Bonus 30 Rock Crossover:

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

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[–] 85 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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”.

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  • [–] [S] 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That's crazy. Is this a trope I'm just now learning about?

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)
  • …I am amused that I never caught that before either, and I’m rewatching disco right now lol

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • This also happened in an episode of The Outer Limits (spoilers: https://theouterlimits.fandom.com/wiki/The_Light_Brigade)

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

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

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