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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Reptilians are one of the stock Humanoid Aliens, sporting reptile-like features and popping up frequently in Science Fiction and abduction stories. They share quite a few similarities with Little Green Men and The Greys in terms of appearance (human-like, large eyes, baldness, strange skin) and modus operandi (abduction, invasion), but they have enough unique features to set themselves apart. Since they are reptiles they, of course, are almost always evil. Unlike their Grey and Green cousins, though, the Reptilians tend to be portrayed as even more vicious and sadistic, often abducting humans as a Slave Race or as a food source. They are frequently shapeshifters, changing into human form in order to infiltrate our ranks and take over the world before we even realize it. Sometimes, like Little Green Men and The Greys, they can be more enigmatic invaders whose only direct contact with humans is through abductions. The trend nowadays, though, has been to give the Reptilians a more detailed culture than those two, typically as either Scary Dogmatic Aliens or as the vanguard of a vast but decadent empire. They commonly have hidden bases Beneath the Earth, which probably stems from a fusion of the Primal Fears of both reptiles and the underground. Oftentimes, they are mentioned as having created The Greys (by cloning) as a Slave Race, until some decided to rebel, thus forcing the Greys to steal human DNA to survive. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Often they are very strong, but there are also variants in which they are not much stronger than humans. In many cases, they are very sensitive to cold, but like heat instead. And often they can also quickly recover from injuries. Often, they are callous and consider humans weak because they give in to their feelings more quickly. But it may also be that they also develop feelings when they spend more time with humans. Nevertheless, love relationships or even common descendants with humans are a rarity. And they are almost always hunters and carnivores, even the good ones among them. If the biological history of the Reptilians gets mentioned, they are frequently revealed to be dinosaurs who attained sapience, somehow survived the K/T Extinction event, and moved elsewhere among the stars, not necessarily in that order.note To be technical, many believe humans and other mammals themselves evolved from reptilelike synapsids, so having the Reptilians actually remain what humans would recognize as reptilian would be quite a stretch, especially if they moved to a planet with a very different environment from Earth's to evolve in. Doesn't help that most dinosaurs weren't very "reptilian" in appearance, with feathers and the like — sapient dinosaurs would look more like toothed birds than anything else. Such dinosaur-derived creatures are sometimes called "Dinosauroids", a term first popularized by paleontologist Dale Russell's hypothetical Troodon-descended humanoid. Naturally, those dinosaurs often turn out to have been descendants of the carnivorous theropods such as Velociraptor or Tyrannosaurus rex (it helps that many theropods are considered to have been the most intelligent dinosaurs there were). Alternatively, they evolved on a planet whose evolutionary history is just like that of Earth, but stalled out before mammals could take their rightful place at the top. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })Depending on just how reptilian the Reptilians are portrayed to be (and depending on a program's budget), they can run the gamut from bald humans with weird eyes to full-on Lizard Folk with a human-like gait. They usually have a hatred or disgust for all mammals. It is common for Reptilians to insult humans by referring to them as "apes". Also, a rule of thumb to keep in mind is that the more reptilian the aliens are, the less likely they are to be portrayed as good guys, in line with Reptiles Are Abhorrent; sympathetic Reptilians are more likely to have Non-Mammal Mammaries, among other things. Compare Lizard Folk and Snake People, which are generally the Fantasy Counterparts to this trope.note Though the former tend to be more like dumb scaly orcs in contrast to the advanced Reptilians. Also compare The Flatwoods Monster, an alien cryptid that has a lesser-used reptilian alternate iteration. Finally, also also compare Insectoid Aliens, another common kind of Earth fauna inspired extraterrestrials who are very very unlikely to be portrayed simpathetically. Examples: |
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Above Top Secret, a large conspiracy site, is a good source for people who believe these creatures exist and are behind global conspiracies. | |
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The obscure XBOX shooter Brute Force has Brutus, a "Feral" (a scaly green lizard man with a voice like Doctor Claw) as one of the main Player Characters. He's by far the toughest squad member, and sports a Healing Factor and Aura Vision. | |
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The Snakemen in X-COM: UFO Defense are human-sized snake-like aliens with rapid reproduction times and appear about midway through the game. In XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the Thin Men are a reptilian species that have been genetically-modified to resemble humans in order to serve as infiltration units. XCOM 2 wheeled out the Vipers, a race of sexy lady snakes, the Thin Men's true form. | |
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A race of iguana-like alien gangsters appear as antagonists in one episode of Men in Black. | |
