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===Melmacian Physical Troubles===
 
===Melmacian Physical Troubles===
   
*In [[Wild Thing]], like every Melmacian, each 75 years, ALF is forced to be locked up in a cage or else he'll go crazy. He turns rude, lies to pull pranks, goes on a rampage of breaking things, and steals a tiger from a zoo.
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*In [[Wild Thing]], like every Melmacian, each 75 years, ALF is forced to be locked up in a cage or else he'll go crazy. He turns rude, lies to pull pranks, goes on a rampage of breaking things, and steals a tiger from a zoo.
   
*In [[Something's Wrong With Me]], he develops the dreaded Melmacian hiccups. Two cures are drinking cat juice or eating raw spinach. If ALF is tricked into thinking that he drank something that was cat juice, he'll stop hiccuping, but he'll keep breathing heavily and loudly.
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*In [[Something's Wrong With Me]], he develops the dreaded Melmacian hiccups. Two cures are drinking cat juice or eating raw spinach. If ALF is tricked into thinking that he drank something that was cat juice, he'll stop hiccuping, but he'll keep breathing heavily and loudly.
   
 
*In [[Fever]], ALF catches an Earth virus, and can only be cured by [[Carl Shrub]], but was cured by ragweed, a plant similar to Carl Shrub.
 
*In [[Fever]], ALF catches an Earth virus, and can only be cured by [[Carl Shrub]], but was cured by ragweed, a plant similar to Carl Shrub.
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==Behind the Scenes==
 
==Behind the Scenes==
   
ALF was last seen appearing on Fox Network with Bill O'Reilly in November 2007.
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ALF was seen appearing on Fox Network with Bill O'Reilly in November 2007.
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He appeared in the 2011 Super Bowl commercials showing he is a fan of the Carolina Panthers.
   
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==

Revision as of 07:10, 19 March 2011

The following article is about the character ALF, for information about the TV series ALF please go to ALF (TV series).

ALF

ALF or Gordon Shumway

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Gordon Shumway, nicknamed ALF (abbreviation of Alien Life Form), is an alien from the planet Melmac.

ALF was born on October 28, 1756 (According to the Melmacian Calendar, he was born on the 28th of Nathinganger) and has a younger brother and sister. He once mentions that he was conceived in a DeSoto. ALF's body is covered with rust-colored fur (he once described his color as burnt sienna), but has implied that it is not his natural color. (ALF: "A.L.F.") He has a rippled snout, facial moles, eight stomachs and he likes to eat cats. He is about three feet tall. (ALF: "A.L.F.")

He attended Melmac High School for 122 years, where he majored in software and pedestrian crossing, and was captain of a Bouillabaisseball team (which is played on ice using shellfish as a ball). In college, ALF majored in physical education.

ALF was later employed as an Orbit Guard and was called to duty shortly before his planet was destroyed in a nuclear war. His girlfriend Rhonda escaped the destruction of Melmac in a spaceship piloted by his best friend Skip.

In addition to his native Melmacian tongue, ALF can speak both English and Spanish proficiently, although his English spelling and penmanship is very poor. Although there is no explanation given as to how he learned these languages, it is evident that elements of Earth culture have infused themselves into Melmacian culture (perhaps through observation or monitoring of television and radio broadcasts), in that ALF was once in a dinner theatre production of Man of La Mancha on Melmac.

ALF is an avid musician who sings and plays saxophone, guitar, bass guitar, drums, and piano (although he finds it hard to play without the "red" keys).

ALF Tales

ALF is troublesome, sarcastic and cynical, and sometimes he puts himself at the risk of being discovered while doing some of his often unintentional pranks. ALF is known to have set 246 fires with the Tanner family, but most were barbeque related. Before he met Rhonda, his girlfriend, he was engaged to Ruby.

First Job/Worst Job: Apprentice Lint Brush

Marital Status: Single...but still looking

Birthplace: Planet Melmac (Lower East Side)

Most Irrational Fear: Rhode Island

Personal Heroes: Bob the Great and Lassie

Parents: Bob and Flo Shumway (Married Twangle 12)

Siblings: Curtis (Brother), Augie (Sister)

Pets: Stinky (Vespa, a type of three legged dog on Melmac)

Popular catch phrase: "Ha, I kill me!"

With the Tanners

One day ALF followed an amateur radio signal to Earth and crash-landed his ship into the garage of the Tanner family. The Tanners are a suburban middle class family consisting of the social worker Willie, his wife Kate, their children Lynn and Brian, and their cat Lucky. Since the crash-landing the Tanners have helped take care of ALF and hide him from the Alien Task Force, a secret U.S. military organization that tracks down alien creatures.

Budget Problems

ALF increased the Tanners' expenses. The budget for extra food and repairs for damages in the house were what forced the Tanners to increase their spending budget. In Varsity Drag, Lynn was so upset that she can't go to college. In Keepin' the Faith, he forced the Tanners a huge amount of buying facial cream, and in The Gambler, he put the Tanners into a gambling debt of $6,000 to Nick "The Fish" Mints. In Project ALF, it is said that ALF has made over 300 fires, though most were barbeque-related.

In Stairway to Heaven, ALF dreamed that if he crashed into somewhere else on Earth other than the Tanners' home, than the Tanners would have continued their proud lives of becoming wealthy. However, the Tanners became so wealthy that they are miserably bored and are unable to find interest in talking to each other. Even ALF would have became very wealthy as he created a business for selling cosmetics found from his spaceship.


Melmacian Physical Troubles

  • In Wild Thing, like every Melmacian, each 75 years, ALF is forced to be locked up in a cage or else he'll go crazy. He turns rude, lies to pull pranks, goes on a rampage of breaking things, and steals a tiger from a zoo.
  • In Something's Wrong With Me, he develops the dreaded Melmacian hiccups. Two cures are drinking cat juice or eating raw spinach. If ALF is tricked into thinking that he drank something that was cat juice, he'll stop hiccuping, but he'll keep breathing heavily and loudly.
  • In Fever, ALF catches an Earth virus, and can only be cured by Carl Shrub, but was cured by ragweed, a plant similar to Carl Shrub.

Behind the Scenes

ALF was seen appearing on Fox Network with Bill O'Reilly in November 2007.

He appeared in the 2011 Super Bowl commercials showing he is a fan of the Carolina Panthers.

See Also

Series and Movies

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