Aliens Speaking English - TV Tropes. Graeme: How come I can understand you? Are you using some sort of neural language router? Paul: Actually, I'm speaking English, you fucking idiot!
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This has the added advantage that the characters can sometimes lapse into their native tongue when the script demands. On the other hand, sometimes the aliens really did learn to speak English — hey, if they've been watching our television shows all this time, they could have easily figured it out by now. Of course, if a story is not about a First Contact scenario, and the aliens have been in contact with humanity for a while, the aliens speak English because they have dealings with English- speaking humans. Or in stories where aliens have been influencing Earth civilization for long enough, it could be that they speak English because it was their language first and they taught it to us. Sometimes, authors also like to have some short explanation, even if it is only a quick Handwave. If you want your aliens to be quite scary, have them instead speak in the Black Speech.
However, Aliens Speaking English isn't totally inevitable either, as it isn't that impossible to put an imaginary language and English subtitles. See Eternal English for the time travel equivalent. Occasionally justified by a Common Tongue.
This page is a collection of still photos and information about Korean TV dramas. The Aliens Speaking English trope as used in popular culture. As unlikely as it may seem, most alien species can speak English — or Japanese, or French
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Compare Anime Accent Absence for when the Japanese forget to put accents on their foreign characters. Rei can say just a few words, and Lum forgets Japanese for an episode after getting hit by a baseball.
Benten, Oyuki, Ran, Elle, the taxi driver.. Although apparently it did take some time for Lala to learn the written language.
And English for that matter, when Pikari lands in America and converses with a gingercowgirl. The Namekians also have their own native language, as one of the village elders speaks it to try and confuse Frieza, although Frieza is well aware of the fact that he can speak Japanese. Also, the Namekian dragon can only be released by a password spoken in Namekian and wishes can only be made in the Namekian language. This is made more confusing by the fact that the Dragon itself speaks normal Japanese.
They also fix the issue with Porunga by having him speak only Namekian (which sounds suspiciously like Klingon), though he is later taught English to make granting wishes more convenient for the heroes. Tony somehow speaks better English than anglo countries do! Which perhaps is more of positive reflection upon Tony's actor compared to the rest of them, than it is a negative one upon the characters themselves. Their computers speak. English (or German). Think about that for a second. Although magic enables telepathy, so a translation effect as an extension of that makes a certain amount of sense.
As for the devices, one can assume that they are speaking Midchildan or Belkan, rendered into English or German for the sake of aesthetics. In the non- translated manga; a random TSAB team training in the field is singing a marching song in English.
It would seem actual English is the language the TSAB speaks. Both planets speak Japanese, but the Majarrians write only in kana, and the Tarakkians write only in kanji.
It's a backhanded reference to a popular treatise on the Japanese language published in the 1. The first anime's hell tree arc, the Death Busters and Shadow Galactica are all full of them. As are the villains of all 3 movies. Aside from a single gag during the Hell Tree Arc, none of them show any signs of speaking anything but perfect Japanese. The Musicals also have new alien characters though this may be to Media limitations (You can't have subtitles in a live show.) The Death Busters were possessed humans. As for the rest, if even the cats can speak the local language, it's best not to think about it too hard.
However, there seem to be quite a few different species of aliens, so they might have just all learned the language of the oppressed to spare them the possibly multiple language courses. That is, until they meet Caldina and notice her Kansai Regional Accent. Then they start asking if there's an Osaka in Cephiro too.
Ika Musume: Even though she's not an alien (maybe ..) Ika is believed to be able to speak Japanese because she lived in Japanese coastal waters until coming ashore. She also picks up English really quick. Keroro and other keronians/aliens (like mois) speak perfect Japanese/English. When asked about this by Fuyuki he counters by saying that Japanese/English sounds like Keronian. Justified because it's a genetic trait programmed into the Dears to learn languages. How this also allows her to SPEAK Japanese however is never explained In The World of Narue, the Human Aliens all speak Japanese — because they come from Planet Japan, which has undergone some strange convergent evolution such that they are linguistically and culturally (and biologically) identical to modern- day Japan. Actually, nearly every alien homeworld corresponds to some Earth nation in the same way, the possible implications of which baffle and disturb the aliens to no end because Earth has somehow miraculously not destroyed itself while interstellar society is on the edge of constant warfare — and that's with light years of breathing room between each society!
