History Main / MostWritersAreHuman

Creator/IsaacAsimov: Despite being willing to create HumanAliens in his early stories and working out BizarreAlienPsychology, Dr Asimov was frustrated with "aliens" that failed to seem convincingly alien. His own efforts failed to impress him, as did the attempts by other ScienceFiction authors. This led, in part, to his frequent use of a [[AbsentAliens human-only Milky Way]].

** Humans are the main focus in most of the stories. In fact there has only been one series focusing on the Eldar and two books and a video game (''Literature/{{Shadowsun}}'' and the FPS ''VideoGame/FireWarrior'' and its {{novelization}}) for the Tau. Even the novel ''Fire Caste'' isn't actually about the Tau Fire Caste, but rather more Imperial Guard characters (although this turns out to be a plot point).

* While the cast of ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'' is formed by all sorts of bizarre creatures, yet Pomni, the protagonist, looks like a normal girl in jester costume.

* A subtle example in ''Literature/ArtemisFowl.'' The first book introduces the [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur]] Foaly and the {[[BizarreAlienBiology quite different]]) [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent dwarf]] Mulch, who remain recurring characters throughout the series. However, pretty much any other important [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairy]] introduced in the later books ([[BigBad Opal]] and her minions, Doodah Day, Turnball, Vinyaya) are either an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]] or a [[OurPixiesAreDifferent pixie]]--i.e., members of the two most human-like fairy races. This aside from Holly and Commander Root, who are also elves, and of course, the actual human protagonists. ''The Lost Colony'' is an exception, focusing on [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], likely because it's a DolledUpInstallment.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' somewhat averts this and somewhat doesn't--technically there is only one human character in the entire show (if you exclude Jack, who is usually either a memory of John's or an insectoid {{Starfish Alien|s}} in AFormYouAreComfortableWith), many of the aliens who are encountered are HumanAliens (especially Sebaceans, who basically ARE humans), and most other aliens are HumanoidAliens who behave like humans for instance Delvians(despite being PlantAliens), and Luxans. There are a few aliens who either look (Hynerians, Pilots, Scarrans) and/or behave (Leviathans, Ancients, Drak) quite different from humans, however.

* Even though ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' takes place in a universe where countless aliens live with other aliens, somehow a large chunk of the shows prominent characters end up being humans, or look just like humans anyway.
* The characters in ''Anime/WolfsRain'' are wolves who [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent can make themselves look human]]. They appear human when around humans but otherwise look like wolves... In theory at least. There are a lot of scenes where there are ''no humans'' in sight, except for their ArtificialHuman friend, but they still appear as humans. Part of this can be fanservice, or [[FurriesAreEasierToDraw that humans are easier for the artists to draw]], but a large part probably comes from humans being more able to relate to humans than animals.

* Fellow mons series ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' often makes the Digimon's initial and final forms humanoid or at the very least bipedal. This is partially a product of necessity, since the toys are designed to be able to evolve, so they need to have similar structures.
* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', aside from superpowers, many Quirks can also give people all sorts of mutations, such as weird skin color, abnormal body proportions, multiple limbs, animal characteristics, and more. Yet the main character, his love interest and female lead, his best friend, his two rivals, his mentor, the BigBad, and the GreaterScopeVillain are all baseline humans, with unusual hair color being the weirdest part about them.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
** Humans are the main focus in most of the stories. In fact there has only been one series focusing on the Eldar and two books and a video game (''Literature/{{Shadowsun}}'' and the FPS ''VideoGame/FireWarrior'' and its {{novelization}}) for the Tau. Even the novel ''Fire Caste'' isn't actually about the Tau Fire Caste, but rather more Imperial Guard characters (although this turns out to be a plot point).
** One of the most commonly-stated truths about the Eldar, meant to emphasize their cruel pragmatism and lack of care for humanity, is a declaration along the lines of "the Eldar would cause the deaths of a thousand humans just to save the life of a single Eldar." While certainly not a pleasant viewpoint, it leaves out the fact that the Imperium would ''also'' kill a thousand Eldar to save the life of a single human--indeed, they would kill a thousand Eldar [[AbsoluteXenophobe just for the sake of killing a thousand Eldar]]. Hell, in the case of the Imperium's leadership, it's pretty likely that [[WeHaveReserves killing a thousand humans]] just to kill one Eldar would be perceived as a pretty good trade.
* Generally [[EnforcedTrope enforced]] in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''; the majority of [[DimensionalTraveler planeswalkers]] (the face characters of the franchise) are humans, and a large chunk of the nonhuman ones resemble humans and/or are humanoid. Furthermore, the vast majority of planes include humans on them. WordOfGod has noted several times that nonhumans simply don't appeal to the audience as much as humans. This trope has also been seen in the former lack of presence of merfolk. For years, ''Magic: the Gathering'' had not included merfolk in its sets, because as they lacked legs they could not go on dry land (and thus interact with humans). They eventually started giving merfolk legs, playing into this trope.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': This was deliberately invoked in early editions, in which the world was assumed to be dominated by humans while other races kept largely to themselves. Adventurers from other races were supposed to be rare, and far normal representatives of their cultures. Obviously players often wanted to play as non-humans, which led to later editions defaulting to a general melting-pot society in which any combination of race, class and culture could be justified.

