History Main / AmusingAlien

%%** ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Starfire, broken English aside, is more {{Stripperiffic}} than anything else in the comic.%%This just seems to be arguing that she isn't an example.

[[folder: Anime & Manga ]]

* [[HumanAliens Mikitaka Hazekura]] from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable''... [[AmbiguouslyHuman maybe]]. Even among a cast as, well, [[Main/WorldOfHam bizarre]] as Jojo Mikitaka still manages to stand out as a major [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} cloudcuckoolander]].
* Mokona from ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'', until [[spoiler:it's revealed that he's actually the creator of both Cephiro and Earth.]]
* 7-Zark-7, from ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'', the American adaptation of ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'', is an alien robot who acts as a GreekChorus and comedy relief. He also serves to assure American audiences that [[NeverSayDie nobody actually got killed in action scenes]].
* America's little buddy Tony of ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'', provided you find his habitual cursing and severe hatred of the English amusing.
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'' is about a band of silly-looking frog-like aliens, their OddFriendship with their Earthling hosts, and their various inept attempts to "invade" the Earth.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' gives audience the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Ginyu Force]], the [[BewareTheSillyOnes elite]] LaughablyEvil fighting force of [[EvilOverlord Frieza]] who are like to make silly poses before a fight.

[[folder: Comic Books ]]

%%* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' had loads
%%** The Gronk in ComicBook/StrontiumDog
%%** The trio of heros in ''Ace Trucking Co'' were all amusing aliens
%%** Grobbendonk in ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock''
* From the Franchise/DCUniverse:

** Similarly, there's Bat-Mite for ComicBook/{{Batman}}, who tends to show up only at the most annoying or inconvenient times.
** SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}, an egotistical BountyHunter who indulges in various forms of BlackComedy.
** Starfire in ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'', broken English aside, is more {{Stripperiffic}} than anything else in the comic.
* From the Franchise/MarvelUniverse:
** Before he became DarkerAndEdgier, ComicBook/TheAwesomeSlapstick certainly qualified. The guy [[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix7/kalenoble37.jpg dunked a bucket of water on Ghost Rider's head,]] fer crissakes...
** The monsters of ''Fin Fang Four'' (Gorgilla, Fin Fang Foom, Elektro and Googam) probably qualify: they're former monsters who are "rehabilitated" and do mundane jobs (window washer, parking lot attendant) at the [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Baxter Building]].
** From the Comicbook/XMen, there's Kitty Pryde's pet dragon, Lockheed. He mostly flies around as a background pet, with occasional pantomime reactions to the events around him.
** There's also Doop from the mutant team X-Staxix, a floating green blob who talked in [[{{Wingdinglish}} alien wingdings]]. From later X-Men comics, there's Broo, the outcast Brood, who's adorable as well as amusing.
* Wally Wood's ''[[ComicStrip/SallyForthWood Sally Forth]]'' was a comic about a squad of US soldiers and their InnocentFanserviceGirl... along with the martian Snorky, who provided wry observations of their actions.

* Jake, the title character from ''Film/TheCatFromOuterSpace'', can be quite the DeadpanSnarker.
%%* Bubo the mechanical owl from the original ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' was this from time to time.
%%* Gimli the Dwarf in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' live-action movies.

%%* The main character of ''Film/{{Paul}}'' is this. He ''is'' voiced by Seth Rogen.
%%* Pizza the Hutt, Yogurt, Barf the Mawg, Dot Matrix, and the Dinks in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''.

** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' has Jar-Jar Binks and [[Creator/BrianBlessed Boss Nass]], who are more deliberately amusing but less successful.

[[folder: Literature ]]

* [[ArtificialHuman The Presger ambassadors]] in ''[[Literature/AncillaryJustice Ancillary Sword]]'' and ''Ancillary Mercy'', being completely unaware of human culture, biology and psychology, tend to act out in a funny way as a result. On the flipside they serve as a reminder of just how terrifyingly alien the Presger are, in that they're able to make 'humans' to communicate with that still act in some ways terrifyingly inhuman.

