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The many non-sentient animals of the planet.

Various once regular animals who have achieved sentience. Alongside your own tribe, there are rival tribes whom you can destroy or befriend. Some are neutral to your presence, while others though may hate you for no reason and will periodically attack.

Two naively optimistic aliens who are the stars of their own series of adventures where [[BlackComedy they always die horribly]]. Maxis made their initial appearances [[MemeticMutation and then the fan base ran with it,]] there are literally hundreds of adventures made starring this ill-fated pair.

* {{Fireballs}}: They have the ability to spit them in civilization and space stages. They can also do that in creature stage, but they use it a lot less often.

* ThePowerOfFamily: They have the biggest cell relationship in the game, a one woven into the gameplay too.

* UnusableEnemyEquipment: Some enemy cell parts have been DummiedOut of the normal cell editor.

* GutturalGrowler: Their voice is very harsh, even when they're in a good mood.

* KillItWithFire: Flaming Torches deal low damage to creatures, but [[AntiStructure are very damaging to buildings]], and are available from the start for herbivore tribes.

* AnimalsLackAttributes EnforcedTrope for obvious reasons.

* GlassGlacier: Once they've become your peers, they can be reduced to near-harmlessness with poison and - to lesser extend - electric shocks.

* MonsterMunch

* GodIsGood. He still saves the player from the Black Clawed Zealots even if your kind does not worship Him or worships The God That Will Come.
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Makes sense as he is supposedly an omnipotent deity.

* GodIsGood. He still saves the player from the Black Clawed Zealots even if your kind does not worships Him or worships The God That Will Come.

* GodIsGood. He still saves the player from the Black Clawed Zealots even if your kind worships The God That Will Come.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever

* BladeOnAStick: That you can throw and what the omnivores start with.

* HateSink: Even the Zealots have at least some redeeming qualities; the Grox on the other hand are completely heartless and megalomaniacal beings who truly are pure evil. They are this in-universe too with the Diplomats and Scientists being the only philosophies who don't actively hate the Grox (the former believes they could be a powerful ally and the latter almost admires them for their powerful technological advancements), [[EveryoneHasStandards though both still agree the Grox are horrible villains that need to be destroyed and not befriended]].

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The rest of the entire game is generally cartoonish life simulator fun, even if it naturally gets dark as a result of being a carnivore/warrior/whatever. The Grox, however, have no redeeming qualities and waste no effort trying to appeal to anyone else other than themselves. Not even warrior empires are as vile as the Grox!

Sometimes you'll encounter a pack of these creatures. They don't have a nest. They are not usually friendly.

* GoodCounterpart: To the Warriors. The Knights appear as Warriors when encountered on a different save file, but they aren't as antagonistic. Their description even paints them as this, using their military strength to eliminate the evils of the universe, as opposed to the Warriors fighting off anybody that they percieve as a threat.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: They are greedy and sneaky, but their end goal is to make everyone happy.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Their end goal.

* MonsterMunch: They have a speed of 1 and can't even defend themselves because they only have eyes, a Flagella and a Filter Mouth.

* SympathyForTheDevil: Averted. Virtually '''every''' sapient species hates the Grox and even the ones that admire the achievements of the Grox (like some Scientist and Diplomat empires) still agree that the Grox are evil monsters that should not be empathized with. Furthermore, while your empire was curious about them at first during its infancy, they quickly learn that the Grox are a threat, be it from rumors spread from other empires or them being attacked as well.

* AnAxeToGrind: The starting weapon for carnivores, stone axes deal low damage to buildings and [[AntiInfantry high damage to creatures]].

* NotTooProudToBeg: Implied. They'll sometimes talk about the Grox positively, but the Tablets of Prosperity reveal that this is not genuine and that they are the ultimate enemy to their beliefs. They don't take it very well when the Grox do attack them, implying that their buttkissing is specifically an attempt to stop them from going after them.

[[folder: In general]]

* MurderIsTheBestSolution

* MartialPacifist: Their vehicles are completely defenceless, but they still have turrets to defend their cities with, and they're not afraid to use them.

* CowardlyLion: They are especially skittish and the player can terrify them just by speaking to them unexpectadly, but make them angry and they fight back ''hard''.

* ProfessionalButtKisser: They ''constantly'' flatter the player, hoping they'll spend more money in their boutique.

* HufflepuffHouse: Like with Knights, they are a major archtype but you won't normally encounter the AI using them. If the player encounters their species that is a Wanderer, they will have the Diplomat philosophy. The only differences will be their background and their voice will be the same as your homeworld.

* BoringReturnJourney: The purpose of their Return Ticket superpower, which portals the player back to their homeworld from anywhere in the galaxy.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: By the time you have most of the cities conquered, there will start to be cities that will join you of their own volition.

%% * NonActionGuy

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
* TokenGoodTeammate: CPU-controlled Economic nations are the only nations to not attack you nor neighboring nations.