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[[folder: Anime & Manga ]]

->''"Humans may gather together, help each other, and accomplish many things, but their civilization could be easily destroyed by dragons. So I think dragons are better."''
-->-- '''Tohru''', ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid''

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[[folder: Films -- Live-action ]]


-> ''"I want you to release all the monsters. I want the earthlings to see they're infants. They are nothing more than livestock. We shall destroy their civilization. Their long chair of civilization is about to be wiped out. The poor humans. It's almost sad."''
-->-- '''"Controller X"''', ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''

->''In the silent void of Outer Space, puny Man matches his cunning against a monster from Mars, running rampant!''
-->-- Trailer for ''Film/ItTheTerrorFromBeyondSpace''

->''"Y'know, I've noticed an 'infestation' here. Everywhere I look, in fact. Nothing but undeveloped, unevolved, barely conscious pond scum, totally convinced of their own superiority as they scurry about in their short, pointless lives."''
-->-- '''"Edgar"''', ''Film/MenInBlack''

->''"Because all you of Earth are '''idiots!'''"''
-->-- '''Eros''', ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''

->'''General Zod:''' [[EvilCannotComprehendGood This "Super"-Man is nothing of the kind! He]] ''[[EvilCannotComprehendGood cares.]]'' [[EvilCannotComprehendGood He actually cares for these Earth people.]]\\
'''Ursa:''' [[ThisIsMyHuman Like pets?]]\\
'''Zod:''' I suppose so.
-->-- ''Film/SupermanII''

->'''Loki:''' The humans slaughter each other in droves while you idly fret. I mean to ''rule'' them, and why should I not?\\
'''Thor:''' You think yourself above them?\\
'''Loki:''' [[BluntYes Well, yes.]]
-->--''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''

->''"They're only monkey-boys. We can crush them here on Earth, Lord Whorfin."''
-->--'''John O'Connor''', ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''

->''"We all know what gutless cowards humans are, don't you?"''
-->--'''Redeye''', ''Film/Oblivion1994''

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[[folder: Literature ]]


->''"They're going to have such a surprise when Orostron reaches them—I expect it will be rather a blow to their pride. It's funny how all isolated races think they're the only people in the Universe. But they should be grateful to us; we're going to save them a good many hundred years of travel."''
-->-- '''Creator/ArthurCClarke''', "Rescue Party"

->''"Obviously, people from other planets are going to have extra powers that Earth people don't have. Anybody who has ever watched television knows that."''
-->-- The Venusian '''Clarence Yojimbo''' in ''Literature/AlanMendelsohnTheBoyFromMars''

->'''Chester:''' [[OurGnomesAreWeirder My true nature is hard to explain in terms you could understand]].
->'''Judy:''' Because I'm a monkey.
->'''Chester:''' I never said that.
->'''Judy:''' But you were thinking it.
->'''Chester:''' I don't judge. I rather like you lower entities. [[DamnedByFaintPraise You've done quite well for transient globs of possibly sentient protoplasm]].
->'''Judy:''' Possibly sentient?
->'''Chester:''' The jury is still out.
-->--''Literature/{{Monster}}''

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[[folder: Live-Action TV ]]


->''"That's what they are: savages. Just plumbing on two legs."''
-->-- '''Uriel''', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' ("It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester")

->''"What do you all have for brains? Pudding? Look at you. Why can't I get a decent species? Planet of the '''pudding-brains!'''"''
-->-- '''Twelfth Doctor''', ''Series/DoctorWho'' ("Deep Breath")

->''"The earth's a big and scary place,\\
With wars and crime and death\\
They [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking listen to Shawn Mullins\\
And Alanis Morissette]]"''
-->-- '''Crow''', "To Earth" (''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'')

->'''Dalek:''' THE INFERIOR HUMAN IS CORRECT.
->'''Dan:''' Oi! Who are you calling inferior?
->'''Dalek:''' [[BluntYes YOU.]] ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN MADE.
->'''Yasmin:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Pretty smart]], Daleks.
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Eve of the Daleks"

->"When your Captain first approached us, we suspected that an [[EnemyMine agreement with humans]] would prove impossible to maintain. [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill You are erratic, conflicted, disorganised. Every decision is debated, every action questioned. Every individual entitled to their own small opinion.]] You lack harmony, cohesion... greatness. It will be your undoing."
-->-- '''Seven of Nine''', ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', "Scorpion, Part II"

