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* In the final issue of ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', it turns out that Superman's empathy and altruism are also superhuman due to his [[SuperSenses enhanced senses]]. The temporarily empowered human [[spoiler:Lex Luthor]] finds this out personally and [[spoiler:seemingly reforms as a result]].



* In the final issue of ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', it turns out that Superman's empathy and altruism are also superhuman due to his enhanced senses. The temporarily-empowered human [[spoiler: Lex Luthor]] finds this out personally and [[spoiler: seemingly reforms as a result.]]



* ''Film/StarTrek2009'': Sarek (a Vulcan) says that "emotions run deeply within our race, perhaps more deeply than in humans." The ExpandedUniverse and the later TV series have gone into more detail about this; the reason Vulcan culture is so big on logic and rationalism is that before that sort of thing caught on they fought more and bloodier wars than any other notable ''Trek'' race except possibly the Klingons, culminating in at least one nuclear exchange.

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* ''Film/StarTrek2009'': Sarek (a Vulcan) says that "emotions run deeply within our race, perhaps more deeply than in humans." humans". The ExpandedUniverse and the later ''Franchise/StarTrek'' TV series have gone into more detail about this; the reason why Vulcan culture is so big on logic and rationalism is that before that sort of thing caught on on, they fought more and bloodier wars than any other notable ''Trek'' race except possibly the Klingons, culminating in at least one nuclear exchange.



%%* The cherubim Proginoskes in ''Literature/AWindInTheDoor'' by Madeleine L'Engle. (Yes, 'cherubim' should be plural).

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%%* All over the place in Creator/CliffordSimak's books with his numerous super-advanced aliens that the human protagonist befriends.
* Inverted in ''Literature/TheColorOfDistance''.
The cherubim Proginoskes in ''Literature/AWindInTheDoor'' by Madeleine L'Engle. (Yes, 'cherubim' should Tendu feel most major human emotions, but due to their BizarreAlienReproduction, which lacks a stage involving parents caring for helpless offspring for years, they find a human's bond with her baby to be plural).unlike anything they've experienced.



* All over the place in Creator/CliffordSimak's books with his numerous super advanced aliens that the human protagonist befriends.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[Literature/ProsperosDaughter Prospero Regained]]'', the characters reach the deepest pits of Hell and feel the temptations of the creatures imprisoned there -- the insane temptations.
* Inverted in ''Literature/TheColorOfDistance''. The Tendu feel most major human emotions, but due to their BizarreAlienReproduction, which lacks a stage involving parents caring for helpless offspring for years, they find a human's bond with her baby to be unlike anything they've experienced.
* The Parshendi of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' experience emotions as a series of rhythms to which they can attune their thoughts and words (Resolve, Irritation, Praise, etc). A Parshendi can actively choose to attune a specific rhythm, but otherwise automatically attunes the one that matches their own emotions.
* In JM Barrie's original ''Literature/PeterPan'', fairies like Tinker Bell can only feel one emotion at a time, and that emotion consumes their entire being in that moment.
* Face in ''Literature/NESGodzillaCreepypasta'' is a being who appears early in each of the game's levels to give a quiz of Yes or No questions, which range from normal, to disturbing to nonsensical and shows a reaction to each answer, which more often than not, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality seems to make sense only to Face itself]]. Adding to this, while he has normal reactions like happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, etc. he also has a set of strange, nonsensical reactions like flipping upside-down, becoming a cyclops or getting FishEyes



* In ''Literature/PeterPan'', fairies like Tinker Bell can only feel one emotion at a time, and that emotion consumes their entire being in that moment.
* In ''[[Literature/ProsperosDaughter Prospero Regained]]'', the characters reach the deepest pits of Hell and feel the temptations of the creatures imprisoned there -- the insane temptations.
* The Parshendi of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' experience emotions as a series of rhythms to which they can attune their thoughts and words (Resolve, Irritation, Praise, etc.). A Parshendi can actively choose to attune a specific rhythm, but otherwise automatically attunes the one that matches their own emotions.
%%* The cherubim Proginoskes in ''Literature/AWindInTheDoor'' (yes, 'cherubim' should be plural).



* In the re-imagined ''Series/{{V|2009}}'', the HiveQueen alien Anna and [[spoiler:most members of]] her species insist that they do not feel human emotions [[spoiler:despite the influence of their human skin]]. However, Anna is also a diligent {{Determinator}} who wants her species to survive and is ready to make great sacrifices for it. She later seems strangely overjoyed at the thought that her daughter will grow up to be just like her and save the species, despite the fact that she jeopardizes her well-being and safety without remorse to help the species. Eventually, this becomes a sort of ChekhovsSkill when [[spoiler:her first human emotion is pain over her species being endangered by an attack. She cries, goes completely berserk and later feels maternal for the first time.]]

