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== Web Comics ==
* ''[[PS238]]'' examines and [[Lampshades]] this trope (along with [[Alien Invasion]]); Herschel [https://web.archive.org/web/20071221111939/http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2007-02-28 explicitly points out] that the only reason why any aliens would choose to invade a world would be if the planet contained ''something'' that can't be found anywhere else. Raw materials are far more efficiently gained by mining asteroids, planetoids, moons, and other celestial bodies without an atmosphere, high gravity and a local population. The Earth is invaded by a species of planet looters later, however: {{spoiler|The aliens, for whatever reason, cannot breed on their own and unleash a bio-plague on the planet intended to rewrite all human DNA and turn all following generations of humans into their species.}}
* Subverted in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]''. Upon finally getting their [[Wave Motion Gun|ultimate weapon]] working on Earth, the [[Space Pirates|Pirates of Ipecac]] are anxious to start pillaging.. and are nonplussed to realize Earth doesn't have much worth stealing. They decide to look around for ''something'' to swipe, and failing that, to just shoot the place up anyway (although Earth did have a resource they needed for their ultimate weapon: ''caramel'').
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