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*** Ventrue, Tzimisce and Salubri as High Men, with the first two seeng themselves as MasterRace (and the whole AboveGoodAndEvil thing of Tzimisce philosophy) and Salubry have strong emphasis on EnlightenmentSuperpowers.

* StarWars:

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*** '''Fairy''': {{Unicorn}}s are a WitchSpecies and each one can [[PersonalityPowers use magic associated with his/her special skill]], while a unicorn who has magic itself as their special skill will generally gravitate towards being TheArchmage. They also have hints of ProudScholarRace.

* '''Stout''' ([[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarfs]], [[OurGiantsAreBigger Giants]], UrsineAliens, the ProudWarriorRace, BeastMan, [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Blizzard-type Orcs]], and the like): Strong and tough, usually associated with hard physical work and masculinity, to the point that they may be a OneGenderRace of males. The archetypal Stout in fantasy is the dwarf. While in ScienceFiction settings, the role may be given to one of the more [[ProudWarriorRace warlike]] alien races, robots or cyborgs or possibly even [[HumanSubspecies humans]] genetically or cybernetically enhanced for heavy labour or [[HeavyWorlder life on high-gravity planets]]. Stouts can be quick to anger and often have a culture focused on strength, honor and martial values, and may share an uneasy peace with other peoples of the setting.

Many fantastic settings attempting a universe will end up using "races" of people, the word race here typically referring to species of humanoids and not "races" of humans.

Many fantastic settings attempting a universe will end up using "races" of people, the word race here typically referring to species of humanoids and not "races" of humans (however, in some cases the groups can interbreed, muddling things somewhat).

* TheBigGuy: Stout. Ironically, this often means that the Dwarf of the party fills the role of TheBigGuy.

* '''Stout''' (ex; [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarfs]], [[OurGiantsAreBigger Giants]], UrsineAliens, the ProudWarriorRace, BeastMan, [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Blizzard-type Orcs]]): Strong and tough, usually associated with hard physical work and masculinity, to the point that they may be a OneGenderRace of males. The archetypal Stout in fantasy is the dwarf. While in ScienceFiction settings, the role may be given to one of the more [[ProudWarriorRace warlike]] alien races, robots or cyborgs or possibly even [[HumanSubspecies humans]] genetically or cybernetically enhanced for heavy labour or [[HeavyWorlder life on high-gravity planets]]. Stouts can be quick to anger and often have a culture focused on strength, honor and martial values, and may share an uneasy peace with other peoples of the setting.

* It also works for the various races to inhabit Ireland in CelticMythology:
** '''High Men:''' The Nemedians, Partholoin, and people of Cessair. All of them are sort of TheProgenitors, shaping the land itself in prehistoric times. The Nemedians are even the ancestors of the next three, which are...

** '''Fairy:''' The Tuatha De Dannan. The ancient Irish gods, masters of druid magic, and close enough to nature to become the original [[faeries TheFairFolk]].

** Cute = France -- or rather, French culture -- both in terms of Gallic Romanticism and in terms of its oppression under the Nazi conquest

** Stout = the Baby Boomers, who in fiction are now associated most with the classic dwarven traits of gruff practicality, a sour or cynical disposition, and a tendency to keep to themselves and to avoid and dislike all the other generations (classically represented by a dwarflike DustinHoffman in TheGraduate)

* [[Film/GuardiansoftheGalaxy Guardians of the Galaxy]]:

** '''Fairy''': Groot, Mantis in [[Film/GuardiansoftheGalaxyVol2 the second movie]]

* ''GuardiansoftheGalaxy'':

* ''Film/GuardiansoftheGalaxy'':

** '''Stout''": Drax the Destroyer

* [[Film/GuardiansoftheGalaxy]]:
** Mundane: Peter Quill/Star-Lord
** Fairy: Groot, Mantis in [[Film/GuardiansoftheGalaxyVol2 the second movie]]
** Cute: Rocket Raccoon
** High Men: Gamora
** Stout: Drax the Destroyer

