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* BenevolentAlienInvasion: The Boov ''think'' of themselves as this, and indeed they begin to come off as such once the highly-destructive Gorg show up. (The Gorg in turn manage to convince some key humans that they are this, offering the cure for cancer.)
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* PlatonicLifePartners: Quite literally; [[spoiler:J.Lo is adopted into Tip's family, and the obituary describing her death at age 113 mentions that she was survived by her husband, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren "and one Boov."]]
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* TheNotLoveInterest: J.Lo to Tip throughout.
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* HigherTechSpecies: Humanity is low in the pecking order, with the Boov able to defeat them through superior tech and the Gorg, having manipulated and improved Boov technology, superior to the Boov in turn.
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* AmusingAlien: Most of the Boov and Gorg, but primarily J.Lo.
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* BizarreAlienSexes: the Boov aliens have 7 sexes that translate in English to: girl, boy, boygirl, girlboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy.
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* BizarreAlienSexes: the Boov aliens have 7 sexes that translate in English to: girl, boy, boygirl, girlboy, boyboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy.
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The book was loosely adapted into a movie by [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]], titled ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', and was released in March 2015, starring Music/{{Rihanna}} and [[Series/The BigBangTheory [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Jim Parsons.]]
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The book is being was loosely adapted into a movie by Dreamworks, [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]], titled ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', set to be and was released in March 2015, starring Music/{{Rihanna}} and [[Series/The BigBangTheory Jim Parsons.]]
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex and published by [[Creator/Disney Hyperion/Disney.]] It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod?
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex and published by [[Creator/Disney [[Creator/{{Disney}} Hyperion/Disney.]] It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod?
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. Rex and published by [[Creator/Disney Hyperion/Disney.]] It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod?
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre.
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? rocketpod?
In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre.
In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre.
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* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: Averted. The Boov are said to have at least {{Fun TShirt}}s, nursery rhymes, and comic books.
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* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: Averted. The Boov are said to have at least {{Fun T-Shirt}}s, TShirt}}s, nursery rhymes, and comic books.
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* CerebusSyndrome: The book catches a really surpriisng case of it at the end. See DeadlyDistantFinale and DownerEnding below.
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* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: the Gorg are [[spoiler: [[WeaksauceWeakness extremely allergic to cats]]. They try to remedy this by killing any and all cats on the planet. ]]
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre. The book is being loosely adapted into a movie by Dreamworks, titled ''Film/{{Home}}'', set to be released in March 2015, starring Music/{{Rihanna}} and Jim Parsons.
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre. genre.
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre. The book is being loosely adapted into a movie by Dreamworks, titled ''Home'', set to be released in March 2015, starring Music/{{Rihanna}} and Jim Parsons.
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre. The book is being loosely adapted into a movie by Dreamworks, titled ''Home'', ''Film/{{Home}}'', set to be released in March 2015, starring Music/{{Rihanna}} and Jim Parsons.
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre. The book is being adapted into a movie by Dreamworks set to be released in March 2015, starring Music/{{Rihanna}} and Jim Parsons.
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre. The book is being loosely adapted into a movie by Dreamworks Dreamworks, titled ''Home'', set to be released in March 2015, starring Music/{{Rihanna}} and Jim Parsons.
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre. The book is being adapted into a movie by Dreamworks set to be released in March 2015, starring Music/{{Rihanna}} and Jim Parsons.
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* [[spoiler: CloneArmy: The Gorg]]
* [[spoiler: CloneDegeneration: The Gorg again, leading to the EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion.]]
* [[spoiler: CloneDegeneration: The Gorg again, leading to the EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion.]]
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* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: the Gorg are [[spoiler: allergic to cats. They try to remedy this by killing any and all cats on the planet. ]]
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* GeniusBonus: the meal that Gratuity's mom cooks when the Chief visits - potatoes and onions in olive oil - was Napoleon's favorite meal before going into battle. Guess what happens not half a day later ...
