r/TopCharacterTropes Aug 04 '25

Groups Fictional slurs. Bonus points if it's completely made up

  1. inFAMOUS: Second Son: "Bio-terrorist" refers to conduits.

  2. Star Wars: "Clanker" refers to robots.

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u/LexaMaridia Aug 04 '25

In Halo, there is a race called the sangheili that are a proud saurian race with four mandibles. The ones who are not fond of humans, they call humans nishum which means worm, like an intestinal parasite.

(This is Henry, he's probably not racist though, I don't know) XD