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[[Speculative Fiction|Sci-Fi]] literature tends to employ this trope more often than television and movies. Also a popular theme in [[Cosmic Horror Story]]. |
[[Speculative Fiction|Sci-Fi]] literature tends to employ this trope more often than television and movies. Also a popular theme in [[Cosmic Horror Story]]. |
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See also: [[Earth-That-Was]] and [[A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away]]. [[Puny Earthlings]] usually goes hand-in-hand with this, for obvious reasons. Earth is also no longer the only planet subject to |
See also: [[Earth-That-Was]] and [[A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away]]. [[Puny Earthlings]] usually goes hand-in-hand with this, for obvious reasons. Earth is also no longer the only planet subject to this — compare [[Pluto Is Expendable]]. |
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Can provoke [[Fridge Logic]] when aliens who plainly evolved in an environment similar to Earth call it |
Can provoke [[Fridge Logic]] when aliens who plainly evolved in an environment similar to Earth call it this — as if their homeworlds were any different. |
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{{noreallife|it attracts [[Natter|unnecessary discussions]] (this trope versus [[Earth Is the Center of the Universe]]). [[Take It to the Forums]].}} |
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Also, no aversions or [[Not a Subversion|kinda-sorta subversions]] here. Take them to [[Earth Is the Center of the Universe]] instead. |
Also, no aversions or [[Not a Subversion|kinda-sorta subversions]] here. Take them to [[Earth Is the Center of the Universe]] instead. |
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== Advertising == |
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* Zigzagged in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3M9cx3Q7_I this commercial] from Super Bowl 2016; the aliens find it odd that the "simple-brained" humans were puzzled by a Rubik's Cube, view emotes as a silly and primitive form of communication, and believe airplane seats were used as a form of torture. However, these aliens also have Chia Pets in their culture, proving they aren't perfect. |
* Zigzagged in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3M9cx3Q7_I this commercial] from Super Bowl 2016; the aliens find it odd that the "simple-brained" humans were puzzled by a Rubik's Cube, view emotes as a silly and primitive form of communication, and believe airplane seats were used as a form of torture. However, these aliens also have Chia Pets in their culture, proving they aren't perfect. |
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== Anime |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* Despite a good number of its cast being from Earth, to the Space/Time Administration of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' it's just "Non-Administrated World #97." Nobody looks down at us, though, and hey, given how the TSAB monitors the whole freaking Space-Time Continuum, being in the top 100 ain't bad. The first two seasons did have [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe|<s>Tokyo</s> Uminari Is The Center Of The Universe]], though, with both the Jewel Seeds and the Book of Darkness appearing in that city. |
* Despite a good number of its cast being from Earth, to the Space/Time Administration of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' it's just "Non-Administrated World #97." Nobody looks down at us, though, and hey, given how the TSAB monitors the whole freaking Space-Time Continuum, being in the top 100 ain't bad. The first two seasons did have [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe|<s>Tokyo</s> Uminari Is The Center Of The Universe]], though, with both the Jewel Seeds and the Book of Darkness appearing in that city. |
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** The serial numbers are apparently granted based on classification and order of acceptance (Mid-Childia is also referred to as "Administrated World #1"). |
** The serial numbers are apparently granted based on classification and order of acceptance (Mid-Childia is also referred to as "Administrated World #1"). |
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