* ''Franchise/DragonAge'': This is the reason that humans are the dominant culture in Thedas (or at least in the regions the games let you explore), and why the glimpses into the elf, dwarven, and Qunari cultures are less prevalent. For instance, it's worth noting that [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins the Blight]] is really only an immediate problem for the people living on the surface, but the dwarves get roped into helping to deal with it, anyway. This pops up a lot in the ''Dragon Age'' series. A number of times throughout the series, humans are treated as ''the'' race, with their dominance played up and other races (primarily elves) being downplayed more and more. A constant theme in particular is humans being better at elven culture than elves themselves, and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' constantly having the (voiced) PC be lectured on elven history, primarily by humans, even if they're an elf themselves and should know all this.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Harkovast}}'' there are no humans, but all of the races are very human in their behaviours.
* In [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Dragon_City Dragon City]], the comic is about a race of dragons that live underground unbeknownst to the humans, but due to human culture saturation, the dragons essentially act human.
* The Ambis in ''Webcomic/{{Jix}}'' are an alien race who act like Ancient Romans in that they move from planet to planet conquering them to build up their Empire. The main character, Jix suffers from the human mental ailment of split-personality, though being an intelligent race, it's possible that this might crop up in other intelligent races.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois Once Upon a Time... Life]]'' features humanoid red blood cells as protagonists. They carry oxygen to cells manned by even smaller humanoids, complete with factories, command centers and vehicles. Given that it's a show about human biology designed for young children, the heavy use of metaphors is [[JustifiedTrope justified]].
* {{Averted}} with ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy:'' none of the main characters are humans--and, since the show is animated, the alien characters are a bit more exotic than [[Franchise/StarTrek this franchise]] [[RubberForeheadAliens usually goes for]]. The only exception, [[PlayedWith kind of]], is Janeway, who is actually a holographic copy of the ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' character and serves as TheMentor. Granted, their personalities are still pretty human.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': The Boiling Isles, the show's main setting, is home to many different bizarre creatures species. Yet the main witch species that makes up most of the main cast, are basically human-like beings with PointyEars and sometimes other [[RubberForeheadAliens different atributtes]] such as a ThirdEye or horns, as well [[BizarreAlienBiology an organ that lets them perform magic]].

* There is an entire sub-culture of this trope in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. It's called [=HiE=], or "Human in Equestria". Even though ''FIM'' takes place in a vehemently human-less setting ([[RetCon not counting]] the traditionally human characters of [[Franchise/MyLittlePony past]] or [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls later]] generations), it usually features humans as protagonists, or at least as deuteragonists, as they get confronted with the MLP-verse. Interestingly, this plot structure is much more commonly used than the other way around, proving that this trope is in full effect, with authors bringing their own experiences in direct comparison with the show's continuity.

