History Film / TeenagersFromOuterSpace

''Teenagers from Outer Space'' is a '50s era SF BMovie about a pair of ... [[DawsonCasting "teenagers"]] from outer space. Their spaceship lands on Earth, and they decide that this is the perfect planet to begin a ranch for [[strike:giant lobsters]] [[CallARabbitASmeerp gargons]]. The idealistic young crew member Derek makes a moral objection when he sees there is already life on the planet. Then he makes an armed objection, attempting mutiny; he fails, and has to escape the wrath of his crew (after all, the high court might have sentenced him to...never mind) and flees to a small town nearby. There he meets Betty - the most Fifties girl in that Fifties world. Meanwhile, the brash [[KickTheDog dog kicker]] Thor is sent to capture him -- alive; it turns out that Derek's secretly the son of "Our Leader". Meanwhile, the gargons have grown huge and have to be destroyed.

Shot for $14,000, which in technical film terms, is no money at all even by '50s standards. [[SpecialEffectsFailure It shows]]. Always well known as SnarkBait, it got a second life on ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''. The full movie can also be unlocked in the game ''DestroyAllHumans''.

This film is considered Public Domain now and can be watched at [[http://www.archive.org/details/TeenagersFromOuterSpace Archive.org]].

* AerithAndBob
* AliensSpeakingEnglish

* CheapCostume
* DawsonCasting: ''Teenagers'' from outer space? Yeah, right...
--> ''Really old'' teenagers from outer space...
** To be fair, only ''one'' alien was supposed to be a teenager, and the title was a marketing gimmick common in the 50's to get high school students to come see your film (put "Teenage" in the title). The actor playing the "teen alien" is still too old.
* DiedHappilyEverAfter

* GiantEnemyCrab: Well, lobster.

* IAmYourFather
* IntrepidReporter

--> '''Servo:''' "Thank you, Captain Exposition."

--> '''Tom Servo''' We have the supreme pizzas!

* ShinyLookingSpaceships

* SpaceClothes
* SpinningPaper: Played straight, although the paper doesn't actually spin. The Gargon's silhouette is also superimposed on the paper, leading Tom Servo to infer that ''it's'' reading the news.
-->'''Servo:''' Oh no! He reads, too! AAAAAH!

* StrippedToTheBone
* TechnoBabble

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!!The ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' presentation has examples of:
* BuildingOfAdventure
* {{Leitmotif}}
* RunningGag:
** "TOR-CHA!"
** People being trapped in those huge '50s car trunks.
** Characters singing certain songs to themselves.
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[[TheStinger "When we return to our planet, the high court may well sentence you to TORTURE!"]]

->---''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' In Unison: "TOR-CHAA!!!"

* FridgeLogic: Why was Betty's puppy running around that quarry?

* JerkAss: Thor.

---> '''Tom Servo''' We have the supreme pizzas!

* ScaryDogmaticAliens: Derek's people are blatant SpaceNazis.

->---''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' In Unison: "TOR-CHAR!!!"

* DownerEnding: Derrick's HeroicSacrifice at the end of the film causes his death after the only remotely happy days of his life. He also doesn't actually alter the course of his planet's society, which could well mean there's another force on the way and nobody left to stop them.

* RunningGag: "TOR-CHA!"

* ShoutOut: Derek is clearly based on Klaatu (of "Barada Nikto" fame) from TheDayTheEarthStoodStill.
* SpockSpeak: "Let us implement contractions."

[[TheStinger "When we return to our planet, the high court may well sentence you to TORTURE!"]]

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* BetterThanItSounds: OK, so it's still a silly B-movie. But the acting and plot are fairly decent compared to a ''lot'' of other movies shown on MST3K.

* LawfulNeutral: Spaceship Captain.

* {{Narm}}

* NightmareRetardant

* SnarkBait
* SoBadItsGood: This film is a really good B-movie example of the trope.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The gargon. Just... the gargon.
** The live lobster near the beginning probably blew the budget. Later gargons are played by what looks like a black-painted vaguely lobster-shaped cardboard cutout. (They probably intended to do some process work to replace the silhouette with an actual lobster image, but didn't have the budget.)
** On the other hand, when you consider the next-to-nothing budget the film had, you have to be impressed that the movie's non-special effects work. For example, the entire movie was shot wild track: ''every single sound'' was dubbed in later -- and unlike [[ManosTheHandsOfFate certain other B-movies]], you can't really tell. It's also not often that the "skeletons" are noticeably plastic.

* CargoShip: At the beginning, Dr. Forrester is seen practicing CPR on a female dummy. At the end of the episode, he's on a date with it.
-->'''Dr. Forrester''': So, have I told you I've got a man up in space? No, literally. I have a man up in space.

** The live lobster near the beginning probably blew the budget. Later gargons are played by what looks like a black-painted vaguely lobster-shaped cardboard cutout.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever

* ScaryDogmaticAliens: Derek's people are blatant Space Communists, with some fascist overtones.
** [[CommieNazis Communists...with fascist overtones?]]

Shot for $14,000. Which in technical film terms, is no money at all. [[SpecialEffectsFailure It shows]]. Always well known as SnarkBait, it got a second life on ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''. The full movie can also be unlocked in the game ''DestroyAllHumans''.

->''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' In Unison: "TOR-CHAR!!!"

* {{Xanadu}}
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** [[CommieNazis Communists... with ''fascist'' overtones?]]

** [[Commie Nazis Communists... with ''fascist'' overtones?]]

* MrExposition

** On the other hand, when you consider the next-to-nothing budget the film had, you have to be impressed that the movie's non-special effects work. For example, the entire movie was shot wild track: ''every single sound'' was dubbed in later -- and unlike [[ManosTheHandsOfFate certain other B-movies]], you can't really tell.

* DownerEnding

Shot for $14,000. Which in technical film terms, is no money at all. [[SpecialEffectsFailure It shows]]. Always well known as SnarkBait, it got a second life on ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

''Teenagers from Outer Space'' is a '50s era SF BMovie about a pair of ... "teenagers" from outer space. Their spaceship lands on Earth, and they decide that this is the perfect planet to begin a ranch for [[strike:giant lobsters]] [[CallARabbitASmeerp gargons]]. The idealistic young crew member Derek makes a moral objection when he sees there is already life on the planet. Then he makes an armed objection, attempting mutiny; he fails, and has to escape the wrath of his crew (after all, the high court might have sentenced him to...never mind) and flees to a small town nearby. There he meets Betty - the most Fifties girl in that Fifties world. Meanwhile, the brash [[KickTheDog dog kicker]] Thor is sent to capture him -- alive; it turns out that Derek's secretly the son of "Our Leader". Meanwhile, the gargons have grown huge and have to be destroyed.

''Teenagers from Outer Space'' is a '50s era SF BMovie about a pair of ... "teenagers" from outer space. Their spaceship lands on Earth, and they decide that this is the perfect planet to begin a ranch for [[strike:giant lobsters]] [[CallARabbitASmeerp gargons]]. The idealistic young crew member Derek makes a moral objection when he sees there is already life on the planet. Then he makes an armed objection, attempting mutiny; he fails, and has to escape the wrath of his crew (after all, the high court might have sentenced him to...never mind) and flees to a small town nearby. There he meets Betty - the most Fifties girl in that Fifties world. Meanwhile, the brash dog kicker Thor is sent to capture him -- alive; it turns out that Derek's secretly the son of "Our Leader". Meanwhile, the gargons have grown huge and have to be destroyed.