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The Hidden
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The Hidden is a 1987 sci-fi/action/horror/buddy cop film directed by Jack Sholder, starring Michael Nouri, Kyle MacLachlan, Clu Gulager, Ed O'Ross, Claudia Christian, Chris Mulkey, William Boyett, and Richard Brooks.In Los Angeles, a spree killer is finally stopped by the LAPD, only for the dead killer's crime spree to be continued by seemingly unrelated people with no priors. When an FBI agent shows up with surprisingly detailed knowledge about the culprits, it soon becomes clear that the killer can not only switch bodies, it isn't even from Earth...The film spawned a sequel six years later, with Raphael Sbarge taking over the MacLachlan role.Danny Trejo has one line in this film. For the 2015 horror/thriller by the Duffer Brothers, see Hidden. | |
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Dropped link to BuddyCopShow: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to EnergyBeing: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
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Dropped link to Foil: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
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Dropped link to SpaceCop: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN | |
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Snowy Screen of Death | |
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Snowy Screen of Death: The opening scene is a bank robbery as seen from a security camera. The last thing the robber does before leaving the building is shoot his shotgun at the camera, resulting in the Snowy Screen of Death. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
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Ms Fan Service: The lovely Claudia Christian as a stripper! The strip club features several other beautiful scantily clad strippers/waitresses, the director in his DVD commentary admitting the only one he gave any dialogue to was his girlfriend at the time. | |
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Villain Song | |
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Villain Song: While the alien Big Bad does not have one, the in-universe heavy metal music it listens to reflects on its destructive, yet daredevil lifestyle and one from a car radio which its lyrics reflects on the alien getting use to inhabiting a female body. | |
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CharacterTic | |
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Character Tic: Regardless of the host body it is inhabiting, even if that host is a dog, the evil parasite has an creepy habit of smacking its lips. It's also rather fond of the Slasher Smile. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Early on, one policeman shows the two main characters a flamethrower he grabbed from some kids who just happened to carry one in the street. Because it has nothing to do with the scene and disappears just after, it's pretty obvious it will be used against the body-snatcher alien. | |
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Death of Personality | |
| The Hidden / int_256664a8 | comment |
Death of Personality: Gallagher reveals to Beck that anyone the alien possesses is subject to this. | |
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Hitler Cam | |
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Hitler Cam: Shows the alien's second host as it beats a record store owner to death. | |
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Impersonating an Officer | |
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Impersonating an Officer: The good alien parasite poses as an FBI officer so it can enlist the help of local human law enforcement to hunt down the evil alien parasite who killed his partner. Admittedly it's a Space Cop in its own right, but pretty far outside of its normal jurisdiction. | |
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Hidden Depths | |
| The Hidden / int_2dc0d2bf | comment |
Hidden Depths: Beck shows a softer side to his personality while at home with his family. | |
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Previously on… | |
| The Hidden / int_313d7228 | comment |
Previously on…: The first fifteen minutes of The Hidden II were a montage of footage from the first film. The sequel even marketed Michael Nouri as starring in the second film, even though he only appeared in the recap footage. | |
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Out with a Bang | |
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Out with a Bang: While possessing the body of a stripper, the Puppeteer Parasite-like alien screws a man to death in the parking lot. It's a bit unclear exactly how this is done, as there were no obvious wounds on the victim, nor does the alien seem able to literally consume a person's life force. | |
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Man, I Feel Like a Woman | |
| The Hidden / int_3a9bbb12 | comment |
Man, I Feel Like a Woman: The villain is a parasitic alien who jumps around between various human bodies. All are male, except for one, a stripper played by Claudia Christian. As soon as the alien makes the switch, it reaches down and ... you know the rest. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
| The Hidden / int_40cc0c7e | comment |
