History Main / IComeInPeace

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E97TheGift The Gift]]", Williams tells the mob that he has come to Earth in peace shortly before they kill him. Similarly, the document that he gave to Pedro says, "We come as friends and in peace."

* The second segment of the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' is a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' parody, so Plucky (who's on the role of Captain Kirk) says the trope when they run into Gossamer the hairy monster. HilarityEnsues when Plucky ends up angering Gossamer with his CondescendingCompassion by calling him "an intelligent animal capable of rational thinking and good feelings".

* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', the disastrous first contact between Humanity and the technologically superior Minbari begins with the Human Captain of the Earth fleet sending a message to the Minbari (which the latter didn't understand): "We mean no harm".

* In the ''Film/IndependenceDay'' example, a rooftop full of people holding up welcoming signs to the 15-mile-wide saucers are the first to be annihilated on-screen. Hilariously, earlier in the movie a news item is shown on TV warning the people of L.A. not to fire their guns at said ships, to avoid accidentally sparking an interstellar war.

* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' presents this as the Federation's {{Catchphrase}}. The Klingons consider it an insidious lie, believing the Federation to be targeting them for an AssimilationPlot. In "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS1E02BattleAtTheBinaryStars Battle at the Binary Stars]]", Captain Georgiou attempts to defuse a standoff between Federation and Klingon starships with a message indicating this trope, and the Klingons respond by opening fire. Admiral Anderson even attempts to invoke the trope a second time once he arrives on the battlefield after both sides have taken losses, offering the Klingons a ceasefire. The Klingons respond by accepting the ceasefire -- and then they destroy the admiral's flagship.

* In the ''Series/BabylonFive'' TV movie ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm01InTheBeginning In the Beginning]]'', Captain Jankowski's expedition to covertly investigate the Minbari [[EpicFail stumble across a Minbari fleet carrying their central governing council]]. During the [[FirstContact ensuing encounter]], Jankowski orders that a signal be sent assuring the Minbari that they come in peace. Unfortunately, [[AliensSpeakingEnglish the Minbari can't understand English]] and the situation degrades further from there due to [[NobodyEverComplainedBefore compounding cultural misunderstandings]].

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* [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Superman]] is an alien. In his debut appearance in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #1, his first words to Lois, after rescuing her from some goons, are, "You needn't be afraid of me. I won't harm you."

* ''Series/DoctorWho''
** In "The Girl Who Waited" Rory shouts this in panic when he's attacked by a masked figure wielding a katana...who turns out to be his wife. The following episode she gets up him for giving a mundane version of this trope. "Did you just say: ''It's OK, we're nice?''"
** Also in "Let's Kill Hitler"

** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks "Revolution of the Daleks"]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jack Robertson]] uses the line straight with a Dalek death squad (along with TakeMeToYourLeader). Surprisingly it works, but only because he convinces the Daleks [[TheQuisling he might be useful to them.]]
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
** Captain Kirk delivers the line straight, [[BeamMeUpScotty contrary to popular belief]] that he says WeComeInPeaceShootToKill, although in "Spectre of the Gun" he told the Melkotians "We come in peace," drew and aimed his phaser and said "But we'll defend ourselves if necessary."
** In "The Apple", Kirk is angry because three of his {{Red Shirt}}s have been killed, so when he sees a GiantMook lurking in the bushes spying on them he sneaks up and throws a mighty punch, only to be surprised when [[PerfectPacifistPeople the man bursts into tears]]. Kirk then changes to this trope, promising not to strike the man again.
** In "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky", Kirk says to the Oracle "We come as friends". The Oracle responds with "Then learn what it is to be our enemy" and gives them a severe electric shock as a show of power.

* ''Series/ForAllMankind''. After the [[AlternateHistory Soviet Union beats the US to the Moon]], astronaut Gordo Stevens wonders what he would have said if he'd been the first instead. After some distraught rambling about the recent Chicago riots and the hope that a man on the Moon might have caused people to look past their hatred, he decides that he would have said, "I'm Gordo Stevens and I come in peace. ''(beat)'' [[DoubleEntendre Three times a night.]]" ''(everyone cracks up laughing)''
* ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' When Steve Austin encounters aliens in [[spoiler: The Secret of Bigfoot, part 2]], he asks "Do you come in peace?"

