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* AfterTheEnd: It's explained that much of movie takes place after Ro-Man has (almost) completely wiped out human civilization.

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* AfterTheEnd: It's explained that much of movie takes place after Ro-Man has (almost) completely wiped out human civilization.civilization, and only eight humans remain.



* AllJustADream: After the Great Guidance comes to Earth, [[spoiler:Johnny wakes up, apparently having hit his head and dreamed the whole thing.]]

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* AllJustADream: After the Great Guidance comes to destroys Earth, [[spoiler:Johnny wakes up, apparently having hit his head and dreamed the whole thing.]]



* MarsNeedsWomen: Played with in a weird way - Ro-Man has no idea why he wants to get into Alice's pants, and while he's struggling with it Great Guidance orders him to kill her, so he goes into the MadnessMantra.
* {{Martians}}: Though the alien comes from the plane Ro-Man, an alternate title for this movie is ''Monster From Mars''.
* MechanisticAlienCulture: The film features Ro-Man... Appearing as a man in a gorilla suit with a deep sea diver's helmet, the alien invader's exact morphology is elusive. It seems to be a cyborg, it comes from an advanced civilization, it is able to resist radiation, and speaks in a typical [[RoboSpeak robotic]] [[CreepyMonotone style monotone]] [[{{Zeerust}} popular at the time in B-movies]]. However they are not simply constructs or tools, as we learn in the scene where the earth stationed Ro-Man contacts the leader of the Ro-Men, who is a similar diving helmeted gorilla-bodied biped.

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* MarsNeedsWomen: Played with in a weird way - Ro-Man has no idea why he wants to get into Alice's pants, and while he's struggling with it it, Great Guidance orders him to kill her, so he goes into the MadnessMantra.
* {{Martians}}: Though the alien comes from the plane planet Ro-Man, an alternate title for this movie is ''Monster From Mars''.
* MechanisticAlienCulture: The film features Ro-Man... Appearing appearing as a man in a gorilla suit with a deep sea diver's helmet, the alien invader's exact morphology is elusive. It seems to be a cyborg, it comes from an advanced civilization, it is able to resist radiation, and speaks in a typical [[RoboSpeak robotic]] [[CreepyMonotone style monotone]] [[{{Zeerust}} popular at the time in B-movies]]. However they are not simply constructs or tools, as we learn in the scene where the earth stationed Ro-Man contacts the leader of the Ro-Men, who is a similar diving helmeted gorilla-bodied biped.



* TinMan: The titular robot has a hard time dealing with his emotions

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* TinMan: The titular robot has a hard time dealing with his emotionsemotions.
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%%* {{Jerkass}}: Ro-Man. Seriously.



%%* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters
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You know there's a trope for that, right?


A 1953 BMovie, released in 3D, by Phil Tucker, ''Robot Monster'' is one of the most famous SoBadItsGood sci-fi films ever made. Simply put, it is about a family having a picnic in UsefulNotes/{{California}} and meeting an evil alien invader: the nefarious Ro-Man, who has used a special DeathRay to destroy all humans. But the family survived by taking [[AppliedPhlebotinum a special serum invented by their scientist dad]].

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A 1953 BMovie, released in 3D, by Phil Tucker, ''Robot Monster'' is one of the most famous SoBadItsGood sci-fi films ever made. Simply put, it is about a family having a picnic in UsefulNotes/{{California}} and meeting an evil alien invader: the nefarious Ro-Man, who has used a special DeathRay to destroy all humans.KillAllHumans. But the family survived by taking [[AppliedPhlebotinum a special serum invented by their scientist dad]].
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* {{Martians}}: Though the alien comes from the plane Ro-Man, an alternate title for this movie is ''Monster From Mare''.

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* {{Martians}}: Though the alien comes from the plane Ro-Man, an alternate title for this movie is ''Monster From Mare''.Mars''.

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* {{Martians}}: Though the alien comes from the plane Ro-Man, an alternate title for this movie is ''Monster From Mare''.



* OrWasItADream: [[spoiler: While it may have been Johnny's dream, it seems it could have been a clairvoyant dream.]]

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* OrWasItADream: [[spoiler: While it may have been it's shown to be Johnny's dream, it seems it could have been a clairvoyant dream.the movie ends with Ro-Man repeatedly running out of the cave like he does in the beginning..]]
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: At the end, after killing [=XJ2=], the Great Guidance decides he has no more use for the Earth and does... ''something...'' to make the planet start to collapse and split apart. The only thing that prevents it from succeeding is [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream Johnny waking up]].

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* EarthShatteringKaboom: At the end, after killing [=XJ2=], the Great Guidance decides he has no more use for the Earth and does... ''something...'' unleashes a "Q-Ray" to make the planet start to collapse and split apart. The only thing that prevents it from succeeding is [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream Johnny waking up]].up]]]].



