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11	->''"One of the few human residents, Marisa Kirisame was just an ordinary girl, flying as she normally does."''
12	-->-- '''Prologue''', ''VideoGame/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil''
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16	Thanks in part to the fact that MostWritersAreHuman, typically, [[PunyEarthlings stock, unpowered human civilians are considered the "normal", most populous, average bystander of a setting]]. Where Everyone's A Super, however, the average bystander is a BadassBystander. Whether it is because you are in a sci-fi setting where everyone is either a cyborg or [[SuperpoweredRobotMeterMaids robot]] or [[MindOverMatter psychic]], or a fantasy world with [[HybridMonster dragon-taurs]] walking the sidewalk next to the ChildMage, there is the assumption that not only are [[WeirdnessCensor superpowers not worth hiding]], but that they can be expected of anyone and everything in the setting. As such, anyone with superpowers are just plain not as "special" as they would be in a world with {{muggles}}. Average bystanders may openly [[MundaneUtility use their ice powers as air conditioning]].
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18	Sometimes, this is not exactly setting-wide. It can simply be a [[MagicalLand hidden village of strange superpowered beings]] that exists with limited access to the "normal" world, and sometimes it is [[ConstructedWorld completely divorced from "our world"]]. Regardless, the point is not the fantastic world, but that any superpowers, skills, or abilities that a major character may have are rendered common and unremarkable by the standards of the place they are in.
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20	If a character who is normally special or powerful suddenly stumbles into a place where Everyone's A Super, they may find out they are merely one of TheChosenMany. If the "superpower" is IKnowKarate, then EverybodyWasKungFuFighting.
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22	In serious works, if the hero is lucky, they may have some [[SuperpowerLottery appropriately more epic power than most]], otherwise, the heroes may be little more than {{Action Survivor}}s, even if they have superpowers. Frequently, however, it is used in comic works, where the notion of superpowers are lampooned by just giving them out to everyone until [[SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome everyone is so special that nobody is special]]. If the hero is very unlucky, they might have very weak powers or even be an UnSorcerer.
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24	Of course, [[JustForFun/SuperWeight some supers are more super than others]], especially [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil the really dangerous bad guys]].
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26	Do note that this isn't for settings where superpowers are unusually common, or where everyone of note has superpowers, but where you could honestly expect [[NominalImportance unimportant, unnamed characters]] to whip out superpowers, and where that superpower use is not considered unusual or noteworthy. It ''does'', however, include fantasy settings where everyone possesses a basic capacity for magic, even if they never train in or use it (as mere bystanders could be capable of at least basic magic, and "wizard" might be as common a career choice as "shopkeeper").
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28	Occasionally overlaps with WorldOfBadass. For when it only seems this way from the perspective of an animal or InsufficientlyAdvancedAlien, see HumansAreCthulhu. Compare and contrast with NormalFishInATinyPond.
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35	* In ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and its spin-off, nearly all of the students from Academy City are undergoing esper training, so it is reasonable to expect unnamed street bullies to have some sort of superpower. As one teacher put it, a student not having esper powers is something out of the ordinary and worth researching. The SuperpowerLottery is very much in effect though, and most of these powers are entirely useless.
36	* ''Manga/BlackClover'': Everyone in the world is born with the ability to use magic, usually in the form of creating and manipulating a form of matter or element. The class system of this world seems to be based around one's magical ability, the nobles using their magical skills as a way of lording superiority over the less magically inclined peasants. The only character that does not seem to possess any latent magical ability is the protagonist [[UnSorcerer Asta]]. [[spoiler:Ironically, it is this complete lack of magic that allows him to wield the Five-Leafed Clover Grimoire, allowing him to wield [[ExcaliburInTheRust swords]] [[SpellBlade imbued]] with AntiMagic. Anyone else suffers from ManaDrain by simply ''touching'' the swords, so wielding them would be out of the question. But without any mana to drain, Asta is the perfect match for this power.]]
37	* Sometimes the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'''s World borders on this trope before humans arrive in it. ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' added other powerless creatures so they don't count. ''[[Anime/DigimonXEvolution X-Evolution]]'' is the best example with no humans or anything comparable to them in sight.
38	* ''Manga/IrisZero'' takes place in a world where 99% of children are born with an [[MagicalEye Iris]], which allows them to see visual clues. For example, one girl can see a [[LivingLieDetector devil tail grow on people when they lie]]. However, this causes a lot of problems, because living with a constant AugmentedReality really warps the way you view the world (often in negative ways). The girl mentioned above also wears JadeColoredGlasses and has problems trusting people. It's a world where the tropes of KidsAreCruel and AdultsAreUseless are in full play. The 1% of kids who are not born with an Iris are known as "[[TitleDrop Iris Zeroes]]". Main Character Toru Mizushima is one such individual, and this has made him an outcast his entire life.
