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{{quote|''"He got an e-mail from his brother that said that aliens and monsters were attacking his place!"''|''[[Half Life Full Life Consequences (Fanfic)|Half Life Full Life Consequences]]''}}
 
The integral part of the [[Monster of the Week]] episode. They are [[Bizarre Alien Biology|strange]], scary, and [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?|expendable]]. Some are [[Our Monsters Are Different|different]] than what you'd expect them to be.
 
Of course, we can have alien protagonists and [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampires|monstrous]] [[Non -Human Sidekick|supporting characters]]; but the difference here is that, within the ethics of the shows that use them, it's [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?|okay to kill]] the specific threat-of-the-week version ([[Fantastic Racism|which is usually]] a distinct species.) There is no need to deal with [[First Contact|complicated intricacies of interstellar diplomacy to negotiate with aliens]], [[Transhuman|consider ethics of advancing mankind via genetic engineering when dealing with mutants]], and [[Tragic Monster|listen to a vampire's tragic past to understand him better]]. This time, there are no long term negative consequences to deal with either using what humanity does best.
 
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Not to be confused with the [[Dreamworks Animation]] movie ''[[Monsters Versus Aliens]]''.
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== Comic Books ==
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* ''[[Tech Infantry]]'' has vampires, mages, werewolves, weretigers, wererhinos, alien bugs, alien lions that fly, and few of them are as scary as some of the normal humans.
* ''[[Paranoia]]'' has included suggestions for alien invasions alongside the [[Big Creepy Crawlies|Giant Mutant Radioactive Cockroaches]]; of course, any mission in ''Paranoia'' is just a [[Framing Device]] to let the PCs [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|betray each other]], so...
* ''[[Monsterpocalypse]]'': there are always 50 foot tall monsters, like [[Alien Invasion|invading aliens]], hungry [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Dinosaurs|dinosaurs]], giant [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Monkeys|Gorillas]], and so on...
 
 
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