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Space is big. Really, really big. So big in fact, that most of it can't even be seen from the Earth. So what exactly is out there? This trope is what happens when writers try to answer that question.
A galaxy far, far away is a setting for a story which is so far away from Earth, that the very fact of its distance lends an air of credibility to even the most fantastic of plots. After all, no one really knows what's out there in the vastness of space. There may be elements we've never heard of. The laws of physics may not work the same way. There may be space gods, ancient civilizations, Rubber-Forehead Aliens, all kinds of Applied Phlebotinum. Just about anything is fair game, because no one can prove that a given aspect of the story is impossible.
People have set their fantasy stories "far far away" for as long as they've been telling stories, but how far qualifies as "far away" changes as Technology Marches On. Once upon a time this might have been "about 30 miles south of the village", but as humans were able to travel further and faster, the plausibility of a troll living just over the mountain became less believable, so storytellers began conjuring up distant continents and Lost Worlds that explorers had yet to discover. When Earth was mostly mapped, writers began looking to Mars, Venus and the Moon, and once we were able to get a good look at those, they started setting stories in distant, unknowable space.
One doesn't actually have to give too much detail about their corner of the void to invoke this trope. They don't even have to make direct reference to the Earth. If a story takes on a planet that's clearly not Earth, and Earth is never mentioned, it will usually just be assumed that the planet in question is so far away that they've never heard of Earth. If the writer feels a need to explain why most of the characters are (apparently) human or everyone seems to speak English, they may include some vague reference to a "theoretical ancestor planet", or Translation Convention may be invoked. If they don't even try to explain it, then it's probably an unimportant coincidence.
The Trope Namer is, of course, Star Wars, although that movie was just adding the word "galaxy" to the fairy-tale trope about a land far far away in order to evoke a Space Fantasy feel.
See also: Insignificant Little Blue Planet, Earth That Was. Compare with Constructed World, where the story is set on a single planet/world that does not exist in real life. |
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Killjoys takes place in a star cluster known as "The J". Although populated by humans, there are no direct references to Earth. So the where and when of the story is completely up for grabs. |
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Lavender Castle is set in space with no humans or mention of Earth. |
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Thunder Force I through IV are set in a distant galaxy known as the Galaxy Federation. V, on the other hand, changes the focus from the Galaxy Federation to Earth. |
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Star Ruler is set in a randomly generated galaxy with no real life stars. |
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Also, if you're an astronomy geek, you'll notice the galaxy Homeworld appears to be set in is M51 (aka the Whirlpool Galaxy). Which is about 23 million light years away from Earth. |
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| | Homeworld (Video Game) |
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Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) uses the explanation written for the unmade third season of Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM): Mobius is Earth in a post-apocalyptic future where aliens wiped out most of humanity and accidentally uplifted the animals in the process. |
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| | Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) (Comic Book) |
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Lost Universe uses this trope, as it's in a different universe. |
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| | Lost Universe |
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Cosmic Osmo is set in the Osmoian System. |
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| | Cosmic Osmo (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Saga, much like Star Wars, is a science fiction/fantasy hybrid that takes place in an unnamed galaxy. Human characters exist but the word "human" or the planet Earth are never mentioned. |
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| | Saga (Comic Book) |
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Visionaries was later added to the Hasbro Comic Universe with the Transformers vs. Visionaries miniseries. |
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| | Hasbro Comic Universe (Comic Book) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Insektors is set on the planet Marvin in the original French and Krud in the UK dub. The UK dub throws in occasional references to real life Earth locations. |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Z follows the war between two intergalactic robots that look and act a lot like humans. No mention is ever made to who, when, why or where they were made. Ditto that any organic people where ever around. |
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Time Masters doesn't mention Earth, but some real-life stars are alluded to, like a planet called Aldebaran and a race of aliens called Centaurians. Also, Silbad sings about Peter Pan and Superman. |
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| | Time Masters |
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Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise is about the development of spaceflight by a people who look identical to humans with a 1950s level of technology, but the geography of their planet doesn't resemble that of Earth and their cultures don't exactly resemble any particular one from Earth's history either (beyond some minor mixing of elements). |
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| | Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise |
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The Kirby games are mainly set on Planet Popstar which according to the manual for Kirby's Adventure, is too far away to be seen from Earth. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards features a planet called Shiver Star which is heavily implied to be Earth After the End, but it seems to be in the same star system as Pop Star. |
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| | Kirby (Franchise) |
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Loonatics Unleashed focuses on the descendants of The Looney Tunes living on the City Planet of Acmeopolis. |
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Phantasy Star II has invading humans from Earth That Was. |
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| | Phantasy Star II (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Anachronox has spacefaring humans with no Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_3c294634 |
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| | Anachronox (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Wherever the Planetary Cluster is located in Shadow Raiders Earth is never mentioned. |
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The protagonists of Haven (2020) hail from a planetary system known as the Apiary, and they spend the entirety of the story settling the distant, uninhabited planet Source. |
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| | Haven (2020) (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Khaal: The Chronicles of a Galactic Emperor is set on a Planet Spaceship that's part of a vast space empire, though the series ends with them conquering modern-day Earth. |
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| | Khaal: The Chronicles of a Galactic Emperor (Comic Book) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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The first two Spectrobes games are set in the Nanairo System and the third is in the Kaio System with no mention of Earth . |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_45dac50d |
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| | Spectrobes (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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The Star Fox series is mostly set in the Lylat system with occasional visits to other parts of the sector and no mention of Earth. The system's location is never given in the games, but the instruction booklet to the first game says is at the center of our galaxy. Star Fox characters appearing in Starlink: Battle for Atlas confirm that Earth and humans exist in this setting, but they're far off from any of the goings-on of the series itself. |
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| | Star Fox (Franchise) |
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The Discworld franchise is set on the titular world that rests on the back of a giant turtle that swims through space. In the first book, Tethis claims that the rest of the planets he saw were also discs on turtles' backs.
Also in the original novel, Rincewind visits our world briefly as an Alternate Universe.
