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->''"Heh. Dumb alien. That's good material."''
-->-- '''Stan Smith''', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''

An Amusing Alien is a sci-fi, fantasy, or otherworldly character whose main purpose is to [[RuleOfFunny amuse the audience]].

While the Amusing Alien might have a mundane purpose in the story, a character belongs in this trope only if comedy is their primary reason for existing in the work. Most of the time, the Amusing Alien will be a secondary or background character, to avoid excessively derailing the plot with their antics. The primary exception is in comedies, where casting an Amusing Alien as the main character leads to lots of easy jokes.

May overlap with FunnyForeigner, but the two tropes are not identical. An otherworldly FunnyForeigner elicits laughs from their ignorance and bizarre behavior; an Amusing Alien, on the other hand, can be anything from TheSmartGuy, a DeadpanSnarker, or a GenreSavvy FourthWallObserver. As a general rule, if the Amusing Alien is of a race or species that's common in the work, the trope is FunnyForeigner instead.

If there's a multi-character party, the Amusing Alien will probably be the TeamPet, the NonHumanSidekick, or the TokenNonHuman.

Given the subjective nature of comedy, the risk is high that an Amusing Alien can end up becoming a {{Scrappy}} if not handled carefully. This trope documents alien characters that were ''intended'' to be funny; whether or not they succeed is another matter...

Also see AlienAmongUs, PetMonstrosity, PluckyComicRelief, FantasticAnthropologist, and CrazyCulturalComparison. Supertrope to FunnyRobot.

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!!Examples:

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[[folder: Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'': 7-Zark-7 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]].
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** It is eventually revealed that the series BigEater IdiotHero Son Goku is this when a WhamEpisode reveals he is an alien.
** The [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Ginyu Force]], the [[BewareTheSillyOnes elite]] LaughablyEvil fighting force of [[EvilOverlord Frieza]] who are like to make silly poses before a fight.
** Majin Buu is a FatIdiot who is ObsessedWithFood and has an apitite that puts the series main BigEater IdiotHero Son Goku to shame, while also being even dumber.
* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'': [[HumanAliens Mikitaka Hazekura]]... [[AmbiguouslyHuman maybe]]. Even among a cast as, well, [[Main/WorldOfHam bizarre]] as Jojo Mikitaka still manages to stand out as a major [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} cloudcuckoolander]].
* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'': Mokona, until [[spoiler:it's revealed that he's actually the creator of both Cephiro and Earth.]]
* America's little buddy Tony of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', 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.
* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' translates to “Noisy and Annoying People from the Star Uru,” or more idiomatically, “Obnoxious Aliens.” Almost every non-Terran cast member qualifies.
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[[folder: Comic Books]]
%%* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' has loads:
%%** ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'': The Gronk.
%%** ''Ace Trucking Co'': The trio of heroes are all amusing aliens.
%%** ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'': Grobbendonk.
* ''Franchise/DCUniverse'':
** ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Bat-Mite, who tends to show up only at the most annoying or inconvenient times.
** ComicBook/{{Lobo}}, an egotistical BountyHunter who indulges in various forms of BlackComedy.
** Mr. Mxyzptlk, a RealityWarper from AnotherDimension whose favorite pastime in life is coming to the main universe and pranking Superman and his friends.
** ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Glitch is a tiny harmless alien gremlin whose interest in figuring out how things work causes chaos.
** ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': ComicBook/{{Starfire}}'s naivete as a newcomer to Earth makes her be FishOutOfWater who is often PlayedForLaughs, with her [[CultureClash constantly getting into misunderstandings]] or making FeeFiFauxPas regarding human customs and has a few odd customs of her own, such as her [[NakedPeopleAreFunny casual view on nudity]] and [[EthicalSlut sex]]. This is [[CharacterExaggeration exaggerated]] on her solo series ''ComicBook/Starfire2015'', where she's unfamiliar with even the most basic terms and is very LiteralMinded, for example, imagining that having a meal "on me" means eating on top of a person.
* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
** ''ComicBook/TheAwesomeSlapstick'': Before he became DarkerAndEdgier, Slapstick certainly qualified. The guy [[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix7/kalenoble37.jpg dunked a bucket of water on Ghost Rider's head,]] fer crissakes...
** ''Fin Fang Four'': The titular four Gorgilla, Fin Fang Foom, Elektro and Googam are former monsters who are "rehabilitated" and do mundane jobs (window washer, parking lot attendant) at the [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Baxter Building]].
** ''Comicbook/XMen'':
*** 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 talks in [[{{Wingdinglish}} alien wingdings]]. From later X-Men comics, there's Broo, the outcast Brood, who's adorable as well as amusing.
** Impossible Man and his fellow Poppupians - little green {{Cloudcuckoolander}} aliens who can shapeshift.
* ''ComicStrip/SallyForthWood'' is about a squad of US soldiers and their InnocentFanserviceGirl... along with the martian Snorky, who provided wry observations of their actions.
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[[folder: Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Spaceship," extraterrestrials Gidney and Cloyd serve as comic characters. They resemble [[IntelligentGerbil bipedal dogs]], they [[InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien aren’t very smart]] (Rhino is able to convince them to kidnap a scarecrow instead of himself), have [[TranslatorMicrobes translating collars]] that malfunction and engage in {{Malapropism}} usage, dress eccentrically (wearing tight lavender jumpsuits, threadbare bunny slippers, and tarnished helmets topped with scrub brushes), and labor under a penny pinching budget that shows the [[DuctTapeForEverything interior of their spaceship having been repaired with duct tape]].
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[[folder: Films -- Animated]]
* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' has plenty:
** [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] himself is quite a {{Comedic Sociopath|y}}.
** His older cousin [[WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie Reuben]] [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch (62]][[Anime/{{Stitch}} 5)]], whose entire existence is mostly based around [[SatiatingSandwich sandwiches]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarking]].
** Pleakley is also one for being a [[{{Crossdresser}} Crossdressing]] KnowNothingKnowItAll (for one thing, he believes that mosquitoes are an endangered species) who's fascinated by Earth life and culture.
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[[folder: Films -- Live-Action ]]
* ''Film/TheCatFromOuterSpace'': Jake, the title character, can be quite the DeadpanSnarker.
%%* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981'': Bubo the mechanical owl is this from time to time.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Gimli the Dwarf, the only dwarf in the Fellowship, is a DeadpanSnarker whose observations, complaints, and battle cries lighten tense or angst-filled scenes. While running the plains, trying to catch up with orcs, Gimli notes that he's wasted on long distant running, but is deadly in a sprint to fight. When Rohan is overrun with Orcs and Gimli and Aragorn are trapped, he asks Aragorn to throw him across the gap as he can't make it on his own. This is in direct contrast to his earlier protest and ire when Aragorn threw him across a gap he couldn't make on his own. He makes Aragorn promise not to tell [[VitriolicBestBuds Legolas]].
* ''Film/MenInBlack'' has several:
** Frank the Pug is an alien who disguises himself as 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.
** The Worm Guys can frequently be found in MIB headquarters drinking coffee.
%%* ''Film/{{Paul}}'': The main character.
%%* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'': Pizza the Hutt, Yogurt, Barf the Mawg, Dot Matrix, and the Dinks.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** ''Film/ANewHope'' has Greedo, the unfortunate Rodian that Han shoots in the cantina. Note that he wasn't ''trying'' to be funny, but his only purpose in the film was to be a punchline for Han Solo.
** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' has Jar-Jar Binks and [[Creator/BrianBlessed Boss Nass]], who are more deliberately amusing but less successful, and are intended to serve as the movie's primary comic relief through their peculiar speech patterns, hammy dialogue and exaggerated expressions, alongside Binks' general clumsiness.
