History Main / InsignificantLittleBluePlanet

** Most of the aliens and gods in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' have this view of Earth. It was more or less said in ''Dragon Ball Minus'' (by the aforementioned Jaco, who even considered ''the anihilation of earthlings'') and ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' that Frieza would have no interest in Earth, and King Cold is famous for calling it (in the Funimation dub) an insignificant mudball.
** Subverted with Beerus the God of Destruction and Whis who like the planet for the food and the WorthyOpponent in Goku and Vegeta. In ''Dragon Ball Super'', [[spoiler:Champa wants Earth for the food and wants to make a 5-on-5 tournament in owning it because his own Universe 6's Earth was ravaged by war.]] Basically, food pretty much makes Earth important enough to be spared! Further subverted when Whis makes an observation that those who interact with Earth and its native inhabitants have a tendency to end up changed by the experience... something which has even happened to Beerus, which is highly unusual.

* Numerous members of the ComicBook/GreenLantern Corps in Franchise/TheDCU look down on Earth--partly because of Hal Jordan's actions as Parallax. Many others have never even heard of the planet or of the species that inhabits it.

** There's also that Earth contains [[spoiler: the Entity. Much like how the seven colors of the Emotional EM Spectrum have entities, the Entity here is the representation of the white light of ''life itself'' and so the prime target of the EldritchAbomination, Nekron.]]
*** In fact, the above reason is why the [[EnforcedTrope Guardians of Oa ensured Earth was viewed as insignificant]]; [[spoiler: they downplayed Earth's importance to hide the existence of the Entity away and protect it. Furthermore, it being the center of the Multiverse, having it be out fo the way and not well known is a pretty good move.]]

** Even some humans. After ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' Nova rips into Tony Stark for many of Earth's superheroes (some of whom have cosmic-level powers) having been totally wrapped up in what was, at the base, [[ComicBook/CivilWar a bureaucratic dispute]] in the United States while he, entire civilizations, and cosmic entities including Galactus were fighting to save the entire ''universe''.

* Most of the aliens ComicStrip/MandrakeTheMagician has encountered (and for a crime-fighting stage magician, he has encountered surprisingly ''many'' aliens) view the Earth as this
* ''ComicBook/ScoobyDooTeamUp'': Moltar doesn't expect Space Ghost to "find any useful help on a backward mudball like Earth!". Space Ghost even uses the word "primitives" to describe Earthlings.
* In ''ComicBook/PaperinikNewAdventures'' the Evronians, who are currently trying to invade Earth, view it as so insignificant that the members of the Imperial Council have problem recalling its name. And the ''only'' reason they even bothered learning it is a combination of Earth being scheduled to have its oceans being used to ''cool off the engines of their PlanetSpaceship'' and Earthling being relatively tough to conquer (enough they can't just bulldoze in).
** Later {{Subverted}}: the Evronians are {{Emotion Eater}}s who [[PoweredByAForsakenChild fuel most of their technology with stolen emotions]] with a process that drains the victim completely and forever, but Earthlings are so emotionally rich that a single shot of their Evronguns often isn't enough and they can recover... [[BlessedWithSuck Meaning that humanity is an unending banquet and the possible solution to Evron's impending energy crisis]]. The Imperial Council ''still'' has trouble remembering the name.

* ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}''. Ming and Klytus don't think much of the planet... '''''Earth''''' (stressing the word as the synonym for "dirt").
* In ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' SpaceCowboy proudly tells everyone he's from Earth but no one has ever heard of it.
* ''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes'' ends with the [[spoiler: Earth being destroyed by the Doomsday Bomb.]] The [[Creator/PaulFrees somber voiceover man]] says, [[spoiler: "In one of the countless billions of galaxies in the universe, lies a medium-sized star, and one of its satellites, a green and insignificant planet, is now dead."]]
* In ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', the aliens stationed on our [[AfterTheEnd post apocalyptic]] planet hate it because it's boring, small and the gravity's too low. They use any humans they can catch as slave labor but the captain of the settlement says that he would much rather use dogs. At first he saw them as more useful, but they lack the appendages needed for certain jobs. Most of the aliens are convinced that humans have no language and are too stupid to learn whatever the aliens speak in. [[spoiler:The blow is softened a little when a man does learn the alien language and the captain enjoys explaining to him how it only took his ancestors 15 minutes to destroy all human civilization after finding Earth. Softened in that even though humanity's last stand was pathetic, he purposely wanted his staff not to know humans had some intelligence]]
** Even the defense wasn't that pathetic; they teleported in a massive number of gas weapons in a move no race had survived in three universes of conquests.

