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* In the setting of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', 80% of humanity has some kind of superpower, which are called "[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Quirks]]". Despite this, most people aren't superheroes; it's implied that most people have a [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway minor power]] and/or use their power [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks only for mundane tasks]]. The main character, who wants to actually be a superhero, is one of the 20% without a Quirk. [[EmpoweredBadassNormal This changes shortly after the series begins.]] It's also {{deconstructed|Trope}}, however, in that while the majority of the population is a super, people who possess "undesirable" Quirks, such as permanent transformations that give them an ugly or scary appearance, as well as people who don't have any quirk, [[FantasticRacism are often maligned and shunned for their otherness]].

* Sometimes the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'''s World borders on this trope before humans arrive in it. ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' added other powerless creatures so they don't count. ''X-Evolution'' the best example with no humans or anything comparable to them in sight.

* In the setting of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', 80% of humanity has some kind of superpower, which are called "[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Quirks]]". Despite this, most people aren't superheroes; it's implied that most people have a [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway minor power]] and/or use their power [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks only for mundane tasks]]. The main character, who wants to actually be a superhero, is one of the 20% without a Quirk. [[EmpoweredBadassNormal This changes shortly after the series begins.]] It's also {{deconstructed}}, however, in that while the majority of the population is a super, people who possess "undesirable" Quirks, such as permanent transformations that give them an ugly or scary appearance, as well as people who don't have any quirk, [[FantasticRacism are often maligned and shunned for their otherness]].

* ''Creator/{{DC}}'':

** ''ComicBook/XMen'' is a {{deconstruction}} since it shows how society would react to a growing population of super powered beings. ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' is an ''X-Men'' story with ComicBook/ScarletWitch changing the world so that most people were mutants, leaving the {{Muggles}} as a minority treated somewhat like the disabled.

* In the ''Literature/CodexAlera'' series, ''all'' Alerans (the human civilization) possess a degree of ElementalPowers ([[BadassNormal the protagonist]] being [[UnSorcerer a notable exception]]), ranging from peasants who have limited control over one element to [[PersonOfMassDestruction godlike]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking high nobility]]. On the nonhuman side of things, the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Marat]] all have the ability to [[BondCreatures telepathically bond with an animal]] (including large, vicious predators), and while only a few of the [[WolfMan Canim]] actually have magic, any one of them is ''still'' a seven-to-eight foot tall centuries-old anthropomorphic canine, and therefore ''plenty'' badass enough to hold their own against all the superpowered people running around.

* In ''LightNovel/FateRequiem'', almost every single person in the world is either born with or later given a Holy Grail inside of them. This allows them to summon and maintain a Servant, and also gives them eternal youth and life by removing ageing, poor genetics, disease, viruses, cancer and other biological illnesses, as well as the ability to control their physical age with Command Seals. A good example of this is Chitose Manazuru, who's Main Character Erice Utsumi's ''grandmother'', yet looks like her upperclassman.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': Pay close attention, and you'll realize that the 6 classes are simply the 6 variants of alliance training. Although your standard alliance Soldier won't be as tough as Shepard is, they would still have Adrenaline Rush, Concussive Shot, and all the ammo mods. Same goes for the power of the other classes. Infliltrators with the crazy time dilation aim. Engineers with assault turrets. And what about biotic classes? What about [[GameBreaker Vanguards?]]

* ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengeriX'' is set in a timeline where Adepts are now the world's majority population and are essentially the new humans in this universe. The darker side comes from the fact that this is achieved via Sumeragi's genocidal campaign where 90% of the non-Adept population has been culled (now labeled as "Minos"), with the remaining 10% are forced to hide in slums to avoid being exterminated.

* Gameplay example in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' on all but the youngest and emptiest realms. At any given time in the capital cities, level-capped players -- many of them armed with epic gear -- far outnumber both [=NPCs=] and leveling characters combined. When enemy players invade the cities, [[PoliceAreUseless the city guards can't put up much resistance]], but anyone can be a BadassBystander. Of course, the main reason enemy players would invade a city in the first place would be to kill its ruler, who happens to be a living (or unliving, in Sylvanas Windrunner's case) example of AsskickingEqualsAuthority.
** In Lore this is completely averted, powerful people with abilities are only a few..

