History Main / BizarreAlienPsychology

** The Daleks are xenophobic and believe themselves to be the UltimateLifeform. Anything else must be [[CatchPhrase exterminated]] or enslaved to serve their purposes. The one exception is their creator Davros, who they revere with religious fervor [[spoiler:except when they overcome their subservience to him and enslave him]]. Even other Daleks that they fear are slightly different are considered un-Dalek, and they have near-constant civil wars as any new idea creates a schism. When one group of "pure" Daleks decided that the human-born Daleks weren't inferior to the originals, being that they are identical in all but origin, another group declared war (which included some human-born Daleks who saw their inferiority as a given).

** The trolls are mostly human, except they are almost always bisexual and they recognize four different kinds of romance, two of which are based on hatred instead of love.

* One of the twists of Creator/PeterWatts' ''Literature/{{Blindsight}}'' is the discovery by the human explorers that humanity is pretty much the only race out there with a concept of self, reason and such things as art...which are evolutionary dead-ends that make humans vulnerable to the creatures out there, who see it as an abomination or infection and have decided to eliminate humanity because our broadcasting of it into space hurts them.

** Some of the Yeerk-viewpoint books show that humans are the weird ones to the Yeerks, particularly the left brain-right brain thing.

* The Bohrok swarms in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' are a HiveMind lead by the dinosaur-like Bahrag {{hive queen}}s via organic [[FaceHugger mask-like]] creatures called Krana that that are telepathically linked to the Bahrag, meaning individual Bohrok bodies and their Krana "brains" are expendable. They exist solely to destroy everything on the Mata Nui island and can't fathom why anyone would interfere with this higher purpose given to them by the actual [[PhysicalGod Mata Nui]]. They come into conflict with the Toa heroes and Matoran islanders who think the Bahrag and Bohrok are evil and want to kill them -- Bohrok ''are'' ruthless and terrifying but they avoid harming sentient beings unless they hinder them. The Bahrag even consider the Toa to be the Bohrok's brothers. Only long after the swarm's defeat do the Toa learn the Bahrag and Bohrok were Mata Nui's servants all along, they simply had a one-track mind that's incompatible with concepts like heroism or individuality. From the Bahrag's point of view, the Toa and Matoran were the bad guys for trying to save the island. Once the Toa realize this, they reluctantly unleash the Bahrag to let them finish their task. Only one type of Bohrok, the [[EliteMooks six elite Bohrok-Kal]] and the Krana-Kal they carried were capable of individual thought and speech, which eventually lead them down a path of evil ambition.

** Time Lords have the ability to psychically connect with other advanced, telepathic beings. They can also wipe minds and put images into someone's head by concentrating and touching them. At one point the Doctor downloads his backstory into someone's mind by head butting him. They have a higher brain function than humans and can process way more at a time-understanding the nature of space-time is basically instinctive.

** The Vex, a semi-biological computer network, do not perform semiosis. When they communicate with each other, they pass around simulations of what they're talking about, mimicking the phenomena directly rather than encoding it in language. As a result, they don't recognize any difference between simulation and reality; all they understand is that the two must be made to match. Given that the Vex are also effectively automata without consciousness or subjectivity - only an urge to self-replicate and [[TheVirus make everything into more Vex]] - this makes them an unrelenting foe, impossible to negotiate or communicate with.

** The Vex, a semi-biological computer network, do not perform semiosis. When they communicate with each other, they pass around simulations of what they're talking about, mimicking the phenomena directly rather than encoding it in language. As a result, they don't recognize any difference between simulation and reality; all they understand is that the two must be made to match. Given that the Vex are also effectively automata without consciousness or subjectivity, this makes them an unrelenting foe.

* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'': Love and hate are the same emotion to the Hive. Their three highest leaders, all siblings, express their love and respect by killing each other. [[ResurrectiveImmortality Repeatedly]]. This is in part due to their belief that MightMakesRight: learning from each death, they're helping each other stay sharp and grow stronger.

