| Typology Uranian |
| Total Entries 3 |
| Representative Uranusians |
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[“Uranus Is Showing”] refers to the tendency for characters to cracknote jokes about the planet Uranus and its unfortunate name. In other words: Uranus is the butt of jokes. Attempts to rectify this usually try to vary the pronunciation (YOO-ruh-nus, although sometimes people get this wrong and say “urine-us”, which is just as bad). Although there might be a case for OUR-ran-os, which may be closer to the original Greek. It doesn’t help a bit to learn that Uranus used to be classified as one of the “gas giants,” with an atmosphere believed to contain large clouds of methane, that there are rings around it, and that it is constantly leaking gas. Obviously, this trope is almost exclusive to the English language, since other languages use different words (or at least different pronunciations) for “Uranus” and “your anus” (although almost everyone would still understand the word “anus”). Sub-Trope of “Heh Heh, You Said ‘X'”, “Joke of the Butt”, “In My Language, That Sounds Like…”, and “Unfortunate Names”. See also “Pluto Is Expendable” for a trope about a (former) planet that gets no respect… ~ Uranus Is Showing – TV Tropes
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