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What was the first story to feature the plot “the monsters were human all along”?
What was the first movie to feature zombie babies?What was the first sci-fi work that had an intelligent virus/bacterium?What was the first Sci-Fi work to feature a spaceship?What was the first sci-fi themed hit song?What was the first story to feature stopped time?What was the first story to feature a person alone on a planet?What was the first SF story to feature a quantum anomaly?What was the first science fiction story set to the future without bothering about the present?Which was the first story to feature space elevators?Which was the first story to feature orbital rings?
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The plot/trope where some crime so violent or egregious has happened that some alien/monster is automatically suspected to be behind it, only for our human protagonists to investigate, and in the end find out the culprits were actually humans has been used in a number of shows, e.g:
Torchwood "Countrycide" (2006)
Supernatural "The Benders" (2006)
The X-Files "Home" (1996)
And probably many more.
What was the first work to feature this plot?
Update: I'm looking for examples of something like the intersection of these two tropes: Human All Along (though perceived to be non-human for their violent actions, not their appearance, which is unknown) and Humans Are The Real Monsters
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The plot/trope where some crime so violent or egregious has happened that some alien/monster is automatically suspected to be behind it, only for our human protagonists to investigate, and in the end find out the culprits were actually humans has been used in a number of shows, e.g:
Torchwood "Countrycide" (2006)
Supernatural "The Benders" (2006)
The X-Files "Home" (1996)
And probably many more.
What was the first work to feature this plot?
Update: I'm looking for examples of something like the intersection of these two tropes: Human All Along (though perceived to be non-human for their violent actions, not their appearance, which is unknown) and Humans Are The Real Monsters
history-of science-fiction-genre fantasy-genre
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The suspected "monsters" are not necessarily space aliens, right? People are suspecting the mischief is done by ghosts or witches or devils, but the villains turn out to be mortal human beings?
– user14111
11 hours ago
30
Well, any episode of Scooby-Doo fits...
– Spencer
11 hours ago
2
This somewhat fits to "the Village" as well.
– C.Koca
9 hours ago
2
Well's "The Time Machine" could possibly be argued
– NKCampbell
9 hours ago
3
From the examples, I get "human pretends to be monster" but from the linked tvtropes it's "monsters consider humans to be the 'monster'" which is it?
– Baldrickk
8 hours ago
|
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The plot/trope where some crime so violent or egregious has happened that some alien/monster is automatically suspected to be behind it, only for our human protagonists to investigate, and in the end find out the culprits were actually humans has been used in a number of shows, e.g:
Torchwood "Countrycide" (2006)
Supernatural "The Benders" (2006)
The X-Files "Home" (1996)
And probably many more.
What was the first work to feature this plot?
Update: I'm looking for examples of something like the intersection of these two tropes: Human All Along (though perceived to be non-human for their violent actions, not their appearance, which is unknown) and Humans Are The Real Monsters
history-of science-fiction-genre fantasy-genre
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The plot/trope where some crime so violent or egregious has happened that some alien/monster is automatically suspected to be behind it, only for our human protagonists to investigate, and in the end find out the culprits were actually humans has been used in a number of shows, e.g:
Torchwood "Countrycide" (2006)
Supernatural "The Benders" (2006)
The X-Files "Home" (1996)
And probably many more.
What was the first work to feature this plot?
Update: I'm looking for examples of something like the intersection of these two tropes: Human All Along (though perceived to be non-human for their violent actions, not their appearance, which is unknown) and Humans Are The Real Monsters
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The suspected "monsters" are not necessarily space aliens, right? People are suspecting the mischief is done by ghosts or witches or devils, but the villains turn out to be mortal human beings?
– user14111
11 hours ago
30
Well, any episode of Scooby-Doo fits...
– Spencer
11 hours ago
2
This somewhat fits to "the Village" as well.
– C.Koca
9 hours ago
2
Well's "The Time Machine" could possibly be argued
– NKCampbell
9 hours ago
3
From the examples, I get "human pretends to be monster" but from the linked tvtropes it's "monsters consider humans to be the 'monster'" which is it?
– Baldrickk
8 hours ago
|
show 9 more comments
1
The suspected "monsters" are not necessarily space aliens, right? People are suspecting the mischief is done by ghosts or witches or devils, but the villains turn out to be mortal human beings?
– user14111
11 hours ago
30
Well, any episode of Scooby-Doo fits...
– Spencer
11 hours ago
2
This somewhat fits to "the Village" as well.
– C.Koca
9 hours ago
2
Well's "The Time Machine" could possibly be argued
– NKCampbell
9 hours ago
3
From the examples, I get "human pretends to be monster" but from the linked tvtropes it's "monsters consider humans to be the 'monster'" which is it?
