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5	[[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/SolarSmash https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/earth_africaview.png]]]]
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7	Tropes mostly dealing directly with our planet Earth.
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9	Compare TheGroundBeneathOurFeet, {{Heliotropes}}, IndexOnTheMoon, StellarIndex, OtherworldTropes.
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12	!!Tropes:
13	[[index]]
14	* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: The plot-relevant planet conveniently supports life.
15	* CounterEarth: A hypothetical planet on the other side of the Sun from the Earth which is usually like the Earth, but hidden.
16	* EarthAllAlong: Turns out that ruined planet you were on was actually Earth itself.
17	* EarthDrift: A setting becomes less similar to real life Earth than it was at the start.
18	* EarthIsABattlefield: The whole Earth is used for battle.
19	* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: A lot of cosmically significant events or other unusual activity happening on Earth.
20	* EarthIsYoung: Present-day Earth turns out to be young on a cosmic scale.
21	* EarthShatteringKaboom: An entire planet explodes.
22	* EarthShatteringPoster: The stock image version of EarthShatteringKaboom.
23	* EarthThatUsedToBeBetter: Earth used to be well-regarded, but it is now seen as lesser by those who have left it.
24	* EarthThatWas: Earth is no more.
25	* FictionalEarth: Same name, mass, Sun, Moon, etc., but a completely different world.
26	* FlatWorld: The world has no horizon due to it being flat.
27	* GenesisEffect: The creation of an entire planet.
28	* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: Symbol of a hand grasping at the globe.
29	* HellOnEarth: Demons invade the world and transform it into a hellish wasteland.
30	* 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.
31	* HollowWorld: The world is a hollow shell, and something lives in it.
32	* HomeworldEvacuation: Someone's homeworld becoming inhabitable, forcing the populace to leave.
33	* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Earth depicted as boring and/or useless.
34	* MarsNeedsWater: Mars is dry up.
35	* MarsNeedsWomen: Non-human males think human females are hot.
36	* NotOfThisEarth: Evidence is discovered that suggests we're not alone in the universe
37	* OneWorldOrder: A planet or species answers to a single government.
38	* PlanetTerra: Earth being called Terra in science fiction stories.
39	* PunyEarthlings: Compared to other sentient species, humans suck.
40	* VichyEarth: Alien invaders rule humanity before or instead of exterminating us.
41	* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression: Off-world colonies declare independence from the mother planet.
42	* JustForFun/WhyYouShouldDestroyThePlanetEarth: A fun, lighthearted page describing the myriad reasons characters may want to eliminate Earth.
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