History Main / APlanetNamedZok

* ''HomestarRunner'''s ShowWithinAShow "Limozeen - [[RecycledInSpace 'but they're in space!']]" is set on Groupulon 5, a ShoutOut to ''Babylon5''.

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* Downplayed quite a bit in ''{{Homestuck}}'' with the troll planet Alternia.

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* Namek from ''DragonBallZ''.

* ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity Nova'' have many planets and systems with names like Tre'ar Zalom, Z'precti Hem, Ver'ar Noriout, Nil'ar Kemorya in the [[TwoDSpace east and northeast]].

* The StylisticSuck flash game ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/540541 A Game About Courage]]'' (made by the creator of ''RiddleSchool'') has you unlock a secret ending by [[spoiler:[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext getting a haircut while playing as]] [[FinalFantasyVII Cloud]].]] It reads:

* ''EscapeVelocity Nova'' have many planets and systems with names like Tre'ar Zalom, Z'precti Hem, Ver'ar Noriout, Nil'ar Kemorya in the [[TwoDSpace east and northeast]].

A SubTrope of LawOfAlienNames. Compare NumberedHomeworld and NamingYourColonyWorld for other ways to name a planet. See also XtremeKoolLetterz.

* The titular ''{{K-PAX}}'' from the book series by Dr. Gene Brewer. The K-PAXians also call their two suns K-MON and K-RIL, discuss the planets FLOR, NOLL and TERPSION, and refer to Earth as B-TIK. The all-caps spelling of planets, stars and constellations is also part of their naming convention, while the names of individuals and most locations smaller than a celestial body are left uncapitalized.

* The titular ''{{K-PAX}}'' from the book series by Dr. Gene Brewer. The K-PAXians also call their two suns K-MON and K-RIL, refer to the planets FLOR, NOLL and TERPSION, and refer to Earth as B-TIK. The all-caps spelling of planets, stars and constellations is also part of their naming convention, while the names of individuals and most locations smaller than a celestial body are left uncapitalized.

* The titular ''{{K-PAX}}'' from the book series by Dr. Gene Brewer. The aliens also call their two suns K-MON and K-RIL, refer to the planets FLOR, NOLL and TERPSION, and refer to Earth as B-TIK. The all-caps spelling of planets, stars and constellations is also part of their naming convention, while the names of individuals and most locations smaller than a celestial body are left uncapitalized.

* Rita Repulsa and her crew, when making some monsters to combat the MightyMorphinPowerRangers, would sometimes comment that they had done well in committing genocide on a certain planet named like this. Presumably those planets were the galactic equivalent of {{Ruritania}}.
** Other planets mentioned in the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' series as a whole include Aquitar, [[PowerRangersInSpace KO-35]] and [[PowerRangersTimeForce Xybria]].

* According to Scientology, the planet we live on was previously called "Teegeeack" before Xenu deposited humanity there.

* ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' has Z'ha'dum (also has apostrophes!), and in ''[[ExpandedUniverse The Technomage Trilogy]]'', the Rim planet and Shadow/Drakh stronghold Thenothk.

* ''TheNeverhood'' has planet Idznak, home of the Skullmonkeys (where the sequel takes place).
* Each level in ''{{Ristar}}'' is a planet, and Freon (according to the actual ''{{Scrabble}}'' rules) [[DownplayedTrope just barely qualifies.]]

* . ''{{Metroid}}'' has, among others, Planet Zebes.

A SubTrope of LawOfAlienNames. Compare NumberedHomeworld. See also XtremeKoolLetterz.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has a few, like Vergon 6, Capek 9, and Trisol.

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* {{Superman}}: The late and ever-iconic Krypton counts, even if it got so famous that an element on Earth got named after it.

* {{Highlander}} II has Planet Zeist - [[GeniusBonus which is a real street name in the Netherlands.]]

* {{Highlander}} II has Planet Zeist - [[GeniusBonus which is a real street name in Germany.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has a few, like Vergon 6, Chapek 9, and Trisol.

* The late and ever-iconic [[{{Superman}} Krypton]] counts.

* Rita Repulsa and her crew, when making some monsters to combat the MightyMorphinPowerRangers, would sometimes comment that they had done well in committing genocide on a certain planet named like this.

* When RussellTDavies was talking about a more Earth-bound ''DoctorWho'', the widely distributed pull-quote was something like "The audience doesn't care about the Zogs from Planet Zog". [[{{Hypocrite}} And then he gave us the planet Raxacoricofallapatorius.]]
** In-series, several planets fit the convention (like Skaro, the Daleks' home planet).

Oftentimes, fictional aliens [[LawOfAlienNames have bizarre names with Z's, G's, and apostrophes.]] So it should come to no surprise to any GenreSavvy ScienceFiction viewer that the planets, moons, stars, and other celestial objects from which the aliens hail from carry on this strange tradition - despite the fact that they ''still'' use the human alphabet and can still be pronounced by English speakers?
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''Most'' of these planets use lots of "weird" letters (ones that are often utilized in ScrabbleBabble), like X, K, Z, Q, R, and N. - given their underuse in regular words, using them in alien contexts works all the better for writers.

Among other variants include planets that follow the "X-tar" or "X-lar" pattern. A few planets end with "I". Oftentimes, they're {{Punny Name}}s.

* The original ''CalvinAndHobbes'' also had this in the various alien worlds that Spaceman Spiff found himself crash-landing on.

* An extremely early ''{{Dilbert}}'' strip has cow-looking aliens from the planet [[PunnyName Moothron]] visit Dogbert.

* Downplayed example: {{Alf}}'s recently-destroyed home planet was named Melmac, which was also an old brand of plastic dishware.
* Rita Repulsa and her crew, when making some monsters to combat the ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', would sometimes comment that they had done well in committing genocide on a certain planet named like this.

* ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' has Z'ha'dum (also has apostrophes!), and in [[ExpandedUniverse The Technomage Trilogy]], the Rim planet and Shadow/Drakh stronghold Thenothk.
* A famous example is Planet Vulcan from [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries the original Star Trek.]]

* Similar to the above, some of the planets in Milky Way Wishes (from ''KirbySuperStar'') fit, with names like [[DugTooDeep Cavius.]] (Ones like [[BubblyClouds Skyhigh]] and [[LethalLavaLand Hotbeat]] don't really count.)
* ''{{Metroid}}'' has, among others, Planet Zebes.

* The StylisticSuck flash game ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/540541 A Game About Courage]]'' (made by the creator of ''RiddleSchool'') has you unlock a secret ending by [[spoiler:[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext getting a haircut while playing as]] [[FinalFantasyVII Cloud.]]]] It reads:
--> super secret ending\\

* ''HomestarRunner'''s ShowWithinAShow "Limozeen - [[RecycledInSpace 'but they're in space!']]" is located on Groupulon 5, a ShoutOut to ''Babylon5''.

* According to Scientology, the planet we live on was previously called "Teegeeack" before Xenu deposited humanity there.