History Main / TheXenophile

* Bren Cameron of {{CJ Cherryh}}'s ''{{Literature/Foreigner}}'' series of books. Meant to be an envoy/translator from the human government to the native aliens, he essentially defects to the alien side.

* Willis E. Davidge, from Barry Longyear's ''[[Literature/TheEnemyPapers Enemy]] [[Film/EnemyMine Mine]]'' turns out this way, getting a thorough education in Drac culture after being stranded on a [[strike:desert island]] ice planet with a Drac for quite a while. Note that he and the Drac were fighter pilots ''trying to kill each other in a war between the two species''. [[spoiler: in a subsequent story set in the same 'verse, ''The Last Enemy'', we learn he's devoted his ''life'' to teaching little dracs the way of Talman (the Drac equivalent of a holy book/history of science/scientific literature rolled into one). In a cave. (With a BOX OF SCRAPS!!!)]]

* ''Warhammer40K'': this is something the Inquisition works very hard to avert. Many citizens are attracted to the Tau's "Greater good" philosophy and occasionally less brutal treatment of its own citizens, while a very small amount of the Adeptus Mechanicus consider the Necrons holy warriors (it doesn't help that the Omnissiah is possibly the Necron's own omnicidal deity).

Note, This is not about a character who is attracted to aliens in another way... there's [[BoldlyComing a different trope]] for that, although the two can easily be combined. Contrast AliensAreBastards. Also contrast AbsoluteXenophobe. Alien examples are a different trope and belong in IntriguedByHumanity. Compare NightmareFetishist; if the aliens are [[StarfishAliens weird]] [[EldritchAbomination enough]], both can apply to the same character. Compare AdmiringTheAbomination, where a character (often TheSmartGuy) reacts to an alien threat with both excitement and fear.

Note, This is not about a character who is attracted to aliens in another way... there's [[BoldlyComing a different trope]] for that, although the two can easily be combined. Also contrast AbsoluteXenophobe. Alien examples are a different trope and belong in IntriguedByHumanity. Compare NightmareFetishist; if the aliens are [[StarfishAliens weird]] [[EldritchAbomination enough]], both can apply to the same character. Compare AdmiringTheAbomination, where a character (often TheSmartGuy) reacts to an alien threat with both excitement and fear.

Note, This is not about a character who is attracted to aliens in another way... there's [[BoldlyComing a different trope]] for that, although the two can easily be combined. Also contrast AbsoluteXenophobe. Alien examples are a different trope and belong in IntriguedByHumanity. Compare NightmareFetishist; if the aliens are [[StarfishAliens weird]] [[EldritchAbomination enough]], both can apply to the same character.

* Several main charaters in ''{{Avatar}}'' are this to some degree.

Note, This is not about a character who is attracted to aliens in [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean another way]]... there's [[BoldlyComing a different trope]] for that, although the two can easily be combined. Also contrast AbsoluteXenophobe. Alien examples are a different trope and belong in IntriguedByHumanity. Compare NightmareFetishist; if the aliens are [[StarfishAliens weird]] [[EldritchAbomination enough]], both can apply to the same character.

* Several human, alien-wannabes in ''EarthFinalConflict'' and ''AlienNation''.

* The titular character from ''HaruhiSuzumiya''.

* Many of [[DoctorWho The Doctor]]'s companions seem to end up like this, so caught up with time travel they don't want to go back to their own time.

Note, This is not about a character who is attracted to aliens in [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean another way]]... there's [[BoldlyComing a different trope]] for that, although the two can easily be combined. Also contrast AbsoluteXenophobe. Alien examples are a different trope and belong in IntriguedByHumanity.

* ''Warhammer40K'': this is something the Inquisition works very hard to avert. Many citizens are attracted to the Tau's "Greater good" philosophy and much less brutal treatment of its own citizens, while the Adeptus Mechanicus consider the Necrons as holy warriors (it doesn't help that the Omnissiah is very likely the Necron's own omnicidal deity).

* Bren Cameron of {{CJ Cherryh}}'s ''Foreigner'' series of books. Meant to be an envoy/translator from the human government to the native aliens, he essentially defects to the alien side.

Xenophile: a person who likes foreigners or things foreign [from Greek, from xeno- + -phile]. '''(And by foreigners, we mean aliens. And not just humans who live in another country, either.)'''

** Although, probably the most opposite extreme example is the Last Human. She removed a bit from herself each time she saw it as being similiar to alien or altered (inbred) humans. In the end she was just a sheet of skin with a face. To current-era humans, she would be as alien as the rest of the aliens.

Xenophile: a person who likes foreigners or things foreign [from Greek, from xeno- + -phile]. '''(And by foreigners, we mean aliens. They don't have to be illegal either.)'''

