Named After Their Planet: Difference between revisions

* The ''[[Young Wizards]]'' universe simultaneously uses and averts this trope; almost every species (or, every dominant species, anyway - this isn't an issue with the other wizarding species on Earth, of which we see whales and cats) calls themselves "humans" and their planet "Earth" in their own language, but after this is noted in ''High Wizardry'', they're usually referred to by names derived from their homeworld's name. It gets a [[Call Back]] occasionally, such as the conversation at the start of ''Wizards at War'', when [[Human Aliens|Roshaun]] objects to being called a humanoid: "''I'' am the human. ''You're'' the humanoids."

 

* Common in ''[[Star Trek]]''. The vast majority of the species are named after their homeworld. They do have exceptions, like the Humans (Earth), Klingons (Qo'nos), Borg (homeworld unknown as no origin story was ever told for them)...

** Of course, in the [[Parallel Universe]] featured in DS9, humans are all called Terrans.

* The ''[[Thundercats]]'' were the elite warriors/nobility of the Thunderian people on their home planet of, surprise, surprise, Thundera. It doesn't stop there; [[To the Bat Noun|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.

* Neosapiens in ''[[Exo Squad]]'' always refer to ''homo sapiens sapiens'' as "Terrans." This works because the Neosapiens were created on Mars and regard it as their homeworld, and it is simpler than using the full species name. "Human" refers to both species.

* [[Transformers|Cybertronians]] are from the planet Cybertron.