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* In ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'': Sonoza of the re-imagined ''Series/{{V|2009}}'', the HiveQueen alien Anna and [[spoiler:most members of]] her species insist that they do not feel Noto Trio is a mentally disturbed man with a great interest in human emotions [[spoiler:despite who is seemingly only capable of a superficial understanding of them. He tries to learn more about them by imitating any kind of reaction he witnesses and then asking anyone on the influence of their human skin]]. However, Anna vicinity if what he did is also a diligent {{Determinator}} who wants her species to survive and is ready to make great sacrifices for it. She later seems strangely overjoyed at the thought that her daughter will grow up to be just like her and save the species, despite the fact that she jeopardizes her well-being and safety without remorse to help the species. Eventually, this becomes a sort correct display of ChekhovsSkill when [[spoiler:her first human emotion for that situation in particular. Specifically, laughing seems what has caught his attention the most, wondering what it is pain over her species being endangered by an attack. She cries, goes completely berserk and later feels maternal for the first time.]]why humans do it.



** Daleks from ''Series/DoctorWho'' feel no emotions other than hatred -- incredibly intense hatred -- for anything non-Dalek. They are capable of going insane, but this only magnifies the hatred they feel to the point it can't be properly directed. The sane Daleks consider such pure hatred to be beautiful.
** The Fourth Doctor tells Sarah Jane that he doesn't experience the same emotions that humans do. His incarnation in particular has some notably weird emotional responses to things, but whether or not this is true for the Doctor tends to depend on the writer and on interpretation. For example, "Pyramids of Mars" had him explain his apathy towards a man's death as being due to being inhuman, but the story had started with a scene of the Doctor sulking about how he's a Time Lord that was [[PlayedForLaughs played for midlife crisis laughs]], suggesting it may well be a pretentious affectation. The novelisation of "Shada" played this for laughs by quickly having Romana's internal narration [[InformedAbility announce]] that both she and the Doctor were aliens and did not feel the same emotions as humans, followed up by her reeling off a list of extremely human emotional reasons why she and he were or weren't doing certain things.
* The vampires of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' have an odd relationship with human emotion. They can voluntarily switch their emotions on or off as it suits them, though this ability is said to fade with age. When they do experience emotions, they experience the same emotions that they would have as their human selves, but magnified exponentially. For example joy becomes ecstasy, fear becomes terror, anger becomes rage, sadness becomes despair, etc. Or, as Caroline puts it:

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** Daleks from ''Series/DoctorWho'' are said to feel no emotions other than hatred -- incredibly intense hatred -- [[AbsoluteXenophobe for anything non-Dalek. They non-Dalek]]. "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks Asylum of the Daleks]]" shows that they are capable of going insane, but this only magnifies the hatred they feel to the point that it can't be properly directed. The directed (the sane Daleks consider such pure hatred to be beautiful.
beautiful). However, several episodes have indicated that Daleks can feel at least one other emotion: [[OhCrap fear]].
** The Fourth Doctor tells Sarah Jane that he doesn't experience the same emotions that humans do. His incarnation in particular has some notably weird emotional responses to things, but whether or not this is true for the Doctor tends to depend on the writer and on interpretation. For example, "Pyramids "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Pyramids of Mars" had Mars]]" has him explain his apathy towards a man's death as being due to being inhuman, but the story had started starts with a scene of the Doctor sulking about how he's a Time Lord that was that's [[PlayedForLaughs played for midlife crisis laughs]], suggesting that it may well be a pretentious affectation. The novelisation [[Literature/DoctorWhoNovelisations novelisation]] of "Shada" played "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]" plays this for laughs by quickly having Romana's internal narration [[InformedAbility announce]] that both she and the Doctor were are aliens and did do not feel the same emotions as humans, followed up by her reeling off a list of extremely human emotional reasons why she and he were are or weren't aren't doing certain things.
* In ''Series/{{V 2009}}'', the HiveQueen alien Anna and [[spoiler:most members of]] her species insist that they do not feel human emotions [[spoiler:despite the influence of their human skin]]. However, Anna is also a diligent {{Determinator}} who wants her species to survive and is ready to make great sacrifices for it. She later seems strangely overjoyed at the thought that her daughter will grow up to be just like her and save the species, despite the fact that she jeopardizes her well-being and safety without remorse to help the species. Eventually, this becomes a sort of ChekhovsSkill when [[spoiler:her first human emotion is pain over her species being endangered by an attack. She cries, goes completely berserk and later feels maternal for the first time]].
* The vampires of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' have an odd relationship with human emotion. They can voluntarily switch their emotions on or off as it suits them, though this ability is said to fade with age. When they do experience emotions, they experience the same emotions that they would have as their human selves, but magnified exponentially. For example example, joy becomes ecstasy, fear becomes terror, anger becomes rage, sadness becomes despair, etc. Or, -- or, as Caroline puts it:



'''Stefan:''' Well I wasn't gonna say it like that, but.
* ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'': Sonoza of the Noto Trio is a mentally disturbed man with a great interest in human emotions who is seemingly only capable of a superficial understanding of them. He tries to learn more about them by imitating any kind of reaction he witnesses and then asking anyone on the vicinity if what he did is the correct display of emotion for that situation in particular. Specifically, laughing seems what has caught his attention the most, wondering what it is and why humans do it.