* ''Webcomic/{{Gloomverse}}'': The heroine stands apart as [[TheCallPutMeOnHold the only person in her country ''without'' powers]].

* ''Webcomic/{{UnOrdinary}}'': In this world, everyone has an "ability" though few are to be considered "cripples" like the main protagonist John.

* ''Literature/ArrowAndAce'' uses this as a premise; every person in the world (above the age of puberty) has a power.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Every living being possesses Aura, a spiritual force generated by the soul. Aura can be unlocked through training or trauma and can be used like a [[SuperToughness forcefield]] to protect people from normally fatal injuries. It can also be used as a Semblance, a single super-power unique to every individual. Not every human can unlock their Semblance. Animals can also use Aura, allowing the the dog, Zwei, to help Team RWBY in battle. [[spoiler:All humans could originally use magic until the gods destroyed them. Humanity mysteriously returned to existence but, without the gods' blessing, can only use Aura and Semblance instead of magic. The gods tasked [[BigGood Ozma]] with redeeming humanity. If he succeeds, humanity will regain the gods' blessing; if he fails, the gods will destroy the entire planet. The BigBad is trying to ensure Ozma fails.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', while not ''everyone'' has elemental bending powers, meeting someone who does is about as unusual as meeting someone with brunette hair. So while the show heavily features cool fight scenes involving elemental kung fu, we're also often treated to displays of their {{Mundane Utilit|y}}ies, such as building houses, heating and cooling drinks, powering steam-punk machines, and playing games. Of particular note, the Air Nomads deserve special mention for living up to "Everyone" part of the trope name; because of their spirituality, their entire population is born with the ability to airbend.

* Equestria in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' falls into this. The three races of ponies each have either [[WitchSpecies magic]], flight and [[WeatherManipulation weather control]], or [[GreenThumb improved plant growth]] and SuperStrength, and all of them can develop [[TheGift talents]] so extreme that they might as well be super powers, along with [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower exaggerated athletic ability]] being common. More mundane species do share the setting, but are a minority in the country of Equestria. Other incarnations of the [[Franchise/MyLittlePony franchise]] also fit this trope, although the details of their racial abilities differ, and were rarely as strong as in ''Friendship is Magic''.
* Gem society in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' seems to be this; just about every Gem we've met had some kind of superhuman powers (even the noncombat technicians have NighInvulnerability), and it was only after postwar cutbacks that it stopped being the case that everyone was capable of shapeshifting.
* The world of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' is populated entirely by the kind of characters you'd find in trading cards and old-school fighting games, though some people's powers [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway aren't as impressive as others]].

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' - Mundus Magicus turns into one of these once the heroes arrive there - especially for those who were previously just {{Muggles}}, though the main cast remains leagues more powerful then the average thug in that world.
* ''VisualNovel/WindABreathOfHeart'' - In spite of seeming to be like a normal town, (almost) everyone in the town the story takes place has some kind of special power, often [[MundaneUtility mundane ones]], and asking what everyone else's powers are is as common as asking what someone's name is. The reason this is so common becomes a major plot point...
* ''Manga/TokyoUnderground'' features an entire underground world of psychics.
* After the second season of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', the title character moves away from a certain InsignificantLittleBluePlanet and [[StayWithTheAliens goes to live in Mid-Childa]] where everyone is a mage like her. All the grunts in the military are equipped with staves to help in casting spells, the Air Force doesn't use planes since [[{{Flight}} they can fly on their own]], detectives can MindProbe criminals to retrieve information, librarians can perform search engine-like scans on thousands of shelves worth of books, EmergencyServices are protected with DeflectorShields that keep away heat and smoke and can cast the same shield on victims trapped in a burning building, doctors are equipped with the latest in medical technology and HealingHands, and students don't need to whisper to each other since they can just use {{Telepathy}}.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' has the "anyone can learn basic magic, but not everyone chooses to do so" variant. Notably, the swordsman of the group has a high enough "capacity" to become an incredible mage, but his attention span is too short to remember or focus on the incantations. The light novels present it a bit differently with Gourry being a bit smarter than he gives out...But double-subverted, in that his memory is STILL terrible.
* The hidden ninja villages in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' are a mix of this and EverybodyWasKungFuFighting, because they all have CharlesAtlasSuperpower. Even the youngest children are in training to use [[KiManipulation Ki Attacks]]. Actually sort of subverted: even among the ninja villages only a relatively small number of the population ever go all the way through the academy to even become low-ranking genin. Though it does seems anyone could potentially use [[{{Mana}} chakra]] for they various things ninja do.
* ''Manga/IrisZero'' takes place in a world where 99% of children are born with an [[MagicalEye Iris]], which allows them to see visual clues. For example, one girl can see a [[LivingLieDetector devil tail grow on people when they lie]]. However, this causes a lot of problems, because living with a constant AugmentedReality really warps the way you view the world (often in negative ways). The girl mentioned above is also wears JadeColoredGlasses and has problems trusting people. It's a world where the tropes of KidsAreCruel and AdultsAreUseless are in full play. The 1% of kids who are not born with an Iris are known as "[[TitleDrop Iris Zeroes]]". Main Character Toru Mizushima is one such individual, and this has made him an outcast his entire life.

