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* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has Commisioner Samuel Hilltop in ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVsKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'', the Commanding Officer of the Police themed Patrangers and the only Black guy in a show where 99% of the characters are ethnic Japanese. Especially noteworthy because he is a permanent supporting character and Super Sentai rarely features non-Japanese characters.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki'', Feri is the only Middle-Eastern member of the Arkride Solutions Office, while Aaron is the sole member of Eastern descent.

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' has Dynaheir, a powerful witch of Rashemen, which in the Forgotten Realms lore is a north-eastern country whose people are explicitly said to be dusk-skinned and whose culture is similar to that of Ukraine/Ruthenia, Medieval Russia and Tatar kingdoms. Her bodyguard, Minsc, has indeed a Eastern Slavic-resembling accent. But Dynaheir is black, the only one in a game set in a land resembling Northern Europe, with a thick Afro-American accent filled with some attempts of YeOldeEnglish words. It is never stated nor discussed in-game if she was an immigrant, adopted, or descendant of immigrants, nor if Rashemen is more ethnically diverse than previously depicted. She is also supposed to always wear a mask as per custom of the Rashemi wychlaran, but there is no mention as well of that and her face is always visible.

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' has Dynaheir, a powerful witch of Rashemen, which in the Forgotten Realms lore is a north-eastern country whose people are explicitly said to be dusk-skinned and whose culture is similar to that of Ukraine/Ruthenia, Medieval Russia and Tatar kingdoms. His bodyguard, Minsc, has indeed a Eastern Slavic-resembling accent. But Dynaheir is black, with an Afro-American accent. It is never stated nor discussed in-game if she was an immigrant, adopted, or descendant of immigrants, nor if Rashemen is more ethnically diverse than previously depicted. She is also supposed to always wear a mask as per custom of the Rashemi wychlaran, but there is no mention as well of that and her face is always visible.

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' has Dynaheir, a powerful witch of Rashemen, which is in-universe a north-eastern country whose people are explicitly said to be dusk-skinned and whose culture is similar to that of Ukraine/Ruthenia, Medieval Russia and Tatar kingdoms. His bodyguard, Minsc, has indeed a Eastern Slavic-resembling accent. But Dynaheir is black, with an Afro-American accent. It is never stated nor discussed in-game if she was an immigrant, adopted, or descendant of immigrants, nor if Rashemen is more ethnically diverse than previously depicted. She is also supposed to always wear a mask as per custom of the Rashemi wychlaran, but there is no mention as well of that and her face is always visible.

* ''VideoGame/BaldursGateSiegeOfDragonspear'' was criticized for introducing several token minority characters. The one that got most attention was Mizhena, a woman who, upon first meeting her in the game, when you choose certain dialogue options about how she got her name, reveals that she's transgender. She does this before providing little else in the context of the game.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' has an ad for Weazel News, an {{Expy}} of the Creator/FoxNewsChannel, that parodies the use of token minorities on TV news programs. The voiceover for the ad explicitly mentions the "diverse" news team as proof that they aren't racist, and when the Asian reporter is listed, an ''[[RefugeInAudacity oriental gong sound]]'' is clearly audible.

** The "Hearthfire" DLC for ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' adds a Redguard housecarl, Rayya. The rest of the housecarls are Nords.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Arodir is the only non-Caucasian Elf introduced. He could be a literal interpretation of the ''moriquendi'' (dark elves), who like Arondir were more attached to Middle-earth than the other elves, though traditionally they didn't live as far east as Tirharad. The distinctively different style of the armour worn by Arondir and the other elves initially standing guard with him also strongly suggests they belong to a different group than Galadriel or Elrond.

