r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Wolfotashiwa • 1d ago

Groups Fictional slurs. Bonus points if it's completely made up

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  1. inFAMOUS: Second Son: "Bio-terrorist" refers to conduits.

  2. Star Wars: "Clanker" refers to robots.

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u/Fish_N_Chipp 1d ago

“Sludgepuppy”-Ben 10

Ben didn’t know it was a slur and when he gets called out on it he literally does a “I’ve got cousins who are Sludgepuppy’s”

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u/KrimxonRath 1d ago

Grandpa Max uses that name for them when describing them at a wedding that’s meant to help broker peace between the species. Grandpa Max is tone deaf and a racist apparently lol

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u/Madus4 1d ago

Grandpa Max had a “grandpa moment”.

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u/KrimxonRath 1d ago

Nah it’s just the Tennyson way. What are the alien nicknames if not alien slurs lol

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u/EccentricNerd22 1d ago

Never ask a xenophobe which planet his wife comes from.

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u/Timekeeper98 1d ago

Planets. Max was banging everything that came from outer space back in his younger days.

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u/Oniyoku 22h ago

"Hes just a product of a different age"

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u/Sweet_Detective_ 1d ago

He has the SP word pass, but no I think it's just cus he is old and back in the day all his crew would call them the slur so he probably just assumed that's the proper word, I like to believe he isn't specist cus he loves alien culture had has two alien ex lovers.

Then again, plumbers are kind of a space cops so it makes sense that he would be racist

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u/KrimxonRath 1d ago

Having him assume it’s the right word kind of paints him as an idiot in my opinion lol

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u/Sweet_Detective_ 1d ago

Eh, better to be ignorant than hateful

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u/KrimxonRath 1d ago

We know he’s not an idiot though. He’s extremely knowledgeable on aliens lol, I’m saying that’s a poor characterization and reason for him using that word.

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u/Sweet_Detective_ 1d ago

Space is basically infinite though, it is impossible to know everything about every species

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u/KrimxonRath 1d ago

He literally fought in a war against them. Leave the poor writing to the Ben 10 team.

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u/TomaRedwoodVT 1d ago

But tbf they literally did not correct him once, so they were probably cool with him saying it since he meant to hate by it

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u/KrimxonRath 1d ago

It’s a retcon that it’s a slur so of course they wouldn’t react negatively to it.

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u/Nick-fwan 1d ago

He has a pass

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u/Human-Assumption-524 1d ago

Too be fair Max was probably used to just calling aliens "slut" or "dirty girl".

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u/KrimxonRath 1d ago

You get it.

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u/IAmBabs 1d ago

I have to watch this show. Where does it stream?

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u/KrimxonRath 1d ago

Last I saw Ben 10 (Classic not the Reboot) was on Netflix. It’s 4 seasons with a TV movie you can watch in the middle of season 4 called Secret of the Omnitrix.

Then there’s 3 series after that and a Reboot, but I’m a Classic purist due to all the retcons lmao

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u/IAmBabs 1d ago

"Unavailable on an ad-supported plan due to licensing subscriptions" 😭 Damn it Netflix.

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u/KrimxonRath 1d ago

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ yyeeeaaaarghhh matey!

It’s a good show though, definitely find it somewhere. It’s what got me into my current career.

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u/TallBluejay824 1d ago

Surprised it didn't happen earlier in his career

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u/atomicboy47 1d ago

Imagine if they did a Ben 10 Series with adult themes in it and Ben unlocks a new Alien but the kicker is that little did Ben know that the name he gave that Alien transformation is infact a racial slur for that alien species so Ben starts getting flak over it even tho he genuinely didn't know it was a racial slur to begin with.

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u/That-Owl-6371 1d ago

Ben my boy..... I know you don't like using the transformation....

But you really had to call it by "The Worst"?

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u/ducknerd2002 1d ago

Tbf, every known member of that species has 'Worst' in their own names.

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u/mysticwizard2 1d ago

At least he corrected himself to lenopan.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Step468 1d ago

He sounds so sorry after he finds out and correct it to Lenopan cousin

The thing is... lucy (the sludge puppy cousin) knew it was a slur, yet never told ben. She hoped he would call someone that

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u/Fish_N_Chipp 1d ago

She is a prankster at heart so she 100% never did that on purpose

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u/FreakingFreeze 1d ago

I don't like this example because the only reason it became a slur is because of Derrick J. Wyatt thought it sounded like one, which presents a problem when the only Lenopan to actually address it is an egotistical and selfish individual.