Recently re-watched The Orville, and now Discovery, and just made this connection.

Bonus 30 Rock Crossover:

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

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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”.
- That's crazy. Is this a trope I'm just now learning about?
  
  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.
  
  Maybe in the future "Tyler" is just the most common human surname?
Clem Fandango, of course.
- "Yes, I can hear you Clem Fandango!"
…I am amused that I never caught that before either, and I’m rewatching disco right now lol
Seska from Star Trek Voyager is another example, though she's a Cardassian in the form of a Bajoran, not a human
- Is her last name Tyler?
This also happened in an episode of The Outer Limits (spoilers: https://theouterlimits.fandom.com/wiki/The_Light_Brigade)
The name "Tyler" originates from "tile maker", as in roof tiles. Apparently that occupation is just popular with spies?

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