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{{quote|''"People of Earth, we come in peace. However, most of you will not survive these next 24 hours."''|'''Gallaxhar,''' ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]''}}
 
{{quote|''"A typical alien film is either we come and embrace them because we love them or we have to say we must fight them because they are attacking us"''|'''Korey Coleman,''' <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdYpQgSG3GA Spill.com's review of ''District 9'']</ref>}}
 
[[Space Alien|Alien]]s' [[First Contact]] with Earthlings will go one of two ways, usually.
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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.
 
It's a [[SchrodingersSchrodinger's Gun]]; mankind is either an aggressive oppressor or clueless victim, and never in the beneficial combination. The trope name comes from the signature line of "Captain Kirk" in the song "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE Star Trekkin]'" by The Firm.
 
A subversion of [[I Come in Peace]]. Aliens who try this should read [[How to Invade An Alien Planet]].