Named After Their Planet: Difference between revisions

 

Also applies to humans on occasion, if a work refers to humans as Terrans, our homeworld as Terra, or both.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Often averted in ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''. The Daleks are from Skaro, the Cybermen from Mondas, the Time Lords from Gallifrey...but also often applied. Sontarans are from Sontar.

** Lampshaded with the Slitheen (of the Raxacoricofallapatorius Slitheen), who correct the cast, stating that it's their last name, not their species. Sometimes the name is applied to the species as well, especially in fandom, but they are correctly known as Raxacoricofallapatorians.

** Also, the Cybermen weren't always called Cybermen. It was only after they were forced to become cyborgs that they renamed themselves. The Daleks are also an artificial race (a forced mutation of the [[Human Alien]] Kaleds by a [[Mad Scientist]]).

* The [[Ultra Series]] uses this convention to name most of its alien species.

* ''[[Star Control]]'' uses this pretty consistently, the only species named for their homeworld are the (extinct at game start) Algolites (on Algol, duh) and they're named as such by your exploration team.

* ''[[Halo]]'' mostly averts this, with only the Sangheili (Elites) having a similarly named homeworld, Sanghelios.

* ''[[Master of Orion]]'' allows you to name your homeworld, although it still offers the default name. The only race that fits this trope are the [[Cyborg|Meklar]], whose homeworld is Meklon, the Gnolam, hailing from Gnol, and the [[Fish People|Trilarians]] of Trilar. The other races have noticeably different homeworld names from their race name. Examples include the [[Bee People|Klackon]] from Kholdan, the [[Lizard Folk|Sakkra]] from [[Sssssnaketalk|Sssla]], the [[Everything Is Worse With Bears|Bulrathi]] from Ursa, the [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|Darlok]] from Nazin, the [[Lady Land|Elerians]] from Draconis, and, of course, the humans from Sol.

** Additionally, there are the extinct Orions, whose homeworld of Orion is coveted by many. There are also the Antareans of Antares. However, the planet that is attacked at the end of ''MOO II'' turns out to have been just a colony, not Antares. The third game takes place after the true Antareans arrive and promptly kick everyone's collective asses.

** Also [[Played With]]--Amy, for example, has been called a Martian. She's a human who was born on Mars. It's the ''Native'' Martians who are a separate species.

* In ''[[Invader Zim]]'', the Irkens are from Irk. Amusingly, Zim follows a version of the trope himself: before landing on Earth he referred to its inhabitants as "Earthenoids," and referred to the extinct Martians as "Marsoids."

* The ''[[Thunder Cats]]'' were the elite warriors/nobility of the Thunderian people on their home planet of, surprise, surprise, Thundera. It doesn't stop there; the word "thunder" shows up ''a lot'' when stuff regarding that species gets involved. Ah, cartoons of [[The Eighties]]...

** This is also averted with the Mutants, who hailed from Plundarr.