39	* After the second season of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', the title character moves away from a certain InsignificantLittleBluePlanet and [[StayWithTheAliens goes to live in Mid-Childa]] where almost everyone is a mage like her. All the grunts in the military are equipped with staves to help in casting spells, the Air Force doesn't use planes since [[{{Flight}} they can fly on their own]], detectives can MindProbe criminals to retrieve information, librarians can perform search engine-like scans on thousands of shelves worth of books, EmergencyServices are protected with DeflectorShields that keep away heat and smoke and can cast the same shield on victims trapped in a burning building, doctors are equipped with the latest in medical technology and HealingHands, and students don't need to whisper to each other since they can just use {{Telepathy}}.
40	* In the setting of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', 80% of humanity has some kind of superpower (with the percentage increasing in each generation), which are called "[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Quirks]]". Despite this, most people aren't superheroes; it's implied that most people have a [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway minor power]] and/or use their power [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks only for mundane tasks]]. The main character, who wants to actually be a superhero, is one of the 20% without a Quirk. [[SuperEmpowering This changes shortly after the series begins]]. It's also {{deconstructed\|Trope}}, however, in that while the majority of the population is a super, people who possess "undesirable" Quirks, such as permanent transformations that give them an ugly or scary appearance, as well as people who don't have any quirk, [[FantasticAbleism are often maligned and shunned for their otherness]].
41	** ''Manga/MyHero2008'' has the same sort of quirk as the series it would inspire. The one glaring difference between the two stories is that its protagonist ''doesn't'' get a quirk to help save the day and sticks with his job in weapon sales.
42	* The hidden ninja villages in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' are a mix of this and EverybodyWasKungFuFighting, because they all have CharlesAtlasSuperpower. Even the youngest children are in training to use [[KiManipulation Ki Attacks]]. Actually sort of subverted: even among the ninja villages only a relatively small number of the population ever go all the way through the academy to even become low-ranking genin. Though it does seems anyone could potentially use [[{{Mana}} chakra]] for the various things ninja do.
43	* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' - Mundus Magicus turns into one of these once the heroes arrive there - especially for those who were previously just {{Muggles}}, though the main cast remains leagues more powerful than the average thug in that world.
44	* In the world of ''Manga/NurseHitomisMonsterInfirmary'', all humans develop some sort of mutation or transformation during puberty. Similar to ''ComicBook/XMen'', except there are no Muggles and most variations seem to be physical changes (growing wings, growing gigantic, more or fewer eyes, or turning invisible) rather than powers that can affect others that much.
45	* The Mink tribe in ''Manga/OnePiece''. Every single member of the tribe, from the infants to the elderly, are naturally powerful as hell. They have great speed, strength, and combat abilities, as well as the power to [[ShockAndAwe channel and use electricity through their fur]]. They're a MartialPacifist race, however; they're perfectly able to kick ass, but they'd rather find peaceful solutions to problems instead.
46	* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' has the "anyone can learn basic magic, but not everyone chooses to do so" variant. Notably, the swordsman of the group has a high enough "capacity" to become an incredible mage, but his attention span is too short to remember or focus on the incantations. The light novels present it a bit differently with Gourry being a bit smarter than he gives out... but double-subverted, in that his memory is ''still'' terrible.
47	* ''Manga/TokyoUnderground'' features an entire underground world of psychics.
48	* Everyone's a little bit badass in ''Anime/TokyoMajin''. Even the one-note delinquents in the first episode pull off improbable moves like spitting nails at a spinning bat to instantly create a nail-bat, and the nosy reporter girl can bury herself in earth like a ninja. That's to say nothing of the mystic yakuza or the five protagonists with special superpowers.
49	* ''VisualNovel/WindABreathOfHeart'' - In spite of seeming to be like a normal town, (almost) everyone in the town the story takes place has some kind of special power, often [[MundaneUtility mundane ones]], and asking what everyone else's powers are is as common as asking what someone's name is. The reason this is so common becomes a major plot point...
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53	* ''Art/BeastFables'': Everything in Urvara has the potential to transform. The humans are all werebeasts, and wild animals can become temporary [[MixAndMatchCritters chimeras]] or permanent {{Dire Beast}}s.
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57	* ''ComicBook/BillAndTedsExcellentComicBook'' has one issue where the duo are stranded on an alternate Earth called Hyper-World, populated entirely by superheroes and villains who fight each other all day.
58	* In ''Bizarre New World'' the protagonist discovers one day he has the power of flight; partway through the series everyone else on Earth spontaneously acquires the power of flight too.