The Science of Discworld is about wizards of the Unseen University creating a world without magic (Earth) and dubbing it "Roundworld". |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_468bebb0 |
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| | Discworld |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Don Lawrence's Storm was originally set on a post-apocalyptic Earth but the protagonists were later moved to the Pandarve multiverse, a bubble of breathable air containing Pandarve and thousands of other planets. |
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| | Storm (Don Lawrence) (Comic Book) |
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Starbarians is set "Thirty thousand billion trillion years in the future" with no Earth. |
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| | Starbarians (Web Animation) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Sonic Underground and Sonic the Comic still took place on Mobius even at the time of Sonic Adventure. Sonic the Comic even mentioned Earth as being a different planet with a similar evolution, thus explaining the talking animals. The other two DiC cartoons, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) (aka SatAM) also took place on Mobius; SatAM had planned to make The Reveal of it being Earth in the third season, but it was Cut Short. So there are some more Sonic examples. Though in the Archie comics, it was revealed — and thus the trope inverted with — that Earth and Mobius are one and the same. Turned out humanity's paranoia towards aliens was their downfall, as when the Xorda emissary that had actually come in peace, was captured, and subsequently dissected by humans, the Xorda got rightfully pissed and unleashed Gene Bombs (bombs that destroy DNA) on the planet. However some people and animals survived, with the latter's DNA mixing with shredded bits of human DNA, thus turning them into the anthropomorphic creatures they are today. |
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| | Sonic Underground |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_514df02a |
comment |
The key from Heavy Metal 2000 glows green, implying it might be the Loc-Nar MacGuffin from Heavy Metal which features Earth, but the planet isn't mentioned in 2000. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_514df02a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_514df02a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Heavy Metal 2000 |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_514df02a |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_51f8010e |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_51f8010e |
comment |
HELLAS: Worlds of Sun and Stone makes it clear that despite its star-spanning society having a strong resemblance to some Earth cultures (in particular, ancient Greek ones) it's not set in any kind of distant future of our own world. The Hellenes are a different species that just happens to be Human Aliens. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_51f8010e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_51f8010e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | HELLAS: Worlds of Sun and Stone (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_51f8010e |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_529b1c77 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_529b1c77 |
comment |
normalman was sent as a baby from the planet Arnold to land on Levram. Levram turns out to be an Alternate History Earth where a Super Serum from the future gave everybody superpowers. Notably one of the few times normalman leaves these planets is to engage in a Star Wars parody story. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_529b1c77 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_529b1c77 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | normalman (Comic Book) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_529b1c77 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5790ac46 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5790ac46 |
comment |
The Warrior and the Sorceress is set in a distant galaxy, on the planet Ura. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5790ac46 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5790ac46 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Warrior and the Sorceress |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5790ac46 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_59cb7bba |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_59cb7bba |
comment |
Battlestar Galactica. In both versions, the characters are human spacefarers inhabiting a fictional sector of space (the Cyrannus cluster), but not from Earth even ancestrally. They are from the Twelve Colonies that were settled by humans from Kobol and are looking for Earth, which is mentioned in their sacred scrolls as the 13th colony of Kobol. The original series was set in The Present Day, while the series finale of the 2000s version ultimately reveals that (major spoiler) this is a long time ago far, far away (although in the Milky Way Galaxy) when the Fleet finally arrives on Earth and it's still the prehistoric era. They leave their ships and become one of the three co-ancestors of modern Earth humans along with the humanoid Cylons and the native humans.
Its prequel Spin-Off Caprica, showing life on the Twelve Colonies before the Cylon Attack, played around with that a lot in trying to depict a human civilization that had nothing to do with Earth. Arguably it was the only TV show in recent history to have a go at that. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_59cb7bba |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_59cb7bba |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Battlestar Galactica (Franchise) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_59cb7bba |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5a0d652b |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5a0d652b |
comment |
Warcraft: The franchise is primarily set on Azeroth, a planet in "an isolated corner of the universe." Many races live on it including both those native to it (e.g. humans, elves, dwarves) and ones that have come from various other planets that are occasionally visited thanks to dimensional gateways. Every single named planet (Azeroth, Argus, Draenor, etc.) is fictional and real-world stellar references never come up. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5a0d652b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5a0d652b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Warcraft (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5a0d652b |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5abb812e |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5abb812e |
comment |
Upside Down: The narrator at the start says that it's set on a unique set of two planets. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5abb812e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5abb812e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Upside Down |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5abb812e |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5c0e4258 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5c0e4258 |
comment |
SWAT Kats was set on a world inhabited by anthropomorphic cats. The aliens from the episode "When Strikes Mutilor" were originally going to be revealed to be humans, complete with an American flag, but Hanna-Barbera executives found this confusing and made the writers replace them with cat aliens. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5c0e4258 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5c0e4258 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | SWAT Kats |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5c0e4258 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5c62b4a7 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5c62b4a7 |
comment |
Void Bastards set in the fictional Sargasso Nebula. Humans are implied to live in other parts of the universe but Earth isn't mentioned. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5c62b4a7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5c62b4a7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Void Bastards (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5c62b4a7 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5d55ca9 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5d55ca9 |
comment |
Cosmic Dash is set in a galaxy called the Silver Spiral, which has known human immigration for a few generations. Walter Kimney is described as "a second generation human resident of the Silver Spiral Galaxy", while the three human fleet commanders of the Federation, who appear younger than him, are listed as third generation citizens. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5d55ca9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5d55ca9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Cosmic Dash (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5d55ca9 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5f71a70b |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5f71a70b |
comment |
Xenoblade Chronicles: A major part of the overall Myth Arc of the first three games and their respective expansions is that unlike other JRPG franchises like Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest, Xenoblade Chronicles's fantastical settings are actually just Earth After the End:
Xenoblade Chronicles: The Big Bad of the game was originally a human scientist from Earth, whose experiment ended up destroying his world and resulted in the creation of the world that the Bionis and the Mechonis inhabit.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: The God of Alrest is the Literal Split Personality of the first game's Big Bad, and Alrest itself was originally Earth. The worlds of the first two games exist parallel to each other, and the final act of both games are happening simultaneously.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3: The worlds of the first two games began to drift back towards one another after being separated for an untold period of time, with the inhabitants of each world creating an ark called Origin to restore both worlds after they collide. However, Origin ends up being hijacked by the Moebius and results in the creation of a merged world frozen in time called Aionios.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed: Earth as it was prior to the experiment appears in a flashback, and several namedrops heavily imply that the Myth Arc of Xenoblade Chronicles seen up until this point is a Stealth Sequel to Xenosaga, explaining how Earth/Lost Jerusalem disappeared and ended up reappearing in The Stinger for Xenosaga Episode III. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5f71a70b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5f71a70b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Xenoblade Chronicles (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_5f71a70b |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_61de95d6 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_61de95d6 |
comment |
Freelancer: the opening movie makes it clear that humanity emigrated from Earth towards the forty-eight systems of the Sirius sector, and the places are named after actual locations in the Earth, yet nobody in the entire game makes even a single reference to Earth.
"We have grown. We have prospered. We have flourished. But we will never forget." My ass.
