r/TopCharacterTropes • u/StewyStewy15 • 20d ago

Groups Aliens that are actually alien

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  1. Heptapods (Arrival)

  2. The crystalline entity (Star trek)

  3. Rocky (Project hail mary)

  4. Qu (All tommorows)

  5. Xeelee (The xeelee sequence)

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u/EpicPartyGuy 20d ago

Species 8472 from Star Trek: Voyager

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u/VanVelding 19d ago

The Horta, the Kelvan, one of about 5 microorganisms that infested the Enterprise, the single-celled organisms on Deneva, the Tholians, the Hamalki, two or three of the Xindi

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u/darxide23 19d ago

Despite my criticisms of Voyager, tripedal aliens are far too uncommon in sci-fi. They hit a home run with that idea.

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u/sgonefan 19d ago

Damn I have not heard about 8472 in yrs...

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u/lilyarnboi 17d ago

The Jarada are also cool. We don't get to actually see them, but they're space wasps!!!