Bittersweet Ending: The evil alien is finally destroyed by Gallagher, but officer Thomas Beck is killed in the process. The good alien, having lost his own wife and child to the evil alien before the events of the film, transfers his essence to his partner's dying body to ensure that his partner's family won't be left alone. Beck's daughter accepts him despite her previous reservations. | |
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| The Hidden / int_411a35bd | type |
Body Surf | |
| The Hidden / int_411a35bd | comment |
Body Surf: A Puppeteer Parasite-like alien takes over various people in Los Angeles and uses them to commit thrill crimes. He is chased by a member of a different Puppeteer Parasite species who is inhabiting the body of an FBI agent. | |
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Bait the Dog | |
| The Hidden / int_4783acfa | comment |
Bait the Dog: The Ferrari salesman and customer seem somewhat justified in their annoyance at the bad alien inspecting the car, and wanting him to leave. Then we see them snorting cocaine and it's revealed the customer is an arms dealer. | |
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President Evil | |
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President Evil: Alluded to but never realized. Towards the end, the evil alien who has been going on a mass-murdering rampage throughout Los Angeles throughout the entire film, takes over the body of a U.S. Senator, who is generally understood to be planning a presidential bid. While possessed, he confirms that "I want to be the President." | |
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Terrorists Without a Cause | |
| The Hidden / int_4c70bdae | comment |
Terrorists Without a Cause: The alien criminal seeks to become this by taking over a senator's body to make a breakthrough in pulling off the biggest intergalactic crime of its life. | |
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What Measure Is a Mook? | |
| The Hidden / int_52b36340 | comment |
What Measure Is a Mook?: They never try to just nonfatally disable anyone who the alien is using the body of. Justified, since anyone it possesses suffers a Death of Personality. | |
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Redshirt Army | |
| The Hidden / int_558245a7 | comment |
Redshirt Army: The senators secret service detail. A few score hits on the alien-possessed Detective Willis but not enough to stop him and are all shot and possibly killed/badly wounded in return. | |
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Evil Is Visceral | |
| The Hidden / int_586c6d7e | comment |
Evil Is Visceral: The evil alien is a hideous slug-being that resembles a mosquito larva which kills the person in order to possess their body, contrasting with the almost angelic Energy Being that Gallagher's race is which apparently only possesses someone once they have passed on naturally. | |
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Sheet of Glass | |
| The Hidden / int_5cb87beb | comment |
Sheet of Glass: Exaggerated in the Dramatic Chase Opening. Two men are carrying a sheet of glass across a park for no apparent reason when the Body Surf alien comes roaring up in a stolen car. He not only drives through the glass, he also runs over the two men in the process. | |
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Something Only They Would Say | |
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Something Only They Would Say: The evil alien, in all of its host bodies, has the tendency to move its tongue back and forth in its mouth. After taking control of Senator Holt, it looks right at Gallagher and pointedly does the tongue thing, as if to taunt him. | |
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Sacrificial Lion | |
| The Hidden / int_619985d7 | comment |
Sacrificial Lion: Several of the police characters but the most notable is Willis, a notable supporting character who made it to the last fifteen minutes alive and uninfected. | |
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Don't Come A-Knockin' | |
| The Hidden / int_654f1e92 | comment |
Don't Come A-Knockin': An unusual example in that the sleazy guy's car is rocking enthusiastically while he has sex with Brenda the stripper—and continues to rock as he starts screaming in pain. Then Brenda (possessed by the alien) throws the corpse out of the car and takes off. | |
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Rooftop Confrontation | |
| The Hidden / int_67101c52 | comment |
Rooftop Confrontation: "Lloyd" and Beck have their shootout with a possessed Brenda on the roof of a warehouse. Beck finally figures out that something very very strange is going on when he sees Brenda, still standing after Lloyd emptied an entire clip into her, after she'd already been shot several times. | |
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The Only One | |
| The Hidden / int_6a61050e | comment |
The Only One: Spoofed when the Chief says that when the cop protagonist is reassigned: | |
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Puppeteer Parasite | |
| The Hidden / int_6cc39b20 | comment |
Puppeteer Parasite: The antagonist is an icky alien resembling a mosquito larva, which forces its way down people's throats and does the Body Surf routine. One of the two main characters is also one, but from another alien species that doesn't need to change body nearly that often. | |
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Dead Person Impersonation | |
| The Hidden / int_6d7cd3e | comment |
