The Predator: 14 Easter Eggs & References Explained

7. The Predator Name Is Inaccurate

People have been saying for literally decades that the term "predator" is actually an incorrect for the alien creature featured in these movies, because it hunts for sport rather than necessity.

This is finally confronted in the new film, where Casey states that it's more aptly a "sports hunter", before government hard-a** Traeger (Sterling K. Brown) retorts that "Predator" just sounds way cooler. He ain't wrong.

This effectively becomes a mild running gag later in the film as Nebraska (Trevante Williams) also points out the discrepancy, much to Casey's smug vindication.

So now we've got that out of our systems, we can get back to calling them Predators, right? Because their official species name, the "Yautja", sure doesn't roll off the tongue.