The original E3 trailer showed a Nomad ship arriving after the Exodus and destroying the Solar System. A single ship survived the nova and took off after the colonists to warn them. Suddenly, the "we will never forget" line takes on a whole new meaning... But yeah, they still forget. Then again, it's centuries after the Sirius sector is settled. There've been dozens of wars in the meantime. Who cares about Earth That Was? They got their own problems.
Earth is never mentioned by name, but several people obviously have detailed information about its geography, given that not only are various planets, stations, and ships named after locations on Earth, but their roles and importance match up. For instance, the planet Cambridge is home to a major university, while Newark Station is in its proper position orbiting Planet Manhattan. There are only a handful of locales that aren't named for places on Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_61de95d6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_61de95d6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Freelancer (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_61de95d6 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_62570927 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_62570927 |
comment |
Even though most of the action in the Marvel Universe happens in the Big Applesauce, sometimes the setting shifts to the vast empires of the Kree, Skrulls, or Shi'Ar, all of whom have empires that span the greater part of a whole galaxy each (the Kree in particular often state that they control a "thousand, thousand stars" — but then, they are Space Nazis, and prone to bombastic claims of glory). Admittedly, if they count red dwarfs and brown dwarfs, a million stars (1000 squared) isn't really that much compared to 600 billion. Guess how many stars are estimated to be in our galaxy? |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_62570927 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_62570927 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Marvel Universe (Franchise) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_62570927 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6274c8ee |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6274c8ee |
comment |
Ark focuses on Human Aliens in a distant galaxy. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6274c8ee |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6274c8ee |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Ark |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6274c8ee |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_644a51e7 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_644a51e7 |
comment |
A subtitle at the start of Lightyear mentions that they're 4.2 million light years from Earth, with that being the only time the E-word is uttered. By the end of the movie, the crew have accepted they can't go home and have started a new Space Ranger corps to police the part of the universe they're stranded in. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_644a51e7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_644a51e7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Lightyear |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_644a51e7 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_64ddf294 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_64ddf294 |
comment |
EVE Online is set in the New Eden galaxy. The people are descended from Earthlings but the connection between the two galaxies was permanently severed when a wormhole collapsed thousands of years before the game begins. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_64ddf294 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_64ddf294 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | EVE Online (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_64ddf294 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6d5d0e13 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6d5d0e13 |
comment |
Treasure Planet mentions a few real-life stars but not Earth, and there are only three humans in the entire movie (and one only appears in flashback). |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6d5d0e13 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6d5d0e13 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Treasure Planet |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6d5d0e13 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6e1d5f36 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6e1d5f36 |
comment |
This is the setting in Farscape for all practical purposes. While protagonist John Crichton is from Earth, no-one else in the universe has ever heard of his species or planet, and the location of the show's setting, the "Uncharted Territories", in relation to Earth is never really established; the closest it gets is near the end of the third season, when Scorpius reveals that he has discovered the location of Earth, and says that if John doesn't cooperate, he'll destroy it even though, going as fast as they can, it will take sixty years to reach it. "As fast as they can" is never really specified. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6e1d5f36 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6e1d5f36 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Farscape |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_6e1d5f36 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_72c5736e |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_72c5736e |
comment |
Alien Chronicles is a trilogy of novels by Deborah Chester and published by Lucasfilm. It was originally intended to be based in the Star Wars universe, until a disagreement between Lucasfilm and Ace Books led to the novels instead being set in a similar but original universe. One that, notably, has no humans in it. However, a couple of the main species depicted in the trilogy have been mentioned in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, implying that they may share the same setting after all. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_72c5736e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_72c5736e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Alien Chronicles |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_72c5736e |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7357234c |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7357234c |
comment |
Beyond Good & Evil plays the trope mostly straight, being set on the planet Hillys in System 4. The upcoming Beyond Good & Evil 2 prequel moves the setting to System 3 but specifies the humans are descended from colonists from "Old Earth". |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7357234c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7357234c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Beyond Good & Evil (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7357234c |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_755d1424 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_755d1424 |
comment |
LEGO;
In the European continuity, the Slizer lived on a series of Single Biome Planets but the American version had them on the Patchwork Map planet Slizer.
BIONICLE is primarily set in the Matoran Universe, which despite the name is actually a series of islands inside of a 12,000 kilometer tall Humongous Mecha cum artificial planetoid. In the same area is the more conventional planet of Spherus Magna which eventually splits into three planets. There are no hints as to the location of the sector of space where all of this happens and there are no references to humans or Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_755d1424 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_755d1424 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | LEGO (Franchise) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_755d1424 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_782a1f0 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_782a1f0 |
comment |
Phantasy Star Online changes the setting to the planet Coral, whose population is trying to colonize a planet called Ragol. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_782a1f0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_782a1f0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Phantasy Star Online (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_782a1f0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7988cb68 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7988cb68 |
comment |
While Earth exists and is an important part of the Mass Effect franchise, Mass Effect: Andromeda follows the journey of 100,000 colonists from various Milky Way species (only a quarter of whom are humans) trying to establish a long term civilization in the Andromeda galaxy. After extensive recon and survey, they settle on colonizing the Heleus Cluster, a sector of space with 38 star systems and hundreds of planets, and have plopped down on five of them by the end of the game. It takes six hundred years for the sleeper ships to arrive, so while occasional references are made to old home worlds, none of them play any role in the plot and all of the characters acknowledge that they'll never be able to see anyone from the Milky Way ever again. Due to the Multiple Endings of Mass Effect 3, it's even possible that there is no sapient life left in the Milky Way while the events of Andromeda are taking place. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7988cb68 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7988cb68 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Mass Effect (Franchise) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7988cb68 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_79af3cc7 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_79af3cc7 |
comment |
Neopets is set on the planet Neopia. A few Neopets such as the Grundos and alien Aisha come from other planets but nobody mentions Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_79af3cc7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_79af3cc7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Neopets (Website) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_79af3cc7 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7a22e4e9 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7a22e4e9 |
comment |
Ironsworn: Starforged is set in The Forge, a globular cluster located above an unnamed and fictional galaxy. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7a22e4e9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7a22e4e9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Ironsworn: Starforged (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7a22e4e9 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7a732bf5 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7a732bf5 |
comment |
Galaxy of Terror: Earth is never mentioned. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7a732bf5 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7a732bf5 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Galaxy of Terror |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7a732bf5 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7b199ad |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7b199ad |