->'''Mestral:''' It’s unfortunate that you’ll be leaving these people without experiencing one thing they have to offer.\\
'''Stron:''' Such as alcohol, frozen fish sticks, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the constant threat of nuclear annihilation?]]
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "Carbon Creek"

->'''Pilot''': How do humans make it through a cycle -- or even ''half'' a cycle without [[TooDumbToLive killing each other?]] You have no special abilities. You're not particularly smart, can hardly smell, can barely see, and you're not even vaguely physically or spiritually imposing. Is there ''anything'' you do well?
->'''John''': Watch football.
-->-- ''{{Series/Farscape}}'', "Crackers Don't Matter"

->'''Sakai''': While I was out there...I saw something. What was it?\\
'''G'kar''' (''indicating a bouquet of flowers'') What is this?\\
'''Sakai''':An ant...So much gets shipped from Earth on commercial transports it's hard to keep them out.\\
'''G'kar''': I have just picked it up on the tip of my glove. If I put it down again, and it asks another ant "What was that?!" how would it explain? There are things in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They are vast, timeless, and if they are aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants, and we have as much a chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us. We know. We've tried.
-->-- ''Series/Babylon5'', "Mind War."



[[/folder]]

[[folder: Music ]]


->''"Sailors fighting in the dance hall\\
Oh man! look at those cavemen go\\
It's the freakiest show\\
Take a look at the lawman\\
Beating up the wrong guy\\
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know\\
He's in the best selling show\\
Is there life on Mars?"''
-->-- "Life On Mars?", '''Music/DavidBowie'''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Newspaper Comics ]]


->''"A hatch opened up and the aliens said,\\
"We're sorry to learn that you soon will be dead\\
But though you may find this slightly macabre,\\
We prefer your extinction to the loss of our job"''
-->-- ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Tabletop Games ]]


->''"You think to challenge'' me'', pitiful human? [[BadassBoast I, the bane of empires, the father of pain? Let me educate you]]..."''
-->-- '''[[TheFairFolk Archon K'shaic]]''', ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Video Games ]]


->''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Okay, fine. Let's all act like humans. Look at me. Boy, do I love sweating. Let's convert beef and leaves into energy and excrete them later and go shopping. ]]
''
-->-- '''[=GLaDOS=]''', ''{{VideoGame/Portal}} 2'' co-op mode

->''[[/folder]]

[[folder: Organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation, an accident. Your lives are measured in years and decades. You wither and die. We are eternal, the pinnacle of evolution and existence. Before us, you are nothing. ]]
''
-->-- '''[[spoiler:Sovereign]]''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''

->''Less than a finger deep to sever your spine. You're soft. Humans, [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe asari]], [[TheGreys salarians]], all soft. [[BubbleBoy Quar]][[SpaceJews ians]], [[StrongerThanTheyLook not so much]]. [[SpaceRomans Turians]], you have to work the blade, I guess.''
-->-- '''Grunt''' to Commander Shepard, ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

->''"You will regret being born useless and human!"''
-->--'''Urizen''' to Nero, ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''

->''[[/folder]]

[[folder: None have possessed the strength in [[You Cant Fight Fate previous Cycles ]]
. Your own species could be destroyed with a single thought. But]]'' [[/folder]]

[[folder: [[The Chosen One you ]]
]] ''[[/folder]]

[[folder: are different. I have witnessed your actions in this Cycle: the [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu destruction of Sovereign ]]
; the [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs fall of the Collectors]]. The Reapers perceive [[WorthyOpponent you]] as [[TheDreaded a threat]]. And I must understand [[WhatTheHellAreYou why?!]]]]''
-->-- '''[[spoiler:Leviathan]]''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''

->''[Pit asks how [[BoomStick staff weapons]] work]''\\
'''Viridi:''' All of your weapons have been imbued with the power of the gods.\\
'''Pit:''' So are humans able to use them?\\
'''Viridi:''' No, but they miss out on a lot of stuff. You know the saying about humans.\\
'''Pit and Viridi:''' Born crying, soon they're dying.\\
'''Pit:''' That's kind of mean, isn't it?\\
'''Viridi:''' Well, I've always liked the saying about the gods better.\\
'''Pit and Viridi:''' Powerful and frightening, [[BoltOfDivineRetribution spite everything with lightning]]!
-->-- ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''