Dead Person Impersonation: Both Gallagher and the evil alien are essentially doing this every time they possess a new body. | |
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The Watson | |
| The Hidden / int_737a65f4 | comment |
The Watson: Lloyd Gallagher initially appears to serve as this to Thomas Beck for being The Spock by his side. However, it becomes inverted with the roles switched with the down-to-earth Beck being this for the alien Gallagher. | |
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Stellar Name | |
| The Hidden / int_7d93efb | comment |
Stellar Name: The alien police officer's name, Ras Alhague, is also the name of the brightest star in the constellation Ophiuchus. | |
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Light Is Good | |
| The Hidden / int_7dbd52b8 | comment |
Light Is Good: The good alien aka Lloyd is revealed to be, in his true form, a beam of golden light. This is in contrast to the evil alien who has the same body-hopping powers, but manifests as a sort of slimy squid-like thing. | |
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Villain with Good Publicity | |
| The Hidden / int_87bb6874 | comment |
Villain with Good Publicity: Soon after taking over the senator's body, the alien is greeted with applause after simply saying that it wants to be president. | |
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Bank Robbery | |
| The Hidden / int_8966382e | comment |
Bank Robbery: The film opens with the evil parasite robbing a bank, as seen from a black and white security camera. The cops later say that he had robbed another seven banks during his crime spree in that body. | |
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Rape Discretion Shot | |
| The Hidden / int_8aa496df | comment |
Rape Discretion Shot: Subverted. The parasite uses his current body to assault a stripper after gaining an apparent interest in sexy women before the scene cuts away. It would hardly be out of character for a thrill-seeking spree killer to turn to sexual violence, but it turns out he was more interested in taking over her body. It does, however, literally screw another guy to death in the stripper's body. | |
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Creepy Good | |
| The Hidden / int_8c00901a | comment |
Creepy Good: Gallagher acts as The Spock and speaks with a Creepy Monotone similar to the alien parasite Big Bad, but is an alien cop out to arrest the alien criminal causing homicidal havoc. Beck's daughter senses this when they're introduced, seeming unnerved that he appears somewhat unwordly which saddens him. | |
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Literal Metaphor | |
| The Hidden / int_8cf6aa | comment |
Literal Metaphor: The alien parasite is a parasite in every definition of the word. It uses its host up til it no longer has any use, and moves on. It doesn't even use the host for survival: it uses it to have fun without worrying about the consequences. | |
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Showing Off the New Body | |
| The Hidden / int_94421e20 | comment |
Showing Off the New Body: The body possessing space alien villain starts out only possessing the bodies of men. The first time it possesses the body of a female stripper, it spends some time exploring the differences. | |
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Villains Blend in Better | |
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Villains Blend in Better: Averted. The heroic Alhague is able to pass as simply slightly odd, while the villainous alien spends most of the movie on a mad killing spree, purely for the fun of it. We do get the sense that the evil alien could blend in a bit better if it wanted to, however. | |
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The Dog Is an Alien | |
| The Hidden / int_9ab0aec0 | comment |
The Dog Is an Alien: A parasitic alien creature hides in other beings and uses them. It temporarily uses a dog, but (as in the original "Who Goes There?") it wants to be a man, not a dog. | |
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Super-Toughness | |
| The Hidden / int_9eb71c7c | comment |
Super-Toughness: Any human host that the evil parasite possesses becomes durable enough that they need to be shot over fifteen times before it decides to swap it for a better meatsuit, which makes sense as the alien inside is immune to Earth weapons, and the person's body is essentially a corpse that it's animating for a time. The alien doesn't feel pain of the injuries and is simply annoyed at the damage its vessel is sustaining. The cops note that one vacated host simply bled to death, because the alien wasn't around anymore to keep it alive. | |
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It's Personal | |
| The Hidden / int_a0db7803 | comment |
It's Personal: Lloyd Gallagher has been hunting the evil alien parasite ever since it killed his partner and his wife and daughter on the planet Altair, so he's a lot more reckless than the human officer he's paired up with. When his human partner is gunned down, he becomes even closer and ruthless. | |
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Benevolent Boss | |
| The Hidden / int_a24670a4 | comment |
Benevolent Boss: The real senator got his assistant to hide, while he remained to face Willis after the last of his bodyguards were killed. | |
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Orifice Invasion | |
