Aliens Speaking English/Quotes

Homer: How is it that you speak English?

Alien: Actually, we're speaking Rigellian. By coincidence, our languages are exactly the same.

—The Simpsons, a Treehouse of Horror short.

To make things easier, everyone speaks English.

—A short story about humans meeting aliens. In Portuguese.

Graeme: How come I can understand you? Are you using some neural language router?

Paul: Actually, I'm speaking English you fucking idiot!

—Paul

Farnsworth: Our only hope is to communicate with the aliens, and show them our peaceful intentions.

Bender: Perhaps they speak perfect English... as do we.

Farnsworth: We can't take that chance! We'll need my universal auto-translator!

—Futurama, "Reincarnation"

The humans are having a dick-waving competition with various aliens that all speak perfect English, in various American dialects.

—Yahtzee reviewing Mass Effect

Letter: Dear Stargate SG-1, why do all the aliens speak English?

Christopher Judge: Oh Crap, they found out about that.

—Sci Fi Channel Stargate SG 1 special

Chel: Hmm... How do you speak English so well?

Lexx: I'm not speaking English. You're speaking Galactic Standard.

—Alien Dice, in a rare Inversion