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2[[caption-width-right:350:One of these characters is not like the others. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Wait, what's that old guy doing in the back?]]]]
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4->'''Azetbur:''' The Federation is no more than a ''homo sapiens'' only club.\
5'''General Chang:''' ''[to Spock]'' Present company excepted, of course.
6-->-- ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''
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8When a work has an ordinary setting, your cast is going to be... well, ordinary. Your basic FiveManBand, maybe with a TokenMinority, or a TokenGirl.
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10But when you're writing SpeculativeFiction, you can make the cast as interesting as you want. Enter the [[TitleDrop Token Non-Human]] to spice things up. He (or she; this is a [[UnisexTropes Unisex Trope]]) could be a RubberForeheadAlien, a RobotBuddy, a FunnyAnimal, a CivilizedAnimal, a PartiallyCivilizedAnimal, or [[HeinzHybrid all of the above at once]], but one thing is for sure. They aren't human.
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12Even {{Demi Human}}s like [[OurElvesAreDifferent elves]] can count as examples of this trope.
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14A Token Non-Human is ''not'' the TeamPet -- the team pet is, well, a ''pet'' that belongs to the team, but the Token Non-Human is a [[FantasticSapientSpeciesTropes sapient]] being who stands on more-or-less equal footing with the humans.
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16Unlike other token what-have-yous, a Token Non-Human is not there to attract a PeripheryDemographic. [[AliensStealCable Probably]]. A Token Non-Human instead serves the purpose of exploring the possibility of other species with radically different natures from our own, incorporating beings with [[RuleOfCool cool]] [[StockSuperpowersIndex superhuman]] abilities, showing that the main cast is not practicing FantasticRacism, and exploring the question WhatMeasureIsANonhuman. If nothing else, the Token Non-Human can serve as the AmusingAlien for comic relief.
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18Because MostWritersAreHuman (to our knowledge), you'll likely not see more than one protagonist who isn't human, hence the "{{Token|Index}}" part of "Token Non-Human". In live-action works, this is often a matter of budget and practicality; human characters can be portrayed with human actors in regular outfits, whereas non-humans require elaborate costumes and/or special effects to depict them (unless they're HumanAliens). If there ''is'' more than one nonhuman character, you'll most likely see a cast full of nonhumans, with a TokenHuman.
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20TokenHeroicOrc is this trope [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meeting]] TokenEnemyMinority. See also FantasticSapientSpeciesTropes, and NotQuiteHuman. Compare and contrast TeamPet. Contrast NotEvenHuman. Inverse of TokenHuman and UnfazedEveryman. Supertrope to TokenRobot.
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27* The Guild of ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'' has the HumanoidAbomination, Lovecraft.
28* Mao from ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', who is a BodySurf[=er=] currently inhabiting a cat's body.
29* The titular character of ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' is a blue cat robot from the future who currently lives in present-day Japan where sentient robots have not been invented yet.
30* Piccolo, the 7'5" green-skinned Namekian in ''Manga/DragonBall.'' [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] because the Saiyans are HumanAliens whose only distinguishing characteristic from humans are their tails (which are all cut off by the time the Frieza saga starts).
31* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure:''
32** ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'':
33*** Initially the group consists of five humans. When they arrive in Egypt they are joined by SixthRanger Iggy, a dog. Like any animal Stand users, his intelligence is close to human level.
34*** In the villanous side, it happens two times: in the Tarot Stand users there's Forever, an orangutan and from the Egyptian gods Stand users there's Pet Shop, a falcon. A third if you count the Egyptian god Stand Anubis, a [[ItCanThink sentient Stand]] without a user that's [[EvilWeapon bound to a sword]].
35** ''Manga/StoneOcean'': The group is joined by Foo Fighters (or F.F. for short) while they are a sentient colony of plankton, [[PuppeteerParasite they occupy the body of a dead inmate]] to pass off as human.