* An entire species of Amusing Aliens: [[Literature/{{Hoka}} the Hokas]]. For reference: they look like living teddy bears, and they spend all their time reenacting various Earth concepts, not really understanding them. HilarityEnsues.
* An hilariously out-of-the-ordinary example of this trope occurs in Creator/DianeDuane's ''Literature/YoungWizards'' novel ''Wizard's Holiday'', when Dairine attempts to lead her three alien wizard guests on a trip to the mall. Considering that one of them is a tree, one a giant centipede, and the third a sun prince who looks like an anime character, you can guess what kinds of Amusing Alien antics will happen.

[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* ''Series/{{Alf}}''
%%* All the eponymous ''Aliens In The Family''.
%%* Twiki from ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury''.
%%* Anya in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

%%* Hymie from ''Series/GetSmart''.
%%* Jeannie from ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie''.
* Dex, also known as the ''Series/MaskedRider'', has traces of this at times. In one example would be that his race, Eltarians, derive from insects instead of apes. Now guess what he answered on an Earth biology test on the subject of human origins...
%%* Meego, the ShapeShifter alien from the CBS sitcom of the same name.
%%* Alpha 5 from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.
%%* Angelo from ''Mike And Angelo''.
%%* ''[[Series/MisterEd Mr. Ed]]''
%%* Tripitaka's dragon-cum-horse-cum-human from ''Series/{{Monkey}}''.
* [[Series/MorkAndMindy Mork from Ork]], probably the TropeCodifier and best example.
* Uncle Martin from ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian''. Also the film and SaturdayMorningCartoon versions.
%%* George Sunday/Thermoman from ''Series/MyHero''.
%%* Brian and Sophie Johnson, the titular parents of ''Series/MyParentsAreAliens''.
%%* Tom Servo and Crow from ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' (and Gypsy when she isn't running the ship).
* Everybody in Hidden Hills on ''Series/TheNeighbors'', though whether the Zabvrons or the Weavers are the "aliens" depends on how you look at it.
%%* [[Series/SaturdayNightLive The Coneheads]]
%%* V.I.C.I. from ''Series/SmallWonder''.

** {{Inverted}} on ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', where Klingons consider humans who can speak Klingonese to be amusing, "like a dog on water-skis".
%%* Tom, Dick, Harry, and Sally from ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun''
%%** Along with their Supreme Leader, the Big Giant Head (as portrayed by Creator/WilliamShatner).

* The Super Sonic Robotic Comic in ''Pinball/ThePartyZone'' is a meta example -- his lines are unintelligible gibberish, but everyone else reacts with uproarious laughter.

[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]

* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' Europan Emissaries insert themselves into cultures they have no real understanding of, meaning they often commit such faux pas such as wearing men's and women's clothing on alternate nights or giving themselves inappropriate names. They also can latch themselves onto social outcasts and take on their mannerisms.
* ''TabletopGame/WarHammer40000'' the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orks]] have this as a [[PlanetOfHats hat]]. They are a an entire race of [[PsychopathicManchild violent manchildren]] who will start a war for any reason they can think of, the main reason being it's fun, and their philosphy operates on InsaneTrollLogic.

[[folder: Video Games ]]

%%* Most of the aliens in VideoGame/{{Deadlock}} fall under this category.
* The Elcor from the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series. They are large, quadrupedal aliens who can only speak in a low monotone, and thus have to precede every sentence with the corresponding emotion behind it.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' has L, an alien who learned English from watching archived American films and has a [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma questionable grasp of metaphors.]]
-->'''L''': [Ambushed] "It's a horse-eat-horse world!"\\

%%* Hans the winged pig in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''.

