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* Nobby Nobbs from the ''{{Discworld}}''. He carries a certificate identifying him as human, or at least close enough that they're willing to cut him a break.
** Sort of; the very fact that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial he]] ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial has]]'' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial a certificate]] makes some people ''more'' suspicious.

* In ''LordOfTheRings,'' the people of Middle-earth are described as unsure how to classify wizards---they look like men, including with long white beards, but like elves they don't age even after centuries. In reality they're [[spoiler:Maiar, angelic spirits that are just taking human form]]. Also Tom Bombadil, who looks human but obviously is something else. (Even [[WordOfGod Tolkein]] doesn't know what.)

* It is ambiguous as to whether or not {{LazyTown}}'s Sportacus is supposed to be human. He is faster and more agile than any of the human characters and can pull off stunts that most people could only dream of. He also keeps his [[OurElvesAreBetter ears conspicuously hidden under his hat at all times]] (this was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the episode "Sportafake" where Robbie Rotten disguised himself as Sportacus, yet left his ears noticeably uncovered.)

* It is ambiguous as to whether or not LazyTown's Sportacus is supposed to be human. He is faster and more agile than any of the human characters and can pull off stunts that most people could only dream of. He also keeps his [[OurElvesAreBetter ears conspicuously hidden under his hat at all times]] (this was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the episode "Sportafake" where Robbie Rotten disguised himself as Sportacus, yet left his ears noticeably uncovered.)

* It is ambiguous as to whether or not LazyTown's Sportacus is supposed to be human. He is faster and more agile than any of the human characters and can pull off stunts that most people could only dream of. He also keeps his ears conspicuously hidden under his hat at all times (this was [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the episode "Sportafake" where Robbie Rotten disguised himself as Sportacus, yet left his ears noticeably unhidden.)
** While nothing has been confirmed on the American show, he's an elf in the Iceland dub and in the original plays.

* It is ambiguous as to whether or not LazyTown's Sportacus is supposed to be human. He is faster and more agile than any of the human characters and can pull off stunts that most people could only dream of. He also keeps his ears conspicuously hidden under his hat at all times (this was LampShaded in the episode "Sportafake" where Robbie Rotten disguised himself as Sportacus, yet left his ears noticeably unhidden.)

* Gecko Moria from OnePiece. Well it's no secret that One Piece has a lot of Gonks and generally strange-looking people. But he seems too weird for even these. He is the tallest non-giant seen in the series, he has pure white skin, very sharp teeth, pointed ears and horns and genereally looks like some [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot monster clown devil]]. Not really traits you connect with your average guy. The general fan consensus is that he's a human until WordOfGod states otherwise, though.

* Gecko Moria from OnePiece. Well it's no secret that One Piece has a lot of [[Gonk gonks]] and generally strange-looking people. But he seems too weird for even these. He is the tallest non-giant seen in the series, he has pure white skin, very sharp teeth, pointed ears and horns and genereally looks like some [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot monster clown devil]]. Not really traits you connect with your average guy. The general fan consensus is that he's a human until WordOfGod states otherwise, though.

Every now and again, though, while exploring the FantasyKitchenSink, you'll run into a character of indeterminable race or species. Sure, they ''seem'' human, what with their upright stance, human-level intelligence, and ability to speak, and yet there's just something about them that gives them away as something distinctly ''other''. Maybe it's that they live in a series where no human can do the things they do, maybe it's that a certain part of their body (or even most of it) is kept conspiciously concealed, or maybe it's that there just plain aren't ''any'' "other" humans around, raising suspicions. This person is AmbiguouslyHuman. Fairly often, a series will go out of its way to avoid stating their out-and-out species, or they'll be called human or nonhuman in spite of their shared traits. If you can't figure out whether they spawned from the same end of the gene pool as you just by looking at them, though, they fit the bill.

