History PlayingWith / AliensSpeakingEnglish

'''Basic Trope''': Aliens are capable of speaking English or another real language.

** The aliens have been watching Earth for a long time and learned its languages by [[AliensStealCable monitoring communications]].

** "English" is the CommonTongue throughout the universe.
** By some kind of [[ContrivedCoincidence cosmic coincidence]], the aliens' language just happens to be [[IndoEuropeanAlienLanguage very similar to English]].

'''Basic Trope''': Aliens are capable of speaking whatever language that is required based on their location, commonly English.

** The aliens decided to study the language before moving in, so that conversations don't end end up like weird games of charades.

** The aliens "speak" English because they have TranslatorMicrobes.
** "English" is the CommonTongue throughout the universe.
** By some kind of [[ContrivedCoincidence cosmic coincidence]], the aliens' language just happens to be [[IndoEuropeanAlienLanguage very similar to English]].

** Aliens speak [[StarfishLanguage languages incomprehensible to human beings]].

** Or, the aliens have not been on Earth for centuries and talk in Medieval English. Bob has trouble understanding them.

** The alien language resembles a Earth language, but an unexpectedly minor one such as Welsh or Danish, or a remote tribe in Papua New Guinea.

* '''Parodied''':
** Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. Their leader instantly produces an English phrasebook and speaks to Bob in broken English.
** Alternatively, after conversing with Bob, the aliens turn to Pablo and hold a conversation with him in fluent Spanish.
** The aliens speak with a variety of perfect English, American, and Australian accents for no reason.
** Aliens Speaking {{Engrish}}.

** Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. They realize that they forgot to learn any of the native languages of the planet, leaving both the aliens and Bob flummoxed about what to do now.

** Alternatively: "In order to move the plot along, we need the aliens and the Earthlings to communicate with each other without any language barriers. Make the aliens speak English so our English speaking audience can understand them as well."

* '''Invoked''': Before arriving on Earth, the aliens have a quick review of the English language.

** The aliens do not bother to learn English or any other language before visiting Earth.

* '''Conversed''': "Are all aliens required to take English classes before visiting Earth?"
* '''Implied''': When Bob tells Alice and Charles about his encounter with the aliens, he tells them what they said to him - implying that he understood them.

* '''Played For Laughs''': The aliens speak English with an outrageous Cockney accent that most people cannot understand.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': "Don't bother coming up with a language for the aliens. Just have them speak English like in so many other works of fiction."

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%%* '''Untwisted''': ???

** The aliens only "speak" English because they have TranslatorMicrobes.
** "English" is the CommonTongue throughout the universe.
** By unlikely coincidence, the aliens' language just happens to be [[IndoEuropeanAlienLanguage very similar to English]].
** The aliens only speak English because AliceAndBob took the time to teach it to them.

'''Basic Trope''': Aliens are capable speaking whatever language that is required based on their location, commonly English.

** Not only can the aliens speak English, they are also capable of speaking Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean, Swedish, [[UpToEleven Belgian French]], etc.

** Aliens speak [[StarfishLanguage languages incomprehensible to human beings.]]

** By unlikely coincidence, the aliens' language just happens to [[IndoEuropeanAlienLanguage very similar to English]].

* '''Played For Drama''': Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. They speak to him in English. This frightens Bob, who thinks they only learned English as a means of helping to conquer the planet. Earth attacks the aliens, who are confused that their sign of cultural understanding was taken as a threat. The aliens either leave or retaliate in defense, possibly instigating World War III.

** Alternatively, Bob lands on the alien's planet and Bob starts speaking in the aliens' native language.

** The aliens are telepathic.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

** Bob overhears the aliens' conversation which wasn't meant for him, and has no trouble understanding it, because it is in perfect English. The aliens themselves also have English names, like Bill and Frank.

** The aliens have TranslatorMicrobes.
** The aliens are telepathic.

** By unlikely coincidence, the aliens' language just happens to [[IndoEuropeanAlienLanguage very similar to English]].

** Bob and Alice took the time to teach the aliens English.
** "English" is CommonTongue throughout the universe.

** Or, the aliens have not been on Earth for centuries and talk in medieval english. Bob has trouble understanding them.

** The aliens speak with a variety of perfect English, American, and Ausralian accents for no reason.

* '''Averted''': Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. They realize that they forgot to learn any of the native languages of the planet, leaving both the aliens and Bob flummoxed about what to do now.

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The aliens are confused as to the correct language to use when visiting Earth. They go through several different obscure languages to no avail.

* '''Deconstructed''': Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. They speak to him in English. This frightens Bob, who thinks they only learned English as a means of helping to conquer the planet. Earth attacks the aliens, who are confused that their sign of cultural understanding was taken as a threat. The aliens either leave or retaliate in defense, possibly instigating World War III.

* '''Played For Drama''': Humans have noticed that all the alien races manage to speak English and try to find out why it is so.

%%* '''Untwisted''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

** Not only can the aliens speak English, they are also capable of speaking Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean, Swedish, Belgian, etc.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Bob and Alice took the time to teach the aliens English.

** Aliens speak [[StarfishLanguage languages incomprehensible to human beings.]]

** The alien language resembles a Earth language, but an unexpectedly minor one such as Welsh or Danish, or a remote tribe in Papua New Guinea.

* '''Deconstructed''': Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. They speak to him in English. This frightens Bob, who thinks they only learned English as a means of helping to conquer the planet. Earth attacks the aliens, who are confused that their sign of cultural understanding was taken as a threat. The aliens either leave or retaliate in defense, possibly instigating World War III.
* '''Reconstructed''': Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. They speak to him in English. Bob is so amazed by this that he accepts the aliens as members of a peaceful race and is made their spokesperson on Earth. Diplomatic relations are forged between the aliens and Earth, marking the FirstContact in human history.

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* '''Straight''': Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. The aliens speaking to him in English.

* '''Exaggerated''': Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. The aliens' English is so good that they begin to correct Bob's English.

* '''Justified''': The aliens have TranslatorMicrobes.

* '''Inverted''': Aliens speak [[StarfishLanguage languages incomprehensible to human beings.]]

* '''Subverted''': Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. They converse in BilingualDialogue.

* '''Double Subverted''': The aliens find that both they and Bob are more fluent in Esperanto and speak in that.

* '''Parodied''': Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. Their leader instantly produces an English phrasebook and speaks to Bob in broken English.

** Deconstructed again: And ''then'' they conquer the planet.

* '''Enforced''': "We need the aliens to speak English. It'll show how intelligent they are."

* '''Inverted''': Aliens arrive on Earth and meet Bob. Bob starts speaking in the aliens' native language.

** The aliens decided to study the language before moving in, so that conversations don't end end up like wierd games of charades.

** Bob overhears the aliens' conversation which wasn't meant for him, and has no trouble understanding it, because it is in perfect English.

* '''Played For Laughs''': The aliens speak English with an outrageous cocney accent that most people cannot understand.

** By unlikely coincidence, the aliens' language just happens to [[IndoEuropeanAlienLanguage very similar to English]].

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': English people have actually descended from an alien race... [[{{Ultraterrestrials}} or vice versa]].

* '''PlayedForLaughs''': The aliens speak English with an outrageous cocney accent that most people cannot understand.
* '''PlayedForDrama''': Humans have noticed that all the alien races manage to speak English and try to find out why it is so.