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# [[Aliens Are Bastards|Evil aliens]] will either outright attack, or manipulate themselves into positions of power over humanity, made more easy by the hordes of naive humans who just want to be friends, which shows most of the human race to be primitive fools. Only a few will know the truth, and try to convince everyone else that [[To Serve Man|"it's a cookbook!"]] This is a [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Subverted Suspicion Aesop]] with its own flavor.
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A subversion of [[I Come in Peace]]. Aliens who try this should read [[How to Invade An Alien Planet]].
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** This is not only a darkly funny [[Take That]] to ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', but a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[War of the Worlds]]''. A group of astronomers tried to use semaphore flags to communicate their good will to a pit containing the Martian ship and a half-constructed tripod. [[Hilarity Ensues|Heat Ray-ity Ensues]].
* Subsequently parodied in ''[[Mars Attacks!]]!'' The Martian ambassador comes up to a podium and speaks into a translation device, translating his words as "We come in peace". Then they whip out the rayguns and incinerate everyone in sight- at first, seemingly in response to a "cultural misunderstanding" where "dove means war", but it quickly turns out they are just doing it [[For the Evulz]]. Later, during the full-scale genocide, one of the Martians is carrying the translation device, which now broadcasts "Do not run! We are your friends!" over and over.
* ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (the original) is the quintessential movie for demonstrating how badly humans would treat [[Innocent Aliens]].
* ''[[Starman (film)|Starman]]'' (the movie, and then the TV series based on it) was about a friendly alien who was hounded by the government. He first came to Earth in response to our friendly greetings carried aboard one of the Voyager probes... and was promptly shot down.
* ''[[Gamera]]: Guardian of the Universe'' (1995) featured a variation. Although not aliens, the army incorrectly decides that Gamera, a benevolent [[Anti-Hero]] [[Kaiju]] created specifically to protect the Earth, is the real threat, while the evil, destructive, man-eating Gyaos are a nuisance by comparison.
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== Live-Action TV ==
* New ''[[Doctor Who]]'' plays this one straight: [[The Master (trope)|The Master]] goes to Earth, creates a human identity for himself, and gets elected as Prime Minister. Then he calls in the Toclafane, who come to Earth under the pretense of sharing their technology in exchange for Earth's friendship. Moments after first contact, however, the Master and the Toclafane set their true agenda into motion: take over the world so they can build warships and conquer the rest of the universe. Earth humans are literally (in the Latin sense of the word) decimated.
** The Silurians have elements of Category 2, with the Doctor castigating UNIT for being trigger-happy. But the Silurians themselves are conflicted, with some of them wanting peace and others releasing a plague on London.
** The [[Big Finish]] audio drama "Blood of the Daleks" features a beleaguered human colony being contacted by "benevolent aliens". The clue's in the title. (And at the end {{spoiler|they make the same mistake with the Cybermen}}.)
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'''The Doctor:''' It's not an invasion, it's too late for that. It's a victory. }}
* Both variations are common in ''[[The Outer Limits]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' and similar anthology shows.
* ''[[V (TV series)|V]]: The Series'' (itself a followup to two miniseries) was about a hostile, sneaky, [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Nazi-like]] alien race using humanity's credulity against them.
** Originally conceived as a show about the presidency of a Father Coughlin like American fascist, but [[Screwed by the Network|the network]] demanded Nazis [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]]
** The 2009 reboot makes it the alien leader's catchphrase: "We are of peace, always." (Major spoiler: {{spoiler|No, they aren't}}.)
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