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The Teladi from the X-Universe series are a humanoid reptilian race whose aspect of life is entirely motivated by money. Their society is comprised of a Mega-Corp which dominates their politics and businesses, and their government is essentially a corporate republic. Because of their reptilian nature, the Teladi have a... tendency to speak with an accent that emphasizes the letter s in such a way that it becomes memetic. They tend to be neutral to all the other factions, even the Space Pirates. Because of this last note, it's not surprising to see some factories produce a fancy drug known as Space Weed, which is basically the series' version of marijuana IN SPACE! This drug is considered contraband in any sector that isn't Teladi or Pirate-owned, and often is a popular source of income to would-be smugglers. | |
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Bravestarr has a race of Snake People, including villainess Vipra and good guy Handlebar who had a mustache. | |
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The turn-based strategy Space Empires 4 has red lizard-people with vaguely Starfleet-esque ship designs as one of the possible appearances for your chosen empire. They are included in Space Empires 5 as well, for which they decorated the cover, and originated in the third game of the series. Called the Jraenar in all games. | |
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The inhabitants of Planet Bone in Shadow Raiders are also reptilian. | |
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From El Chigüire Bipolar: Maduro: "The irresponsible opposition hasn't spoken against the murderous alien lizards." | |
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On Rocko's Modern Life, all the high-level executives at the world domination bent Mega-Corp Conglom-O (including the CEO, Mr. Dupette) are lizards with a habit of picking their noses. | |
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You can get these in SimEarth if dinosaurs or reptiles become sentient. | |
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Exalted has some snake-beastmen, including at least one who Exalted. It also has the dinosauroid Dragon Kings, who predate humanity and are almost extinct in the current day. | |
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The Reptoids in Trying Human can be divided into two main subspecies: Draconian and Terran Reptoids. The long-tailed Terran Reptoids evolved from Troodon dinosaurs and were uplifted by the winged Draconian Reptoids, making them forever indebted to their benefactors. Both sub-races are capable of shape-shifting and enjoy eating meat, including human. | |
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The same thing was also applied to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, with memes claiming that he is either a lizard or a robot due to his eyes and due to his facial expressions. | |
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Dungeons & Dragons: Among the various Snake People, Lizard Folk, and Draconic Humanoids in the game, the serpentine yuan-ti stand out as this trope due to their penchant for sending "purebloods" (low-ranking individuals who look mostly human) into human society as spies. Meanwhile, the spinoff Pathfinder has Reptoids, a race of shapeshifting infiltrators from another planet or dimension (they refuse to divulge their origins even under duress, so it is somewhat unclear) who seek to prepare the target world for invasion. | |
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Deis/Bleu in the Breath of Fire series is one of these. She would be a snake person, but her entry in Breath of Fire IV shows her to be a shapeshifter goddess, so she falls into this category as well as Snake People. She is also a rare heroic example, if a bit of The Hedonist. | |
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In Earthsong, one of the ill-fated Guards in Earthsong's welcoming party for Beluosus is a Reptilian. | |
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The Raptors from The Storm Hawks. They're all irredeemably evil except for Leugey, who's too stupid to be anything but a bad guy. | |
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The Elites/Sangheili from Halo are a cross between this and Predator Pastiche, essentially resembling humanoid theropods with segmented mandibles. | |
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The Tarka from Sword of the Stars evolved from lizards but are very human-like, resembling scaled apes◊ more than actual lizards. They are a highly civilized and pragmatic warrior race whose empire is a few thousand years older than human civilization, and are presented as sympathetic if fairly machiavellian, warlike, and prone to picking on those weaker than themselves. | |
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Steven Universe: In "Keep Beach City Weird", it's revealed that Ronaldo blames all the crazy happenings in town on snake people, or "sneople", who secretly control the world. He's initially disappointed to find out it's all because of the Gems (to whom the citizens of Beach City are Fantastically Indifferent), but at the end of the episode Ronaldo is inspired to make up a (surprisingly accurate) conspiracy theory about "polymorphic sentient rocks". | |
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Unusually, none of the quasi-reptilian species from Mass Effect are portrayed as evil. The krogan tend to be aggressive, warlike, and are frequently antagonists from shady mercenary gangs and the like, but two party members from the series are krogan and the species shows strong signs of moving beyond its violent past. The turians attacked the first humans they encountered, but this was because of a misunderstanding. The drell overindustrialized and destroyed the ecosystem of their planet, but they are now the devoted servants of the gentle, mystical hanar. The salarians have lots of....ethically questionable scientists, but overall they are portrayed positively. | |
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Infinite Worlds for the GURPS has an Earth that feature lizards. It is called "The United States of Lizarda". GURPS had created a stat for these lizards by loosely based on Dale Russell's opinion. (See Dale Russell's opinion below in the Real Life section.) | |
