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1!!!Fiction
2->'''Odo''': There are dozens of species on this station. They tolerate each other's differences very well.\
3'''Laas''': He has bumps on his forehead. She has a wrinkled nose. But they're basically alike.
4-->--''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Chimera"
5
6-> "Ugh, she's hideous! Why is her forehead so smooth?"
7-->--'''Jankom Pog''' upon seeing his first human, ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy''
8
9->'''Chel:''' Name one alien that's not pastel colored with big pointy ears.\
10'''Lexx:''' [[Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial E.T.!]]\
11'''Chel:''' Sorry, fictional characters don't count.
12-->-- ''Webcomic/AlienDice''
13
14->"Mr Barf, it is our duty to respect all aliens and cultures. Don't forget that aliens are just like us, except for a few facial bumps. On screen. ''(pimple-covered alien appears on viewscreen)'' UGH! Some have more bumps than others."
15-->-- '''Captain Pinchard''', ''Sev Trek: Pus in Boots''
16
17->Admiral Forrest defended Archer's record. "It's true that Enterprise has run into a few bumps," he said. "But most of them have been on alien foreheads."
18-->-- '''[[http://tv.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600006000 Farce Contact,]]''' a ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' ParodyFic.
19
20->You know how on ''Star Trek'' the aliens are always just humans with a little nose putty and some bad outfits? But they basically look human and act human and [[AliensSpeakingEnglish speak English?]] Well, [[TokenNonHuman Ax]] [[SubvertedTrope isn't like that]]. You take one look at Ax and [[StarfishAliens you know he isn't from around here]].
21-->--''Literature/{{Animorphs}} #10: The Android''
22
23->(While watching a [[ShowWithinAShow Foxen kaiju movie]].) "Who are those humans in the[[SpaceClothes silver jumpsuits]] with the prosthetic foreheads?" Salli asked.
24-->--''Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures''
25
26!!!On works
27->''"Aliens in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' just have different noses. That's because they have a different gene - the [[Creator/GeneRoddenberry Roddenberry]] [[{{Pun}} gene]]!"''
28-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett'''
29
30->''"...I had a glued vagina on my face and my hair looked like Bozo, the Clown."''
31-->--'''Patricia Tallman''' on one of her roles in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', ''Pleasure Thresholds''
32
33->(ValleyGirl voice) ''"Ahh, Miss Sirtis, why is it that all the aliens on ''Star Trek'' are humanoid in shape?' To which I responded, well, the minute we start auditioning actors who ''aren't'' humanoid in shape, [[DeadpanSnarker that will change.]]"''
34-->--'''Marina Sirtis''', ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' feauturette
35
36->''"We've hired a pretty girl [[RuleOfSexy and I want to keep her that way]]. Think of something that we can take and make her look a little alien, and still get the idea she's from another planet, but she's still gorgeous."''
37-->-- ''Star Trek'' producer [[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Bajoran#Background_Information Rick Berman]] to makeup artist Michael Westmore
38
39->''"Man, they weren't even trying with this one. I don't know if they were running out of latex or what, but boldly going where people look like they're about to go cross-eyed is not my idea of majestic space opera. Coming soon -- aliens with extra-deep upper lip dents."''
40-->-- Lore Fitzgerald Sjöberg, on [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Bajoran Nose Ridges]].
41
42->''"Denubulans are a humanoid species that have peculiar head-ridges that makes their foreheads look like backsides. "''
43-->--'''''[[http://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A6756294 h2g2]]''''' on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''
44
45->''"[Captain Archer] says that all Tandarans (isn't that a kind of curry?) have a distinctive feature in the middle of their foreheads. So distinctive, in fact, that approximately 75% of all alien races in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' have one."''
46-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''s [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Star_Trek/Enterprise/Two_Days_and_Two_Nights.aspx recap]] of the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "Two Days and Two Nights"
47
48->''"Guys, why did you give the Andorians a bumpy forehead? Their skin is blue, their hair is white, ''AND'' they have antennae. We don't need a bumpy forehead to know they're aliens! In fact, this does the exact opposite. I didn't look at this guy and say 'Wow, that guy's an alien!', I thought 'Hey, he looks like Colin Mochrie from ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''!'"''
49-->-- '''Website/SFDebris''', reviewing the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode "The Andorian Incident"
50
51->''"I think the first thing that went through my head was 'Do I have to wear a head, a mask? What do I have to wear?' And when I found out it was just some nice dots, I was like 'I'm in.'"''
52-->-- '''Nicole de Boer''', ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'' [[https://youtu.be/q5FM_nwtlmo interview]] on playing Ezri Dax on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.

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