History Main / SuperSupremacist

A SubTrope of FantasticRacism and BewareTheSuperman. The OppositeTrope to ProHumanTranshuman, a superpowered individual who considers themselves equal to {{Muggles}}. SisterTrope to TranshumanTreachery and ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers. Contrast MugglePower for the inverse of non-supers seeing themselves as superior to supers. See also SmugSuper, when someone with superpowers merely uses them to gloat. A SupermanSubstitute often goes this route when an author wants to deconstruct the Franchise/{{Superman}} archetype without incorporating the big blue boy scout himself. Pretty much guaranteed to be a VisionaryVillain.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Quirkless people are subjected to FantasticRacism, particularly as, by the time the story begins, it is expected Quirklessness will disappear altogether within one or two generations. One of the first things we see Bakugo do in the series is goad the Quirkless Midoriya into killing himself, mockingly saying he might come back with a Quirk in his next life.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Both Arlong and Hody Jones believe that [[FishPeople fishmen]] like them should rule over humans because they're stronger. Arlong is shown ruling a village of humans, while Jones fully intents on making every human subservient to fishmen, starting from terrorizing the 4-yearly meeting between national leaders in the verse to make the strength of fishmen known.
* Most of the villains in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' are militant NEXT, militant anti-NEXT or one being manipulated by the other. [[spoiler:The BigBad is a subversion; he wanted to improve the public image of NEXT initially, but he did evil things when he stopped caring about that and went after more money and power.]]

* ''ComicBook/DungeonTheEarlyYears'': A professor of magic started a complicated plot in which he mind-controlled important people around the city and fathered children with their bodies, granting him an army of brainwashed ChildSoldiers. He at first seemed to be on the WellIntentionedExtremist side (as Horus put it, "if you cannot make [[TheGoodKing kings into philosophers]], then [[ThePhilosopherKing philosophers should be kings]]") but [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist is really just an asshole who wanted to take over the city]] (his plan doubled as realizing his voyeurism kink to boot). One night, he ordered the children to kill their parents, but was foiled at the last minute by a repentant Horus (who'd figured out his own son was among them) with a [[TheHero Hyacinthe]] and Marvin. Hyacinthe tells Horus to take every magician he can find and run before the city realizes what happened and call for a WitchHunt.

** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', most of students and teachers in Stanhope Elementary gain powers due to a strange radioactive meteorite, and they become total "I'm better than you because I have powers" {{jerkass}}es right away. Students with no powers are put into a special class in order to prepare them for their future lives as cannon fodder or innocent casualties in the battles between super-powerful beings. Ironically, [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} the most powerful superhuman in the school]] is the one who doesn't adhere to that school of thought and is even pretending to be a normal human.

* In ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily Black Adam]] is growing into one, and decides to act on his beliefs while most of the Justice League is busy fighting Dr. Manhattan, leaving Wonder Woman as the only one who can stop him.
* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'' has Kaboom. "ComicBook/TheInhumans are coming. It's gonna be a brand new chapter in the whole history of planet Earth, and we are gonna answer to ourselves and no one else." Kamala, a fellow Inhuman, is furious that Kaboom is not only threatening regular humans, but also putting other Inhumans in danger by making them look dangerous.

* The Faithful from ''Fanfic/TheQueensMercy'' are a religious group of magical individuals that believe that all non-magical humans are lesser than them and therefor deserve to be killed and/or enslaved by them. This even includes humans who gain magic but were not born with it like Anna and Rapunzel.

* ''Fanfic/{{Switchblade}}'': The original Meta Liberation Army is actually a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]. Their enemies painted them to look like they believed that MightMakesRight, but they actually wanted equality not domination, to the point one of their generals, Fractal, was Quirkless. The modern Meta Liberation Army that merged with the League of Villains to become the Paranormal Liberation Front are a straight example, who genuinely believe those with strong Quirks deserve to stand at the top and do whatever they want.

* ''Film/{{Scanners}}'': The BigBad, Darryl Revok, is a terrorist cult leader and the result of a BizarreBabyBoom that produced telepathic children known as 'scanners'. His own plot is to reproduce this previous accident by design, then train the next generation to be his foot soldiers on the path to creating a worldwide scanner supremacy.

* In ''Literature/SuperPowereds'', the Sons of Progress are Supers who believe that they are superior beings to those without powers and shouldn't serve them. They see Heroes as traitors to their own kind, policing Supers instead of ruling over humans. Naturally, they have no problems with using terrorist tactics. Even among the students some espouse such beliefs, Rich being the most vocal one about it. [[spoiler:He doesn't graduate but only because he realizes he isn't cut out for the harsh realities of Hero work.]]

* ''Series/{{Alphas}}'': Red Flag/Stanton Parish, the main antagonist from season 1, believes that war between superhumans and normal humans is inevitable and that the superhumans deserve to win. Its more morally complex than usual, however, as it is finally revealed that he believes there would be NoPlaceForMeThere and his true intent is to convince the leader of the heroes, Dr. Rosen, to take over after he's exterminated the normal humans and rule as a genuinely benevolent leader. Rosen is not impressed.

