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* Mysteron agents in ''[[Captain Scarlet]]'' would use "Earthman" after having broken, or in order to break, the [[Masquerade]]. The invisible Voice of the Mysterons themselves also announced "We know that you can hear us, Earthmen" each week.
* In the earlier [[Gerry Anderson]] show ''[[Stingray (1985 TV series)|Stingray]]'', various sea-dwelling uglies would call humans "Terraneans," since we come from land (terrain).
* In ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'', the Fraggles call humans "silly creatures"; not an insult, as they ''like'' things that are silly. {{spoiler| Doc later agrees it's a rather accurate description.}}
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* ''[[Megas XLR]]''
** Humans are called Earthers by the [[Cthulhumanoid|Glorft]].
** Before that however, [[Widget, the World Watcher|Widget]] used "Earther" when referring to humans.
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