Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Difference between revisions

** Chakotay has a speech about this in "Scorpion." Wary of Janeway's plan to forge an alliance with the Borg, he tells her a version of the first story listed in the Myth and Legend section, attributing it as ancient legend of his tribe.

** Apart from a bare handful of Cardassians who thought [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]], the only exceptions were some background characters in the movies, revealing that [[The Federation]] ''does'' have turtle-people and lizard-people amongst its citizens; they just don't ''do'' anything. Maybe they need more sunlight?

* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' intentionally avoids the trope, featuring friendly introductions to "scary" animals to assure the kids that [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|they're not mean]]. There's a song about a friendly snake named Sammy. There is also one about an Alligator king and his seven sons; both song and alligators are pleasant.

* ''[[Farscape]]'':

* Far more often than not, when they're not player-controlled, the [[Lizard Folk|Sakkra]] are usually quite ready to attack others, in the ''[[Master of Orion]]'' series. Not helped any by their tendency to have the "Repulsive" racial trait, which severely limits communication and gives a negative modifier to diplomatic relations. Basically, you can't live with them, and if you slacked off on building a big fleet you can't kill them.

* In ''[[Contra]] [[Rebirth]]'' your enemies this time are the Neo Salamander Army trying to take over the Earth in the past and wipe out the Contra forces retroactively, but it's also subverted with Plissken, one of the unlockable allies in your game who's a blue Salamander and {{spoiler|is also Colonel Salamander, the leader of the entire army who changed his evil ways and joined Contra to do good, or for revenge.}}

* ''[[City of Villains]]'':

** This game features an enemy group called the Snakes, based in Mercy Island. Unlike most enemy groups (which are at least humanoid), the Snakes are literally anthropomorphic snakes who worship a deity called Stheno and wish to reclaim Mercy Island for themselves. Arachnos ends up using them as a test for new Destined Ones to see if they really have what it takes to be a supervillain. They tend to view these Snakes more as pests than anything else...