Bonus 30 Rock Crossover:

Ash Tyler: This is my wife, Janelle Tyler, maiden name Tyler. Hopefully no relation.

  • @jbrjake
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    857 months ago

    Oh wow that’s weird. Stargate SG-1 also had an episode where a Lt. Tyler turned out to be an alien infiltrator in disguise: “The Fifth Man”.

      • Kelly Aster 🏳️‍⚧️
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        267 months ago

        Oooh, nice catch, both of you. I dunno if Disco or The Orville used “Lieutenant Tyler” as the character name intentionally, but I think you might be the first to document this trope.

        • JWBananas
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          97 months ago

          I was shadowbanned from /r/risa for making a shitpost about it a few years ago 😅

      • Billiam
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        97 months ago

        Maybe in the future “Tyler” is just the most common human surname?

        • @surewhynotlem
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          17 months ago

          Anyone named Smith is instantly suspicious.

  • @[email protected]
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    157 months ago

    …I am amused that I never caught that before either, and I’m rewatching disco right now lol

  • @[email protected]
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    117 months ago

    Seska from Star Trek Voyager is another example, though she’s a Cardassian in the form of a Bajoran, not a human

  • @samus12345
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    37 months ago

    The name “Tyler” originates from “tile maker”, as in roof tiles. Apparently that occupation is just popular with spies?