comment |
Celestus is set in the Amatens Galaxy. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7b199ad |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7b199ad |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Celestus (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7b199ad |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7c0018a0 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7c0018a0 |
comment |
Farzar is a parody of Masters of the Universe mostly set on the titular planet. Several The Genie Knows Jack Nicholson references are made to Earth culture for the sake of comedy but isn't clear if the planet actually exists in the setting. The creators have teased the idea of a crossover with their other two shows, Brickleberry and Paradise PD which are set on Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7c0018a0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7c0018a0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Farzar |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7c0018a0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7c19a801 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7c19a801 |
comment |
FTL: Faster Than Light makes an offhand comment about Earth, but otherwise completely focuses on the conflict between the Federation and the Rebellion, with no Earth in sight. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7c19a801 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7c19a801 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | FTL: Faster Than Light (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7c19a801 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7e35116c |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7e35116c |
comment |
The "Captain Sternn" segment of Heavy Metal is set on a Space Station that you'd assume would be in The Future but it originally lead into a Deleted Scene called "Neverwhere Land" where the Loc-Nar crashes on a nearby planet that turns out to be Earth and starts life. The short would be a montage of human history up to World War II, bridging the "Captain Sternn" and "B-17" shorts. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7e35116c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7e35116c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Heavy Metal |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7e35116c |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7f220f02 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7f220f02 |
comment |
Star Trek: Prodigy is a Sequel Series to Star Trek: Voyager set in the same Delta Quadrant at the other side of the galaxy. The protagonists are a group of aliens who find an abandoned Starfleet ship. The characters' only knowledge about humans and the Federation comes from old Star Trek cast members playing hologram versions of their characters generated by the ship. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7f220f02 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7f220f02 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Star Trek: Prodigy |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7f220f02 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7fbd159a |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7fbd159a |
comment |
Third Earth of ThunderCats (1985) was originally said to be post-apocalyptic Earth, but the show stopped mentioning it after the beginning. The 2000s comic book series, which included a crossover with G-Force from Earth, claimed that it was another planet after all. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7fbd159a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7fbd159a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | ThunderCats (1985) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_7fbd159a |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_81692f99 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_81692f99 |
comment |
Astrid: Cult of The Volcanic Moon is a Star Trek type setting with humans with no named homeworld. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_81692f99 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_81692f99 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Star Trek (Franchise) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_81692f99 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8203cde7 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8203cde7 |
comment |
EDENS ZERO is about Human Aliens living in a region of space called the Sakura Cosmos that's separated from the rest of the universe by spaceship eating dragons. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8203cde7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8203cde7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | EDENS ZERO (Manga) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8203cde7 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_86814e7d |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_86814e7d |
comment |
Final Fantasy X-2 has a mini-side-quest that semi-confirms a direct connection between it and Final Fantasy VII as an in-joke, by implying that the Shinra in your group is the ancestor of those who will produce the technology to head to the stars and find a new planet thousands of years ago in the time-line of VII. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_86814e7d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_86814e7d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Final Fantasy X-2 (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_86814e7d |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8832bf9a |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8832bf9a |
comment |
Commander Kitty is set in a Galaxy of Funny Animals with no humans. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8832bf9a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8832bf9a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Commander Kitty / Web Comic |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8832bf9a |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8a339030 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8a339030 |
comment |
One non-canon comic book went with the idea of Star Wars actually taking place about 200 years in the past from when the movies actually came out. Han and Chewie blindly jump into hyperspace to escape an Imperial fleet, coming out near and then crash-landing on Earth, where Han is quickly killed by natives. 126 years later, Indiana Jones comes in search of a beast the locals speak of having roamed the forest for decades and stumbles upon the wreckage of the Millennium Falcon. After giving it some cursory exploration, however, he decides to leave that mystery to the "great unknown", after finding himself disturbed over the strange feeling of familiarity he gets about the corpse within the wreckage. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8a339030 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8a339030 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Indiana Jones (Franchise) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8a339030 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8b7b9cd5 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8b7b9cd5 |
comment |
The franchise is set in an unnamed galaxy in which humans exist and real-life animals sometimes turn up, but Earth and real-life stars are all entirely absent. A New Hope, the Trope Namer, used the phrase to set a fairy tale-like tone. The frequent jokes questioning the advanced technology of the setting despite it being in the past ignore the fact that being in a galaxy far, far away, technologies could well have developed much earlier than similar ones on Earth did — Decade Dissonance on an intergalactic scale. Depending on how meta one gets with the titles, the movies could take place in the future, the past or the present. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8b7b9cd5 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8b7b9cd5 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | A New Hope |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8b7b9cd5 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8b8da0b2 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8b8da0b2 |
comment |
Visionaries is set on a planet where magic has become more powerful than science. The opening narration of the first episode begins:
Visionaries was later added to the Hasbro Comic Universe with the Transformers vs. Visionaries miniseries. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8b8da0b2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8b8da0b2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Visionaries |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8b8da0b2 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8c0c101d |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8c0c101d |
comment |
Albedo: Erma Felna EDF is set in a region of space inhabited by Funny Animals with no knowledge of their origins. At one point a derelict spaceship is found with a human corpse on it, implying it's set in a distant future inhabited by Uplifted Animals. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8c0c101d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8c0c101d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Albedo: Erma Felna EDF (Comic Book) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8c0c101d |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8d50e6ff |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8d50e6ff |
comment |
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! is the same as the games it's based on in that it focuses on the planet Pop Star and surrounding planets. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8d50e6ff |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8d50e6ff |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Kirby: Right Back at Ya! |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8d50e6ff |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8d8157e0 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8d8157e0 |
comment |
Lexx starts off in Alternate Universe called the Light Zone with occasional mentions and visits to a Dark Zone. Both are full of planets inhabited by humans or at least Human Aliens. The Dark Zone is later revealed to be our universe and most of season 4 takes place on Earth. But Earth isn't the source of the humans on other planets in either universe. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8d8157e0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8d8157e0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Lexx |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8d8157e0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8e93a13d |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8e93a13d |
comment |
The Phantasy Star series focuses on Human Aliens in the Algol System in the Andromeda Galaxy.
Phantasy Star II has invading humans from Earth That Was.
Phantasy Star Online changes the setting to the planet Coral, whose population is trying to colonize a planet called Ragol.