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* PigLatin: A group of runaway boys use pig latin (badly) because the Boov can't read it.
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* ScaryDogmaticAliens: The Boov and the Gorg fall into the "Aliens as Conquistadores" category, with the Boov being an obvious parody of colonialism (by putting all humans on reservations).
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* AlienInvasion: By the Boov and later the Gorg.
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* BigRedButton: One of the koobish who were transported to the moon via capsule leans on this, and [[spoiler:causes the capsule to explode.]]
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* CatchPhrase: Gratuity's is "Pardon my language." [[spoiler:These turn out to be her last words.]]
* CerebusSyndrome: The book catches a really bad case of it at the end.
* CerebusSyndrome: The book catches a really bad case of it at the end.
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* SirSwearsALot: Curly. Luckily, Gratuity replaces his expletives with "bleep".
* SirSwearsALot: Curly. Luckily, Gratuity replaces his expletives with "bleep".
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Written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre.
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''The True Meaning of Smekday'' is a humorous YoungAdult ScienceFiction story written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre.
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Written by Adam Rex. It all starts with a school essay. When twelve-year-old Gratuity ("Tip") Tucci is assigned to write five pages on "The True Meaning of Smekday" for the National Time Capsule contest, she's not sure where to begin. When her mom started telling everyone about the messages aliens were sending through a mole on the back of her neck? Maybe on Christmas Eve, when huge, bizarre spaceships descended on the Earth and the aliens - called Boov - abducted her mother? Or when the Boov declared Earth a colony, renamed it "Smekland" (in honor of glorious Captain Smek), and forced all Americans to relocate to Florida via rocketpod? In any case, Gratuity's story is much, much bigger than the assignment. It involves her unlikely friendship with a renegade Boov mechanic named J.Lo.; a futile journey south to find Gratuity's mother at the [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]]; a cross-country road trip in a hovercar called Slushious; and an outrageous plan to save the Earth from yet another alien invasion. Fully illustrated with "photos," drawings, newspaper clippings, and comics sequences, this books breathes new life into the "KidHero" genre.
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!!!!Tropes:
* AffectionateParody: Of the KidHero genre, and also of most "alien invasion" movies.
* AlienAbduction: Gratuity's mom and others are abducted a few months before the actual alien invasion [[spoiler: to teach the Boov English.]]
* AliensStealCable
* BizarreAlienSexes: the Boov aliens have 7 sexes that translate in English to: girl, boy, boygirl, girlboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy.
* BrainlessBeauty: Gratuity's mom Lucy starts out like this, but later shows her leadership skills.
* CharacterBlog: a [[http://www.smekday.com site]] for the time capsule Gratuity sends her essay to.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Gratuity's mom. Of course, TheCuckoolanderWasRight.
* DeadlyDistantFinale: the last page of the book is [[spoiler: Gratuity's obituary. It describes how she died at the opening of the time capsule she sent her essay to.]]
* DittoAliens
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: J.Lo's story of how the Boov were forced out of the sea is equivalent to global warming.
** Putting the humans on reservations.
* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: the Gorg are [[spoiler: allergic to cats. They try to remedy this by killing any and all cats on the planet. ]]
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Gratuity, so named because her mom did not know what Gratuity meant when she was born, as well as J.Lo, who learned his pop culture [[AliensStealCable from TV]].
* GenderBlenderName: J.Lo, a male alien named for a female pop star. The [[BizarreSexualDimorphism fact that his species has seven genders]] only serves to make everyone more confused.
* GhettoName: Gratuity. (Her friends call her Tip.)
* HumanoidAliens: the Boov, as well as the Gorg.
* [[InnocentAliens Innocent Alien]]: J.Lo
* JustBeforeTheEnd
* KidHero: Gratuity
* MagicalNativeAmerican: The Chief is a subversion of sorts of this
* NextSundayAD: the book starts around 2011 which was about 3 years after when it was written.
* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: Averted. The Boov are said to have at least {{Fun T-Shirt}}s, nursery rhymes, and comic books.
* NonHumanSidekick: both J.Lo the Boov and Gratuity's cat Pig.
* OneGenderRace: The Gorg are all male [[spoiler:because they're clones]].
* PardonMyKlingon
* PigLatin: A group of runaway boys use pig latin (badly) because the Boov can't read it.
-->UMANS-HAY - \\
O-GAY OO-TAY THE INGDOM-KAY -\\
EET-MAY UNDER-WAY THE ASTLE-CAY
* TheQuest: in a way.
* RuleOfFunny
* SouvenirLand: "Happy Mouse Kingdom", a thinly veiled parody of Disney World.
* StarfishLanguage: The Boov's written language is bubbles and their spoken language, apparently, would require sheep and some bubblewrap if a human wanted to do it. One of their major cultural figures is called "Sound-of-a-crying-baby-riding-on-a-duck-which-is-talking-with-its-mouth-full".
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!!!!Tropes:
* AffectionateParody: Of the KidHero genre, and also of most "alien invasion" movies.
* AlienAbduction: Gratuity's mom and others are abducted a few months before the actual alien invasion [[spoiler: to teach the Boov English.]]
* AliensStealCable
* BizarreAlienSexes: the Boov aliens have 7 sexes that translate in English to: girl, boy, boygirl, girlboy, boyboygirl, and boyboyboyboy.
* BrainlessBeauty: Gratuity's mom Lucy starts out like this, but later shows her leadership skills.
* CharacterBlog: a [[http://www.smekday.com site]] for the time capsule Gratuity sends her essay to.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Gratuity's mom. Of course, TheCuckoolanderWasRight.
* DeadlyDistantFinale: the last page of the book is [[spoiler: Gratuity's obituary. It describes how she died at the opening of the time capsule she sent her essay to.]]
* DittoAliens
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: J.Lo's story of how the Boov were forced out of the sea is equivalent to global warming.
** Putting the humans on reservations.
* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: the Gorg are [[spoiler: allergic to cats. They try to remedy this by killing any and all cats on the planet. ]]
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Gratuity, so named because her mom did not know what Gratuity meant when she was born, as well as J.Lo, who learned his pop culture [[AliensStealCable from TV]].
* GenderBlenderName: J.Lo, a male alien named for a female pop star. The [[BizarreSexualDimorphism fact that his species has seven genders]] only serves to make everyone more confused.
* GhettoName: Gratuity. (Her friends call her Tip.)
* HumanoidAliens: the Boov, as well as the Gorg.
* [[InnocentAliens Innocent Alien]]: J.Lo
* JustBeforeTheEnd
* KidHero: Gratuity
* MagicalNativeAmerican: The Chief is a subversion of sorts of this
* NextSundayAD: the book starts around 2011 which was about 3 years after when it was written.
* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: Averted. The Boov are said to have at least {{Fun T-Shirt}}s, nursery rhymes, and comic books.
* NonHumanSidekick: both J.Lo the Boov and Gratuity's cat Pig.
* OneGenderRace: The Gorg are all male [[spoiler:because they're clones]].
* PardonMyKlingon
* PigLatin: A group of runaway boys use pig latin (badly) because the Boov can't read it.
-->UMANS-HAY - \\
O-GAY OO-TAY THE INGDOM-KAY -\\
EET-MAY UNDER-WAY THE ASTLE-CAY
* TheQuest: in a way.
* RuleOfFunny
* SouvenirLand: "Happy Mouse Kingdom", a thinly veiled parody of Disney World.
* StarfishLanguage: The Boov's written language is bubbles and their spoken language, apparently, would require sheep and some bubblewrap if a human wanted to do it. One of their major cultural figures is called "Sound-of-a-crying-baby-riding-on-a-duck-which-is-talking-with-its-mouth-full".
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