| The Hidden / int_a5a3ae2b | comment |
Orifice Invasion: The alien parasite burrows into and out of mouths several times during the movie. One scene used a prosthetic head to show the process in gory detail; upon seeing that scene on film, the actor whose likeness was on the head was physically ill. | |
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Sole Survivor | |
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Sole Survivor: Brem for certain, of the squadroom detectives although it's possible Sandy might also have lived. Also an example of Throw the Dog a Bone since he was a bit of a Butt-Monkey. | |
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Possessing a Dead Body | |
| The Hidden / int_ae2b8366 | comment |
Possessing a Dead Body: Essentially what the evil alien does. The act of possession kills the original person, and then the alien simply rides the living body until it wears completely out, leaving a corpse behind. In the sequel, the possession is described as causing active blood loss in the body. | |
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Alien Among Us | |
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Alien Among Us: Lloyd Gallagher, the FBI agent, is actually an alien inhabiting someone's body. He is quite well adapted to life on Earth, but is still awkward and doesn't know how to take an aspirin, for example. | |
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Ray Gun | |
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Ray Gun: The good alien has a special type of gun that is required to kill the evil alien, but he needs it to leave its human host first as it incinerates their own kind but is harmless to human tissue. | |
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Magical Defibrillator | |
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Magical Defibrillator: The typical, ridiculous "doctor uses defibrillator on flatlining patient" scene. Although in this case the patient does wake up, but not because of the defibrillator. | |
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Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad | |
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Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: When the evil parasite inspects a warehouse storing guns and stolen antiques belonging to some criminal he just murdered, he turns on a record player which proceeds to play a folksy jingle. After listening to it for a few seconds he angrily destroys the record; his evil taste in music apparently doesn't extend beyond death metal. | |
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Slasher Smile | |
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Slasher Smile: The evil parasite likes making these. | |
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Jurisdiction Friction | |
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Jurisdiction Friction: The LAPD officers are immediately resistant to Gallagher's presence, which is not helped by his extreme secrecy over what, exactly, is going on. Even as Beck starts to gradually warm up to Gallagher, he makes quite a few anti-elitist digs at how much money he assumes Lloyd makes. | |
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Parasites Are Evil | |
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Parasites Are Evil: The evil alien is an Ax-Crazy slug monster who kills anyone it jumps into, then uses the body to spread chaos for its own amusement. By contrast, the good alien never takes anyone against their will and only uses bodies that are already braindead. | |
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We Can Rule Together | |
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We Can Rule Together: The evil alien while possessing Masterson makes this offer to "Lloyd" during the shootout in the police headquarters jail wing. | |
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Can't Hold His Liquor | |
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Can't Hold His Liquor: Detective Tom Beck offers his temporary FBI partner Lloyd Gallagher a beer after he invites him for dinner with his wife. Gallagher, who unknown to his partner is actually an alien cop residing in a human host, apparently can't stand the taste and has a hangover from just a few sips. | |
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Grand Theft Me | |
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Grand Theft Me: An alien slug takes over the bodies of humans as unsuspecting prey and treats it like a joyride. It just wants to listen to death metal, drive expensive cars, rob banks, and blow things up. For fun. | |
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No Name Given | |
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No Name Given: The villain of the movie. Across this page, you'll mostly see it referred to as "the evil alien". | |
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Bikini Bar | |
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Bikini Bar: Brenda the stripper keeps all her naughty bits covered while pole-dancing. | |
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Cassandra Truth | |
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Cassandra Truth: The good alien is more than aware of this and prefers to keep his human partner out of the loop concerning the body-jumping alien parasite they're both pursuing. When he does finally tell him the truth about space aliens after his cover identity is exposed as a fake, he is thrown in a jail cell because his partner thinks he's pulling his leg. | |
