We Come in Peace, Shoot to Kill: Difference between revisions

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** 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}}.)

** ''[[Doctor Who~~/NS~~/Recap/S2 E12 Army of Ghosts|Army of Ghosts]]'' demonstrates a variation whereby the visitors are not aliens but {{spoiler|[[Killer Robot|Killer Robots]] called Cybermen}} from a [[Parallel Universe]], being deliberately brought to ours by the Torchwood institute. (In the first act of the episode, the {{spoiler|Cybermen}} take on a "ghostly" appearance and do not speak). During the period where the visitors are assumed to be friendly, humans call them "[[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghosts]]", and many even think they really are the silent spirits of their deceased loved ones. The Doctor says "No one's running, screaming, freaking out", to which Jackie responds "Why should we?" Correct answer, for the [[Genre Savvy]]: ''Because you aren't, which means they're probably dangerous''.

** ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/NS/S2/E12 Army of Ghosts|Army of Ghosts]]'' demonstrates a variation whereby the visitors are not aliens but {{spoiler|[[Killer Robot|Killer Robots]] called Cybermen}} from a [[Parallel Universe]], being deliberately brought to ours by the Torchwood institute. (In the first act of the episode, the {{spoiler|Cybermen}} take on a "ghostly" appearance and do not speak). During the period where the visitors are assumed to be friendly, humans call them "[[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghosts]]", and many even think they really are the silent spirits of their deceased loved ones. The Doctor says "No one's running, screaming, freaking out", to which Jackie responds "Why should we?" Correct answer, for the [[Genre Savvy]]: ''Because you aren't, which means they're probably dangerous''.

*** There was a great line at the end of that episode.

{{quote|'''Yvonne:''' They're invading the whole planet.

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== Music ==

* A recurring line in [[wikipedia:The Firm (Star ~~Trekkinchr(27)~~)|"The Firm's]] [[Affectionate Parody|"Star Trekkin'"]], attributed to [[The Captain]] Kirk. This is, of course, the Trope Namer.

* A recurring line in [[wikipedia:The Firm (Star Trekkin')|"The Firm's]] [[Affectionate Parody|"Star Trekkin'"]], attributed to [[The Captain]] Kirk. This is, of course, the Trope Namer.

* "Star Invasion" by [[Helloween]] has one such misunderstanding. An awful mess ensues.

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== Webcomics ==

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', a horde of fleshreaving, soul-devouring, [[~~Always Chaotic~~ Evil|pure evil]] demons [[Demonic Invaders|invade another dimension]], yet they become widely accepted (at least in America) thanks to propaganda portraying any resistance against them [[Political Correctness Gone Mad|as anti-demon bigotry]]. [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20040912 This] strip says it best.

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', a horde of fleshreaving, soul-devouring, [[Exclusively Evil|pure evil]] demons [[Demonic Invaders|invade another dimension]], yet they become widely accepted (at least in America) thanks to propaganda portraying any resistance against them [[Political Correctness Gone Mad|as anti-demon bigotry]]. [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20040912 This] strip says it best.

** Justified as this particular dimension has no concept of "evil" and just accepted the ridiculously [[Blatant Lies]] they were told even after the initial slaughter.

* This is one of the two strategies of the invading Martians in ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'', as explained in [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2413.html this strip], and the strip annotation references this very page.