Benevolent Alien Invasion: Difference between revisions

** As seen in the ''Enterprise'' series, this didn't go right. Many humans chafed under the well intentioned clampdowns the Vulcans created.

** In ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'', Eddington believes [[The Federation|the Federation's]] entire ''raison d'etre'' to be this, comparing them to the ''[[You Will Be Assimilated|Borg]]''.

* Perhaps the most famous [[Subverted Trope|subversion]] in history is ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'''s "[[To Serve Man]]" episode, adapted from an earlier short story by Damon Knight. The Kanamit actually manage to end famine and war, but it's eventually revealed that only way they want "to serve man" is [[It Was His Sled|on a plate]].

* In ''[[Babylon 5]]'', the second invasion of Earth Alliance was a more-or-less benevolent assault--led by humans but backed by aliens--to remove an oppressive dictator.