* In ''Film/MenInBlack'', Earth's position as such is zigzaggd. On the one hand, Earth is viewed by a majority of the galaxy as an inconsequential mudball. However, ''because'' it's an inconsequential mudball, it exists as neutral territory and gets used a lot as such, going so far as to have members of alien royalty staying there.
** The ending suggests that [[spoiler:Earth and the entire Milky Way exists inside a marble.]]
** The sequel implies [[spoiler:all of existence is like that or at least structured in layers like K's locker]]
* In ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', we see how Earth transitions from this trope to EarthIsTheCentreOfTheUniverse, after Zefram Cochrane makes his first warp flight and sees the Earth from a distance:

* In ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', this is [[spoiler: the Chitauri]]'s attitude towards Earth, until the Avengers prove them wrong.
** In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', [[spoiler:Thanos from 2014]] views the Earth as this after learning that The Avengers will never stop interfering with his plans, and tells them that for the first time in his long career of conquest, [[ItsPersonal he is going to enjoy burning the Earth to ash for all the trouble it has caused]].
* Discussed in ''Film/HellraiserBloodline'' when Pinhead says that the insignificant creatures that walk the Earth only look to the light and are oblivious to the untold darkness beyond. He's delighted to see it reduced to a world of suffering and death when he takes over.

* Literature/TheBible

* Creator/OlegDivov's ''Literature/BrothersInReason'': After the events of ''Steel Heart'', Timofey Kostenko contacted some aliens and moved to their planet (he has a family there now). He still comes back every year or so. At first, it was a necessary part of his adaptation treatment. Then, it's mostly to satisfy his feelings of nostalgia and to visit the grave of his dead LoveInterest. He explains to Igor Volkov that aliens view Earth as a garbage dump and turn their noses when passing it. Even for Timofey it's implied to be the last time he decides to visit his home planet, especially since he has just betrayed a childhood friend of his. On the other hand, not everyone has the luxury of being an extremely-powerful [[PsychicPowers psychic]] who can call aliens to him. Of course, the events of the novel do show that [[HumansAreBastards Timofey may be right]].

* The existence of Earth is also considered dubious in E. C. Tubb's nearly endless ''Literature/DumarestOfTerra'' series, chronicling the Earth-born hero's attempt to find his home planet. The final stories make clear that a fan theory is in fact {{Canon}}: [[spoiler:Earth is the [[BigBad Cyclan]] base planet.]]

* The TropeNamer, ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''[[note]]The full quote is, "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy, lies a small, unregarded yellow Sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly 93 million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet, whose ape-descended lifeforms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea."[[/note]]: Earth's entire entry in the Guide is "Harmless". After 15 years of research, Ford Prefect has a revised entry to submit to the guide: "''Mostly'' harmless." Ford initially submitted a much longer, painstakingly detailed entry -- part of which later appears in ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'', to his considerable surprise -- but nobody considered Earth to be important enough to warrant better than two words. And in any case, the Vogons made it somewhat academic early on; [[EarthShatteringKaboom there's not much more you can really say about a smouldering heap of rubble]]. It's later [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], though, as it turns out [[spoiler:Earth was a giant supercomputer meant to find the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything, and the Vogons were sent to destroy the Earth by a psychiatrist who feared that the discovery of the Question would put him out of business.]]

** [[UpToEleven It goes beyond just Earth.]] The entire universe and of all of its residents- even the other Outer Gods- are merely the product of a dream by Azathoth, the [[AlmightyIdiot Blind Idiot God]] sleeping at the center of it all. He's completely unaware of reality and will be equally oblivious of its destruction when he finally wakes up.

* In Creator/ArthurCClarke's ''Literature/RendezvousWithRama'', the namesake spaceship, en route from Point A to B, zips through the solar system and slingshots around the sun. Earth isn't even an afterthought.
** [[CanonDiscontinuity If there had been any sequels]], they would have involved [[spoiler:a couple more ships coming specifically to obtain humans. However, these ships contained life forms from other solar systems as well, so Earth still wasn't considered extremely important except for the humans.]]

