Basic Trope: Things are given silly Latin-styled names.
- Straight: "Here we have Bob (Robertus heroicus) and his loyal mate Alice (Alicius actionus fanserivae)".
- Exaggerated:
- "Other members of the tribe include Charlie (Rotus tertius), Gus (Jovius maximus), Bella (Feminus cicatrix), and last but not least, Thilg (Thilgus homo ambiguous). All within the Troperidae family."
- "What's this? Why it's their natural enemies: Emperor Evulz (Malum maximus), General Drake (Draco auxiliarus), and Sword-For-Hire Clay (Aemulus Brutum Sinister Manus Scotiae)."
- "And here in outer space, we see the planet Vivus (Planetus sentientus)."
- Downplayed: "Here we have Bobus Smith."
- Justified:
- The setting's scientific community has a poorer grasp on Latin than the one in the real world.
- It might sound like Latin, but it's actually a fictional language that's similar to Latin. In that language, the names are all completely accurate.
- Binomium undecidious is only a stopgap name while the scientific community investigates where in the binomial tree the newly discovered species belongs.
- Inverted: "Here we have a specimen of Felis catus, better known as the 'finger-biting bastard'."
- Subverted:
- Tigris sylicus (not sillycus as many pranksters claim) was named after its discoverer, Prof. J. Sylicus.
- Robertus Heroicus is his official name, not his binomial name.note
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: "Here we have Bob (Homo sapiens). What, did you think we were gonna make up a stupid faux Latin name?"
- Zig-Zagged:
- Only some species have Dog Latin names, while others have proper scientific names.
- Sometimes characters and species have faux-scientific names, other times the actual taxonomic names are shown.
- Averted:
- Proper Latin names are given to the various species.
- No Latin names are shown at all.
- Enforced: The writers grew up on Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons. Or simply Rule of Funny.
- Lampshaded: "Pretty sure you just made that Latin name up."
- Invoked: At some point in the past the family gave itself a Latin sounding surname
.- The Nicknamer gives everyone Canis Latinicus based nicknames.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: "Here is Bob, or Troperus-" "No, no! Don't do that, he's a human being!" "Aw, you're no fun!"
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
Back to Binomium ridiculus.
