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* IndustrializedMercury\\
The closest planet to the Sun is used as a hub for industry, mining, and/or energy production for Earth or the whole Solar System.

* AgriWorld\\
A planet, often depicted as a SingleBiomePlanet, dedicated to agriculture.

* IndustrialWorld\\
A planet chiefly or entirely dedicated to industry and material production.

* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway\\
A story is set on a planet in a galaxy so far, far away that the very distance lends an air of credibility to even the most fantastic of plots.

* VulcanHasNoMoon\\
You can see celestial bodies clearly from this planet, even when it's scientifically impossible or violates pre-established canon.

Weird land, continents or highlands which demonstrate at a glance that the planet is not Earth.

A planet in 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.

An inhabitable planet that is far smaller than astronomically possible, often less than a few functional miles in diameter.

A planet consists entirely of city landscape.

This planet is such a highly dangerous place, that simply going there is considered taking your life into your own hands.
* EarthShatteringKaboom (aka PlanetaryDestruction)\\
When TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt entails the destruction of the entire planet you're on (which may not necessarily be Earth, despite the name).

The birth of a planet, be it naturally or through artificial means, usually with a good deal of [[SceneryPorn impressive visuals]].

A story where space travel is less concerned about the destination and much more concerned about the journey itself. Common in early ScienceFiction, not so much in modern times.

An entire planet is used as an interstellar landfill.

The name of an alien race is derived from the name of their home planet. Conversely, aliens will tend to [[HumansByAnyOtherName call humans by a name derived from Earth's own]], such as "Earthlings" or "[[PlanetTerra Terrans]]".

An inhabited planet lacks a proper name, and instead is known by the name of the star it orbits and a number.

A character that not just destroys planets, but '''eats''' them for nourishment.

A species or group has run out of a resource on their own planet, and now must steal it from others (usually [[EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Earth]]).

An entire world/species is culturally uniform, with a single set of quirks being shared by all of its members.

Stories, nominally ScienceFiction, set on a alien world described in lush detail. The world can be Earth in the far distant future, or an alien planet, but it is reached by science-fictional means, not magic.

The plot-driving threat destroyed another planet first.

This planet has no ecological diversity; rather, it's overwhelmingly dominated by a single environment type, often regardless of latitude.

The name of an alien race is derived from the name of their home planet. Conversely, [[HumansByAnyOtherName aliens will tend to call humans by a name derived from Earth's own]], such as "Earthlings" or "[[PlanetTerra Terrans]]".

The name of an alien race is derived from the name of their home planet. Conversely, [[AHumanByAnyOtherName aliens will tend to call humans by a name derived from Earth's own]], such as "Earthlings" or "[[PlanetTerra Terrans]]".

* HemisphereBias\\
Most shots of a spacecraft or other object orbiting or approaching the Earth will only show that side of the planet where the target audience of the production lives, and almost always will be in full sunlight as well, even if ground-based scenes in that hemisphere are shown to happen at night.

* ColonizedSolarSystem\\
Humanity has several space colonies across the UsefulNotes/{{the Solar System}}.

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!!Tropes about UsefulNotes/{{the Solar System}}[='s=] planets
* OnceGreenMars\\
Depictions of UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} as having once been bountiful and full of life, perhaps even home to a thriving civilization, before some disaster left it as the lifeless red world we all know today.
* PlutoIsExpendable\\
UsefulNotes/{{Pluto}} treated as the ButtMonkey of UsefulNotes/{{the Solar System}}.
* UranusIsShowing\\
Making a joke about UsefulNotes/{{Uranus}} and its name's unfortunate homophony to a certain phrase.
* VenusIsWet\\
UsefulNotes/{{Venus}} is permanently covered by clouds; that surely means that they're concealing a thriving biosphere with tropical rainforests and/or vast oceans!

!!Other tropes

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.
* APlanetNamedZok\\
Just as [[LawOfAlienNames aliens can have bizarre names]], so goes for the names of alien planets and other celestial bodies.

!!Tropes about the Solar System's planets

Subindex of OtherworldTropes, which is about "worlds" other than our own, whether "world" is meant in the sense of "planet Earth" or otherwise, and TropesInSpace, which is for tropes about outer space and anything in it in general. Superindex to ThisIndexEarth (tropes specific to the planet Earth). Compare StellarIndex.