History Main / LittleGreenMen

* Morbo from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' certainly isn't little (he's about the size of a well built human), he has green skin and hates humanity.
** Kiff fits the bill for being small and green. However neither he, nor his species, has hostility towards humanity.

* In the 1970's sci-fi TV series ''Series/{{UFO}}'', the aliens' green look is shown to be from the oxygenated-fluid used to cushion their bodies during months of faster-than-light travel.

** The ''Mothership Zeta'' DLC shows he's not alone either.

* In all three ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' films, there have been Pizza Planet toys who are short compared to most other toys. They also have three eyes and worship "the CLAAAWWWW!!!!"

** An episode of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' was named "Little Green Men" and featured Ferengi (who are not green, but smaller than humans) crashing in Roswell.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter A famous 1955 UFO close encounter case]] on the Sutton family farm in Kentucky helped establish this image in the public's mind. (In particular, the [[Creator/MarvelComics Skrulls]] look like they were based on the big-eared Sutton aliens). However, the family referred to them as gremlins, not aliens.

* A famous 1955 UFO close encounter case on the Sutton family farm in Kentucky helped establish this image in the public's mind. (In particular, the [[Creator/MarvelComics Skrulls]] look like they were based on the big-eared Sutton aliens).

* The Galaxians from FrancoBelgianComics series ''LeScrameustache'', who are pretty much all friendly and helpful neighbours.

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* Most of the aliens from ''WesternAnimation/{{Planet 51}}''. General Grawl is the notable exception -- being roughly the same height as Chuck (a human male), he towers over the rest of his species. Then again, we have no idea how tall Chuck is among humans.

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* The [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} grots]] deserves a mention here, they are small, green and hostile, and they are aliens. It should be noted, however, that they also happen to be [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]] [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]] so it is kinda justified, even if they are technically part of the same species as [[OurOrcsAreDifferent da Orkz]]. Really played for laughs in every sense, since they are the {{ButtMonkey}}s of the orks. Also worth noting that the universe has both this trope '''and''' TheGreys (The Tau), which really shows a great deal of contrast between the two.

* Aliens designed and coloured in this vein comprise the invading alien force of ''Toys/LEGOAlienConquest'', as part of its AffectionateParody take on 1950s science-fiction tropes.

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* In the [[http://www.8legged.com/ Deep Fried Live]] episode [[http://www.8legged.com/DeepFriedLive/DFL01_07.html "Fleeb Cooks A Cow"]], Chef Tako is kidnapped by an LGM who wants to learn... how to cook a cow. He's not hostile or mysterious, instead being rather friendly if a bit too fond of [[AnalProbing probing]].
** The cook turns out to be less than friendly near the end, when he [[spoiler: tries to make Tako into a sidedish]].
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* ''Film/StarWars'': Master Yoda is diminutive and green, but has none of the typical AmusingAlien characterization (well, except for the ObfuscatingStupidity act he puts on when we first meet him ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' to [[TricksterMentor literally test Luke's patience]]).

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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': AmusingAlien Marvin the Martian probably qualifies.
** While he is little, he's also completely ''black''. It's his ''helmet'' that's green.

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* Axel from ''WebComic/EnnuiGo'' is a green man (or at least a male) with huge, almond-shaped, pure black eyes, but he's the size of a regular person, BizzarreAlienBiology nonwithstanding.

->''"LittleGreenMen about Four foot One,\\
Maybe they want to [[AmusingAlien have some fun]]\\

Maybe he wants to [[InterspeciesRomance mate with you]]...\\

Maybe they want to [[ServantRace be set free]]...\\

Maybe they want to [[PunyEarthlings kick some butt]]."''

* Pat Mallet's ''Petits hommes verts''[[note]]which literally translates to LittleGreenMen[[/note]] are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin small, green, male]], [[MarsNeedsWomen horny]] and quite charming towards the ladies. Whether or not [[IComeInPeace they came in peace]] depends on if you're a woman or her husband.

* Discussed in ''ComicBook/UltimateOrigins''. When Captain America is sent to fight in WWII, he's told that there are aliens involved. He asked if they are LittleGreenMen, but no, they are not.

* Uryuoms from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' are humanoid {{shape shifter}}s who in appearance are a mix of LittleGreenMen and TheGreys but predominantly the former.

* The Skrulls from ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', just like their comic counterparts. When they try to interrogate ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, they demand to know [[HeroicWillpower why he doesn't break]]. His response is to laugh at them for being LittleGreenMen.

* Zorp from ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'' is as tall as an average person, but his appearance strongly resembles one similar to [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Morbo]] below or the aliens from ''Film/MarsAttacks'' above and he fulfills the stereotype as a GalacticConqueror who wants ToServeMan.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' SpinOff ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', the three-eyed toy aliens are even referred to as "[=LGMs=]"--{{Grammar Nazi}}s notwithstanding. In the first episode it's revealed that they share a psychic link that they call "[[HiveMind Unimind]]", and their homeworld's name is a string of unpronounceable gibberish. They were {{Retcon}}ned into "Martians".
** Aliens that look much more like the traditional little green men did show up later. They find the humanoid body of a small head and large torso to be "grotesque". They're at a mid-20th century level of technology, and their government tries to pass off the Ranger's crashing ship as a weather balloon, parallelling the 1947 Roswell UFO crash landing (which turned out to be a weather balloon).

* In the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' SpinOff ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', the three-eyed toy aliens are even referred to as "[=LGMs=]"--{{Grammar Nazi}}s notwithstanding. In the first episode it's revealed that they share a psychic link that they call "[[HiveMind Unimind]]", and their homeworld's name is a string of unpronounceable gibberish.
** I believe that was {{Retcon}}ned into "Martians".
** Aliens that look much more like the traditional little green men did show up later. They find the humanoid body of a small head and large torso to be "grotesque".

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Peridot, one of the [[RubberForeheadAliens Gems]], is a lot like a CuteMonsterGirl version of an LGM: she's a green alien who came to Earth for mysterious reasons, has a [[NerdyNasalness nasal high-pitched voice, favors a [[SpockSpeak clipped monotone pattern of speech]], and [[spoiler:without her fake arms and legs, she's actually about the size of a small child]].

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky", Frink has a brief encounter with such an alien. There is also Ozmodiar, a parody of the Great Gazoo from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''. And the Martians whom the Stonecutters "keep under wraps".
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Peridot, one of the [[RubberForeheadAliens Gems]], is a lot like a CuteMonsterGirl version of an LGM: she's a green alien who came to Earth for mysterious reasons, has a nasal high-pitched voice, favors a [[SpockSpeak clipped monotone pattern of speech]], and [[spoiler:without her fake arms and legs, she's actually about the size of a small child]].

* In ''VideoGame/TouhouShinpirokuUrbanLegendInLimbo'', they show up as [[{{Liliputian}} Shinmyoumaru]]'s Urban Legend. If the opponent is facing away from them when they're on screen, the green men will charge at them. In her [[LimitBreak Occult Last Word]], Shinmyoumaru used her SizeShifting power to enlarge them into a giant, ending up with a gigantic foot stomping on the opponent.

* In ''VideoGame/TouhouShinpirokuUrbanLegendInLimbo'', they show up as [[{{Lilliputian}} Shinmyoumaru]]'s Urban Legend. If the opponent is facing away from them when they're on screen, the green men will charge at them. In her [[LimitBreak Occult Last Word]], Shinmyoumaru used her SizeShifting power to enlarge them into a giant, ending up with a gigantic foot stomping on the opponent.

* This was the original title of ''Literature/The WordForWorldIsForest''. This is a reference to the Athsheans being only a meter tall with greenish fur.