History Main / HumansAreCthulhu

* This provides the conflict in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''. A civilization of [[OurMonstersAreWeird monsters]] scare human children to use their screams as a source of energy. Though despite frequently interacting with them, the monsters all hold a paranoid superstitious belief that human kids are dangerously poisonous creatures. When a little girl somehow leaves Earth and visits the monster world, mass hysteria and widespread panic break out, with the general public behaving as if their city was being invaded by Cthulhu.

* In ''Fanfic/MythosEffect'', this is [[Franchise/MassEffect the Citadel]]'s reaction to humanity by dint of this being the humanity from ''TabletopGame/CthulhuTech'', meaning they have {{Magitek}} that has a tendency to [[GoMadFromTheRevelation drive it's users mad]], [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever 30-foot bio-mechanical abominations]], and certain members of their species who can, at the very least, MindRape you, and at the very worst, [[LovecraftianSuperpower turn into hideous beasts with such abilities as phasing through solid matter, or bending and twisting your flesh like putty]]. Heck, the reason the First Contact War isn't ''even more'' of a CurbStompBattle (in spite of Humanity's justified FantasticRacism) is that a) they only recently got done with a war on two fronts between the [[StarfishAliens Mi-Go]] and the [[EldritchAbomination King in Yellow]], so they're more than a little war weary, and b) [[EnlightenedSelfInterest they don't want to indirectly antagonize the rest of the Citadel into joining]].

* In some cultures , humans coming from foreign lands might feel beyond comprehension or like ancient gods from afar to some indigenous people. They have floating palaces of wood and sticks that shoot thunder after all. Of course native peoples are more intelligent than they are given credit for, so this illusion of being divine is likely to disappear when they see the basic mechanics of machines, or [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu when they actually start interacting with the strangers.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlackSpeech Iä! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh scu'ba di'ver Doc'tah Ph'lip Shyrrm'n Syd'ney wgah'nagl fhtagn!]][[note]]In his house at Sydney, dead scuba diver Dr. Philip Sherman waits dreaming.[[/note]]]]

* In some cultures , humans coming from foreign lands might feel beyond comprehension or like ancient gods from afar to some indigenous people. They have floating palaces of wood and sticks that shoot thunder after all. Of course native peoples are more intelligent than they are given credit for, so this illusion of being divine is likely to disappear when they see the basic mechanics of machines, or [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCathulu when they actually start interacting with the strangers.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlackSpeech Iä! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Scu'ba Di'ver Doc'tah Ph'lip Shyrrm'n Syd'ney wgah'nagl fhtagn!]][[note]]In his house at Sydney, dead Scuba Diver Dr. Philip Sherman waits dreaming.[[/note]]]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', bears are absolutely ''terrified'' of humans. And one human ends up [[KarmicTransformation becoming a bear himself.]]
-->'''Koda''': Those monsters look pretty scary. Especially with those sticks...

* ''WebVideo/RatsSMP'': The series is set in a countryside mansion with {{resourceful|Rodent}} RatMen as protagonists; the humans are several times taller than the rats, who all but live in perpetual terror hiding from them. While the rats gradually get used to the humans' presence and later [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu help resolve conflicts between the human NPCs from afar]], [[spoiler:and the humans occasionally do help the rats in turn with problems like magical mishaps,]] the inherent threat of being trapped in a cage with no one to save them in time is always daunting for the rats and a constant in their life in the Mansion.
-->'''Jimmy:''' ''(hiding from a maid)'' I don't like this. I didn't know this is- This is Horror SMP!

* The ''Literature/{{Silverwing}}'' series by Kenneth Oppel deals with this, particularly the second book, ''Sunwing''. The bats get caught up in a human war when captured, placed in first a false paradise (a conservatory or somesuch) and then exploited, using a fictionalized version of the "Bat Bombs" tested by the US in World War II. At least one of the protagonists loses his parents this way. The humans in the series occasionally simply band bats (just for research, but the bats don't know that). Some colonies of bats believe that humans are evil and banded bats are exiled for fear they will bring bad luck. Other colonies believe that humans are good and the bands are a sign that humans will one day soon help the bats defeat their enemies [[spoiler:which leads to a scene in which Goliath appears decked out in dozens of metal bands -- implying that he killed and ate the bats wearing them previously]]. The protagonists constantly question exactly whose side the humans are on.

* Stanisław [[Creator/StanislawLem Lem]]’s ''Bajki robotów'' ("Robot Tales") is a collection of bedtime stories robots tell their kids.

* ''Film/FreeGuy'': Downplayed to the NonPlayerCharacter inhabitants of the video game ''Free City'', the "[[PlayerCharacter Sunglasses People]]" come across as super-powerful beings [[BlueAndOrangeMorality who are allowed to do anything they please to the inhabitants and city]]. The non-players grow to tolerate an accept this situation as unquestionable reality -- well, [[IncitingIncident until one of them doesn't]].

* There's a short story out there by Walt Sheldon called "The Hunters" where the world is invaded by ferocious and pitiless aliens who relentlessly destroy all of civilization. TheReveal is that [[spoiler:this is another planet, and the invading aliens are actually human conquerors]].