History Main / AlienArtsAreAppreciated

** ''Stolen Memory'', a piece of DLC, involves going into someone's art gallery. Kasumi, your companion, can remark on various pieces, saying for instance that asari go wild for ancient Egyptian relics. Interestingly, she claims the the least visually impressive piece, a turian sculpture that looks like a few steel girders randomly welded together, is probably the most expensive one. In the same breathe she comments that turian art is rare to find outside of their space...for a reason.

* ''Fanfic/AvengersInfiniteWars'': During their time with the Jedi, the Avengers use some of their multimedia devices to give their new allies a taste of Earth popular culture, including Scott Lang singing Music/{{Queen}} songs, Pietro Maximoff apparently watching ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' with Senator Riyo Chuchi, and an unspecified number of Jedi watching the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films, all of which have generally gone down well (although characters express distaste when Spider-Man in particular compares the tunnels of Geonosis to the tunnels in ''Alien'').

** In the first novel of spin-off ''Trevelyan's Mission'' series, Ivar Trevelyan travels to a HumanAlien planet stuck in MedievalStasis. He pretends to be a WanderingMinstrel and frequently translates songs and ballads from Earth into the local language, passing them off as his own, impressing the natives, whose own songs are not as well-developed. This is especially evident in tragic love songs, where Ivar utterly dominates (the locals are good at happy or romantic love songs, but tragic ones are not really a thing).

* ''AudioPlay/{{Gallifrey}}'': A Gallifreyan collector of alien art asks whether the owner of a mobile phone composed that "wonderful tune" himself, when it plays the default Nokia ringtone.

** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' shows Korg and Miek playing ''Videogame/{{Fortnite}}'' in New Asgard, with Thor even helping them by threatening their opponents over the headset.

** ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'':

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': This seems to be a common theme, as aliens and other beings often show quite a lot of admiration to Earth culture, ''especially'' music:
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' as well as its two sequels showcase the alien members of the eponymous team growing to appreciate the Earth music contained on Star-Lord's Walkman and Zune. Special mention goes to Rocket Raccoon, whose enjoyment of the music becomes so apparent that [[spoiler:Star-Lord gifted him his Zune when the latter left the team to return to Earth]].
*** In ''Film/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial'' the whole alien population seemingly gets a great interest in the Earth festival of Christmas, wanting to celebrate it with Peter Quill from Earth. An alien band based on the Music/Old97s even performs it's own Christmas song (confusing some details though).
*** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' shows that even this movie's BigBad, the High Evolutinary, does really appreciate Earth culture [[spoiler: as he even models his perfect new world, Counter-Earth, after Earth]]. For a being claiming that all of life is a failure who wants to fix that, it says a lot.

*** Talos takes a liking to a S.H.I.E.L.D. blazer, even wearing it in his natural appearance.
*** Aboard [[spoiler:Mar-Vell's lab, there are various pop culture memorabilia, from a "The Fonz" lunchbox to a ''Pinball/SpaceInvaders'' pinball game, that the Skrull refugees have as entertainment. They're also dressed in human clothing]].
*** The Supreme Intelligence admires and even dances briefly to a Music/{{Nirvana}} song in Carol's subconscious.

** ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' shows that after now living on Earth, some of the Asgardians develop a special liking in Earth pop culture, especially the children. [[spoiler:Heimdall's son]] Astrid even renames himself Axl out of admiration of Music/GunsNRoses-frontman Axl Rose.
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* ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'': When aliens threaten to destroy Earth, it turns out it is because they cannot hear whalesong.

* ''Fanfic/{{Daemorphing}}'': Interspecies bonding over art is a recurring theme of this epic-length Literature/{{Animorphs}} fanfiction, whether it be the Paradox Family and [[OurCentaursAreDifferent Andalite]] thought-speech-singing, more instances of bonding over stories and legends than can be counted, or [[SymbioticPossession Tidwell and Illim]]'s shared appreciation of poetry.
** Ax's interest in human foods and television is downplayed compared to canon, though he does still enjoy both. The author reconciles his canon dislike for human music with his appreciation here for choral singing by having most of that previous human music experience come from listening to the favorite tunes of his human teammates, which without context or lead up were just noise to him. Loren singing with her daemon while baptising Tobias is more harmonious and comprehensible.

* ''Fanfic/NewStars'': Gordon and John, after realizing that Maxx (a clone from another galaxy) has no knowledge of Earth culture, introduce him to ''Film/ForrestGump''. Maxx is left in ''tears''. He later puts a poster of the movie over his bed.

* This seems to be a common theme in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', as aliens and other beings often show quite a lot of admiration to Earth culture, ''especially'' music:

* In ''Literature/TheShipWhoSang'', the story ''Dramatic Mission'' is primarily about a KlingonsLoveShakespeare effort, but it seems some of the actors have also performed alien theater, as one is given this accolade by a port official.

* In ''Literature/TheShipWho Sang'', the story ''Dramatic Mission'' is primarily about a KlingonsLoveShakespeare effort, but it seems some of the actors have also performed alien theater, as one is given this accolade by a port official.

The puppeteer scratched idly at the floor with one of its fore-hooves. Beowulf ignored it, concentrating on the touch-sculpture. The exhibition was supposed to be some of the greatest works by the Kdatlyno sculptor, Loobee. It was an impressive sculpture, to be sure, but nothing really to write home about visually. He ran his hand across it, vaguely feeling the surface texture of the work. "It's not bad, but I don't know if I'd call it a masterpiece" he said finally.\\

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' as well as its two sequels showcase the alien members of the eponymous team growing to appreciate the Earth music contained on Star-Lord's Walkman and Zune. Special mention goes to Rocket Raccoon, whose enjoyment of the music becomes so apparent that [[spoiler:Star-Lord gifted him his Zune when the latter left the team to return to Earth]].

* ''Literature/TheSecretSense'': Despite trying his best, London [[DefiedTrope can't get his Martian friend to appreciate human aesthetics]]. Frustrated with London's condensation, Garth points out that Earthmen can't appreciate Martian aesthetics either. (Unless they're [[SuperEmpowering given]] the [[BizarreAlienSenses Martian senses]].)

* The ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' episode "[[Recap/TorchwoodS2E8ADayInTheDeath A Day in the Death]]" has a music box/light show thing, which is explicitly the originating species' equivalent of music. It is primarily visual, but pretty.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' K'kree perfumers are famous. K'kree have the best sense of smell of all the "major races" and so their perfume can sell well to others.

* Åke "Dacke" Axelsson, a journalist at the Swedish tabloid Göteborgs-Tidningen, came up with the idea of exhibiting a series of paintings made by an ape, under the presumption that they were the work of a previously unknown French artist named "Pierre Brassau", in order to test whether critics could tell the difference between true avant-garde modern art and the work of an ape. "Pierre Brassau" was in fact a four-year-old Common Chimpanzee named Peter from Sweden's Borås djurpark zoo. Critics praised the chimp's works, with Rolf Anderberg of the morning Posten writing, "Brassau paints with powerful strokes, but also with clear determination. His brush strokes twist with furious fastidiousness. Pierre is an artist who performs with the delicacy of a ballet dancer." One critic, however, panned the work, suggesting that "Only an ape could have done this". After the hoax was revealed, Rolf Anderberg insisted that Peter/Pierre's work was "still the best painting in the exhibition." A private collector bought one of the works for US$90.

* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'':

* If you consider culinary arts, many animals enjoy human cooking, often more so than their own proper food. There are plenty of dogs that like pizza crusts, cats that like cooked fish and chicken, horses that like sugar cubes, etc. Absurdly, there are also ''actual restaurants with menus for dogs.''