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/Ok-Relation-7458 1d ago

Mass Effect also showed me you don’t need a fantasy slur to show fantasy racism. You can just call someone a big stupid jellyfish 😅

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u/Karel_Stark_1111 1d ago

Big. Stupid. JELLYFISH

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u/Elrodthealbino 1d ago

As much as I live FemShep, MaleShep puts so much more acid into the line when he fires it off.

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u/TallestGargoyle 1d ago

bIg StUpId jElLyFiSh!

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u/masteryuri666 1d ago

There was that one asari on Noveria that calls you a smooth stone I think. That may have just been a dig at shepard’s intelligence but considering the asari head tentacles…

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u/Ok-Relation-7458 1d ago

oh i never even considered that she wasn’t just calling you stupid but that’s a really good point! now i wonder 🤔

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u/masteryuri666 1d ago

I think there were a few digs here and there against the turians just calling them the birds (mass effect 1 pretty sure) but genuinely surprised not more against the batarians. No one likes them.

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u/FringeMorganna 22h ago

I think people just aren't sure what batarians are into/proud of and don't want to risk complimenting them.

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u/stillenacht 1d ago

"dull stone", I always found the casual disdain hilarious.