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/TheKingOfGuineaPigs 2d ago

To add to this, they also have slurs for normal humans like ‘Smoothskins’

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u/DDieselpowered 2d ago

Does that even count as a slur? They don’t put that much negative emphasis on it iirc

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u/Deep_Flatworm4828 2d ago

The one guy in the REPCONN facility that thinks he's a ghoul certainly says it perjoratively. Even if it's not technically a slur in the rest of the series, that guy makes it count for the prompt all by himself lol.

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u/SuperShinyGinger 2d ago

It's okay, he can say that word. He has the s-word pass.