– Baldrickk
8 hours ago
1
1
The suspected "monsters" are not necessarily space aliens, right? People are suspecting the mischief is done by ghosts or witches or devils, but the villains turn out to be mortal human beings?
– user14111
11 hours ago
The suspected "monsters" are not necessarily space aliens, right? People are suspecting the mischief is done by ghosts or witches or devils, but the villains turn out to be mortal human beings?
– user14111
11 hours ago
30
30
Well, any episode of Scooby-Doo fits...
– Spencer
11 hours ago
Well, any episode of Scooby-Doo fits...
– Spencer
11 hours ago
2
2
This somewhat fits to "the Village" as well.
– C.Koca
9 hours ago
This somewhat fits to "the Village" as well.
– C.Koca
9 hours ago
2
2
Well's "The Time Machine" could possibly be argued
– NKCampbell
9 hours ago
Well's "The Time Machine" could possibly be argued
– NKCampbell
9 hours ago
3
3
From the examples, I get "human pretends to be monster" but from the linked tvtropes it's "monsters consider humans to be the 'monster'" which is it?
– Baldrickk
8 hours ago
From the examples, I get "human pretends to be monster" but from the linked tvtropes it's "monsters consider humans to be the 'monster'" which is it?
– Baldrickk
8 hours ago
|
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I had originally deleted this answer, thinking that it did not apply to question. But given the trope that OP linked in comments, I'm thinking this may be applicable.
I Am Legend (1954), by Richard Matheson. At the end of the novel:
Neville discovers that the new vampires are terrified of him - he is a boogey-man to them, as he has been murdering their kind in their sleep.
edited 8 hours ago
Jenayah
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answered 11 hours ago
RajRaj
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A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.
– Jenayah
9 hours ago
Is the question about "thought it was a monster, turned out to be human" or "thought the monsters were the bad guys, turns out the humans were". The title implies the second, but the question-text is asking for the first.
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
1 hour ago
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I do not know what story is the first, but I do know of an earlier story than I Am Legend (1954) that made a big impression on me, a story by Lord Dunsay. I forget the title, but if you are reading a Dunsay story set in a more or less real Africa and a name similar to "Shiver Very" is mentioned - well you have been warned.
And the trope Humans are the Real Monsters should have examples from before 1954 and does have a few including Gulliver's Travels (1726) with the Yahoos, & H.G. Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896).
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HumansAreTheRealMonsters/Literature1
answered 6 hours ago
M. A. GoldingM. A. Golding
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Should that be Lord Dunsany?
– Rand al'Thor♦
5 hours ago
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How about Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. First published in 1818. In the end, who is really the monster?
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For those who haven’t read it could you edit this to explain better how it matches?
– TheLethalCarrot
3 hours ago
1
I don't think that's an answer to the question asked. While Frankenstein's monster is in part a victim, the humans don't really realise they are the monsters, or that the creature sees them as such (which he doesn't, I think).
– Jenayah
2 hours ago
@Jenayah I see where you're coming from, but at various points, Frankenstein himself admits that he finds his own actions monstrous, so it seems like it would stand. Frankenstein's monster initially wishes to make peace will his progenitor, but also eventually comes to hold this opinion, as he pursues his Frankenstein to the latter's death.
– SomeGuy
2 hours ago
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I had originally deleted this answer, thinking that it did not apply to question. But given the trope that OP linked in comments, I'm thinking this may be applicable.
I Am Legend (1954), by Richard Matheson. At the end of the novel:
Neville discovers that the new vampires are terrified of him - he is a boogey-man to them, as he has been murdering their kind in their sleep.
edited 8 hours ago
Jenayah
23.4k5109149
answered 11 hours ago
RajRaj
1,207515
14
A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.
– Jenayah
9 hours ago
Is the question about "thought it was a monster, turned out to be human" or "thought the monsters were the bad guys, turns out the humans were". The title implies the second, but the question-text is asking for the first.
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I had originally deleted this answer, thinking that it did not apply to question. But given the trope that OP linked in comments, I'm thinking this may be applicable.
I Am Legend (1954), by Richard Matheson. At the end of the novel:
Neville discovers that the new vampires are terrified of him - he is a boogey-man to them, as he has been murdering their kind in their sleep.
edited 8 hours ago
Jenayah
23.4k5109149
answered 11 hours ago
RajRaj
1,207515
14
A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.
– Jenayah
9 hours ago
Is the question about "thought it was a monster, turned out to be human" or "thought the monsters were the bad guys, turns out the humans were". The title implies the second, but the question-text is asking for the first.
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I had originally deleted this answer, thinking that it did not apply to question. But given the trope that OP linked in comments, I'm thinking this may be applicable.
