History Main / PlutoIsExpendable

* In the 2008 Virgin Comics revival of the classic 1950's British space hero ''Dan Dare'', written by Garth Ennis, Pluto is destroyed by a "tamed" black hole controlled by Dare's nemesis, the Mekon. Since the series takes place in the "present" of Dan Dare's retroactive alternate history timeline, the destruction may have been a tongue-in-cheek spoof of Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet status in 2006. [/folder]]

* In the ''Our Worlds At War'' DCComics miniseries, Brainiac manages to take over Pluto, hollow it out, and turn it into a brand new Warworld. All without being noticed by the many and various interstellar agencies on Earth, Darkseid and his lieutenants on Apokolips (somehow relocated to the same solar system by Darkseid's badassery), or Imperiex and his many many miniaturized forms.

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** Of coarse, this is right after the Getters had just ''destroyed Jupiter and three of its moons with '''THE''' Getter Tomahawk''.

** Note that this happened during a "Previously on Atop the Fourth Wall" segment, meaning that the above didn't really happen in the TGWTG universe.

*** This actually shows her special status, and in fact Pluto is even smaller than Lunar.

* Surely, Pluto must be thinking ''[[DudeWheresMyRespect "Dude, where's my respect?!"]]''

** Note that this happened during a "Previously on Atop the Fourth Wall" segment, meaning that it isn't TGWTG canon.

** Notable [[{{InvertedTrope}} inversion]] in that when [[{{Starsiege}} Starsiege]] was released ([[{{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsiege}} March 24, 1999]] as said on TheOtherWiki), Pluto was ''still'' considered a planet.

** It apparently stays that way until the 31st century, becoming a plot-point in ''LegionOfSuperheroes''. Although there's been a CrisisCrossover since then, and ''that'' version of the Legion isn't the main future any more, so it's probably been [[CanonDiscontinuity quietly forgotten]].

* NeilDeGrasseTyson actually appeared as himself in an episode of ''StargateAtlantis'', where Rodney [=McKay=] proceeded to make fun of him.

* Neiactually appeared as himself in an episode of ''StargateAtlantis'', where Rodney [=McKay=] proceeded to make fun of him.

** Notable in that when [[{{Starsiege}} Starsiege]] was released ([[{{link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsiege}} March 24, 1999]] as said on TheOtherWiki), Pluto was ''still'' considered a planet.

** Notable in that when [[{{Starsiege}} Starsiege]] was released ([[{{link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsiege}} March 24, 1999]] as said on TheOtherWiki), Pluto was ''still'' considered a planet.

* In ''PerryRhodan'' universe Pluto got destroyed in 3438 as collateral damage in the final showdown of the series' The Cappins story arc. (One of the more classic examples -- when that issue was printed and sold, nobody knew yet that Pluto's status as a planet would be called into question over thirty years later.)

* In the PerryRhodan series Pluto got destroyed in the year 3438 as collateral damage in the final showdown of the series The Cappins story arc.

* The astronomers' decision not to consider Pluto a planet is [[http://www.classicstoday.com/Classics/ConcertReview_ASPFiles/ViewConcertReview.asp?Action=User&ID=504 one more reason]] to disregard Colin Matthews's irreverent appendix to Gustav Holst's ''The Planets''.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson]] (who's become a public spokesman for the idea of Pluto's non-planethood) actually appeared as himself in an episode of ''StargateAtlantis'', where Rodney [=McKay=] proceeded to make fun of him.
-->'''[=McKay=]:''' Hey at least I didn't de-classify Pluto from planet status. Way to make all the little kids cry, Neil, that make you feel like a big man?
* This troper forgets where, but a certain museum had Pluto off the list of planets ''before'' the demotion. They got a lot of angry letters from children.
** That would be the Hayden Planetarium, run by the aforementioned Neil deGrasse Tyson. He set the ball rolling.

* This troper forgets where, but a certain museum had Pluto of the list of planets ''before'' the demotion. They got a lot of angry letters from children.

Wait! What about one of those planets floating around the edge of the solar system? That [[InsignificantLittleBluePlanet insignificant]], dark, icy one with three minuscule satellites -- no one will miss that. It wasn't even important enough to be called a '''real''' planet. What was its name again?

*** If said numerical designation is ⑨ then that's a different joke altogether, and a rather painful one.
** There's another fanfic out there, I forget which one, in which after Pluto finds out about her planet getting demoted, has a near royal fit only to be calmed down when Sailor Moon promises to promote her planet back to its original status in a thousand years when Crystal Tokyo is formed.
*** Maybe this one: [[She was muttering something about wiping some astronomers from the timeline http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3381356/5/Heart_of_Darkness]]

** Furthermore, what is the main character of this show again? Sailor '''''Moon'''''! I'm pretty sure the Moon isn't a planet...
*** There's actually a debate among astronomers about whether Earth and Luna should be classified as a planet-moon system, or a double-planet.

* In Roger [=MacBride=] Allen's ''The Ring of Charon'' Pluto is used to create a wormhole to multisystem, where the Earth was abducted.

** This may be a case of SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale. Charon has a diameter of 1,207 km. It would take years to ''decades'' to defrost it - unless it was buried near the surface, which isn't implied. Pluto actually has two other, very smaller moons ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_%28moon%29 Hydra]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_%28moon%29 Nix]]), both of which have a diameter of less than 100 km. They're much better candidates for the Mass Relay's location.
*** [[AWizardDidIt Element Zero helped.]]

** It's worth noting that this episode was made [[FunnyAneurysmMoment BEFORE the demotion.]]
*** [[HilariousInHindsight Yes, it certainly was]].

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson]] (who's made himself a public spokesman for the idea of Pluto's non-planethood) actually appeared as himself in an episode of ''StargateAtlantis'', where Rodney [=McKay=] proceeded to make fun of him.

* Pluto has never been visted by any space probes.

* Pluto fails "3) has cleared the debris field from its orbit."? Hell, how much crap have we got flying around in orbit which we put there and which will float about happily forever and ever?
** [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseofScale When compared to how much stuff could be up there, practically nothing at all.]]
** Moreover, if you knew the slightest thing about astronomy, you'd know that ''the crap flying around in orbit is '''orbiting the Earth''', not in Earth's orbit.''