* Angela of ''TheInheritanceCycle'' comes off as this. She ''seems'' like a young and [[TheFrizzle very quirky]] human woman, but constantly claims that she's "[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld older than she looks]]" and relates [[NoodleIncident bits of back story]] implying a very complex and interesting life. She also seems to know certain spells that few or any other people can cast. Some fans have speculated that she is really an [[OurElvesAreBetter elf]], though real-elf [[OldMaster Oromis]] claims she's human.

*** That was only implied in KnightsOfTheOldRepublic, it was never outright said. Even if it were true, There's only a slight relation, since other sources state that sand people are incompatible with humans and have no force affinity. They do occasionally adopt human children and raise them as their own.

** It's fairly well established that Betelgeusians look basically human (give or take the odd head or arm); after all, both Ford and Zaphod got by on Earth without any problems. The bit about the Bartledanians comes after Arthur has found himself in a part of the galaxy where the people are ''very'' nonhumanoid, and the fact this is worthy of note ''may'' indicate that up till now, he's mostly dealt with humanoid aliens.
*** But Zaphod's second head and third arm are not natural, they're biomechanical implants. He had his third arm fitted, supposedly to improve his ski-boxing skills, but actually so he could fondle all three of Eccentrica Gallumbits's breasts at once. His second head came about during his mysterious self-experimentation, an unspecified amount of time previous to the first book. Eventually, it acquires a mind of its own and becomes an independent being, Left Brain. But of course, as far as this topic is concerned, all this does is confirm that Betelgeusians are normally humanoid.
**** In the radio version, Zaphod has four arms, and only the last is noted as recent. While the third may be artificial, he did have it as far back as when he was in school with Ford.

** Isn't he just a human warped by the choas emeralds?
** Probably, but you can't tell all that just by looking at him.
** There ''were'' humans. For example the witch from one of the Game Gear games and the humans in the "Sonic Jam" OVA. Humans were just never really seen until Adventure which made the "Outside of Japan" teams make up all sorts of stories.

** Mario & Luigi are from the Mushroom Kingdom in universal canon though.
*** You forget who [[FanDumb you're talking to]].

** Weren't the Sheikah just a sort of Royal Hylian Ninja Secret Service?
** Emphasis on the "ninja"; they're described as a culture distinct from the Hylians with heavy "secret ninja clan" overtones. There's no firm indication that they were a separate ''species'', though. Nor, indeed, that ''any'' of the AmbiguouslyHuman races of Hyrule are anything more than ethnic groups. (Except maybe the Gerudo.)

** That last one is a mutant, you mind.

** Probably a vampire or some type of wraith or ghoul...

*** That was only implied in KnightsOfTheOldRepublic, it was never outright said.

It's no secret that in Fiction Land, [[TheyWalkAmongUs all sorts of weird beings exist alongside humans.]] Stories in the {{fantasy}} genre, for instance, give us fairy-tale figures like dragons, [[WitchSpecies witches and wizards,]] [[ElvesVsDwarves elves and dwarves,]] and whatever other oddities a specific author may come up with to give his or her world some personal flavor. On the {{science fiction}} side of things, we meet aliens, robots, artificial intelligences, freaks of nature and all manner of homunculi. No matter how wildly they vary from one another, and from one series to the next, however, they all have one thing in common: they're physically distinct from humans, [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman even if it's not by much.]]

* The titular character of [[http://hanna.aftertorque.com/ Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name]]. The rest of his semi-{{Nakama}} is not human, [[TheNoseKnows vampires complain that he "smells dead"]], he goes to a medical school dropout when injured because he has some kind of terrible secret, there's a scar/wound on his chest of astounding, NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow proportions, and the fact it still has staples apparently doesn't impede him from running around being a GenkiBoy. He's most likely just a very strange human, but one wonders.

**WordOfGod says that all the Ambiguously Human characters we see are ''not'' human, and that Finn ''thinks'' he's the only human left. SoYeah.