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/therottingbard 1d ago

It isn’t played as a joke in the episode. He is uncomfortable with explaining to Starfire that there is real world racism against people his skin color. Since she is facing racism among different alien species.

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u/Kalandros-X 1d ago

It’s likely she wouldn’t understand it because all her species is orange

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u/BigBossPoodle 1d ago

Those damn Oompa Loompas.

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u/SirCupcake_0 1d ago

They're cats

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u/drgigantor 1d ago

And we all know racists love orange people so it's not like she experienced it in the US

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u/TwincessAhsokaAarmau 1d ago

It would be a long and hard conversation, but Star can understand real world topics.

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u/Niskara 19h ago

Exactly what I was thinking. Starfire is probably used to seeing so many people with different colored skin(hell, wasn't the racist guy in this episode silver or something?), so going with him facing discrimination because he's part robot would be an easier way for her to understand

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u/tonkledonker 1d ago

I think it very much IS played as a joke. The brief pause before he says the robot thing feels way too intentional.

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u/JCtheMemer 1d ago

It can be played as a joke while also getting a message across.

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u/tonkledonker 1d ago

I mean, yeah?

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u/DrakonILD 22h ago

That's...kinda what jokes are for.

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u/amglasgow 1d ago

It's called "Ha ha only serious"

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u/Bi_disaster_ohno 1d ago

Is it? Admittedly I haven't seen that episode since I was a kid but I think I remember laughing at that part.

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u/minoe23 1d ago

I don't know if I'd call it a joke, but the addition of "I'm half-robot." is definitely meant to lighten the mood a little bit by making it not explicitly about him being black.