59	* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
60	** In the [[ComicBook/New52 post]]-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' [[TheMultiverse DC multiverse]], Earth-48 is a world where everyone and every''thing'' is super, intended to serve as the multiverse's protectors.
61	** In the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' story arc of the ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' stories, New Krypton is a planet on [[CounterEarth the other side of Earth's sun]], sharing its orbit and populated with 100,000 fully powered Kryptonians.
62	** ''ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity'': Every time the eponymous Kryptonian floating city neared a yellow star, Characters/{{Supergirl\|TheCharacter}} and the rest of the Kryptonian population gained super-powers.
63	** The Amazons of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' are a race of superhuman women with Diana, Donna, and Artemis being the most powerful and skilled warriors.
64	** In the climax of the World War III storyline, to defeat the Old God Mageddon, the Justice League grants everyone on Earth superpowers to fly into space and fight him.
65	** Many of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes's members' home planets are inhabited by HumanAliens who all share a single super-power. Braalians have [[MagnetismManipulation magnetic powers]], Carggites can [[SelfDuplication triplicate]], Tromians can [[{{Transmutation}} transmute elements]], etc. At one point, it was claimed they were all the 30th Century descendents of Earth people [[AlienAbduction kidnapped]] and empowered by aliens in the present, but [[CanonDiscontinuity that was]] several [[CosmicRetcon Cosmic Retcons]] ago.
66	* ''ComicBook/{{Lanfeust}}'' has the homeland/world of the titular hero, Troy, where every human has one single magic power thanks to specially-trained Sages "broadcasting" magic energy ([[spoiler:which may in fact be more accurately called psychic energy; long story]]) to the nearby citizenry like mobile power relays. Everyone's powers tend to be public knowledge, and often steer those who have them towards a career path [[MundaneUtility where it will be a useful skill]] (Lanfeust himself's power is to heat any metal, so he was training to be a smith before the CallToAdventure). However, [[SuperpowerLottery said powers vary wildly]], so it's rather common for people to have a power with [[CripplingOverspecialization exceedingly narrow applications]] or even [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway a virtually useless one]] (making farts smell like flowers, anyone?). Although a staple of the series is characters [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower using what they have in novel ways to give themselves an unexpected edge]], like the leader of LaResistance (an animal entrails-reading soothsayer) using his abilities to plan and coordinate a much more formidable effort than his RagtagBunchOfMisfits could muster otherwise, or one of his followers, who relishes the chance to use her power to give horrible heartburns in socially and ethically acceptable ways- to incapacitate enemy {{mooks}}.
67	* ''Creator/MarvelComics'':
68	** In one alternate Marvel future (may have been published in Epic) all of humanity save one man has gained super-powers resulting in his being ridiculed for it, only for the reveal that the Celestials now come to 'harvest' humanity for some unknown purpose (all of humanity including the normal guy goes with them except for Aquarian, as his null-field power means it's impossible for him to be moved beyond a certain slow rate of speed leaving him the last living sentient being on Earth).]
69	** ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'': The city of Attilan is a {{downplayed\|Trope}} example of this, rather than a whole world, it is a kingdom filled with Inhumans who have various powers and special gifts.
70	** In ''ComicBook/EarthX'', everyone's a mutant [[spoiler:thanks to Black Bolt releasing [[SuperEmpowering Terrigen Mists]] into the Earth's atmosphere]]. That's one way to get rid of that FantasticRacism. That is, until you get a load of the Monster Generation or even the new ''ComicBook/XMen'', whose mutations are so freakish they're pariahs even in a world full of their own kind. Most supers are just normal people who waste their powers or have no use for them, while a substantial number abuse their new abilities for selfish gains. Both types have caused numerous wars and conflicts, to the point that superheroes and supervillains had to step in to maintain governments. Many of the original heroes are totally unable to adjust to no longer being outliers; they've either [[DespairEventHorizon succumbed to apathy]] or begun to fight a doomed war against human self-destructiveness.
71	** ''ComicBook/XMen'' is a {{deconstruction}} since it shows how society would react to a growing population of super-powered beings. ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' is an ''X-Men'' story with Characters/ScarletWitch changing the world so that most people were mutants, resulting in a role reversal with regular humans now being the victims of FantasticRacism instead of mutants. With regular humans who [[FreakLabAccident obtained powers through other means]] pretending to be mutants in order to gain acceptance, much like how in the regular Marvel Universe a "normal-looking" mutant might hide their powers to avoid discrimination.
72	** In an ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' storyline, Reed went back in time and prevented the teleportation experiment by fixing the calibration of the teleporter so that Ben Grimm wouldn't have to be [[CursedWithAwesome The Thing.]] The result was an alternate world with this trope thanks to the aliens they encountered on the now successful trip with Grimm being the only normal and quite happy about it. [[spoiler: Until it turned out to be the aliens' way of killing the entire human race, and Ben had to fix it.]]
