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* HypocriticalHumor: The malt shop is full of graffiti, including "Please don't write on the walls!! Mgmt."
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-->'''Sheriff''': The hell you're not. [hangs up]
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* BreakingBadNewsGently: Averted.
-->'''Sheriff''': Am I speaking to the widow of John S. Lamont?\\
'''Mrs. Lamont''': You must be mistaken. I'm not a widow.\\
-->'''Sheriff''': The hell you're not. [hangs up]
-->'''Sheriff''': Am I speaking to the widow of John S. Lamont?\\
'''Mrs. Lamont''': You must be mistaken. I'm not a widow.\\
-->'''Sheriff''': The hell you're not. [hangs up]
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* AlienAmongUs: At the diner, the aliens clumsily attempt to pass for human by intently studying random objects and pouring condiments into their mouths.
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* AlienAmongUs: At the diner, malt shop, the aliens clumsily attempt to pass for human by intently studying random objects and pouring condiments into their mouths.
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* LocalHangout: The diner's name is Local Teenage Hangout.
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* UnusualEuphemism: A boy invites Diane to "tickle my carburetor."
* UrineTrouble: Averted by 1359, who chases off a dog by squirting water at it.
-->'''1359''': Oh no, a quadruped. Look, I know what you're thinking. You leave me no choice. I'm not what you think I am. Look, it's nothing personal, I'm on a mission. It's a long story.
* UrineTrouble: Averted by 1359, who chases off a dog by squirting water at it.
-->'''1359''': Oh no, a quadruped. Look, I know what you're thinking. You leave me no choice. I'm not what you think I am. Look, it's nothing personal, I'm on a mission. It's a long story.
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* ChainsawGood: Chainsaw spends most of the movie killing people, but he does have a heroic moment when he [[spoiler:fights off the tentacle monster that's attacking Dee Dee and Frankie]].
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* EmotionSuppression: The aliens all have to go through an emolectomy, a procedure that removes their ability to feel emotions. It makes their lives much simpler, especially when they're doing their taxes. It does have to be refreshed after charged experiences, like a romance with an earthling.
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* InsaneEqualsViolent: Chainsaw and Breather go around killing people, Chainsaw with [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a chainsaw]], Breather with a knife.
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* WrenchWench: Diane is good with machinery and wears her tool belt everywhere. She's even kind enough to fix Chainsaw's chainsaw when it malfunctioned. Unlike most examples, [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak she's quite feminine otherwise]].
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* WrenchWench: Diane is good with machinery and wears her tool belt everywhere. She's even kind enough to fix Chainsaw's chainsaw when it malfunctioned.jams. Unlike most examples, [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak she's quite feminine otherwise]].
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* BattleOfTheBands: The aliens show up at the cotillion as ABCD and the EFGHI JKLM NOPQR STUVWXYZ and pit their techno music against the Pack's '50s-style rock and roll.
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* WrenchWench: Diane is good with machinery and wears her tool belt everywhere. She's even kind enough to fix Chainsaw's chainsaw when it malfunctioned. Unlike most examples, [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak she's quite feminine otherwise]].
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* FiftiesHair: Frankie has a pompadour.
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* LocalHangout: The diner's name is Local Teenage Hangout.
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* AutopsySnackTime: A man is murdered while eating chicken. When he's wheeled into the police station, a cop pries a drumstick out of his hand and takes a bite.
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* GenreBusting: As James Guidotti said, "It's a little like sitting home and watching TV late on a Saturday night, all the while switching channels from 5 to 9 to 11 and to 13. On channel 5 they're airing an old beach party movie; on 9 one about alien invaders; on 11 a film about a mad, homicidal maniac on the loose; and on 13 a rock 'n' roll program."
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* YouNeedToGetLaid: Third-person example. Dee Dee's best friend Diane (Creator/AlisonLaPlaca) tells her that Frankie's jerkish behavior is because of his surging hormones, and that "It'll pass, in time, as he's allowed to release his frustrations, you know, sexually speaking."
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* YouNeedToGetLaid: Third-person example. Dee Dee's best friend Diane (Creator/AlisonLaPlaca) (Alison La Placa) tells her that Frankie's jerkish behavior is because of his surging hormones, and that "It'll pass, in time, as he's allowed to release his frustrations, you know, sexually speaking."