Phantasy Star Online 2 focuses on a colony fleet exploring the universe but 20 Minutes into the Future Earth appearing in an Alternate Universe. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8e93a13d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8e93a13d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Phantasy Star (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8e93a13d |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a86 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a86 |
comment |
Xenoblade Chronicles: The Big Bad of the game was originally a human scientist from Earth, whose experiment ended up destroying his world and resulted in the creation of the world that the Bionis and the Mechonis inhabit. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a86 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a86 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Xenoblade Chronicles 1 (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a86 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a87 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a87 |
comment |
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: The God of Alrest is the Literal Split Personality of the first game's Big Bad, and Alrest itself was originally Earth. The worlds of the first two games exist parallel to each other, and the final act of both games are happening simultaneously. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a87 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a87 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a87 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a88 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a88 |
comment |
Xenoblade Chronicles 3: The worlds of the first two games began to drift back towards one another after being separated for an untold period of time, with the inhabitants of each world creating an ark called Origin to restore both worlds after they collide. However, Origin ends up being hijacked by the Moebius and results in the creation of a merged world frozen in time called Aionios. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a88 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a88 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8ec33a88 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8f34214f |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8f34214f |
comment |
Tiny Planets is set in a fictional solar system consisting of four Baby Planets. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8f34214f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8f34214f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Tiny Planets |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_8f34214f |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9058ac65 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9058ac65 |
comment |
Cat City has an Opening Scroll parodying Star Wars that mentions it's set on Planet X. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9058ac65 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9058ac65 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Cat City (Animation) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9058ac65 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_91209b29 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_91209b29 |
comment |
Xenosaga has this in the form of "Lost Jerusalem", which is the colloquial term for the ancestral planet of humans. Humans have been living in space for a good 4000 years, and Earth has long since been lost and forgotten over time. However, Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed implies that Lost Jerusalem merely ended up becoming the two worlds seen in the first two Xenoblade Chronicles games, as well as their merged form in the third game. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_91209b29 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_91209b29 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Xenosaga (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_91209b29 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_919afeb2 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_919afeb2 |
comment |
The Trigan Empire starts with a spaceship full of dead aliens crash-landing on Earth but the rest of the stories are flashbacks set on their home planet, Elekton. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_919afeb2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_919afeb2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Trigan Empire (Comic Book) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_919afeb2 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_924b6d63 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_924b6d63 |
comment |
Xenogears: The prologue begins in a distant galaxy when a Mile-Long Ship from Earth called the Eldridge comes under siege from an unknown force before activating the Self-Destruct Mechanism, causing it to crash onto a nearby planet and setting the story in motion. The humans that live on this planet were created by the giant bio-weapon Deus 10,000 years ago in order to act as parts to repair its damage. The humans that created Deus were from Earth (which is now known as "Lost Jerusalem"), but they are mostly a separate gene pool from Deus' created humans. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_924b6d63 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_924b6d63 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Xenogears (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_924b6d63 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9560919 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9560919 |
comment |
LEGO Universe is set mostly in the Nimbus System in a fictional Lego universe with no realistic planets. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9560919 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9560919 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | LEGO Universe (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9560919 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_95a764b9 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_95a764b9 |
comment |
Timespinner is set on the planet Lachiem on the Erneah Galaxy. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_95a764b9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_95a764b9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Timespinner (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_95a764b9 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_95cb69ad |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_95cb69ad |
comment |
Robotix is set millions of years ago on the planet Skalorr. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_95cb69ad |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_95cb69ad |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Robotix |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_95cb69ad |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_980a4d78 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_980a4d78 |
comment |
The Bomberman games were originally set on Earth but were later retconned into being set on the Planet Bomber in the Bomber Nebula. 100-hito Taisen Bomberman calls it the Bomber Galaxy and says it's hundreds of millions of light-years away from Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_980a4d78 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_980a4d78 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Bomberman (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_980a4d78 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_985ad25d |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_985ad25d |
comment |
The parallel universes from Dragon Ball Super all have their own sets of planets and aliens. The only one that has an Earth is our twin universe, Universe 6. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_985ad25d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_985ad25d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Dragon Ball Super |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_985ad25d |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9962ec71 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9962ec71 |
comment |
Spark is set in a universe with Beast Men but no humans or Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9962ec71 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9962ec71 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Spark |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9962ec71 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_99a6d9a |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_99a6d9a |
comment |
Immortal Defense is about the planet Dukis fighting alien invaders with no Earth or humans mentioned. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_99a6d9a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_99a6d9a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Immortal Defense (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_99a6d9a |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9a7a61a |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9a7a61a |
comment |
Sonic the Comic says that Sonic's home planet Moebius is "in a small galaxy that is 117,63222 light years from Earth, in a parallel dimension, in a different time zone and the whole region is made up of dark matter". |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9a7a61a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9a7a61a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Sonic the Comic (Comic Book) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9a7a61a |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9be94553 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9be94553 |
comment |
According to the opening narration, The Herculoids is set "somewhere out in space." |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9be94553 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9be94553 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Herculoids |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9be94553 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9ef055f4 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9ef055f4 |
comment |
Ratchet & Clank up the ante, spanning three whole "galaxies far, far away" over the course of the series: Bogon, Solana, and Polaris. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9ef055f4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9ef055f4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Ratchet & Clank (Franchise) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9ef055f4 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9f4256af |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9f4256af |
comment |
Alex Kidd platforms his way across various fictional planets. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9f4256af |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9f4256af |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Alex Kidd (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_9f4256af |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a03824e8 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a03824e8 |
comment |
This and later DC Universe crossover had Eternia in Another Dimension from Earth. Though they specify that the DC Earth is the same one Marlena came from. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a03824e8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a03824e8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The DCU (Franchise) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a03824e8 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a090fcfc |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a090fcfc |
comment |
Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! is set in a region of space that the cartoon series named the Aniverse. Willy DuWitt travels there from Earth when his Photon Accelerator malfunctions. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a090fcfc |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a090fcfc |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! (Comic Book) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a090fcfc |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a0f3ba8f |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a0f3ba8f |
comment |
Bulldogs!: Like Star Wars, its set in a whole other galaxy. Earth and humans do not exist but Arsubarans are a deliberate stand-in, being essentially human but with a wider ranger of skintones, hair, and eye color. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a0f3ba8f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a0f3ba8f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Bulldogs! (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a0f3ba8f |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a15c03fd |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a15c03fd |
comment |
