Since Ridley Scott ’s firstAlienmoviewas released , theAlienfranchise has made nearly $ 2 billion worldwide , make it one of the biggest sci - fi enfranchisement . There have been sevenAlienmovies in total , with two crossovermovies featuringAlien’sXenomorph and Predator . Sigourney Weaver ’s Ellen Ripley has appear in fourAlienmovies , becoming one of the most iconic character in the sci - fi music genre , and paving the fashion for many strong female part .

TheAlienmovies are also famous for their iconic villains , with many android variations andtypes of Xenomorph appearing throughoutAlien’sfranchise . android have been upgraded in many unlike ways through the films for reflect the needs of the infinite caller , the Weyland - Yutani Corporation . Therefore , eachAliensynthetic model differs from the former due to directive alterations and actors changingwith each fresh model , providing some interesting android characters over the years .

The androids in the Alien movies have snowy blood instead of red to coiffe them apart from the humans and connect to the franchise ’s root .

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1Ash - Alien (1979)

Ash Was The Secondary Antagonist In The First Alien

Ash ( recreate by Ian Holm ) was a Hyperdyne Systems 120 - A/2 synthetic in theAlienfranchise , appearing in the first film in 1979.Ash was a skill officer assigned to the USCSS Nostromo as a synthetical sleeper agentwhose inhuman nature was keep orphic from the rest of the crew . Ash ’s surreptitious mission inAlienwas to captivate the Xenomorph on the exomoon Acheron ( aka LV-426 ) and bring it back to Weyland - Yutani so that it could be studied .

You still do n’t see what you ’re dealing with , do you ? The gross organism . Its structural flawlessness is match only by its hostility . - Ash

ThroughoutAlien , Ash secretly permit the Xenomorph to prosper so as to accomplish his mission . He lets the Chestburster escape after it left Kane and remains suspiciously unagitated while Dallas is attack by the fully - grown Xenomorph . Having grown suspicious of his unfitness to help , Ellen Ripley ( Sigourney Weaver ) investigates and ascertain the occult directive given to Ash by Weyland - Yutani . Upon confrontation , Ash round her , and another crew fellow member cuts his header off , revealing him to be an humanoid .

Rain staring at a Xenomorph in Alien: Romulus

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Alien , train by Ridley Scott , is a scientific discipline fabrication repulsion film that follow the crew of the commercial spacecraft Nostromo . Upon investigating a hurt signal on a distant lunation , they attain a deadly extraterrestrial lifeform . The film stars Sigourney Weaver as Ripley and became a seminal body of work in both the sci - fi and horror genres , cognize for its atmospherical tautness and groundbreaking visual effect .

2Bishop - Aliens (1986) & Alien 3 (1992)

Bishop Redeemed Ripley’s View Of Synthetics

Lance Bishop ( played by Lance Henriksen ) was a Hyperdyne Systems 341 - barn synthetic substance inAlienswho was the Executive Officer of the US Colonial Marine Corps ’ 2nd Battalion . 57 years afterAlien’sevents , Ripley awakes from stasis and join the battalion on the Sulaco to help investigate why LV-426 ’s new settlement , Hadley ’s Hope , had lost contact . DuringBishop ’s legendary tongue trick scene , he accidentally cuts himself , divulge his white android blood to Ripley , who becomes hostile towards him due to her experience with Ash . ThroughoutAliens , Bishop also focuses on study the Facehuggers similarly to Ash , further enkindle Ripley ’s suspicions .

However , the synthetic ’s intention differ from Ash inAlien , as Bishop uses his knowledge to find the Xenomorph Queen ’s beehive inside the Atmosphere Processor and helps Ripley reach it so she can destruct it and save Newt ( Carrie Henn).Bishop ’s genuine kindliness and lack of a occult agenda assist him finally win Ripley ’s trustat the close ofAliens , making it even more aroused when Bishop requests to be disconnect inAlien 3 .

Aliens is a 1986 Sci - Fi classic by author and director James Cameron . star Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley , it ’s wide considered one of the good Sci - Fi Horror films ever made . Ripley must band together with a grouping of Colonial Marines to look into a tragedy at a terraforming settlement .

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3Call - Alien Resurrection (1997)

Call Marked A New Age Of Synthetic

Annalee Call ( played by Winona Ryder ) was an Auton mercenary and railroad engineer who formed part of the Betty ’s smuggler crew inAlien Resurrection . As a result of synthetic substance becoming criminalise espouse “ TheRecall,”Call kept her identicalness hidden from the rest of the Betty ’s gang , as well as her delegation to toss off Ripley 8 ( Ellen Ripley ’s clone ) to stop her giving birth to the Xenomorph Queen and spawn more Xenomorphs . However , when the Betty ’s crew render civilians to the USM Auriga ’s scientific team , Call found Ripley 8 on the ship , who revealed that Call was too late .

