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* In the ''Comicbook/XMen'' universe, mutant supremacists, mostly those less erudite than Magneto, call non-mutants "flatscans" (while referring to themselves as "spikes"), referring to their presence or lack thereof when scanned by power detectors. Also used by Neo Warclan to refer to other, less highly-powered mutants, vis-a-vis Domina et. al. Weaker mutants are also sometimes referred to as "halfscan", implying that they're basically a mutant in name only.
* In the ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'' universe, the Fables characters refer to normal humans as "Mundanes" and Earth outside Fabletown or the Farm as the "Mundy". With the plots for [[spoiler:''Sons of Empire'']] and [[spoiler:''War and Pieces'']], the tricks Fabletown has learned from the Mundy world show that [[MugglesDoItBetter Muggles simply do it better]].

* Literature/TheGrishaTrilogy, wherein there exists a form of magic called [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic "The Small Science"]]. Those born with the ability to practice it are called [[TheBeautifulElite Grisha]], and rather snobbishly refer to those who cannot wield it as ''Otkazat'sya.'' It literally means "The Abandoned."

* In {{Series/Grimm}} normal humans are known as "Kehrseite" by the Wesen. A Kehrseite who knows the truth about Wesen is known as a "Kehrseite-Schlich-Kennen."

* As in ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', mortals play basically the same role as muggles in ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' universe.

* Muggles are called "mortals" (as in most pre-Literature/HarryPotter works) in the '90s sitcom ''Series/FreeSpirit1989'' about a MagicalNanny taking care of three kids.

* ''Radio/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' mentions the Hagunennons, a "super-evolutionary" species that constantly evolves into different shapes. Hagunennons look down on other species, calling them "Filthy rotten stinking samelings".

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* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', people without the ability to use magic (who consist the majority of the population) are labeled as commoners or plebeians and are considered second-class citizens subservient to the [[TheMagocracy magical elite]].

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'': [[TheRival Vali]] calls [[TheProtagonist Issei]] out on the fact that the current red dragon-white dragon rivalry was unfair because Vali's from a privileged family by being a descendant of Lucifer, while Issei's family is just random normal human, he then wished that Issei was at least from a family with some background.

* Normal humans in ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' are called "C-Class Entities". "C-Class" also refers to the slave underclass of Makai/

* ''Literature/OfFireAndStars'': In some countries, like Mynaria, magic is rare, feared and [[BanOnMagic banned]]. Zumorda, though, has magic be ubiquitous and people without it, called ''vakos'', viewed as inferior, treated with comtempt.

* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', people without the ability to use magic (who consist the majority of the population) are labeled as commoners or plebeians and are considered second-class citizens subservient to the [[TheMagocracy magical elite]].

* All humans (save for the few who can actually use their chi) in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' are muggles, all with a very strong WeirdnessCensor.
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD'': [[TheRival Vali]] calls [[TheProtagonist Issei]] out on the fact that the current red dragon-white dragon rivalry was unfair because Vali's from a privileged family by being a descendant of Lucifer, while Issei's family is just random normal human, he then wished that Issei was at least from a family with some background.

* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', only people who have a Stand are capable of seeing others' Stands. Ordinary people cannot see Stands, but can see how they affect the world around them. When we're first introduced to the concept of Stands, as Jotaro's Star Platinum fights Avdol's Magician's Red, the two cops are amazed at how Jotaro is being thrown around without Avdol touching him, and are equally as amazed at how the temperature in the jail cell is through the roof while Joseph and [[spoiler:Holly]] can both see [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/c6/1b/31/c61b31b8096091f6e17270d3744b125e.jpg this]].
* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', superpowers (here called Quirks) have become so commonplace that 80% of the world's population has them; protagonist Izuku "Deku" Midoriya begins the series without powers, but his {{determinat|or}}ion catches the eye of top hero All Might, who chooses Deku to be his successor and gives the boy his Quirk "One for All". In an interesting sort of middle-ground with this trope, not everyone with a Quirk becomes a hero or villain; some people have powers that just aren't useful for that sort of thing (for example, Izuku's mother can levitate small objects) and just live ordinary lives.

* Gamu of ''{{Kokoro}}'', who lacks GenreBlindness, calls out the mage society on their use of "norm", as well as their championing of the {{Masquerade}} and LaserGuidedAmnesia. Admirable if not for the fact that the formerly cool-headed spy girl is [[{{Determinator}} willing]] to take on TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness to try and change the world. (Then again, if you had a couple million people out for your head, you might figure that there's nothing to lose, too.)

* Mundanes in ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' series. Anyone who has no knowledge of Downworlders or Shadowhunters is a mundane or a "mundie". Clary is included in this because even though she is a Shaddowhunter, she knows nothing about their world.