73	* ComicBook/{{normalman}} (note no capital letter) was the only normal in a world full of supers. (Also the OnlySaneMan.)
74	* The premise behind ''Ordinary'' is that an event occurs that gives the entire world superpowers, except for the protagonist.
75	* ''ComicBook/PS238'' is about a SuperheroSchool where the main character, [[OnlySaneMan Tyler]], is a ten-year-old MuggleBornOfMages. Early on the stories involved him trying to get by without being accidentally killed, resulting in him becoming a BadassNormal (to his own surprise). Eventually, lots of superhero teams wind up moving to town, though {{Muggles}} still live there, the technically [=PS238=] itself is hidden as part of a normal public school.
76	* ''ComicBook/TopTen'': Absolutely everyone in Neopolis from bums to tycoons is superhuman: "science hero/villains" with powers, a costume and an alter ego. Aliens, robots, gods, cyborgs, psychics, all present in the crowds. Incidental details include pizza-delivery couriers with [[SuperSpeed super-speed]], cab drivers "guided by the universe" and comics such as ''Businessman''.
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80	* In the AlternateUniverse ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' blog ''Blog/AlwaysHavingJuice'', every named character has a power of some sort and rarely is a power repeated unless plot-relevant.
81	* Thanks to a MassSuperEmpoweringEvent, humans in the ''Fanfic/OversaturatedWorld'' all have access to a slightly altered version of Equestrian magic. For the most part this just means watered-down versions of the equestrian pony tribes' magics, but there are a couple {{Physical God}}s, hints that other magics from Equestria made their way over, [[spoiler:and ''human'' magic is in the mix...]]
82	* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': A basic watch tower guard has been seen casting a spell to make light after some practice from a manual, and [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]], who usually are purely physical fighters, have been taught magic from suitably motivated teachers who can get the information across, imply that anyone can learn magic eventually. Especially when regular non-mage parents discuss teaching magic to their prepubescent children as a possibility once they have access to a magic-capable teacher.
83	* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', 90% of Earth's population has some kind of superpower, be it a Quirk, a Metagene, magic, or powers gained from toxic waste or a FreakLabAccident. A major source of conflict in the story is the fact that Izuku is Kryptonian, meaning that his powers don't fall under any of those categories in a world rife with FantasticRacism against aliens. On the bright side, this all means that he blends in extremely easily since his powers, while extremely varied, don't stick out much at all. There are even characters with powersets similar to his, such as Characters/{{Wonder Woman\|TheCharacter}} and [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantesMainCharacters Captain Celebrity]].
84	* ''Fanfic/StoryShuffle1'': "Peer Review" notes how every sapient species on Ungula uses magic:
85	--> if you could find a civilization completely devoid of magic, inherent or developed, you'd have your ideal customer, but don't ask me where you'd find one.
86	* In the Literature/{{Xanth}}-{{Expy}} world of New Zork in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', every person has an Ability or physical mutation graded from F to A-Plus, depending on usefulness.
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90	* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'': Played with. Syndrome, who feels spurned by not having been born with superpowers and being rejected as a sidekick years ago by Mr. Incredible, plots to retire after his planned career as a FakeUltimateHero by selling his superpower-granting gadgets to anyone who can afford them. In his words, "And when everyone's super... ''no one will be''," combining his envy of supers and desire to see them fall with the threat of a world overrun by people who paid to have those powers, and presumably lord it over those who can't, thus [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis creating a different version of the same problem that led to his fall to evil in the first place]].
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94	* In ''The Amazing Adventures Of Ordinary Boy'', the eponymous character is the only person in his city ''without'' superpowers.
95	* In the world of Sharon Green's ''The Blending'' series, nearly everyone has ElementalPowers; some have stronger magic than others, but one of the series' plot points is that everyone can be trained to use what magic they do have more effectively.
96	* In the ''Literature/CodexAlera'' series, ''all'' Alerans (the human civilization) possess a degree of ElementalPowers ([[BadassNormal the protagonist]] being [[UnSorcerer a notable exception]]), ranging from peasants who have limited control over one element to [[PersonOfMassDestruction godlike high nobility]]. On the nonhuman side of things, the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Marat]] all have the ability to [[BondCreatures telepathically bond with an animal]] (including large, vicious predators), and while only a few of the [[WolfMan Canim]] actually have magic, any one of them is ''still'' a seven-to-eight foot tall centuries-old anthropomorphic canine, and therefore ''plenty'' badass enough to hold their own against all the superpowered people running around.
