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* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': The original series created in the sixties starred ComicBook/{{Robin}}, ComicBook/WonderGirl, [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Aqualad]], [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Speedy]], and [[ComicBook/WallyWest Kid Flash]]. All of them are white, with Wonder Girl as the only female. After later being retooled as the ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' to [[FollowTheLeader combat Marvel's success]] with ''ComicBook/XMen'', this team was similarly relaunched with a more diverse roster. Robin was the only returning member and was joined by Beast Boy (Caucasian-by-birth-genetically-altered-to-green-skinned male), ComicBook/{{Raven}} (a half-demon female), ComicBook/{{Starfire}} (a female, orange-skinned extraterrestrial) and ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} (an African-American male).

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** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' added [[TokenMinority token black character]] Lando Calrissian to the mix; the prequel trilogy added Mace Windu. ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' also has noticeably more minority actors portraying fighter pilots, while also introducing Mon Mothma as the leader of the Rebel Alliance, contrasting with older white men seen in command in the prior films.

* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': The original series created in the sixties starred ComicBook/{{Robin}}, ComicBook/WonderGirl, [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Aqualad]], [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Speedy]], and [[ComicBook/WallyWest Kid Flash]]. All of them are white, with Wonder Girl as the only female. After later being retooled as the "New Teen Titans" to [[FollowTheLeader combat Marvel's success]] with ''ComicBook/XMen'', this team was similarly relaunched with a more diverse roster. Robin was the only returning member and was joined by Beast Boy (Caucasian-by-birth-genetically-altered-to-green-skinned male), ComicBook/{{Raven}} (a half-demon female), ComicBook/{{Starfire}} (a female, orange-skinned extraterrestrial) and ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} (an African-American male).

** ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'' brings back former Jedi Ahsoka Tano, the first ''Star Wars'' live action work to focus on a nonhuman character, played by mixed race actress Creator/RosarioDawson. Some more main characters also brought into live action are Mandalorian bounty hunter/trainee Jedi Sabine Wren, played by Australian mixed race actress Creator/NatashaLiuBordizzo, and former Jedi Padawan Ezra Bridger, played by mixed race Creator/EmanEsfandi.

** ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' focuses on the title character who the Maori actor Creator/TemueraMorrison plays. He had previously played Boba's father Jango Fett (along with many other Jango clones).
** ''Series/{{Andor}}'' focuses on Cassian Andor, introduced in ''Film/RogueOne'' originally, showing events leading up to his role there. Creator/DiegoLuna, the Mexican actor who portrayed Andor in ''Rogue One'', [[RoleReprise reprises his role]]. The supporting cast is also more diverse, including the first explicit LGBT+ characters in lesbian BattleCouple Vel Sartha and Cinta Kaz, two rebel commandos whom Andor works with.
** ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'' brings back former Jedi Ahsoka Tano, the first ''Star Wars'' live action work to focus on a nonhuman character, played by mixed race actress Creator/RosarioDawson. Another main character also brought into live action is Mandalorian bounty hunter/trainee Jedi Sabine Wren, played by Australian mixed race actress Creator/NatashaLiuBordizzo.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' is significantly better in terms of LGBT representation compared to the previous entries in the ''Fire Emblem'' franchise with eight same-sex romance options for the protagonist (three for the male protagonist, five for the female protagonist) with most of the same-sex romances ending in marriage.

** In contrast to the original "canon" comic, ''Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues'' and ''Webcomic/Homestuck2'' devote a fair amount of space to trans and gender identity issues, and have several characters that are presented as cis in the original come out as trans or genderqueer.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' is significantly better in terms of LGBT representation compared to the previous entries in the ''Fire Emblem'' franchise with eight same-sex romance options for the main character (three for the male protagonist, five for the female protagonist).

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' is significantly better in terms of LGBT representation compared to the previous entries in the ''Fire Emblem'' franchise with eight same-sex romance options for the main character.

* While ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' is pretty diverse to begin with, the 2023 ''Island'' season takes it up a notch, not just by having more characters of color, but by adding an amputee, and its first openly gay contestant.

** ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' focuses on the title character who the Maori actor Creator/TemueraMorrison, who had previously played Boba's father Jango Fett (along with many other clones).

* ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' was the followup to ''ComicBook/Champions1975'' and starred a team of ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], ComicBook/GhostRider, ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}} and [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]]--all white and, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple aside from Black Widow]], male[[note]]Though Iceman would [[LateComingOut later on be established as gay]][[/note]]. The second series uses AffirmativeActionLegacy, and instead starred ComicBook/KamalaKhan (female Pakistani-American Muslim), [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderman Miles Morales]] (half-African American, half-Hispanic) [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]] (Korean-American), [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam Alexander]] (half-Hispanic-American), [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 Viv Vision]] ([[TwoferTokenMinority female lesbian robot]]), [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]] (female), ComicBook/{{Ironheart}} (female African-American), Snowguard (First Nations Canadian), Red Locust (female Hispanic-American), Patriot (African-American), Power Man (Hispanic), Falcon (Hispanic), Dust (female Afghan), Bombshell (female) and Pinpoint (East Indian). A teenage, time-displaced ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} served as the TokenWhite male on the team. ''ComicBook/Champions2020'' continued with roughly the same core cast.
* ''ComicBook/DCFutureState'': The ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} is far more explicitly diverse than the original lineup, with every member being an example of AffirmativeActionLegacy. Whereas the original lineup featured six white characters (only [[Franchise/WonderWoman one]] of which was a woman and [[Franchise/{{Superman}} another]] was a HumanAlien) and a [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter martian]], the new lineup has Jon Kent as Superman (Bisexual), Jace Fox as Batman (Black), Yara Flor as Wonder Woman (Brazillian), Jess Chambers as the Flash (Nonbinary), Andy Curry as Aquawoman (Female), and Jo Mullein as Green Lantern (Black Female).

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The series was originally launched with five white characters: four men and one woman--all American. After being completely revamped in the '70s as the "All-New, All-Different X-Men'', the team's roster expanded to both different ethnicities and different nationalities, including ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} (German), ComicBook/{{Storm}} (Kenyan), ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} (Canadian), ComicBook/{{Colossus}} (Russian), Sunfire (Japanese), Banshee (Irish), and Thunderbird (Native American). They were later joined by ComicBook/KittyPryde (Jewish) and have only become more diverse over the years.
* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'': The original run had only one character of color, Patriot, although it was also one of the only mainstream series to have a canonically gay couple in the main cast (one of whom is Jewish). The second volume added Latina lesbian ComicBook/AmericaChavez and black bisexual Prodigy and the nonbinary ComicBook/{{Loki}} tagged along for a while. Additionally, it implied [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]] and Speed were bisexual[[note]]the latter is later confirmed in ''Secret Wars'' and ''Empyre''[[/note]].

* ''Series/{{Willow|2022}}'': The series has four people of color in main roles, Ruby Cruz (Mexican-American) as Kit, Creator/ErinKellyman (Jamaican-British Englishwoman) as Jade, Creator/TonyRevolori (Guatemalan-American) playing Prince Graydon and Amar Chadha-Patel (an Englishman of Indian descent) as Boorman. Additionally, Kit and Jade are both queer women revealed as in love with each other, and Boorman is [[AmbiguouslyBi implied to be bi]] (or at least bicurious). Scorpia also flirts with [[spoiler:Jade]] before learning she's her [[spoiler:sister]]. Adwoa Aboah, who's biracial (with Ghanaian and white English parentage), plays her. This contrasts with [[Film/{{Willow}} the film]], which had only white main characters, and none were LGBT+.

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': The main films focusing on the founding members of Franchise/TheAvengers had mostly white casts led by men, with a TokenMinority or [[TheSmurfettePrinciple lone woman]] occasionally present. The franchise has started to shift away from this in Phase Three, with ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' (starring a mostly-black cast) and ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' (the franchise's first female-led superhero film).

* ''ComicBook/Champions|MarvelComics'': ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' was the followup to ''ComicBook/Champions1975'' and starred a team of ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], ComicBook/GhostRider, ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}} and [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]]--all white and, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple aside from Black Widow]], male[[note]]Though Iceman would [[LateComingOut later on be established as gay]][[/note]]. The second series uses AffirmativeActionLegacy, and instead starred ComicBook/KamalaKhan (female Pakistani-American Muslim), [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderman Miles Morales]] (half-African American, half-Hispanic) [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]] (Korean-American), [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam Alexander]] (half-Hispanic-American), [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 Viv Vision]] ([[TwoferTokenMinority female lesbian robot]]), [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]] (female), ComicBook/{{Ironheart}} (female African-American), Snowguard (First Nations Canadian), Red Locust (female Hispanic-American), Patriot (African-American), Power Man (Hispanic), Falcon (Hispanic), Dust (female Afghan), Bombshell (female) and Pinpoint (East Indian). A teenage, time-displaced ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} served as the TokenWhite male on the team. ''ComicBook/Champions2020'' continued with roughly the same core cast.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The series was originally launched with five white characters: four men and one woman--all American. After being completely revamped in the 70s as the "All-New, All-Different X-Men'', the team's roster expanded to both different ethnicities and different nationalities, including ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} (German), ComicBook/{{Storm}} (Kenyan), ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} (Canadian), ComicBook/{{Colossus}} (Russian), Sunfire (Japanese), Banshee (Irish), and Thunderbird (Native American). They were later joined by ComicBook/KittyPryde (Jewish) and have only become more diverse over the years.

