History Main / HufflepuffHouse

** By the time of ''Destiny'', the Sahaku was no longer among the five families, whose roster now consists of the Athha, the Seiran... And three other unseen families that were only named in an obscure databook.

*** The Lancaster, Boelyn, and St. James families are all pretty prominent and have multiple members with names and/or dialogue and each house produces a victor, but said victors are the only members of each family to appear in more than one chapter and rarely if ever acknowledge their families later on.

* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorld:''

*** The St. Martin family competes with the Boelyn and St. James families to be District 1's most important Great House, but only receive a single passing mention in Luster's chapter.

* ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject''

** District 1 is ruled by forty noble families, but only nine of them (St. James, Boelyn, Delacroix, Lancaster, Dustell, St. Martin, Westness, Seville, and Rosencrantz) are named and several of them only have minor roles.

* In ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'', Ritual Summoning seems to be ignored for most of the time. This is not uncommon in the franchise, since only a few duelists actually use Ritual Cards, with ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' never showing a Ritual Summon at all. However, despite ''ARC-V'' focuses on all Special Summoning methods instead of only one unlike ''5D's'' or ''[[Anime/YuGiOhZexal ZEXAL]]'', and the characters from this series treat these Special Summonings as awesome, Ritual Summoning seems to be viewed as not as special as the other four methods. The fact that a Ritual Dimension hasn't been mentioned yet doesn't help either.
** The Standard Dimension is where the bulk of the main cast comes from, and is the setting of the first season. The Xyz Dimension's LaResistance play a big role in the plot, as does the Fusion Dimension. The Synchro Dimension is mentioned as an aside by Yuto to show that it exists, and we only meet one person from there: Yugo, who has no scenes in his world and only appears in Standard and Xyz. The Synchro Dimension is the setting of season 2 and gets fleshed out later on, but by then the Xyz Dimension is rarely mentioned, and the only mentions it gets are related to how the Fusion Dimension destroyed Heartland. Season 3 starts off in the Xyz Dimension where the heroes would eventually gain powerful allies.

** Hufflepuff House, the {{Trope Namer|s}}, who are in one instance basically called "all-the-rest". At their ''grandest'' they get faintly praised for "dedication" and "dependability" -- loyality distinct from the more heroic-oriented Gryffindor brand. The Sorting Hat's song at one point has the other three house founders selecting students for specific strengths and Helga Hufflepuff saying she'll take the leftovers. WordOfGod says that they ''are'' good at stuff, [[HumbleHero they're just humble and don't boast like the other Houses]]. The foremost member of distinction they have is Cedric Diggory, who is a sympathetic character and a Hogwarts champion. They're also mentioned to have the second-most students stay to battle Voldemort. And finally, their [[AnimalMotifs mascot]] is a ''badger'' - is fluffy and adorable right up until the point you threaten something it cares about, whereupon it will ''end you''. This is ''not'' a coincidence.

** For the Earth Alliance itself, all of its members except the Atlantic Federation have pulled the short straw.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Compared to the other races, the [[FairFolk Koroks]] have neither a [[MagicKnight Champion]] who was a former ally of [[TheHero Link]] nor any significant connection to the [[AnimalMecha Divine Beasts]]. Their only purpose is to expand Link's inventory.

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', being a story about one front in an inter-planetary war, has several. The Leeran war was originally this, but the Animorphs were transported to their world and helped end that affair in short order. But there's also the Yeerk Peace Movement, a contingent of Yeerks who believe that infesting and controlling humans (or at least humans against their will) is wrong; the Anati system of planets, where the Andalites are planning to attack the Yeerks because they feel things are more urgent there and that Earth is likely lost; and the Rakkam Garroo conflict, another something-or-other that is distracting the Andalite fleet for three years so that the Animorphs are basically left to do everything themselves. Also, the free Hork-Bajir.
** Most of those conflicts get at least a book or two heavily devoted to them, but as the books are first-person with the Animorphs, matters far from their hometown are on the back burner, but get their mentions and have their impact. Individual Yeerk defectors and free Hork-Bajir are recurring allies throughout the series. The ''main'' Hufflepuff house situation is the Rakkam Garroo conflict; that name is ''all you're getting, ever.'' It exists to make sure the Andalites are tied up with it so they can't ride to the rescue. Period.

* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' has its [[TheFairFolk Fairies]] divided in seven ([[SixthRanger later revealed to be eight]]) families: [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]], [[OurGnomesAreWeirder Gnomes]], [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Dwarves]], [[OurCentaursAreDifferent Centaurs]], Sprites, [[CuteIsEvil Pixies]], [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]] and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demons]]. Elves, Dwarves and Centaurs all have members of their species as main characters, all get more or less fleshed out as a result; the most recurring villain is a Pixie, and Demons get an entire book dedicated to them. Sprites and Gnomes, on the other hands, only get very vague characteristics (Sprites have wings and Gnomes tend to be fat; that's it) and are overall irrelevant to the plot.

** This extends to the respective Hogwarts ghosts. The Fat Friar, Hufflepuff's ghost, only appears in the first book and never has any effect on the plot. Meanwhile, Gryffindor's Nearly Headless Nick is good friends with the protagonists and plays a sizable supporting role in the second book; Slytherin's Bloody Baron is exploited as the only one the castle poltergeist Peeves fears; And Ravenclaw's Grey Lady provided [[spoiler:Lord Voldemort with one of his Horcruxes]] and as a bonus got murdered by the Bloody Baron.

* ''Literature/TheScholomance:''
** The kids who are sophomores in the first book and juniors in the second book get the least amount of appearances and plot relevance.
** Only one or two are even named.
There are dozens of enclaves of magic users with representatives in the Scholomance, but only the New York enclave (where Orion comes from) gets much description or prominence.

** How memorable are the Andorians and Tellarites? They're half the founding members of the Federation but appeared in no more than four episodes of The Original Series and less in all the follow-up series except Enterprise and Discovery.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'', the PC Nation is depicted as a country in its own right, functioning without a goddess unlike the console-based nations of Lowee, Lastation, and Leanbox. While some areas in the PC Nation are explorable, its situation is kept separate from the rest of the plot, and not much is known about it aside from a few Makers who hail from there. ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaSistersVsSisters'' gives it some focus by introducing its CPU candidate, but the rest of the country is destroyed following her introduction.

* The loot manufacturers in the ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' series all get varying degrees of focus. We meet members, agents and/or soldiers of the Atlas, Hyperion, Dahl, Torgue and Maliwan corporations throughout the series, and although we know less about Tediore, Vladof and Jakobs each has a radio presence, a set of character skins and a diverse arsenal to their name. Anshin, Pangolin and S&S Munitions all get Hufflepuffed, S&S isn't present at all after the first game, and as the other two don't make weaponry they seem to have largely been sidelined.

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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' features Hufflepuff House, the {{Trope Namer|s}}, who are in one instance basically called "all-the-rest". At their ''grandest'' they get faintly praised for "dedication" and "dependability" -- loyality distinct from the more heroic-oriented Gryffindor brand. The Sorting Hat's song at one point has the other three house founders selecting students for specific strengths and Helga Hufflepuff saying she'll take the leftovers. WordOfGod says that they ''are'' good at stuff, [[HumbleHero they're just humble and don't boast like the other Houses]]. The foremost member of distinction they have is Cedric Diggory, who is a sympathetic character and a Hogwarts champion. They're also mentioned to have the second-most students stay to battle Voldemort. And finally, their [[AnimalMotifs mascot]] is a ''badger'' - is fluffy and adorable right up until the point you threaten something it cares about, whereupon it will ''end you''. This is ''not'' a coincidence.
** Ravenclaw students aside from Luna Lovegood and Cho Chang do even less than the Hufflepuff students throughout the series, mainly since the reader almost never sees members of that house from Harry's year present throughout the series. However, Luna is a fan-favorite BreakoutCharacter, and the Ravenclaw Common Room has actually been seen, while the Hufflepuff Common Room is mentioned to be "near the kitchens". That's it.
** This extends to the respective Hogwarts ghosts. The Fat Friar, Hufflepuff's ghost, only appears in the first book and never has any effect on the plot. Meanwhile, Gryffindor's Nearly Headless Nick is good friends with the protagonists and plays a sizable supporting role in the second book; Slytherin's Bloody Baron is exploited as the only one the castle poltergeist Peeves fears; And Ravenclaw's Grey Lady provided [[spoiler:Lord Voldemort with one of his Horcruxes]] and as a bonus got murdered by the Bloody Baron.
** Combined with CreatorProvincialism, it seems that the Second Wizarding War only affects Britain, because otherwise, that would make the Ministries of Magic of other countries complete unabashed Hufflepuff Houses. The fourth book mentions the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic, and additional materials mention no less than ''16'' Ministries of Magic existing at any time, [[http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Ministry_of_Magic#Known_countries_with_Ministries_of_Magic as shown here]], of which none (except the British, of course) is said to contribute in the war. This may be a simple matter of scale; until the British Ministry fell in the seventh book, it would have looked like nothing but the remnants of a minor terrorist group that [[OddlySmallOrganization capped off at about 50 members]] versus an entire nation. Especially since the British ministry was actively covering up Voldemort's return. If so they're right; when it comes to an open fight the Death Eaters are overwhelmed.
** The ''Fantastic Beasts'' [[Literature/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem book]] and [[Film/FantasticBeasts films]] do at least subvert it just a bit by having the protagonist be a Hufflepuff. However Newt Scamander is out of school by the story's beginning, so we still don't get to see the goings on of Hufflepuff as a house. There is also no indication that we'll find out anything about the backstory of the house itself (of course, we're only two movies in as of this writing so that could change in the future).
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* Literature/TheQuran considers the Peoples of the Book (followers of Abrahamic religions) to be Muslims, Jews, Christians, and "Sabians". While Jews and Christians are obviously familiar to us, nobody knows who the hell Sabians refer to. Scholars have theorized that they are followers of a kind of Gnostic religion, like Mandaeism or the extinct Manichaeism.