Starfinder is a similar concept with Pathfinder set in space and the latter game's Earth equivalent, Golarion mysteriously disappeared. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a15c03fd |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a15c03fd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Starfinder (Tabletop Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a15c03fd |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a45c5246 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a45c5246 |
comment |
The Ice Pirates plays the trope straight, but the original ending was going to have the ice planet turning out to be Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a45c5246 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a45c5246 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Ice Pirates |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a45c5246 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a495544e |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a495544e |
comment |
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command has a cast of various aliens, an Ambiguously Human title character, and no reference to Earth. However, the series' Future Slang mentions another planet from our solar system: "Sweet mother of Venus!". |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a495544e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a495544e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a495544e |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a52def46 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a52def46 |
comment |
Kerbal Space Program is entirely set in the fictional Kerbol System. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a52def46 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a52def46 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Kerbal Space Program (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a52def46 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a6f6433c |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a6f6433c |
comment |
The Jak and Daxter series is set on an unnamed planet populated mainly by Space Elves (who call themselves humans), and was visited and partially colonized by at least two species of non-native aliens. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a6f6433c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a6f6433c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Jak and Daxter (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a6f6433c |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a9dd1e47 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a9dd1e47 |
comment |
The Revenge of the Sith novelization echoes the above tagline |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a9dd1e47 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a9dd1e47 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Revenge of the Sith |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a9dd1e47 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a9e19ff0 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a9e19ff0 |
comment |
Played with in Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun/Book of the Short Sun cycle. Urth is not actually our Earth, but in a separate universe entirely. It doesn't even get mentioned by name in the Book of the Long Sun. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a9e19ff0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a9e19ff0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Book of the New Sun |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_a9e19ff0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_aacd24cb |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_aacd24cb |
comment |
The StarCraft franchise mostly functions this way. With two exceptions (one of whom dies in the same game he's introduced in), every human character (usually referred to as "terrans") is descended from a group of colonists who arrived in the Koprulu sector when their ships' FTL drives malfunctioned and they wound up being blasted so far into deep space (a good sixty thousand light-years from Earth) that there was seemingly no hope of ever contacting their homeworld again. Hundreds of years later, the terrans have built up their own societies across dozens of planets and moons, and start to encounter sapient aliens also in the sector, namely the protoss and zerg. The terran characters almost never refer to Earth and the Koprulu sector is usually treated as synonymous with all of existence to them - even Arcturus Mengsk only desires to rule the sector rather than seek out Earth. Brood War fits Earth back into the story via a long-range expeditionary fleet sent by the United Earth Directorate, but the terran characters don't identify themselves with the invaders at all (pulling an Enemy Mine with the protoss and zerg factions to repulse them), and it's gone by the end of the same expansion that introduces it. After the UED's defeat, Earth goes on to play no role in the rest of the series (beyond one of the survivors of the UED expedition becoming a minor recurring character who sometimes references it). |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_aacd24cb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_aacd24cb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | StarCraft (Franchise) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_aacd24cb |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b3e81703 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b3e81703 |
comment |
The "space arc" of Arthur, King of Time and Space. It's set in 5th century Britain, only "Britain" is The Federation, and interstellar travel has been around since some point BC. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b3e81703 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b3e81703 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Arthur, King of Time and Space (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b3e81703 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b481fb8d |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b481fb8d |
comment |
The setting of Ava's Demon takes place on an unnamed planet (not Earth), 1000 years in the future and intersteller travel is heavily implied. Wrathia also originates from a distant galaxy yet to be named. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b481fb8d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b481fb8d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Ava's Demon (Webcomic) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b481fb8d |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b9821fa9 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b9821fa9 |
comment |
The Dark Crystal is set a thousand years ago on the planet Thra with mentions of an unnamed planet where the UrSkeks come from. The only reference to Earth is in The World of the Dark Crystal book which is written in a Direct Line to the Author style from an Earth professor who studied books from That. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b9821fa9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b9821fa9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Dark Crystal |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_b9821fa9 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ba30aab4 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ba30aab4 |
comment |
Krull is completely set on the titular planet. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ba30aab4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ba30aab4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Krull |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ba30aab4 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_bb6a4b88 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_bb6a4b88 |
comment |
Photon: The Idiot Adventures mostly plays it straight apart from having Sandy Planet look like Earth at the end after it's terraformed. Word of God says it goes on to become the titular world of Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar which would make it Another Dimension to Tenchi Muyo's Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_bb6a4b88 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_bb6a4b88 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Photon |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_bb6a4b88 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_bbe42b2 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_bbe42b2 |
comment |
The She-Ra: Princess of Power spin-off is set on the planet Etheria in the same solar system. As mentioned above the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power revival plays the trope straight. With Etheria being trapped in Another Dimension for most of the series and no mention of Earth when they return to the main universe. For copyright reasons, they weren't allowed to mention Eternia or most things from other He-Man cartoons. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_bbe42b2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_bbe42b2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | She-Ra: Princess of Power |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_bbe42b2 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c0d124e1 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c0d124e1 |
comment |
The Chronicles of Riddick is a case of Earth Drift. The original movie, Pitch Black, is the only one that mentions Earth with the rest of the movies feeling like this trope. Every planet referenced in the sector of space that the series takes place in is fictional, and Earth never comes up. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c0d124e1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c0d124e1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | The Chronicles of Riddick (Franchise) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c0d124e1 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c25b78e4 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c25b78e4 |
comment |
Albion is a Planetary Romance combining science fiction and magic — and the Hand Wave given for the magic by The Smart Guy is that we shouldn't expect the other, distant planet to work like the Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c25b78e4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c25b78e4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Albion (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c25b78e4 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c400d008 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c400d008 |
comment |
Subverse is set in the Prodigium Galaxy, a "mysterious galaxy tucked firmly away in the asshole of the universe". But it does have human residents who got sent there by an Unrealistic Black Hole. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c400d008 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c400d008 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Subverse (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c400d008 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c46f272c |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c46f272c |
comment |
Ribbit King has a protagonist from the planet Hippitron who travels to five other planets with no Earth in this setting. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c46f272c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c46f272c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Ribbit King (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c46f272c |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c59ec4c1 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c59ec4c1 |
comment |
As shown in the official maps (and a few times in the animated series), the "Earth" of Dragon Ball is Earth In Name Only, with completely different geography. It's populated by humans, but also Funny Animals, sapient robots, and various other intelligent species who are all considered native Earthlings, and the humans themselves have advanced technology, a fantastical culture (albeit one clearly inspired by real-world ones), and often display non-human traits (e.g. some people can shape-shift). That's not even getting into the Supernatural Martial Arts and completely different laws of physics. Real world events and nations are never referenced (except sometimes for the sake of a joke), and the setting uses a fictional calendar system. In short, Dragon Ball would be a perfect example if they gave the planet any other name. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c59ec4c1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c59ec4c1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | In Name Only |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c59ec4c1 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c6220b6e |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c6220b6e |
comment |