* Probably the strangest example: Why are there [[MisplacedWildlife lemurs]] in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}''? Seems the writers thought us selfish primates wouldn't like the movie unless there was something cute and furry to relate to. Actually, there were lemur-like creatures living during the time of the dinosaurs, however they would have looked more like shrews or rats than what we would recognize as lemurs and evolutionary-wise more closely related to modern marsupials and monotremes.

* This trope was actually a fairly major factor in the writing of ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', with the human characters taking a somewhat larger role than is traditional for the franchise. (This was also for [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic]] reasons; ''every single frame'' of one Transformer or more that appears on screen took ''twenty-four hours'' to render.) According to the PowersThatBe, the main reason was [[CoconutSuperpowers the expense of the detailed robots]]. In [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen the second film]], however, there are many more non-humanoid Transformers, of all shapes and sizes, from insects to tiny spheres that roll through small spaces and assemble into one robot when it's gotten where it's going. One character is even [[spoiler:a trio of motorcycles, whose robot forms are all oddly-shaped beings who have one wheel instead of legs. These three bikes together make the new Arcee. They can combine into one in the comics, but they don't in the movie proper]]. There's also more robot screentime than in the previous film. The entire Franchise/{{Transformers}} franchise is prone to this trope. For a race of inorganic mechanical lifeforms with lifespans hundreds if not thousands of years old, more often than not they'll behave no differently than humans do.

* ''Film/{{Tron}}'', where ''computer programs'' are shown looking like humans. Their appearances are even modeled after their programmers. This is true to the point that everyone thinks Flynn (the human transported into the computer) is a program whose ''User'' is Flynn.

* Creator/JamesCameron invoked this trope in his WordOfGod interview to explain why the Na'vi of ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' look so human, published in the [[http://discovermagazine.com/2010/dec/29-hot-science-geek-look-back-at-2010 December 2010]] issue of ''Discover'' magazine. Word-for-word, he says "...science fiction is not made for a galactic audience. It’s made by human beings for human beings." Which, [[HumansAreBastards considering who the bad guys]] are in the film, raises a few interesting points.
* In ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', Death rolls his eyes when Bill & Ted assume that the greatest scientist in the universe must be human. However it wasn't such a bad assumption when it turns out that Station is the only (two) non human in Heaven!

* Parodied to hell and back in a scene in ''Literature/MostlyHarmless'' where Arthur is looking for a planet of humanoids and must seek advice from a '''very''' [[StarfishAliens alien Alien]]. And then further, when the planet it recommends has a population that might [[HumanAliens look human]], but are psychologically less human than any alien he's met thus far. The book's title itself derives from an earlier joke where Ford Prefect named himself after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Prefect the car]] under the mistaken assumption that cars and not humans were the dominant life-form on Earth (subsequently describing Earth in the Guide as "mostly harmless" after nearly being run over while trying to introduce himself).

* David Brin's ''Literature/{{Uplift}}'' series delights in mixing the viewpoint characters between humans, Uplifted Earth animals, and aliens ranging from humanoid-but-doesn't-think-like-humans to StarfishAliens.
* The often-reprinted short story "The Dance of the Changer and the Three" by author Terry Carr (''not'' Terri Garr) both applies and subverts this trope. It is narrated by a human but concerns a race of pure-energy beings whose very motives are unclear even to the narrator as well as the reader.
* Weirdly applied in ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}''. We're assured that only about ten percent of the population is human; everyone else is an IntellectualAnimal. Funny, the illustrations suggest otherwise...

* The {{Xenofiction}} novel ''Literature/RaptorRed'' has a weird variant on this; most of the story is about a female Utahraptor's adventures, but for two chapters in the middle of the novel the story swerves into a random subplot about an insectivorous little mammal, mainly because he's one of humanity's ancestors. It isn't a ''bad'' subplot, just out of left field.

* Also literally averted by ''Literature/AtlantaNights'', where chapter 34 was produced by the [[http://www.critters.org/bonsai/ Bonsai Story Generator]]. It fits as well in the story as any other 2 chapters not named 4 and 17 (which are exactly the same).
* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'' the cat have such human-like qualities and intelligence that they can do dexterous actions like splinting a broken leg. The cats also live in Clans (unlike real cats) and the bad guys are racist. The author even says she doesn't think about cats when coming up with ideas, giving them more humanity-based themes.
** Poppy seeds are used in the series as a sedative/painkiller. While poppy is sometimes used in painkillers for humans, it's actually poisonous to cats.
** A more obvious example: Firestar's most distinguishing feature is his red pelt and an entire prophecy revolves around it. In RealLife, cats can't see red.

