Alien Invasion: Difference between revisions

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* ''[[The True Meaning of Smekday]]'', a combination of types 1 and 2 occurs. The Boov aliens are speaking to Gratuity's mother through a mole in her neck. They then abduct her to teach them English. Then they invade and force all the humans onto reservations in Florida. {{spoiler|Then even more powerful aliens invade.}}

* ''Under Alien Stars'' a young-adult novel by Pamela Service: The planet is [[Vichy Earth|annexed as a military base]] by [[Amazing Technicolor Population|magenta-skinned]] [[Humanoid Aliens]] who are fighting a [[Bug War]]. Although generally [[Aliens Are Bastards|arrogant, callous, quite willing to wipe out whole neighborhoods]], and by ''no'' means a [[Benevolent Alien Invasion]], they're by far the [[Black and Gray Morality|lesser of evils]] compared to their foes. {{spoiler|Not that [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|humanity doesn't have to find that out the hard way]] before the two races finally team up against the common enemy...}}

* ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'': The [[Trope Maker]] and one of the earliest sci-fi novels. The alien tripods attack earth in a military invasion.

* ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'': The [[Trope Maker]] and one of the earliest sci-fi novels. The alien tripods attack earth in a military invasion.

* ''When [[The Tripods]] Came'': The tripods utilize infiltration by mind control. A tv show is used to assert temporary control with caps used to assert permanent control. The populace is manipulated with the mind control until “The Capped” are in control in a majority of places.

* ''The Wild Boy'': The Lindauzi, who killed off millions with a virus, then showed up with a cure to draw what was left of humanity to them. After getting rid of humanity's companion creatures, they began keeping humans like dogs and breeding them to be replacement bond creatures for themselves.

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* ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' both versions did several infiltration invasion plots.

** One episode dealt with a group of people locked in bunkers completely unaware of what was happening in the world. The last thing they heard was that a fleet of alien ships was heading for Earth with suspicions that they were here to colonize. The episode ends with only one of these people alive, as he is preparing to be rescued, unaware that the invasion has already succeeded.

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' : The Borg invasions of Earth [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' (e.g. one of the ships fighting the Borg is named ''Thunder Child'').

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' : The Borg invasions of Earth [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'' (e.g. one of the ships fighting the Borg is named ''Thunder Child'').

* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' The protagonists spend all their time trying to stop aliens from ''destroying'' Earth (and the Galaxy in general), only to end up with a Goa'uld infiltration of the NID on their hands. Several characters comment on this, citing the low priority this infiltration has compared to more pressing matters, such as the building of the McKay-Carter Intergalactic Gatebridge.

** Several episodes show us alternate universes where the aliens do succeed in taking Earth.

* The BBC series based on ''[[The Tripods]]'' book trilogy. The aliens utilize mind control for their infiltration and subsequent invasion.

* ''[[V]]'': is about a [[Villain with Good Publicity]] form of The Infiltration, with [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|familiar overtones]].

* ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'': is about a [[Villain with Good Publicity]] form of The Infiltration, with [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|familiar overtones]].

* ''[[War of the Worlds (TV series)|War of the Worlds]]'': A television sequel to the 1953 film adaptation of the [[War of the Worlds]] novel, showing heavy influence from ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''.

* "The Invaders" (1967) with Roy Thinnes as a man who accidentally sees a flying saucer land and can't convince people that we've been invaded. They use the infiltration method, altering their bodies to look like humans. Because of the year there was a lot of heavy handed storylines involving race and the youth culture.

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** [[Kid Hero]] Geo Stelar and a renegade [[Energy Being|FM-ian]], Omega-Xis, merge into Mega Man to defend the Earth from the FM-ians who, in turn, attempt to draw the pair out in order to defeat them and reclaim an item Omega-Xis has to unleash their [[Doomsday Device]] on Earth.

* ''[[Metal Slug]] 2'': The Mars People arrive ''[[War of the Worlds]]'' style aliens who attack using flying saucers. When they're driven off, one of them impersonates Morden and tries to use the Rebellion Army as a weapon in ''Metal Slug 3''. Once that's uncovered, the heroes attack their mothership and destroy their leader, Rootmars. Properly chastised, the Mars People become a bit more peaceful, and serve as allies in the sixth game to fight an invasion from [[Beneath the Earth]] that considers them snack food.

* ''[[~~Starcraft~~]]'': the Terrans are facing two invasions: the [[Bug War|Zerg]] and [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Protoss]]. The Zerg favor infiltration ([[Body Horror|infestation]]) as a way to soften up targets for the Swarm. The Protoss, on the other hand, employ a range of tactics, from "shoot missiles at it" through "shoot [[Macross Missile Massacre|more missiles at it]]" past "[[Beam Spam|throw in lasers]] for good measure" and on to "screw it, let's just [[Apocalypse How|sterilize the planet]]". Notable in all of this is the Battle of Tarsonis, where the Zerg, Protoss, and [[La Résistance|Terran rebels]] all try the All-Out Attack on the poor planet [[Battle Royale With Cheese|at the same time]]. The Protoss were not as much invading the Terrans as they were containing the Zerg who would then perform an all out invasion on the Protoss.

* ''[[StarCraft]]'': the Terrans are facing two invasions: the [[Bug War|Zerg]] and [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Protoss]]. The Zerg favor infiltration ([[Body Horror|infestation]]) as a way to soften up targets for the Swarm. The Protoss, on the other hand, employ a range of tactics, from "shoot missiles at it" through "shoot [[Macross Missile Massacre|more missiles at it]]" past "[[Beam Spam|throw in lasers]] for good measure" and on to "screw it, let's just [[Apocalypse How|sterilize the planet]]". Notable in all of this is the Battle of Tarsonis, where the Zerg, Protoss, and [[La Résistance|Terran rebels]] all try the All-Out Attack on the poor planet [[Battle Royale With Cheese|at the same time]]. The Protoss were not as much invading the Terrans as they were containing the Zerg who would then perform an all out invasion on the Protoss.

* ''[[Universe At War]]: Earth Assault'': An all out attack, In a subversion, humanity fails utterly at repelling the invading Hierarchy and are reduced to bit players, forced to watch as a race of mechanical [[Laser Guided Tykebomb]]s arrive on Earth and the [[Ancient Astronauts|ancient Atlanteans]] awake, both species intent on bloody revenge against the Hierarchy for crimes committed against them in the past.

* ''[[X-COM (Video Game)|X-COM]]'': The various aliens in the game series are generally set on utterly destroying humanity. The infiltration method they attempt in the first game was merely a tactic toward the goal of total destruction.

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