97	* The world of Mencu in ''The Crest of Zabutur'' series is home to the Serenghe, all of whom can manipulate at least one different element at nearly any given time.
98	* In the original setting of ''Literature/TheDarkswordTrilogy'' everyone can cast some form of magic. This is because those who are born unable to do so are killed as infants.
99	* In ''Literature/FateRequiem'', almost every single person in the world is either born with or later given a Holy Grail inside of them. This allows them to summon and maintain a Servant, and also gives them eternal youth and life by removing aging, poor genetics, disease, viruses, cancer, and other biological illnesses, as well as the ability to control their physical age with Command Seals. A good example of this is Chitose Manazuru, who is main character Erice Utsumi's ''grandmother'', yet looks like her upperclassman.
100	* Deconstructed in ''Literature/FromTheNewWorld'', which is set in a future world where all of humanity has attained the power of Juryoku, psychic powers that give everybody the capacity to become a PersonOfMassDestruction. Their government has had to take extremely draconian measures just to hold some semblance of civilization together. Genetic and social conditioning is used to suppress all violent instincts, and everyone has had a "Death Feedback" mechanism imprinted in their DNA that kills them if they ever intentionally kill another person. Anybody whose Death Feedback doesn't work or who shows any sign of not being able to control their Juryoku properly gets "disappeared", and all memory of them is erased from everyone who knew them.
101	* ''Literature/GrimoiresSoul'': Almost everyone on Lystrata can use magic, though in Kesterline proper the general populace is under the belief that only male nobles of the Mage core can use magic. Outside of Kesterline issues with or a complete inability to use magic is treated as a disability.
102	* The wizard world in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is one in which [[WorldOfBadass everyone has badass magical powers]] (with the exception of [[MuggleBornOfMages squibs]]). And all the Muggles... which is most of the world's population. Granted, it could still apply since the Wizarding World is the primary setting for most of the series, but it's an important plot element from time to time that the majority of the planet has no idea magic even exists.
103	* A small example in ''Literature/SuperPowereds''. Lander University's Hero Certification Program is located in a secret underground section of the campus. Only Supers are allowed down there (or even know of its existence). All in all, there are around 100 Supers either studying or working at the HCP. The same is likely true at the other universities that have the program. While all HCP students are required to keep the fact that they're Supers and in the HCP a secret from the outside world, in the underground campus, they're among their kind. Supers from small towns, who are used to being special, find it a bit disconcerting to be one among many.
104	* Every human in ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' has a magical talent. The power and usefulness of these talents vary wildly, from entirely pointless to world-changing. The few who don't are either immigrants or get exiled to [[RealWorldEpisode Mundania]].
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108	* [[spoiler:Seattle]] becomes this in the finale of ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred''.
109	* Though not to superhero levels, ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' is based on a town where everyone is super intelligent. Zoey was raised outside, so she has had a normal upbringing and lampshades how different the town being this kind of 'super' is several times. Despite this, she actually has a genius-level intelligence, in stark contrast to her father, who only rates at about 100 IQ (''i.e.'', average) but has street smarts, people skills, and ''common sense''.
110	* In season 3 of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Peter is shown a future where a superpower-bestowing serum is readily available to the public.
111	* ''Series/KamenRiderWizard''[='s=] Summer movie ''Wizard in Magicland'' sees the title character end up in an alternate world where '''everybody''' has magical powers and can transform into a spell-slinging Kamen Rider, with Mana even being used as a form of currency.
112	* In the last episodes of ''Series/{{Limitless}}'', the mind-enhancer NZT, which gives you SuperSenses and SuperIntelligence, has become a street drug. Unfortunately, the series ended before we saw the ultimate societal effects of that.
113	* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'': Is it a stockbroker? Is it a quantity surveyor? Is it a church warden? No, it's [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2howud Bicycle Repairman]]! In a world full of Supermen one of them has a secret identity, with the uncanny ability to fix a bicycle. He changes from his Superman outfit (which everyone else also wears) into a brown mac.
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117	* The D&D setting ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' flirts with this. Because {{Magitek}} is common, there's an entire NPC class, the magewright, dedicated to making low-level magic items. Saying "I can use magic" in that setting is like saying "I have a college degree." And then there's the city of Io'Lokar, a CityOfAdventure with a population of over 90,000. It's stated that the average person in the ''slummy'' parts of the city is 8th-11th level; in its origin of 3.x, even an 8th-level [[JokeCharacter commoner]] with average Constitution can [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower shrug off being stabbed in the gut with a sword multiple times.]]
118	* ''TabletopGame/WorldTreeRPG'' is a setting where literally everyone has some level of magic, though 90% of the population mostly uses it for MundaneUtility. Their technology is based around it(sinks are enchanted bowls that duplicate any liquid placed in them, fire extinguishers are replaced by fire-extinguishing spells set with a trigger, etc), housewives use it to clean dishes and small children will summon cookies to eat.
