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'''''Alien: Resurrection''''' (1997) has Ripley cloned back to life on a military research station that is breeding aliens in yet another attempt to turn them into weapons. The alien DNA that melded with Ripley's has given her remarkable physical abilities and a connection to other aliens. Shortly after a crew of smugglers arrives with a fresh shipment of infected humans, the aliens break out of their pens and run amok. The new Ripley leads a rag-tag group of survivors against the aliens and their half-human, half-alien hybrid queen in an effort to prevent them from reaching Earth. The plot breaks the traditions of the series by not including the original Ripley nor the Weyland-Yutani company. The screenplay was written by [[Joss Whedon]] and the film directed by French auteur [[Jean Pierre Jeunet]] in his only Hollywood excursion. The film attempted a gorier, campier, and thoroughly more bizarre style, which the [[Executive Meddling|studio fought]]. Ultimately the film was not well received, though like all ''Alien'' films it performed well at the box office. For those that would like to know the reason, [[Joss Whedon]] wrote it as a camp parody, while [[Jean Pierre Jeunet]] wanted horror and for some reason didn't throw Joss' script in a trash can.

In 2004, the Aliens got paired up with another cinematic space monster, the [[Predator]], in '''''[[Alien vs. Predator]]''''', loosely based on a [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] franchise of comic books, video games and novels dating back to 1993. The resulting film uses very little of the crossover source material, putting a team of modern-day scientists, soldiers, and survivalists on an expedition to the Antarctic. There, they discover an ancient, high-tech ziggurat that Predators have used since time imemorial to hunt Aliens as a rite of passage. The team and a group of young Predators must fight the latest crop of Aliens and prevent them from escaping into the human population. Ultimately a female mountain climber emerges as the heroine of the story, much like Ripley did in the original ''Alien''. The film was considered a rather brainless, PG-13 action flick, but performed very well. ''[[Prometheus]]'' has made the AVP series [[Canon ~~Dis Continuity~~]].

In 2004, the Aliens got paired up with another cinematic space monster, the [[Predator]], in '''''[[Alien vs. Predator]]''''', loosely based on a [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] franchise of comic books, video games and novels dating back to 1993. The resulting film uses very little of the crossover source material, putting a team of modern-day scientists, soldiers, and survivalists on an expedition to the Antarctic. There, they discover an ancient, high-tech ziggurat that Predators have used since time imemorial to hunt Aliens as a rite of passage. The team and a group of young Predators must fight the latest crop of Aliens and prevent them from escaping into the human population. Ultimately a female mountain climber emerges as the heroine of the story, much like Ripley did in the original ''Alien''. The film was considered a rather brainless, PG-13 action flick, but performed very well. ''[[Prometheus]]'' has made the AVP series [[Canon Discontinuity]].

''Its'' sequel, '''''Alien Vs Predator: Requiem''''' (2007) picks up right after the previous film as the Predator spaceship is taking off. From the body of a slain Predator bursts an Alien-Predator hybrid called a "Predalien." The hybrid monster slaughters the other Predators aboard, causing the ship to crashland in the forests outside Gunnison, Colorado. With the Predators dead, the Predalien and several facehuggers escape into the forest and begin to impregnate the local populace. The ship's [[Distress Call|distress signal]] summons a lone Predator to Earth with the intention of killing the Predalien and erasing all evidence of the Alien presence. Once again, human and Predator fight independent battles to defeat the Aliens. In the end, the film features the appearance of Ms. Yutani, the other half of the Weyland-Yutani company. The film is either much better than AVP or much worse, depending on whom you ask.

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* [[Broken Bird]]: Ripley at the start of Aliens, recovers in that film {{spoiler|until Alien 3 she gets worse.}} And... {{spoiler|And Newt AKA Billie is one in the Dark Horse comic series.}}

* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Ripley in ''Resurrection''. {{spoiler|Several times, as it turns out}}.

* [[Canon ~~Dis Continuity~~]]: The Dark Horse comics totally ignore ''3'' and ''Resurrection'' because they were written before ''Alien 3'' came along and killed everyone. In the novelizations, Newt and Hicks were replaced by [[Expy|Billie and Wilks]] and Ripley was {{spoiler|revealed to be a artificial person with implanted memories}}.

* [[Canon Discontinuity]]: The Dark Horse comics totally ignore ''3'' and ''Resurrection'' because they were written before ''Alien 3'' came along and killed everyone. In the novelizations, Newt and Hicks were replaced by [[Expy|Billie and Wilks]] and Ripley was {{spoiler|revealed to be a artificial person with implanted memories}}.

* [[Cat Scare]]:

** Twice in the first movie, {{spoiler|before Brett's death}} and {{spoiler|when Ripley's trying to chase him down in the cockpit before her first attempt to get to the shuttle}}.