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Tropes mostly dealing directly with our planet Earth.

Compare TheGroundBeneathOurFeet, {{Heliotropes}}, IndexOnTheMoon, StellarIndex, OtherworldTropes.

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!!Tropes:
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* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: The plot-relevant planet conveniently supports life.
* CounterEarth: A hypothetical planet on the other side of the Sun from the Earth which is usually like the Earth, but hidden.
* EarthAllAlong: Turns out that ruined planet you were on was actually Earth itself.
* EarthDrift: A setting becomes less similar to real life Earth than it was at the start.
* EarthIsABattlefield: The whole Earth is used for battle.
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: A lot of cosmically significant events or other unusual activity happening on Earth.
* EarthIsYoung: Present-day Earth turns out to be young on a cosmic scale.
* EarthShatteringKaboom: An entire planet explodes.
* EarthShatteringPoster: The stock image version of EarthShatteringKaboom.
* EarthThatUsedToBeBetter: Earth used to be well-regarded, but it is now seen as lesser by those who have left it.
* EarthThatWas: Earth is no more.
* FictionalEarth: Same name, mass, Sun, Moon, etc., but a completely different world.
* FlatWorld: The world has no horizon due to it being flat.
* GenesisEffect: The creation of an entire planet.
* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: Symbol of a hand grasping at the globe.
* HellOnEarth: Demons invade the world and transform it into a hellish wasteland.
* HemisphereBias: Any shot of a spacecraft or other object orbiting or approaching the Earth will only show the side of the planet where the target audience of the production lives.
* HollowWorld: The world is a hollow shell, and something lives in it.
* HomeworldEvacuation: Someone's homeworld becoming inhabitable, forcing the populace to leave.
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Earth depicted as boring and/or useless.
* MarsNeedsWater: Mars is dry up.
* MarsNeedsWomen: Non-human males think human females are hot.
* NotOfThisEarth: Evidence is discovered that suggests we're not alone in the universe
* OneWorldOrder: A planet or species answers to a single government.
* PlanetTerra: Earth being called Terra in science fiction stories.
* PunyEarthlings: Compared to other sentient species, humans suck.
* VichyEarth: Alien invaders rule humanity before or instead of exterminating us.
* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: Off-world colonies declare independence from the mother planet.
* JustForFun/WhyYouShouldDestroyThePlanetEarth: A fun, lighthearted page describing the myriad reasons characters may want to eliminate Earth.
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