...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Invasion

164 statements
31 feature instances
4 referencing feature instances

Invasion	type	TVTItem
Invasion	label	Invasion
Invasion	page	Invasion
Invasion	comment	Invasion is a 2005 ABC Science Fiction series set in the small town of Homestead after a devastating hurricane ravages large parts of Florida. However, this hurricane is different from others as it drops thousands of orange 'lights' into the ocean. This event is seen only by the few people brave (or naive) enough to go outside and stand at the coast during the storm.In the aftermath of the hurricane, people start disappearing, and people thought to be dead suddenly re-emerge.And there we have an awesome set up for an awesome series. ABC, however, apparently thought differently about that matter and decided to cancel it after just one season, leaving the viewer lost in a sea of loose ends (and it was even ended on a Cliffhanger involving the protagonist's wife). NBC and CBS had two similar programs airing that season, Surface and Threshold respectively; they also wound up gone. The principal characters: Sheriff Tom Underlay (William Fichtner): The town sheriff, and Kira's father. His first wife died in a plane crash in 1996, of which he was the only survivor. Dr. Mariel Underlay (Kari Matchett): Russell's ex-wife, and the mother of Jesse and Rose. She is a doctor at the town hospital. Kira Underlay (Alexis Dziena): Tom's daughter from his first marriage. Russell Varon (Eddie Cibrian): A Florida Everglades Park Ranger, Mariel's ex-husband, and father of Jesse and Rose. Larkin Groves (Lisa Sheridan): Russell's second wife. She is a reporter for the local news station. Dave Groves (Tyler Labine): Larkin's eccentric, alien/conspiracy theory-obsessed brother. Jesse Varon (Evan Peters): Russell and Mariel's teenage son. Rose Varon (Ariel Glade): Russell and Mariel's young daughter. Deputy Lewis Sirk (Nathan Baesel): Tom's right-hand man. He lost his left arm prior to the beginning of the series.This is not the same as the 2021 TV series.
Invasion	fetched	2023-08-26T04:44:33Z
Invasion	parsed	2023-08-26T04:44:33Z
Invasion	processingComment	Dropped link to InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers: Not a Feature - ITEM
Invasion	isPartOf	DBTropes
Invasion / int_2630ef75	type	Emergency Transformation
Invasion / int_2630ef75	comment	Emergency Transformation: Heavily implied to be the real reason why Tom gave Mariel to the light-creatures (offscreen) in the first episode. At the end of the last episode of the series, Tom does this again with Larkin (who was shot through the lung).
Invasion / int_2630ef75	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_2630ef75	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_2630ef75
Invasion / int_2b812abd	type	Going for the Big Scoop
Invasion / int_2b812abd	comment	Going for the Big Scoop: As the series' intrepid reporter, Larkin does this a fair amount.
Invasion / int_2b812abd	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_2b812abd	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_2b812abd
Invasion / int_2f329e3c	type	Tomato in the Mirror
Invasion / int_2f329e3c	comment	Tomato in the Mirror: The replicants that replaced the real individuals truly believe they are the actual person they're copying. They even have the memories. Tom Underlay, in fact, had been replicated and was UNAWARE of what had happened to him for years.
Invasion / int_2f329e3c	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_2f329e3c	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_2f329e3c
Invasion / int_4cf04991	type	SocialDarwinist
Invasion / int_4cf04991	comment	Social Darwinist: Szura is a combination of types 2 and 3. It's later revealed that the light-creatures are sort of a type 2, they won't replicate anyone who has innate health issues, such as Healy's diabetes or Kira's heart defect. Although, this is likely simply because they wish the replicants to have the best possible chances of survival.
Invasion / int_4cf04991	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_4cf04991	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_4cf04991
Invasion / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
Invasion / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: From the second-to-last episode: "I'm afraid they may have changed into uniforms."
Invasion / int_4e7c4536	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_4e7c4536	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_4e7c4536
Invasion / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
Invasion / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: In one of the early episodes, the shot of the writing on the back of Tom's wedding photo, which matches the date and inscription on the ring Dave found on the skeleton in the water, heavily implying that Tom is a hybrid.
