Take me to your leader (phrase)

"Take me to your leader" is a science-fiction cartoon catchphrase, said by an extraterrestrial alien who has just landed on Earth in a spacecraft to the first human they happen to meet.

In cartoons, the theme is frequently varied for comic effect, such as a pun on the phrase to suit the setting, or the alien addressing an animal or object they assume is an intelligent earthling.

Writing in 1893, British captain William T. Wawn described the phrase in the context of Europeans trading with indigenous peoples in the South Pacific.

[1][2] Its usage in an extraterrestial context is believed to have originated in a 1953 cartoon by Alex Graham in The New Yorker magazine.

The cartoon depicted two aliens telling a horse "Kindly take us to your President!