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YourObedientSerpent The Hoard Potato Since: Jan, 2001

The Hoard Potato

Oct 28th 2013 at 3:38:46 AM •••

I removed:

This is also a reference to the Ultra-Humanite, the earliest comic supervillain, more recognizable as having evolved into a large brained albino gorilla after Lex Luthor accidentally stole his look.

The Ultra-Humanite's big gimmick was transplanting his own brain into new bodies. The gorilla was a body that he designed himself and engineered to house his intellect; he didn't "evolve" into it.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. Since: Aug, 2009

I see the Awesomeness.

Sep 7th 2012 at 3:46:45 PM •••

Red Dwarf example was contested, I'll leave it here until someone corrects it.

Red Dwarf: Over the course of 3 million years the inbred and irradiated descendents of Lister's cat somehow evolved into this◊.
- Justified. Evolution directs species into forms and habits that best fit their habitat. The best fit for living aboard a space ship designed for human habitation is to look and act human.

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girlyboy Since: Jan, 2001

Sep 8th 2012 at 4:25:11 PM •••

I think that could be a Hand Wave, but it's not a solid justification for a variety of reasons. However, the trope is still implied, I think, rather than explicit — unless it was at some point explicitly stated that the cat was somehow "meant" to evolve into a human form, this is more "convergent evolution" than "goal-oriented."

I don't have enough knowledge of the show to help decide either way, though. Just my opinions.

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