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Not every elf can be better.

I quite fancy Hufflepuff actually. I've always thought in Hufflepuff they just spend the day making stuff with safety scissors and glitter.
Annie, Being Human, pilot episode

Some settings are richly designed, full of various colorful characters, replete with a complex social and political system where The Federation and The Empire compete for power. To spice things up, they will often include various "third side" factions to give the people in the Wardrobe department something to do.

But you can't have them be too powerful or relevant, lest they take away from the heroes' limelight. This is Hufflepuff House, an organizational equivalent to the Mauve Shirt or Redshirt Army. They help round out the setting without actually impacting much on it, save perhaps as The Cavalry. Hufflepuff House is often part of the Back Story or background of a new character for an episode; and if the character becomes popular enough their House will become patterned after them, becoming the "Race" in Proud Warrior Race Guy. Essentially, an entire group of "Sirs Not Appearing In This Film".

Named for the group in Harry Potter. See also Whats A Secret Four?

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