History Main / MasterRace

* The elves in ''EightBitTheater''. Of course, they're actually every bit as stupid as everyone else.

* The Thalamor in ''TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' don't just want to kill everyone who isn't an elf - they want to ''destroy their souls'' as well to make sure they effectively cease to exist.

*** A key part of ''TheLordOfTheRings'' is the LiteraryAgentHypothesis, that it really happened about fourteen thousand years ago in Europe. Historically, most of those peoples were wiped out by an invasion out of the East by the Indo-Europeans, something a linguist like Tolkein would have been familiar with. Given the in-story comparative military bases of the Easterlings and the Dunedain remnants, its pretty clear that Gondor screwed up royally, probably with corruption and alienation of surrounding powers. Pretty much all that remains of this "master race" is the Basque peoples from France and Spain.

* The Trolls from ''{{Homestuck}}''. The ones we see are children, and all the adults are off conquering the galaxy.

* The ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' episode "Operation: Rebirth" has this with discussion on the super soldier experiment used on CaptainAmerica.

* The Fire Nation from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
* The Highbreed in ''Ben10AlienForce''.
* The ''XMenEvolution'' episode "Operation: Rebirth" has this with discussion on the super soldier experiment used on CaptainAmerica.

*** Nazis, while the TropeNamer, did have a few peoples we don't consider "white" who they considered Aryans. These included the Iranians and Indian brahmins (natch), the Japanese (to explain the alliance), Tibetans (according to Theosophy, the Aryan homeland), and the Sioux (due to Hitler's love of Karl May novels). Only the Sioux were really hostile to the "Aryan" label, because it challenged ''their'' mythic phylogeny. A better example would be the label of "Caucasian", almost universal to imperial powers in the 19th century; oddly, that trope namer, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, was not really a racist, at least by 18th-century standards

* {{Dracula Dracula's}} obsession with blood goes a lot deeper than just wanting to drink it. He tells Jonathan Harker at length about the history of Transylvania, explaining that the Szekelys are descended from both [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Vikings]] and [[BloodKnight Huns]] and thus his race is stronger and purer than the other noble dynasties of Europe. The second that technology provides him the ability to leave his provincial domain, he sets into motion his plan for world domination. So he's not only a CompleteMonster, he's also a racist.

* [[Dracula Dracula's]] obsession with blood goes a lot deeper than just wanting to drink it. He tells Jonathan Harker at length about the history of Transylvania, explaining that the Szekelys are descended from both [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Vikings]] and [[BloodKnight Huns]] and thus his race is stronger and purer than the other noble dynasties of Europe. The second that technology provides him the ability to leave his provincial domain, he sets into motion his plan for world domination. So he's not only a CompleteMonster, he's also a racist.

Note- does not apply to races or cultures who think they're superior but have no interest in conquering the outside world. The Master Race wants to ''master'' the rest of the world, not be apart from it. They may already be served by a SlaveRace, ServantRace, or HenchmenRace, though some extreme examples are too xenophobic even for that.

See also ScaryDogmaticAliens, and there will likely be in- or out-of universe comparisons made to ThoseWackyNazis. If said comparisons are explicitly in-universe, they'll likely be PuttingOnTheReich. May show up as a central teaching of the ReligionOfEvil or PathOfInspiration. Contrast SuperiorSpecies, where the work itself presents a race as inherently better. Will generally show up as villains in works that are preaching AnAesop against racism.

Note- does not apply to races or cultures who think they're superior but have no interest in conquering the outside world. The Master Race wants to ''master'' the rest of the world, not be apart from it. They may already be served by a SlaveRace, ServantRace, or HenchmenRace, though some extreme examples [[BeyondTheImpossible are too xenophobic even for that]].

* The Daleks from ''DoctorWho'', who actually refer to themselves as "the master race" during the WWII-set ''Victory of the Daleks''. And the Cybermen. As well as a number of less scrupulous Time Lords.

Note- does not apply to races or cultures who think they're superior but have no interest in conquering the outside world. The Master Race wants to ''master'' the rest of the world, not be apart from it. They may already be served by a SlaveRace, ServantRace, or HenchmanRace, though some extreme examples [[BeyondTheImpossible are too xenophobic even for that]].