36* In ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', if you look the non-human characters of the [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS Riot Force 6]] or [[Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce Special Duty Section 6]] with all section members together, they are the minority. But if you exclude all nameless characters, they are the majority in the latter section.
37** In ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'', Vivio is the only known Inter-Middle participant who is not actually human. She's a CloneJesus.
38* ''Anime/MacrossDelta'': Despite both Walkure and Delta Squadron having a few HalfHumanHybrid members (Reina and Mirage), there are a few members who are not human at all.
39** The main heroine Freyja Wion is the sole nonhuman member of [[GirlGroup Walkure]], being a [[HumanAlien Windemerean]] (and the {{Token Heroic|Orc}} one at that).
40** Chuck Mustang is the only nonhuman member of Delta Squadron, being a [[FishPeople Ragnan]]. He is no longer the sole nonhuman as of ''Zettai Live'', which has Bogue Con-Vaart, one of the Aerial Knights of Windemere, join up with Delta Squadron after his homeworld is taken over by Heimdall (by then, Windemere had pulled a HeelRaceTurn after the events of the original series).
41* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has RobotGirl Chachamaru as the Token Non-Human of Ala Alba.
42** CuteGhostGirl Sayo counts to a certain degree, too. Then there's HalfHumanHybrid Setsuna. Technically. Though it doesn't come up much. Chachamaru is easily the best example, though.
43* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
44** For the Straw Hats: [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Tony Tony Chopper]], a reindeer who ate the Hito Hito (Human-Human) Fruit, which gives him human-like intelligence and the ability to speak. He's so intelligent, in fact, that he serves as the crew's doctor.
45*** [[spoiler:The Straw Hats gain a second one in the Whole Cake Island arc when Jimbei (a Fishman) joins. Jimbei being a Fishman on an (almost) all-human crew is actually an important plot point for him, since his dream is to improve relations between Fishmen and humans]].
46** Trafalgar Law's crew also has one: Bepo, a polar bear [[BeastMan Mink]] who basically just looks like a talking polar bear. The rest of Law's crew appears to be made up of humans.
47* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' had Bebe, the only [[spoiler:witch]] who befriended the girls and became part of the team as the mascot; [[spoiler: and now she's human.]]
48** Kyubey also counts being the MentorMascot.
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52* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': The Supermen are human-like aliens rather than actual humans, but regardless, they have a SixthRanger on their team in the form of Planet Adeli native Kalo.
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56* ''ComicBook/DoubleJumpers'': In the world of the "Dungeon Lords 2" video game, the [[PlayerCharacter Player Characters]] are Kane, Sela, Mongo, Sebastian, and Pilfer. The first four are humans, while Pilfer is a goblin.
57* Early in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'', despite several of the other characters having power, HumanAlien Karolina Dean was the only one that wasn't remotely human. For a time she did angst over being an alien, to the point of letting a vampire feed on her.
58* In ''ComicBook/XOfSwords'', the human mutants of Arakko have an uneasy peace with the demons of Ament. But these mutants are all unified in their hatred of [[ComicBook/XMen Apocalypse]] and want revenge. The thing holding them back is a TrialByCombat involving prophesied swords. Since one of these swords is held by a huge demonic crocodile named Pogg Ur-Pogg, the first Horsemen hold their noses and try to bribe him into becoming one of their champions. He only takes the job when the Horsemen offer to take him to a new world for him to plunder.
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62* In ''Fanfic/{{Empathy}}'', Oh is this to the rest of the Big Hero 9, as the only alien member of the team where the rest all come from Earth. Although, Baymax is a robot while Riley has empathic abilities.
63* ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfApolloDaphneAndLucaAnItalianTragedy'': [[WesternAnimation/{{Luca}} Luca]] is the only sea monster at Giulia's school in Genoa, which is primarily attended by human kids.