* Everyone's a little bit badass in ''Anime/TokyoMajin''. Even the one-note delinquents in the first episode pull off improbable moves like spitting nails at a spinning bat to instantly create a nail-bat, and the nosy reporter girl can bury herself in earth like a ninja. That's to say nothing of the mystic yakuza or the five protagonists with special superpowers.

* In the world of ''Manga/BlackClover'', everyone in the world is born with the ability to use magic, usually in the form of creating and manipulating a form of matter or element. The class system of this world seems to be based around one's magical ability, the nobles using their magical skills as a way of lording superiority over the less magically inclined peasants. The only character that does not seem to possess any latent magical ability is the protagonist [[UnSorcerer Asta]]. [[spoiler:Ironically, it is this complete lack of magic that allows him to wield the Five-Leafed Clover Grimoire, allowing him to wield [[ExcaliburInTheRust swords]] [[SpellBlade imbued]] with AntiMagic.]]
* In the world of ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'', all humans develop some sort of mutation or transformation during puberty. Similar to ''ComicBook/XMen'', except there are no Muggles and most variations seem to be physical changes (growing wings, growing gigantic, more or fewer eyes, or turning invisible) rather than powers that can affect others that much.

* ComicBook/{{normalman}} (note no capital letter) was the only normal on a world full of supers. (Also the OnlySaneMan.)
* ''ComicBook/TopTen'': Absolutely everyone in Neopolis from bums to tycoons is superhuman: "science hero/villains" with powers, a costume and an alter ego. Aliens, robots, gods, cyborgs, psychics, all present in the crowds. Incidental details include pizza-delivery couriers with [[SuperSpeed super-speed]], cab drivers "guided by the universe" and comics such as ''Businessman''.
* In ''ComicBook/EarthX'', everyone's a mutant [[spoiler:thanks to Black Bolt releasing [[SuperEmpowering Terrigen Mists]] into the Earth's atmosphere]]. That's one way to get rid of that FantasticRacism. That is, until you get a load of the Monster Generation or even the new ''ComicBook/XMen'', whose mutations are so freakish they're pariahs even in a world full of their own kind.
* In the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' story arc of the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' stories, New Krypton is a planet on [[CounterEarth the other side of Earth's sun]], sharing its orbit and populated with 100,000 fully powered Kryptonians.
* In an ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' storyline, Reed went back in time and prevented the teleportation experiment by fixing the calibration of the teleporter so that Ben Grimm wouldn't have to be [[CursedWithAwesome The Thing.]] The result was an alternate world with this trope thanks to the aliens they encountered on the now successful trip with Grimm being the only normal and quite happy about it. [[spoiler: Until it turned out to be the aliens' way of killing the entire human race, and Ben had to fix it.]]
* ''ComicBook/XMen'' is a {{deconstruction}} since it shows how society would react to a growing population of super powered beings. ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' is an ''X-Men'' story with ComicBook/ScarletWitch changing the world so that most people were mutants, leaving the {{Muggles}} as a minority treated somewhat like the disabled.
* ''ComicBook/PS238'' is about a SuperheroSchool where the main character, [[OnlySaneMan Tyler]], is a ten-year-old MuggleBornOfMages. Early on the stories involved him trying to get by without being accidentally killed, resulting in him becoming a BadassNormal (to his own surprise). Eventually, lots of superhero teams wind up moving to town, though {{Muggles}} still live there, the technically [=PS238=] itself is hidden as part of a normal public school.
* [[FrancoBelgianComics Franco-Belgian Comic]] series ''ComicBook/{{Lanfeust}}'' has the homeland/world of the titular hero, Troy, where every human has one single magic power thanks to specially-trained Sages "broadcasting" magic energy ([[spoiler:which may in fact be more accurately called psychic energy; long story]]) to the nearby citizenry like mobile power relays. Everyone's powers tend to be public knowledge, and often steer those who have them towards a career path [[MundaneUtility where it will be a useful skill]] (Lanfeust himself's power is to heat any metal, so he was training to be a smith before the CallToAdventure). However, [[SuperpowerLottery said powers vary wildly]], so it's rather common for people to have a power with [[CripplingOverspecialization exceedingly narrow applications]] or even [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway a virtually useless one]] (making farts smell like flowers, anyone?). Although a staple of the series is characters [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower using what they have in novel ways to give themselves an unexpected edge]], like the leader of LaResistance (an animal entrails-reading soothsayer) using his abilities to plan and coordinate a much more formidable effort than his RagtagBunchOfMisfits could muster otherwise, or one of his followers, who relishes the chance to use her power to give horrible heartburns in socially and ethically acceptable ways- to incapacitate enemy {{mooks}}.
* The premise behind ''Ordinary'' is that an event occurs that gives the entire world superpowers, except for the protagonist.

