Editing Men in Black (1997 film) (section)

==Plot==
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In 1961, the Men in Black (MiB) organization is founded after secretly making [[First contact (science fiction)|first contact]] with [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrials]]. Ever since, they established Earth as a politically neutral zone for alien refugees who live in secret among humanity, monitor and police their actions, and utilize memory-erasing [[neuralyzer]] devices to maintain secrecy.

In 1997, MiB [[Agent K|Agents K]] and D interrupt a border patrol sting at the [[Mexico–United States border]] to apprehend Mikey, a disguised extraterrestrial. He attempts to fight one of the patrol officers, but K kills him and neuralyzes the officers. Feeling that he is too old to continue working and wishing to retire, D has a reluctant K neuralyze him.

Sometime later, [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] plain clothes officer [[Agent J|James Darrell Edwards III]] catches an unnaturally agile criminal, who later commits suicide. While being reprimanded by his superiors, James is visited by K, who scouts him as a potential MiB recruit. Once he passes the MiB's tests, James becomes Agent J while the MiB erases him from government records.

Meanwhile, an alien "Bug" crash-lands in upstate New York, kills a farmer named Edgar, and wears his skin as a disguise. Tipped off by tabloid reporting, the agents interview the farmer's wife while the Bug fatally wounds two disguised aliens, who are presumed dead and sent to a city morgue overseen by coroner Laurel Weaver. While investigating the Bug's activities, K and J reach the morgue, where one of the aliens tells J and Laurel that "the galaxy is on Orion's belt" before dying. After neuralyzing Laurel, K identifies the alien as Rosenberg, an Arquillian prince, before taking J to question an informant named [[Frank the Pug|Frank]]. Frank reveals that Rosenberg was on Earth protecting a miniature galaxy, a precious source of subatomic energy, and that the Bug wants to use it to destroy the Arquillians. Concurrently, the MiB learns an Arquillian warship has entered Earth's orbit, demanding the galaxy.

J and the Bug separately deduce the galaxy is attached to the collar of Rosenberg's cat, Orion, which fell into Laurel's care. The Bug reaches Laurel first, swallows the galaxy, and kidnaps her. As the Arquillians threaten to destroy Earth to prevent the Bug from escaping with the galaxy, the MiB lock down all transport routes while J realizes the Bug is heading for the [[New York State Pavilion]], which the MiB used to hide two flying saucers in 1964. As Laurel escapes the Bug's custody, he attempts to leave Earth, but K and J shoot him down. Incensed, the Bug reveals its true form and swallows the agents' weapons. After K provokes it into eating him too, J antagonizes it long enough for K to find his gun and blow the Bug in half from the inside, recovering the galaxy. The Bug tries to attack the agents, but Laurel finds J's gun and kills it.

After returning the galaxy to the Arquillians, K confesses he was training J to succeed him so he can retire. The pair bid each other farewell before J neuralyzes K. Sometime later, K reunites with his wife while J is joined by Laurel, now Agent L.