* Not to mention the underrated ''Literature/AlienChronicles'' series, written by Deborah Chester and commissioned by [[Creator/GeorgeLucas LucasFilm]], which thoroughly subvert this trope by taking place in a universe populated exclusively by various [[CatGirl alien]] [[WolfMan species]] (left over from the ''Franchise/StarWars'' character design bins, as a matter of fact).

* Subverted and played straight in the Creator/VernorVinge novel, ''Literature/AFireUponTheDeep.'' Humans are only one of a vast multitude of advanced aliens in the galaxy, and the main cast of characters includes aliens that are essentially mini- {{Hive Mind}}s ''or sentient plants.'' Several times we see messages sent by aliens that are so inhuman that even the Super Advanced Translation Technology this universe contains can't keep up. However, the book ''is'' still mostly about humans; humans play the deciding role in whether or not the galaxy will get eaten by the Blight; and most of what we see of the interstellar internet is a posting group called "Homo Sapiens Interest Group." Which contains all humans as well as a number of alien races that just think humans are cool. Lampshaded in prequel, ''Literature/ADeepnessInTheSky''.
* Averted in ''Literature/BlackBeauty'', which is written from the first horse -- not first person -- perspective.
* Creator/IsaacAsimov: Despite being willing to create HumanAliens in his early stories and working out BizarreAlienPsychology, Dr Asimov was frustrated with "aliens" that failed to seem convincingly alien. His own efforts failed to impress him, as did the attempts by other ScienceFiction authors. This led, in part, to his frequent use of a [[AbsentAliens human-only Milky Way]].
* Averted by Peter Watts in his uber-hard novel ''Literature/{{Blindsight}}'' where the alien is truly alien and even the human characters are alien.
* Creator/ArthurCClarke nicely averts this trope in his [[Literature/RendezvousWithRama Rama]] series. The few times any aliens interact with humans, great lengths must be gone to for an exchange of ideas to even become possible.
* ''Literature/{{Embassytown}}'' somewhat averts this trope, as well as justifying it: the Hosts are very much not human, but become more human in their thinking (although still remaining StarfishAliens) by the end of the book because of the actions of their human neighbors--and even then they are markedly different from the human characters. Humans make up the entirety of the main cast however, and it takes a long time for important Host characters to show up, of which there really are only three in the whole book.
* From the title of ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy,'' you might expect that Bree, the TalkingAnimal, was the protagonist. Nope--it's the boy, Shasta, and arguably the deuteragonist is Aravis, a human girl.
* Arguably, all ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' are examples of this trope, as Narnia can only have a human as a King, and the humans always show up to save the day.
* Somewhat averted in ''Literature/TheIronTeeth'' web serial as the protagonist is a goblin, who doesn't act and think quite human. Most characters are human though.
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the ''Literature/StarTrekTitan'' novels, in which a nonhumanoid crew member takes bets on whether the ship's motto will be a human proverb despite the extreme diversity of the ship's crew, and loses when the Vulcan saying "Infinite diversity in infinite combinations" is chosen. He asks whether Vulcans count as human, as they're far more humanlike than a cybernetically-enhanced featherless ostrich with a prehensile tail.
* ZigZagged in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}.'' The team has four full-time humans, one human who's semi-permanently {{Shapeshifter Mode Lock}}ed as a bird, and an alien. The RotatingProtagonist order is initially set up so that the latter two only get half as many books, because it was assumed that they would be less popular; this turned out to be wrong, however, and the pattern eventually changes, albeit very late in the series.
** There are also four {{Prequel}} books that focus mostly on aliens; two[[note]]''The Andalite Chronicles'' and ''[[VillainEpisode Visser]]''[[/note]] have major human characters, but the others[[note]]''The Hork-Bajir Chronicles'' and ''The Ellimist Chronicles''[[/note]] are basically pure {{Xenofiction}}, aside from the FramingDevice.
* A subtle example in ''Literature/ArtemisFowl.'' The first book introduces the [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur]] Foaly and the {[[BizarreAlienBiology quite different]]) [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent dwarf]] Mulch, who remain recurring characters throughout the series. However, pretty much any other important [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairy]] introduced in the later books ([[BigBad Opal]] and her minions, Doodah Day, Turnball, Vinyaya) are either an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]] or a [[OurPixiesAreDifferent pixie]]--i.e., members of the two most human-like fairy races. This aside from Holly and Commander Root, who are also elves, and of course, the actual human protagonists. ''The Lost Colony'' is an exception, focusing on [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], likely because it's a DolledUpInstallment.
** The SequelSeries, ''Literature/TheFowlTwins,'' has an [[NonHumanHumanoidHybrid elf-pixie hybrid]] as its main fairy character.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' has this happening a lot. Humans are the main focus in most of the stories. In fact there has only been one series focusing on the Eldar and two books and a video game (''Literature/{{Shadowsun}}'' and the FPS ''VideoGame/FireWarrior'' and its {{novelization}}) for the Tau. Even the novel ''Fire Caste'' isn't actually about the Tau Fire Caste, but rather more Imperial Guard characters (although this turns out to be a plot point).