* In the [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel Comics intergalactic scene]], of the most commonly seen alien races, the Kree are the Stouts (a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race]] with strength surpassing normal humans), the Shi'ar are High Men (both BirdPeople and SpaceElves), the Skrull are an ugly version of Fairies ([[ShapeShifter shapeshifting]] is a common trait of the Fair Folk in myth and folklore), and the Humans oddly enough are often treated as a cross between Mundanes and Cutes by the rest of the galaxy (when not treated as a pest needing to be exterminated).
* However, of the most commonly seen races native to the [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel Comics Earth]], the Atlanteans are the Stouts (yet another [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race]] with strength surpassing normal humans), the Inhumans are High Men, the Eternals are Fairies often mistaken for gods, Humans are the Mundanes (although Mutants often pretend to be High Men or even Fairies), and the Subterraneans (all three races) are an UglyCute sort of Cute. The Deviants, enemies of the Eternals, are also Stouts and have a great deal in common with the Atlanteans (both rely heavily upon huge [[Creator/JackKirby Kirbyesque]] war machines, giant beasts, and underwater cities).

** '''Stout:''' {{Cyclop|s}}es -- gruff and tough and love a good wine, giants rather than dwarves, but some of them were forgemasters either helping the [[UltimateBlacksmith smithing god Hesphaestus]] or forging thunderbolts for Zeus
** '''Fairy:''' [[NatureSpirit Nymphs]] -- [[PlantPerson Dryad]], [[ApparentlyHumanMerfolk Naiad]], [[RockMonster Oread]], etc. -- immortal or incredibly long-lived, closer to the powers of nature, and frequent consorts to the gods
** '''High Men:''' [[OurCentaursAreDifferent Centaurs]] -- in the original Greek myths, they were essentially a [[BarbarianTribe monster race for the heroes to kill]], but in later Roman additions, they begin to come across as a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior race]], and they have been treated this way ever since
** '''High Men:''' Human heroes -- in the original Greek myths, [[TheAce heroic humans]] were almost their own species separate from '''mundane''' humanity

** '''Cute:''' FaunsAndSatyrs -- in the original Greek myths, satyrs were terrifying and belonged in the '''stout''' category, but as their trickster side was played up by later Greek and then Roman tales and they were merged with the gentler Sileni, they changed into a more comic and ultimately '''cute''' version

*** Dwarves as Stout, as are half-orcs, the traditional choices for players who want to play strong and physically-oriented bruisers. Dwarves are typically the more benevolent variant of the Stout -- gruff, honorable, strong and durable, and culturally solid, down-to-earth and without much in the way of magic -- while half-orcs are combine human and orc physiology and culture to be more calm and organized than their orc parents, but at the same time noticeably bigger, stronger and more martial and aggressive than humans. They are both archetypal fighters and (in the half-orcs' case) barbarians, and both tend to value strength, martial skill and honor on the battlefield.
*** Elves as High Men.
*** Humans as Mundane.
*** Halflings as Cute, as well as being roguish sorts.
*** Gnomes as Fairy, being the only race that gets the natural ability to cast spells.

*** Stout: Dwarf, Dragonborn. Dwarves are the classic Stout race. The [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior race]] of the Dragonborn also qualifies, though they're multiclassed with High Men. Goliaths and Half-Orcs from the PHB 2 also fit here, and one can also make an argument for the Shifters. Minotaurs, from the PHB 3, sit firmly on here. The [[MechanicalLifeforms Warforged]] also fit neatly into this category, as well.
*** Fairy: Eladrin, Tiefling. Eladrin are the magicial elves, so they fit Fairy to a T. Tieflings are a darker example, being humans with diabolic traits resulting from a DealWithTheDevil. Forgotten Realms gives us Genasi, elemental blooded beings, and the [=PHB2=] also gives us Devas, reincarnated divine beings, while the PHB 3 adds the Wilden who are guardians of nature and Shardminds who are crystals held together by pure thought.
*** Mundane: Human. Naturally.
*** High Men: Elf, Half-Elf. The forest-loving elves and the HalfHumanHybrid half-elves can easily be placed here. The PHB 3 adds the Githzerai, mosaic folk from the Elemental Chaos (but oddly enough, not the Githyanki).
*** Cute: Halfling. The short, sneaky guys. Gnomes from the PHB 2 also qualify, with some multiclass with Fairy. Heroes of the Feywild gives us Pixies, which are Cute Fairies.