** The ''Literature/{{Foreigner}}verse'' is centered around the sole human diplomat to another species. He has received extensive training in the differences between human and alien psychology, so as to avoid misunderstandings that might lead to another war.

* The Thermians from the movie ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' have only recently been exposed to the idea of dishonesty (courtesy of the BigBad). They cannot imagine any reason to deliberately say something that is not the absolute truth, and therefore [[CannotTellFictionFromReality have no concept of fiction in storytelling]]. After [[AliensStealCable stealing cable]], they mistakenly believe that everything they saw was real, and that the washed-up actors from an old ''Franchise/StarTrek'' {{Expy}} are actual spacefaring heroes. They also weep for "those poor people" on ''Series/GilligansIsland''.

** Trolls are a species related to humans. They can step naturally, communicate using variations in tone when singing, and have a sort of collective encyclopedia known as the Long Song which they use to pass information across the Long Earth. They're also incredibly helpful, but can't stand being around large groups of people.

* ''Fanfic/TheUnlikelyAlly'' (Franchise ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''takes the original "alienness" of Kyubey and flips it on its head with Key. In essence, one of Kyubey's bodies manages to become its own sapient being, and he considers Kyubey to be the 'wrong' one while being more sympathetic to the main characters.

* ''Fanfic/TheUnlikelyAlly'' takes the original ''Main/BizarreAlienPsychology'' of Kyubey and flips it on its head with Key. In essence, one of Kyubey's bodies manages to become its own sapient being, and he considers Kyubey to be the 'wrong' one while being more sympathetic to the main characters.

* ''Fanfic/TheUnlikelyAlly'' takes the original ''BizzareAlienPsychology'' of Kyubey and flips it on its head with Key. In essence, one of Kyubey's bodies manages to become its own sapient being, and he considers Kyubey to be the 'wrong' one while being more sympathetic to the main characters.

* ''Fanfic/TheUnlikelyAlly'' takes the original BizzareAlienPsychology of Kyubey and flips it on its head with Key. In essence, one of Kyubey's bodies manages to become its own sapient being, and he considers Kyubey to be the 'wrong' one while being more sympathetic to the main characters.

* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' the [[PuppeteerParasite Yeerks]] were originally treated as AlwaysChaoticEvil, and when [[TheLeader Jake]] saw inside one's head, he detected alien emotions and speculated that they don't experience love. CharacterizationMarchesOn, though, and in later books Yeerks become [[WoobieSpecies more sympathetic]] and more human. (Incidentally, we see a Yeerk [[EvenMooksHaveLovedOnes demonstrate love]] only two books later.) However, one thing that Jake notices--that unlike humans, Yeerks won't [[{{Determinator}} keep fighting if they think that they'll lose]]--is actually a major plot point.

** As noted by Literature/CiaphasCain ('''HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!''') in the novel ''For the Emperor'', the Tau will actually fall back from a contested objective if diplomatic means have failed and taking it would take too great an expenditure of men and material, completely anathema to Imperial commanders, who would rather die where they stand than retreat. (Or at least, this is the case with the more zealous and/or stupid Guard generals. Smarter commanders do exist, including Cain's own superior Zyvan, they're just not as prominent.) As the Tau see it, if the Imperials want a world bad enough to waste thousands of lives for it, they can have it. The Tau will just go do something else and wait until the humans get complacent or focus on other things, and then take the planet back. The Tau also see nothing wrong with eradicating the completely defenseless should they refuse to join the Tau Empire - the only true alliance is the Empire itself and all other allegiances are untrustworthy, and they won't take even the most remote chance of betrayal even from those who can't reasonably fight back. After all, if someone offers to ally with you but they won't enter the hegemony, how sincere could they possibly be?

This is a recurring theme in ''Fanfic/IntelligenceFactor''. Mr. Mime are capable of understanding human languages, but don't use them; Miranda speculates that they're playing an elaborate joke on Pokérinian society. Haunter and Gengar love to scare people, but nobody knows why.

** The ''Literature/ChanurNovels'' are {{Xenofiction}} told from the perspective of a group of vaguely lion-like aliens who pick up a human stowaway.