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* In ''Webcomic/MeatyYogurt'', the [[http://rosalarian.com/meatyyogurt/2011/09/05/sxlzyfrk/ Sxlzfyrk]] apologize for their rudeness in not introducing themselves to humans sooner, state that they "hope to become friends," and promise to return to Earth later with pizza and beer.
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob:'' When Bob meets the alien Officer Zodboink, the alien greets him with ''“¿Que pasa, amigo?”'' Followed a moment later with, ''“¿Que?…'' Oh! You speak ‘Eng-glish! Sorry. Your [[YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive little gibbering native languages]] are very confusing.”
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* In the sci-fi short ''Disarm'', by Vylar Kaftan, any nuclear, biological or chemical weapon used against the alien invaders [[AttackBackfire kills only the user]], but the aliens always [[SpareAMessenger heal one soldier and 'mark' them]] in some way that causes anyone who sees them to hear or experience a message (unique to the listener, such as a song or vision). The protagonist is a songwriter, so he has a vision of performing before a crowd: ''We come in peace / We mean no harm / [[ResistanceIsFutile Put down your weapons]] / [[BenevolentAlienInvasion We’ll save you, save you]].''
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* ''Film/IComeInPeace''. Subverted. The alien criminal says this to the Earthlings almost out of reflex, but in reality he wants to steal their brain fluid for the intergalactic drug trade. He's not trying to deceive us however, as he uses the line the moment he appears and starts attacking. Perhaps he believes the phrase is a standard human-alien greeting before getting down to business.

* This type was also used in the novel and [[Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds1953 1953 movie]] of ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds''. The humans greet the aliens waving white flags, and are promptly zapped to a crisp.
* In both ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' and it's [[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill2008 2008 remake]], [[MessianicArchetype Klaatu]] steps out of his ship in the presence of roughly half the U.S. military, who are already a bit [[HairTriggerTemper jumpy]] on account of the aforementioned spaceship. He [[PoorCommunicationKills wordlessly thrusts an alien device in their direction]] (actually trying to offer a gift), and somebody twitches and shoots him.

* ''Film/FlashGordon1980''. Doesn't work for our hero when he first arrives on Mongo; the friendly hand he thinks is being held out to him in response [[RocketPunch shoots off the alien's wrist]], grabs Flash around the throat and chokes him.

* In the ''Series/BabylonFive'' TV movie ''In The Beginning'', Captain Jankowski's expedition to covertly investigate the Minbari [[EpicFail stumble across a Minbari fleet carrying their central governing council]]. During the [[FirstContact ensuing encounter]], Jankowski orders that a signal be sent assuring the Minbari that they come in peace. Unfortunately, [[AliensSpeakingEnglish the Minbari can't understand English]] and the situation degrades further from there due to [[NobodyEverComplainedBefore compounding cultural misunderstandings.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' presents this as the Federation's CatchPhrase. The Klingons consider it an insidious lie, believing the Federation to be targeting them for an AssimilationPlot. In "The Battle at the Binary Stars," Captain Georgiou attempts to defuse a standoff between Federation and Klingon starships with a message indicating this trope, and the Klingons respond by opening fire. Admiral Anderson even attempts to invoke the trope a second time once he arrives on the battlefield after both sides have taken losses, offering the Klingons a ceasefire. The Klingons respond by accepting the ceasefire -- and then they destroy the admiral's flagship.

* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank: A Crack In Time'' has Dr. Nefarious's robots telling the eponymous characters that they come in peace, and that they might go have some pie or take in a holofilm together. These are robots that tend to be shooting at the characters as they say this.

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* In ''Film/{{Predator 2}}'', a young boy encounters the cloaked Predator and is nearly shot before it recognizes that his plastic machine gun is only a toy. The kid's response? "Want some candy?"

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* ''Star Surgeon'', by Alan E. Nourse. The protagonist is TheEmpath, but he also has the power to influence emotions, which he resists using until ItsTheOnlyWay to handle a hostile mob of aliens who have surrounded their spaceship. Naturally the first words he mentally projects to them are: ''I come in peace''.

* ''Chindi'' by Creator/JackMcDevitt. Literature/PriscillaHutchins gently mocks the leader of the Contact society who, when he finally encounters the alien spacecraft he's been searching for his entire adult life, can only think to give this trope.

* ''Series/DoctorWho''. In "The Girl Who Waited" Rory shouts this in panic when he's attacked by a masked figure wielding a katana. Who turns out to be his wife. The following episode she gets up him for giving a mundane version of this trope. "Did you just say: ''It's OK, we're nice?''"