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'''E.T.''' was the main character of an enormously popular [[Stephen Spielberg]] film about a cute [[Extraterrestrial]] left behind on a scientific expedition studying earthly life. The move was so realistic that fans tend to forget that it is only [[science fiction]] (see also [[Contact (1997)]]).  

'''E.T.''' was the main character of an enormously popular [[Stephen Spielberg]] film of the same name.  

E.T. strikes up a relationship with a fatherless boy who finds him in a forest and helps the boy turn the tables on a gang of local bullies.

In the movie, a squat [[extraterrestrial]] being is accidentally left behind on a scientific expedition studying earthly life.  E.T. is found in the forest by Elliot Taylor, a young boy who cares for the creature, rescues it from government agents with dubious motives, and helps reunite it with its fellow alien beings.