then, when the copyright expired, the distributor Film Ventures International purchased the film, slapped the credits from ''completely different films'' onto the beginning and end, and changed the name to ''[[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/mstfaq/subtle.html PodPeople]]''.

* InformedAttractiveness: "Especially when she has boobs like that!" [[{{Pettanko}} Boobs like WHAT?]]

The film is as much of a mess behind the scenes as it is on-screen. ''Los Nuevos Extraterrestres'' began its life as a low-budget horror film. Then, after the initial script had been written, [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086026/trivia the producers demanded the addition of the subplot about the little kid adopting the alien]], in a blatant attempt to [[FollowTheLeader cash in on the success]] of ''ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. It was filmed in Spanish and French. For the US release is was (badly) dubbed into English and retitled ''The Unearthling''. Then, when the copyright expired, the distributor Film Ventures International purchased the film, slapped the credits from ''completely different films'' onto the beginning and end, and changed the name to ''[[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/mstfaq/subtle.html PodPeople]]''.

The film is as much of a mess behind the scenes as it is on-screen. ''Los Nuevos Extraterrestres'' began its life as a low-budget horror film. Then, after the initial script had been written, [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086026/trivia the producers demanded the addition of the subplot about the little kid adopting the alien]], in a blatant attempt to [[FollowTheLeader cash in on the success]] of ''[=~E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial~=]''. It was filmed in Spanish and French. For the US release is was (badly) dubbed into English and retitled ''The Unearthling''. Then, when the copyright expired, the distributor Film Ventures International purchased the film, slapped the credits from ''completely different films'' onto the beginning and end, and changed the name to ''[[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/mstfaq/subtle.html PodPeople]]''.

* WorstAid: When Laura falls off the cliff landing on her back, the other campers find her and carry her stupidly.

The film is as much of a mess behind the scenes as it is on-screen. ''Los Nuevos Extraterrestres'' began its life as a low-budget horror film. Then, after the initial script had been written, [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086026/trivia the producers demanded the addition of the subplot about the little kid adopting the alien]], in a blatant attempt to [[FollowTheLeader cash in on the success]] of ''[=~E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial~=]''. It was filmed in Spanish and French. For the US release is was (badly) dubbed into English and retitled ''The Unearthling''. Then, when the copyright expired, the distributor Venture Films International purchased the film, slapped the credits from ''completely different films'' onto the beginning and end, and changed the name to ''[[http://www.mst3kinfo.com/mstfaq/subtle.html PodPeople]]''.

* FridgeBrilliance: The poachers mention someone named Bill who went legit and works with the rangers. Later, we're introduced to Tommy's uncle who is named Bill and has ranger friends.