* In one alternate Marvel future (may have been published in Epic) all of humanity save one man has gained super-powers resulting in his being ridiculed for it, only for the reveal that the Celestials now come to 'harvest' humanity for some unknown purpose (all of humanity including the normal guy goes with them except for Aquarian, as his null-field power means it's impossible for him to be moved beyond a certain slow rate of speed leaving him the last living sentient being on Earth).
* In the [[ComicBook/New52 post]]-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' [[TheMultiverse DC multiverse]], Earth-48 is a world where everyone and every''thing'' is super, intended to serve as the multiverse's protectors.
* ''ComicBook/BillAndTedsExcellentComicBook'' has one issue where the duo are stranded on an alternate Earth called Hyper-World, populated entirely by superheroes and villains who fight each other all day.
* The Amazons of ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' are a race of superhuman women with Diana, Donna and Artemis being the most powerful and skilled warriors.

* In the Literature/{{Xanth}}-{{Expy}} world of New Zork in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', every person has an Ability or physical mutation graded from F to A-Plus, depending on usefulness.

* Every human in ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' has a magical talent. The power and usefulness of these talents varies wildly, from entirely pointless to world-changing. The few who don't are either immigrants or they get exiled to [[RealWorldEpisode Mundania]].
* In ''The Amazing Adventures Of Ordinary Boy'', the eponymous character is the only person in his city ''without'' superpowers.

* The wizard world in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is one in which [[WorldOfBadass everyone has badass magical powers]] (with the exception of [[MuggleBornOfMages squibs]]). And all the Muggles... which is most of the world's population. Granted, it could still apply since the Wizarding World is the primary setting for most of the series, but it's an important plot element from time to time that the majority of the planet has no idea magic even exists.
* In the world of Sharon Green's ''The Blending'' series, nearly everyone has ElementalPowers; some have stronger magic than others, but one of the series' plot points is that everyone can be trained to use what magic they do have more effectively.

* A small example in ''Literature/SuperPowereds''. Lander University's Hero Certification Program is located in a secret underground section of the campus. Only Supers are allowed down there (or even know of its existence). All in all, there are around 100 Supers either studying or working at the HCP. The same is likely true at the other universities that have the program. While all HCP students are required to keep the fact that they're Supers and in the HCP a secret from the outside world, in the underground campus, they're among their kind. Supers from small towns, who are used to being special, find it a bit disconcerting to be one among many.
* Deconstructed in ''Literature/FromTheNewWorld'', which is set in a future world where all of humanity has attained the power of Juryoku, psychic powers that give everybody the capacity to become a PersonOfMassDestruction. Their government has had to take extremely draconian measures just to hold some semblance of civilization together. Genetic and social conditioning is used to suppress all violent instincts, and everyone has had a "Death Feedback" mechanism imprinted in their DNA that kills them if they ever intentionally kill another person. Anybody whose Death Feedback doesn't work or who shows any sign of not being able to control their Juryoku properly gets "disappeared", and all memory of them is erased from everyone who knew them.