The weakest and least intelligent one, Santana, is able to speak full sentences using modern language after overhearing a few conversations. All after a four thousand year slumber. The stronger ones pick up modern language immediately after hearing a few words. What ultimately makes things weirder is that Santana is discovered in Mexico (Kars, Esidisi, and Wamuu are all in Italy) by German archaeologists and their plans are thwarted by a British- American man, and yet everyone still speaks Japanese.
Although, Subverted with the twist: The . Ryuu: Can't be, it's English. Io: At least be consistent about whether you're an alien or a foreigner. The letters page stated that if Sleepwalker had been trapped in the mind of someone who spoke another language, like French or German, he would have begun using that language when he first appeared in the human world. They had studied the universe's languages and adopted English as the most efficient! Never mind that English—with its various loanwords, silent letters, and how every rule has an exception—is far from the most efficient language on this planet. The only time it doesn't work right away is with regards to the Indigo Tribe's language.
It still doesn't explain other unaffiliated aliens, but at least part of them is covered. Easiest language around. Novakish is the only language that's simpler. And with that you mostly pull your joint and spit. They talked like cowboys, because through the ground they listened to the radio. As a side effect, they thought that money was worthless because people try to give it away on the radio. Oh, and they make earthquakes.
Granted, Zita and (possibly) Joseph are smart kids who are quick on the uptake, but not that quick. A few of the alien background characters do seem to speak their own languages, curiously enough. In the later series the humans seem to be speaking the same language, having possibly learned it from elves along the way.
He once lampshades it, and one alien (a Grilk) explain that his training included other worlds's languages. For the Others, Word of God states that they learned it from watching sci- fi movies. Nightcrawler comments on this. It was often used as plot point: when Dan was searching for his missing father, aliens who spoke English were proof that Dan was somewhere his father had previously been. A notable complete aversion was the Mercurians, who couldn't have spoken English even if they understood it perfectly, because their mouths were the wrong shape. Doesn't everyone in the known galaxies?
Justified since they have pretty advanced idiom- teaching technology. Several Superman alien enemies show up like Brainiac and play the trope straight. Everywhere else they go, everyone speaks English. However, early on, John and Ringo encounter several books in other languages, and Stal mentions that some names (Idri'en Tagen and Raleka) are . As the four have other things to think about and are not linguists, they never delve into this topic.
The Trans- Galactic Republic cannot initially understand asari, salarian, turian, etc. Then, Translator Microbes show up for the subversion. Language barriers do not come up again after that.
This odd speech pattern is the result of the creature washing up on the shores of California. English is canonically an important Common Tongue of the Federation, and a couple of Breen bit characters are specifically stated to be speaking .
The aliens (who in this case are the viewpoint characters for most of the first two acts) learn English from TV, but the process of deciphering the signal to make it useable on their equipment is briefly addressednote it's basically reverse Van Eck phreaking, if you were wondering and they're also specifically looking for TV programming aimed at preschoolers. They also have a Subspace Ansible and the linguistics departments of every university in their home solar system working on the problem full- time. Apart from that, though, pretty much everyone speaks English.
Master Chief can't understand Tali or Garrus, since they don't speak English (or any human language, for that matter). Some of the author's background notes actually justify this - Basic was created by the Demons for their subjects specifically so alien races who could not physically speak Demonish could still communicate with each other. However, the English has no slang and sounds like it was read straight from a book.
Word of God states that Megatron, who was frozen inside the Hoover Dam since its construction, picked up languages from the nearby scientists and engineers. Weirdly enough, in the second film, Megatron and Starscream have entire conversations in plain English despite not talking to any humans in particular.