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67* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
68** In the original trilogy, excepting the droids, there's Chewbacca, Han Solo's Wookiee co-pilot. He's one of the few alien characters who are even given a name in ''A New Hope''. ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and especially ''Return of the Jedi'' show more, but Chewbacca remains the only nonhuman, non-droid member of the main cast.
69** Jar Jar Binks, a gungan, in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', succeeds Chewbacca as the only nonhuman in the main cast, though unlike the OT ''many'' background and minor characters are aliens in the prequels.
70** [=K-2SO=], a reprogrammed Imperial security droid in ''Film/RogueOne''.
71** Among the bad guys, [[BigBad Supreme Leader Snoke]] is the only visible alien member of the First Order in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' and ''Film/TheLastJedi''.
72** Darth Maul from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' was the only non-human true Sith in the theatrical films, though this [[HumanAliens isn't immediately obvious.]]
73* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'': In-universe example is Dr. Lazarus, an {{expy}} of Mr. Spock from ''Franchise/StarTrek'', in the case of the ShowWithinAShow. In the movie itself, the Therbians in general and Laliari in particular became this in "RealLife" for the cast. Ironically Laliari will [[spoiler:not play an alien after she chooses to stay on Earth and is added as a "human" character in the show.]]
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77* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
78** [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Remus Lupin]] is the Marauders' Token Non-Human from a certain perspective; werewolves in the Potterverse are essentially humans with a condition rather than a separate species.
79** Among the modern-day heroes, there's Hagrid, who's half-giant.
80** Firenze the centaur is the Token Non-Human of the Hogwarts faculty for a while.
81* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' has Ax(imili-Esgarouth-Isthill), the only alien on the team. Unless you count Tobias, who got himself [[ShapeshifterModeLock permanently morphed into a hawk]] early on.
82* Arguably, [[TeamPet Oy]] in Creator/StephenKing's Franchise/TheDarkTower series eventually graduates to this, at least by the time he participates in the "''[[LifeEnergy khef]]'' and water" ritual as an equal member of the ''[[TrueCompanions ka-tet]]''.
83* Amanandrala [[InSeriesNickname "Grok"]] Grookonomonslf in ''Literature/StarRiskLtd'' is the only alien member of the books' FiveManBand.
84* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': Loial the Ogier is the only non-human among the major characters.
85* ''Literature/ChronoHustle'' has ERK-147, a maintenance bot.
86* In ''Literature/BlackLegion'', the only non-humans (or post-humans, at least) are [[FairFolk Dark Eldar]] Nefertari and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent daemon]] Gyre.
87* ''Literature/AfterDoomsday''. Ramri the bird-like alien is there because humans are still new to space exploration.
88* In ''Literature/{{Eden}}'', the shipwrecked human crew more-or-less adopts one of the local inhabitants of the planet they are stranded on.
89* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': In ''Boyfriends and Other Minor Annoyances'', the party of human-descended princesses are joined by a halfling thief, and halflings are named that due to being short, not due to being half-human, or at least nothing has contradicted that in the 7 stories after the first halfling.
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93* Though the cast contains several examples of not quite human characters, including the titular protagonist, ''Series/{{Angel}}'' has Lorne as the only visibly demonic main character who is unable to alter his appearance in any way.
94* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' has Cally, an [[HumanAliens Auron]] with limited telepathic powers.
95* ''Series/{{Crusade}}'' has Dureena, the resident thief and for a while thought to be [[LastOfHisKind Last of Her Kind]] [[spoiler:however a lost tribe of her people survived on a colony]].
96* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor is usually this to the TARDIS crew. Though during Peter Davison's era this was inverted, with Tegan Jovanka serving as the token human in a TARDIS ''full'' of HumanAliens.
97* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'': Monroe and Rosalee, the two Wesen characters of the show. (Notice that [[spoiler:Renard]] is actually half human and [[spoiler:Adalind]] is not a Wesen for a while).