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': Is it a stockbroker? Is it a quantity surveyor? Is it a church warden? No, it's [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2howud Bicycle Repairman]]! In a world full of Supermen one of them has a secret identity, with the uncanny ability to fix a bicycle. He changes from his Superman outfit (which everyone else also wears) into a brown mac.

* Though not to superhero levels, ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' is based on a town where everyone is super intelligent. Zoey was raised outside, so she has had a normal upbringing and lampshades how different the town being this kind of 'super' several times. Despite this, she actually has a genius-level intelligence, in stark contrast to her father, who only rates at about 100 IQ (i.e. average) but has street smarts, people skills, and ''common sense''.
* [[spoiler:Seattle]] becomes this in the finale of ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred''.
* ''Series/KamenRiderWizard''[='s=] Summer movie ''Wizard in Magicland'' sees the title character end up in an alternate world where '''everybody''' has magical powers and can transform into a spell-slinging Kamen Rider, with Mana even being used as a form of currency.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': Pay close attention, and you'll realize that the 6 classes are simply the 6 variants of alliance training. Although your standard alliance Soldier won't be as tough as Shepard is, they would still have Adrenaline Rush, Concussive Shot, and all the ammo mods. Same goes for the power of the other classes. Infliltrators with the crazy time dilation aim. Engineers with assault turrets. And what about biotic classes? What about [[GameBreaker Vanguards?]]
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
** In the setting, Gensokyo, even the common humans are capable of magical powers, and are expected to be more powerful than the common fairies. The heroines are simply the ones with either even greater than normal superpowers, or in the case of [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]], someone with normal magical powers who trained and studied really hard to get to where she is.
** There's also the interesting case of Sanae, who used to be revered as a god in the outside world and is believed by some fans to have had a hard time adjusting to this trope's effect when she arrived in Gensokyo.

* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' series game, ''VideoGame/SaGaFrontier2'' had a world where everyone has magic powers as part of their "anima", or life force. It was a major plot point because Gustav, the heir to the throne, mysteriously did not have magic powers, and was banished from the court for his freakish nature. Most of the ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' series will let pretty much anyone use magic, even if they are not particularly good at it, however.

* The denizens of Rapture in ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' are all addicted to ADAM. Spread across the city are vending machines that turn ADAM into mutations that let you shoot fire from your hands, turn invisible, and control minds. Even the relatively "normal" users of it are much stronger, faster or smarter than an average human, [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] because ADAM [[PoweredByAForsakenChild comes from little girls that were turned into monstrosities called Little Sisters by getting a sea slug implanted in their bodies]] [[FalseUtopia because the sea slugs alone weren't producing enough]], and later, addiction to ADAM [[AxCrazy made users insane and violent]] and brought Rapture that was once a prosperous society to collapse.
* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'': There supposedly ''are'' normal individuals in Paragon City, but aside from the random invincible pedestrian (and maybe the occasional contact) you'll almost never meet them. This is especially true for anyone in the roleplaying community, unless the character in question is powerless as a gimmick.

* In general MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame genre will have this in the gameplay, in the story though, it is typically a different case.
* Gameplay example in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' on all but the youngest and emptiest realms. At any given time in the capital cities, level-capped players -- many of them armed with epic gear -- far outnumber both [=NPCs=] and leveling characters combined. When enemy players invade the cities, [[PoliceAreUseless the city guards can't put up much resistance]], but anyone can be a BadassBystander. Of course, the main reason enemy players would invade a city in the first place would be to kill its ruler, who happens to be a living (or unliving, in Sylvanas Windrunner's case) example of AsskickingEqualsAuthority.
** In Lore this is completely averted, powerful people with abilities are only a few..
* ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' uses this trope. The people with no super powers are from different planets or different time periods and they quickly receive powers when they arrive in the main setting. Even Magikarp can hold its own here.
* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', as long as it concerns soccer, even an old hag can create wings if she learns the right skill.

