History PlayingWith / AlienInvasion

** The DirtyCommunists Xenospawn [[DayOftheJackboot pulls a Jackboot]] on the planet Earth and turn them into their CommieLand.

* '''Inverted''': The Xenospawn are a primitive civilization and [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humanity invades their homeworld]].

** They want something only found on Earth (or they're racing against the clock and Earth is the best they can do), and they are sufficiently evil or ruthless not to care about the local inhabitants (us).

** They want something only found on Earth (or they're racing against the clock and Earth is the best they can do).

* '''Exaggerated''': They won't stop until every inch of the planet is conquered and colonized, from the [[UnderwaterCity deep ocean vents]] to the Himalayas.

** The Xenospawn [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} originated on prehistoric Earth]] and want their lands back; unfortunately disregarding those who currently live there. ** They are engaged in a religious quest to conquer ([[{{Ultraterrestrials}} or reconquer]]) their supposedly rightful land.

* '''Justified''': The Xenospawn [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} originated on prehistoric Earth]], and are currently engaged in a religious quest to reconquer their supposedly rightful land.

** The Xenospan plan to colonise earth,and so nuking it into oblivion is counter-productive... [[SoreLoser However, they are still immensely sore losers and]] [[DoomsdayDevice still have the nukes as a fallback.]] It's a race to not only defeat the aliens, but thwart [[SaltTheEarth their fallback-plan]] [[NoMaguffinNoWinner if the invasion is prevented.]]

* '''Straight''': The [[TheEmpire Xeno]][[AliensAreBastards spawn]] fleet arrives from a wormhole in our solar system, and they proceed to [[EarthIsABattlefield land on Earth and begin their conquest]].

* '''Downplayed''': The Xenospawn only aim to conquer one very specific part of Earth, and cease all further military action when they do.

* '''Subverted''': Only the most fanatical Xenospawn faction wants to invade Earth. The other factions violently oppose this.
* '''Double Subverted''': Only the most fanatical Xenospawn faction wants to invade Earth... at first, but they end up gaining the support of all others.

** Or, the Xenospawn [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy actually bother to take advantage of]] their vast technological superiority over the Earthlings. Instead of deploying [[{{Mooks}} expendable ground troops]] to [[EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion directly attack the Earth's surface]], they just [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure repeatedly nuke the planet from orbit]], effectively [[CurbStompBattle destroying most or all of the human defenders]].

* '''Deconstructed''': We see all the time and resources the Xenospawn need to build and mobilize huge fleets through the vast distances of space; the leaders carefully planning ahead their tactics and how to ensure the natives are annihilated without the soon-to-be-colonized world being devastated; the {{angst}}y soldiers light-years away from their families, wondering if all of this is worth it.

* '''Straight''': The [[TheEmpire Xeno]][[AliensAreBastards spawn]] fleet arrives from a wormhole in our solar system, and they proceed to [[EarthIsABattlefield land on Earth and begin their conquest]]

* '''Justified''': The Xenospawn [[{{Ultraterrestrial}} originated on prehistoric Earth]], and are currently engaged in a religious quest to reconquer their supposedly rightful land.

* '''Justified''': The Xenospawn originated on prehistoric Earth and are currently engaged in a religious quest to reconquer their supposedly rightful land.

* '''Parodied''': The Xenospawn have no reason to invade, but decide to do so because they receive Earth's television waves, including all invasion movies, and believe that invasion is the normal protocol for {{First Contact}} on this planet.

* '''Invoked''': Professor Bob, {{Well Intentioned Extremist}} {{Mad Scientist}}, makes contact with a Xenospawn ship and comes to believe the aliens' morality is superior to man's and that Earth would be better off under their control, so he intentionally "invites them", secretly giving military secrets and helping to set up the invasion.

** The Xenospawn commander wants to invade Earth, but his captain knows that would be wrong and attempts to convince him that peace should be pursued.

** The Xenospawn commander wants to invade Earth, but his captain knows that would be wrong and attempts to convinces him that peace should be pursued.

* '''Deconstructed''': We see all the time and resources the Xenospawn need to build and mobilize huge fleets through the vast distances of space; the leaders carefully planning ahead their tactics and how to ensure the natives are annihilated without the soon-to-be-colonized world being devastated; the {{angst}}y soldiers light-years away from their families, wondering if all of this is worth.

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