* Literature/TheQuran considers the Peoples of the Book (followers of Abrahamic religions) to be Muslims, Jews, Christians, and "Sabaeans". While Jews and Christians are obviously familiar to us, nobody knows who the hell Sabaeans refer to. Scholars have theorized that they are followers of a kind of Gnostic religion, like Mandaeism or the extinct Manichaeism.

** [[WolfMan The Canim]] [[FantasticCasteSystem have three castes: Warrior, Ritualist and Makers]]. According to Nausug, the workers are actually the main caste in that the other two do what they do for the makers' benefit... But none of the makers are ever named or portrayed as particularly important individually. Their primary significance is proof the Canim are InvadingRefugees, as it turns out the bulk of their army is maker civilians with improvised weapons.

** [[WolfMan The Canim]] [[FantasticCasteSystem have three castes: Warrior, Ritualist and Workers]]. According to Nausug, the workers are actually the main caste in that the other two do what they do for the workers' benefit... But none of the workers are ever named or portrayed as particularly important individually. Justified as the caste is what's important, individuals within it are not.

** There are many islands and locations in BIONICLE's world, but outside of the few that have been central to the story (Mata Nui, Metru Nui, etc.), we see very litte of the world. What little info there is about the other islands [[AllThereInTheManual is covered in companion guides]]. Any chance to visit these places properly in the story is lost after [[spoiler:the giant robot housing the entire world is destroyed (taking the islands with it)]] in the GrandFinale.

* In the very first episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Professor Oak is supposed to send four trainers off to start their journey, giving them the Starter Pokémon Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. One of them is Oak's grandson Gary, and the other is his rival Ash, hero of the series. The other two starting trainers were never shown and only mentioned sporadically throughout the series, the last time of which they inexplicably quit being Pokemon trainers. The only reason they were even in the narrative was for the three Starter Pokémon (Gary having chosen Squirtle) to be unavailable for Ash, who was late for the meeting, and Professor Oak had to give him a rowdy Pikachu instead. The NonSerialMovie ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'' actually replaces the two unseen trainers with a OneShotCharacter from the Orange Islands Saga and Tierno, who was one of Ash's {{Friendly Rival}}s in the Kalos Saga and is an actual character from the games. Oddly enough, due to the movie giving Gary a Squirtle like in the main series, the two got Starter Pokémon that don't match their choices in the main series.[[note]]Marina is Water-Type specialist in the series, but she got a Bulbasaur in the movie. Tierno has the Squirtle line as his Starter Pokémon in the series, but he got a Charmander in the movie.[[/note]]

* ''Manga/LandOfTheLustrous'' focuses on three races descended from humanity: the titular Lustrous, the enigmatic Lunarians, and the aquatic Admirabilis. Of these three groups, only the latter group gets this treatment in the story, as the story doesn't dive as deep into their culture or structure as much as it does for the Lustrous and Lunarians. Most of the information revealed is only given out ''by'' the Lunarians, and their race's evolution or lack therof is glossed over when long stretches of time are involved. We do get to see three representatives and all three play a major role in the protagonist Phos' development, but they are all never seen again after their arcs.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'', the PC Nation is depicted as a country in its own right, functioning without a goddess candidate unlike the console-based nations of Lowee, Lastation, and Leanbox. While some areas in the PC Nation are explorable, its situation is kept separate from the rest of the plot, and not much is known about it aside from a few Makers who hail from there. ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaSistersVsSisters'' gives it some focus by introducing its CPU candidate, but the rest of the country is destroyed following her introduction.