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[[folder: Literature]]
* ''Literature/AncillaryJustice'': [[ArtificialHuman The Presger ambassadors]] in ''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.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''
** Ax falls into this trope when [[VoluntaryShapeshifter in human form]]. Being unused to having a mouth, he tends to play with sounds of words and put odd things in his mouth.
** The Iskoort are a species of amusing and annoying aliens.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** Rincewind's Luggage, though the humor tends to be more... violent.
** The Death of Rats. Regular [[TheGrimReaper Death]] can often be TheComicallySerious, but has plenty of dramatic moments as well.
* ''Literature/{{Hoka}}'': The Hokas look like living teddy bears and spend all their time reenacting various Earth concepts, not really understanding them.
%%* ''Literature/YoungWizards'': In ''Wizard's Holiday'', 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.%%Nope. Explain.
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[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
%%* ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' and ''Series/TheMunsters''.
%%* ''Series/{{Alf}}''
%%* ''Series/AliensInTheFamily'': All the eponymous.
%%* ''Series/BuckRogersInTheTwentyFifthCentury'': Twiki.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Anya is a [[OlderThanTheyLook thousands-year old demon]] who hangs out with [[Characters/BuffyverseScoobyGang the Scooby Gang]]. She often makes remarks about [[NoodleIncident noodle incidents]] from her past that aren't helpful to the situation but will make the viewer laugh.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Sontaran CombatMedic Strax, an ally of the Doctor's. Also, after his death and [[BackFromTheDead resurrection]], a complete {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who is incapable of distinguishing genders, declared war on the Moon and has terrible bedside manner. And a LargeHam, which was a trait he possessed from the beginning.
%%* ''Series/GetSmart'': Hymie.
%%* ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'': Jeannie.
* Ollie from the ''Series/LookAndRead'' series ''Earth Warp'' is an alien hoping to find a research probe from his planet before it explodes and destroys the surrounding area. He's also incredibly clumsy, has the mind of a child, [[BigEater never seems to stop eating]], and wears some painfully obvious PaperThinDisguises to hide from the hotel guests and staff, and later staff at the hospital.
* ''Series/MaskedRider'': Dex, 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...
%%* ''Series/{{Meego}}'': Meego, the titular ShapeShifter alien.
%%* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': Alpha 5.
* ''Series/MikeAndAngelo'': Angelo.
%%* ''Series/MisterEd'': Mr. Ed.
%%* ''Series/{{Monkey}}'': Tripitaka's dragon-cum-horse-cum-human.
%%* ''Series/MorkAndMindy'': Mork from Ork, probably the TropeCodifier and best example.%%How?
%%* ''Series/MyFavoriteMartian'': Uncle Martin.
%%* ''Series/MyHero2000'': George Sunday/Thermoman.
%%* ''Series/MyParentsAreAliens'': Brian and Sophie Johnson, the titular parents.
%%* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'': Tom Servo and Crow (and Gypsy when she isn't running the ship).
%%* ''Series/TheNeighbors'': Everybody in Hidden Hills, though whether the Zabvrons or the Weavers are the "aliens" depends on how you look at it.
%%* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': The Coneheads.
%%* ''Series/SmallWonder'': V.I.C.I..
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': The Pakleds start off as a straight example of this trope [[spoiler:but actually use their ignorant appearance to deceive others. They ''are'' slow - just not ''quite'' as much as people tend to think.]]
** Morn, the perpetual barfly at Quark's Bar on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', is a meta example; he's described as an extremely talkative being who knows the funniest joke in the universe, and others have attributed various fantastic feats to him. Even so, he's [[TheVoiceless never shown talking on-screen on the show despite clearly being able to]].
** And there's the puff-nosed alien from the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E10Counterpoint Counterpoint]]". At one point, Kate Mulgrew is visibly on the verge of {{corpsing}}.
** 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. [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]] depicted them as a hilariously greedy ProudMerchantRace who [[CardCarryingVillain delight, nay, encourage any deal that involves ripping off others]] if they can benefit from it.
** ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'': {{Inverted}}, as Klingons consider humans who can speak Klingonese to be amusing, "like a dog on water-skis". Of the Discovery crew, Linus the Saurian stands out. An alien amongst a crew of aliens, some running jokes include: the Universal Translator being unable to consistently translate his native language, having really bad colds due to having six nasal passages, needing time off to shed his reptilian outer skin, and one episode has him struggling to master personal transporters, popping in and out of otherwise very serious scenes.
%%* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'': Tom, Dick, Harry, and Sally, Aaong with their Supreme Leader, the Big Giant Head.
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[[folder: Pinball ]]
* ''Pinball/ThePartyZone'': The Super Sonic Robotic Comic is a meta example -- his lines are unintelligible gibberish, but everyone else reacts with uproarious laughter.
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[[folder: Sports]]
* The [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Houston Astros']] mascot is a silly green alien named Orbit, who is known for his on-field antics. He often does random things in the outfield (dancing, setting up a lemonade stand, doing yoga, [[TheDreadedPretendTeaParty having a tea party]], playing Twister, etc.) and tries to convince the players or the security guards to join him. He's also something of a {{Troll}}, and loves to mess with the opposing team's players, especially [[FandomRivalry Texas Rangers]] players. He's particularly fond of VisualPun: he sorted his laundry while the ''White Sox'' were playing, set up a birdhouse for the ''Blue Jays'', and went after Mike ''Trout'' with a fishing pole. Even fans of opposing MLB teams find him hilarious.
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[[folder: Tabletop Games]]
* ''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.
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[[folder: Video Games]]
%%* ''VideoGame/{{Deadlock}}'': Most of the aliens fall under this category.
%%* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
%%** The Elcor 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.%%Which is funny because...?
%%** The Volus and the Hanar, among others, fulfill this to a lesser degree.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'':
** 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!"\\
'''L''': [Enemy reinforcements] "What a nice hot welcome!"\\
'''L''': [Asking for healing] "Could someone get our party started?"\\
'''L''': [KO'd] "[[NonSequiturThud This number has been… disconnected.]]"\\
'''L''': [Low HP] "It's not over until the fat baby sings!"
** The Nopon, a highly ecentric ProudMerchantRace. Tatsu, the game's main comic relief character, ironically proves to one of the more normal ones.
*** Tatsu's younger siblings all mistake him for their father.
*** Like in the [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 original Xenoblade]], the Nopon have a tradition where they nominate someone to become their Legendary Heropon. The "Legendary Heropon" being a position given to a new Nopon each year, often as a way for the Nopon to work off debt.
*** The Nopon are very cute. They know other races find them cute, and will use it to swindle them.
%%* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'': Hans the winged pig.
* ''VideoGame/WarioWareIncMegaMicrogames'': Orbulon, an alien intending to take over the world, has his plan stopped when he crash-lands in Diamond City. He's become quite enamoured with Earth culture in spite of this, if a little airheaded.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Webcomics]]
* ''ComicStrip/CaptnCrazy''. Actually, this was a late development - for a long time, even the author wasn't sure WTH the Capt'n actually is.
* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'': Ahem is a sort of [[StarfishAliens three-legged jellyfish]] described as a useless, cowardly slacker, but one who is fun to hang out with.
%%** Molly the Peanut Butter Monster.
* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'': Div, an alcoholic DeadpanSnarker [=DivX=] player.
* ''Webcomic/ThePetriDish'': Even though he abducts Thaddeus, Gwog 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".
* ''Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky'': The Aliens in ''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.
* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': Kiki, if a talking ferret is considered "otherworldly".
%%* ''Webcomic/ZorphbertAndFred''
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[[folder: Web Original]]
%%* WebVideo/AgamemnonTiberiusVacuum and the Vacuum Consortium. SUBMIT WILLINGLY!
