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** According to [[Word of God]], "Centauri" is a misnomer of sorts - the first human/Centauri contact occurred in the Alpha Centauri system, and the humans assumed the Centauri home planet was in that area. It wasn't, but the term stuck in the English language.
** [[Abusive Precursors|The Shadows]] come from Z'ha'dum, although their true name is unknown. They just like everybody calling them "Shadows".
* Often averted in ''[[
** 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.
** In the [[Extended Universe]], Sontar is an inversion: a general named Sontar conquered the planet, had all future members of the [[Me's a Crowd|species be his clones]] and [[Egopolis|re-named the world and species after himself.]]
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* The [[Ultra Series]] uses this convention to name most of its alien species.
* Every alien race in ''[[Tracker]]''.
* The Jaridians in ''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]'' come from Jaridia, although it may not be their original homeworld, given that they used to be the same species as the Taelons. After the split, the Taelons settled another world in the Q'ruu'faa system of the Ma'hu'ra'va galaxy, calling it Taelon. This makes it the reverse case. This was the Taelon homeworld for hundreds of millions of years.
** It's implied that the [[Our Vampires Are Different|Atavus]] homeworld (which isn't named in the show) was the original homeworld of the Jaridians and Taelons.
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** By comparison, the Martians are from outside the solar system. They got this name because they used to have a colony on Mars.
* As a parody, a holo-simulator from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' features Jupiter Moon Martians--naturally enough, they're natives of Mars who immigrated to Jupiter's moon, Ganymede.
* Nemesites in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' come from a planet orbiting the [
* Averted in ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'', where the trolls' planet is called Alternia. Though, when you translate the [[The Elder Scrolls (Video Game)|Daedric]]-turned-180-degrees that [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003891 the name is written in], you get "Trollplanet".
** It is also referred to as "the trollplanet" by the human cast a couple of times.
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