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* ‘’Franchise/{{Digimon}}’’: Refers to the titular “digital monsters”, data-based life forms that can transform into other forms. They’re often partnered with human protagonists, and are often the center of the story.

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* ''FanFic/TheSpiderses:'' A TrollFic in which ''My Little Pony'' characters are accidentally transformed into spider[[{{Pluralses}}ses]].
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* ''Manga/{{Gyo}}'': Japanese for "fish", in this case referring to the sea creatures that suddenly gained legs and caused havoc on the surface.
* ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'': Refers to the parasitic creatures infiltrating human society by merging with them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'': About the race of teddy-bear like aliens on the planet Endor originally featured in ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}'': About the race of teddy-bear like aliens on the planet Endor forest moon Endor, originally featured in ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
* ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'': About a group of dog-like creatures who journeyed in-between worlds with use of a special crystal key that allows them to open a doorway that leads them to another world.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'': Named after the strange animals with elemental powers that are the focus of the series of games.

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* ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'': Named after what the humans who merge with demons are called.
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* ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'': About the [[GripingAboutGremlins odd creatures]] with a penchant for havoc and terror.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'': About a trio of raccoons (though more raccoon characters were introduced as the series progressed) and their animal friends.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Centers mainly around the Manhattan (né Wyvern) Clan.


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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Centers mainly on the Manhattan (né Wyvern) Clan.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Monchhichis}}'': About a race of monkey-like creatures who live in a treetop kingdom.

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* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'': For the work as a whole and an episode:
** The work is a puppet show series about a family of dinosaurs.
** The episode, "Endangered Species", is about the grapdelites, who are undergoing an AdamAndEvePlot.

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* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'': For the work as a whole and an episode:
** The work is a puppet show series about a family of dinosaurs.
** The episode, "Endangered Species", is about the grapdelites, who are undergoing an AdamAndEvePlot.
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* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'': For the work as a whole and an episode:
** The work is a puppet show series about a family of dinosaurs.
** The episode, "Endangered Species", is about the grapdelites, who are undergoing an AdamAndEvePlot.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Gargoyles'': Centers mainly around the Manhattan (né Wyvern) Clan.

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''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'': About the titular creatures who are trolls that wear boxes and live in the sewers.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}: The movie is set in an insect perspective where ants are the main characters.

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* ''Film/TheBirds'': The Hitchcock horror classic has a murder of various birds as the main antagonists.
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Some stories are about groups of things, and sometimes, those things are living beings.

When deciding what to name stories about groups of living beings, a creator might just pick the name for a collection of such beings, which leads to this trope.

But this is for the cases where the title is named for the whole group of living beings, not just a distinct subset.

For example, "redheads" and "brunettes" are grouped as PeopleOfHairColor, but they can have kids together, who could be called "humans" just like their parents, so that's their Species. But if there's some EitherOrOffspring situation, then that's not true and both of the groups are separate species.

In some cases, the original population may have dwindled down to a small group (or maybe there was never very many to begin with) and have a team name in addition to a species name. If the work is a TeamTitle, then the two tropes overlap.

Because a species name is usually one word, expect much overlap from OneWordTitle.

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* ''Manga/{{Ajin}}'': OneWordTitle named after the term for the undead beings of the story.
* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'': It focuses on the people who fight with the titular toys to SaveTheWorld.
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* ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'': A ancient kingdom made up of {{ultraterrestrials}} who are mutated and empowered by mysterious mist. Also a FamilyTitle, as all of them are related, and they also isolated themselves to "Attilan" a.k.a "The Great Refuge", a walled city on an island in the Atlantic sea.
* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'': About a village of tiny blue creatures called Smurfs.
* ''ComicBook/{{Trees}}'': SubvertedTrope. Not actually about the plants. It's just what the humans call the huge alien towers that landed on Earth.
* ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'': A DefiniteArticleTitle. And it's named after the InUniverse term for zombies.
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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': The chapter, "The Flopping Dead", named for the aquatic undead that are the focus of the chapter.
* ''Fanfic/{{Zombies}}'': Named for the ZombieApocalypse premise.
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[[folder:Films - Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': The movie is about a world of living cars.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'': Although named in the singular, the movie is about dinosaurs in the plural.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'': The origin story of the creatures that serve as Gru's henchmen in the ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' franchise.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}'': The movie is about a world of living planes.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'': The movie is about a world of robots.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'': About creatures that are called trolls, and is the story of their PrincessProtagonist and a cynic of the species to rescue the rest of them from being eaten.
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* ''Film/{{Bats}}'': About genetically engineered killer bats.
* Played with in the case of the eco-horror film ''Film/{{Frogs}}''. Most of the killing is done by other critters, such as alligators, snakes, spiders, and lizards. The frogs (actually [[ArtisticLicenseBiology cane toad stand-ins]]) are only depicted as killing Old Man Crockett, though we never see how they accomplish this on-screen.
* The ''Film/{{Species}}'' series, about HalfHumanHybrids with aliens.
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* ''Literature/TheLangoliers'': AntagonistTitle for the ClockRoaches, technically, but they don't really have a known species name, that's just what the characters call them. The actual Langoliers are boogeymen from Craig Toomy's childhood who ate people who wasted time, and Craig identifies the literal time-eating monsters with them.
* ''Literature/TheMoomins'': The Moomins are trolls that vaguely resemble hippopotamuses.
* ''Literature/{{Partials}}'': A group of ArtificialHumans who started a civil war against the normal humans, leading into the conflict the series centers around.
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* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'': For the work as a whole and an episode:
** The work is a puppet show series about a family of dinosaurs.
** The episode, "Endangered Species", is about the grapdelites, who are undergoing an AdamAndEvePlot.
* ''Series/{{Humans}}'': Not actually about humans in the general. It's about five androids who are made to be more human, and the world they live in.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': The Season 2 episode "Cardassians" centres on Dr. Bashir being dragged into an internal political dispute between several very high-ranking Cardassians that allows both him and the audience to learn more about this race, their society, and two important recurring Cardassian characters (Gul Dukat and Garak).
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* ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'' is about singing cats.
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* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': A VirtualPet device franchise about releasing the titular Digital Monsters from {{cyberspace}} to ally with kids to fight evil Digimon.
* ''VideoGame/FortuneSummoners'': The in-game book: ''The Elm: Myth & Mystery'', about the Gnome-Elf hybrids known as the Elm.
* ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'': Named for the creatures whose paths are controlled by the player to reach a goal.
* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' is named after a species of biologically engineered {{Life Drinker}}s that Samus Aran must frequently wipe off of various planets to keep them from being used as bioweapons by the SpacePirates.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'' series involves the titular plant-based creatures that obey the command of the PlayerCharacter of each game to fight the dangerous beasts of the initially unnamed Planet, later named PNF-404, and explore the planet and sometimes repair some important ship component so the PlayerCharacter can leave.
* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'': Named after the strange animals with elemental powers that are the focus of the series of games.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'': A VirtualPet allowing the owner to raise cute aliens.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheClangers'': About the family that are the only known example of their species. A Creator/CBeebies production.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheDoozers'': About a species of creature called ''Doozers''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popples}}'': About creatures that can turn into balls and also pull things out of their pockets via hammerspace.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks'': About an undersea species called Snorks (named for the snorkel-like appendages on their heads).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollz}}'': About boys and girls of the troll species. Mainly the girls, though.
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