->''"You are, all of you, vermin. Cowering in the dirt thinking... what? That you might escape the [[DeathFromAbove coming fire]]? Your world will burn until its surface is but glass!"''
-->-- '''Prophet of Truth''', ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''

->''"Like the rest of your race, weak and undisciplined."''
-->-- '''Arbiter Ripa 'Moramee''', ''VideoGame/HaloWars''

->''"As I suspected... nothing but a man."''
-->-- '''Atriox''', ''VideoGame/HaloWars2''

->''"For the Banished, victory is our shared cry. A refusal to cower, to bend. Our weaknesses beaten from us. Banished. It makes us strong! Your humanity makes you weak. Vulnerable. Defeatable."''
-->-- '''Escharum''', ''VideoGame/HaloInfinite''

->'''Brainiac''': I will master the Speed Force.\\
'''The Flash''': Yeah, I don't think so!\\
'''Brainiac''': Humans barely think ''at all''.
-->-- ''VideoGame/Injustice2''

->''"A massive, tentacled Daemon is tearing through from another plane as the helpless citizens of Gotham confront the insignificance of their pitiful human existences."''
-->-- '''Description of [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark Justice League Dark]] episode''', ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline''

->''"Long have [[TheFairFolk my people]] hunted yours for sport. Do you imagine us equals?!"''
-->-- '''Wood Elf Gladelord''', during negative diplomatic exchanges with the Empire, ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammer''

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[[folder: Webcomics ]]


->''"Swans eat, crap and have sex. What else is left?"''
-->-- '''[[Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella Dana Price]]''', [[http://nonadventures.com/2009/04/25/swan-fake/ Swan FAKE]]

->''"THEY'RE A MISERABLE POINTLESS CROP OF LIFEFORMS FROM A MEANINGLESS BORING PUSTULE OF A PLANET."''
-->-- '''Karkat Vantas''' on the Beta Kids, ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Web Original ]]


->''"Long, long ago, the Kree tried to turn humans into super-soldiers, but humans are a difficult bunch, so the effort was abandoned. (We're very special, as all sci-fi likes to reassure us. What makes us special is how needy we are.)"''
-->-- '''Andrew Wheeler''', [[http://comicsalliance.com/agents-of-shield-season-2-recap-episode-12-who-you-really-are/ ComicsAlliance]]

->'''Cell''': Come on, buddy, you can't be serious... With your power level? You're no android... You're no Namekian... And you're certainly no Super Saiyan! You're just human...\\
'''Tien''': Yeah...? Well, you know what? [[PrecisionFStrike F**k power levels!]] [[ClusterFBomb F**k Super Saiyans!]] [[AtomicFBomb AND F**K YOU!]] ''[[DefiedTrope SHIN!]] '''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome KIKOHO!!!]]'''''\\
'''Cell''': Oh, that's adorab-[[OhCrap SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!]] ''[blown up]''
-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation ]]


->''"You aren't listening, Mark. [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld My time here has been a speck in the span of my life]]. You don't know me. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I will burn. This. Planet. Down]]. Before I spend another '''MINUTE''' living among these animals."''
-->-- '''Omni-Man''', ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'', "Where I Really Come From"

->''"Humans just live short, boring, insignificant lives, so they make up stories to feel like they’re part of something bigger. They want to blame all the world’s problems on a single enemy they can fight, instead of a complex network of interrelated forces beyond anyone’s control."''
-->-- '''Pearl''', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', "Keep Beach City Weird" (specifically talking about [[ConspiracyTheorist Ronaldo]])

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Real Life ]]


->''"Since scientists are people, it is not surprising that comparable pretensions have insinuated themselves into the scientific worldview. Indeed, many of the central debates in the history of science seem to be, in part at least, contests over whether HumansAreSpecial. Almost always, the going-in assumption is that we ''are'' special. After the premise is closely examined, it turns out - in dishearteningly many cases - that we are not."''
-->-- '''Creator/CarlSagan''', ''Pale Blue Dot''

->''"Now all my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and interests and emotions have no validity or significance in the vast cosmos-at-large."''
-->-- '''Creator/HPLovecraft'''
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