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ThunderCats (2011) has Third Earth's Lizards, overlapping with Lizard Folk. They're adversaries to the Thundercats, a rare deconstructed example of Reptiles Are Abhorrent, reacting to generations of oppression and Fantastic Racism at the hands of the Cats. Some are decent, pulling an Androcles' Lion in return for a Cat's uncharacteristic display of altruism. | |
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The Ithklur in Traveller are a Proud Warrior Race that serves as soldiers to the Hivers (who need them badly being rather courage-deprived as a rule). The Ithklur are not evil but are hearty souls that love a good fight. | |
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Whip in Tripping the Rift is a chamaleon-like alien. | |
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The Ma-non of Xenoblade Chronicles X are a highly nonstandard example. Essentially resembling short Gungans with more reptile-like scutes and ridges, their highly technology-dependent culture means that nearly every single one is a Brilliant, but Lazy Manchild who prefers to spend time eating pizza rather than putting effort into building and maintaining New LA. They're as chipper and trusting as can be, always excitedly asking questions about their new human and Nopon friends and never assuming maliciousness from anyone (Ackwar of the Mediators is an exception, as his familiarity with the cultures and mindsets of humans and other xenos makes him far less naive when it comes to his detective work). The "reptilian" part only ever explicitly comes up with a prejudiced shopkeeper who doesn't want to interact with the Ma-non due to her preexisting anxiety around reptiles from Earth; with some coaxing from the player, she can be convinced that they're nicer aliens than she is initially willing to give them credit for. | |
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One of the Rulon subraces on Dino-Riders was a race of Snake People. | |
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Traffic Department 2192 has the Selarian species, and their representative in Vulthaven's TD, Lieutenant Junior Grade Koth. If he's any indication, their species hisses their S's. | |
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Starfinder: The vesk are a Proud Warrior Race of Scary Dogmatic Aliens who control a powerful, militarized empire and have formed an uneasy alliance with the Pact Worlds, after being forced to put their original plans for first contact — armed invasion and subjugation — on indefinite hold by the arrival of something even worse. The reptoids are the classic conspiracy theory take on this trope, in contrast to the vesk's more modern science-fiction interpretation. They're scaly humanoids with tails and lizardlike crests in their true forms, but they can alter their appearance to resemble other humanoid species, an ability they employ to infiltrate other cultures and manipulate them for their own unknown ends. |
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In Futurama, the Pope is one just like in many a conspiracy theory. The difference is that this is known by everyone, to the point of being a variation of "Is the Pope Catholic?" Additionally, more reptilian aliens appear as background characters in a few episodes. | |
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Dark Void: The Watchers are manipulative shapeshifting reptilians exiled into Another Dimension by early humans. In keeping with this trope, their life cycle is based on metamorphosis: they emerge from the egg as larval, wormlike hatchlings, and they pilot Powered Armor suits as basic mooks. As they get older and more intelligent, they grow arms and legs and become more snake-like; they also get to pilot something like an alien Humongous Mecha. Finally, the Elder form is the most intelligent, and can shapeshift to perfectly mimic a human appearance. These serve as spies in human society and leaders for the rest of the species. | |
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Babylon Bee: Politicians are exempted from COVID lockdown restrictions because their Reptilian nature gives them natural immunity. | |
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The Draske in Starbase Orion are small, winged reptiles whose natural flight ability makes them superior pilots and navigators. According to their backstory, they are not warlike and haven't had to fight anyone in the thousands of years they have been exploring space (mostly using sublight ships). They are extremely long-lived (their lifespans are measured in thousands of years) and are ruled by Matriarchs. Every year, many Draske participate in tournaments. The victors experience a great boost in their careers. Those who lose the tournaments three times typically commit suicide to spare their families the shame. The Draske Hegemony incorporates several other races as client members, including the Harge and the Felinoids. The reason they're on part with the other races in the game is mostly due to them being unaccustomed to warfare. | |
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The Cardianon in Star Ocean: The Last Hope. Originally a primitive race, the Grigori accelerated their evolution, and provided them with knowledge that led to them becoming one of the most technologically advanced races in the universe in a very short span of time, but also turned them into a bunch of fanatical planet conquerors. They look like somewhat reptilian humanoids in the lowest stage of evolution they're seen in, but their more advanced forms are traditional lizardmen, then dragonmen, and lastly, full fledged dragons. | |
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On Opie & Anthony, Louis C.K. asked Donald Rumsfeld if he and Dick Cheney were part of a Reptilian conspiracy to control the world. Donald declined to answer. | |
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The Reptites in Chrono Trigger, who were the pinnacle of dinosaur evolution in 65 million BC. They oppressed the caveman population until Lavos landed. In an alternate timeline in Chrono Cross, they evolved into dragons. | |