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%%* IdiotBall* IdiotBall: Johnny goes by himself to confront Ro-man, insult him to his face, [[CannotKeepASecret and brag about exactly HOW his family is immune to the calcination beam]]. Ro-man vows to adjust the beam to counteract it.



* KidHero: Johnny, the viewpoint character of the movie

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* KidHero: Johnny, the viewpoint character of the moviemovie.

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* EarthShatteringKaboom: At the end, after killing [=XJ2=], the Great Guidance decides he has no more use for the Earth and does... ''something...'' to make the planet start to collapse and split apart. The only thing that prevents it from succeeding is [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream Johnny waking up]].



* VillainProtagonist: Technically, 'Villain is the Only Character Who Isn't a Trite Cliche', but close enough.


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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After [=XJ2=] continually defies the orders to kill Alice first, Great Guidance has had enough.
-->''"If you wish to be like the Hu-man, then you will die like the Hu-man."''
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* {{Panacea}}: The immunity serum was discovered by accident while attempting to create something that could cure all diseases.
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Per TRS, this was renamed to Falsely Advertised Accuracy and moved to Trivia


* DanBrowned: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq9IKsH9BXg The trailer]] claims, "''Robot Monster'' brings you an actual preview of the devastating forces of our future." So far, nothing like this has happened in real life.
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* GarnishingTheStory: We get a few cutaways to StockFootage from dinosaur movies, including the [[{{Slurpasaur}} baby-alligator-with-plastic-sail vs. lizard]] fight from ''[[Film/OneMillionYearsBC One Million BC]]'' and some triceratops and sauropod StopMotionAnimation scenes from ''Film/LostContinent''. They don't add anything to the plot, never interact with any of the main characters, and their presence makes no sense. An easily-missed line from Great Guidance suggests that somehow he has brought the dinosaurs back to life so they'll eat the last few humans.

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* GarnishingTheStory: We get a few cutaways to StockFootage from dinosaur movies, including the [[{{Slurpasaur}} baby-alligator-with-plastic-sail vs. lizard]] fight from ''[[Film/OneMillionYearsBC One Million BC]]'' ''Film/OneMillionBC'' and some triceratops and sauropod StopMotionAnimation scenes from ''Film/LostContinent''. They don't add anything to the plot, never interact with any of the main characters, and their presence makes no sense. An easily-missed line from Great Guidance suggests that somehow he has brought the dinosaurs back to life so they'll eat the last few humans.



* StockFootage: A few random "[[{{slurpasaur}} dinosaur]]" shots from ''[[Film/OneMillionYearsBC One Million BC]]'' and ''Film/LostContinent'' are worked in. The rocket launch, space platform, and destroyed human cities are all shown via stock footage as well.

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* StockFootage: A few random "[[{{slurpasaur}} dinosaur]]" shots from ''[[Film/OneMillionYearsBC One Million BC]]'' ''Film/OneMillionBC'' and ''Film/LostContinent'' are worked in. The rocket launch, space platform, and destroyed human cities are all shown via stock footage as well.
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* {{Lunarians}}: According to the poster, Ro-Man is a "Moon Monster".

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* {{Lunarians}}: According to the poster, Ro-Man is a "Moon Monster".Monster" though in the movie he claimed to be from the planet Ro-Man.

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Everythings Better With Dinosaurs is now a disambiguation page.


* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: We get a few cutaways to StockFootage from dinosaur movies, including the [[{{Slurpasaur}} baby-alligator-with-plastic-sail vs. lizard]] fight from ''[[Film/OneMillionYearsBC One Million BC]]'' and some triceratops and sauropod StopMotionAnimation scenes from ''Film/LostContinent''. They don't add anything to the plot, never interact with any of the main characters, and their presence makes no sense. An easily-missed line from Great Guidance suggests that somehow he has brought the dinosaurs back to life so they'll eat the last few humans.


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* GarnishingTheStory: We get a few cutaways to StockFootage from dinosaur movies, including the [[{{Slurpasaur}} baby-alligator-with-plastic-sail vs. lizard]] fight from ''[[Film/OneMillionYearsBC One Million BC]]'' and some triceratops and sauropod StopMotionAnimation scenes from ''Film/LostContinent''. They don't add anything to the plot, never interact with any of the main characters, and their presence makes no sense. An easily-missed line from Great Guidance suggests that somehow he has brought the dinosaurs back to life so they'll eat the last few humans.

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* SkullForAHead: The poster shows that Ro-Man has a skull inside his helmet.



* TheUnseen: Jason and [=McCloud=], as well as the garrison on the "space platform". All end up killed by Ro-Man anyway.


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* TheUnseen: Jason and [=McCloud=], as well as the garrison on the "space platform". All end up killed by Ro-Man anyway.

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