Basic trope: Aliens that only share the same body shape as humans, but otherwise do not look human.
- Straight: Troperians share the same body shape as humans but have grey skin, smaller bodies, large heads, large, black eyes, and no nose, mouth, and ears.
- Exaggerated: Troperians are Rubber-Forehead Aliens.
- Downplayed: Troperians are Insectoid Aliens, but they still stand on two legs and have a body shape vaguely similar to a human's.
- Justified:
- Troperians fill a similar niche to humans, and evolved from a similar ancestor, so they share many traits.
- In this universe, the human body shape is the optimal form for all sapient species.
- Humans and Troperians evolved from the same ancient ape ancestor, which actually originated on another planet that split into multiple pieces, with each piece crashing on a different planet.
- Inverted: Ambiguously Human
- Subverted: Troperians can shapeshift, and their true form is much less humanlike.
- Double Subverted: A Troperian’s "true form" is just the one they prefer to take, and their actual Shapeshifter Default Form is the humanoid one.
- Parodied: Troperians look like humans wearing crudely made alien masks and grey body paint.
- Zigzagged: ???
- Averted:
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: "Our species may look different, but we’re united by one thing — having the exact same body shape.”
- Invoked: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Why do all the aliens have two arms, two legs, a neck, and a torso? Why can’t some of them have extra limbs?"
Back to Humanoid Aliens.