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122	* ''Toys/SuperThings'': The majority of Kaboom City is made up of [[AnimateInanimateObject object-based]] superheroes and supervillains, often created thanks to the power of [[AppliedPhlebotinum Kazoom]]. There are a few rare characters that develop their powers through their lives instead, along with a small minority of non-powered civilians. In the case of the [[KidHero Kazoom Kids]], they are a far more recent addition to the pool of heroes, turning ordinary humans into superheroes.
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126	* ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'': There supposedly ''are'' normal individuals in Paragon City, but aside from the random invincible pedestrian (and maybe the occasional contact) you'll almost never meet them. This is especially true for anyone in the roleplaying community, unless the character in question is powerless as a gimmick.
127	* The denizens of Rapture in ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' are all addicted to ADAM. Spread across the city are vending machines that turn ADAM into mutations that let you shoot fire from your hands, turn invisible, and control minds. Even the relatively "normal" users of it are much stronger, faster, or smarter than an average human, [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] because ADAM [[PoweredByAForsakenChild comes from little girls that were turned into monstrosities called Little Sisters by getting a sea slug implanted in their bodies]] [[FalseUtopia because the sea slugs alone weren't producing enough]], and later, addiction to ADAM [[AxCrazy made users insane and violent]] and brought Rapture that was once a prosperous society to collapse.
128	* ''VideoGame/DefendersOfDynatronCity'': The premise of Lucasfilm's ill-fated SuperHero BeatEmUp was a MadScientist invented Nuclear Cola had [[RadiationInducedSuperpowers turned every citizen into a superhero]].
129	* ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline'', thanks to a combination of different aspects that include: Gohan creating a book on ki control, Krillin and Tien founding their own schools, and increasing the number of hybrids, nameks, and majins. The number of people who possess great powers in the year 1,000 is very high. Just counting those that appear in the trailers, there are several dozen, but it is possible that the number is much higher.
130	* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
131	** In every game [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness after]] [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena Arena]], absolutely anyone is capable of learning to use magic. While [[MageSpecies some races are born with greater inherent magical skill]], even those who are not can learn spells and be trained to use magic. (And even then, most races get an inherent boost to ''at least one'' magical skill, including the [[DoesNotLikeMagic magic-hating]] {{Proud Warrior Race\|Guy}} [[HornyVikings Nords]] who get a boost to [[WhiteMagic Restoration]] magic.) Those who do not use magic simply have chosen to focus on other areas, as opposed to being incapable of casting spells.
132	** Certain racial powers and birthsign abilities, though not magic in the standard sense, are essentially magical spells that can be used once per day and require no training, skill, or even magicka to use. They are simply inherent in those races and in people born under that birthsign. For example, even Nords, who typically ridicule magic users, can call on magical frost once per day as a racial power. Similarly, those born under the sign of the Shadow or Tower can magically turn invisible once per day or magically unlock a lock once per day, respectively. (''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' does away with the series' traditional birthsigns which were chosen at the start of the game and could not be changed, replacing them with Standing Stones which imbue the same powers but can be activated by the player.)
133	* The Olympic Lostbelt in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' is host to a humanity that is universally enhanced with the divinely formed Klironomia. Atlanteans are the outcastes of the setting, but still live for centuries and have little difficulty defeating demonic beasts barehanded that would require [[BeastMan the yaga]] specialized firearms to fight. The denizens of Olympus itself are [[TheAgeless unaging]], possess ResurrectiveImmortality, and so strong that a centuries out of practice reserve soldier can overwhelm the protagonist's initial party single-handedly.
134	* In ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'', everyone normally has superpowers: They can fly, phase through objects, and they can spawn stuff and other things.
135	* Every named character in ''VideoGame/GeminiHeroesReborn'' has superpowers. The PC, Cassandra, is oblivious of her powers until she ''teleports'' early in the game, and later learns of her psychic abilities (including kicking ass via MindOverMatter). And it turns out her boyfriend, Alex [[spoiler:who's working for the BigBad]] has [[DishingOutDirt geokinesis]]. Meanwhile the game's main villain Cassandra needs to defeat in the final stage has [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinesis]] ([[EvilIsBurningHot well of course]] while [[spoiler:Cassandra's long-lost sister, Dahlia, is a TimeMaster]].
136	* ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', as long as it concerns soccer, even an old hag can create wings if she learns the right skill.
137	* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' It's a very minor part of the setting, but your character will do simple magic - things like lighting your way in dark areas, casting a fireball, etc - in a handful of non-combat adventures even if you aren't a spellcasting class. Perhaps not ''everyone'' can do magic, but it certainly seems that all Adventurers can.
