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== Literature ==
* A somewhat clever twist occurs in one ''[[Maximum Boy]]'' novel where alien cows decide to visit earth: The cows state that they ''come'' in peace, but state that how they ''leave'' depends on what they find. [[Alien Invasion|Sure enough.....]]
* ''[[The Holy Land]]'', in which the [[Eagle Land|fundamentalist American government]]
* Skewered in George Alec Effinger's hilarious 1984 short story, ''The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything'': the aliens who visit, called the Nuhp, really do come in peace, and really are willing and able to help solve at least some of Earth's problems. Unfortunately, they're also such an ''annoying'' bunch of know-it-alls, that their presence gradually becomes more curse than blessing. Eventually, humanity leaves Earth in droves to get away from the Nuhp... and the resultant population reduction solves the ''rest'' of Earth's problems by default. Turns out this happens on ''every'' planet the Nuhp visit, and space is filled with species that left their homeworlds to get away from them.
* [[Stanislaw Lem]]'s novel ''Fiasco'' features a human starship on a mission to "peacefully make contact" with the inhabitants of the planet Quinta. This proves difficult when they discover that Quintan civilization is consumed with an internal conflict that has led the antagonistic factions to garrison their entire solar system with powerful automated war machines. Despite the humans having a substantial technological edge over the Quintans, a series of misunderstandings, miscommunications, and double-crosses ensues, accompanied by escalating shows of force {{spoiler|that culminate in the humans blowing up the entire planet}}.
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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/Recap/NS/S2/E12 Army of Ghosts|Army of Ghosts]]'' demonstrates a variation whereby the visitors are not aliens but {{spoiler|[[Killer Robot
*** There was a great line at the end of that episode.
{{quote|'''Yvonne:''' They're invading the whole planet.
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* The main characters of ''[[Roswell]]'' are just three (or, for a while, four) teenagers who only want to live in peace until they figure out a way to get home, but they live in constant - and justifiable, given certain events of the first season - fear of the government and other alien hunters.
* Captain Archer of the NX-01 ''[[Enterprise]]'' sets forth on a mission of exploration and derides the need for powerful weapons, but three years of [[Villain of the Week|Close Encounters of the Worst Kind]] and the deaths of 27 crewmen in the Xindi conflict cause him to recommend that the NX-02 be better armed and have a squad of [[Space Marine|MACO's]] as well.
** The prologue to "In a Mirror, Darkly" takes the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|beautiful]] ''[[Star Trek: First Contact|First Contact]]'' scene where humanity meets the Vulcans, flips it inside-out and drops it squarely into Type 1 of this
* On ''[[Babylon 5]]'', such an incident kicked off the pre-series Earth-Minbari War. {{spoiler|During the first contact between Earth and Minbari starships, the Minbari approach with gunports open, a cultural gesture of respect. The Earth captain overreacts -- the Minbari accidentally jam the Humans' jump drives with their scanners -- and assumes hostile intent. [[Hilarity Ensues]].}}
* In the [[Twilight Zone]] episode "To Serve Man" (based on the Damon Knight story of the same name), outwardly-benevolent aliens visit us and grant us all of their technological wonders, including indestructible force-domes that protect each nation from nuclear attack by any other nation. We accidentally get hold of their handbook, titled "[[To Serve Man]]". [[I'm a Humanitarian|Guess which kind of "Serve" they had in mind]]?
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