*** Stout: Dwarves again.
*** Fairy: Elves, with elements of High Men, and could wield both steel and magic depending on which "mode" they were in.
*** Mundane: Humans again.
*** Cute: Hobbits/Halflings.
** Classic ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' also follows this with its core character classes. Fighters (and Barbarians) map over to Stouts (even halfling fighters tend to be gruff), magic-users map over to Fairies to the point that dwarves cannot wield magic, Clerics have the jack-of-all-trades aspects of Mundanes as well as being almost exclusively human in most settings, Paladins and Rangers are classic High Men (at first, no race except human could play them), and Thieves and Bards are a combat-capable sort of Cute -- which is why the classic Thief races are halfling and kender.

** As a good example, Kamigawa block:

*** '''Stout''': the snakefolk, or Orochi-bito, consists of snake warriors and shamans. They tend toward being [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior race people]].
*** '''High Men''': the soratami, or cloudfolk. Besides generally being quite good at everything they do, and literally living high in the clouds, [[BreakTheHaughty they think they're better than everybody else.]]
*** '''Fairies''': the foxfolk, or kitsune-bito. They have a lot of clerics and archers. They're physically smaller than humans.
*** '''Cute''': here's the main subversion: Akki (goblins) and nezumi-bito (ratfolk) both share the ground between cute and AlwaysChaoticEvil. Akki also have a little stout thrown in, whereas nezumi show minor tendencies towards fairy or mundane.

** Stout: Burmecians are a mix of this, with a bit of High Men, breaking [[AnimalStereotypes the stereotypes associated with Rats]].They [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy like very much war and fights]], with the exception of the the much more peaceful Cleyran offshoot of them. But the Cleyrans still produce a lot of powerfull warriors, despite being relatively pacifistic, and living in seclusion. The High Men traits come from their sophistication, and the fact they're one of the more ancient civilisations on Gaia. The [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarves]] also fit this archetype, at least visualy, being powerfully built(they look quite like the ogre enemies in game, but less monstrous and ferocious). But it's subverted by them living in sunlight and close to forests, and considering both to be sacred. They seem also to be pretty peacefull.

*** '''Stout''': {{Pegas|us}}i, who used to be a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race]] before the founding of Equestria, but are now doing jobs such as weather managing. Earth ponies have shades of this thanks to their SuperStrength.

* The society of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' is partially based around this structure. Frogs are Mundane, but they also qualify as Cute. Toads are obviously Stout, though somewhat unusually for Stouts, they are also setting themselves up as High Men. Newts may be Fairy, though we still don't know enough about their society to draw conclusions. Humans are Mundane or Fairy, depending on how well integrated they are in Amphibian society.

* The society of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' is partially based around this structure. Frogs and newts are Mundane, but they also qualify as Cute. Toads are obviously Stout, though somewhat unusually for Stouts, they are also setting themselves up as High Men. Humans are Fairy, from the Amphibian society's POV (from Anne's POV, she is Mundane, and the frogs are Cute).

* The society of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' is partially based around this structure. Frogs and newts are Mundane, but they also qualify as Cute. Toads are obviously Stout, though somewhat unusually for Stouts, they are also setting themselves up as High Men. Humans are Fairy.

** Stout: [[OurGiantsAreBigger Giants]], the resident {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s who take after [[HornyVikings Vikings]], and the [[PettingZooPeople animalistic]] Minks, who are born warriors.

** Finally, while no race in particular could be considered Cute by itself alone, plenty of laguz could qualify thanks to being PettingZooPeople, and some of the beorc characters among both games, being children, also easily qualify.
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series has this going on, loosely. [[ScaryBlackMan Redguards]], [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]], and [[HornyVikings Nords]] are '''Stout'''. [[UnevenHybrid Bretons]] are '''Fairy'''. [[JackOfAllStats Dunmer]] and [[HumansAreAverage Imperials]] are '''Mundane'''. [[WitchSpecies Altmer]] are '''High Men''' (though between the events of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', they, or at least their [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor]] government, are '''[[FantasyAxisOfEvil Fallen]]''' instead). [[ForestRanger Bosmer]] are '''Cute'''. In addition, [[LizardFolk Argonians]] and [[CatFolk Khajiit]] are '''[[PettingZooPeople Beasts]]'''.

