World of Ham: Surprisingly defied. Other than John Lithgow as Lord John Whorfin, everyone gives rather understated performances. . . which actually adds to the film's charm and hilarity. It's a completely silly film that takes its silliness completely seriously.

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Whew! What a hot day in the city! It's too late in the afternoon to take Corduroy to the beach, so Lisa decides to bring the beach to Corduroy! They transform their very own fire escape into a beach haven, using ingenuity and their imaginations to stay cool. Lithgow copied an Italian accent from Roberto Terminelli, a tailor who worked at MGM. He also adopted a crab-like walk to imitate the alien nature of his character. Hyperspace Is a Scary Place: The Eighth Dimension happens to be where the evil Red Lectroids were exiled as well as the dimension that vehicles using the Oscillation Overthruster to pass through solid matter wind up in. It's also apparently a combination of Jan Svenkmayer animation, electron microscopy, and nausea-inducing swerving. The Ageless: It doesn't get brought up but Dr. Emelio Lizardo doesn't age a bit after he's possessed by Whorfin, even though fifty years pass.

Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds broadcast wasn't a fake. He was trying to warn people about the actual alien invaders, until they brainwashed him into changing his story and saying it was a hoax.

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In the novelization, Lizardo's original consciousness is still present, but can only assert itself when Whorfin is starved of electricity. He wants to use this moment of control to commit suicide and stop Whorfin, but isn't able to. Lisa and Moppy's kite crash together] Lisa and Moppy: [gasp] [The broken kites fall into the tree] Moppy: Look what you did! Lisa: Me? Your kite bumped into mine! Moppy: It did not! Lisa: Did too! Moppy: Did not! Lisa: Did too! Moppy: Did not! Corduroy: Uh oh, Looks like big trouble. All Corduroy episodes were officially released onto YouTube as of 2013 on Treehouse TV's channel. [7] Corduroy: [thinking] Being safe is better than being sorry. Lisa: From now on, we are going to do things the safe way. Then we won't have to be sorry. Corduroy: [thinking] What more could a bear ask for?

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Pronouncing My Name for You: On multiple occasions, the Red Lectroid John Bigbooté has his name mispronounced. Lord Whorfin calls him "Bigbooty", and the U.S. Secretary of Defense calls him "Big Boot". Near the end of the movie he actually gets shot by Lord Whorfin because of his angry insistence that his surname be pronounced "big-boo-TAY". Banzai’s love interest, Penny Priddy, is played by Ellen Barkin. Christopher Lloyd was the one and only choice to portray John Bigboote while the rest of the cast was rounded out by Jeff Goldblum as New Jersey, Lewis Smith as Perfect Tommy, and Clancy Brown as Rawhide. Other notable supporting roles are played by the great Vincent Shiavelli, Dan Hedaya, comedian Yakov Smirnoff, Breaking Bad’s Jonathan Banks, and Carl Lumbly.

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Pen-Pushing President: The President appears to have some kind of bizarre illness, injury, or disability that leaves him unable to do much more than sign documents under pressure, without much will of his own.

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In Lisa and Corduroy's second imagination, the waiter give Lisa plate of spaghetti and red sauce] Lisa: It looks delicious. Waiter: And for you, sir. Enjoy. [he leaves] Corduroy: Mm! [slurps] [Corduroy takes out a fork and eats a bit spaghetti and swallows it. He and Lisa laugh] Lisa finds a lost puppy and decides to keep him. But "finders keepers" does not always hold true, as Lisa realizes when she remembers how it felt to lose Corduroy on the subway and decides to seek the puppy's rightful owner. Storyboard clean-up artists: Sherwin Macario, Tobias Anker, Kiyoshi Kohatsu, Jenny Haskins, David Ian Philip Mom's in bed with a cold, so Lisa offers to make lunch. It'll be Lisa's first time preparing a meal on her own, and Mom has very clear instructions for Lisa to follow. But in the excitement of being a chef, Lisa bypasses a simple peanut butter and jelly sandwich for an improvised pasta salad, featuring a dressing made out of prune juice, in spite of Corduroy's objections to Lisa's ideas!