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

# [[Innocent Aliens|Peaceful aliens]] will be met with fear and greed, as humans try to kidnap, interrogate, dissect them, etc. They'll usually think the aliens want to attack. Said aliens may gain one or two human friends (the main characters) but most of the human race is shown to be primitive fools. [[Humans Are Bastards]]. It is a [[Sub -Trope]] of [[Misunderstood Loner With a Heart of Gold]] with its own flavor. Incidentally, this trope is a staple element of at least some parts of ufology, among those who believe in it.

# [[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.

** 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]].

** The third movie, ''Revenge of Iris'', has an interesting variation: while Gamera is shown in his darkest portrayal yet (a fight at the start of the movie with a Gyaos in downtown Tokyo causes at least 12000 casualties, at least half from Gamera's [[Breath Weapon]], and he's proven to be an incarnation of [[GaiasGaia's Vengeance]]), it's shown pretty conclusively that he's by far the best alternative despite this, as other monsters are far more hostile to humanity and likely won't stop until they or humanity are wiped out {{spoiler|and besides, the last scene of the movie depicts a ''massive'' Gyaos outbreak (as in a flock of thousands of the buggers, ranging in size from a VW Beetle to stadium-sized) and a spent, wounded Gamera soldiering on and preparing to go and face them for the sake of humans}}

* New ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' plays this one straight: [[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.

** ''[[Doctor Who (TV)/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''.

* Subverted quite nicely in ''[[Earth Final Conflict|Earth: Final Conflict]]''. When the show starts the aliens do have a great deal of influence, but many humans are still untrusting. More significantly, while the aliens do have a hidden agenda, it's not so much EVIL as a gambit driven by a desire to survive.

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

** The [[Play Station]] version had this rendered as a cutscene of two world leaders in the UN building, signing a treaty with the aliens, only for a group of aliens (led by a Sectoid with a [[Slasher Smile]] and two [[Elite Mook|Mutons]]) to come through the door and [[Boom! Headshot!|blast the head off one of them]].

** This was also an example of [[Ugly Hero, Good -Looking Villain]], as Lion-o fired on the first alien because he was ugly and spoke gruffly, while the second was elegant and cultured. [[Anvilicious|So Now You Know]]. [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]].