** Stout: Humans with animal characteristics (made up of both PettingZooPeople and {{Funny Animal}}s).

* Most of the ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'' games, with the exception of ''Dragon Quarter'', actually have this trope going as well combined with more than a bit of PettingZooPeople action.

** '''Stout:''' Dwarves, but especially clan Ghor and Roghan who embody most of the classic Dwarf stereotypes. Among the Elves, the forest-dwelling Henéa tribe is primarily composed of Stouts, being a territorial tribe of savages, more akin to traditional FairFolk than modern Wood Elves, that even the other Elves fear. Among the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Tiraks]], the regular Tiraks as well as the Trukh's have shades of this, doubly so for the Bazirk and Frakk lineages... though, in regards to Trukhs of clan Frakk, "stout" might not be a fully applicable word as they're more akin to hulking, giant, muscle-bound bears of Orcs on steroids...
** '''Fairy:''' Elves, and especially so Sanari, who also pull double duty as High Men, as well as Kiriya, who treasure fine arts, culture and love towards all living beings above all else, and Léaram, who many humans would swear are supernaturally gifted when it comes to smithing and combat.[[note]]They're not, they've just had a lot of time to perfect the arts.[[/note]] But aside from the Elves, the Dwarven clan Drezin can also be sorted into the "Fairy" category, being the most magically advanced of the Dwarf clans and the one furthest removed from traditional Dwarf stereotypes.

** '''High Men:''' The Sanari Elves ''exemplify'' this category while combining it with Fairy; being the most magically advanced people bar none, not to mention the most secretive; it's implied that they have even uncovered some of the secrets of the world, but if asked will offer nothing but a Mona Lisa-esque smile. Thism also get in on this, essentially being a tribe of vassals to the Sanari. Both of these races are also the stand-in for the setting's High Elves.
** '''Cute:''' The Missla, being a race of perky and plucky child-sized beings with big, almond-shaped eyes and long, pointed ears are quite prone to induce CutenessProximity, particularily (and humorously) among the 2 metre tall Kragg barbarians, and if the Kraggs' BerserkButton of abusing Misslas isn't because "Misla" means "Godsent" in their language, then it's probably because of sheer [[PapaWolf protective]] [[MamaBear instincts]]... To a lesser extent, the [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Gûrd]] people of the Tiraks can also count: Though their males are, at best, UglyCute, their women are closer to {{Cute Monster Girl}}s with their CuteLittleFangs, claws and light fur.

*** [[CaptainObvious Humans as Mundane]].

** The Humans are, of course, the '''Humans.''' (CaptainObvious to the rescue!) However, due to their mundanity, and the way some of them value hard work, they may well also fill the '''Stout''' role.

** Mundane: The '''Mexica''', best known today as the '''Aztecs'''. Their domain expanded far and wide, from central Mexico all the way to the south. Their capital, ''Tenochtitlan'', was the largest in the Americas at the time. Mexico City now stands over its ruins. They were an advanced civilization and successful strategists, which led to them being the most numerous civilization on the region. Yes, they are the namesake of the modern country of Mexico.
** Stout: The '''Chichimeca''', a blanket term equivalent to "barbarian" in Europe, used by the ''Mexica'' to refer to several nomadic tribes living in the wildlands to the [[GrimUpNorth north of Tenochtitlan]]. Most did not have fixed long-term settlements, and some constantly moved between central Mexico and as far north as what's now ''Utah''. Many of these consisted mostly of [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy stubborn desert-dwelling warriors]], and they actually resisted Spaniard occupation ''decades'' after the Mexica empire fell. The Spaniards eventually gave up trying to fight them, and finally tried a peaceful, much more successful approach.
** Fairy: The ''Teotihuacan'', both very advanced civilizations that had long dissolved at the time.
** Cute: Several tribes living under ''Mexica'' rule. A few, like the '''Tlaxcalteca''', were warriors that could not quite stand up to the ''Mexica''.
** High Men: The Spaniards.