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# [[ActionGirl The incredibly competent woman-of-action]] with [[BoobsOfSteel large breasts]], [[EthicalSlut no sexual inhibitions]], and more skills/degrees than you can shake a blaster at.

# [[OldMaid A smart, courageous, gorgeously attractive woman]] who is rarely, if ever, asked out.

# [[OldMaid A smart, courageous, gorgeously attractive woman]] who is [[HollywoodDateless rarely, if ever, asked out]].

# [[ChristmasCake A smart, courageous, gorgeously attractive woman who is rarely]] [[HollywoodDateless if ever asked out]].

# Despite globalization in recent decades, ever increasing ethnic diversity, general cynicism and disillusionment regarding "The American Way", and despite future world wars in the work's mythology, mainstream American culture of the future still revolves around [[TheAllAmericanBoy classic images]] of [[{{Eagleland}} Americana]] (aka EagleLand type I, America The Beautiful): baseball[[note]]despite the fact that even in modern recent decades, baseball has been completely eclipsed by American football as the definitive American sport; baseball, now has an image of being glacial, dull, and appealing only to much older folks.[[/note]], rock and roll[[note]]no metal, punk, alternative, or progressive rock allowed though as those are typically seen as not mainstream or "clean" enough, and they also tend to be regarded as mostly British or European in origin. So we are left with mostly Elvis, Springsteen, and a very small handful of others.[[/note]], cheeseburgers, white picket fences, Mom's apple pie, cowboys, The American Dream, the nuclear family, idealized images of historical U.S. presidents such as Washington, Lincoln, etc.

## Alien race planets and names always have the same English language format: Aliens being named after their home planet with the suffix "-an" or "-ian". For example, natives of the hypothetical planet Rigel being called "Rigellans" or "Rigellians". An example of the reverse; "Talaxians" will be from the planet "Talaxia" This is even the case when said planets are most likely not the local name but perhaps a [[TheFederation human Federation]] designation for the world in question.[[note]]Example: Rigel is an Earth astronomical designation for a star in the constellation of Orion.[[/note]]

# All female [[HotScientist scientists]] are good-looking; male scientists are average-looking.

# Military organizations will have a mashup of army/airforce and naval ranks, especially if the setting is the {{Battlestar}}. In the real world, the American air force was originally part of the army air corps but became their own entity in 1947. At the same time, the Navy would commission its own separate air force due to the advent of aircraft carriers. Naturally, they would use naval ranks for their pilots. In science fiction with battlestar fighter squadrons, you often have pilots with a mishmash of army and navy ranks, sometimes in the same squadron. A squadron commander with the naval rank of Lt. Commander (equivalent to Major in other branches) may have wingmen who are a flight sergeant[[note]]This adds to the common trope of conflating American and Commonwealth (UK) ranks; flight sergeant does not exist in the US air force, where fighter pilots are exclusively officer rank.[[/note]] and a captain (equivalent to a naval full Lieutenant; if he's a naval captain, then he should be too important to be a fighter pilot). Confusing matters is that a ship's commander is traditionally addressed as captain regardless of actual rank. As with the rank of captain, the rank of commander is often just as vague and may mean anything from the rank directly under naval captain to an equivalent to commodore, fleet captain, admiral, commander in chief (effectively a supreme commander), or even just an administrator of a space station or star base.

# Fantastic but non-viable creatures ([[MixAndMatchCritters men with tortoiseshell backs]], [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever gigantic insects]]) made possible by [[ILoveNuclearPower high levels of radiation]], and which don't suffer any ill effects from it.

# Military organizations will have a mashup of army/airforce and naval ranks, especially if the setting is the {{Battlestar}}. In the real world, the American air force was originally part of the army air corps but became their own entity in 1947. At the same time, the Navy would commission its own separate air force due to the advent of aircraft carriers. Naturally, they would use naval ranks for their pilots. In science fiction with battlestar fighter squadrons, you often have pilots with a mishmash of army and navy ranks, sometimes in the same squadron. A squadron commander with the naval rank of Lt. Commander (equivalent to Major in other branches) may have wingmen who are a flight sergeant and a captain (equivalent to a naval full Lieutenant; if he's a naval captain, then he should be too important to be a fighter pilot). Confusing matters is that a ship's commander is traditionally addressed as captain regardless of actual rank. As with the rank of captain, the rank of commander is often just as vague and may mean anything from the rank directly under naval captain to an equivalent to commodore, fleet captain, admiral, commander in chief (effectively a supreme commander), or even just an administrator of a space station or star base.

# Military organizations will have a mashup of army/airforce and naval ranks, especially if the setting is the {{Battlestar}}. In the real world, the American air force was originally part of the army air corps but became their own entity in 1947. At the same time, the Navy would commission its own separate air force due to the advent of aircraft carriers. Naturally, they would use naval ranks for their pilots. In science fiction with battlestar fighter squadrons, you often have pilots with a mishmash of army and navy ranks, sometimes in the same squadron. A squadron commander with the naval rank of Lt. Commander (equivalent to Major in other branches) may have wingmen who are a flight sergeant and a captain (equivalent to a naval full Lieutenant; if he's a naval captain, then he should be too important to be a fighter pilot). Confusing matters is that a ship's commander is traditionally addressed as captain regardless of actual rank. The rank of Commander is often vague and may mean anything from the rank directly under naval captain to an equivalent to commodore, fleet captain, admiral, commander in chief (effectively a supreme commander), or even just an administrator of a space station or star base.