* The four witches in ''Film/TheCraft'' consisted of three white girls and a black girl. The witches in ''Film/TheCraftLegacy'' consist of two white girls, a black girl and a Latina girl (in the last case, she's also transgender, like the actress). They also added a bisexual boy as a supporting character.

** The Creator/{{Disney}}-produced films go for an even more racially-diverse cast, resulting in a lot more visible minorities and women onscreen. Tellingly, instead of an all-white TwoGuysAndAGirl setup, the main protagonists in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' are played by a white woman, a black man, and a Latino man, with an Asian-American actress also taking a major role in ''Film/TheLastJedi''. ''Film/RogueOne'', meanwhile, has an even more diverse lead cast than the sequels, as well as a heavily international cast with only a few actors based in the US or UK.

* ''Series/TheLWord: Generation Q'': While both series feature a CastFullOfGay, ''The L Word'' had a majority-white cast while ''Generation Q'' is more racially diverse; of the main characters, two are Latina, one is an Asian trans man, and one is an Iranian-American woman. Angelica, Bette and Tina's teenage daughter (who's biracial) turns out to be queer too. Supporting characters include a Black trans man and a lesbian woman of color (she's played by a Swedish-American actress with Iranian parents, though her character's ethnicity [[AmbiguouslyBrown is not stated]] on the show).

** ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonFour'' has the most openly LGBT characters in the series. Other than finally confirming Clementine as bisexual, she also gets an option to romance [[GayOption Violet]], a lesbian, who is a prominent character. There's also James, who's an important secondary character and is openly gay. Violet's ex-girlfriend Minerva is the main antagonist of episode four and a minor one in previous episodes. Depending on player's choices, [[spoiler:Violet and James can survive all four episodes, and Clementine will always survive no matter what. Minerva will always die.]]

* ''Series/{{Willow|2022}}'': The series has four people of color in main roles, Ruby Cruz (Latina American) as Kit, Creator/ErinKellyman (a mixed race Englishwoman) as Jade, Toni Revolori (Guatemalan-American) playing Prince Graydon and Amar Chadha-Patel (an Englishman of Indian descent) as Boorman. Additionally, Kit and Jade are both queer women revealed as in love with each other, and Boorman is [[AmbiguouslyBi implied to be bi]] (or at least bicurious). Scorpia also flirts with [[spoiler:Jade]] before learning she's her [[spoiler:sister]]. Adwoa Aboah, who's biracial, plays her. This contrasts with [[Film/{{Willow}} the film]], which had only white main characters, and none were LGBT+.

* Played with in ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' -- since the diversity of the stories is largely a reflection of the different eras of RealLife comic books, the earliest stories tended to feature predominately white male heroes. Even so, there are notable exceptions, such as Coyotl and Dame Progress in the "pulp adventure" era, or the Black Badge in the Golden Age. In a straight application of this trope, there is a noticeable increase in character diversity as the timeline moves forward.
* The original iteration of ''ComicBook/{{Bloodstrike}}'' was all white. The reboot by Tim Seeley changed things up, with the new Tag being a Latina, the new Fourplay being bisexual, the new Deadlock being Jewish, and the new Shogun being black (and possibly Buddhist.)
* ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' was the followup to ''ComicBook/Champions1975'' and starred a team of ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], ComicBook/GhostRider, ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}} and [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]]--all white and, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple aside from Black Widow]], male[[note]]Though Iceman would [[LateComingOut later on be established as gay]][[/note]]. The second series uses AffirmativeActionLegacy, and instead starred ComicBook/KamalaKhan (female Pakistani-American Muslim), [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderman Miles Morales]] (half-African American, half-Hispanic) [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]] (Korean-American), [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam Alexander]] (half-Hispanic-American), [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 Viv Vision]] ([[TwoferTokenMinority female lesbian robot]]), [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]] (female), ComicBook/{{Ironheart}} (female African-American), Snowguard (First Nations Canadian), Red Locust (female Hispanic-American), Patriot (African-American), Power Man (Hispanic), Falcon (Hispanic), Dust (female Afghan), Bombshell (female) and Pinpoint (East Indian). A teenage, time-displaced ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} served as the TokenWhite male on the team. ''ComicBook/Champions2020'' continued with roughly the same core cast.
* The original ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' series had only two main characters of color, Japanese-American Nico and African-American Alex, and by the end, Nico was the sole person of color left in the cast. The second series added Latino Victor and black, genderfluid Xavin, and confirmed Karolina as a lesbian, creating one of the few mainstream superhero teams that wasn't dominated by white male characters (of which only Chase fit).

