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* ''[[Foundation]]'':

** Technically Golan Trevize, except that all planets are inhabited by humans.

"We were only on two worlds that had functioning human females on them. Two out of two, and we had only been a few hours on each." }}

** If you think about the breadth of cultural and political differences between the humans on the various Foundation worlds, the trope probably does hold.

* Arguably averted by ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]''. While Captain Kirk fell in love with a new person weekly, and there were quite a lot of interspecies kisses, the writers only made it clear he'd had sex on two occasions: once, a native wife became pregnant, and once the show returned from commercial to find a woman brushing her hair in his room while he put his boots back on. There are numerous examples of interspecies reproduction throughout the franchise, however, so apparently quite a few individuals boldly came.

* [[The Big Bang Theory]] pointed out the ludicrousness of this trope:

* As did Scott Adams in ''The [[Dilbert]] Future''. See [[Boldly Coming/Quotes|the Quotes page]].

* It's established on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' that by Capt. Jack Harkness' time (the 51st century) [[Fetish Fuel Future|this is humanity's attitude]] to space exploration. Of course, they're also [[Everyone Is Bi|more flexible]] about the [[Free-Love Future|genders involved.]]

* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'':

** John Sheppard is rather prone to this, usually followed by collective eye-rolling by the rest of the characters. In the episode "Sanctuary", Rodney accuses him of [[Lampshade Hanging|"the Captain Kirk routine"]] of "romancing the alien priestess", and calls it "very [[Star Trek: The Original Series|1967]]".

** Jack O'Neill and Daniel Jackson both had a few off-planet lovers on ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. Note that examples from the [[Stargate Verse]] are more [[Justified Trope]] than in many fictional works, since almost all aliens in the series are [[Transplanted Humans]].

** And the truly alien beings (Unas, Asgardians, etc) generally have as little interest in sex with humans as the humans do with them. Though given the nature of the show, most of the people are government officials, military, or otherwise high in status so any sort of hanky panky would have to be very discreet to avoid... problems.

* ''[[Babylon 5]]'':

** He also slept with one of Londo's wives. Since humans and Centauri are incompatible, he apparently didn't feel limited by mere anatomical details. Technology is a wonderful thing.

** A scene (originally deleted) from the pilot movie indicates that there are laws restricting with which species humans are permitted to have sex. Speciesist? Maybe. But there are reasons...

'''Sinclair:''' No. But obviously you've never met an Arnassian before. After they finish, they ''eat'' their mate. }}

** The short-lived sequel ''[[Crusade]]'' reveals that human-Pak'ma'ra porn exists. Also, certain creatures living in hyperspace may try to mate with passing starships.

** Note that Sheridan and Delenn ''don't'' qualify -- they're an [[Interspecies Romance]] instead.

* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' episode "First Contact", Commander Riker gets an offer to help him escape a hospital facility from a nurse in exchange for this.

* Also the entire plot of the song "Rishathra" by filk band Ookla The Mok.

* "E.T." by [[Katy Perry]], especially the version with [[Kanye West]].

** In the series as a whole, it's very easy to play Shepard as a Kirk [[Expy]]. He or she can schtup turians, asari, drell and quarians. There are medical issues associated with all of these relationships, as Mordin is very adamant about pointing out, but for sex, you risk it.

** Yeoman Kelly Chambers wholeheartedly endorses the boldly coming approach.

** Even The Illusive Man, Human Supremacist Supreme, isn't exempt from this trope. Amongst the data the Shadow Broker keeps on him is a list of TIM's Sexual Liasons. There are a lot of human supermodels and an Asari Matriarch (twice).

** Grayson, one of the major protagonists of the ''Mass Effect'' book series, takes an asari lover in the third book and, after a particularly wild night with her, wonders ''how he would ever go back to humans''. Also, keep in mind that this coming from a man who once actively ''hated'' aliens.

* ''[[Futurama]]'':

** Zapp Brannigan aspires to do this, but is just so bad at it.

** Oh, and the hot alien babe was actually {{spoiler|just a mutant human}}.

** Ironic of him to ask Kif that question, since Kif also ended up making it with a hot, alien babe, namely Amy Wong. Which means ''she'' filled this trope, too. And so did Leela, when ''[[Mister Seahorse|she got Kif pregnant]]'' ([[Bizarre Alien Biology|accidentally; don't ask]]). In fact, Zap is the only one of the four who ''hasn't'', despite having built his whole life around trying.