Invasion / int_4e7f703c	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_4e7f703c	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_4e7f703c
Invasion / int_508d91a2	type	Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Invasion / int_508d91a2	comment	Pre-Mortem One-Liner:
Invasion / int_508d91a2	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_508d91a2	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_508d91a2
Invasion / int_5262c2bd	type	Bullet Holes and Revelations
Invasion / int_5262c2bd	comment	Bullet Holes and Revelations: In the final episode, Tom is in a gun struggle with a teenager who broke into his house, and took some of his friends/family hostage. The gun fires, and he looks up to see a bullet hole in the door of the closet where Lewis, Dave, and Larkin were locked up. It turns out the bullet hit Larkin.
Invasion / int_5262c2bd	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_5262c2bd	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_5262c2bd
Invasion / int_5a3b8032	type	The Un-Reveal
Invasion / int_5a3b8032	comment	The Unreveal: In one of the last few episodes, Russell asks his partner, Mona if she's a hybrid. Her response is simply "Does it matter?"
Invasion / int_5a3b8032	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_5a3b8032	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_5a3b8032
Invasion / int_5d074a80	type	Mistaken for Aliens
Invasion / int_5d074a80	comment	Mistaken for Aliens: The light creatures are never positively identified as being extraterrestrial, and may simply be exotic earthly sea creatures that are brought from the bottom of the ocean by the hurricanes as theorized by Russell. Then again, Dave Groves insists that they are EB Es ("Extra-terrestrial Biological Entities"). The series is canceled before we learn anything about them to confirm either theory.
Invasion / int_5d074a80	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_5d074a80	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_5d074a80
Invasion / int_60f992e8	type	Florence Nightingale Effect
Invasion / int_60f992e8	comment	Florence Nightingale Effect: Tom and Mariel met and fell in love while he was in the hospital recovering from the plane crash that killed his wife.
Invasion / int_60f992e8	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_60f992e8	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_60f992e8
Invasion / int_68d326ff	type	Express Delivery
Invasion / int_68d326ff	comment	Express Delivery: Christina's alien babies make her look full-term at only 3 weeks.
Invasion / int_68d326ff	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_68d326ff	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_68d326ff
Invasion / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
Invasion / int_6edc54d5	comment	Here We Go Again! / Book Ends: The last scene of the series features Tom giving the fatally-wounded Larkin to the light-creatures, as he did with Mariel in the first episode. The haunting music that plays during this scene is even called "Full Circle" on the soundtrack.
Invasion / int_6edc54d5	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_6edc54d5	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_6edc54d5
Invasion / int_7041e520	type	Super Breeding Program
Invasion / int_7041e520	comment	Super Breeding Program: Szura's ultimate plan, as revealed in the final two episodes. He uses his hybrid followers to round up all the remaining human residents of the town, with the intention of throwing them into the water during a hurricane, resulting in the creation of thousands of new hybrids.
Invasion / int_7041e520	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_7041e520	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_7041e520
Invasion / int_787c6068	type	My Significance Sense Is Tingling
Invasion / int_787c6068	comment	My Significance Sense Is Tingling: The hybrids appear to be able to sense a wide variety of things, on at least a subconscious level. This includes instantly being able to identify if someone else is also a hybrid, and being able to sense things about the weather, such as the direction of ocean currents and, in the final episodes, the fact that another hurricane is going to hit the town.
Invasion / int_787c6068	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_787c6068	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_787c6068
Invasion / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
Invasion / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: Tom gives a fantastic one to Father Scanlon after discovering that he was the one who shot him.
Invasion / int_86b21114	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_86b21114	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_86b21114
Invasion / int_8c8bd091	type	Fetus Terrible
Invasion / int_8c8bd091	comment	Fetus Terrible: Christina is impregnated with alien young, which often cause her pain. When she is killed, they tear their way out of her.
Invasion / int_8c8bd091	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_8c8bd091	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_8c8bd091
Invasion / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
Invasion / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: The series' last two episodes, which combined have far too many wham-moments to list.
Invasion / int_8e20979	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_8e20979	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_8e20979
Invasion / int_901dbf9a	type	Cliff Hanger
Invasion / int_901dbf9a	comment	Cliffhanger: The season ends with Tom giving the mortally-wounded Larkin to the light-creatures, only for Russell and Mariel to come across him immediately afterwards. Russell asks "Tom, what is it? What's happened? ... Tom, what happened? ... What. Happened?" Cue credits.
Invasion / int_901dbf9a	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_901dbf9a	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_901dbf9a
Invasion / int_9d6e002e	type	Whole Episode Flashback
Invasion / int_9d6e002e	comment	Whole Episode Flashback: "Redemption." The episode contains numerous flashbacks of Tom's past, showing the plane crash and how he met Mariel.