98* ''Series/{{Intergalactic}}'': Candy is the one member of the main cast from another species, with the rest being human. She's from the Aurean galaxy and looks mostly human except for her very long, prehensile tongue.
99* The Robot in ''Series/LostInSpace'' is, well, a Robot living among humans.
100** Also the Robot in ''Series/LostInSpace2018'', counting also as alien as it was not made by humans.
101* ''Series/TheOrville'' has three: Bortus the [[OneGenderRace Moclan]], Alara Kitan the [[RubberForeheadAliens Xelayan]] and Isaac the [[MechanicalLifeforms Kailon]]. A recurrent character voiced by Creator/NormMacdonald is Yaphit, a gelatinous blob.
102* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
103** The first alien ranger in a team of humans is Trey, the Gold Zeo Ranger from ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''
104** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' had two alien characters filling the position of SixthRanger, the Blue Senturion and the Phantom Ranger.
105** ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' featured the first alien to be part of the main team, instead of filling the position of SixthRanger, in the form of Andros, the Red Space Ranger, a HumanAlien from the planet [=KO35=]. The team is later joined by SixthRanger Zhane, the Silver Ranger, who is also from [=KO35=].
106** Maya, the Yellow Ranger from ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', hailing from the planet Mirinoi. Later on, Karone, the sister of the aforementioned Andros joins the team as the replacement Pink Ranger.
107** Trip in ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' is a RubberForeheadAlien.
108** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' has Anubis "Doggie" Cruger, a scaly dog-like alien.
109** ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' has Tyzonn a HumanAlien rescue worker from Mercuria.
110** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' has Dillon who unlike most examples of these is a cyborg not an alien.
111** ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' originally had Robo Knight, a robot created by [[BigGood Gosei]] years ago to aid in the protection of Earth. Robo Knight serves as the team's SixthRanger until vanishing for the second half of the season. The role of the sixth Ranger is taken by Orion, an alien from a planet that was devastated by the villains.
112* ''Series/RedDwarf'' had the Cat. He can also be considered the TeamPet, as he was descended from Lister's cat Frankenstein, but let's count 3 million years of evolution to his credit.
113* ''Series/SeaQuestDSV'' had a dolphin that could talk.
114* Teal'c from ''Series/StargateSG1''. An odd example in that Jaffa are genetically altered humans, and thus Teal'c--being played by the African American Christopher Judge--is also a TokenMinority (specifically, a token Black character in a mostly White main cast).
115** Subverted, averted, and inverted (possibly) in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' -- the Pegasus Galaxy is full of humans, but almost none of the non-Terran humans work for the Atlantis expedition, but then by the end of the pilot, the flagship exploration team adopts a non-Terran member.
116** By the second season of ''Atlantis'', the main team is split 50-50 between Earth humans and locals -- Sheppard and [=McKay=] from Earth, and Teyla and Ronon from the Pegasus Galaxy. This stays for the rest of the series.
117* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
118** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': Spock half qualifies, as he is half-Vulcan and half-human.
119** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Three out of the starring cast of seven or eight were non-human. While the human-looking Deanna Troi (half-Betazoid, half-human) was less obvious, both Worf (Klingon) and Data (android) qualify as Token Non-Humans.
120** Averted by ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', which is set on a space station that's mainly made up of non-humans, and there are multiple aliens in the starring (Kira, Odo, Quark, Worf, both Daxes) and recurring cast.
121** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' averts this trope as well, with Neelix, the holographic Doctor, Tuvok, Torres, Kes, and in later seasons, former Borg Seven of Nine. The nonhuman main cast slightly outnumber the human main cast members (Janeway, Chakotay, Paris, and Kim).
122*** Seven is a strange borderline case since she was born as the human Annika Hanson, assimilated, and then severed from the Collective.
123** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' has T'Pol (Vulcan) and Dr. Phlox (Denobulan). This is a JustifiedTrope as humans are still new to interstellar exploration, so they need aliens to advise them (and it's implied by the Vulcans, to keep them on a leash).