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* NaughtyBirdwatching: The Sheriff uses her telescope to spy on a shirtless man exercising in front of a window. While trying to focus the telescope, she accidentally jerks it upwards, allowing her to see the aliens' spaceship.
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* YouNeedToGetLaid: Third-person example. Dee Dee's best friend Diane (Creator/AlisonLaPlaca) tells her that Frankie's jerkish behavior is because of his surging hormones, and that "It'll pass, in time, as he's allowed to release his frustrations, you know, sexually speaking."
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* MakeOutKids: One scene has a couple on the beach passionately making out for several minutes until the tentacle monster drags the boyfriend away.
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* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Dee Dee grumbles, "They should change the name of this town to Boringsville. Nothing ever happens here."
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The alien ABCD (Tom Nolan), his followers EFGHI, JKLM, NOPQR, STUVWXYZ, and AEIOU (techno band Music/{{Rhema}}), and their robot 1359 (Creator/PeterCullen) have been searching the universe for the source of rock and roll music, and finally arrive on Earth, in the town of Speelburgh. With 1359 disguised as a fire hydrant, they set off in search of intelligent life. They meet Dee Dee (Creator/PiaZadora), with whom ABCD promptly falls in love. Unfortunately for him, Dee Dee is dating local bad boy Frankie (Creator/CraigSheffer), frontman of the Pack (Jimmy & the Mustangs). In a side plot, two mental patients, Chainsaw (Creator/MichaelBerryman) and Breather (Wallace Merck), escape from the hospital and go on a killing spree.
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The alien ABCD (Tom Nolan), his followers EFGHI, JKLM, NOPQR, STUVWXYZ, and AEIOU (techno band Music/{{Rhema}}), and their robot 1359 (Creator/PeterCullen) have been searching the universe for the source of rock and roll music, and finally arrive on Earth, in the town of Speelburgh. With 1359 disguised as a fire hydrant, they set off in search of intelligent life. They meet high schooler Dee Dee (Creator/PiaZadora), with whom ABCD promptly falls in love. Unfortunately for him, Dee Dee is dating local bad boy Frankie (Creator/CraigSheffer), frontman of the Pack (Jimmy & the Mustangs). In a side plot, two mental patients, Chainsaw (Creator/MichaelBerryman) and Breather (Wallace Merck), escape from the hospital and go on a killing spree.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Frankie spends much of the movie in an open jacket with no shirt.
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* VanityLicensePlate: The Pack's license plate reads "THE PACK."
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* DiegeticSwitch: "Combine Man" plays while the aliens transport the pieces of ABCD, who has exploded from looking at Dee Dee, back to the ship, repair him, return to Earth, and drive to the beach on a tractor, where they play the end of the song. The beachgoers clap.
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* AlienAmongUs: At the diner, the aliens clumsily attempt to pass for human by intently studying random objects and pouring condiments into their mouths.
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* MuggedForDisguise: The aliens find some people making out in cars and teleport their clothes onto themselves, leaving the original owners in their underwear. The aliens don't end up keeping the costumes.
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The alien ABCD (Tom Nolan), his followers EFGHI, JKLM, NOPQR, STUVWXYZ, and AEIOU (techno band Music/{{Rhema}}), and their robot 1359 (Creator/PeterCullen) have been searching the universe for the source of rock and roll music, and finally arrive on Earth, in the town of Speelburgh. With 1359 disguised as a fire hydrant, they set off in search of intelligent life. They meet Dee Dee (Creator/PiaZadora), with whom ABCD promptly falls in love. Unfortunately for him, Dee Dee is dating local bad boy Frankie (Creator/CraigSheffer), frontman of The Pack (Jimmy & the Mustangs). In a side plot, two mental patients, Chainsaw (Creator/MichaelBerryman) and Breather (Wallace Merck), escape from the hospital and go on a killing spree.
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The alien ABCD (Tom Nolan), his followers EFGHI, JKLM, NOPQR, STUVWXYZ, and AEIOU (techno band Music/{{Rhema}}), and their robot 1359 (Creator/PeterCullen) have been searching the universe for the source of rock and roll music, and finally arrive on Earth, in the town of Speelburgh. With 1359 disguised as a fire hydrant, they set off in search of intelligent life. They meet Dee Dee (Creator/PiaZadora), with whom ABCD promptly falls in love. Unfortunately for him, Dee Dee is dating local bad boy Frankie (Creator/CraigSheffer), frontman of The the Pack (Jimmy & the Mustangs). In a side plot, two mental patients, Chainsaw (Creator/MichaelBerryman) and Breather (Wallace Merck), escape from the hospital and go on a killing spree.
