Rubber Forehead Aliens: Difference between revisions

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The next step past [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]] (catlike or buglike or lizardlike aliens that can still sit in chairs and hold weapons) is [[Humanoid Aliens]], possibly overlapping with [[Intelligent Gerbil|Intelligent Gerbils]]. Contrast with [[Starfish Aliens]].

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* The [[Crest of the Stars|Abh]] were distinguished by their blue hair though some of them also had pointy ears.

** This one ''does'' get [[Justified Trope|justified]], though, in that the Abh are in fact ''genetically altered humans'', who even call their stellar nation the "Humankind Empire Abh" (or a variant, [[Spell My Name With an S|depending on how you translate it]]); the Abh see themselves as basically humans with a few different traits, while their (non-modded) enemies tend to see them as vile aliens, wholly different from humanity. One of the narrative thrusts of the work is examining just how human they really are - or aren't.

** This one ''does'' get [[Justified Trope|justified]], though, in that the Abh are in fact ''genetically altered humans'', who even call their stellar nation the "Humankind Empire Abh" (or a variant, [[Spell My Name With an "S"|depending on how you translate it]]); the Abh see themselves as basically humans with a few different traits, while their (non-modded) enemies tend to see them as vile aliens, wholly different from humanity. One of the narrative thrusts of the work is examining just how human they really are - or aren't.

* The [[Outlaw Star|Ctarl Ctarl]] essentially [[Catgirl|Cat Girls]] from space.

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' does this with many inhabitants of the magic world; they look like normal people, but with horns or weird shaped ears or something. The rest are [[Petting Zoo People]].

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* Subverted in ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' with Newmans/Numans, and later Beasts in Phantasy Star Universe. Sure, they look human enough, save for their ears and (in the case of Beasts) their harelips and eyes ... but they aren't actually aliens at all. They're actually genetically engineered ''humans.''

** Played straight, though: The three planets' humanoid species are Parmanian/Palmanian (humans), Motavian ([[Humanoid Aliens|furred, beaked humanoids]]), and Dezolisian/Dezorisian ([[Rubber Forehead Aliens]] with green skin).

* ''[[Mass Effect]]'': Asari fit the trope perfectly, being [[Green Skinned Space Babe|blue-skinned alien space babes]]. Although their tentacles are actually on the ''back'' of their heads, where a human would have hair. It should be noted that, while they wear the same armor as humans in-game, ''every'' race sees them as their equivalent of [[Green Skinned Space Babe|blue-skinned alien space babes]] except possibly the Krogan, who still see them as attractive.

* ''[[Mass Effect]]'': Asari fit the trope perfectly, being [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|blue-skinned alien space babes]]. Although their tentacles are actually on the ''back'' of their heads, where a human would have hair. It should be noted that, while they wear the same armor as humans in-game, ''every'' race sees them as their equivalent of [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|blue-skinned alien space babes]] except possibly the Krogan, who still see them as attractive.

** In ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', if a male Shepard romanced Tali and {{spoiler|saved the quarian fleet}}, Tali will leave a photo of herself without mask or helmet on his nightstand. It turns out that {{spoiler|were it not for the skin markings, the three-fingered hands, and the avian legs, she could pass for human.}}

** On the technical side, the developers of Mass Effect admit that their alien designs were limited to bipeds with human proportions because of the Unreal engine's combat system. In fact, even the tridactyl, digitigrade Turians are still built on a human skeleton.