* ''ComicBook/XMen'' was originally launched with five white characters: four men and one woman--all American. After being completely revamped in the 70s as the "All-New, All-Different X-Men'', the team's roster expanded to both different ethnicities and different nationalities, including ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} (German), ComicBook/{{Storm}} (Kenyan), ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} (Canadian), ComicBook/{{Colossus}} (Russian), Sunfire (Japanese), Banshee (Irish), and Thunderbird (Native American). They were later joined by ComicBook/KittyPryde (Jewish) and have only become more diverse over the years.
* The original run of ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' had only one character of color, Patriot, although it was also one of the only mainstream series to have a canonically gay couple in the main cast (one of whom is Jewish). The second volume added Latina lesbian ComicBook/AmericaChavez and black bisexual Prodigy and the nonbinary ComicBook/{{Loki}} tagged along for a while. Additionally, it implied ComicBook/KateBishop and Speed were bisexual[[note]]the latter is later confirmed in ''Secret Wars'' and ''Empyre''[[/note]].
* ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' was originally formed with ComicBook/{{Robin}}, [[ComicBook/Superboy1994 Superboy]] and ComicBook/{{Impulse}}. All white and male, and there was even an issue that parodied the "boys club" nature of the team when they were later joined by three girls: ComicBook/WonderGirl, [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arrowette]] and Secret. Again, all white. Later member Empress was African-American and [[TokenMinority the only non-white]]. In [[ComicBook/YoungJustice2019 2019]], the book was relaunched with most of the original members and many new faces. The cast was still mostly white, but now also joined by [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Teen Lantern]] (Bolivian), ComicBook/{{Naomi|DCComics}} (African-American), Miguel of ComicBook/DialHForHero (Hispanic), the Jackson Hyde Aqualad (African-American and gay), Jinny Hex (a lesbian) as well as the extra-terrestrial Wonder Twins. The male-to-female ratio also remained roughly equal, similar to the original series.
* The Franchise/JusticeLeague of ''ComicBook/DCFutureState'' is far more explicitly diverse than the original lineup, with every member being an example of AffirmativeActionLegacy. Whereas the original lineup featured six white characters (only [[Franchise/WonderWoman one]] of which was a woman and [[Franchise/{{Superman}} another]] was a HumanAlien) and a [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter martian]], the new lineup has Jon Kent as Superman (Bisexual), Jace Fox as Batman (Black), Yara Flor as Wonder Woman (Brazillian), Jess Chambers as the Flash (Nonbinary), Andy Curry as Aquawoman (Female), and Jo Mullein as Green Lantern (Black Female).

* ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' was the followup to ''ComicBook/Champions1975'' and starred a team of ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], ComicBook/GhostRider, ComicBook/{{Iceman}} and [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]]--all white and, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple aside from Black Widow]], male[[note]]Though Iceman would [[LateComingOut later on be established as gay]][[/note]]. The second series uses AffirmativeActionLegacy, and instead starred ComicBook/KamalaKhan (female Pakistani-American Muslim), [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderman Miles Morales]] (half-African American, half-Hispanic) [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]] (Korean-American), [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam Alexander]] (half-Hispanic-American), [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 Viv Vision]] ([[TwoferTokenMinority female lesbian robot]]), [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]] (female), ComicBook/{{Ironheart}} (female African-American), Snowguard (First Nations Canadian), Red Locust (female Hispanic-American), Patriot (African-American), Power Man (Hispanic), Falcon (Hispanic), Dust (female Afghan), Bombshell (female) and Pinpoint (East Indian). A teenage, time-displaced ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} served as the TokenWhite male on the team. ''ComicBook/Champions2020'' continued with roughly the same core cast.