[[folder: Web Comics ]]

* Ahem in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob.'' A sort of [[StarfishAliens three-legged jellyfish,]] he's described as a useless, cowardly slacker, but one who is fun to hang out with.
%%** Also, Molly The Peanut Butter Monster.
* The Aliens in ''[[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky It's Walky!]]'', so-called because they come from the planet Alien, are ostensibly trying to take over the world, but in reality they're lost on Earth and their activity consists of random hijinks that result in them [[RedShirtArmy being slaughtered]] in [[BloodyHilarious chunky droves]]. Their leader, the Head Alien, is originally treated as a Harmless Villain (and described as sounding like Jon Lovitz), until CerebusSyndrome hits and suddenly he was a terrifying [[TheChessmaster mastermind]] all along, though even when his plans are at their most gruesome, he comes across as LaughablyEvil much of the time.
* Div from ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'', an alcoholic DeadpanSnarker [=DivX=] player.
%%** Also from ''Penny Arcade'', the Fruit Fucker.
* Even though he abducts Thaddeus, Gwog from ''Webcomic/ThePetriDish'' is actually pretty comical. His species doesn't have a nudity taboo and he thinks people at Comic Con are freaks despite looking weird himself. His pet is also comical, insisting that he's not his pet and it's a "symbiotic relationship".
* Kiki from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', if a talking ferret is considered "otherworldly".
%%* ''Webcomic/ZorphbertAndFred''

[[folder: Web Original ]]

* WebVideo/AgamemnonTiberiusVacuum and the Vacuum Consortium. SUBMIT WILLINGLY!
%%* Rumble Red and Nebulon from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.
%%* Bob of [[Creator/OlanRogers New Prime]]
* Utkon Mai of ''Roleplay/TheGunganCouncil'', a tiny, spice-addicted Jawa. Returned from being assumed dead by singing "[[Music/LadyGaga Bad Romance]]".

* WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged, due to [[TheAbridgedSeries its nature]], almost every alien [[AdaptationalComicRelief is turned into this]] to the point where it's easier to list the exceptions. [[TheRival Vegeta]] and [[EvilOverlord Frieza]] are both turned into LaughablyEvil characters, Vegeta himself in the third season also heavily suffering from SanitySlippage turning him into a CloudCuckoolander

[[folder: Western Animation ]]

%%* Roger from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''.
%%* Mr. Mxyzptlk from the Franchise/{{DCAU}}, appropriately [[ActorAllusion voiced by]] Creator/GilbertGottfried.
%%* Uni the unicorn from ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons''.
%%* There's a variety in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg plus Zoidberg]].
%%* Orko from ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983''.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGoofs'' has a goofy group of aliens crashing on Earth. They settle in a house for rent and try to find a way to get back to their far away planet. The funniest of the bunch are Gorgeous (a BigEater), Bud (TheSlacker) and Candy (a CampStraight NeatFreak).
* WesternAnimation/InvaderZim has been sent to conquer the Earth to get him out of the way, as he is both incompetent and incredibly egotistical. And not only is he terrible at invading, he's utterly incapable of [[PaperThinDisguise disguising himself as a human]].
* The ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise has plenty:

** As well as his older cousin [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie Reu]][[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries ben]] [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch (62]][[Anime/{{Stitch}} 5)]], whose entire existence is mostly based around [[SatiatingSandwich sandwiches]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarking]].

%%* Slimer in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''.
* Peridot from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is this, in a show already heavily populated by (for the most part more Earth-smart) aliens. She briefly barricaded herself in the bathroom at Steven's house and tried to escape by flushing herself down the toilet, has an affinity for Earth clothes such as boxer shorts and is obsessed with a daytime drama called ''Camp Pining Hearts'' despite her lack of understanding of its content (when two characters kiss she thinks they're [[FusionDance "attempting fusion"]]). She once pushed Steven's father off a roof, apparently out of sheer curiosity.
** Her official Twitter account details such antics as running across the countryside for hours with a pizza because she had no idea what to do when the delivery guy showed up.

* Quark from the first ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' series (1981-92) spoke in a Scottish accent and had an obedient robot who he had the verve to name Grovel. When he arrives on Earth to take charge (through a cosmic charter he inherited), his first thought is to make the Mediterranean Sea his own private swimming pool.
* The Propulsions from ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' may as well be the prime example for this trope. They talk in a rather eccentric English (for example, they say "way the by" instead of "by the way"), cook odd dishes such as deep-fried lollipops, think that Valentine's Day decorations are scary enough to put in a haunted house. Overall, they are just very wacky.