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* AirGuitar: When Dee Dee sings with the Pack, a line of backup dancers play air guitar.
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* SdrawkcabName: One of the planets 1359 spies on is called Acirema.
* TantrumThrowing: Frankie is so angry to see Dee Dee singing with the Pack that he snatches a glass from someone and throws it away, smashing it.
* TantrumThrowing: Frankie is so angry to see Dee Dee singing with the Pack that he snatches a glass from someone and throws it away, smashing it.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: While spying on the inhabitants of different planets, 1359 sees members of two rival gangs in elaborate costumes (Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson) falling in love through an elaborate song and dance routine while the gangs fight. None of this is ever mentioned again, although the song "When the Rain Begins to Fall" is featured again late in the movie, and 1359 never seems to notice that Dee Dee looks just like the woman from the gang.
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* EightiesHair: Practically the entire cast.
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''Voyage of the Rock Aliens'' is a 1984 sci-fi musical written by Edward Gold and James Guidotti and directed by James Fargo and Bob Giraldi.
The alien ABCD (Tom Nolan), his followers EFGHI, JKLM, NOPQR, STUVWXYZ, and AEIOU (techno band Music/{{Rhema}}), and their robot 1359 (Creator/PeterCullen) have been searching the universe for the source of rock and roll music, and finally arrive on Earth, in the town of Speelburgh. With 1359 disguised as a fire hydrant, they set off in search of intelligent life. They meet Dee Dee (Creator/PiaZadora), with whom ABCD promptly falls in love. Unfortunately for him, Dee Dee is dating local bad boy Frankie (Creator/CraigSheffer), frontman of The Pack (Jimmy & the Mustangs). In a side plot, two mental patients, Chainsaw (Creator/MichaelBerryman) and Breather (Wallace Merck), escape from the hospital and go on a killing spree.
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!!''Voyage of the Rock Aliens'' contains examples of:
* AndStarring: Starring Pia Zadora… introducing Jimmy & the Mustangs and Creator/RuthGordon as The Sheriff.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: While spying on the inhabitants of different planets, 1359 sees members of two rival gangs in elaborate costumes (Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson) falling in love through an elaborate song and dance routine while the gangs fight. None of this is ever mentioned again, although the song "When the Rain Begins to Fall" is featured again late in the movie, and 1359 never seems to notice that Dee Dee looks just like the woman from the gang.
* HumanPopsicle: During their voyage, the aliens are "frozen" as plastic dolls only a few inches high. Thawing restores them to their full height.
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The alien ABCD (Tom Nolan), his followers EFGHI, JKLM, NOPQR, STUVWXYZ, and AEIOU (techno band Music/{{Rhema}}), and their robot 1359 (Creator/PeterCullen) have been searching the universe for the source of rock and roll music, and finally arrive on Earth, in the town of Speelburgh. With 1359 disguised as a fire hydrant, they set off in search of intelligent life. They meet Dee Dee (Creator/PiaZadora), with whom ABCD promptly falls in love. Unfortunately for him, Dee Dee is dating local bad boy Frankie (Creator/CraigSheffer), frontman of The Pack (Jimmy & the Mustangs). In a side plot, two mental patients, Chainsaw (Creator/MichaelBerryman) and Breather (Wallace Merck), escape from the hospital and go on a killing spree.
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!!''Voyage of the Rock Aliens'' contains examples of:
* AndStarring: Starring Pia Zadora… introducing Jimmy & the Mustangs and Creator/RuthGordon as The Sheriff.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: While spying on the inhabitants of different planets, 1359 sees members of two rival gangs in elaborate costumes (Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson) falling in love through an elaborate song and dance routine while the gangs fight. None of this is ever mentioned again, although the song "When the Rain Begins to Fall" is featured again late in the movie, and 1359 never seems to notice that Dee Dee looks just like the woman from the gang.
* HumanPopsicle: During their voyage, the aliens are "frozen" as plastic dolls only a few inches high. Thawing restores them to their full height.
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