* Creator/{{Pixar}} is praised for humanizing things that are not human. So far, they have only had a handful of movies where only living humans were the main characters (''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}''). In the commentary for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', the directors noted that they deliberately averted this trope, stating that they wanted the toys to deal with "toy problems, not people problems".

* Creator/{{Pixar}} is praised for humanizing things that are not human. So far, they have only had a handful of movies where only living humans were the main characters (''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', and ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''). In the commentary for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', the directors noted that they deliberately averted this trope, stating that they wanted the toys to deal with "toy problems, not people problems".

* Arguably, all the ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' are examples of this trope, as Narnia can only have a human as a King, and the humans always show up to save the day.

* [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Djinn]] authors may be an aversion, as the ''Literature/TheQuran'' says they have free will like humans. However what books, if any, are written by them is not common knowledge.

See also AliensSpeakingEnglish, BishonenLine, CreatorProvincialism, EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse, HumanAliens, HumanoidAbomination, HumanoidAnimals, MonstrousHumanoid, and WhatMeasureIsANonHuman. See also HumansAreWhite, when the majority of important human characters in the setting appear to be Caucasian.

* The AI in ''VideoGame/AIDungeon2'' tends to default the protagonist back to being a human often without explanation as to why or how. Even if you set up a detailed custom prompt to make it clear that the character you're playing as is ''not'' human, expect the character to eventually start performing human actions and movements as the story goes on; [[MindScrew even if it would be physically impossible for the character to perform said actions.]] Ironically, this is one of the (very) rare examples of fiction which does ''not'' have a human writer (although the AI was created ''by'' humans, and trained using text written by humans, so even non-human writers can't escape human influence, it seems).

