No Such Thing as Alien Pop Culture: Difference between revisions

[[Sub-Trope]] of [[Aliens Never Invented the Wheel]].

 

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Robotech]]/[[Macross]]'' has an interesting example. There's an aversion with the future human society, since they still have pop stars and things like that (they're only [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]). But the invading Zentraedi don't have anything like that (although they do have a name for it in [[Macross]]: Protoculture); they are an entirely militaristic society. In fact, this becomes a plot point later on. The Zentraedi, having never been exposed to singing or anything like it, are rendered stupefied by a recording of a singing pop star. The humans actually seize on this and use it as a tactic in battle, making the pop star both a weapon ''and'' a morale booster.