* ''Literature/TheSirensOfTitan'' has the entirety of human existence [[spoiler:as a means to build a part to repair a damaged alien spaceship, or send messages to said alien that help was on the way. For example, the Great Wall of China was a progress report. Just to twist the knife further, a discarded offcut of something else turns out to be that crucial part, and the ship's mission is utterly banal.]]

* ''Gene Roddenberry's Series/{{Andromeda}}'' sci-fi TV series: Earth, the origin of the human race, used to be part of the All Systems Commonwealth (an empire spanning three galaxies), but it was just one planet among many, the Commonwealh founded and run mostly by an enigmatic race of aliens. After the fall of the Commonwealth, Earth was taken over by the Nietzscheans and its people enslaved and forced into gulags for cheap labor, and the planet was invaded by the [[FaceFullOfAlienWingwong Magog]] ''several times''. Earth became a CrapsackWorld, and no-one in the rest of the universe cared, even after the restoration and rebirth of the Commonwealth 2.0.
** And then finally, [[spoiler:Earth is destroyed outright in the series finale.]]

** Of course, at the same time, Earth seems like [[EarthIsTheCentreOfTheUniverse the centre of the universe]]. It's the favourite planet of the most famous Time Lord. It's right on a rift in space-time. It's the exact shape needed to make a reality bomb (one of 27, anyway). Its primary species, the humans, will one day become one of the most widely spread groups in the universe, lasting right until it is destroyed. So it's played straight and subverted.

* Crichton's shipmates in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' routinely put down his descriptions of earth as backwards and savage, and when ([[spoiler: a false]]) earth appears in a wormhole, it is dismissed immediately as an uninteresting little blue planet.
** The wrap-up mini-series reveals that [[spoiler:Sebaceans (i.e. Peacekeepers) are descended from a group of genetically-modified humans taken from Earth by a race of ancient mediators to serve as their guards]].
* The theme of an entire season of ''Series/{{Lexx}}''... beginning with the episode "Little Blue Planet".
** Subverted; Earth is insignificant to the main characters, who find it to be incredibly backwater largely because the technology level requires a giant rocket ship just to reach the moon (compared to their ''moth shuttles that flap wings'' and have tiny jets for vacuum travel) and also because the society they come from is so ridiculously different that they can't comprehend Earth cultures at all. However, in the series' cosmology, Earth is actually important; it's the last refuge [[spoiler: for the dead, and the final wall of {{Satan}}'s prison, after the Lexx [[ItMakesSenseInContext blows up the Afterlife]]]].

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' starts out this way - Earth is just a source of slave labor for an interstellar alien civilization. After the U.S. Air Force kills a few Goa'uld, they have it in for us, but Earth is still just one human-populated planet among many, and not the most technologically advanced, nor the only one to rebel. However, it's eventually revealed that the [[{{Precursors}} Ancients]] are almost identical to humans and that's because they settled Earth millions of years ago after fleeing their home galaxy. The Ancients were allies of the Asgard and created most of the technology the Goa'uld rely on, so it seems EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse after all.
** The spinoff, ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', makes Earth a main target of the villains in the pilot episode as the Wraith's first reaction to finding out about Earth and its astonishingly huge human population is "feast!".
** By ''Series/StargateUniverse'', Earth is secretly (for the majority of the people of Earth) involved in a SpaceColdWar with the [[TheSyndicate Lucian Alliance]], which has been steadily growing in power after the fall of the Goa'uld.

* In the ''VideoGame/StarControl'' series of games, Earth is just one of several planets that have banded together to fight the Ur-Quan. By the time of ''Star Control 2'', Earth finds itself defeated and enslaved along with the rest of its allies. Freeing it may be a big deal to the player (as it's his ''[[DoomedHometown home]]''[[note]] But not the ''protagonist's'', as he was from Vela[[/note]] and all), but ultimately nothing makes its liberation any more important that that of dozens of other planets the Ur-Quan have conquered. In fact, to win the game, other worlds must get priority to free up stocks of LostTechnology to use against the Ur-Quan.
** Though in terms of ''[[GameplayAndStorySegregation gameplay]]'', the trope is averted. Unless you're doing a [[SelfImposedChallenge no-starbase run]] of the game, Earth's space station is the only place to upgrade your ship, buy new ships (though you can find some elsewhere), get a special escape ability that allows you to run from combat. Basically, in a normal playthrough, you will come back there a lot and often.

