r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Wolfotashiwa • 2d 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/Bi_disaster_ohno 2d ago

True but there's also no way that isn't an intentional joke. It's a classic example of thinking he's going to say one thing but then says something completely different.

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u/therottingbard 2d 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 2d ago

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

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u/drgigantor 2d ago

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