"Lumbanico, the Cubic Planet" takes place in a strangely shaped planet called Lumbanico, located in a completely different galaxy whose inhabitants have never even heard the names "Earth" or "Milky Way". |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c6220b6e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c6220b6e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Lumbanico The Cubic Planet |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c6220b6e |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c68c5d1b |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c68c5d1b |
comment |
Galactik Football is set in the Zaelion Galaxy. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c68c5d1b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c68c5d1b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Galactik Football |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c68c5d1b |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c6e9c6cc |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c6e9c6cc |
comment |
Super Mario Galaxy thanks to Earth Drift making Mario originate from whatever fictional planet that the Mushroom Kingdom is on. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c6e9c6cc |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c6e9c6cc |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Super Mario Galaxy (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c6e9c6cc |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c716e9ff |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c716e9ff |
comment |
Fantasy Zone is set in the titular region of space. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c716e9ff |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c716e9ff |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Fantasy Zone (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c716e9ff |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c7c531a4 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c7c531a4 |
comment |
Dr. Muto has to travel across four planets to restore his home planet, Midway. None of these are Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c7c531a4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c7c531a4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Dr. Muto (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c7c531a4 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c84a9c92 |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c84a9c92 |
comment |
Pikmin (2001) appears to be on alien world being explored by diminutive humanoid space explorers, but it's heavily implied (and outright shown in Pikmin 2) to be Earth All Along after the humans died out. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c84a9c92 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c84a9c92 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Pikmin (2001) (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_c84a9c92 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ccd87bdb |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ccd87bdb |
comment |
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin is a fairly standard example with humans who definitely had a home world but whose name has been lost to time. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ccd87bdb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ccd87bdb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Starchaser: The Legend of Orin |
hasFeature |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ccd87bdb |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ce50887e |
type |
A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ce50887e |
comment |
Dragon Ball:
As shown in the official maps (and a few times in the animated series), the "Earth" of Dragon Ball is Earth In Name Only, with completely different geography. It's populated by humans, but also Funny Animals, sapient robots, and various other intelligent species who are all considered native Earthlings, and the humans themselves have advanced technology, a fantastical culture (albeit one clearly inspired by real-world ones), and often display non-human traits (e.g. some people can shape-shift). That's not even getting into the Supernatural Martial Arts and completely different laws of physics. Real world events and nations are never referenced (except sometimes for the sake of a joke), and the setting uses a fictional calendar system. In short, Dragon Ball would be a perfect example if they gave the planet any other name.
Many other planets are visited in the series, and none correspond to any real-world location. Also, as shown in Daizenshuu 7, Earth and all the other planets in the Dragon Ball universe are actually in a gigantic snow globe.
The parallel universes from Dragon Ball Super all have their own sets of planets and aliens. The only one that has an Earth is our twin universe, Universe 6. |
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| | Dragon Ball (Manga) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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He-Man's mother coming from Earth was only written in for a Superman crossover mini-comic to explain the He-Man recognised Supes because his mother had described him before.
This and later DC Universe crossover had Eternia in Another Dimension from Earth. Though they specify that the DC Earth is the same one Marlena came from. |
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| | Superman (Franchise) |
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| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_cf69b21e |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Famously, Beast Wars takes place on a strange, two-mooned planet with identical-to-Earth fauna, until one of the moons is revealed as an alien superweapon. The other moon, which we never got a good look at until then, looks very familiar. Earth All Along; prehistoric Earth due to a time warp they ran into on the way. One of the bigger twists at first, It Was His Sled by now. |
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| | Beast Wars |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_cfd5d471 |
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Kaena: The Prophecy focuses solely on aliens on another planet. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_cfd5d471 |
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| | Kaena: The Prophecy |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d266b137 |
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Chex Quest seems to be set in a universe inhabited solely by various anthropomorphic breakfast cereal aliens. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d266b137 |
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| | Chex Quest (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is set on the planet Etheria, though strange circumstances mean it's not initially obvious if other planets exist, much less would be relevant to the plot. Unlike the original series (see next section), there's no mention of Earth whatsoever, though Eternia might still be a place considering it was used as a special passphrase. Later seasons reveal that Etheria was cut off from the rest of the universe by the last She-Ra, keeping it safe from Horde Prime, and that Adora was born on Eternia and brought to Etheria through a portal. |
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| | She-Ra and the Princesses of Power |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d4f11a60 |
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Elite is this because of Gameplay Story Segregation. Supplementary materials mention humans coming from Earth but the gameplay consists of fictional planets in eight procedurally generated galaxies. From Frontier: Elite II onwards, Earth and nearby stars were featured in a realistically sized galaxy. The eight galaxies from the original game were generally considered to be distant sectors of our own galaxy. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d4f11a60 |
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| | Elite (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d5208281 |
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Outer Wilds is set in a fictional solar system just referred to as the Solar System or the Outer Wilds with no mention of Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d5208281 |
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| | Outer Wilds (Video Game) |
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| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d5b84b32 |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d5b84b32 |
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You can find Earth in Spore but it's uninhabitable and there are no humans in this setting. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d5b84b32 |
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| | Spore (Video Game) |
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| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d616724d |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d616724d |
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League of Legends is set on the planet Runeterra but some of the Alternate Continuities like "Odyssey" and "Space Groove" created to justify different character skins spread the setting across the galaxy. |
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| | League of Legends (Video Game) |
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| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d88c6466 |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d88c6466 |
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The Science of Discworld is about wizards of the Unseen University creating a world without magic (Earth) and dubbing it "Roundworld". |
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| | The Science of Discworld |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d8b55c6f |
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Noctis is set in the fictional Feltyrion Galaxy, about twice the size of ours. |
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| | Noctis (Video Game) |
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| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d930a4c7 |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_d930a4c7 |
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Spelljammer is Dungeons & Dragons in space with all the previous campaign settings appearing as planets. |
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| | Spelljammer (Tabletop Game) |
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| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_dabf46c6 |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_dabf46c6 |
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed: Earth as it was prior to the experiment appears in a flashback, and several namedrops heavily imply that the Myth Arc of Xenoblade Chronicles seen up until this point is a Stealth Sequel to Xenosaga, explaining how Earth/Lost Jerusalem disappeared and ended up reappearing in The Stinger for Xenosaga Episode III. |
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| | Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_dc341c94 |
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Gandahar is set in the distant future, on the planet of the same name. |
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| | Gandahar |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_df3b76dc |
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Ristar is set in the Valdi System. |
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| | Ristar (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_df9e0da3 |
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Jazz Jackrabbit is The Tortoise and the Hare but thousands of years later. It's never specified if the original planet the tortoise and the hare lived on was Earth or not. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_df9e0da3 |
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| | Jazz Jackrabbit (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e190ee5b |
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Starcrash is a Star Wars rip off, entirely set in a distant galaxy. |
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| | Starcrash |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e235270c |
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In Stellaris, if humanity is not already present on the galactic stage, you can potentially find Earth as a primitive world, undergoing a random period of human history up to the Space Age... or you can find it After the End, a bombed-out husk populated by giant cockroaches with budding sapience. |
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| | Stellaris (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e23ff2b1 |
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The Masters of the Universe franchise is mostly set on the planet Eternia with the main connection to Earth is that He-Man's mother, Queen Marlena originated there.
