History Series / ResidentAlien

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: After a night of whisky shots with his new human pals, actually tries to kill Max, a boy no older than ten, for being able to see through his disguise.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: One of the first signs of Harry having some humanity comes when he protects Asta from his violent ex-husband by punching through a door and almost strangling him to death.

-->'''Harry:''' That is just one.

* NoSocialSkills: As an alien, Harry has little knowledge of social norms or how to behave around humans. This includes actions such as handling a human brain with his hands (and putting it down to shake the hand of the former owner's widow) and interrupting the funeral to examine the doctor's body.

* WrongGenreSavvy: While he's not too happy about having to deal with the townsfolk, Harry delightedly notes investigating a dead body is like ''Series/LawAndOrder''. He even doing the famous "kung kung!" sound effect for dramatic moments, much to the confusion of everyone else.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original comic, Harry was a benign alien who crashlanded on Earth and was passing as human to keep himself hidden until rescue arrived. Here he murders the real Harry Vanderspeigle for his identity and was not only on a mission to wipe out humanity, but [[spoiler:fully plans to get back to it once he finds the device that his ship was carrying for that purpose]]..

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Harry continually insults everyone around him - calling the mayor "Mayor Snowflake", telling Asta his beng much smarter than her is just fact - and has a final examination of the murder victim's body at the funeral. In front of his widow and all the other mourners. It's not because he's kind of a dick, as Asta puts it, but because he's got no idea of how humans interact beyond watching TV shows.

Initially planned to premiere Summer 2020, however production was stalled due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and it is now slated to premiere on January 27, 2021 instead. A link for a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIlo-avH9rU teaser]] can be found here and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26wdrAj8DmE&t=209s seven minute clip]] was released at [=NYC=] Comic-Con 2020.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original comic, Harry was a benign alien who crashlanded on Earth and was passing as human to keep himself hidden until rescue arrived. Here he murders the real Harry Vanderspeigle for his identity and is flatly stated by the show description to have been on a mission to kill all humans.

* AliensAreBastards: "Harry" came to Earth for the express purpose of killing all humans and its implied he hasn't simply done so yet because his ship crashed and he's currently stuck on Earth.

* GenderFlip: Honey is now replaced by a young boy as the only human who sees Harry's true form.

* GlamourFailure: The teaser trailer implies that, as in the comics, certain humans can see through Harry's disguise, as we see one boy screaming his head off on seeing the supposedly-human looking Harry in his alien form.

* HumanityEnsues
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Harry obliviously refers to the mayor as Mayor Snowflake after hearing the sheriff mockingly refer to him as such.

* NoSocialSkills: As an alien, Harry has little knowledge of social norms or how to behave around humans. This includes actions such as handling a human brain with his hands and interrupting a funeral to examine a body.

* WrongGenreSavvy: While he's not too happy about having to deal with the townsfolk, Harry delightedly notes investigating a dead body is like ''Series/LawAndOrder''.

Initially planned to premiere Summer 2020, however production was stalled due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. A link for a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIlo-avH9rU teaser]] can be found here and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26wdrAj8DmE&t=209s seven minute clip]] was released at [=NYC=] Comic-Con 2020.

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* GlamourFailure: The teaser trailer implies that, as im the comics, certain humans can see through Harry's disguise, as we see one boy screaming his head off on seeing the supposedly-human looking Harry in his alien form.

An adaptation of the [[ComicBook/ResidentAlien comic series]] by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hogan Peter Hogan]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Parkhouse Steve Parkhouse]], '''''Resident Alien''''' is a Creator/{{Syfy}} original series starring Creator/AlanTudyk as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, a semi-retired doctor in the small town of Patience, Colorado. Unbeknownst to all those around him, Dr. Vanderspeigle has a big secret unknown to any of them: he's an alien who has crashed landed on Earth hiding among them.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original comic, Harry was a benign alien who crashlanded on Earth and was passing as human to keep himself hidden until rescue arrived. Here he murders the real Harry Vanderspeigle for his identity and is implied to be on Earth for destructive reasons.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original comic, Harry was a benign alien who crashed landed on Earth and was passing as human to keep himself hidden until rescue arrived. In the tv series, he apparently came to Earth for the purpose of wiping out humanity when he crashed and murdered the real Harry Vanderspeigle for his identity.

