History Main / FaeriesDontBelieveInHumansEither

* Put in a blender with" MaybeMagicMaybeMundane and taken to the other side in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPVC-WhCoHs Imaginary Friend,"]] where the crux turns out to be after the sprightly, eccentric Lily producing a homemade bomb and the hovering cartoon cat Mr. Tibbles freaking out over what she plans to do with it over parties who thought their friendship was ''imaginary,'' the protagonist's parents are heard asking if their kid is talking to that imaginary friend again, [[spoiler:revealing the rest of the cast are ''other'' multicolored fairy animals and Mr. Tibbles is apparently off his meds; taking them, Lily vwips out of existence. (...until, "I'm back!" startles him into dropping the bomb.)]]

* ''The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo'', a spoof of ''[[Literature/MillenniumSeries The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]''.

* In MediaNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}, we learned that [[Creator/DCComics DC's]] [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] FunnyAnimal comics characters all live on Earth-C (for "cartoon"). The most famous inhabitants are ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew There, humans are considered mythical monsters. A wolf who is cursed to transform into a human is called a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Wuzwolf.]]
* Done jokingly in ComicBook/XMen. While in Banshee's ancestral home, the X-Men run into leprechauns. When ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} expresses his disbelief in leprechauns, one of them retorts "Well maybe I don't believe in talkin' wolverines!"
* In one ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid'' comic Ariel accidentally comes across a city where moray (eel-people) live. Moray were deemed fictional by merpeople. In turn, moray thought merpeople were a myth. Moray are afraid of merpeople. The moray princess decides to keep Ariel as a pet, then ransoms her when she learns that Ariel and her sister Aquata are princesses. Moray are depicted as the EvilCounterpart to merpeople.
* One story in anthology series ''Mystic'' had a little boy on the hunt for elves to grant his wishes. After being scolded by his mom, he leaves behind a basket of stones he gathered hoping to get them turned into gold. After he leaves, [[MissedHimByThatMuch some elves arrive]] and comment on the "giant's basket". They're scolded by an elder elf that giants don't exist, to their disappointment, because they'd like to use their magic to grant the wish of some human instead of their own for once.

* In UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}, we learned that [[Creator/DCComics DC's]] [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] FunnyAnimal comics characters all live on Earth-C (for "cartoon"). The most famous inhabitants are ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew There, humans are considered mythical monsters. A wolf who is cursed to transform into a human is called a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Wuzwolf.]]

* In UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}, we learned that [[Creator/DCComics DC's]] GoldenAge FunnyAnimal comics characters all live on Earth-C (for "cartoon"). The most famous inhabitants are ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew There, humans are considered mythical monsters. A wolf who is cursed to transform into a human is called a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Wuzwolf.]]

* ''Literature/TheDivide'' trilogy by Elizabeth Kay has a fantasy world where all kinds of creatures from our myths live. They not only think humans are mythical, but also many animals from our world as well.

* The premise of ''WesternAnimation/{{Smallfoot}}'' is that [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti yetis]] don't believe in humans, considering them a mythical monster they call "smallfoot". Naturally, HilarityEnsues when the one yeti who ''does'' believe actually catches a glimpse of a human on the mountain and heads down to the lowlands to prove they exist. [[spoiler:Justified; the eldest of the village, the Stonekeeper, knows that there were hostile encounters between humans and yeti in the past, so he has shaped their entire culture to keep them hidden from humanity due to his belief that HumansAreTheRealMonsters.]]

[[quoteright:221:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ponies_dont_believe_in_humans_6.png]]

** Ameri has proof of the existence of humans; a collection of romance manga she can't read but still enjoys looking at the panels. She realizes Iruma must be human when he can read them.

* ''TomAndJerryBlastOffToMars'': The Martians had a long-standing belief that their neighboring world of Earth didn't support any intelligent life at all.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'', the ''Pteranodon'' family are going to visit a ''Pliosaurus'', and Buddy says he used to think there was nothing under the ocean. Later, the ''Pliosaurus'' says he thought there was nothing above the ocean except the sky.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': The dwarven grags in ''Literature/{{Thud}}'' (who are mostly extremist deep-downers, or "those who do not get out in the fresh air enough") are said to believe humans to be a kind of bad dream. This puts them at odds with the rest of the dwarfs, who are quite willing to deal with humans, to the point that a brief civil war erupts during the events of ''Literature/RaisingSteam''.

-->'''Son''': Dad, do aliens exist?
-->'''Father''': No, son, it's fiction!
-->''[Cut to an alien planet]''
-->'''Alien son''': Dad, do humans exist?
-->'''Alien father''': No, son, it's fiction!