* ''VideoGame/UniverseAtWar'', Earth would had been on the next to be struck by the Hierarchy's Purifier (aka a PlanetBuster meant to collect materials for the war machine) if it wasn't a {{plan}} to destroy the Novus.

* ''TabletopGame/TechInfantry'', especially in later seasons, when Earth has been devastated by an asteroid strike, abandoned, partially re-colonized by rebels against the now innacurately-named Earth Federation, then effectively destroyed. Mars and the asteroid belt remain important industrial centers, but Earth is a burnt-out cinder whose top several miles of crust melted to magma when the Moon was blown up and the fragments rained down over several years. The Earth Federation moves its capital to the garden planet of Avalon, then to Wilke's Star, and pretty much never looks back.

* All series of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' franchise make it quite clear that in the eyes of almost every alien species in the Universe, Earth is nothing but a backwater planet with lowly advanced beings as the dominant species, and the only interesting part about it is [[TheHero Ben Tennyson]] living on it. This sometimes reaches some ridiculous proportions, such as the [[SpacePolice Plumbers]] [[PoliceAreUseless being reluctant to "waste" their resources on it if there is no apparent threat]], aliens repeatedly threatening to destroy it for a silly reason at least once in each series (''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' had an alien threatening to destroy Earth ''[[DisproportionateRetribution because one of its inhabitants wouldn't marry his daughter]]''), and the list goes on. This is partially why the planet suddenly being a major strategic point to conquer the Universe in "Frogs of War" came up as an AssPull in the eyes of some fans.
** Then again, it's probably a strategic point ''because'' of Ben Tennyson. By that episode, he has saved the universe several times (once even ''recreating'' it) and fought off massive invasions, conquerors (especially Vilgax) and even played a part in defeating an EldritchAbomination. Targeting him and his world is a pretty wise move (not to mention the Incursians ''love'' war so they don't need a reason as much as an ''excuse.'')

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' plays all over the scale from this to EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse in its typical FantasyKitchenSink style. The very SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that have devoted a hell of a lot of time out of their universal schedule to protecting Earth call it the "Homeworld of the Pizza Bagel." [[spoiler:Granted, the reason Earth is significant where they're concerned is that it happens to have produced Philip J. Fry, the only being with the necessary DisabilitySuperpower to take on a species that otherwise have the potential to totally obliterate all sapient life. This is treated as a fluke having little or nothing to do with HumansAreSpecial, and he's even asked by a holder of universal knowledge if he's the Philip J. Fry from Earth or "[[OneSteveLimit the Philip J. Fry from Hovering Squid World 97-A]]."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'': The conqueror Irkens, bent on taking over the entire galaxy, don't even know Earth exists. There's just a sticky note stuck to the edge of their vast map of the galaxy that reads "Planet?" in its place. Zim only ends up there because his leaders wanted to send the annoying, persistent eponymous character on a cosmic SnipeHunt, and when they do discover Earth exists, they naturally have zero interest in conquering the place because that would mean having to acknowledge Zim's existence. The one episode where it does seem they're planning a full-scale invasion [[spoiler:turns out to be Dib in a LotusEaterMachine]].
** This is further highlighted when [[EnsembleDarkhorse Tak]] tries to conquer the Earth instead of Zim, specifically noting that it has no strategical value. However, since the point is more about retribution against Zim than anything, she just decides to ''make'' the planet valuable, hollowing it out and filling it with snacks the Almighty Tallests would like.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Earth is initially treated as little more than a blip on the radar (particularly when compared to Gemkind's [[TheEmpire galaxy-spanning empire]]), with most visitors from the Gem Homeworld being dismissive or derisive of it. It has the notoriety of being the location of the GreatOffscreenWar, but even then, it just makes Earth a traumatic piece of history that the villains would rather ignore; though that ignoring was under the assumption that [[spoiler:the planet was going to blow up soon via a ticking time bomb they put there thousands of years ago]]. By ''Future'', while it does now have the prestige of [[spoiler:being home to the new Pink Diamond, aka Steven]], it's still seen as a disgusting ball of dirt that most Gems have little interest in immigrating to.

* ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'': [[BigBad Maximus]] had never even ''heard'' of the Earth, and when Minimus suggests testing their new DoomsdayDevice (in front of a captive Betty, no less) his reply is, "eh, why not?" (The significance here is, Maximus spent the ''whole series'' trying to identify, find, and destroy Betty's homeworld; he almost manages to do it by accident.)

* All series of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' franchise make it quite clear that in the eyes of almost every alien species in the Universe, Earth is nothing but a backwater planet with lowly advanced beings as the dominant species, and the only interesting part about it is [[TheHero Ben Tennyson]] living on it. This sometimes reach some ridiculous proportions, such as the [[SpacePolice Plumbers]] [[PoliceAreUseless being reluctant to "waste" their resources on it if there is no apparent threat]], aliens repeatedly threatening to destroy it for silly reason at least once in each series (''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' had an alien threatening to destroy Earth ''[[DisproportionateRetribution because one of its inhabitants wouldn't marry his daughter]]''), and the list goes on. This is partially why the planet suddenly being a major strategic point to conquer the Universe in "Frogs of War" came up as an AssPull in the eyes of some fans.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' plays all over the scale from this to EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse in its typical FantasyKitchenSink style. The very SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that have devoted a hell of a lot of time out of their universal schedule to protecting Earth call it the "Homeworld of the Pizza Bagel." [[spoiler:Granted, the reason Earth is significant where they're concerned is that it happens to have produced Philip J. Fry, the only being with the necessary DisabilitySuperpower to take on a species that otherwise have the potential to totally obliterate sapient life. This is treated as a fluke having little or nothing to do with HumansAreSpecial, and he's even asked by a holder of universal knowledge if he's the Philip J. Fry from Earth or "[[OneSteveLimit the Philip J. Fry from Hovering Squid World 97-A]]."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'': The conqueror Irkens, bent on taking over the entire galaxy, don't even know Earth exists (there's a note stuck to the edge of their vast map of the galaxy that reads "Planet?") until Zim lands there after being sent into a supposedly empty area of space on a cosmic SnipeHunt. Even then, Earth is the one planet the conquerors are ''not'' interested in conquering, hence why they decide it's a safe place to stash the annoying, persistent eponymous character. Though it seems they might want to in the future, this actually [[spoiler:turns out to be Dib in a LotusEaterMachine]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Earth is clearly known by some alien species but is not considered important in any shape or form. It can be justified as many aliens call out that the planet's name is synonymous to dirt. [[spoiler: The Galactic Federation took over Earth in the Season 2 finale]], it only did so to deny Rick a safe place to hole up and didn't have any real interest in the planet itself. To most of the Federation citizens, Earth is simply an exotic tourist spot and [[spoiler: its inclusion into the Federation]] barely warrants a slot in the Federation's evening news.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': While not Earth, it is revealed Hordak thinks of Etheria this way. He's from another world and he dismisses Etheria as a backwater world with primitive technology and natives who are so ignorant that out of the many worlds he's been to, they are the first to be completely unaware that they are not the only world. It seems the only reason why he's trying to conquer Etheria is because he's stuck there and is desperately trying to find enough technology to open a portal so he can leave.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Hekapoo refers to Earth as a "stinky dirt rock". And Star herself was originally sent by her parents to Earth because it was considered expendable; if she caused devastation there with her [[IneptMage uncontrolled magic]] that had a tendency to [[PlayingWithFire set things on fire]] even when she wasn't trying to and even if the objects weren't actually flammable... well better Earth than their own planet.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Earth is initially treated as little more than a blip on the radar (particularly when compared to Gemkind's [[TheEmpire galaxy-spanning empire]]), with most visitors from the Gem Homeworld being dismissive or derisive of it. However, as more is revealed about the Gems' history with the planet, and its role at the center of a GreatOffscreenWar, Earth turns out to be ''much'' more significant in the grand scheme of things than it first appears.

* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', the Andalites basically view Earth this way, as they ''continually'' refuse to send aid against the Yeerk invasion. It's the [[PuppeteerParasite Yeerks]], actually, who realize that HumansAreSpecial… in that they make the ''perfect'' race to be conquered. And even then, that's purely due to our high population, as while human beings made better hosts than the Taxxons and the Gedds, most Yeerks would sooner have a Hork-Bajir or (far better) an Andalite to ride around in.