* In ''Franchise/DragonAge'', this is the reason that humans are the dominant culture in Thedas (or at least in the regions the games let you explore), and why the glimpses into the elf, dwarven, and Qunari cultures are less prevalent. For instance, it's worth noting that [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins the Blight]] is really only an immediate problem for the people living on the surface, but the dwarves get roped into helping to deal with it, anyway.
** This pops up a lot in the ''Dragon Age'' series. A number of times throughout the series, humans are treated as ''the'' race, with their dominance played up and other races (primarily elves) being downplayed more and more. A constant theme in particular is humans being better at elven culture than elves themselves, and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' constantly having the (voiced) PC be lectured on elven history, primarily by humans, even if they're an elf themselves and should know all this.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has been heading in this direction since Cataclysm. The major players of the Alliance are nearly all human in those two expansions, with the exception of a few Night Elves and Dwarves. In Mists, Varian is declared High King of the Alliance (a military rank), despite the Alliance containing individuals with much more experience such as Muradin and Tyrande (in fact, the scenario 'A Little Patience' was written to [[CreatorBacklash discredit the idea of Tyrande leading the Alliance's armies]] and [[CharacterShilling promote Varian]]. ) while the non-human faction leaders are kept in the background. Warlords of Draenor also seems to be a return to Warcraft 2's of humans vs orcs, though the Draenei have a major role and most of the non-human Alliance characters are Night Elves.
* While the main characters of ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Super Mario]]'' are human (or [[AmbiguouslyHuman at least very human-like]]), they're often greatly outnumbered by the number of non-human characters, such as Bowser, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, various {{Mooks}}, and other characters both friendly and non-friendly, animal-like to having human-level intelligence. In spin-off titles, especially in the sports titles, greater emphasis is placed on the 7 most human-like characters (Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Wario, Waluigi and Rosalina).
* Glaringly obvious in ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'' - each alien species has a culture based around a (usually stereotypical) human culture. [[PlantAliens Florans]] are [[OneMillionBC cavemen]], [[FishPeople Hylotl]] are Japanese, and Novakids are [[SpaceWestern Space Westerners]].

* Creator/{{Pixar}} is praised for humanizing things that are not human. So far, they have only had a few movies where humans were the main characters (''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''). In the commentary for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', the directors noted that they deliberately averted this trope, stating that they wanted the toys to deal with "toy problems, not people problems".

* Despite {{Muppet}}s being the stars of the show, ''Series/SesameStreet'' commonly leaves it up to the humans to give advice and guidance to Big Bird or Elmo. Probably justified, as a child audience is more likely to recognize that adult humans are ''adults'', and therefore authority figures, than puppets.
** It isn't helped that the main Muppet cast, including Big Bird, Elmo, Grover, Prairie Dawn, Abby, and Cookie Monster are explicitly children. To compare, the adult Muppets tend to be the ones giving advice instead of taking it.
*** Ernie and Bert are clearly intended to be preteen boys. They're frequently shown playing with child-appropriate toys. One episode even focuses on Bert's attempt to learn to ride his bike without training wheels. The fact that they don't live with adults doesn't disprove this position. Neither does Big Bird, who is perpetually six years old.
** Subverted on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', in which the only humans are guest stars who take their cues from Kermit and the gang.
*** Less subverted in that some of the muppets are clearly ''supposed'' to be human. Examples are Statler, Waldorf, and the Swedish Chef. There are also some who are less obviously human in appearance (having unusual coloration, for instance) but aren't recognizably anything else either and are ''probably'' supposed to be human, like most of the Electric Mayhem: Dr. Teeth, Floyd, Janice and Zoot.

* Despite the fact that the show stars a {{Human Alien|s}} called the Doctor, ''Series/DoctorWho'' usually tends to take place on Earth or on Earth colonies or generally to involve humans in some way. The Doctor has almost always had human companions.
** Overall, the vast majority of the show's stories have featured Earth, Earth colonies, Earth astronauts, etc. The only exception? The late seventies and early eighties — right after this little thing called ''Franchise/StarWars'' happened...
*** It was actually justified for most of the Third Doctor's era, wherein he was trapped on Earth.
** One ''Doctor Who'' story that averts this is Season 2's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E5TheWebPlanet "The Web Planet"]], where every character, aside from the regulars, is either an alien insect, or the evil force (the Animus) that controls some of them.
*** Quite a few of the oldest stories have no humans save the main cast, such as [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks "The Daleks"]] (the second story), [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E7TheSpaceMuseum "The Space Museum"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators "The Dominators"]]... Though the characters still mostly look human.
** Creator/RussellTDavies is a well-known practitioner of this trope in his ''Series/DoctorWho'' work. He has opined more than once that people don't want to see "Zog Monsters" on the "planet Zog" and only gradually introduced alien planets into the series. In the first three whole seasons of his ''Doctor Who'', more than half of the episodes happened on Earth. The others visited human-made satellites, other human-settled worlds, and even human colonies in deep space... but only one location visited in those 41 episodes was not dominated by humans (and even then, the most important guest star was, wait for it, a human - although barely recognizable as such).
*** The ''entire'' first season never left Earth (or a satellite around it). [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia "Utopia"]], part one of the season three finale, was the first time they went to another planet that wasn't an Earth colony.