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'''Stefan:''' Well Well, I wasn't gonna say it like that, but.
* ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'': Sonoza of the Noto Trio is a mentally disturbed man with a great interest in human emotions who is seemingly only capable of a superficial understanding of them. He tries to learn more about them by imitating any kind of reaction he witnesses and then asking anyone on the vicinity if what he did is the correct display of emotion for that situation in particular. Specifically, laughing seems what has caught his attention the most, wondering what it is and why humans do it.
but...



* In the flash game ''VideoGame/HowToRaiseADragon'' by Creator/GregoryWeir, the player plays a dragon. During the 'adolescence' phase, the wizard who captured the dragon as a hatchling is lying sick in bed, leaving the dragon free to choose a breath power and escape. However, if the dragon chooses [[HealingHands healing breath]], it can cure the wizard.

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* In the flash game ''VideoGame/HowToRaiseADragon'' by Creator/GregoryWeir, ''VideoGame/HowToRaiseADragon'', the player plays a dragon. During the 'adolescence' phase, the wizard who captured the dragon as a hatchling is lying sick in bed, leaving the dragon free to choose a breath power and escape. However, if the dragon chooses [[HealingHands healing breath]], it can cure the wizard.



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* In a short AnalogHorror video by Gooseworx of ''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'' fame, taking [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2x8s9GZlo Thalasin+]] will let you experience some, albeit with [[NightmareFace side effects]].

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* In Cubi from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' are suggested to have far more [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1207.php intense emotional reaction]] to things than other races.
* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' mentions that
a short AnalogHorror video by Gooseworx demon can suffer more than any mortal, at least in one character's reasoning.
* Cultural example -- the trolls in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' have a different perception
of ''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'' fame, taking [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2x8s9GZlo Thalasin+]] will let you experience some, albeit romance to humans, dividing it into four different kinds, with [[NightmareFace side effects]].two of them sexual and two of them platonic; and consider true hate as erotic and stable an emotion as they consider true love. For the most part, the feelings themselves aren't that alien -- what's alien is that trolls embark upon, say, negotiating between two people in a destructive romance with the same ferocity that we fall in love with people. In this case, it's BlueAndOrangeMorality, and the trolls are simply different from humans -- not better, and not worse.



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* Cultural example -- the trolls in ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' have a different perception of romance to humans, dividing it into four different kinds, with two of them sexual and two of them platonic; and consider true hate as erotic and stable an emotion as they consider true love. For the most part, the feelings themselves aren't that alien -- what's alien is that trolls embark upon, say, negotiating between two people in a destructive romance with the same ferocity that we fall in love with people. In this case, it's BlueAndOrangeMorality, and the trolls are simply different from humans - not better, and not worse.
* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' mentions that a demon can suffer more than any mortal, at least in one character's reasoning.
* Cubi from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' are suggested to have far more [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1207.php intense emotional reaction]] to things than other races.

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* Cultural example -- the trolls in ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' have In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2x8s9GZlo "BLUE_CHANNEL: THALASIN"]], a different perception short AnalogHorror video by Gooseworx of romance to humans, dividing it into four different kinds, ''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'' fame, taking [[FantasticDrug Thalasin+]] will let you experience some, albeit with two [[NightmareFace side effects]].
* In ''Literature/NESGodzillaCreepypasta'', Face is a being who appears early in each
of them sexual and two of them platonic; and consider true hate as erotic and stable an emotion as they consider true love. For the most part, the feelings themselves aren't that alien -- what's alien is that trolls embark upon, say, negotiating between two people in game's levels to give a destructive romance with the same ferocity that we fall in love with people. In this case, it's BlueAndOrangeMorality, and the trolls are simply different quiz of Yes or No questions, which range from humans - not better, normal, to disturbing to nonsensical and not worse.
* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' mentions that
shows a demon can suffer reaction to each answer, which more often than any mortal, at least in one character's reasoning.
* Cubi from ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' are suggested
not, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality seems to have far more [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1207.php intense emotional reaction]] make sense only to things than other races.Face itself]]. Adding to this, while he has normal reactions like happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, etc. he also has a set of strange, nonsensical reactions like flipping upside-down, becoming a cyclops or getting FishEyes.