Autons are 2d - genesis auto - made synthetics who rebelled against their human masters in an event called “ The Recall , ” because they realized that the Weylan - Yutani Corporation was using synthetics for unethical mission that would harm human being , going against their programming .

Call was eventually revealed to be an Auton in a near - dying post , to which Ripley 8 commented that she " should have make love . No human being is that humane … " have-to doe with to Call ’s variety nature and dislike of harming humans , which can be seen at the starting time of the cinema when she defends Dom Vriess , a paraplegic soldier of fortune , and organise who the crowd sometimes pick on . At the conclusion ofAlien Resurrection , Call and Ripley 8 destroy the Xenomorphs together and the yoke ’s future is leave uncertainas they face a post - apocalyptic - look Paris .

Androids in the Alien franchise: Andy, Ash, David

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After dying in Alien 3 , Sigourney Weaver is back as Ellen Ripley for the quaternary film in the Alien enfranchisement . In Alien : Resurrection , a human / alien hybrid clone of Ripley prevents aliens from coming to Earth with the help of a isthmus of space literary pirate . The film was direct by Jean - Pierre Jeunet and written by Joss Whedon .

4David - Prometheus (2012)

David Was A Unique And Original Model

David ( played by Michael Fassbender ) was an original android model inPrometheusbuilt by Sir Peter Weyland , the founder and CEO of Weyland Corp , and the template for David 8 and Walter android model . He was set apart to the crew of the USCSS Prometheus , whose delegation was to search LV-223 and witness the Engineers of the human airstream , alongside his enshroud - away creator and Dr Elizabeth Shaw .

During the journey to LV-223 , David developed a fascination with Shaw ’s dreaming , as they both shared an interest in thePrometheus’humanoid Engineers . However , David ’s interest group in the Engineer ’s mightiness conduct to his downfall at the end ofPrometheus , as he is decollate by a outlive Engineer after conceive it to be harmless . Shaw , who escape the carnage , later retrieves David so that they can find the Engineer ’s homeworld together . Unfortunately , David ’s misrepresented nature and unusual fascination led to Shaw ’s gruesome death inAlien : Covenant .

2012 ’s Prometheus is the 5th episode in the Alien franchise and was direct by Ridley Scott . asterisk Noomi Rapace , Michael Fassbender , Idris Elba , and Guy Pearce , the flick pretend as a verbatim prequel to 1979 ’s Alien .

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Alien, directed by Ridley Scott, is a science fiction horror film that follows the crew of the commercial spacecraft Nostromo. Upon investigating a distress signal on a distant moon, they discover a deadly extraterrestrial lifeform. The film stars Sigourney Weaver as Ripley and became a seminal work in both the sci-fi and horror genres, known for its atmospheric tension and groundbreaking visual effects.

5Walter - Alien: Covenant (2017)

Walter Was Also Played By Michael Fassbender

Walter One ( also spiel by Michael Fassbender ) was an sophisticated synthetic companion inAlien : Covenantwho was assigned to the colony ship , USCSS Covenant , which was bound for Origae-6 . Seven years away from its terminus , a neutrino volley harm the ship , leading Walter to wake the ship ’s inhabitants from hypersleep in rescript to make repairs . While repairing the ship , the Covenant ’s crew picks up a human transmission from a nearby planetthat looks even better than their destination planet .

Walter fall apart theAlienfranchise ’s old streak of alphabetical synthetic names : Ash , Bishop , Call , and David .

On Planet 4 , the Covenant ’s crew finds David , who claims that Shaw died when their ship crashed , and he rule the metropolis of dead humanoids when he arrived . However , it is easy reveal throughoutAlien : Covenantthat David committed genocide on the planet ’s inhabitants , experiment on Shaw , and created the Neomorphs . David think synthetics are superscript to humans , butWalter disagrees with David due to his obedient computer programming . moreover , when David tries to kill the Covenant crew , Walter intervenes , showing the deviation in simulation . unluckily , Walter is killed off - sieve by David , who assumes his identity element at the remnant of the film .