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The Skedar from Perfect Dark bear some similarities to the Reptilians, being bipedal, dinosaur-like creatures who masquerade as Scandinavian men. Their offspring resemble tiny, vicious lizards. | |
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The online cult leader and fringe YouTuber Sherry Shriner, sort of a female, American David Icke, claimed in apparent earnest that Bieber was a Reptilian, in addition to Selena Gomez, Queen Elizabeth II, and various other people. She also seriously claimed Taylor Swift was a vampire. | |
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They make a brief appearance in Rasputin Barxotka, with their planned invasion of Earth thwarted by the strip's version of The Greys. | |
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Stellaris has "reptilian" as a category of species (along with stuff like "avian", "mammalian" or "fungoid"). There's an achievement for doing the "alien infiltration" ploy on a pre-FTL reptilian species with a human empire, and the achievement's symbol is a reversed "V". | |
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Genius: The Transgression, being based on mad science, has these in the Third Race. They are manes (creatures made when the idea behind them was disproven- these guys came to life when everyone realized that there wasn't a hidden continent populated by lizard people) who formerly lived in the Bardo of Lemuria, before they ret-goned it by screwing with Time Travel. They formed the Baramins of Lemuria to steer scientific development so their home could come about again, but they were overthrown by human Genii in a process beginning in the Renaissance. The race is now dying out, with the few remaining members in hiding. | |
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A sectarian belief in the Adam and Eve account from the Book of Genesis is that the Forbidden Fruit Eve ate of was actually a forbidden sex act between Eve and Satan (who at that point was not yet forced to "go about his belly" like a common snake), which resulted in the birth of Cain, the first of the "serpent seed" that somehow survived and became the Jews, of which Jesus in the gospel of John had denounced as being "children of the devil". This belief also somehow fosters the idea that Sex Is Evil. | |
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From Battleborn: Pendles is an adolescent Roa, a type of anthropomorphic snake alien species which spend a part of their lives as bipedal creatures before eventually shedding their limbs and return to living beneath the waves. He put a stop to his natural molting process via hormone therapy after his right snake tail-like tentacle fell off. A couple of skins for the other Battleborn turn them into reptilians. Whiskey Foxtrot's "It's Reptile Foxtrot!" skin turns him into a reptile scaled version of his normal self. Meanwhile, Ernest's appropriately named "Devolved" skin basically devolves the bird man back into a feathered dino man. |
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In ZombiU, The Prepper seriously believes that the Queen is one of them. | |
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Metroid: When they don't resemble Insectoid Aliens, the Space Pirates occasionally have elements of this, particularly in the first Metroid Prime. This may be tied into the fact that two of their leaders, Ridley and Kraid, are both very reptilian, being a dragon and a Godzilla-like Kaiju respectively (at least since Super Metroid; the very first game had concept art portraying Ridley as some weird multi-eyed bug creature and Kraid as having fur). Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has the Multi-Armed and Dangerous Reptilicus of Bryyo, one of the more atypical examples of this trope. Once known as the intelligent Bryyonians, with enough clout to have extensive contact with the Chozo, a brutal conflict between the tech-using Lords of Science and the magic-using Primals devastated the planet. The point of no return came when the Leviathan Seed crashed into the planet and spread Phazon everywhere, after which the Bryyonians degenerated into savage beasts. |
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Reptilis Rex is centered around the "Reptoids" being forced to move to the surface and reveal themselves to mankind, which treats them like second class citizens. They can't shapeshift per se but own shapeshifting pets which they can wear as masks, hence there have been an unknown number of Reptoid infiltrators throughout history including Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. | |
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Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Alien archetype. Most of the members have some sort of lizard-like attributes to them, and they are all Reptile-type. They aren't exactly portrayed in a good light either, considering their card artworks depict things like brainwashing, experimentation, and planetary invasion. There is also the Worm archetype. While they don't have much in the way of reptilian features, they are also extraterrestrial invaders, and are likely Reptile-type because of this trope. |
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Space 1889 has the lizard men of Mars. They are not evil or sadistic though. | |
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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has the Multi-Armed and Dangerous Reptilicus of Bryyo, one of the more atypical examples of this trope. Once known as the intelligent Bryyonians, with enough clout to have extensive contact with the Chozo, a brutal conflict between the tech-using Lords of Science and the magic-using Primals devastated the planet. The point of no return came when the Leviathan Seed crashed into the planet and spread Phazon everywhere, after which the Bryyonians degenerated into savage beasts. | |
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