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* There's a short story out there called "The Hunters" where the world is invaded by ferocious and pitiless aliens who relentlessly destroy all of civilization. [[The Reveal]] is that {{spoiler|this is another planet, and the invading aliens are actually human conquerors}}.
* Oddly enough, the short story [http://www.flashfictiononline.com/fpublic0036-memory-h-p-lovecraft.html "Memory"] by [[H.P. Lovecraft]].
* [[Mark Twain]]'s short story "Some Learned Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls" involves a group of animals who set out on a scientific expedition, defining the works of Man as best they can. For example, a speeding car becomes first the Vernal Equinox, then later the Transit of Venus. http://books.google.ca/books?id={{Dead link}}[[Fga 1 su D Gz Vs C]]
* Harry Turtledove's ''[[Worldwar]]'' series has this to some extent. Humans are twice as big as the aliens known simply as the Race, and evolve far more quickly than the Race or the other two sentient species they'd encountered beforehand, so they're not prepared at all when they invade Earth during World War II, their expectations based on recordings from 800 years before. It reaches its apex at the very end of the series, when {{spoiler|humans are able to create faster than light travel by extrapolating off the Race's technology, leaving them firmly in control of the situation that had been an uneasy balance for several decades.}}
* ''[http://www.doylebooks.com/aleprechaunstale.html A Leprechaun's Tale]'' by Steve Doyle.
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* The modern weapons technology of humanity causes the invading [[Legions of Hell]] to see modern humans as this in ''[[The Salvation War]]''. This is mostly because, in demonic time frames, a few centuries is nothing and the last time they visited humans were pretty much helpless, easily slaughtered sheep. Imagine their surprise when they came to claim Earth after it was condemned by Heaven to the demons and found that the humans suddenly had the "magic" to slaughter great numbers from afar. But this was nothing compared to the reaction of one of the Demonic Grand Dukes who surrendered to the humans when {{spoiler|he learned about nuclear weaponry}}:
{{quote|{{spoiler|Abigor was sitting on his couch, mouth agape, staring at the screen as the credits rolled by. What sort of gods were the humans, to be able to destroy a city with a single bomb? He closed his mouth, then shook his head. A single bomb, capable of annihilating an entire city. An entire army would be nothing. They had played with him, when they could have destroyed him and everyone with him with ease.}} }}
* [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/10439760/ No humans you are the Old Ones.]{{Dead link}} And everyone is very comfortable with that.
* [http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1166 This track] from [[Erfworld|Rob Balder]] seems at first to be an inversion—humans are the [[Beverly Hillbillies]] of the galaxy—but by the end of the song, the alien narrators seem to be afraid they're underestimating the danger.
* [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2709630/ "Humans are insane."] from /tg/'s archive. Also try [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2911901/ "We Made A Mistake"] for a case study. [[NSFW]] for the usual 4chan flavor.
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