History Main / KlingonsLoveShakespeare

* The Hokas in stories by PoulAnderson and GordonRDickson are an ancient and noble alien race that just happen to look like teddy bears. They love human literature but can't quite seem to grasp that fiction isn't real. As a result they often act out scenes from famous books, with comically chaotic results.
** In PoulAnderson's ''Technic History'' stories, the alien Adzel (who looks like a large centauroid dragon) is a Buddhist (which naturally he learned about from humans). He spent some time on Earth studying human culture.

** In PoulAnderson's ''Technic History'' stories, the alien Adzel (who looks like a large two legged walking dragon) is a Buddhist (which naturally he learned about from humans). He spent some time on Earth studying human culture.

** 8 Quark admits one episode if you drink enough root beer you get to like it, suggesting he drinks it too. Also his brother Rom loves sausage and pancakes.

** Odo enjoys Kayaking.

** Inverted with Grunt, a [[ProudWarriorRace krogan]] whose race is known to eat practically anything (something he himself admits to be willing to do) and be almost immune to food poisoning, is grossed out by the mere sight of ramen noodles and refuses to eat them.

--> "It looks like... worms. Dead ones. Do humans actually eat that?"

* This is comically overdone in the book series "''{{Animorphs}}''", where Ax LOVES cinnamon (and food in general).

* In {{Traveller}} the Vilani(who are TransplantedHumans rather then aliens proper but TropesAreFlexible) learn to love Terran computer design. Vilani computers are overspecialized where as Terran computers can play games, talk on the net, and do accounting with the same system.

** Grunt, a [[ProudWarriorRace krogan]] whose race is known to eat practically anything (something he himself admits to be willing to do) and be almost immune to food poisoning, is grossed out by the mere sight of ramen noodles and refuses to eat them.

->'''Chancellor Gorkon''': You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.

* Xavin from {{Runaways}} has said that Starbucks is Earth's greatest achievment.

** Vala Mal Doran is a fan of ''TheWizardOfOz'' and ''{{Farscape}}'' (the latter being an actor joke).

** Vala Mal Doran is a fan of ''TheWizardOfOz'' and ''{{Farscape}}''.

* ''{{Homestuck}}'': Thanks to John's influence, Vriska develops a love for B-movies.

** Vir becomes very fond of Shirley Temples when he is driven to drink in ''{{Babylon 5}}''.

* ''BuckGodot'': The frozen Popsicles is so popular that if human throws parties that aliens can come in, even aliens thats current enemies of humans will come in and enjoy them.

* Inverted in ''MassEffect 2''. Grunt, a [[ProudWarriorRace krogan]] whose race is known to eat practically anything (something he himself admits to be willing to do) and be almost immune to food poisoning, is grossed out by the mere sight of ramen noodles and refuses to eat them.
** "It looks like... worms. Dead ones. Do humans actually eat that?"
** Also Played Straight in the sequel. Salarian Dr. Mordin Solus is a fan of GilbertAndSullivan and even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxrO5-HPIAw performs his version]] of ''"Modern Major General"''.

* ''{{Homestuck}}'': Dave is surprised that trolls knows about orange creamsicles, and Terezi is equally amazed that humans know about cotton candy.

* ''Homestuck'': Dave is surprised that trolls knows about orange creamsicles, and Terezi is equally amazed that humans know about cotton candy.

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* In ''DeathNote'', the Death God Ryuk has a strange addiction to apples.

This doesn't have to be precisely limited to aliens, as the trope can also happen with non-alien races that have a culture otherwise very different from normal humans.

An alien character (or an entire race) who is shown to enjoy specific things relating to human culture. Perhaps it's a certain food, or a certain activity. When played straight, this can be used to allow and alien character and a human to bond, showing that they are NotSoDifferent. Or this can be PlayedForLaughs, when an alien who has little grasp of human culture and social conventions suddenly shows himself very aware of a certain pop culture element, or addicted to some human activity the viewer would not think him capable of grasping.