History Main / Demihuman

* ''ElGoonishShive'' has elves, who are offspring of Immortals and humans, and Tulougol Seyunolu (Greater Chimera), who are offspring of humans and a species of aliens called Uryuoms through the aliens' BizarreAlienReproduction. Tulougol Seyunolu can have animals among their genetic parents but if they don't they are visually identical to humans except for their [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-01-05 very unusual eyes and the fact that they have at least a pair of furry antennae on their heads]]. [[hottip:*:though these are similar in appearance to HairAntennae they are prehensile and have other functions]]

** Adaptations of Tolkien's races and their {{ThemeParkVersion}}s appear in many, many, fantasy novels since, sometimes filtered through ''DungeonsAndDragons''.

* ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick'': elves, dwarves, halflings, goblins, hobgoblins, orcs, ogres. Fitting, as it's based on DungeonsAndDragons.

*** Parodied in ''Game/{{Toon}}'': in the [="ToonQuest"=] setting the equivalent to humans were Dogs, dwarves became Badgers, elves turned into Squirrels, and halflings became Mice. The capitalization is where the 'demi' part comes in -- yes, these races are specifically distinct from regular old Toon dogs, badgers, squirrels, or mice [[AWizardDidIt as dictated by the rules of the mighty wizard Teeyessarr]].

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* a [[OlderThanTheyLook nonstandard lifespan]].

*** Pixies are NOT ChaoticEvil. Anti-fairies are. Pixies are LawfulEvil or more likely, LawfulNeutral, Timmy's just ChaoticGood or ChaoticSelfish (DependingOnTheWriter) so they clash.

* The MarvelSuperHeroes RPG used the term "demihuman", but it referred to PettingZooPeople, despite being made by the same company as D&D, TSR.

* ''OrderOfTheStick'': elves, dwarves, halflings, goblins, hobgoblins, orcs, ogres. Fitting, as it's based on DungeonsAndDragons.

* Neanderthals, a physically hardier species of hominid.

Demihumans are the {{Fantasy}} [[FantasyCounterpartCulture counterpart]] to RubberForeheadAliens. Related to {{Half Human Hybrid}}s, HumanAliens, and probably others. Depending on the story, they've been called [[OurElvesAreBetter elves]], [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves]], [[LordOfTheRings hobbits]], [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orcs]], [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] and many other names. TheFiveRaces is a trope that explains how these creatures live together in a setting that contains four or five such races; see that article for details.

Demihumans are the {{Fantasy}} [[FantasyCounterpartCulture counterpart]] to RubberForeheadAliens. Related to {{Half Human Hybrid}}s, HumanAliens, and probably others. Depending on the story, they've been called [[OurElvesAreBetter elves]], [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarves]], [[LordOfTheRings hobbits]], [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orcs]], [[AllTrollsAreDifferent trolls]] and many other names.

* ''{{Drowtales}}'': see [[http://www.drowtales.com/~wiki/index.php/Races here]].

*** Pixies are NOT ChaoticEvil. Anti-fairies are. Pixies are LawfulEvil or more likely, LawfulNeutral, Timmy's just ChaoticGood or ChatoicSelfish (dependingonthewriter) so they clash.

* {{Discworld}}: dwarves, gnomes, vampires, werewolves. Trolls are about as normal as people; they're just biologically very distinct--demihuman in treatment, but not in biology. Elves are AlwaysChaoticEvil. And I'm not kidding with the list--of the six races I listed, the only one that's seriously considered a true racial hazard to life and limb are the elves.
** Of course, this is because Discworld elves are TheFairFolk, not remotely like the elves from ''LordOfTheRings'' or ''DungeonsAndDragons''.
** As of ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', [[spoiler: orcs]] can be put on the list.
* The Marat in CodexAlera. They look human, but they all have [[HairColors white hair]], BondCreatures, and some [[UnfortunateImplications other things]] that set them apart from humans. Justified, as they are implied to be descendants of Neanderthals who were brought to AnotherDimension.

* Angels and Demons in ''{{Disgaea}}''.

* ''OrderOfTheStick'': elves, dwarves, halflings, goblins, hobgoblins, orcs, ogres.

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* ''FairlyOddParents'' has [[FairyCompanion fairies]], genies, pixies, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin anti-fairies]] and [[OurGnomesAreWeirder lawn gnomes]].
** Fairies are have insect wings and are the [[LittlePeople size of children]]. Interestingly, their [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow eyes match their hair]].
** Genies are about the size of humans, and have tails of smoke. fly without wings.
** Pixies are like fairies but [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]], and all sound like Ben Stein.
*** Pixies are NOT ChaoticEvil. Anti-fairies are. Pixies are LawfulEvil or more likely, LawfulNeutral, Timmy's just ChaoticGood or ChatoicSelfish (dependingonthewriter) so they clash.

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* ''TheElderScrolls'' has elves in pretty much every flavor, as well as orcs and dwarves, which are just different flavors of elves in that continuity.
* ChronoCross
* ElementalWarOfMagic - The only "official" one is the Fallen, a bunch of half-dragon, half-human gents.
* Angels and Demons in ''{{Disgaea}}''.

** As of UnseenAcademicals, [[spoiler: orcs]] can be put on the list.

* Neanderthals, a physically hardier subspecies of humanity.

* The Marat in Codex Alera. They look human, but they all have [[HairColors white hair]], BondCreatures, and some [[UnfortunateImplications other things]] that set them apart from humans. Justified, as they are implied to be descendants of Neanderthals who were brought to AnotherDimension.

** Pixies are like fairies but [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]].

* The art of [[http://andersson.elfwood.com/profile.html Fredrik KT Andersson]] (NotSafeForWork!): elves, dwarves, gnomes, orcs (who look like [[UglyCute cavemen]] with [[CuteLittleFangs tusks]]), trolls (who look like a human with a lion's tail).
-->'''King:''' No, no, no! I said ''slay'' the dragon, [[HalfHumanHybrid not ''lay'' the dragon]]!

*** Parodied in {{Toon}}: in the [="ToonQuest"=] setting the equivalent to humans were Dogs, dwarves became Badgers, elves turned into Squirrels, and halflings became Mice. The capitalization is where the 'demi' part comes in -- yes, these races are specifically distinct from regular old Toon dogs, badgers, squirrels, or mice [[AWizardDidIt as dictated by the rules of the mighty wizard Teeyessarr]].