* In ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'', everyone normally has superpowers: They can fly, phase through objects, and they can spawn stuff and other things.
* ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'', thanks to a combination of different aspects that include: Gohan creating a book on ki control, Krillin and Tien founding their own schools and increasing the number of hybrids, nameks and majins. The number of people who possess great powers in the year 1,000 is very high. Just counting those that appear in the trailers, there are several dozen, but it is possible that the number is much higher.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Played with- Syndrome, who feels spurned by not having been born with superpowers and being rejected as a sidekick years ago by Mr. Incredible, plots to retire after his planned career as a FakeUltimateHero by selling his superpower-granting gadgets to anyone who can afford them. In his words: "When everyone can be a super... ''no one will be''," combining his envy of supers and desire to see them fall with the threat of a world overrun by people who paid to have those powers, and presumably lord it over those who can't, thus [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis creating a different version of the same problem that led to his fall to evil in the first place]].

* In the setting of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', 80% of humanity has some kind of superpower, which are called "[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Quirks]]". Despite this, most people aren't superheroes; it's implied that most people have a [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway minor power]] and/or use their power [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks only for mundane tasks]]. The main character, who wants to actually be a superhero, is one of the 20% without a Quirk. [[EmpoweredBadassNormal This changes shortly after the series begins.]] It's also {{deconstructed}}, however, in that while the majority of the population is a super, people who possess "undesirable" Quirks [[FantasticRacism are still maligned and shunned by the public for their otherness]].

* Downplayed in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' where there are Semblances, a power unique to each individual meant to be an ultimate expression of an aspect of their personality. Not everyone can use one, but everyone has the potential to develop one through training. Or trauma. Whichever comes first.
** [[spoiler:Played straight in ''The Lost Fable'' where it turns out everyone on Remnant could originally use magic, though after the gods wiped out humanity and abandoned the planet, the humans and faunus that subsequently appeared lacked these powers]]. [[spoiler:Salem realized at least one of her own daughters had magic and had planned to replace humanity with magic wielders, though this seemingly fell through after things ended with Ozma]].

* Happens in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' on all but the youngest and emptiest realms. At any given time in the capital cities, level-capped players -- many of them armed with epic gear -- far outnumber both [=NPCs=] and leveling characters combined. When enemy players invade the cities, [[PoliceAreUseless the city guards can't put up much resistance]], but anyone can be a BadassBystander. Of course, the main reason enemy players would invade a city in the first place would be to kill its ruler, who happens to be a living (or unliving, in Sylvanas Windrunner's case) example of AsskickingEqualsAuthority.

* Every human in ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' has a magical talent. The power and usefulness of these talents varies wildly, from entirely pointless to world-changing. The few who don't are either immigrants or they get exiled to Mundania.

* The world of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' is populated entirely by the kind of characters you'd find in trading cards and old-school fighting games,

* In the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' story arc of the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' stories, New Krypton is a planet on the other side of Earth's sun, sharing its orbit and populated with 100,000 fully powered Kryptonians.

* In the post-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' [[TheMultiverse DC multiverse]], Earth-48 is a world where everyone and every''thing'' is super, intended to serve as the multiverse's protectors.

-->-- '''Prologue''', ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil]]''

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' - Mundus Magicus turns into one of these once the heroes arrive there - especially for those who were previously just {{Muggles}}, though the main cast remains leagues more powerful then the average thug in that world.

* In the AlternateUniverse Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog blog ''Blog/AlwaysHavingJuice'', every named character has a power of some sort, and rarely is a power repeated unless plot-relevant.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'':

* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', 90% of Earth's population has some kind of superpower, be it a Quirk, a Metagene, magic, or powers gained from toxic waste or a FreakLabAccident. A major source of conflict in the story is the fact that Izuku is Kryptonian, meaning that his powers don't fall under any of those categories in a world rife with FantasticRacism against aliens. On the bright side, this all means that he blends in extremely easily since his powers, while extremely varied, don't stick out much at all. There are even characters with powersets similar to his, such as Franchise/WonderWoman and [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaIllegalsMainCharacters Captain Celebrity]].