Not to be confused with [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Moogles]] or [[Music/TheBuggles Buggles]]. ''Certainly'' not to be confused with ''Literature/TheLegendOfRahAndTheMuggles''. It also has nothing to do with marijuana unless you're reading vintage crime fiction.[[note]]Rowling says she took it from the word "mug" meaning "fool," which is possibly derived from the Irish ''mug'', "slave".[[/note]]

Expect the {{Red Shirt}}s to be muggles since non-muggles are usually too plot-valuable to waste. Even muggles with characterization need to watch it: they could be {{Mauve Shirt}}s. More rarely, MugglesDoItBetter comes in to play: mundane people with mundane technology have a real fighting chance in works featuring this trope (often the reason ''why'' TheMasquerade exists--otherwise, once the WitchHunt starts, the supernatural would get its butt handed over by BadassNormal hunters or mobs with TorchesAndPitchforks).

* Normal people often referred to like this in ''Series/DoctorWho''. An example, in the 1996 movie when a newscast explains away recent strange events occurring because of the Doctor's adventure as "normal" weather events, the Doctor remarks something close to "I love humans, always seeing patterns that aren't there". Of course, a recurring theme in ''Series/DoctorWho'' is that there are no ''real'' muggles. Anyone who's smart or brave can help the world. This is why 90% of the Doctor's companions are otherwise normal people whose meeting and travels with the Time Lord lets them achieve extraordinary things, even after they've parted company. On the whole, there are far less muggles, in the sense of people with no-idea what's going on, after the masquerade officially broke. Now aliens existing is just a fact of life for planet Earth.

* ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'': Allusions are frequently made to the unfortunate inhabitants of whichever world the [[BigBad Godmodder]] (or Descendants) is currently terrorizing. They don't do much though.
** If they DO, they're CListFodder turned UpToEleven and aren't even put into the End of Turn Battle.

** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters who can't bend the elements. Even a few main characters, such as Sokka, Suki, Ty Lee, and Mai, fall under this category, [[WorldOfBadass although that certainly doesn't keep them from faring just as well as their bending contemporaries!]]

* Muggles are call "mortals" (as in most pre-Literature/HarryPotter works) in the '90s sitcom ''Series/FreeSpirit'' about a MagicalNanny taking care of three kids.

* In the ''Film/MenInBlack'' films and [[WesternAnimation/MenInBlack animated series]], any person not part of the MIB is called a "Neutral". Those that are accidentally exposed to the knowledge of the existence of alien life [[LaserGuidedAmnesia are quickly neuralized]].

* Mortals in the ''Literature/{{Percy Jackson and the Olympians}}'' series. Anyone who is (surprise surprise) mortal can't see through [[WeirdnessCensor the Mist]] and doesn't really know about most of the events described in the novel because of this. There are some exceptions, most notably Percy's mother Sally Jackson and Rachel Elizabeth Dare, who later [[spoiler: becomes the oracle of Delphi. Being able to see through the mist is related to her powers of prophecy.]]

* In ''Roleplay/AHDotComEternals'', non-Eternals are called Ephemerals. Most Eternals actually work on protecting and helping Ephemerals where needed, and the Ephemerals repay the favour by doing the same. Unfortunately, there's also a minority of [[SmugSuper villainous Eternals]] who [[FantasticRacism would like to see the Ephemerals enslaved and see them as little more than cattle]].

In a story with {{Differently Powered Individual}}s, or a WitchSpecies, you'll usually have a group of individuals who ''don't'' have those powers--muggles. Ordinary people. Those who are not special, like the favored of the plot. Mundane folk who are only aware of their own small section of reality. The source from which most characters spring.

* Muggles are called Bystanders in ''Literature/HereticalEdge'', and they're all affected by the [[WeirdnessCensor Bystander Effect]]. [[spoiler: This isn't humanity's natural state, however, but something that was magically forced on them. If it were to be removed, humanity would return to being a WitchSpecies.]]

* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': In the alternate US, witch soldiers have resulted in such an association with the military that non-witches are usually just referred to as civilians. Most seem like normal people, sometimes disdained by witches, though usually left alone. However some are massacred by the Spree, a [[FantasticTerrorists witch terrorist]] group. On the flip side, a fanatical group among them, the Camarilla, are murderous {{witch hunter}}s intent on killing all the witches.

* Mortals in the ''Literature/{{Percy Jackson and the Olympians}}'' series. Anyone who is (surprise surprise) mortal can't see through [[{{JediMindTrick}} the Mist]] and doesn't really know about most of the events described in the novel because of this. There are some exceptions, most notably Percy's mother and Rachel Elizabeth Dare, who later [[spoiler: becomes the oracle of Delphi. Being able to see through the mist is related to her powers of prophecy.]]

** Subverted in the case of the player characters, because they are very, very insistent that they are humans but very, very clearly only mortal in the sense that Mages (who number among their targets) are technically mortal.