124** Saru (Kelpien) in ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' regarding the main characters, some recurrent alien characters can be seen among the crew.
125** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': By the end of "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E04AbsoluteCandor Absolute Candor]]", Elnor (a Romulan) is the sole non-human member of Picard's ragtag crew.
126* Multiple characters in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' are aliens or other non-human beings in otherwise human teams.
127** Sion from ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' is a HumanAlien and the last survivor from the planet Humard.
128** Doggie Kruger in ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' is an alien from the planet Anubis who looks like an anthropomorphic dog.
129** Hikaru, the SixthRanger of ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' is more or less the equivalent of an angel. [[spoiler: Later on, it is revealed that the father of the main team is also an angel.]]
130** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' has a rather strange example. In this case, the entire team is not human, but rather a race of human-looking angels. But their SixthRanger is from the same race as their mecha are and therefore does not possess a human form. So in this case, it's a Token Non-Human looking being in a team of human-looking beings.
131** Beet J. Stag in ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' is an AI-driven android and not one able to blend in with humans, as his appearance and mannerisms clearly betray he is a manmade construct.
132** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'': TheMentor Torin [[spoiler:is a defector from the Deboth Army]] and later joins the team as the second Kyoryu Silver.
133** ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'': SixthRanger Akira is a Shadow with human form who joins the heroes.
134** ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVsKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'': SixthRanger (to both teams) Noël Takao is later revealed to be from another dimension, unlike the rest of the cast who are regular humans.
135** ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'': TheHero Taro Momoi is one of the last survivors of the Don Clan, a race of humanoids that live in a dimension based on human thoughts. [[spoiler:The team's Nōto rivals, hailing from the same dimension, [[EleventhHourRanger eventually join the team towards the end.]]]]
136* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
137** In Season 3, the demon Ruby shows up and joins Sam and Dean for a few adventures, even though Dean does not trust her. She's also the TokenEvilTeammate.
138** Season 5 sees the angel Castiel joining Team Free Will, making him the only nonhuman along with Sam, Dean, and their surrogate father Bobby.
139** For a while in Season 7, [[spoiler: Bobby sticks around as a ghost and is the boys' only ally at this point.]]
140** Later seasons see more non-human allies move in and out of the story. The demon Meg foists herself on the brothers for a few episodes, though she is only occasionally the only supernatural being on the team since Castiel is often on the team as well. This also happens when Crowley joins the action, and later, Jack.
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144* ''VideoGame/FellSealArbitersMark'': OptionalPartyMember Bzaro is the only nonhuman story character, and thus also uses a very different job system based on [[PowerCopying copying the powers of fought monsters.]]
145* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has a history of this:
146** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': [=FuSoYa=], the EleventhHourRanger, is a Lunarian. [[spoiler:TheHero Cecil himself is half-Lunarian, born of a Lunarian father and a human mother.]]
147** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': Mog and Umaro. Possibly Gogo as well[[note]]We're... not sure what Gogo is[[/note]]. ''VI'' has a large enough cast size for three to still be token. Four if you count the fact that Terra is a HalfHumanHybrid.
148** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Red XIII. Possibly Cait-Sith as well, although it's [[KidWithTheRemoteControl controlled by a human]].
149*** Though as the two interact in ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'', at least some Cait Sith models are sentient.
150** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': Nearly[[note]]or over, for strict enough definitions of "human"[[/note]] half the party, making them not really "token" at all.
151*** [[InvertedTrope The only one that is clearly human is Steiner.]] The other include a tailed Genome (Zidane), human-like summoners[[note]]Born with horns in their heads, though Garnet's was surgically removed[[/note]] (Garnet & Eiko), a Black Mage[[note]]Which, in this setting, are basically living dolls[[/note]] (Vivi), a Burmecian (Freya), a Qu (Quina) and a blue-skinned man who might be human (Amarant).
152** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'': Kimahri, who is a member of the Ronso race.
153** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': [[MsFanservice Fran]]. Somewhat obvious here, as Ivalice is replete with sentient nonhuman races (Viera, Moogle, Bangaa, Seeq, Aegyl, etc.). but Fran is the only one such among the protagonists.
154** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': This trope is averted for the first time since VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII. Or subverted if you look at it from another way: the game could be the first in the series to have no (''technically'') human playable characters, as everyone in the party becomes a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman L'Cie]]. Which means in the first two chapters of the game [[spoiler:Vanille is the Token Non-Human in the group]]...
155* Ne'ban in ''VideoGame/UnrealIITheAwakening'', while the rest of the main cast is human he is, apparently, an intelligent parasite living in a jelly-like alien, housed in a robotic suit.
156* ''VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe'' franchise:
157** The original game: Abe no Yasuaki (ArtificialHuman).
158** ''Haruka 2'': [[{{Expy}} Abe no Yasutsugu]] (ArtificialHuman again).
159** ''Haruka 3'': Ridvan (from the Oni Clan) and Hakuryuu (the depowered human form of the Dragon-God).
160* ''VideoGame/{{Odium}}'' has Jan Kurtas/Medusa, the only HumanoidAbomination victim of the ViralTransformation who didn't go murderously insane. [[spoiler:For now. Though this can be avoided by refusing to go to a certain optional place.]] He's special in that he cannot carry weapons, instead using his mutant abilities. He also happens to be immune to tranquilizing and doesn't need to increase his Accuracy stat since all his abilities are treated as melee attacks (and thus have a 100% accuracy).
161* ''VideoGame/GeneTroopers'' zig-zags this trope with Al, the team's sole alien who's a member of TheGrays. However, the characters include the genetically-modified human Johanssen (the player hero), ex-human cyborg Trigger, and the Human Alien "e-vamp" Keysha, the token alien doesn't seem so token after all.
162* ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' has Gilius the dwarf together with the male and female human heroes, and the [[RecycledInSpace sci-fi based]] SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/AlienStorm'' has Scooter the robot.
163* Drago from ''VideoGame/GoldenForce'' is the only member of the titular force who's a DraconicHumanoid, while everyone else are humans.
164* The later ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' games have a non-human character, mostly used to address something along the lines of WhatMeasureIsANonHuman.
165** ''VideoGame/Persona3'' has Koromaru, who's a (very intelligent) dog, plus the [[RobotGirl Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapon]] Aigis, who gradually becomes more human over time. ''[[UpdatedRerelease Persona 3 FES]]'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' also introduces Aigis's two "sisters" Metis and Labrys.
166** ''VideoGame/Persona4'' has Teddie, a mysterious entity native to the TV world resembling a cute mascot suit. Teddie himself laments that he's not sure what he is, and is sad that he can't join the rest of the Investigation Team in the real world. [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed that he was a shadow that developed a personality out of a desire to be loved, and over the course of the story he gains both a Persona and a human body, effectively becoming a real person.]]
167** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' has Morgana, a talking [[FunnyAnimal cat-like creature]] the protagonists meet in Kamoshida's Palace, who turns into an ordinary cat in the real world (with the exception of the fact that he can still talk to people who have talked to him in the Metaverse). Like Teddie, Morgana has no memories of his past but is convinced he was a human whose form was distorted by the Metaverse and joins the protagonists after they promise to help him find a way to restore his true form. [[spoiler:Before the final dungeon it's revealed that Morgana is actually an embodiment of humanity's hope, created by [[BigGood Igor]] to gather those who can oppose [[BigBad Yaldabaoth]].]]
168* In ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', we have [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia]] (she's a fur-covered CatGirl), but she's more girl than Cat. The trope is played its straightest, however, with the announcement of ''Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3'' and the inclusion of [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Rocket Racoon]].
169* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series, most of Shepard's crew are human, but typically feature about two or three aliens.
