Though, if "Zeus" is an entire species in Rick and Morty, is the Zeus of classic mythology one of them, and that's also his given name? Or if that is the case, would they use his Roman name, "Jupiter"?
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And if he DOES appear, I'd like him to be voiced by Mark Hamill. And have him enlist the help of Rick and Morty in rescuing his brother Poseidon from Area 51.
The Star Conquerors from DC comics are alternatively referred to as "Starros".
How about the dinosaur species in SpongeBob named after the characters, but with "osaurus" at the end? Does that count?
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What about the Riptocs? Supposedly their name is derived from Ripto himself.
I think the calling Gorgons "Medusas" thing is because they're uninformed. Also the Latin name of the Nemean Lion is in fact "Leo nemeaeus". Though I'm partial to "Panthera leo nemeaeus" myself.
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Then again, scientific names are subject to change based on new research, so it would be "Panthera leo nemeaensis".
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- Arguably, the kenders in the Dragonlance: they are a whole species made of Pippin Took.
Removed from description: "The ancient phrase for this trope is sui generis, roughly "a thing that defines its own category"."
No, if that phrase applied on this level, the trope would be Single Specimen Species. There's only one of a sui generis thing, that's the point. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure.
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Also removed:
- In Pacific Rim, Striker Eureka was the first and the last of the Mark-5 Jaegers ever built.
If you need to ask why, you haven't read and comprehended the trope definition.
And:
- Satori Komeiji from Touhou is an inversion, as she is named after her species, the satori, a mind-reading Youkai, making it closer to A Dog Named "Dog". Her fellow satori younger sister Koishi Komeiji averts this trope, however.
- Later on we get Nue Houjuu who herself is a nue, the Japanese equivalent of the chimera. It's unclear whether she's supposed to be the actual mythological nue or not; if she is she would be this trope in-universe.
Something that is technically an "inversion" that just has nothing to do with the dynamics of this trope, aversion (most beings don't have their kind named after them, so why would that be worth mentioning?), and then something about another "dog named dog" with an unexplained claim that it could be an in-universe example.
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Does humanity being referred to as "Adam" go under "mythology" or "real life"?