** The Christian view of geocentrism was quite the opposite of how we think of it today. To a 12th Century cleric, the geocentric model placed the other bodies above the Earth, making us the dumping ground of the universe.

* In the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', the Andalites basically view Earth this way, as they ''continually'' refuse to send aid against the Yeerk invasion. It's the Yeerks, actually, who realize that HumansAreSpecial… in that they make the ''perfect'' race to be conquered.[[labelnote:Actually, Earth isn't that special]]But that's only because there're so damn many of us. As actual bodies we're preferable to the Taxxons and the Gedds but most Yeerks would sooner have a Hork-Bajir or (far better) an Andalite.[[/labelnote]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', Earth is clearly known by some alien species but is not considered important in any shape or form. Although [[spoiler: the Galactic Federation does take over Earth in the Season 2 finale]], it only did so to deny Rick a safe place to hole up and didn't have any real interest in the planet itself. To most of the Federation citizens, Earth is simply an exotic tourist spot and [[spoiler: its inclusion into the Federation]] barely warrants a slot in the Federation's evening news.

* While Earth is important culturally to all humans in the ''Literature/TheLostFleet'' series, nobody has actually bothered to go there in about a century due to the more pressing war between the Alliance and the Syndicate Worlds. The reason for the importance is widespread religion that reveres ancestors. And which planet is the source of all ancestors? Even in Geary's time, a single warship was sent to Earth every year as part of a pilgrimage, but that's about it. So imagine everyone's surprise when the newly-discovered "spider-wolf" aliens ask to be taken to Earth before any negotiations take place. Why? [[spoiler:To lay a dead human sailor to rest in his ancestral home region of Colorado]].

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' either plays this straight or inverts it depending on which faction is in play. To the humans, Earth is Holy Terra, the holy of holies, the motherworld, and home of the God-Emperor. Pilgrims spend lifetimes waiting in line to land on its sacred soil. However, for those not of the Imperium, Holy Terra is only important because of its importance to the Imperium; if it weren't so critical to enemy morale, no one would care. As it is, it's probable that the Necrons and Orks don't care anyway (because they're too mysterious and too stupid, respectively). (The Tyrannids, however, are homing in on Earth specifically because they're drawn by the Astronomican. In [=WH40k=], it sucks to be significant.)

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': While not Earth, [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Remnant]] is seen as a primitive backwater by most of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. In terms of actual location, Remnant's about as insignificant as you can get, being located in a remote, uncharted system in the Unknown Regions of the galaxy. [[spoiler:It's because of this trope that a team of adventurers decided to maroon Darth Nihilus's mask there as it would be the last place the Empire would search for it.]]

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': While not Earth, [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Remnant]] is seen as a primitive backwater by most of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. In terms of actual location, Remnant's about as insignificant as you can get, being located in a remote, uncharted system in the Unknown Regions of the galaxy. [[spoiler:It's because of this trope that a team of adventurers decided to maroon Darth Nihilus's ask there as it would be the last place the Empire would search for it.]]

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': While not Earth, [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Remnant]] is seen as a primitive backwater by most of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy. The droids who first discover it think nothing of [[spoiler:marooning an EldritchAbomination]] there, despite the planet being inhabited. In terms of actual location, Remnant's about as insignificant as you can get, being located in a remote, uncharted system in the Unknown Regions of the galaxy.

* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': While not Earth, [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Remnant]] is seen as a primitive backwater by most of the ''[[Franchise/StarWars]]'' galaxy. The droids who first discover it think nothing of [[spoiler:marooning an EldritchAbomination]] there, despite the planet being inhabited. In terms of actual location, Remnant's about as insignificant as you can get, being located in a remote, uncharted system in the Unknown Regions of the galaxy.

* JauneArcLordOfHunger'': While not Earth, [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Remnant]] is seen as a primitive backwater by most of the ''[[Franchise/StarWars]]'' galaxy. The droids who first discover it think nothing of [[spoiler:marooning an EldritchAbomination]] there, despite the planet being inhabited. In terms of actual location, Remnant's about as insignificant as you can get, being located in a remote, uncharted system in the Unknown Regions of the galaxy.

* Initially, the Data Integration Entity almost completely ignored Earth. It's mostly "inhabited" by creatures who actually have to use physical matter to interact with each other, something at best, slightly interesting. But then one LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya showed evidence of being capable of "Auto-Evolution" and they had to start paying some real attention. They still don't really care about anyone else on the planet though. (Yuki Nagato doesn't count.)