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Possession Burnout | |
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Possession Burnout: The reason why the evil alien needs to switch bodies much more frequently than its good counterpart is because of the drastic wear and tear it inflicts on its hosts. When it possesses an old man with a stomach ailment, it actually has trouble keeping it alive and simply covers its wounds with duct tape. It bleeds out within minutes after he ditches it for a younger one. This is in contrast to Alhague, who is able to keep his host body in working order much longer simply by taking care of it. | |
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Improbable Age | |
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Improbable Age: When Gallagher first shows up at the police station and tells everyone he's FBI, the cops joke that the FBI must be hiring straight out of high schools. MacLachlan was about 28 when this movie was made. | |
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Dark Action Girl | |
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Dark Action Girl: Brenda the stripper, due to the alien pulling a Body Surf on her and attacking the two detectives with an Steyr assault rifle. | |
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Decoy Protagonist | |
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Decoy Protagonist: At first, it appears Tom Beck is the police detective protagonist, while FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher is by his side as the intellectual outsider partner guiding him on how to apprehend his latest perp, however, gradually and ultimately Gallagher is the true protagonist, while Beck is fatally wounded just before the main alien antagonist is destroyed once and for all. Beck would succumb to his wounds, leaving Gallagher to Body Surf into the former so his family would not have to be alone. | |
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Only a Flesh Wound | |
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Only a Flesh Wound: Beck gets shot in the shoulder and is still able to use that arm to pull himself up from a ledge. And getting shot in the shoulder is still not a big deal afterwards, as he's grilling Lloyd about the bizarre scene they just witness, and barking orders to his men, all the while with a bullet in him. | |
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Staking the Loved One | |
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Staking the Loved One: Beck is distraught at having to put down his work colleagues and best friends Masterson and Willis when the latter two are possessed by the evil alien parasite with Willis being the one who fatally wounds Beck. | |
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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: The parasite isn't just some evil alien, but a hilariously petty, hedonistic dick. When the alien isn't murdering people, it's playing heavy metal very loudly on a boom box or loudly passing gas in a diner. | |
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Evil Old Folks | |
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Evil Old Folks: The alien inhabiting Jonathan Miller fulfills this. According to the doctor that treated him, the original Miller was actually a sweet old man who wouldn't harm a fly. | |
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List of Transgressions | |
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List of Transgressions: When the alien Puppeteer Parasite villain's first onscreen body is near death in the hospital, a doctor takes offense to the police officers' relief, saying that no one deserves to die like that. One of the officers responds thus: | |
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Distracted by the Sexy | |
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Distracted by the Sexy: When the alien is pulled over by the cops while wearing a stripper's body, it uses its "assets" to make them drop their guard before opening fire on them. | |
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Villainous Glutton | |
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Villainous Glutton: The parasite is the embodiment of the classical deadly sin. It's not for food, per se. It's a glutton for pleasure. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: "I want... to be President." | |
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Pull the I.V. | |
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Pull the I.V.: Justified—the alien villain, occupying a human body, is hospitalized after the police gun him down. After they leave him with another patient he yanks out the IV to jump into the other person's body. The alien supercharges all its hosts' durability far beyond human standards. | |
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Evil Is Petty | |
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Evil Is Petty: The alien criminal is basically, if not an Ax-Crazy Serial Killer, a small-time crook who loves to commit robberies For the Evulz. However, when it targets Senator Holt, it upgrades its agenda and decides to turn from a petty thief to a terrorist to embark on becoming President Evil. | |
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