170** Among teammates it's averted in ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''. The human squad members are actually outnumbered 2:1 by the aliens.
171** In [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 the second game]], we are introduced to [[RobotBuddy Legion]] and [[SpaceshipGirl EDI]] as the token robot and ''[[CoolStarship Normandy]]'' AI respectively.
172** Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', where Garrus refers to himself as Shepard's "token Turian friend".
173* In ''[[VideoGame/MikuMonogatariYumetoTaisetsuNaMono Miku Monogatari: Yume to Taisetsu na Mono]]'', the only non-human playable character in the game is Tako Luka, a pink octopus with human face.
174* ''VideoGame/NewLegends'' have the supporting character, Boo, who's a HumanDemonHybrid and the only non-human member of the LaResistance. And on the side of good despite his menacing appearance. He actually lampshades it when you first meet him in a prison.
175--> "Do you think I would be in this foul prison if I were full blooded?"
176* In ''VideoGame/BeyondTheBeyond'', every character that can join your party is a human, save for the summoner Tont, who is basically an amorphous blob of goo.
177* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' has a [[CastOfSnowflakes diverse cast]] of characters, but of the 21 original heroes, there were only three non-humans. Bastion and Zenyatta were the Omnic representatives (basically sentient robots), while Winston is a hyper-intelligent gorilla. Since launch, they've added Orisa and Echo, other Omnics, and Wrecking Ball, a mech piloted by a non-speaking (yet intelligent) hamster, but there are still six times the amount of humans compared to non-humans.
178* Blanka in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' was originally supposed to be just a Tarzan {{Expy}}, the decision to make him have green skin has because Capcom though there were "too many humans" among the selectable fighters.
179* ''VideoGame/FellSealArbitersMark'' has Bzaro, a member of the insectoid Bzil race, as the only nonhuman with plot importance[[note]]the ''Missions & Monsters'' DLC allowed recruiting generic creatures[[/note]] that the player can recruit into their party.
180* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' inverts the normal ''Star Wars'' pattern. Among the companions for each player class, humans are usually outnumbered by aliens and droids, even more so if the player character is nonhuman also (and given the plethora of races to choose from, this is true more often than not).
181* The playable characters in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64 DS'' consist of three men (Mario, Luigi, and Wario) and Yoshi, a dinosaur-ish thing. Yoshi also plays differently from the others; he can't hold objects in his hands or break brick blocks.
182* The ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' series features [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Nopons,]] which are egg-shaped, rodent-like creatures with wings on their heads, which they use as arms. Every game in the series has at least one Nopon that at least travels with main gang. ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' and ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' have Riki and Tora respectively, who act as main party members. The Future Connected expansion for the first game also has Riki’s kids Nene and Kino, who are also core party members. ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' has Tetsu, who, despite not being a main party member, always accompanies the main gang. ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' has Riku and Manana, who, like Tetsu, always accompany the main characters despite not being main party members themselves. However, unlike Tetsu, they will fight alongside the main characters on occasion.
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186* [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]] in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' are a minority race on Remnant and Menagerie (the primary Faunus settlement) lacks a Huntsman Academy of its own like the four kingdoms. As a result, every Huntsman team that has appeared in the series has either been composed completely of humans, or has a single Faunus member (Blake from Team RWBY being the most prominent example). This even extends to other groups, like the inner circles of both [[BigGood Ozpin]] and [[BigBad Salem]].
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190%% * [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1096 Melodia]] from ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}''.
191* Uma Quipleure, a cow-like alien from ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes''.
192* In ''Good Ship Chronicles'', Mike is literally a token alien, hired only to fill a quota; consequentially, he serves no real purpose on the ship.
193* For the first 500-some strips, the central mercenary crew in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' had only one nonhuman -- the titular Schlock. But that ended in ''2002''.
