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{{quote|"He was a candidate for a Midwestern congressional seat, and he hired me to manage his campaign advertising. Unfortunately, his opponent turned up something in his past with which we could not cope."<br />
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"No. A space alien, Ms. Walters."|''[[She Hulk|Sensational She-Hulk]]'' #11, Jan. 1990}}
"No. A space alien, Ms. Walters."|''[[She Hulk|Sensational She-Hulk]]'' #11, Jan. 1990}}


A character of extraterrestrial origins. For tropes about what ''makes'' them alien, see [[Bizarre Alien Biology]].
A character of extraterrestrial origins. For tropes about what ''makes'' them alien, see [[Bizarre Alien Biology]].


[[Alien|If you thought it meant "illegal aliens" and signed up]], click [[Race Tropes]].
[[Alien|If you thought it meant "illegal aliens" and signed up]], click [[Race Tropes]].


If there are no aliens at all, see [[Absent Aliens]].
If there are no aliens at all, see [[Absent Aliens]].
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** [[The Greys]]
** [[The Greys]]
** [[The Reptilians]]
** [[The Reptilians]]
* [[Little Green Man in A Can]]
* [[Little Green Man in a Can]]
* [[Insectoid Aliens]]
* [[Insectoid Aliens]]
* [[Intelligent Gerbil]]
* [[Intelligent Gerbil]]
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** [[Space Whale]]
** [[Space Whale]]
** [[Sand Worm]] (worms)
** [[Sand Worm]] (worms)
* [[Big Creepy Crawlies]]
* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]
* [[Low Culture, High Tech]]
* [[Low Culture, High Tech]]
* [[Plant Aliens]]
* [[Plant Aliens]]
* [[Starfish Aliens]]
* [[Starfish Aliens]]
** [[Eldritch Abomination]]
** [[Eldritch Abomination]]
* [[Silicon Based Life]]
* [[Silicon-Based Life]]
* [[Energy Beings]]
* [[Energy Beings]]
* [[Genius Loci]]
* [[Genius Loci]]
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* [[Alternative Number System]]
* [[Alternative Number System]]
* [[Anal Probing]]
* [[Anal Probing]]
* [[Brain In A Jar]]
* [[Brain In a Jar]]
* [[Ditto Aliens]]
* [[Ditto Aliens]]
* [[Mistaken for Aliens]]
* [[Mistaken for Aliens]]
* [[My Brain Is Big]]
* [[My Brain Is Big]]
* [[Panspermia]]
* [[Panspermia]]
* [[No Such Thing As Alien Pop Culture]]
* [[No Such Thing as Alien Pop Culture]]
* [[People Jars]]
* [[People Jars]]
* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]
* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]
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* [[Ancient Astronauts]]
* [[Ancient Astronauts]]
* [[Area 51]]
* [[Area 51]]
* [[Descriptively Named Species]]
* [[Descriptively Named Species]]
* [[First Contact]]
* [[First Contact]]
* [[First Contact Math]]
* [[First Contact Math]]
* [[I Come in Peace]]
* [[I Come in Peace]]
** [[Take Me to Your Leader]]
** [[Take Me to Your Leader]]
** [[We Come in Peace, Shoot To Kill]]
** [[We Come in Peace, Shoot to Kill]]
* [[Innocent Aliens]]
* [[Innocent Aliens]]
* [[Klingons Love Shakespeare]]
* [[Klingons Love Shakespeare]]
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** [[Boldly Coming]]
** [[Boldly Coming]]
** [[Gendercide]]
** [[Gendercide]]
** [[Improbable Species Compatibility]]
** [[Hot Skitty-On-Wailord Action]]
** [[Mars Needs Women]]
** [[Mars Needs Women]]
** [[Only You Can Repopulate My Race]]
** [[Only You Can Repopulate My Race]]
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* [[Chest Burster]]
* [[Chest Burster]]
* [[Crop Circles]]
* [[Crop Circles]]
* [[ET Gave Us Wi Fi]]
* [[ET Gave Us Wi-Fi]]
* [[Exposed Extraterrestrials]]
* [[Exposed Extraterrestrials]]
* [[Higher-Tech Species]]
* [[Higher-Tech Species]]
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* [[Solid Gold Poop]]
* [[Solid Gold Poop]]
* [[Spice of Life]]
* [[Spice of Life]]
* [[Stronger With Age]]
* [[Stronger with Age]]
* [[They Look Like Us Now]]
* [[They Look Like Us Now]]
* [[Touched By Vorlons]]
* [[Touched by Vorlons]]
* [[Unusual Ears]]
* [[Unusual Ears]]
* [[Ultraterrestrials]]
* [[Ultraterrestrials]]
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{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Otherness Tropes]]
[[Category:Otherness Tropes]]
[[Category:Index Index/Sandbox]]
[[Category:Tropes in Space]]
[[Category:Tropes in Space]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters]]
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[[Category:Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes]]
[[Category:Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes]]
[[Category:Narrative Tropes]]
[[Category:Narrative Tropes]]
[[Category:Index Index]]
[[Category:Alien Tropes]]

Latest revision as of 10:34, 29 December 2014

"He was a candidate for a Midwestern congressional seat, and he hired me to manage his campaign advertising. Unfortunately, his opponent turned up something in his past with which we could not cope."
"Let me guess: he was secretly a liberal."
"Worse. An alien."
"You're kidding?! An undocumented alien running for--"

"No. A space alien, Ms. Walters."
—Sensational She-Hulk #11, Jan. 1990

A character of extraterrestrial origins. For tropes about what makes them alien, see Bizarre Alien Biology.

If you thought it meant "illegal aliens" and signed up, click Race Tropes.

If there are no aliens at all, see Absent Aliens.

Not to be confused with Otherness Tropes.

* Human Aliens

* Aliens Are Bastards

  • Alien Non-Interference Clause
  • Aliens Speaking English
  • Ancient Astronauts
  • Area 51
  • Descriptively Named Species
  • First Contact
  • First Contact Math
  • I Come in Peace
  • Innocent Aliens
  • Klingons Love Shakespeare
  • Mistook the Dominant Lifeform
  • Protocol Peril
  • The Right of a Superior Species
  • Roswell That Ends Well
  • Scary Dogmatic Aliens
  • Servant Race
  • Slave Race
  • Superior Species
  • To Serve Man
  • What Measure Is a Humanoid?
  • What Measure Is a Non-Human?
  • The Xenophile

    • * Abusive Alien Parents

  • Alien Abduction
  • Alien Among Us
  • Alien Catnip
  • Alien Kudzu
  • Aliens and Monsters
  • Aliens Never Invented the Wheel
  • Aliens Steal Cable
  • Aliens Steal Cattle
  • Amusing Alien
  • Bizarre Alien Biology
  • Came From the Sky
  • Chest Burster
  • Crop Circles
  • ET Gave Us Wi-Fi
  • Exposed Extraterrestrials
  • Higher-Tech Species
  • The Men in Black
  • Mirror Chemistry
  • More Teeth Than the Osmond Family
  • Named After Their Planet
  • Solid Gold Poop
  • Spice of Life
  • Stronger with Age
  • They Look Like Us Now
  • Touched by Vorlons
  • Unusual Ears
  • Ultraterrestrials

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