History Main / SpaceJews

[[caption-width-right:260:[[{{Pun}} Watto]] you mean he's an antisemitic stereotype? It's not like he's a cap-wearing, [[SizableSemiticNose big-nosed]], [[GreedyJew cheating businessman]] with a [[AlterKocker bad accent]] and... [[ExplainExplainOhCrap and...]] Oy vey iz mir!]]

Don't mix this trope up with FantasyCounterpartCulture, which deals with fantasy/sci-fi cultures that stand in for real-life cultures but don't necessarily exhibit the stereotypes of whomever they are standing in for. Simply having a non-human character being racially or culturally-coded, even as being part of a historically oppressed or marginalized group, '''does not qualify''' for this trope unless they veer into heavily stereotypical territory. See also UnfortunateImplications.

'''Again: This trope is ''not'' about [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant actual Jewish people in or from outer space!]]'''

** Harry Mudd, in his ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' appearances, seems to be a derogatory stereotype of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Travellers#Social_conflict Irish Travellers]], given his Irish accent, flamboyant dress sense, pierced ear, and dishonesty.

* ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'': As part of the premise Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo [-InSpace-], foreign characters like Ali, Haydée, etc. are aliens. The series uses the term "Eastern Space" for locations that were in Turkey/the Middle East in the novel, and the Carneval of Rome take place on the Moon. This somehow makes the story ''less'' [[ValuesDissonance racist]] than the original.

* ''{{Anime/Voltes V}}'': [[TheEmpire The Boazanian Empire]] is essentially 18th century [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace Space]] France. A planet 14,000 light years away from Earth, the cruel nobles dress like [[AristocratsAreEvil French aristocrats]] and live lavishly, while the [[HumanAliens lower class]] are forced into slavery and endless labour. The Boazanian Empire aims to colonize the whole galaxy to keep the slave supply fresh, but in a shocking turn of events, [[spoiler: the slaves, led by [[FallenPrince Gohl]], rise up, in a rebellion that has heavy parallels to UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, aided by humans from Planet Earth and their CombiningMecha]]. The PrettyBoy EvilPrince antagonist also has a few similarities to UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte.

* The Dominators, in DC Comics' ''[[Comicbook/InvasionDCComics Invasion!]]'' and subsequent appearances. Yellow skin, huge sharp teeth, bony clawed fingers, they resemble nothing so much as the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] [[YellowPeril Yellow Claw]] except they have red circles on their foreheads.

* Creator/TerryPratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series frequently uses {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}, but there are occasional examples of this trope detectable:

** the Volus are a race of short, weak, and nasally speaking people who live as a "client race" amongst the taller, more militaristic Turians. The Turians allow the Volus to run their finances and commerce in exchange for protection. This is all pretty analogous to the way Jews were viewed in early Christian and Muslim cultures. Several Volus are quite shady, feeding into the stereotype of greedy Jewish bankers and crooked merchants.

%%* The first two ''Videogame/{{Oddworld}}'' games are full of this with the Mudokons, an ancient chosen race with mystic spiritual powers who, following an [[AllThereInTheManual unseen prior conflict]] with the villainous Glukkons, were enslaved into NightmarishFactory jobs. Of course, if this wasn't obvious enough, the game follows HeroProtagonist Abe rescuing his enslaved people from a tyrant [[Literature/BookOfExodus (cough)]] as well as gratuitous use of "shmuck" to really hammer it home.%%That sounds more like a regular Fantasy Counterpart Culture%%

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'''s {{kappa}} are mostly intended as a {{Homage}} to the satirical novel ''[[Creator/RyunosukeAkutagawa Kappa]]'', but the end result is weirdly similar to Jewish stereotypes. They're portrayed as dishonest businessmen who live as an enclave among the more powerful {{Tengu}}, and have [[GadgeteerGenius acute engineering skills]] but are quick to complain and bad at working in groups. Due to [[CuteMonsterGirl their traditionally monstrous traits being toned down]], they're also short and trade in their usual beaks and head-bowls for distinctive caps.
* The Khajiit in ''most'' games from ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' borrow heavily from the Romani (or rather, the stereotypes attached to them). They travel in caravans, are often perceived as being heavily involved in thievery (In ''VideoGame/{{Skyrim}}'' this is played straight, the head of all Khajiit caravans is a fence for the Thieves' guild), are often discriminated against by whatever native species whose land they are in, and tend to be poor. Their accents often is based on what is generally a stereotypical Romani accent. In the words of Creator/LindsayEllis, "They are Romani - they are cat Romani". ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline'' somewhat subverts this by having an expansion set in the Khajiit homeland of Elsweir, allowing their culture to be depicted more complex and under a different light.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive Madorako from ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'' belongs to some unspecified humanoid species -- he has purple hair and horns -- but he bears resemblance to a GreedyJew, particularly with that nose.