* ''WebVideo/DragonBallDC'' has [[Franchise/GreenLantern Larfleez]] this way thanks him [[AdaptationalHeroism acting as an ally]]. 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.
* ''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
* ''Roleplay/TheGunganCouncil'': Utkon Mai, a tiny, spice-addicted Jawa. Returned from being assumed dead by singing "[[Music/LadyGaga Bad Romance]]".
%%* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Rumble Red and Nebulon.
* ''WebAnimation/LoboWebseries'': The titular character is a foul mouthed and hilariously violent alien bounty hunter.
%%* ''Creator/OlanRogers'': Bob of New Prime.
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': The Smith's mooching housemate Roger is [[TheGreys a grey-skinned alien]] who's always busy with zany schemes and [[MasterOfDisguise coming up with new personas]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'', Sparky is the sole alien of the 3 main characters and the comic relief of the team.
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'': Quark from the first 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.
%%* ''Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse'': Mr. Mxyzptlk, appropriately [[ActorAllusion voiced by]] Creator/GilbertGottfried.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'': Uni the unicorn.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': There's a variety of comic relief alien characters, but the most prominent example is probably John Zoidberg, Planet Express's incompetent and [[PerpetualPoverty underpaid]] doctor. A lot of humor comes from the fact he has a poor grasp of [[KnowNothingKnowItAll human anatomy]], [[NoSocialSkills manners]], and [[ThePigPen basic hygiene]].
* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': Adam's best friend is Orko, an IneptMage from planet Trolla who serves as the show's comedy relief with his bungling attempts to help.
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'': Zim 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]].
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': The Propulsions 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.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'': Slimer.
* ''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/StarTrekProdigy'': Murf is a gelatinous alien of an unknown species who is best summarized as "no worries, just vibes". It's unclear if it's an alien who speaks a language the Universal Translator doesn't recognize or is its native planet's equivalent of a domesticated animal, but Murf seems to understand the crew. Murf generally breaks the tension of a scene by eating a non-edible object, the most memorable being [[EatTheBomb explosive ordinance]], sending Rok-Tahk into a panic as to whether the ship would be destroyed when the ordinance was dissolved by stomach acid. Fortunately, all that happened was a BurpOfFinality.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
** Peridot 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.
** Also, [[CloudCuckoolander the Rubies]] play this role whenever they show up. Most of them are ditzy, brutish, and way too naive for their own good. A squad of them put their mission at risk ''over a baseball game'', and then promptly left Earth when told a very obvious lie that their target was on Neptune. There are a few exceptions: Crystal Gem Ruby does have some of these quirks, but her appearing usually means [[spoiler: Garnet]] has some sort of internal conflict, so she's not used for laughs as often. The other exceptions are Eyeball Ruby, who seems as harmless as the other Rubies until she [[spoiler: reveals unsettling details about Pink Diamond's fate, and an episode later tries to ''stab Steven to death'']], and Navy Ruby, who seems cheerful and enthusiastic about everything but [[spoiler: is really a BitchInSheepsClothing who manipulates Steven, Lapis, and Peridot in order to steal back the Rubies' spaceship, and to relish her revenge on them for tricking her and her squad-mates.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': Starfire's odd Tamaranean customs and fish-out-of-waterness is the show's main source of funny.
** She drinks mustard as if it were soda...
** Confuses the familiarity levels of social greetings...
** Thinks it's a good idea to give [[TheGlomp spine-snapping hugs]] to nearly every new friend they make...
** Misinterprets Earth Slang ("You diggin' the scene?" "I... did not know we were supposed to bring shovels!")...
** [[AbnormalAllergy Is allergic to chromium]] (The reaction is [[PowerIncontinence sneezing star-bolts]]).
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' had a pretty amusing example with the very tall alien who just shows up one day. He had a very scratchy translator, like someone speaking too close to an old microphone. His catchphrase was a very loud "[[NoIndoorVoice IGNORE ME!]]"
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