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallDC'' [[Franchise/GreenLantern Larfleez]] this way. He is, much like his canon counterpart, an insane hoarder thanks to the orange light of Averice. He is convinced by [[Franchise/DragonBall Kakarot]] to help on a journey for the PlotCoupons under the promise it will give him an adventure, something he's never had before. Spending some time on Earth, Larfleeze took part in a podcast, where he desired that videos with him be given lots of likes, comments, and views, but not be shared because he hates sharing.

%%** Don't ferget SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}, ya bastiches!

** This was also the niche the Ferengi eventually settled in, after failing to be convincing as the new top villains in their earliest [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] appearances.

%%** The Volus and the Hanar, among others, fulfill this to a lesser degree.

** Frank the Pug is an alien who looks like a dog, speaks in a heavy New York accent and wears sunglasses. His main scene in the first movie? Being interrogated by K. By being ''shaken''. Creator/TommyLeeJones is barely keeping a straight face.

* ''ComicStrip/CaptnCrazy''. Actually, this was a late development - for a long time, even the author wasn't sure WTH the Capt'n actually is.

** [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] himself is quite a {{Comedic Sociopath|y}}.

--->'''L''': [Ambushed] "It's a horse-eat-horse world!"\\

* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' Europan Emissaries insert themselves into cultures they have no real understanding of, meaning they often commit such fauz pas such as wearing men's and women's clothing on alternate nights or giving themselves inappropriate names. They also can latch themselves onto social outcasts and take on their mannerisms.

** There's also Doop from the mutant team X-Staxix, a floating green blob who talked in alien wingdings. From later X-Men comics, there's Broo, the outcast Brood, who's adorable as well as amusing.

%%**There's also Doop from the mutant team X-Staxix, a floating green blob who talked in alien wingdings. From later X-Men comics, there's Broo, the outcast Brood, who's adorable as well as amusing.

%%** The Impossible Man.

** Mr. Mxyzptlk, a RealityWarper from AnotherDimension whose favourite pastime in life is coming to the main universe and pranking Superman and his friends.
%%** Bat-Mite

** Before he became DarkerAndEdgier, ComicBook/TheAwesomeSlapstick certainly qualified. The guy [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0_ynVlwAg9U/RgXoGtCU7pI/AAAAAffAAABW0/eWYHK-O8dM0/s1600-h/9d.jpg dunked a bucket of water on Ghost Rider's head,]] fer crissakes...

%%** Lockheed of the Comicbook/XMen.

[[caption-width-right:300:He's got the whole world in his hands... and no clue what to do with it. ]]

** Frank the Pug is an alien who looks like a dog, speaks in a heavy New York accent and wears sunglasses. His main scene in the first movie? Being interrogated by K. By being ''shaken''. Creator/TommyLeeJones is barely keeping a straight face. It's one of the [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funniest moments]] in the entire movie.

* ''Francise/StarTrek'':

* Wally Wood's ''[[ComicBook/SallyForthWood Sally Forth]]'' was a comic about a squad of US soldiers and their InnocentFanserviceGirl... along with the martian Snorky, who provided wry observations of their actions.

* [[HumanAliens Mikitaka Hazekura]] from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable''... [[AmbiguouslyHuman maybe]]. Even in a series as... Well, [[Main/WorldOfWeirdness bizarre]] as Jojo, Mikitaka still manages to stand out as a major ''Main/Cloudcuckoolander''.

* [[HumanAliens Mikitaka Hazekura]] from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable''... [[AmbiguouslyHuman maybe]]. Even in a series as... Well, [[Main/WorldOfWeirdness bizarre]] as JoJo, Mikitaka still manages to stand out as a major ''Main/Cloudcuckoolander''.

* Uncle Martin from ''MyFavoriteMartian''. Also the film and SaturdayMorningCartoon versions.

** Frank the Pug is an alien who looks like a dog, speaks in a heavy New York accent and wears sunglasses. His main scene in the first movie? Being interrogated by K. By being ''shaken''. Creator/TommyLeeJones is barely keeping a straight face. It's one of the [[FunnyMoments funniest moments]] in the entire movie.

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%%* 7-Zark-7, from ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'', the American adaptation of ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman''.

%%* A good deal of the cast in ''Manga/SgtFrog''