%%* Creator/DreamWorksAnimation:%%
%%** The bees in ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' represent Jewish-American society, which [[WriteWhatYouKnow isn't surprising]], since the Jewish-American comedian Creator/JerrySeinfeld voiced the lead and was also one of the writers and producers. The movie includes a StealthPun when Seinfeld's character mentions falling in love and another bee (played by Creator/MatthewBroderick, also of Jewish descent) responds: "Was she Beeish? Not a [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASP]]! Your parents will kill you."%%
%%** Earlier on, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' used another "WASP" pun with Chip and Muffy, two New England-accented yellow jackets based on WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant stereotypes.%%

* The Gremlins in ''Film/{{Gremlins|1984}}'' have been accused of displaying negative stereotypical behaviour of African-Americans, particularly African-American teens. In one particular scene, unruly Gremlins take over a bar while wearing sunglasses and "street clothing," smoking, drinking, gambling, fighting, listening to wild music, engaging in prostitution, and breakdancing. Some critics accused the film of exploiting white fear of black culture invading white suburbia. Of course, the film also plays BlackDudeDiesFirst straight, with the Gremlin Earl attacking the biology teacher Mr. Hanson. The Gremlins might be based on [[{{delinquents}} rowdy]] [[TeensAreMonsters youths]] in general, rather than African-American teens in particular. [[Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch The sequel]], perhaps to dissuade these accusations, had the main antagonist known as the Brain Gremlin be portrayed as more of AffablyEvil NonActionBigBad with a [[EvilBrit Mid-Atlantic accent]].

* Some people have accused TheGreys of [[https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Gray_aliens#Yellow_peril.3F being East Asian stereotypes]], given their [[InscrutableAsain inscrutability]], [[RacialFaceBlindness extreme similarity in appearance]], [[AsianAndNerdy being scientifically minded and technologically advanced]], small noses and almond-shaped eyes.

** The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequel films also feature the Neimoidians -- a race of slit-eyed, inscrutable, unscrupulous villain aliens who speak with a vaguely Asian accent, wear UsefulNotes/QingDynasty-inspired robes and hats, and threaten the galaxy with their trade routes and mass-production technology. Many English-speaking critics saw the race as a collection of Asian stereotypes. Interestingly, every localization of the film gives the species new accents. In Germany, for example, they got French accents, and in France, Italy, Spain, Latin America and the Czech Republic, they got Russian accents.

** ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' uses mice and cats as stand-ins for, respectively, the oppressed and their oppressors across various cultures in a way that doesn't really count as this trope, but the sequel, ''Fievel Goes West'' throws in some culturally-insensitive Native American mice. A later sequel has another group of Native mice belonging to the Lenape tribe.

* The Gerudo from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series are an overtly Bedouin-inspired culture combined with AmazonBrigade and a dash of Romani influences. They are nearly all female yet patriarchal, dark-skinned thieves who live in the desert, are considered lower than the Hylians who are "chosen by the gods", and they use a moon as their symbol ([[{{Bowdlerise}} later changed into a random squiggly thing]]). Later games in the series have tried to rectify this with a more positive portrayal of the Gerudo, being treated equally by others and, even when [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild they don't let males into their hometown]], it's not due to any misandristic reasons and they still treat men they find while travelling with great respect.

* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', the Volus are a race of short, weak, and nasally speaking people who live as a "client race" amongst the taller, more militaristic Turians. The Turians allow the Volus to run their finances and commerce in exchange for protection. This is all pretty analogous to the way Jews were viewed in early Christian and Muslim cultures. Several Volus are quite shady, feeding into the stereotype of greedy Jewish bankers and crooked merchants.

** Bib Fortuna, Jabba's [[TheDragon Dragon]], plays on white stereotypes, given he is an EvilAlbino who [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil enslaved]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything two female members of his own species]] (who had different skin colours, due to Twi'Leks being an AmazingMulticolourPopulation) and putting them into GoGoEnslavement.