* RaceLift: The sheriff in the comics was white with a handlebar mustache where in the series he's played by clean shaven black actor.

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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Harry's human form, though it's less for the benefit of the humans around him and
more to hide himself amongst them.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Harry's human form though it less for the benefit of the humans around him and more to hide himself amongst them.
* AliensAreBastards: "Harry" came to Earth for the express purpose of killing all humans and its implied he hasn't simply because his ship crashed and currently stuck on Earth.

* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: The reason Harry's ship crashed was because the night he arrived on Earth was during thunderstorm; a stary bolt of lightning struck his ship and damaged the engines.

* NoSocialSkills: As an alien, Harry has n little knowledge of social norms or how to behave around humans. This includes actions such as handling a human brain with his hands and interrupting a funeral to examine a body.
* PerceptionFilter: PlayedWith. Initially, unlike the comics, Harry's human form is a physical transformation (and a painful one) at that, but his true alien form can be seen in the reflection of a mirror indicating its a combination of illusion and pshyical changes.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original comic, Harry was a benign alien who crashed landed on Earth and was passing as human to keep himself hidden until rescue arrived. In the tv series, he apparently came to Earth for the purpose of wiping out humanity when he crashed and murder the real Harry Vanderspeigle for his identity.

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->"''"Welcome to Patience, Colorado. I am in the middle of nowhere, a tiny town three hours from the nearest city on roads that are impassable half the year. No bidy in their right mind would live in a place like this...unless they had something to hide.''"

An adaptation of the comic series by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hogan Peter Hogan]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Parkhouse Steve Parkhouse]], '''''Resident Alien''''' is a Creator/SyFy original series starring Creator/AlanTudyk as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, a semi-retired doctor in the small town of Patience, Colorado. Unbeknownst to all those around him, Dr. Vanderspeigle has a big secret unknown to any of them: he's an alien who has crashed landed on Earth hiding among them.

* AliensInCardiff: The series takes place in the small town of Patience which is apparently three hours from the nearest city with roads inaccessible most of the year. {{Lampshaded} by Harry who points out no-one in their right mind would chose to live in a place like that unless they were looking for somewhere to hide.

* Humanity Ensues

* PerceptionFilter: PlayedWith. Initially, unlike the comics, Harry's human form is a physical transformation (and a painful one) at that, but his true alien form can be seen in the reflection of a mirror.

* TaughtByTelevision: After taking his human form, Harry spends several hours replaying the same scene from an episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' only learning the language but ''how'' to speak in general.

Initially planned to premiere Summer 2020, however production was stalled due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. A link for a teaser can be found here and a seven minute clip was released at [=NYC=] Comic-Con 2020.

* TaughtByTelevision: After taking his human form, Harry spends several hours replaying the same scene from an episode of Series/LawAndOrder only learning the language but ''how'' to speak in general.

An adaptation of the comic series by Creator/PeterHogan and Creator/SteveParkhouse, ''Resident Alien'' is a Creator/SyFy original series starring Creator/AlanTudyk as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, a semi-retired doctor in the small town of Patience, Colorado. Unbeknownst to all those around him, Dr. Vanderspeigle has a big secret unknown to any of them: he's an alien who has crashed landed on Earth hiding among them.

An adaptation of the comic series by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, ''Resident Alien'' is a Creator/SyFy original series starring Creator/AlanTudyk as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, a semi-retired doctor in the small town of Patience, Colorado. Unbeknownst to all those around him, Dr. Vanderspeigle has a big secret unknown to any of them: he's an alien who has crashed landed on Earth hiding among them.

->"''"Welcome to Patience, Colorado. I am in the middle of nowhere, a tiny town three hours from the nearest city on roads that are impassable half the year. No bidy in their right mind would live in a place like this...unless they had something to hide.''"