# In the future, everyone is good in bed.

# In the future, [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex everyone is good in bed]].

# The EnergyBeing takes the form of a mass of flickering lights.

## Alien race planets and names always have the same English language format: Aliens being named after their home planet with the suffix "-an" or "-ian". For example, natives of the hypothetical planet Rigel being called Rigellans or Rigellians. This is even the case when said planets are most likely not the local name but a human Federation designation for the world in question.[[note]]Example: Rigel is an Earth astronomical designation for a star in the constellation of Orion.[[/note]]

# Alien race planets and names always have the same English language format: Aliens being named after their home planet with the suffix "-an" or "-ian". For example, natives of the hypothetical planet Rigel being called Rigellans or Rigellians. This is even the case when said planets are most likely not the local name but a human Federation designation for the world in question.[[note]]Example: Rigel is an Earth astronomical designation for a star in the constellation of Orion.[[/note]]

# Alien languages are simply the standard Greek alphabet substituted with alien glyphs.
## Names of people, places, and things in alien cultures or ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway use acronyms that should only make sense in the English language.

# Characters in PostApocalyptic settings never seem to have any problem with bathing, toilet issues, or practicing good hygeine habits. Makeup, shaving, and maintaining hairstyles still seem to be no problem.

# Alien race planets and names always have the same English language format: Aliens being named after their home planet with the suffix "-an" or "-ian". For example, natives of the hypothetical planet Rigel being called Rigellans or Rigellians. This is even the case when said planets are most likely not the local name but a human Federation designation for the world in question.[[note]]Example: Star Trek's Romulans who hail from the planets Romulus and Remus both names clearly out of ancient mythology that the Romulans should not know about.[[/note]]

# Alien race planets and names always have the same English language format: Aliens being named after their home planet with the suffix "-an" or "-ian". For example, natives of the hypothetical planet Rigel being called Rigellans or Rigellians.

# Despite globalization in recent decades, ever increasing ethnic diversity, general cynicism and disillusionment regarding "The American Way", and despite future world wars in the work's mythology, mainstream American culture of the future still revolves around [[TheAllAmericanBoy classic images]] of [[{{Eagleland}} Americana]] (aka EagleLand type I, America The Beautiful): baseball[[note]]despite the fact that even in modern recent decades, baseball has been completely eclipsed by American football as the definitive American sport; baseball, now has an image of being glacial, dull, and appealing only to much older folks.[[/note]], rock and roll[[note]]no metal, punk, alternative, or progressive rock allowed though as those are typically seen as not mainstream or "clean" enough, and they also tend to be regarded as mostly British or European in origin.[[/note]], cheeseburgers, white picket fences, Mom's apple pie, cowboys, The American Dream, the nuclear family, idealized images of historical U.S. presidents such as Washington, Lincoln, etc.

# Despite globalization in recent decades, ever increasing ethnic diversity, general cynicism and disillusionment regarding "The American Way", and despite future world wars in the work's mythology, mainstream American culture of the future still revolves around [[TheAllAmericanBoy classic images]] of [[{{Eagleland}} Americana]] (aka EagleLand type I, America The Beautiful): baseball[[note]]despite the fact that even in modern recent decades, baseball has been completely eclipsed by American football as the definitive American sport; baseball, now has an image of being glacial, dull, and appealing only to much older folks.[[/note]], rock and roll, cheeseburgers, white picket fences, Mom's apple pie, cowboys, The American Dream, idealized images of historical U.S. presidents such as Washington, Lincoln, etc.

# Despite globalization in recent decades, ever increasing ethnic diversity, general cynicism and disillusionment regarding "The American Way", and despite future world wars in the work's mythology, mainstream American culture of the future still revolves around [[TheAllAmericanBoy classic images]] of [[{{Eagleland}} Americana]]: baseball[[note]]despite the fact that even in modern recent decades, baseball has been completely eclipsed by American football as the definitive American sport; baseball, now has an image of being glacial, dull, and appealing only to much older folks.[[/note]], rock and roll, cheeseburgers, white picket fences, Mom's apple pie, cowboys, The American Dream, idealized images of historical U.S. presidents such as Washington, Lincoln, etc.

# Despite globalization in recent decades, ever increasing ethnic diversity, general cynicism and disillusionment regarding "The American Way", and despite future world wars in the work's mythology, mainstream American culture of the future still revolves around [[TheAllAmericanBoy classic images]] of [[{{Eagleland}} Americana]]: baseball, rock and roll, cheeseburgers, white picket fences, Mom's apple pie, cowboys, The American Dream, idealized images of historical U.S. presidents such as Washington, Lincoln, etc.