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And they're not going to take it anymore.
In 1978, a film was made spoofing B monster movies (which was, itself, purposely produced as a low-budget B-movie), in which tomatoes mysteriously gain sentience and mobility, becoming killer tomatoes, which then attack. It was, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|sensibly]], called ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]!'' No genre was safe as the self-billed "Musical-Comedy-Horror Show" ripped up everything from romantic comedies to spy films, pausing long enough to take pot shots at superheroes and politics. Despite being made for less than $100,000, it's generally regarded as a failure at the box office. It, nonetheless, earned a cult following and practically became the defining film for [[So Bad It's Good]]. (If a parody can count as that, anyway.)
This would have been the end for the red menace (no, not '''that''' [[Dirty Communists|red menace]]), if it hadn't been for an episode of ''[[Muppet Babies]]'' using footage from the film to narrate a story called, "Attack of the Silly Tomatoes". It was a highly rated episode and New World Pictures inexplicably decided the world needed a sequel and offered the creators of the original 2 million dollars to film one.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: A few background gags reference John Astin's career as [[The Addams Family|Gomez]], such as an ice cream truck that plays the
** ''Killer Tomatoes Eat Paris!'' is also quite possibly the only movie to take [[Actor Allusion]] to the level of actually being a plot point. The main character, played by Mark Price, who played Skippy on Family Ties laments the fact that Michael J. Fox, who also played on Family Ties, went on to have a successful acting career while he's only been a B-Movie actor. Because of this, Marc Price's character (whose real name is only mentioned once or twice) tells everyone that he is Michael J. Fox and is referred to as such throughout the entire film.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: It has a tomato who can take the form of a human girl but changes back to a tomato after touching salt, and returns to normal after a sprinkle of pepper.
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** In another Season One episode, the Franken-stem Monster was a carrot!
* [[Avengers Assemble]]: The sequence is used when assembling the completely non-crack team of tomato fighters.
* [[B-Movie]]: This was a B-Movie made to lampoon the whole concept of B-Movies!
* [[Bar Brawl]]: Found in ''Return of the Killer Tomatoes'', completely with cowboys. And ninja.
* [[Book Ends]]/[[Chekhov's Gag]]: The Missing Tomato Link's fax number, noted in the first season's episode "The Tomato From the Black Lagoon", and used in the second season episode, "Stemming the Tide".
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* [[Plant Aliens]]: They aren't actually aliens, but somebody thought it was close enough to put in and who am I to argue?
** There were some planted on Mars in one episode that waged war upon the Earth.
* [[Plant Person]]: In the second movie and the cartoon, the villain used technology to turn the tomatoes into humans.
* [[The Power of Rock]]: Spoofed in the first film.
* [[Produce Pelting]]: Well, of course. (To be specific, tomatoes are tossed at the camera during the opening credits.)
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