Pop Culture’s Sexiest Aliens

Last week, while millions of Americans celebrated Independence Day, a few lucky aliens celebrated the sixty-third anniversary of the day they landed in Roswell, New Mexico … and got dissected. Since the supposed crash landing, aliens have exploded into the pop culture in a big way. They’ve played heroes, villains, and wacky sidekicks. Whether they’ve befriended small children or eaten small children, aliens have been a vital part of our entertainment for the last six decades.

Why not celebrate this special occasion the only way we humans know how? By looking at sexy people in costumes. Captain Jack has been getting a lot of headlines lately, but there are plenty of other sexy aliens to gawk at. So here are some of the hottest, whether they’re male, female … or something else.

Sally Solomon (Kristen Johnston)

Third Rock from the Sun’s Sally is a gruff, take-charge soldier trapped in the body of a tall, blonde bombshell. As an alien, she’s neither male nor female, so she has to learn about gender the hard way — by inadvertently seducing everyone around her. Despite a long-term relationship with a chubby police officer, Sally went on plenty of dates throughout the sitcom’s six-year run, using a few well-timed pratfalls to show us all that beautiful can still be funny.

Thor (Chris Hemsworth)

With this year’s release of Thor, a huge chunk of the non-comic-reading public let out a collective “What the—” at the revelation that Thor is basically an alien who travels to Earth from a Marvel-sponsored wormhole. Less surprising is his rockin’ bod and sex appeal. His hammer may be slightly less high-tech than other alien technology, but you know what they say. It’s all about how you swing it.

Leela (Katey Sagal)

So what if she’s a one-eyed mutant who sounds suspiciously like the wife from Married… with Children? And so what if she’s technically more of a sewer-dwelling C.H.U.D. than an actual human? Leela brings spunk and sex appeal to the yellow-skinned, chinless world of Futurama. You don’t need both your eyes to see that she’s the brains and beauty of this show.

Number Six (Tricia Helfer)

Number Six seduces Gaius Baltar

There is absolutely nothing sexy about robots — just ask Robin Williams in Bicentennial Man — but when Tricia Helfer appeared in the Battlestar Galactica remake, she brought a warmth and humanity to the Cylon race. She played several characters, all of whom are programmed to force humans to emit that ah-OO-gah sound that cartoon wolves make whenever she walks by. Frankly, her fragile sex appeal is a bigger threat to humanity that any boob-shaped warhead could ever be. Just ask everyone annihilated during the sneak attack on Caprica if you don’t believe me.

Compared to the clunky metal Cylons of the original series, Number Six is definitely an upgrade.

The Silver Surfer (Doug Jones)

What’s better than a naked surfer? How about a naked surfer who glistens like Robert Pattinson and saves entire planets? Throughout Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, our beachy alien proves that a bad movie can be immensely improved by computer-animated muscles. Plus, if you get tired of him, you can always melt him down for a quick buck.