138	* ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIx'' is set in a timeline where Adepts are now the world's majority population and are essentially the new humans in this universe. This happens to be an {{invoked\|Trope}} example, as this is achieved via Sumeragi's genocidal campaign where 90% of the non-Adept population has been culled (now labeled as "Minos"), with the remaining 10% are forced to hide in slums to avoid being exterminated.
139	* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': Pay close attention, and you'll realize that the 6 classes are simply the 6 variants of alliance training. Although your standard alliance Soldier won't be as tough as Shepard is, they would still have Adrenaline Rush, Concussive Shot, and all the ammo mods. Same goes for the power of the other classes. Infiltrators with the crazy time dilation aim. Engineers with assault turrets. And what about biotic classes? What about [[GameBreaker Vanguards?]]
140	* In the world of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'', the only sapient beings are the super-powered Pokémon. The human protagonists are always transformed into one before their adventures begin.
141	* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' series game, ''VideoGame/SaGaFrontier2'' had a world where everyone has magic powers as part of their "anima", or life force. It was a major plot point because Gustav, the heir to the throne, mysteriously did not have magic powers, and was banished from the court for his freakish nature. Most of the ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' series will let pretty much anyone use magic, even if they are not particularly good at it, however.
142	* ''VideoGame/RuphandAnApothecarysAdventure'': Arkenvali Academy being able to teach magic to people even without a natural gift at it, implies that everyone in the setting can do magic if they try hard enough, although they need to focus their education on it.
143	* ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'': The majority of humans in the setting have [[HumansArePsychicInTheFuture psionic powers to varying degrees]]. The [[MuggleBornOfMages rare few who lack psionic capability]] are discriminated against and derogatorily called "duds". Cities are even built with functions that integrate the latent psionic capabilities of people, which causes inconvenience for those who lack it.
144	* In the ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' series most magic users derive their powers from special runes, usually tattooed onto the user. Though more complex ones require training and practice anyone can learn basic spells. Some games represent this in gameplay, with basic attack or support spells as a learnable ability, and others restrict it to the canon magic users.
145	* ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' is a similar but even more extreme case of the magic variant. From the strongest warrior, down to the little girl running a card game on your ship, basically everyone can be expected to be armed with GreenRocks of some kind. Though some characters have much greater talent for using magic, virtually everyone ''can'' use it.
146	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' uses this, to an extent. Almost every character, with very few exceptions, has some sort of power. Most of these are apparently species traits, but even the human characters have powers.
147	* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
148	** In the setting, Gensokyo, even the common humans are capable of magical powers, and are expected to be more powerful than the common fairies. The heroines are simply the ones with either even greater than normal superpowers, or in the case of [[CuteWitch Marisa Kirisame]], someone with normal magical powers who trained and studied really hard to get to where she is.
149	** There's also the interesting case of Sanae, who used to be revered as a god in the outside world and is believed by some fans to have had a hard time adjusting to this trope's effect when she arrived in Gensokyo.
150	* ''VideoGame/AVeryLongRopeToTheTopOfTheSky'': Most enemies, and every party member other than Lief who is specialized into dealing tons of physical damage, has magical abilities and attacks.
151	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
152	** Gameplay example on all but the youngest and emptiest realms. At any given time in the capital cities, level-capped players -- many of them armed with epic gear -- far outnumber both [=NPCs=] and leveling characters combined. When enemy players invade the cities, [[PoliceAreUseless the city guards can't put up much resistance]], but anyone can be a BadassBystander. Of course, the main reason enemy players would invade a city in the first place would be to kill its ruler, who happens to be a living (or unliving, in Sylvanas Windrunner's case) example of AsskickingLeadsToLeadership.
153	** In Lore this is completely averted, powerful people with abilities are only a few.
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157	* Likewise for ''Webcomic/ApricotCookies'': the main character is the only girl in Japan who can't transform into a MagicalGirl.
158	* The world of ''Webcomic/CrystalHeroes'' fits the "fantasy settings where everyone possesses a basic capacity for magic, even if they never train in or use it" example mentioned in the description exactly. Mage is just a title people who practice magic give themselves.
159	* ''Webcomic/{{Gloomverse}}'': The heroine stands apart as [[TheCallPutMeOnHold the only person in her country ''without'' powers]].
160	* In ''Webcomic/MiddleGround'', all humans are either Grounds—who can speak to animals, or Clouds—who can see into the future.
