E.T.
Phone home creature
E.T. is an abbreviation for extraterrestrial—a being from beyond Earth.
The term gained widespread recognition from the 1982 Spielberg film about a stranded alien befriended by a child: E.T. phone home.
Outside that cultural reference, E.T. appears in discussions of alien life: Do you believe in E.T.s?
Non-native being
- UFOUnidentified aerial craft
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- visitorShort-term guest
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
lifeform · contact · encounter · intelligence · intergalactic · stranded · marooned · lost
Non-native being
- phone homeContact your residence remotely
- healingRestoration of health
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- homesickLonging for one's dwelling
wrinkled · brown · short · telepathy · dying · resurrection · friendship · innocent
- ElliottAnglo-Saxon given name
- bicyclePedal-powered two-wheeler
- moonNatural planetary satellite
- flyingMoving through air
1982 · mothership · Gertie · communicator · animatronic · universal · blockbuster · sequel
Contact your residence remotely
- ouchPain interjection
- ElliottAnglo-Saxon given name
- be goodAct properly
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
iconic · quote · imitation · parody · voice · connection · longing · homesickness
alien
Non-native being
- UFOUnidentified aerial craft
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- visitorShort-term guest
otherworldly · lifeform · contact · encounter · intelligence · intergalactic · stranded · marooned · lost · discovery
alien
Non-native being
- phone homeContact your residence remotely
- healingRestoration of health
- strandedLeft without means to leave
homesick · wrinkled · brown · short · telepathy · dying · resurrection · friendship · innocent · gentle
Spielberg
flying · 1982 · mothership · Gertie · communicator · animatronic · universal · blockbuster · sequel · anniversary
phone home
Contact your residence remotely
communication · iconic · quote · imitation · parody · voice · connection · longing · homesickness · farewell
- 1982 FilmsBlade Runner, Poltergeist, Tootsie, Gandhi, First Blood
- 80s Movie CharactersIndiana Jones, Marty McFly, John McClane, Ferris Bueller, Terminator
- 80s Pop CultureBack to the Future, Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, The Breakfast Club, Top Gun
- aliensgrey alien, aliens, grey aliens, grays, little green men
- Katy PerryPeacock, Daisies
- Kid MoviesHome Alone, Matilda, Annie, Harry Potter, Oliver
E.T.earthling
Inhabitant of this planet
terrestrial · human · Earthman · human being · Terran
- E.T.A. HoffmannGerman Romantic author, composer
extraterrestrial, terrestrial, terra, terrain, terrace, terrene, subterranean, Mediterranean, territory