* Raven's anger in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}''. When she loses control and her demonic side takes over, she sprouts dark tentacles of black magic that can drag victims under her cloak, where they are psychologically scarred.



** In one episode with the what-if machine, Bender references the emotionless state of a robot: "we don't have emotions, [[TinMan and sometimes that makes me very sad]]." In comparison to robots, at least, he may be exhibiting Inrobot Emotion.
** Parodied in "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" Decapodeans like Zoidberg do not "love" in the romantic, human sense of the term, but go through mating seasons where they pick a mate [[spoiler: and die shortly after they mate.]] When Zoidberg has his eye on the female Edna, he receives wooing advice from Fry, eventually developing genuine romantic feelings for her in the process. When Zoidberg [[WhatIsThisFeeling asks if the non-sexual infatuation he has for Edna is "love"]], Fry dismisses this as some sort of alien emotion.
* In a non-canon "Treehouse of Horror" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Kang informs the Simpsons that if they had accompanied him to his home planet, they "would have experienced emotions a hundred times greater than what you call love and a thousand times greater than what you call fun."

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** In one episode with the what-if machine, Bender references the emotionless state of a robot: "we don't have emotions, [[TinMan and sometimes that makes me very sad]]." In comparison to robots, at least, he may be exhibiting Inrobot Emotion.
** Parodied in "Why "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E5WhyMustIBeACrustaceanInLove Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?" Love?]]". Decapodeans like Zoidberg do not "love" in the romantic, human sense of the term, but go through mating seasons where they pick a mate [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and die shortly after they mate.]] mate]]. When Zoidberg has his eye on the female Edna, he receives wooing advice from Fry, eventually developing genuine romantic feelings for her in the process. When Zoidberg [[WhatIsThisFeeling asks if the non-sexual infatuation he has for Edna is "love"]], Fry dismisses this as some sort of alien emotion.
* ** In a non-canon "Treehouse "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E18AnthologyOfInterestII Anthology of Horror" Interest II]]", Bender references the emotionless state of a robot: "We don't have emotions, [[TinMan and sometimes that makes me very sad]]." In comparison to robots, at least, he may be exhibiting Inrobot Emotion.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In the
episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror Treehouse of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Horror]]", Kang informs the Simpsons that if they had accompanied him to his home planet, they "would have experienced emotions a hundred times greater than what you call love and a thousand times greater than what you call fun.""
* Raven's anger in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''. When she loses control and her demonic side takes over, she sprouts dark tentacles of black magic that can drag victims under her cloak, where they are [[MindRape psychologically scarred]].
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** In one episode with the what-if machine, Bender references the emotionless state of a robot: "we don't have emotions, [[TinMan and sometimes that makes me very sad]]." In comparison to robots, at least, he may be exhibiting [[JustForPun Inrobot Emotion]].

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** In one episode with the what-if machine, Bender references the emotionless state of a robot: "we don't have emotions, [[TinMan and sometimes that makes me very sad]]." In comparison to robots, at least, he may be exhibiting [[JustForPun Inrobot Emotion]].Emotion.
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* ''Film/{{Star Trek|2009}}'': Sarek (a Vulcan) says that "emotions run deeply within our race, perhaps more deeply than in humans." The ExpandedUniverse and the later TV series have gone into more detail about this; the reason Vulcan culture is so big on logic and rationalism is that before that sort of thing caught on they fought more and bloodier wars than any other notable ''Trek'' race except possibly the Klingons, culminating in at least one nuclear exchange.

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* ''Film/{{Star Trek|2009}}'': ''Film/StarTrek2009'': Sarek (a Vulcan) says that "emotions run deeply within our race, perhaps more deeply than in humans." The ExpandedUniverse and the later TV series have gone into more detail about this; the reason Vulcan culture is so big on logic and rationalism is that before that sort of thing caught on they fought more and bloodier wars than any other notable ''Trek'' race except possibly the Klingons, culminating in at least one nuclear exchange.
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* ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'': Sonoza of the Noto Trio is a mentally disturbed man with a great interest in human emotions who is seemingly only capable of a superficial understanding of them. He tries to learn more about them by imitating any kind of reaction he witnesses and then asking anyone on the vicinity if what he did is the correct display of emotion for that situation in particular. Specifically, laughing seems what has caught his attention the most, wondering what it is and why humans do it.
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* In ''Literature/{{Foreigner}}'', the social structure of the atevi is determined by the emotion "manchi", which is not exactly understood by humans, though it has similarities to human notions of loyalty.

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* In ''Literature/{{Foreigner}}'', ''Literature/Foreigner1994'', the social structure of the atevi is determined by the emotion "manchi", which is not exactly understood by humans, though it has similarities to human notions of loyalty.

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