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* InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien

* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens

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** Gendercide

* [=~E.T. Gave Us Wi-Fi~=]

y do u morons have content warnings

->"He was a candidate for a Midwestern congressional seat, and he hired me to manage his campaign advertising. Unfortunately, his opponent turned up something in his past with which we could not cope."
->"Let me guess: he was secretly a liberal."
->"Worse. An alien."
->"You're kidding?! An undocumented alien running for--"
->"No. A space alien, Ms. Walters."
-->''[[SheHulk Sensational She-Hulk]]'' #11, Jan. 1990

A character of extraterrestrial origins.

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Not to be confused with OthernessTropes.
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Levels of the ladder of alien strangeness:[[index]]
* HumanAliens
* HumanSubspecies
* NotQuiteHuman
* RubberForeheadAliens
** GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe
* HumanoidAliens
** PettingZooPeople (sometimes they're aliens)
** LittleGreenMen
** TheGreys
* LittleGreenManInACan
* InsectoidAliens
* IntelligentGerbil
* MechanicalLifeforms
* AlienAnimals
** BlobMonster (amoeba)
** KillerSpaceMonkey
** SpaceWhale
** SandWorm (worms)
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* PlantAliens
* StarfishAliens
** EldritchAbomination
* SiliconBasedLife
* EnergyBeings
* GeniusLoci
* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens
** InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien

SFX:
* PeopleInRubberSuits
* {{Muppet}}
* SerkisFolk

General tropes:
* AnalProbing
* BrainInAJar
* DittoAliens
* MistakenForAliens
* MyBrainIsBig
* {{Panspermia}}
* PeopleJars
* PuppeteerParasite

Interspecies relations:
* AliensAreBastards
* AliensSpeakingEnglish
* AncientAstronauts
* {{Area 51}}
* FirstContact
* FirstContactMath
* IComeInPeace
** TakeMeToYourLeader
** WeComeInPeaceShootToKill
* InnocentAliens
* RoswellThatEndsWell
* ServantRace
* SlaveRace
* SuperiorSpecies
* ToServeMan
** HowToInvadeAnAlienPlanet
* WhatMeasureIsAHumanoid
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman

Reproduction:
* DyingRace
* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong
* GattacaBabies
* ImmortalProcreationClause
* InterspeciesRomance
** BoldlyComing
** Gendercide
** HotSkittyOnWailordAction
** MarsNeedsWomen
** OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace

Genders:
* BizarreSexualDimorphism
* GenderEqualsBreed
* OneGenderRace

Other features:
* AbusiveAlienParents
* AlienAmongUs
* AlienCatnip
* AlienKudzu
* AliensAndMonsters
* AliensStealCable
* AliensStealCattle
* AmusingAlien
* BizarreAlienBiology
** BizarreAlienReproduction
* ChestBurster
* CropCircles
* [=~E.T. Gave Us Wi-Fi~=]
* {{MIB}}
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily
* NamedAfterTheirPlanet
* SolidGoldPoop
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien
* TheyLookLikeUsNow
* TouchedByVorlons
* {{Ultraterrestrials}}
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** Eldritch Abomination

** {{Eldritch Abomination}}s

* {{Area51}}

** GenderCide

-->''Sensational She-Hulk'' #11, Jan. 1990