History YMMV / District9

** One of the most disturbing parts about the news media claiming Wikus got infected with an alien STD is that it shows a doctored image of him having sex with a Prawn prostitute as proof of such. This resonates even more in TheNewTens and TheNewTwenties, as deepfake technology has become even more sophisticated to the point of being indistinguishable, and bad actors have used highly-sophisticated deepfake images such as deepfaked revenge porn to defame and harass their targets, not unlike how the public treats Wikus after seeing that article.

** One of the most disturbing parts about the news media claiming Wikus got infected with an alien STD is that it shows a doctored image of him having sex with a Prawn prostitute as proof of such. This resonates even more in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens and UsefulNotes/TheNewTwenties, as deepfake technology has become even more sophisticated to the point of being indistinguishable, and bad actors have used highly-sophisticated deepfake images such as deepfaked revenge porn to defame and harass their targets, not unlike how the public treats Wikus after seeing that article.

-->"Let me show you my wife... My special angel! She even looks like an angel, with a halo. You want to see that, you see -- with the white... the white veil over the... over the head... She even looks like an angel. Everybody insists that his wife is an angel but this is a ''real'' angel that you are seeing there... on the cameras... they won't put that in the video, I know."

*** "Workers" would certainly be more active in doing "work." Even in an ant colony without a queen (lost to accident/disease/etc.), the workers still go about their duty of foraging or what other tasks they do. The fact that all of the prawns basically sit around and get intoxicated and then start trouble ''really'' cements the fact that they cannot be workers. At the very least, their personal areas would be much neater, as they would not have a wish to have a cluttered environment. Look at a modern bee hive or ant hill, is there a bunch of trash laying around and lots of insects doing nothing?
*** The ease in which even the average prawn handles weapons. When carrying any kind of weapon, the prawns appear to hold them confidently and correctly. Would you arm workers this way? Would you give ''workers'' the ability to remote pilot a MiniMecha with that kind of firepower? Would the young child of a worker know instinctively how to operate such a machine?
*** With these factors taken into account, an alternative possibility begins to take shape: the prawns actually ''are'' an [[AlienInvasion invasion force]], or, if they didn't arrive specifically to invade our planet, they are at least a force ''capable'' of an invasion. They simply lack the organizational structure and/or any kind of leader (of the HiveMind variety or otherwise) or motive for them to actually fight or no goal to achieve through doing so.
*** They are ''very'' quick to resort to violence, and the ability with which they can do so suggests a serious degree of, if not training, at least battlefield conditioning. Christopher's friend attacks the MNU goons and Wikus almost immediately, and literally tosses them around like rag dolls. We see that an unarmed prawn can still rip a fully grown and very trained man limb from limb in ''seconds''. Now, consider the fact that all of the prawns we see in the film are starving and malnourished, frequently inebriated, and almost certainly rife with debilitating disease. If this is what they can do in the most horrible living conditions imaginable, imagine how dangerously strong a full platoon of these creatures would be if all of them were in perfect health.
*** The general attitude of the prawns. They have nothing to do, (and don't ''look'' for anything else to do) but try and get ahold of a substance that makes them intoxicated. They fight and bicker among themselves. They get quickly irritated at any interruption. What other profession has these same problems, due to an abundance of downtime? '''Soldiers.''' Just ask any soldier that has rotated home about what kinds of things they did to pass the time.
*** Their attitude towards the humans. Several times, Christopher admonishes his friend to "be polite" and to "not antagonize the humans." Why does CJ have to keep stating this? Because he knows his soldier friend does not take kindly to being talked down to like some kind of bug. Try and insult a professional soldier, and see how long it takes before they act just like the prawn did when challenged by Wikus and crew.
*** Consider the actions of the prawns, or the lack thereof. They can easily overpower humans one-on-one, and most of their weapons make even tanks look like toys. The only reason they haven't tried to take over is probably because either CJ told them not to, or they lack a command structure to give them orders to do so. Either way, this also explains their destructive actions: they are bored soldiers looking for ''any'' kind of outlet for their collective boredom and rage. Unfortunately, the only way they know how to express it is with random violence. For an example, note how they seem to beat on objects for no real reason, simply to feel the experience of hitting ''something.''
*** The scene where CJ and the other two prawns are searching the junkpile for their technology, in order to find "fluid" also hammers this home. Christopher's unnamed friend doesn't even recognize ''his own technology.'' A worker would certainly recognize items that he/she would use on an every day basis. To be fair, it has been 20 years without any kind of education program so it would be hard for the average prawn to tell the difference, but wouldn't a worker recognize something as coming from their own people? A worker could see a part on a gun and recognize another piece of technology as being similar. A soldier '''wouldn't care.''' This is not to say that soldiers are stupid by any stretch of the imagination, as many are engineers and hold higher education degrees. However, this is a human conceit. Since the prawns are clearly caste-based, they probably would not have bothered giving soldiers the basic education in technology that all workers would get, as this wouldn't affect their job. All they need to know is where and who to shoot.

** [[AmoralAfrikaner Koobus Venter]] is a {{sadist}}ic member of a special ops team who [[BloodKnight gets his jollies off murder]], and relishes being able to kill without repercussion. Koobus guns down a prawn after it's been subdued and later leads a violent hunt for Wikus, with full willingness to kill whoever gets in the way. Koobus [[MindRape psychologically tortures]] the prawn Christopher Johnson while beating him and threatens to kill him regardless of getting Wikus, gleefully saying he can't believe [[PsychoForHire he's getting paid to do what he loves]]: he just loves watching the Prawns die.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: District 9 itself is so [[CrapsackWorld disgustingly filthy]], the humans (Wikus included) so utterly loathsome, and the plight of the aliens so bleak that a good number of potential viewers have said, "No thanks, I'll pass." (And this isn't even getting into the [[{{Gorn}} high level of violence]] inflicted both on humans and aliens alike.) To be fair though, Wikus himself improves ''[[CharacterDevelopment a lot]]'', and the other humans being [[HumansAreBastards such utter]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters disreputable bastards]] means it's all the more satisfying when Wikus whips out the Prawn guns and starts [[BloodyHilarious popping them like water balloons.]]

** [[BloodKnight Koobus Venter]] is a {{sadist}}ic member of a special ops team who gets his jollies off murder, and relishes being able to kill without repercussion. Koobus guns down a prawn after it's been subdued and later leads a violent hunt for Wikus, with full willingness to kill whoever gets in the way. Koobus psychologically tortures the Prawn Christopher Johnson while beating him and threatens to kill him regardless of getting Wikus, gleefully saying he can't believe [[PsychoForHire he's getting paid to do what he loves]]: he just loves watching the Prawns die.
** Obesandjo, The leader of the Nigerian gangsters, sets up his racket in District 9 and distributes cat food to the aliens, which is like a drug that keeps them hooked. He also operates "interspecies prostitution" rings, offering the prawns human women. The worst, however, is when he has innocent aliens butchered, so he can eat their flesh and gain their power. When he captures Wikus, he fully plans to cut off his Prawn parts and eat them himself.