** Toby is a black gay man.

* On ''Series/TheBachelor'' and ''The Bachelorette'', every season will typically have one or two minority contestants who never win and rarely even get close to winning. These contestants also frequently fall into ButNotTooBlack.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'', where the whole [[ThreeAmigos main trio]] is non-white. Rikochet is [[ButNotTooBlack somewhat dark-skinned]], and Buena Girl and Flea's lighter skin looks sort of Afro-Caribbean. However, many secondary characters are white. The show is set in Mexico (or at least a Mexican-American community), where everyone is perceived to be "foreign" and "exotic" in ''some'' way.

* On ''Series/{{House}}'', Omar Epps is the only series regular of color for three seasons, until House hires three new underlings, at which point Kal Penn becomes the token South Asian guy. Having said that, Wilson, Cuddy, and Taub are all Jewish [[InformedJudaism to varying degrees of obviousness]], Thirteen is bisexual, and House is an atheist. And his atheism is portrayed... well, not ''entirely'' negatively, at any rate. They did okay.

* ''Literature/TalionRevenant'': Countess Jamila, who's half Stelosian (a black African counterpart) and Marana (who was born to a people which seem to be equivalent to Berbers or Arabs). All of the rest come from the European counterparts. A few more Stelosians also appear: the ambassador to Hamis and bodyguards of his (Jamila's father had been the previous Stelosian ambassador). Jamila also has a young son with her Hamisian noble husband, who's the only character of mixed heritage.

* ''Series/ThePact'': The lesbian Cat to the main group of women is one sexuality-wise, and the mixed-race Tish is one to the broader all-white cast along with being a lesbian too.

* ''Film/TheLastQueen'': The cast is primarily composed of UsefulNotes/{{Algeria}}n actors or at least actors of Algerian descent, with the exception of the Scandinavian Astrid, played by French actress of Finnish and Polish descent Nadia Tereszkiewicz.

** ComicBook/TheFalcon was this in-universe. He was added to The Avengers because [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Gyrich]] insisted that the team should have more black members; he didn't actually want to join. According to Christopher Priest, Falcon's nickname in the Marvel offices throughout the 70s and early 80s was "Fal-coon". No, Priest wasn't alright with it, though being a lowly intern at the time, he didn't raise a big stink. In his blog, he refuses to name the co-workers who used it for fear of burning his bridges. Years later, Triathlon served the exact same role (again, in-universe) during Creator/KurtBusiek's run. Later iterations of the team were thankfully more diverse.
** Rage also has bits of this in his debut story. He's given a spot on the Avengers line-up after picking a fight with Captain America over the lack of minority heroes on the team.

** Eli Ayase from μ's is part Russian from her grandmother and had spend parts of her childhood in Moscow. Her catchphrase is "Harasho!", meaning "good" in Russian, and her character symbol is the Cyrillic character "ya".
** Mari Ohara from Aqours is Japanese-American-Italian, the Italian-American half coming from her father and her Japanese side coming from her mother (although the Movie shows that she now mostly resides in Rome, Italy). She adores using GratuitousEnglish ([[KeepItForeign Italian]] in the English dub).

** Mari Ohara from Aqours is Japanese-American-Italian, the Italian-American half coming from her father and her Japanese side coming from her mother. She adores using GratuitousEnglish ([[KeepItForeign Italian]] in the English dub).

** Eli Ayase from μ's is part Russian from her grandmother. Her catchphrase is "Harasho!", meaning "good" in Russian, and her character symbol is the Cyrillic character "ya".

** Emma Verde from Nijigasaki is a Italian speaking Swiss foreign exchange student.
** Kanon Shibuya from Liella! is part Spanish from her grandmother. Keke Tang from the same group is a Chinese-Japanese from Shanghai.

** For some reason, the [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Vampire kids]] have a black Twilight fan among their group in "Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers", which leaves the goth kids slightly confused.

** Gaius from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' is the only member of Class VII from the Nord Highlands, hence his skin tone being noticeably darker than the others.

*** In addition, the second season of ''Unlimited'' features the Ultimen, straight (and far better done) versions of many of the ''Superfriends'' token minority characters.