I Am Legend (1954), by Richard Matheson. At the end of the novel:
Neville discovers that the new vampires are terrified of him - he is a boogey-man to them, as he has been murdering their kind in their sleep.
edited 8 hours ago
Jenayah
23.4k5109149
answered 11 hours ago
RajRaj
1,207515
I had originally deleted this answer, thinking that it did not apply to question. But given the trope that OP linked in comments, I'm thinking this may be applicable.
I Am Legend (1954), by Richard Matheson. At the end of the novel:
Neville discovers that the new vampires are terrified of him - he is a boogey-man to them, as he has been murdering their kind in their sleep.
edited 8 hours ago
Jenayah
23.4k5109149
answered 11 hours ago
RajRaj
1,207515
edited 8 hours ago
Jenayah
23.4k5109149
edited 8 hours ago
Jenayah
23.4k5109149
edited 8 hours ago
Jenayah
23.4k5109149
23.4k5109149
answered 11 hours ago
RajRaj
1,207515
answered 11 hours ago
RajRaj
1,207515
answered 11 hours ago
RajRaj
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1,207515
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A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.
– Jenayah
9 hours ago
Is the question about "thought it was a monster, turned out to be human" or "thought the monsters were the bad guys, turns out the humans were". The title implies the second, but the question-text is asking for the first.
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
1 hour ago
add a comment |
14
A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.
– Jenayah
9 hours ago
Is the question about "thought it was a monster, turned out to be human" or "thought the monsters were the bad guys, turns out the humans were". The title implies the second, but the question-text is asking for the first.
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
1 hour ago
14
14
A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.
– Jenayah
9 hours ago
A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend.
– Jenayah
9 hours ago
Is the question about "thought it was a monster, turned out to be human" or "thought the monsters were the bad guys, turns out the humans were". The title implies the second, but the question-text is asking for the first.
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
1 hour ago
Is the question about "thought it was a monster, turned out to be human" or "thought the monsters were the bad guys, turns out the humans were". The title implies the second, but the question-text is asking for the first.
– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
1 hour ago
add a comment |
I do not know what story is the first, but I do know of an earlier story than I Am Legend (1954) that made a big impression on me, a story by Lord Dunsay. I forget the title, but if you are reading a Dunsay story set in a more or less real Africa and a name similar to "Shiver Very" is mentioned - well you have been warned.
And the trope Humans are the Real Monsters should have examples from before 1954 and does have a few including Gulliver's Travels (1726) with the Yahoos, & H.G. Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896).
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HumansAreTheRealMonsters/Literature1
answered 6 hours ago
M. A. GoldingM. A. Golding
15.1k12659
2
Should that be Lord Dunsany?
– Rand al'Thor♦
5 hours ago
add a comment |
I do not know what story is the first, but I do know of an earlier story than I Am Legend (1954) that made a big impression on me, a story by Lord Dunsay. I forget the title, but if you are reading a Dunsay story set in a more or less real Africa and a name similar to "Shiver Very" is mentioned - well you have been warned.
And the trope Humans are the Real Monsters should have examples from before 1954 and does have a few including Gulliver's Travels (1726) with the Yahoos, & H.G. Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896).
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HumansAreTheRealMonsters/Literature1
answered 6 hours ago
M. A. GoldingM. A. Golding
15.1k12659
2
Should that be Lord Dunsany?
– Rand al'Thor♦
5 hours ago
add a comment |
I do not know what story is the first, but I do know of an earlier story than I Am Legend (1954) that made a big impression on me, a story by Lord Dunsay. I forget the title, but if you are reading a Dunsay story set in a more or less real Africa and a name similar to "Shiver Very" is mentioned - well you have been warned.
And the trope Humans are the Real Monsters should have examples from before 1954 and does have a few including Gulliver's Travels (1726) with the Yahoos, & H.G. Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896).
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HumansAreTheRealMonsters/Literature1
answered 6 hours ago
M. A. GoldingM. A. Golding
15.1k12659
I do not know what story is the first, but I do know of an earlier story than I Am Legend (1954) that made a big impression on me, a story by Lord Dunsay. I forget the title, but if you are reading a Dunsay story set in a more or less real Africa and a name similar to "Shiver Very" is mentioned - well you have been warned.
And the trope Humans are the Real Monsters should have examples from before 1954 and does have a few including Gulliver's Travels (1726) with the Yahoos, & H.G. Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896).
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HumansAreTheRealMonsters/Literature1
answered 6 hours ago
M. A. GoldingM. A. Golding
15.1k12659
edited 6 hours ago
answered 6 hours ago
M. A. GoldingM. A. Golding
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M. A. GoldingM. A. Golding
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answered 6 hours ago
M. A. GoldingM. A. Golding
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Should that be Lord Dunsany?
– Rand al'Thor♦
5 hours ago
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Should that be Lord Dunsany?
– Rand al'Thor♦
5 hours ago
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Should that be Lord Dunsany?
