History Main / MuggleBestFriend

** Doiby Dickles to the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott in ''ComicBook/GreenLantern1940''.

* Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}'s pal [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]]; subverted when he [[SuperpowerSillyPutty takes on the mantle of Elastic Lad or any one of the other hundred or so super-identities he's temporarily had over the years.]]
* Paco and Brenda to the third ComicBook/BlueBeetle, Jaime Reyes.
* Doiby Dickles to the original Franchise/GreenLantern, Alan Scott. And Thomas Kalmaku (formerly known as Pieface) to Hal Jordan.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** In most versions, Harry Osborn starts out at this to Peter. Unfortunately, [[WeUsedToBeFriends it tends not to last.]]

* [[Characters/IronManHeroes James Rhodes]] to ''ComicBook/{{Ultimate|Marvel}} Comicbook/IronMan''. This version of Iron Man is a mutant of sorts.
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky Barnes]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]], back during the war.
* Woozy Winks to ComicBook/PlasticMan.
* ''Comicbook/{{Witchblade}}'' has Finch to Dani.
* Jenny Romano to Comicbook/TheDarkness.
* In ''ComicBook/WhiteSand'', [[DishingOutDirt Sand Master Kenton]] has a best friend in Aarik, a BadassNormal master swordsman.
* Doreen's roommate Nancy is this in ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl''. She fully realises it once Koi Boy and Chipmunk Hunk show up, bemoaning that she's "the Xander".
* [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Stephanie Brown]] to [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]], who doesn't technically have superpowers, [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower but she might as well]]. They're ''both'' superheroes and the daughters of supervillains, but Stephanie is from something resembling a normal background (apart from her dad being a Riddler-knockoff). Cassandra, by contrast, was trained to be a super-assassin practically from birth.
* Charlie of ''ComicBook/TheWitchBoy'' becomes Aster's friend due to being the first girl to openly admire his magic, due to living in a suburb apart from Aster's gender-segregated magical community.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Comicbook/{{PS238}}:'' Tyler, a MuggleBornOfMages, has a Muggle Best Friend named Cecil, and purposely misleads him about the nature of the titular SuperheroSchool. [[spoiler:Except it turns out that Cecil has a superpower (sensing other metahumans), so technically, it's ''Tyler'' who fits this trope.]]
* For many years, Jessica Drew (aka [[Characters/SpiderWomanTitleCharacter Spider-Woman]])'s best friend was small time actress [=Lyndsay McCabe.=] It probably helps that Lyndsay figured out Jessica's secret identity on her own, and [[SecretKeeper agreed not to tell anyone.]]
* Harry Matthews, cigar-chomping best friend of Jason Blood a.k.a. [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} Etrigan the Demon]].

* Though having super powers in the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' universe is not uncommon, you still couldn't call the people without powers a minority. Sokka is the most obvious example for this, being surrounded by a little girl with earth powers, a sister with water powers and an omnipotent bald child. While his fighting skill was mostly a boomerang, he was also TheSmartGuy, and most likely to come up with ThePlan.

** The sequel series, ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', has Asami acting as this to the titular character. [[spoiler: Though as of the finale, they are [[RelationshipUpgrade more than just friends]].]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Marco Diaz is this to the eponymous princess Star Butterfly. Unlike most muggles, he knows karate and can handle himself in fights.
* On ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse,'' [[BadassBookworm Connie]] is Steven's best friend, and the only full-human on the main cast with the exception of Greg. However, she is also a capable sword fighter and can fuse with Steven.