Basic Trope: Humans are called something other than humans - typically in genres like fantasy, science fiction, and xenofiction.
- Straight: In a fantasy setting, Beast Men refer to humans as "no-furs".
- Exaggerated: Every fantasy race in the work has its own word for humans.
- Downplayed: Humans are almost always referred to as something such as "man"/"men".
- Justified:
- The non-human characters haven't heard of (or seen) humans before, and are simply calling them by their defining characteristics.
- It's meant to be a form of Fantastic Racism.
- Inverted: Humans refer to non-humans as something other than the real name for their species.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- The non-humans refer to humans as "humans".
- The work takes place in a World of Funny Animals, or other setting where no humans ever appear.
- Enforced: "It wouldn't make much sense if we had non-humans refer to humans by their proper name right off the bat, especially if they've never seen a human before. Let's have them call humans "earthlings" or something similar."
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Token Human Hiro lets everyone know that the proper name for his species is a human.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
Back to Humans by Any Other Name, two-legged one!