Xenophile: a person who likes foreigners or things foreign [from Greek, from xeno- + -phile].

* This is one of the possible disadvantages in ''{{GURPS}}''. It's a disadvantage because it makes you trust potentially nasty creatures more than you should.

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* Yeoman Kelly Chambers in ''MassEffect2'' is thoroughly fascinated by all aliens, which is rather untypical for a member of the pro-human extremist organization Cerberus.
* In ''GalacticCivilizations II'', when culture suddenly booms it's credited to/blamed on the Xenophiles (Depending on whether your planets are deep in someone else's territory, or theirs are in yours)
* ''Warhammer40K'': this is something the Inquisition works very hard to avert. Many citizens are attracted to the Tau's "Greater good" philosophy and much less brutal treatment of its own citizens, while the Adeptus Mechanicus consider the Necrons as holy warriors (it doesn't help that the Omnissiah is very likely the Necron's own omnicidal deity).

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* Ellie Arroway from ''{{Contact}}'', both the book and the movie - at least when it comes to the ''idea'' of aliens and how to make contact with them.
* Several main charaters in ''{{Avatar}}'' are this to some degree.

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* Bren Cameron of {{CJ Cherryh}}'s ''Foreigner'' series of books. Meant to be an envoy/translator from the human government to the native aliens, he essentially defects to the alien side.
* Arguably, the Pevensie siblings from ''{{The Chronicles Of Narnia}}'' become this.
* Willis E. Davidge, from Barry Longyear's ''[[Literature/TheEnemyPapers Enemy]] [[Film/EnemyMine Mine]]'' turns out this way, getting a thorough education in Drac culture after being stranded on a [[strike:desert island]] ice planet with a Drac for quite a while. Note that he and the Drac were fighter pilots ''trying to kill each other in a war between the two species''. [[spoiler: in a subsequent story set in the same 'verse, ''The Last Enemy'', we learn he's devoted his ''life'' to teaching little dracs the way of Talman (the Drac equivalent of a holy book/history of science/scientific literature rolled into one). In a cave. (With a BOX OF SCRAPS!!!)]]
* A few different characters in LarryNiven's ''Known Space'' books. Beowulf Schaeffer and Louis Wu come to mind. At least one of them explicitly referred to himself as a xenophile.

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* Many of [[DoctorWho The Doctor]]'s companions seem to end up like this, so caught up with time travel they don't want to go back to their own time.
** Although, probably the most opposite extreme example is the Last Human. She removed a bit from herself each time she saw it as being similiar to alien or altered (inbred) humans. In the end she was just a sheet of skin with a face. To current-era humans, she would be as alien as the rest of the aliens.
* Daniel Jackson of ''StargateSG1'', seemingly much more at home interacting with the many different cultures and races he's met through the Stargate than he ever is on Earth. He is an anthropologist, after all.
* Several human, alien-wannabes in ''EarthFinalConflict'' and ''AlienNation''.
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* A few different characters in Larry Niven's ''Known Space'' books. Beowulf Schaeffer and Louis Wu come to mind. At least one of them explicitly referred to himself as a xenophile.

** Although, probably the most opposite extreme example is the Last Human. She removed a bit from her each time she saw it as being similiar to alien or altered (inbred) humans. In the end she was just an sheet of skin with face. To current era human, she would be as alien as rest of aliens.

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* The titular character from HaruhiSuzumiya

* In GalacticCivilizations II, when culture suddenly booms it's credited to/blamed on the Xenophiles (Depending on whether your planets are deep in someone else's territory, or theirs are in yours)
* Warhammer40K: this is something the Inquisition works very hard to avert. Many citizens are attracted to the Tau's "Greater good" philosophy and much less brutal treatment of its own citizens, while the Adeptus Mechanicus consider the Necrons as holy warriors (it doesn't help that the Omnissiah is very likely the Necron's own omnicidal deity).

* Ellie Arroway from {{Contact}}, both the book and the movie - at least when it comes to the ''idea'' of aliens and how to make contact with them.
* Several main charaters in {{Avatar}} are this to some degree.

* Bren Cameron of {{CJ Cherryh}}'s Foreigner series of books. Meant to be an envoy/translator from the human government to the native aliens, he essentially defects to the alien side.
* Arguably, the Pevensie siblings from {{The Chronicles Of Narnia}} become this.

* Daniel Jackson of StargateSG1, seemingly much more at home interacting with the many different cultures and races he's met through the Stargate than he ever is on Earth. He is an anthropologist, after all.
* Several human, alien-wannabes in EarthFinalConflict and AlienNation.
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