If there's a race of non-human, non-spiritual, non-monster sapient beings in your fiction, you're most likely looking at either ScienceFiction or {{Fantasy}}. Further, the race probably has characteristics drawn from a common set of tropes. These are some of those tropes.

[[EldritchAbomination Races defined by their sheer unintelligent monstrosity]] generally don't fall under this set of tropes. Mythical creatures and other non-sapients are covered in OurMonstersAreDifferent. Contrast HumansAreIndexed.
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!!Tropes
[[index]]
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'''Categories:'''
+ AlienTropes
+ BeastMan
+ ElfTropes
+ FairyTropes
+ GenieTropes
+ MerTropes
]
* AbstractEater
* AbusiveAlienParents
* AlienFairFolk
* AlienHair
* AlienNonInterferenceClause
* AllGenesAreCodominant
* AllTrollsAreDifferent
* AlwaysChaoticEvil
* AlwaysLawfulGood
* AmusingAlien (and other unusual beings)
* AnthropomorphicFood
* BeingHumanSucks
* BigCreepyCrawlies
* BizarreAlienBiology
* BizarreAlienLocomotion
* BizarreAlienPsychology
* BizarreAlienReproduction
* BlueAndOrangeMorality
* BrownNoteBeing
* CactusPerson
* CallAHumanAMeatbag
* CapturedSuperEntity
* CivilizedAnimal
* ClownSpecies
* DeathMeansHumanity
* DescriptivelyNamedSpecies
* DraconicHumanoid
* DragonAncestry
* TheDragonsComeBack
* DyingRace
* EggFolk
* EmotionEater
* EvilCounterpartRace
* ExoticExtendedMarriage
* FaeriesDontBelieveInHumansEither
* FantasticAbleism
* FantasticAngst
* FantasticArousal
* FantasticGhetto
* FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct
* FantasticRaceWeaponAffinity
* FantasticRacism
* FantasticReligiousWeirdness
* FantasticSlurs
* FantasticUnderclass
* FantasyCounterpartCulture
* FunnyAnimal
* FurryReminder
* HalfHumanHybrid
* HaveIMentionedIAmADwarfToday
* HeelRaceTurn
* HeinzHybrid
* HenchmenRace
* HigherTechSpecies
* HiveMind
* {{Hobbits}}
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal
* HybridAllAlong
* ImmortalProcreationClause
* InhumanableAlienRights
* InhumanlyBeautifulRace
* InterspeciesAdoption
* InterspeciesFriendship
* InterspeciesRomance
* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect
* LilliputianWarriors
* {{Lilliputians}}
* LittleBitBeastly
* LittlePeople
* LivingDream
* LivingPolyhedron
* LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces
* MageSpecies
* MassiveRaceSelection
* MindHive
* MobileFishbowl
* MonsterKnight
* MonsterTown
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch
* NonHumanHead
* NonHumanHumanoidHybrid
* NotQuiteHuman
* OneGenderRace
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame
* OurGnollsAreDifferent
* OurGnomesAreWeirder
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent
* OurImpsAreDifferent
* OurKoboldsAreDifferent
* OurOgresAreHungrier
* OurOrcsAreDifferent
* OurPixiesAreDifferent
* OurSirensAreDifferent
* PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales
* PawprintStamping
* PeeveGoblins
* PlanetOfCopyhats
* PlanetOfHats (when applied to an entire species)
* PlantPerson
* PrefersRawMeat
* RandomSpeciesOffspring
* RockMonster
* SapientEatSapient
* SapientFurTrade
* SapientPet
* SapientSteed
* ServantRace
* SiliconBasedLife
* SingleSpeciesNations
* SlaveRace
* SlimeGirl
* SocietyOfImmortals
* SonOfAnApe
* SpeciesLoyalty
* SquareRaceRoundClass
* StandardFantasyRaces
* StarfishLanguage
* SuperhumanTrafficking
* SuperiorSpecies
* TheTamingOfTheGrue
* TokenAquaticRace
* ToolsOfSapience
* {{Treants}}
* TribeOfPriests
* TrueBreedingHybrid
* {{Ultraterrestrials}}
* UnevenHybrid
* UnusualEars
* UpliftedAnimal
* WaddlingHead
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
* WiseTree
* ZombieAdvocate
[[/index]]

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-->'''Statler:''' I wonder why they keep mentioning [[Film/MuppetsFromSpace life on other planets.]]\\
'''Waldorf:''' Why should they care? They don't have lives on this one!\\
'''[[JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf Both]]:''' Dohohohoho!
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