Plot hole: When Buckaroo is speaking with the president via video call (with John Parker by Buckaroo's side), New Jersey is explaining the reason humans can't see the aliens from planet 10, is a result of bacteria produced by the aliens which is then absorbed by humans via their olfactory senses, affecting their cerebral cortex. If this is the case, why doesn't the president see John Parker in his true alien persona. He can't smell him through the television. (01:04:50 - 01:05:40)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: W.D. Richter
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Peter Weller
Buckaroo Banzai and John Parker follow Lord Whorfin's ship as he's getting away and they blast him out of the sky before he can get to the Eighth Dimension to free his comrades. With Lord Whorfin annihilated, the aliens from Planet 10 cancel their destruction of Earth and Buckaroo alerts the President to not attack Russia (which is one of the places the aliens from Planet 10 were going to destroy if Lord Whorfin's plan had succeeded). Buckaroo then kisses Penny (who was killed by one of Whorfin's henchmen) and she revives because of that electric touch he got from the alien phone call.
John Murdoch
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