– Rand al'Thor♦
5 hours ago
Should that be Lord Dunsany?
– Rand al'Thor♦
5 hours ago
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How about Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. First published in 1818. In the end, who is really the monster?
answered 3 hours ago
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For those who haven’t read it could you edit this to explain better how it matches?
– TheLethalCarrot
3 hours ago
1
I don't think that's an answer to the question asked. While Frankenstein's monster is in part a victim, the humans don't really realise they are the monsters, or that the creature sees them as such (which he doesn't, I think).
– Jenayah
2 hours ago
@Jenayah I see where you're coming from, but at various points, Frankenstein himself admits that he finds his own actions monstrous, so it seems like it would stand. Frankenstein's monster initially wishes to make peace will his progenitor, but also eventually comes to hold this opinion, as he pursues his Frankenstein to the latter's death.
– SomeGuy
2 hours ago
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How about Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. First published in 1818. In the end, who is really the monster?
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For those who haven’t read it could you edit this to explain better how it matches?
– TheLethalCarrot
3 hours ago
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I don't think that's an answer to the question asked. While Frankenstein's monster is in part a victim, the humans don't really realise they are the monsters, or that the creature sees them as such (which he doesn't, I think).
– Jenayah
2 hours ago
@Jenayah I see where you're coming from, but at various points, Frankenstein himself admits that he finds his own actions monstrous, so it seems like it would stand. Frankenstein's monster initially wishes to make peace will his progenitor, but also eventually comes to hold this opinion, as he pursues his Frankenstein to the latter's death.
– SomeGuy
2 hours ago
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How about Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. First published in 1818. In the end, who is really the monster?
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For those who haven’t read it could you edit this to explain better how it matches?
– TheLethalCarrot
3 hours ago
1
I don't think that's an answer to the question asked. While Frankenstein's monster is in part a victim, the humans don't really realise they are the monsters, or that the creature sees them as such (which he doesn't, I think).
– Jenayah
2 hours ago
@Jenayah I see where you're coming from, but at various points, Frankenstein himself admits that he finds his own actions monstrous, so it seems like it would stand. Frankenstein's monster initially wishes to make peace will his progenitor, but also eventually comes to hold this opinion, as he pursues his Frankenstein to the latter's death.
– SomeGuy
2 hours ago
add a comment |
1
For those who haven’t read it could you edit this to explain better how it matches?
– TheLethalCarrot
3 hours ago
1
I don't think that's an answer to the question asked. While Frankenstein's monster is in part a victim, the humans don't really realise they are the monsters, or that the creature sees them as such (which he doesn't, I think).
– Jenayah
2 hours ago
@Jenayah I see where you're coming from, but at various points, Frankenstein himself admits that he finds his own actions monstrous, so it seems like it would stand. Frankenstein's monster initially wishes to make peace will his progenitor, but also eventually comes to hold this opinion, as he pursues his Frankenstein to the latter's death.
– SomeGuy
2 hours ago
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For those who haven’t read it could you edit this to explain better how it matches?
– TheLethalCarrot
3 hours ago
For those who haven’t read it could you edit this to explain better how it matches?
– TheLethalCarrot
3 hours ago
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I don't think that's an answer to the question asked. While Frankenstein's monster is in part a victim, the humans don't really realise they are the monsters, or that the creature sees them as such (which he doesn't, I think).
– Jenayah
2 hours ago
I don't think that's an answer to the question asked. While Frankenstein's monster is in part a victim, the humans don't really realise they are the monsters, or that the creature sees them as such (which he doesn't, I think).
– Jenayah
2 hours ago
@Jenayah I see where you're coming from, but at various points, Frankenstein himself admits that he finds his own actions monstrous, so it seems like it would stand. Frankenstein's monster initially wishes to make peace will his progenitor, but also eventually comes to hold this opinion, as he pursues his Frankenstein to the latter's death.
– SomeGuy
2 hours ago
@Jenayah I see where you're coming from, but at various points, Frankenstein himself admits that he finds his own actions monstrous, so it seems like it would stand. Frankenstein's monster initially wishes to make peace will his progenitor, but also eventually comes to hold this opinion, as he pursues his Frankenstein to the latter's death.
– SomeGuy
2 hours ago
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The suspected "monsters" are not necessarily space aliens, right? People are suspecting the mischief is done by ghosts or witches or devils, but the villains turn out to be mortal human beings?
– user14111
11 hours ago
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Well, any episode of Scooby-Doo fits...
– Spencer
11 hours ago
2
This somewhat fits to "the Village" as well.
– C.Koca
9 hours ago
2
Well's "The Time Machine" could possibly be argued
– NKCampbell
9 hours ago
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From the examples, I get "human pretends to be monster" but from the linked tvtropes it's "monsters consider humans to be the 'monster'" which is it?
– Baldrickk
8 hours ago