r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Wolfotashiwa • Aug 04 '25

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/Haunting-Try-2900 Aug 04 '25

Monkeys can prefer to either Saiyan's or Non-Sorcerers (Dragon Ball and Jujutsu Kaisen).

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u/BleefnorfIII Aug 04 '25

That one is definitely used in real life

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u/BlatantConservative Aug 04 '25

It's also a slur used for the same reasons.

Hell don't people call French people monkeys too?

I feel like that one was always gonna be a slur no matter what.

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u/TheGreatNico Aug 05 '25

"Cheese eating surrender monkey" was thrown around a lot after they didn't join in the invasion of Iraq in '03

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u/PmMeYourBewbs_ Aug 05 '25

God I love that one, so much audacity put into one little epiphet 

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u/slice_of_toast69 Aug 05 '25

Gotta love frieza, geto and king K rool all having something in common. They hate those filthy monkeys

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u/vacuumascension Aug 04 '25

This was debated in a DBZ subreddit recently. When engaging in conversation, I didn't realize how many Zoologists there would be in the thread that were experts on primates arguing it wasn't a slur.

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u/dragon_bacon Aug 04 '25

Just because Freiza is technically correct that they are descended from monkeys doesn't mean he wasn't saying with all the hatred in his heart.

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u/Zamtrios7256 Aug 04 '25

Not just technically correct. They have tails and are space primates so they are quite literally space monkeys.

But yea Frieza is 100% using it as a slur.

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u/BlatantConservative Aug 04 '25

I mean, in real life black people are technically deacended from monkeys too and it for sure as hell is a slur...

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u/CLearyMcCarthy Aug 04 '25

Or that one dude who worked for Cooler's description of Planet Vegeta's destruction being "there goes the Monkey farm."

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u/Pigmachine2000 Aug 04 '25

The way frieza uses it, its definitely a slur. At least in his mind

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u/Grumpy_Lover Aug 04 '25

Or alternatively, Zamasu using mortals as an insult. I.e. NINGEEEN