The Universe Bible for He-Man and The Masters of The Universe says that Earth and Eternia are in different universes with Queen Marlena being a human astronaut sucked through a Negative Space Wedgie to get to Eternia. The astronauts from the Visitors from Earth episode also got sucked through a similar vortex.
He-Man's mother coming from Earth was only written in for a Superman crossover mini-comic to explain the He-Man recognised Supes because his mother had described him before.
This and later DC Universe crossover had Eternia in Another Dimension from Earth. Though they specify that the DC Earth is the same one Marlena came from.
The Opening Narration to the live-action Masters of the Universe movie says Eternia is at the center of the universe. The movie has He-Man and Skeletor chase a MacGuffin to Earth. Word of God says the reason for this Human-Focused Adaptation was because it was originally meant to be a New Gods movie but he couldn't get the copyrights.
Early drafts and the Comic-Book Adaptation reveal near the end that Eternia exists in the future and was settled by stranded space travellers from Earth.
The She-Ra: Princess of Power spin-off is set on the planet Etheria in the same solar system. As mentioned above the She-Ra and the Princesses of Power revival plays the trope straight. With Etheria being trapped in Another Dimension for most of the series and no mention of Earth when they return to the main universe. For copyright reasons, they weren't allowed to mention Eternia or most things from other He-Man cartoons.
Happens again in The New Adventures of He-Man where time travelers bring He-Man to their planet Primus in the future. |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e386027c |
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Tyrian 2000 has Trent Hawkins jump into hyperspace, set for an unheard-of planet 100 light years away. The planet in question is Earth. |
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| | Tyrian (Video Game) |
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| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e4b5d35b |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e4b5d35b |
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Freedom Planet is set on the planet Avalice, inhabited by anthropomorphic animals and some visiting aliens but no humans. |
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| | Freedom Planet (Video Game) |
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| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e6267766 |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e6267766 |
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A proposed novel in the Star Wars Legends books gave an origin story for humans in the Galaxy; that they were were escapees from the dystopia government from THX 1138 that had taken an experimental FTL drive, ending up on the other side of the universe and backwards in time. The pitch became the Alien Chronicles instead. |
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| | Star Wars Legends (Franchise) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Although Rifts is about portals opening all over the Earth, the "Three Galaxies" setting plays the trope straight. It's a Science Fantasy Space Opera world inspired by Star Wars that has no Earth of its own. |
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| | Rifts (Tabletop Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e7e37776 |
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Firefly is set in a quintuple star system containing five dense planetary systems in a sector of space referred to as "the Verse" with occasional references to Earth That Was but no explanation. The Opening Narration to the Serenity movie explains that Earth was evacuated centuries ago and humanity now inhabits a star system with five stars and dozens of terraformed planets, dwarf planets, and moons. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e7e37776 |
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| | Firefly |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e885c808 |
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Spaceballs, being a Star Wars parody, plays with this. The Opening Scroll begins with "Once upon a time warp... In a galaxy very, very, very, very, far away, there lived a ruthless race of beings known as... Spaceballs." The rest of the movie had everyone making references to Earth pop culture, and culminates with Dark Helmet declaring, "Even in the future nothing works." A movie called Rocky 5 thousand gets mentioned too. |
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| | Spaceballs |
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| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e8d19c42 |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e8d19c42 |
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Phantasy Star Online 2 focuses on a colony fleet exploring the universe but 20 Minutes into the Future Earth appearing in an Alternate Universe. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e8d19c42 |
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1.0 |
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| | Phantasy Star Online 2 (Video Game) |
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| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e9cb2780 |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e9cb2780 |
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Gears of War takes place on a fictional planet called Seranote Which is Ares, the Greek god of war, spelled backwards. While the planet is populated by humans who are technologically and culturally similar to real life ones, the planet has some notable astronomical and geological differences from Earth, including a 26-hour day, two moons, and a crust full of underground tunnels home to various fantastical creatures. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e9cb2780 |
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| | Gears of War (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e9ce372 |
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In Outlander Leander the characters live on a planet called Pressea. At least one country has begun traveling through space and is starting to explore the universe. No mention of Earth. |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_e9ce372 |
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1.0 |
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| | Outlander Leander |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
| | A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... / int_ed422854 |
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No Man's Sky is set across 255 fictional galaxies with no Earth or humans. The Waking Titan Alternate Reality Game reveals it's set in a computer simulation being run on Earth. |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
| | No Man's Sky (Video Game) |
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A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away... |
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Star Trek: Voyager focuses on the titular ship getting stranded in the Delta Quadrant on the other side of the galaxy with no Federation presence and encountering various alien civilizations within it. It would take them 70 years to get back to Earth if they couldn't find a wormhole or some other shortcut. A downplayed example in that most of the main characters are either humans or alien members of a society where Earth is the capital. |
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Copy Kitty is set in the Zoincailla solar system with various monsters and anthropomorphic animals but no humans. |
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Wander over Yonder takes place in a galaxy full of Baby Planets, all of which seem to be inhabited by different alien species. The only possible connection to Earth occurs in the the last shot of the series, which implies Lord Hater is an ape astronaut, and shows a wrecked spaceship with what appears to be a US flag. |
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ElfQuest is set on "the World of Two Moons."note Later to be called "Abode". |
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Dragonstar is set in the Serpent's Eye galaxy. Like Spelljammer, it's a Science Fantasy series that is basically Dungeons & Dragons Recycled In Space. |
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Star Frontiers is set "near the center of a great spiral galaxy, where stars are much closer together than Earth's sun and its neighbors. Humans are explicitly not Earth humans but are extremely similar. That said, the names of certain planets and stars in the region make reference to Terrestrial mythology and culture (most notably a star named Theseus, orbited by a planet named Minotaur) all of which raise never-answered questions about that. |
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Dreadstar is set in the Empirical Galaxy. Dreadstar himself is a refugee from our destroyed galaxy after drifting frozen for a million years. He looks human, but it's not clear if he's a Human Alien or can trace his origins to Earth. |
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The Groovenians featured two planets called Jeepers and Groovenia and then never got past its pilot. |
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Happens again in The New Adventures of He-Man where time travelers bring He-Man to their planet Primus in the future. |
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