* One of the [[UrExample earliest examples]] of this trope occurs in ''[[Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland Through the Looking-Glass.]]'' In the Sixth Square, Alice meets the Unicorn (of the nursery rhyme "The Lion and the Unicorn"), and they are shocked at each other's existence:
-->'''The Unicorn''': What is ''this?''
-->'''Haigha''': This is a Child! We only found it today. It's as large as life, and twice as natural!
-->'''Unicorn''': I always thought that they were fabulous monsters...
-->'''Alice''': Do you know, I always thought that ''Unicorns'' were fabulous monsters, too! I never saw one alive before!
-->'''Unicorn''': Well, now that we ''have'' seen each other, if you'll believe in me, ''I'll'' believe in ''you.'' Is that a bargain?
-->'''Alice''': Yes, if you like.

** In ''[[Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe]]'', Tumnus the faun reacts this way to Lucy the first time he meets her, and owns a book called ''Is Man a Myth?'' A rather justified example, since the few humans in Narnia at its creation had been crossbred into oblivion with the other races within the first few generations, a thousand years before his time.

* ''Literature/TheDaySantaStoppedBelievingInHarold'': Downplayed-- Santa is a human himself but he has magic, which Harold has his doubts about, and he doesn't disbelieve in all humans, just Harold. Even then, he ''used'' to believe in Harold, but stopped, hence the title. Jack Frost's parents and the Abominable Snow Monster also don't believe in Harold, though it's unknown if they believe in other humans.
* In Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/FarmerGilesOfHam'', younger dragons seem to think that the Knights are just a myth. The older ones know better, although they admit that they are few and far, and not a danger anymore. Which is true. The King and his Knights are pretty useless. The only person who can effectively deal with the Dragon is a fat, red-headed farmer who doesn't like trespassers--even if they are scaly and breathe fire.

* ''The Dragon With the Girl Tattoo'', a spoof of ''Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo''.

* ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'': Suzuki Iruma had a terrible life and terrible parents who sold him to a demon, but the demon adopts him and gives him a much better life than when he was on the human world, it is stated that demons eat humans and the school anthem is a song about how humans are just food for demons, but then, it's revealed that young demons never ate a human, never even saw a human and suspect they are a myth, while the high-ranking adult demons are fully aware of their existence and may be involved into keeping them a secret.
** Ameri has proof of the existence of humans, a collection of romance manga she can't read but still enjoys looking at the panels, she realizes Iruma must be human when he can read them.

[[caption-width-right:221:[[https://www.deviantart.com/don-ko/art/Pony-Farm-Portal2-spoilers-208335739 Original comic]] by [[https://www.deviantart.com/don-ko Don-ko]].]]

* A humorous and "realistic" example occurs in ''Series/{{Roseanne}}''. Dan comes to pick D.J. up from school after he gets in trouble...and it turns out that, since Roseanne is usually the one who handles all of the kids' problems, the entire faculty just thought Dan was ''dead.'' D.J. [[BrattyHalfPint doesn't help]] by pretending that he doesn't know who Dan is ("How do you know my name?").

* Put in a blender with MaybeMagicMaybeMundane and taken to the other side in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPVC-WhCoHs Imaginary Friend]]", where the crux turns out to be after the sprightly, eccentric Lily producing a homemade bomb and the hovering cartoon cat Mr. Tibbles freaking out over what she plans to do with it over parties who thought their friendship was ''imaginary,'' the protagonist's parents are heard asking if their kid is talking to that imaginary friend again, [[spoiler:revealing the rest of the cast are ''other'' multicolored fairy animals and Mr. Tibbles is apparently off his meds; taking them, Lily vwips out of existence. (...until, "I'm back!" startles him into dropping the bomb.)]]

* ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'': Suzuki Iruma had a terrible life and terrible parents who sold him to a demon, but the demon adopts him and gives him a much better life than when he was on the human world, it is stated that demons eat humans and the school anthem is a song about how humans are just food for demons, but then, it's revealed that young demons never ate a human, never even saw a human and suspect they are a myth, while the high-ranking adult demons are fully aware of their existance and may be involved into keeping them a secret.
** Ameri has proof of the existance of humans, a collection of romance manga she can't read but still enjoys looking at the panels, she realizes Iruma must be human when he can read them.

* Shown from the opposite perspective in the ''Literature/NomesTrilogy''. Having established from the first book that the Store nomes have a religion based around Arnold Bros. (est. 1905), who created the Store for them to live in, the third book has them make contact with the grandson of one of the Arnold brothers. Who is amazed, but immediately asks if they're like the little people his grandfather used to tell him about, who lived in the walls of the old department store. Maskin later tells Gurder the priest "You know how you believed in Arnold Bros. (est. 1905)? Well, he believed in you too! How about that?" (The Store nomes know that humans exist, they just have a hard time getting their head round the idea that Arnold Bros. (est. 1905) was one.)