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* 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).

* The original ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' had the five Liars comprised of four White women and one Eurasian woman. The titular Liars in ''Series/PrettyLittleLiarsOriginalSin'' include one White woman (Imogen), one Eurasian woman (Mouse), two Black women (Tabby and Faran), and a Latina (Noa).

* ''Series/HowIMetYourFather'': While the main cast of its parent series ''Series/HowIMetYourFather'' was comprised of white, straight people, this show is [[GenderFlip led by a woman]] with a friend group comprised of two white guys, an Asian lesbian, a South Asian man, and a Mexican-American woman.

* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade's'' fifth addition has taken strides to be more diverse. For instance, the sourcebook ''Chicago by Night'' features several minority characters, including the city's Prince, African-American Kevin Jackson. Another NPC is a black DragQueen who is active in the ballroom[[note]]Competitive voguing[[/note]] scene and has his own House within that subculture.

* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory5'' is the first ''VideoGame/RuneFactory'' game to allow the player to date and eventually marry ''all'' love interests, [[EveryoneIsBi regardless of gender]].

* ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' was the followup to ''ComicBook/Champions1975'' and starred a team of ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], ComicBook/GhostRider, ComicBook/{{Iceman}} and [[ComicBook/XMen 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/AmadeusCho (Korean-American), [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam Alexander]] (half-Hispanic-American), [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 Viv Vision]] ([[TwoferTokenMinority female lesbian robot]]), [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]] (female), 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 ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' revival added a great deal of diversity to the main cast: Darlene's son Mark is CampGay, Becky's baby-daddy Emilio is Hispanic and an undocumented immigrant, DJ is married to a black woman and has a daughter with her, and a trans woman is a recurring character. An uncharitable viewpoint is that the show wants to touch on as many social issues as possible and [[WereStillRelevantDammit without nearly as much subtlety as the original series]], but the minority characters became well-integrated into the show as time went on.

* ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' was the followup to ''ComicBook/Champions1975'' and starred a team of ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], ComicBook/GhostRider, ComicBook/{{Iceman}} and [[ComicBook/XMen Angel]]--all white and, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple aside from Black Widow]], male. The second series uses AffirmativeActionLegacy, and instead starred ComicBook/KamalaKhan (female Pakistani-American Muslim), [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderman Miles Morales]] (half-African American, half-Hispanic) ComicBook/AmadeusCho (Korean-American), [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam Alexander]] (half-Hispanic-American), [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 Viv Vision]] (female robot), [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]] (female), 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'' 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), and Thunderbird (Native American). They were later joined by ComicBook/KittyPryde (Jewish) and have only become more diverse over the years.

* ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' was originally formed with ComicBook/{{Robin}}, [[ComicBook/Superboy1994 Superboy]] and ComicBook/{{Impulse}}. All white and male, and there was even an issue which 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]] and ComicBook/{{Naomi|DCComics}} (both 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.

* ''Series/TheCarrieDiaries'' is an interesting example. It's a prequel series to ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' and its cast is considerably more diverse than the original. But since it's a prequel and ''Sex'' has a predominantly-white cast, some viewers have joked that Carrie must have gotten racist as she got older.

* The superheroes of the ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' comic are all white and predominantly male. The main character of the ''Series/{{Watchmen|2019}}'' Creator/{{HBO}} [[SequelInAnotherMedium series]] is a black woman; the cast is a diverse mix of black, white, and Asian; Laurie Blake (formerly Juspeczyk) is a much more prominent character; [[spoiler:and Dr. Manhattan masquerades as (and thus is played by) a black man]]. The plot also focuses primarily on issues of racial conflict, trauma, and justice.
* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace UK's'' first series had 2 POC contestants and one (white) queen from Northern Ireland, while the rest of the cast were white Englanders. The second season upped the diversity considerably: two black queens with one being Welsh, one Asian, one Traveller, and two Scots with one being a BigBeautifulWoman (and the season winner). The third season has a few minority contestants, but most notable is the inclusion of the first cisgender woman in the entire franchise, Victoria Scone.

* ''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).

* ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' was the followup to ''ComicBook/Champions1975'' and starred a team of ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]], ComicBook/GhostRider, ComicBook/{{Iceman}} and [[ComicBook/XMen Angel]]--all white and, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple aside from Black Widow]], male. The second series uses AffirmativeActionLegacy, and instead starred ComicBook/KamalaKhan (female Pakistani-American Muslim), [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderman Miles Morales]] (half-African American, half-Hispanic) ComicBook/AmadeusCho (Korean-American), [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam Alexander]] (half-Hispanic-American), [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 Viv Vision]] (female robot), [[ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]] (female), 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/YoungJustice'' was originally formed with ComicBook/{{Robin}}, [[ComicBook/Superboy1994 Superboy]] and ComicBook/{{Impulse}}. All white and male, and there was even an issue which 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]] and ComicBook/{{Naomi}} (both 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.

* ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'' is considerably more diverse than ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''. The increased importance of faeries means there are quite a bit non-cis pairings, there is a fully black major character (who also happens to be a transgender woman) rather than [[ButNotTooForeign a half-white one]], and there is a side plot involving a Latino Shadowhunter family, while ''The Mortal Instruments'' mostly focused on white Shadowhunter families.

* As a LongRunner, and with diversity as one of its guiding principles, ''Franchise/StarTrek'' manages to reach FairForItsDay or better in various installments from 1966 to present, resulting in this trope.

* ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': The first series, ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', had a nearly all-Caucasian cast. Its sequel ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' is more diverse, turning the main heroes into a FiveTokenBand (with an Asian guy, a black girl, a Cherokee girl, and a Latino boy), and revealing that a previously introduced male character was into men.

** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' added [[TokenMinority token black character]] Lando Calrissian to the mix; the prequel trilogy added [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Mace Windu]]. ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' also has noticeably more minority actors portraying fighter pilots.
** 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 are played by a white woman, a black man, and a Latino man.

** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' added [[TokenMinority token black character]] Lando Calrissian to the mix; the prequel trilogy added [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Mace Windu]].

* Compared to ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', which has an all-white cast, ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' has a prominent minority supporting character in the form of Lt. Destin Mattias and prominently features indigenous people. [[spoiler:Elsa and Anna]] are also revealed to have MixedAncestry through their mother.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', the sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', is more diverse than its predecessor when it comes to LGBT+ characters. Korra and Asami, who are seen holding hands and staring into each other's eyes at the end of the series on their way to the spirit world, are later confirmed in an interview to be bisexual. Other confirmed LGBTQ+ characters in the interview are Kya, Aang and Katara's daughter, and Aiwei. In contrast, none of the main characters in the predecessor are confirmed to be something other than straight. Initially, it didn't have any known LGBTQ+ characters, but Avatar Kyoshi is eventually revealed to be bisexual in the LOK comic ''Turf Wars'' and we see one of her girlfriends in her own book, ''Literature/TheRiseOfKyoshi''. The cast is also more diverse ethnicity-wise, with various characters of MixedAncestry (including Mako, Bolin, Asami, Aang's kids, and Tenzin's kids).

* ''Literature/TheDarkArtifices'' is considerably more diverse than ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments''. The increased importance of faeries means there are quite a bit non-cis pairings, there is a fully black major character (who also happens to be a transgender woman) rather than [[ButNotTooForeign a half-white one]], and there is a side plot involving a Latino Shadowhunter family, which has so far been portrayed as almost exclusive white.

* ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' was originally formed with ComicBook/{{Robin}}, [[ComicBook/Superboy1994 Superboy]] and ComicBook/{{Impulse}}. All white and male, and there was even an issue which 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]] and ComicBook/{{Naomi}} (both African-American), Miguel of ComicBook/DialHForHero (Hispanic), as well as the extra-terrestrial Wonder Twins. The male-to-female ratio also remained roughly equal, similar to the original series.

* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace UK's'' first series had 2 POC contestants and one (white) queen from Northern Ireland, while the rest of the cast were white Englanders. The second season upped the diversity considerably: two black queens with one being Welsh, one Asian, one Traveller, and two Scots with one being a BigBeautifulWoman (and the season winner).

* The original ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' had a cast of white heterosexuals. Sam and Gibby did not return for [[Series/{{iCarly 2021}} the revival]] for behind-the-scenes reasons; the new cast now includes Harper, a pansexual black woman and Carly's new roommate; and Millicent, Freddie's black or mixed-race stepdaughter who, though too young for a romantic subplot, does at one point refer to one day having a "spouse" rather than a "husband". Guest characters are also more colourful and queer than in the original.

** The second one has those characters and adds two more from the same area, revealing one of the first ones was actually from Atteka, South America's equivalent. Two remaining characters have no corresponding origin in reality: one is from Lemuria (essentially {{Atlantis}}, but in the Indian Ocean), and the other fell from either a flying city or the moon. Among the plot-important [=NPCs=], several Gondowans (Africans) and Hesperians (North America) appear.