History Main / MistookTheDominantLifeform

* In ''ComicBook/RelativeHeroes'' Cameron's potted plant he named Chloe turns out to be one of the Es who chose a plant form upon arriving on earth due to mistaking plants as the dominant life form. They eventually build up enough reserves to change form again and choose a human shape.
* ''ComicBook/SupergirlWednesdayComics'': ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, Krypto the Superdog and Streaky the Supercat run into an alien are who are intelligent, bipedal dogs and cats. Narutally, they thinks the humanoid Kara is Krypto and Streaky's pet, and find surprising that the rulers of the planet take such a primitive, frightening creatures -who don't even have tails- as pets.

* PlayedWith in ''ComicBook/BillyBatsonAndTheMagicOfShazam'': the Space Ghoul seems to have believed that humans and cows were both intelligent, since he [[AliensStealCattle abducted a bunch of cattle]] in order to communicate. Even when Billy and Mary tell him, he seems to think that they're mute but still sapient, as he begins to apologize for inconveniencing them.

** In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKhGyUnc2E sequel skit]], the Martians return to Earth equipped with the information that Earth people are tall, with a face and two hands -- and attempt to strike up a conversation with a grandfather clock.

** In a sequel skit, the Martians return to Earth equipped with the information that Earth people are tall, with a face and two hands -- and attempt to strike up a conversation with a grandfather clock.