History Main / InhumanEmotion

* 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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* ''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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* 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.]]

** 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.

-->'''Caroline''': So you're saying that now I'm basically an insecure, neurotic control freak... ''on crack.''\\
'''Stefan''': Well I wasn't gonna say it like that, but.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'':

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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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* 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]].

* 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 psychologically scarred.

* Raven's anger in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. 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.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'':

-> '''Zoidberg''': I'm confused Fry. I'm feeling a strange new emotion. Is it love when you care about a female for reasons beyond mating?
-> '''Fry''': Nope. Must be some weird alien emotion.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?"

* 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 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

Characters with {{Inhuman Emotion}}s are prone to having SuperSenses as well.

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* Kind of the point of ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}''.

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

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* 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 safety well-being and safety without remorse to help the specy.
** 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.]]

-->'''Caroline''': "So you're saying that now I'm basically an insecure, neurotic control freak... ''on crack.''"
-->'''Stefan''': "Well I wasn't gonna say it like that, but."

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* The [[SpaceElves Eldar]] in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' are forced to be TheStoic as a race, because they are so incredibly emotional, whenever they allow themselves an outburst their [[GodOfEvil evil god]] ''rips their souls from them and devours them''.

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* 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 the healing power, it can cure the wizard.
-->'''Forgiveness'''
-->Occasionally, a captive dragon will forgive its captor and perform an act of kindness in a time of need.
-->The dragon is in every way a superior beast to the human: superior in mind, superior in body, superior in heart. When a dragon shows anger, it burns brighter than any human rage, but draconic forgiveness shines even brighter. Only the most callous of captors could resist releasing such a noble beast.

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* Cubi from ''[[Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures DMFA]]'' are suggested to have far more [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1207.php intense emotional reaction]] to things than other races.
** A cubi in the fan made spin off comic ''Project Future'' takes this a proof that beings (the comics human equivalent race) are ''[[http://www.projectfuturecomic.com/epsilon.php?strip=04-07 not fully sentient]]''

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* In one of the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episodes 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 of the ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' episodes with the what-if machine, Bender references the emotionless state of a robot: "Robots don't have emotions, and sometimes that makes me sad." In comparison to robots, at least, he may be exhibiting [[JustForPun 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, Fry tries giving him wooing advice, 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.

* A mild example in ''Film/StarTrek'', as 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.

* In Creator/JMBarrie'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.

* In the flash game ''HowToRaiseADragon'' by 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 the healing power, it can cure the wizard.

** {{Space Marine}}s also feel emotions more strongly than normal humans. The fan-created Angry Marines feel rage to an extent that boggles even other Space Marines; they have made unbridled righteous fury an art form.

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* 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 safety well-being and safety without remorse to help the specy.
** 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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* According to Doc Samson in an issue of ''{{Thunderbolts}}'', everyone with gamma powers has an inhuman level of rage within them. When a telepath tries to get into his mind, he overwhelms her with a dose of his.

!!Examples

* Kind of the point of ''{{Supergod}}''.

Subtrope of BizarreAlienPsychology.

* A mild example in ''Film/StarTrek'', as Sarek (a Vulcan) says that "emotions run deeply within our race, perhaps more deeply than in humans."

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

* All over the place in CliffordSimak's books with his numerous super advanced aliens that the human protagonist befriends.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[ProsperosDaughter Prospero Regained]]'', the characters reach the deepest pits of Hell and feel the temptations of the creatures imprisoned there -- the insane temptations.

* In the re-imagined {{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 safety well-being and safety without remorse to help the specy.

* The vampires of ''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:

** 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. 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.

* In the re-imagined {{V-2009}}, the HiveQueen alien Anna and [[spoiler: most members of]] her specy 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 specy 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 specy, despite the fact that she jeopardizes her safety well-being and safety without remorse to help the specy.
** Eventually, this becomes a sort of ChekhovsSkill when [[spoiler: her first human emotion is pain over her specy being endangered by an attentat. She cries, goes completely berserk and later feels maternal for the first time.]]

* Cultural example - the trolls in ''{{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.

* ''{{Goblins}}'' mentions that a demon can suffer more than any mortal, at least in one character's reasoning.
* Cubi from DMFA are suggested to have far more [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1207.php intense emotional reaction]] to things than other races.

* Cubi from DMFA are suggested to far more [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1207.php intense emotional reaction]] to things than other races.

* In one of the ''{{Futurama}}'' episodes with the what-if machine, Bender references the emotionless state of a robot: "Robots don't have emotions, and sometimes that makes me sad." In comparison to robots, at least, he may be exhibiting [[JustForPun Inrobot Emotion]].