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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: This is evidently humanity's [[Planet of Hats|hat]] in the ''Alien'' universe.

{{quote|'''Ripley:''' You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage.}}

* [[Cosmic Horror Story|Cosmic Horror Story:]] The series has elements of this. The first movie especially and even when more is revealed about the universe.

** In the first movie, the protagonists are a crew of blue collar workers. They pick up an unknown signal and follow it to LV426. There they find an ancient alien ship that is incomprehensible along with eggs that appear to be cargo. The Space Jockey is nothing resembling human and the ship itself appears to be organic technology. The Xenomorph that attacks the crew has the same look as the ship and it's heavily implied that the creature is a weapon created by the species the Space Jockey belongs to. The film ends with more questions than answers like what where the ancient aliens and where are they now? Are there other alien creatures out there? Does humanity even have a chance in the face of other life forms so powerful and capable of such extreme hostility?

** Even in later movies when more is explained there is still so much about the Engineers that goes unexplained. They can create other lifeforms and are extremely powerful but beyond that nothing is really known about them.

* [[Cranial Processing Unit]]:

** After {{spoiler|Ash}} gets his head knocked off, the other crewmembers of the ''Nostromo'' plug his head into the proper equipment and are able to speak with him.