194** Schlock Mercenary is generally pretty good about averting this trope, even prior to the hiring spree on Ghanj-Rho. The first two months see the introduction of not only the eponymous ball of amorphous violence but Flib Sh'vuu, communications slug/squid with a cool flying chair; Ennesby, a viral AI that used to be a boy band; Ch'vorthq who was genetically tailored to be the perfect ambassador [[spoiler:that explodes]]. All of whom are, or become part of Tagon's Toughs, although [[MauveShirt Sh'vuu doesn't really get much of plot and character development thrown at him]].
195* Carson the muskrat from ''Webcomic/DorkTower''.
196* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has Molly the Peanut Butter Monster.
197* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has Grace Sciuridae, a human-alien-alien-squirrel hybrid and the only non-human member of the main cast. She is a VoluntaryShapeshifter though, and usually looks like a normal human.
198* ''Webcomic/FullFrontalNerdity'':
199** Shawn is functionally this, since he's only ever appeared via a little white webcam. Even when the gang are out and not playing games, they take the webcam with them. The webcam was even dressed up in {{Cosplay}} once.
200** Emma is a demon that Lewis summoned who became part of the main cast. Downplayed since she isn't interested in role-playing games and rarely appears in RPG-based strips, which are the majority of the comic.
201* ''Webcomic/LegostarGalactica'' gives us T.A.G. ([[FunWithAcronyms Token Alien Guy]]) who only puts up with being called T.A.G. because of his EmbarrassingFirstName and [[OnlyOneName lack of a last name]], although the cast quickly expanded to include numerous aliens, robots, and the likes, including an air-breathing giant squid and a [[Creator/HPLovecraft Deep One]]
202* Rak Wraithraiser from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. EgomaniacHunter, BigGuy, BloodKnight, [[http://i.imgur.com/FMbpL.png giant freaking alligator.]]
203* Sam Starfall from ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' is the only alien in the whole comic; everyone else (excepting a few housepets and the like) is either human, robot, or genetically engineered uplifted animal. His species doesn't even have space travel of their own; he snuck onboard a human ship that made landfall and embarked on adventure from there.
204* In ''Webcomic/CrimsonKnights'' Itham is the only one of the four main heroes who isn't a human, being [[NonHumanHumanoidHybrid an earthfair]].
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208* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' has several non-human members of the team: the Genie (a Genie), Iago (a parrot), Abu (a monkey), and the flying carpet.
209* ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'': In Diane's family, a literal BlackSheep functions as this.
210* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Dr. Zoidberg]] is the only member of the Planet Express crew not from Earth, which creates conflict when he has to act as a doctor for his human/humanoid co-workers despite knowing nothing about human anatomy.
211* ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'' has Myc Celium, a mushroom-like intelligent organism and part of the main cast. Glenn Dolphman is a less straight example, having formerly been human and presently being a half-human ArtificialHybrid.
212* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'' has the Twins as the Token Aliens of MIB. In the fourth season, sci-fi affirmative action causes MIB to hire an alien field agent and alien scientist.
213* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has a Token Non-Equine: Spike, the baby dragon.
214* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Oswaldo}}'' is an anthropomorphic penguin in an otherwise entirely human cast.
215* On the ''Series/PunkyBrewster'' cartoon, Glomer is a non-traditional example while Punky's dog Brandon is more traditional.
216* Slimer the Ghost in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''.
217* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
218** ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' didn't have to deal with elaborate makeup, so it managed to get away from this trope with Lt. M'Ress and Lt. Arex being part of the bridge crew.
219** ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': Tendi the Orion girl among the four main members of the cast who are all lower decks. Amongs the senior staff there's also a Bajoran security chief and a Caitan medical chief.
220** ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'' kind of averted, all main characters are aliens, the closest thing is Janeway's hologram who is the hologram of a human.
221* ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy'' has Alpha-Pig, who is part of an otherwise human quartet of Super Readers.
222* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'' is a FallenAngel in a world of humans.
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