161	* In ''WebComic/TowerOfGod'', everyone climbing the Tower seems to learn to use [[BackGroundMagicField Shinsu]], which can be used to both make oneself physically more powerful and for SupernaturalMartialArts and firing energy blasts and such. Some people focus more on learning to manipulate probably-{{Magitek}} devices such as Observers and Lighthouses. This is in addition to the various other abilities people may already have and often do. Even people who seem to have no special abilities can manipulate Shinsu at least a little, as seen in the "Strongest Regular", where people like Wangnan merely scored lowly in a test of channelling Shinsu rather than being unable to do it. The majority of people just living in the Tower may still be unpowered, but many of even them are not.
162	* ''Webcomic/UnOrdinary'': In this world, everyone has an "ability" though few are to be considered "cripples" like the main protagonist John.
163	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', everyone in the main cast has access to at least one spell of their own except Ashley [[spoiler:who nonetheless is a wizard and thus has the ability to learn other people's spells]]. Also, everyone possesses a basic capacity to use magic and the potential to gain at least one spell of their own regardless of any awareness of it.
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167	* ''Literature/ArrowAndAce'' uses this as a premise; every person in the world (above the age of puberty) has a power.
168	* ''[[Website/Channel101 The Defenders of Stan]]'' has this as a premise. Everyone in the world except ButtMonkey protagonist Stan has superpowers, leaving him as the last human on Earth.
169	* The ''WebVideo/OriginsSMP'', ''WebVideo/AfterlifeSMP'', ''WebVideo/DominionSMP'', and ''WebVideo/NewLifeSMP'' are all centred on the [[MassiveRaceSelection Origins Mod for Fabric]] and variations or derivatives thereof, where each player either chooses (OSMP and Dominion) or is randomly assigned (ALSMP and NLSMP) an origin out of a pool of dozens. As a result, a vast majority, if not all of the cast consists of super-powered individuals, referred to as "hybrids" in the NLSMP.
170	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Every living being possesses Aura, a spiritual force generated by the soul. Aura can be unlocked through training or trauma and can be used like a [[SuperToughness forcefield]] to protect people from normally fatal injuries. It can also be used as a Semblance, a single superpower unique to every individual. Not every human can unlock their Semblance. Animals can also use Aura, allowing the dog, Zwei, to help Team RWBY in battle. [[spoiler:All humans could originally use magic until the gods destroyed them. Humanity mysteriously returned to existence but, without the gods' blessing, can only use Aura and Semblance instead of magic. The gods tasked [[BigGood Ozma]] with redeeming humanity. If he succeeds, humanity will regain the gods' blessing; if he fails, the gods will destroy the entire planet. The BigBad is trying to ensure Ozma fails.]]
171	* In ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' it seems like everybody has some sort of supernatural power, ability, or trait. Some are more powerful than others, but it's so commonplace that if you lack powers, you're more of a freak than if you happen to be born with powers, also magic is a normality and anyone can learn it, like any kind of science, but it takes special people with the drive to do so.
172	* The premise of ''Series/WarpZoneProject'' is that everyone has the potential to develop superpowers, but the masses are taught that they only exist in fiction so they never try to use them. The minority on which the system doesn't work gets to become superheroes and supervillains whose activities are covered up by a WeirdnessCensor.
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176	* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' every single Air Nomad could [[BlowYouAway airbend]]. Averted with the other nations, which all have a majority non-bender population.
177	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "Planet of the Capes" centered on an entire [[PlanetOfHats Planet of Superheroes]]. There was only one "Normal" in the entire population whose job it was to be constantly rescued by the supers since without normal people to rescue, the supers just don't know what to do with themselves. Being hounded by them all day caused him to snap and become a gadget-using {{supervillain}}.
178	* This is what Timmy wished for in the SuperheroEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''.
179	* Equestria in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' falls into this. The three races of ponies each have either [[MageSpecies magic]], flight and [[WeatherManipulation weather control]], or [[GreenThumb improved plant growth]] and SuperStrength, and all of them can develop [[TheGift talents]] so extreme that they might as well be superpowers, along with [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower exaggerated athletic ability]] being common. More mundane species do share the setting but are a minority in the country of Equestria. Other incarnations of the [[Franchise/MyLittlePony franchise]] also fit this trope, although the details of their racial abilities differ, and were rarely as strong as in ''Friendship is Magic''.
180	* The world of ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' is populated entirely by the kind of characters you'd find in trading cards and old-school fighting games, though some people's powers [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway aren't as impressive as others]].
181	* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Magicks of Megas-Tu", the title characters all have magical RealityWarper abilities.
182	* Gem society in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' seems to be this; just about every Gem we've met had some kind of superhuman powers (even the noncombat technicians have NighInvulnerability), and it was only after postwar cutbacks that it stopped being the case that everyone was capable of shapeshifting.
183	* Almost every ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' setting that doesn't feature humans is an example of this trope, such as ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines''.
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