* In ''{{Manga/Gantz}}'' [[spoiler:the aliens that save Earth from another alien race say this, along with the fact that human life is meaningless. Destruction of life is simply 'matter being reshaped.' Even when the humans try to [[ShutUpHannibal point out that the alien took a vested interest in Earth]],]] it simply says not to read too much into it.
* This is pretty much ''what'' attracted the [[DittoAliens Pict]] in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia: [[TheMovie Paint it White]]''. Said aliens expected Earth, with all its diverse countries and divisions to be a backwater that can easily be steamrolled. [[spoiler:They thought wrong.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' plays all over the scale from this to EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse in its typical FantasyKitchenSink style. The very SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that have devoted a hell of a lot of time out of their universal schedule to protecting Earth call it the "Homeworld of the Pizza Bagel." [[spoiler:Granted, the very reason Earth is significant is that it happens to have produced Philip J. Fry, the only being with the necessary DisabilitySuperpower to take on a species that otherwise have the potential to totally obliterate sapient life. This is treated as a fluke having little or nothing to do with HumansAreSpecial, and he's even asked by a holder of universal knowledge if he's the Philip J. Fry from Earth or "[[OneSteveLimit the Philip J. Fry from Hovering Squid World 97-A]]."]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' plays all over the scale from this to EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse in its typical FantasyKitchenSink style. The very SufficientlyAdvancedAliens that have devoted a hell of a lot of time out of their universal schedule to protecting Earth call it the "Homeworld of the Pizza Bagel."

See also: EarthThatWas, EarthThatUsedToBeBetter, and ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway. PunyEarthlings usually goes hand-in-hand with this, for obvious reasons. Earth is also no longer the only planet subject to this -- compare PlutoIsExpendable. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''.

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* The TropeNamer, ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''[[note]]The full quote is, "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy, lies a small, unregarded yellow Sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly 93 million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet, whose ape-descended lifeforms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea."[[/note]]: Earth's entire entry in the Guide is "Harmless". After 15 years of research, Ford Prefect has a revised entry to submit to the guide: "''Mostly'' harmless." Ford initially submitted a much longer, painstakingly detailed entry -- part of which later appears in ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'', to his considerable surprise -- but nobody considered Earth to be important enough to warrant better than two words. And in any case, the Vogons made it somewhat academic early on; [[EarthShatteringKaboom there's not much more you can really say about a smouldering heap of rubble]]. Of course, it turns out the Earth was rather more important than anyone except for the people who put the Vogons up to demolishing it were aware of. [[spoiler:It also wasn't strictly speaking a planet.]]

* In ''Disney/LiloAndStitch'', Earth is considered quite insignificant, but is left alone by the aliens primarily because they have declared it a protected wildlife sanctuary. For ''mosquitoes.'' (Since humans are a major food source for mosquitoes, that means humans are also protected.) That was a bit of a diplomatic coup by the black ops division charged with dealing with aliens. The "diplomatic coup" portion at the end was a [[ThrowItIn last-minute decision]] by the writers when they realized they'd need a good reason for Cobra Bubbles not to be surprised at all by the aliens. It also made a neat [[TheMenInBlack explanation]] for why a social worker would look like a Secret Service Agent.

* This is pretty much ''what'' attracted the [[DittoAliens Pict]] in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia: [[TheMovie Paint it White]].'' Said aliens expected Earth, with all its diverse countries and divisions to be a backwater that can easily be steamrolled. [[spoiler:They thought wrong.]]

** Most of the aliens and gods in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' have this view of Earth. It was more or less said in ''Dragon Ball Minus'' (by the aforementioned Jaco, who even considered ''the anihilation of earthlings'')and ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' that Frieza would have no interest in Earth, and King Cold is famous for calling it (in the Funimation dub) an insignificant mudball.

* In one ''[[Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse Global Guardians]]'' story, Ut'ua the Gardener, a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien who claims to be the first sentient being to arise in the Milky Way, tells the titular team of heroes that the Earth always has been an insignificant speck of dirt and would be for billions of years to come. But he also reveals that eventually Earth will be of some significance, because while he might have been the first sentient being in the galaxy, a human from Earth was going to be the '''''last'''''.