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* ''ComicBook/{{Chrononauts}}'': A comic featuring two scientists who become time-travelers.
* ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'': An adaption of the toyline by Creator/MarvelComics.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' is a title-only usage, there don't seem to be any people in the games actually called "scribblenauts". The "scribble" part references the main character's notebook, which summons anything written into it.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' is a title-only usage, there don't seem to be any people in the games actually called "scribblenauts"."scribblenauts", except for a [[https://scribblenauts.fandom.com/wiki/Scribblenaut humanoid creature]]. The "scribble" part references the main character's notebook, which summons anything written into it.
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* ''VideoGame/XCOMTerrorFromTheDeep'' gives your soldiers naval rankings and calls them Aquanauts.
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* There was a line of toys in the late '70s called "Micronauts", which would literally mean something like "small sailors". They were little robots about 4 inches tall, with an assortment of vehicles and bases and so on.

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* There was a line of toys in the late '70s called "Micronauts", Toys/{{Micronauts}}, which would literally mean something like "small sailors". They were little robots about 4 inches tall, with an assortment of vehicles and bases and so on.
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* In the 1970 young adult science fiction novel ''Journey of the Oceanauts'' by Louis Wolfe, the "oceanauts" of the title are a team of explorers who have been artificially modified to be able to survive underwater, and who set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean on foot by walking across the seafloor.
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Then, in the 1960s, humans venturing into the new frontier of space created a new category of explorer. These came to be known as astronauts, "star sailors", which is fitting because SpaceIsAnOcean in the public mind. Russian spacefarers were given the separate name of cosmonauts ("universe sailor") to distinguish them during the heavy rivalry of early space exploration. As a result of these names, the suffix "naut" has become associated with space and scientific endeavor.

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Then, in the 1960s, humans venturing into the new frontier of space created a new category of explorer. These came to be known as astronauts, "star sailors", which is fitting because SpaceIsAnOcean in the public mind. Russian Soviet spacefarers were given the separate name of cosmonauts ("universe sailor") to distinguish them during the heavy rivalry of early space exploration. As a result of these names, the suffix "naut" has become associated with space and scientific endeavor.
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The usage follows a specific format- a non-hyphenated compound word, which may or may not be capitalized, in which the first part has two syllables: somethingnauts. However, the trope title is {{Wiki Word}}ed for clarity.

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The usage follows a specific format- a non-hyphenated compound word, which may or may not be capitalized, in which the first part has two syllables: somethingnauts. However, the trope title is {{Wiki Administrivia/{{Wiki Word}}ed for clarity.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'''s lore, there is a faction of Guardians who use their ResurrectiveImmortality by dying and reviving to try to receive visions and seek enlightenment. They are called Thanatonauts.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'', the agents of the Bureau of Control who delve into the astral plane to explore it are called Astralnauts.
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** The [[VideoGame/Psychonauts2 sequel]] explores the organization's background as a think tank where psychics worked to [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind explore the depths and limits of their own minds]], expanding their psychic abilities in the process, with references to the [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs colloquial use of the term]] from the prevailing 70's aesthetic. One of the founders says that this is still the goal of the organization, with all the spywork being a means to secure funding to that end.

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