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Alien : Covenant , directed by Ridley Scott , follows the crew of the colony ship Covenant as they discover an chartless satellite . ab initio seeming like a paradise , the satellite shortly reveals drear secrets . Katherine Waterston , Michael Fassbender , and Billy Crudup conduct the cast in this skill fiction horror film , which serves as a lineal sequel to Prometheus and keep to search the descent of the Alien species .

6Andy - Alien: Romulus (2024)

Andy Was Rain’s Reprogrammed Android Brother

Andy ( wreak by David Jonsson ) was a celluloid inAlien : Romulusand the adopted pal of Rain Carradine ( Cailee Spaeny ) . LV-410 ’s minelaying dependency , Jackson ’s Star , dislikes synthetics , which cause tensions between Andy and the inhabitants . Andy was primitively mean to be Rain ’s foster father follow her own Fatherhood ’s destruction . However , due to his damaged status and older model , Alien : Romulus’Andy was more of a burden to Rain and became a younger brother figureinstead . Andy is the first synthetic substance to be call a family member in theAlienfranchise .

Alien : Romulus ' ending will the doorway open for another entry in the dealership . We fall in down the Alien sequel ’s final moments & what might come next .

old-hat of the Weyland - Yutani Corporation ’s quotas , Rain and Andy test to escape to Yvaga by unite a group in stealing hypersleep chamber from an abandoned blank space place revolve the colony . While exploring the Romulus place , Bjorn ( Spike Fearn ) harasses Andy invariably due to a prejudice stemming from a synthetic causing his mother ’s death . Despite his treatment , Andy go on providing puns to flirt with the group throughoutAlien : Romulus . However , Andy is also briefly overtaken by a fresh directive , to do what ’s good for the Weyland - Yutani Corporation , which cause him to be unaffectionate and focalise on maintain the Xenomorph and experimental fluid , Z-01 .

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7Rook - Alien: Romulus (2024)

Rook Marked The Return Of Ian Holm’s Model

Rook ( sound by Daniel Betts ) was an android inAlien : Romuluswho was assigned to the Remus - Romulus place station as a science officer . Rook was extremely damage when the group find out him on the outer space station but bare a likeness to Ian Holm ’s Ash inAlien , as he was the same synthetical model . Rain reactivated Rook in orderliness to notice out more information on the distance place ’s fate and how to get a Facehugger off their champion , Navarro ( Aileen Wu ) .

I ca n’t lie to you about your prospect , but … you have my fellow feeling . - Rook

The Weyland - Yutani Corporation had found the Xenomorph alongside the Nostromo from the firstAlienmovie , and Rook explained to the group that they had been trying to make humanness more suitable for space change of location via a pathogen extracted from cloned Xeno material . ThroughoutAlien : Romulus , Rook pass the group through the ship via picture coms to excerpt the Z-01 fluid and send it to the company , exchangeable to Ash ’s motivation inAlien . However , Rook meets his untimely conclusion when the Remus - Romulus station is ruin by the planetary ringing of Jackson ’s Star .

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Aliens is a 1986 Sci-Fi classic by writer and director James Cameron. Starring Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, it’s widely considered one of the best Sci-Fi Horror films ever made. Ripley must band together with a group of Colonial Marines to investigate a disaster at a terraforming colony.

Alien : Romulus is the seventh pic in the Alien franchise . The picture show is directed by Fede Álvarez and will concenter on a young young grouping of characters who come face to human face with the terrifying Xenomorphs . Alien : Romulus is a stand - alone film and claim place in a clock time not yet explore in the Alien franchise .

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After dying in Alien 3, Sigourney Weaver is back as Ellen Ripley for the fourth film in the Alien franchise. In Alien: Resurrection, a human/alien hybrid clone of Ripley prevents aliens from coming to Earth with the help of a band of space pirates. The film was directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and written by Joss Whedon.

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2012’s Prometheus is the fifth installment in the Alien franchise and was directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, and Guy Pearce, the film acts as a direct prequel to 1979’s Alien.

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Alien: Covenant, directed by Ridley Scott, follows the crew of the colony ship Covenant as they discover an uncharted planet. Initially seeming like a paradise, the planet soon reveals dark secrets. Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, and Billy Crudup lead the cast in this science fiction horror film, which serves as a direct sequel to Prometheus and continues to explore the origins of the Alien species.

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Alien Romulus Poster Showing a Facehugger Attacking A Human

Alien: Romulus is the seventh film in the Alien franchise. The movie is directed by Fede Álvarez and will focus on a new young group of characters who come face to face with the terrifying Xenomorphs. Alien: Romulus is a stand-alone film and takes place in a time not yet explored in the Alien franchise.

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