** Nebari are an interesting example: they're HumanoidAliens but their mindset is markedly different from humanity's. Of course, Chiana, the Nebari we see the most of, is a nonconformist rebel who actively rejects her species' values.

** Also there's a high tendency for Ash's more powerful Pokémon to be bipedal and thus more human-like. While he does have other monsters who have decent levels of competency, none have ever been his regional ace. Just compare Torterra and Infernape's battling records. Though strangely enough, his Pokémon with the best battle record and possibly his smartest[[note]]It's been shown to do things no other Pokémon do, such as consciously help other ones evolve[[/note]] is ''Bulbasaur'', an uneveloped, quadrupedal mon.

Compare AnthropomorphicShift, where an entirely non-human cast ''gradually'' slips into this trap. As such, this is one of the major sources of FurryConfusion. Sometimes characters are clearly not human but use phrases like "[[FurryDenial I'm only human]]" anyway. It can be a direct cause of a HumanFocusedAdaptation.

* The demons in ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' come in all different shapes and sizes, but the more humanoid ones are the only ones that make up the main cast.

* The demons in ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' come in all different shapes and sizes, but the more humanoid ones are the only ones that who make up the main cast.

* The demons in ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' come in all different shapes and sizes, but the more humanoid ones are the only ones that are relevant to the plot.

* A subtle example in ''Literature/ArtemisFowl.'' The first book introduces the [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur]] Foaly and the {[[BizarreAlienBiology quite different]]) [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent dwarf]] Mulch, who remain recurring characters throughout the series. However, pretty much any other important [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairy]] introduced in the later books ([[BigBad Opal]] and [[ThoseTwoBadGuys her minions]], Doodah Day, Turnball, Vinyaya) are either an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]] or a [[OurPixiesAreDifferent pixie]]--i.e., members of the two most human-like fairy races. This aside from Holly and Commander Root, who are also elves, and of course, the actual human protagonists. ''The Lost Colony'' is an exception, focusing on [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], likely because it's a DolledUpInstallment.

* {{Deconstructed}} in ''Fanfic/TheWarOfTheMasters''. The overabundance of humans from Earth in canon Starfleet is attributed to a ''cultural'' dominance of Earthlings in the Federation writ large. This leads to resentment towards Earthlings by many groups in the Federation that rears its head during the Federation-Klingon War in the 2400s. It also leads to such things as Sandra Pickens, a colonial-born Starfleet captain with a ''very'' thick ([[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Appalachian-based]]) accent, being repeatedly [[PassedOverPromotion passed over for promotion]] when her very real skills as a starship commander would normally warrant it.
* Rather pointedly {{averted}} in ''Fanfic/BaitAndSwitchSTO'', whose author has argued on the ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' forums that even though out-of-universe ''Franchise/StarTrek'' often allegorizes aspects of human culture and history, InUniverse the Federation is supposed to be more than just humans and therefore major nonhuman characters should be more common. The primary viewpoint character of TheVerse, Kanril Eleya, is a Bajoran who only has one human on her CommandRoster (the chief medical officer, who rarely has a speaking role due to being down in sickbay most of the time).

* A subtle example in ''Literature/ArtemisFowl.'' The first book introduces the [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur]] Foaly and the {[[BizarreAlienBiology quite different]]) [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent dwarf]] Mulch, who remain recurring characters throughout the series. However, pretty much any other important [[OurFairiesAreDifferent fairy]] introduced in the later books ([[BigBad Opal]] and [[ThoseTwoBadGuys her minions]], Doodah Day, Turnball, Vinyaya) are either an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]] or a [[OurPixiesAreDifferent pixie]]--i.e., members of the two most human-like fairy races. This aside from Holly and Commander Root, who are also elves. The SequelSeries, ''Literature/TheFowlTwins,'' has an [[NonHumanHumanoidHybrid elf-pixie hybrid]] as its main fairy character. ''The Lost Colony'' is an exception, focusing on [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], likely because it's a DolledUpInstallment.