History Literature / TheTrueMeaningOfSmekday

* 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.

* NoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture: Averted. The Boov are said to have at least {{Fun Shirt}}s, nursery rhymes, and comic books.
** Their television, on the other hand, became ''too'' advanced, to the point where there were far more shows and channels than any Boov could watch and the Boov leaders finally cracked down on it after making dire predictions. (Tip points out that [[NewMediaAreEvil this is much the same attitude Earth authorities have toward television]].)

* CatchPhrase: Gratuity's is "Pardon my language." [[spoiler:[[FamousLastWords These turn out to be her last words]].]]

* KnightofCerebus: [[spoiler: The Gorg. While Tip has made jokes about the Boov while still painting them as scary, the Gorg are mostly terrifying.]]

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: While in Florida's [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]], Tip encounters a group of boys calling themselves the BOOB, or "[[FunWithAcronyms Brotherhood Organized against Oppressive Boov]]." When Tip points out that this should be "BOAOB," one of the boys replies, "[[HeHeYouSaidX We really wanted it to be BOOB]]." Later, in Roswell, she meets two young boys who have a completely unrelated club called BOOB, or "Backyard Telescope Observation of Occupation by Boov": when she asks if it shouldn't be "BTOOB," they respond, "BOOB sounds better."

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: While in Florida's [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]], Tip encounters a group of boys calling themselves the BOOB, or "[[FunWithAcronyms Brotherhood Organized against Oppressive Boov]]." When Tip points out that this should be "BOAOB," one of the boys replied, "[[HeHeYouSaidX We really wanted it to be BOOB]]." Later, in Roswell, she meets two young boys who have a completely unrelated club called BOOB, or "Backyard Telescope Observation of Occupation by Boov": when she asks if it shouldn't be "BTOOB," they respond, "BOOB sounds better."

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: While in Florida's [[SouvenirLand Happy Mouse Kingdom]], Tip encounters a group of boys calling themselves the BOOB, or "[[FunWithAcronyms Brotherhood Organized against Oppressive Boov]]." When Tip points out that this should be "BOAOB," one of the boys replied, "We really wanted it to be BOOB." Later, in Roswell, she meets two young boys who have a completely unrelated club called BOOB, or "Backyard Telescope Observation of Occupation by Boov": when she asks if it shouldn't be "BTOOB," they respond, "BOOB sounds better."

* CelebritySurvivor: The culture of celebrity worship continues even after every human being in America has been moved to Arizona. Actors now live in "New Hollywood" (Scottsdale), where they "fill their days with activities such as smiling and waving at cats as they anticipate the eventual restart of the film industry." Musical artists live in Sedona and perform benefit concerts to raise awareness of the alien invasion.

%%* AliensStealCable

* BrainlessBeauty: Gratuity's mom Lucy starts out like this, but later shows her leadership skills.

* {{Disneyfication}}: The animated adaptation, WesternAnimation/{{Home}}, drops most of the more edgy themes of the book.

* {{Disneyfication}}: The animated adaptation, WesternAnimation/{{Home}}, drops most of the more edgy and interesting themes of the book.

* CelebritySurvivor: The culture of celebrity worship continues even after every human being in America has been moved to Arizona. Actors now live in "New Hollywood" (Scottsdale), where they "fill their days with activities such as smiling and waving at cats as they anticipate the eventual restart of the film industry." Musical artists live in Sedona and perform benefit concerts to [[CaptainObvious raise awareness of the alien invasion]].

* Disneyfication: The animated adaptation, WesternAnimation/{{Home}}, drops most of the more edgy and interesting themes of the book.

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* CatchPhrase: Gratuity's is "Pardon my language." [[spoiler:These turn out to be her last words.]]

The book was loosely adapted into a movie by [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWorks]], titled ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'', and was released in March 2015, starring Music/{{Rihanna}}, [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Jim Parsons]], and the actual [[Music/JenniferLopez J-Lo]].

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/TheBigBangTheory Jim Parsons.]]

* [[spoiler: CloneArmy: The Gorg]]
* [[spoiler: CloneDegeneration: The Gorg again, leading to the EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion.]]

* AlienInvasion: By the Boov and later the Gorg.
* AliensStealCable
* AmusingAlien: Most of the Boov and Gorg, but primarily J.Lo.

* DittoAliens

* HumanoidAliens: the Boov, as well as the Gorg.
* [[InnocentAliens Innocent Alien]]: J.Lo.
* JustBeforeTheEnd
* KidHero: Gratuity

* TheNotLoveInterest: J.Lo to Tip throughout.

* PardonMyKlingon

* TheQuest: in a way.
* RoswellThatEndsWell
* RuleOfFunny

* CelebritySurvivor: The culture of celebrity worship continues even after every human being in America has been moved to Arizona. Actors now live in "New Hollywood" (Scottsdale), where they "fill their days with activities such as smiling and waving at cars as they anticipate the eventual restart of the film industry." Musical artists live in Sedona and perform benefit concerts to [[CaptainObvious raise awareness of the alien invasion]].

* MagicalNativeAmerican: The Chief is a subversion of sorts of this