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' centered on an entire [[PlanetOfHats Planet of Superheroes]]. There was only one "Normal" in the entire population whose job it was to be constantly rescued by the supers, since without normal people to rescue, the supers just don't know what to do with themselves. Being hounded by them all day caused him to snap and become a gadget-using {{supervillain}}.

** Throughout the series, absolutely anyone is capable of learning to use magic. While [[WitchSpecies some races are born with greater inherent magical skill]], even those who are not can learn spells and be trained to use magic. (And even then, most races get an inherent boost to ''at least one'' magical skill, including the [[DoesNotLikeMagic magic-hating]] ProudWarriorRace [[HornyVikings Nords]] who get a boost to [[WhiteMagic Restoration]] magic.) Those who do not use magic simply have chosen to focus on other areas, as opposed to being incapable of casting spells.

* The ''Ordinary Boy'' book series takes place in a universe where everyone has superpowers...except for the titular youth.

** ''Manga/MyHero2008'' has the same sort of quirk as the series it would inspire. The one glaring difference between the two stories is that its protaginist ''doesn't'' get a quirk to help save the day and sticks with his job in weapon sales.

* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', 90% of Earth's population has some kind of superpower, be it a Quirk, a Metagene, magic, or powers gained from toxic waste or a FreakLabAccident. A major source of conflict in the story is the fact that Izuku is Kryptonian, meaning that his powers don't fall under any of those categories in a world rife with FantasticRacism against aliens. On the bright side, this all means that he blends in extremely easily since his powers, while extremely varied, don't stick out much at all. There are even characters with powersets similar to his, such as ComicBook/WonderWoman and [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaIllegalsMainCharacters Captain Celebrity]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Played with- Syndrome, who feels spurned by not having been born with superpowers and being rejected as a sidekick years ago by Mr. Incredible, plots to retire after his planned career as a FakeUltimateHero by selling his superpower-granting gadgets to anyone who can afford them. In his words: "When everyone can be a super... ''no one will be''," combining his envy of supers and desire to see them fall with the threat of a world overrun by people who paid to have those powers, and presumably lord it over those who can't, thus [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis creating a different version of the same problem that lead to his fall to evil in the first place]].

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': Is it a stockbroker? Is it a quantity surveyor? Is it a church warden? No, it's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01xasUtlvw Bicycle Repairman]]! In a world full of Supermen one of them has a secret identity, with the uncanny ability to fix a bicycle. He changes from his Superman outfit (which everyone else also wears) into a brown mac.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''

* The denizens of Rapture in ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' are all addicted to ADAM. Spread across the city are vending machines that turn ADAM into mutations that let you shoot fire from your hands, turn invisible, and control minds. Even the relatively "normal" users of it are much stronger, faster or smarter than an average human, [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] because ADAM [[PoweredByAForsakenChild comes from little girls that were turned into monstrosities called Little Sisters by getting a sea slug implanted in their bodies]] [[FalseUtopia because the sea slugs alone weren't producting enough]], and later, addiction to ADAM [[AxCrazy made users insane and violent]] and brought Rapture that was once a prosperous society to collapse.

* This is what Timmy wished for in the SuperheroEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''

* Similar to ''{{normalman}}'', ''ComicBook/BillAndTedsExcellentComicBook'' has one issue where the duo are stranded on an alternate Earth called Hyper-World, populated entirely by superheroes and villains who fight each other all day.

** [[spoiler:Played straight in ''The Lost Fable'' where it turns out everyone on Remnant could originally use magic, though after the gods wiped out humanity and abandoned the planet, the humans and faunus that subsequently appeared lacked these powers]]. [[Spoiler:Salem realized at least one of her own daughters had magic and had planned to replace humanity with magic wielders, though this seemingly fell through after things ended with Ozma]].

* In ''ComicBook/EarthX'', everyone's a mutant. That's one way to get rid of that FantasticRacism. That is, until you get a load of the Monster Generation or even the new ''ComicBook/XMen'', whose mutations are so freakish they're pariahs even in a world full of their own kind.