Invasion / int_9d6e002e	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_9d6e002e	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_9d6e002e
Invasion / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
Invasion / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: Tom's expression, along with his inability to reply to Russell's asking what happened, after he gives Larkin to the light-creatures in the series' final scene just screams this.
Invasion / int_a1b141f4	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_a1b141f4	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_a1b141f4
Invasion / int_a2cbad1	type	Half-Human Hybrid
Invasion / int_a2cbad1	comment	Half-Human Hybrid: The result of someone being taken by the light-creatures. They look exactly like the originals and have the same memories and (usually) personality, but with changes that aren't readily apparent, such as blood with far more hemoglobin than a human's which enables them to hold their breath for half an hour or more. In-Universe, Dave even nicknames them "hybrids".
Invasion / int_a2cbad1	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_a2cbad1	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_a2cbad1
Invasion / int_a3c6c2b7	type	"Facing the Bullets" One-Liner
Invasion / int_a3c6c2b7	comment	"Facing the Bullets" One-Liner / Face Death with Dignity: Kira's reply to being forced by Christina and Derek to go into the water to be replicated by the light-creatures, before she calmly walks into the ocean under her own power. Although it turns out that the light-creatures reject her.
Invasion / int_a3c6c2b7	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_a3c6c2b7	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_a3c6c2b7
Invasion / int_aa58bf92	type	Working with the Ex
Invasion / int_aa58bf92	comment	Working with the Ex: Happens occasionally with Russell and Mariel, leading to much awkwardness and tension.
Invasion / int_aa58bf92	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_aa58bf92	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_aa58bf92
Invasion / int_b6cc7fc0	type	Dysfunctional Family
Invasion / int_b6cc7fc0	comment	Dysfunctional Family: Well, dysfunctionally-interlaced families. A lot of inter-character tension comes from their complicated family situation (Russell and Mariel broke up and both have new spouses, with Mariel marrying the guy she cheated on Russell with).
Invasion / int_b6cc7fc0	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_b6cc7fc0	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_b6cc7fc0
Invasion / int_b6de94d1	type	Executive Meddling
Invasion / int_b6de94d1	comment	Executive Meddling: Originally, it showed the alien invasion taking place in a hurricane. However, Hurricane Katrina had hit New Orleans around the time of the premiere, so the hurricane references, while still there, were significantly downplayed.
Invasion / int_b6de94d1	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_b6de94d1	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_b6de94d1
Invasion / int_dcd29760	type	They Would Cut You Up
Invasion / int_dcd29760	comment	They Would Cut You Up: Tom's justification for keeping Mariel's change secret, and for why Lewis must cut off his "miraculously" re-grown arm. It later turns out that the military has, in fact, been performing invasive experiments/tests on some captured "hybrids", some of whom were military personnel before being replicated.
Invasion / int_dcd29760	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_dcd29760	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_dcd29760
Invasion / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
Invasion / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: Dave refers to the light-creatures as EBEs ("Extra-terrestrial Biological Entities"), and gets annoyed whenever another character calls them UFOs.
Invasion / int_e563bf09	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_e563bf09	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_e563bf09
Invasion / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
Invasion / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: Tom and Russell in the finale, when they show up to interrupt Szura's hybrid soldiers from throwing the townspeople into the water to be replicated, and start gunning them down. In the same episode, the Air Force, who then shows up to rescue Tom and Russell and completely shut Szura's operation down.
Invasion / int_eb81c601	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_eb81c601	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_eb81c601
Invasion / int_eee89c8f	type	Species Loyalty
Invasion / int_eee89c8f	comment	Species Loyalty: The "hybrids" instinctively stick with each other rather than normal humans, in some cases so much so that they go to full transhuman treachery.
Invasion / int_eee89c8f	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_eee89c8f	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_eee89c8f
Invasion / int_name	type	ItemName
Invasion / int_name	comment
Invasion / int_name	featureApplicability	1.0
Invasion / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
Invasion	hasFeature	Invasion / int_name
Invasion / int_name	itemName	Invasion

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Invasion	hasFeature	Alien Invasion / int_5b4f076c
Invasion	hasFeature	Noughties Drama Series / int_5b4f076c
Invasion	hasFeature	Series of the 2000s / int_5b4f076c
Invasion	hasFeature	Too Good to Last / int_5b4f076c

Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.