** Stormfront thinks her powers make her above people without them, coupled with [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain regular racism]]. She also plans on escalating a Supe arms race to create more Supes.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In Season 3, rogue Slayer Faith Lehane spouts some of Super Supermacism towards Buffy when Faith tries to flee Sunnydale and deflect blame for her AccidentalMurder of Deputy Mayor Allan Finch, arguing that MightMakesRight in the process.

** Divis Mal believing that Novas aren't human, and should follow their own laws and customs if their isn't a Nova governing body to do so for them.

* ''Webcomic/AngelDown'': [[spoiler:Ward]] becomes one of these after his FaceHeelTurn, believing that normal humans are incapable of effective self rule, and that Paladins should control the world.

* The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' version of ComicBook/CaptainAtom is a [[DownplayedTrope more benign example]]: [[NobleBigot He'll gladly help innocent people without superpowers]], but openly thinks they're useless for any task worthy of a superhero, and is especially dismissive toward BadassNormal Batman. So naturally, [[BreakTheHaughty Atom loses his powers for the episode]], gets them back, and... [[IgnoredEpiphany just takes it as more proof that non-powered humans are helpless]] (even though [[BroughtDownToBadass he saved the day without any powers]]).
* [[spoiler:Foxtail]] in ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', is revealed to be an especially extreme example. Her [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinistic]] attitude doesn’t just cover civilians, she also perceives heroes who [[BadassNormal lack powers]] or [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway have weak ones]] as cannon fodder at best; [[spoiler:when Dr. Greymann finds out about her honor student conspiracy and objects to it, she fires him and bluntly says she was probably going to do it anyways because she believes [[BroughtDownToNormal him losing his powers]] has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness rendered him useless]]]].

--->'''Reign''': [[NotSoDifferentRemark We're not so different, you and I]]. We have the power of gods, and with it the right... the duty... to use that power. I thought that together we could conquer that pathetic planet and find the answers we both seek."

This is a bad guy with superpowers who believes that this gives them the right to rule over [[{{Muggles}} non-supers]]. The motives of such a villain may be that of a [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] who believes superpowers to be the ultimate example of MightMakesRight, or someone who thinks non-supers should be ruled [[WellIntentionedExtremist "for their own good"]]. They may even see supers as a nascent MasterRace on a [[SuperiorSpecies higher]] [[EvolutionaryLevels evolutionary level]] than non-supers or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName take after a certain racial demagogic party]] when the author wants to make the implications especially transparent. May develop a literal GodComplex as well or come to think of themselves as an UltimateLifeForm. Obviously, this sort of villain is a manifestation of the idea that [[BewareTheSuperman the existence of individuals with superpowers is inherently bad for those who do not possess them]].

* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'': [[spoiler:Your commanding officer Asimov]] is revealed to be this, with him claiming that [[PsychicChildren Adepts]], himself included, shall rule over the world and KillAllHumans. Our hero -- an Adept himself -- disagrees with the idea.

* {{Defied|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/TheVigilanteBossAndHisFailedRetirementPlan'', when Aizawa states heroes don't look down on people we protect.

* PlayedForHorror in ''Film/BrightBurn''. The VillainProtagonist Brandon Breyer is a sociopathic superhuman who quickly gains a massive GodComplex following the discovery of his true nature as an alien. As a result, anyone who manages to [[BerserkButton piss him off]] receives a CruelAndUnusualDeath.

* ''Manga/MobPsycho100'': The goal of the [[PsychicPowers Esper]] terrorist organization Claw and its leader, Toichirou Suzuki, is to [[TakeOverTheWorld overthrow the world government]] in favor of a world ruled by Espers, with Suzuki himself at the top. This naturally sends our protagonist, who is staunchly opposed to the idea that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers having supernatural powers makes you above other people]], on a collision course with him. In general, the Super Supremacist mindset is quite common among Espers, especially very powerful ones, but Toichirou is one of the few with the power to conquer the world almost single-handedly if not for [[BigGood Mob]] being in his way.

* Choze from ''Manga/OnePunchMan'' claims to be from a clan of people who have practiced the greatest breeding program to create a superior race, and that they aim to rule the world because it's the natural order of things for a superior race such as themselves to rule over the inferior, weak and feeble races i.e everyone. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Resembling the generic ideal of an 'Aryan Superman']], he's also a practitioner of the 'Fist of the Pure Blood Master Race' martial arts style. Upon becoming a monster, he decides that he is going to wipe out all of the 'inferior specimens' of humanity and only let the 'master race' survive, and one of his new attacks is even called 'Inferior Race Annihilation Shot'.

* [[spoiler:Ward]] from ''Webcomic/AngelDown'' becomes one of these after his FaceHeelTurn, believing that normal humans are incapable of effective self rule, and that Paladins should control the world.
* In ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'' this is a common motivation for the BigBad [[VillainOfTheWeek of the month]]. Usually, even the "bad guys" in the comic are {{Harmless Villain}}s at worst, but many if not most of the leaders of the various factions think their people should be in charge. Thus, on the rare occasion that one leader decides to actually do something about it, some combination of Heroes, {{Hero Antagonist}}s, and {{Harmless Villain}}s end up working together to stop things from getting completely out of hand.

* ''TableTopGame/{{Abberant}}'': Divis Mal and the rest of the Teragen believe this to different degrees.

* Cole [=MacGrath=] (should the player choose [[KarmaMeter Evil Karma]]) from ''VideoGame/InFamous'' becomes corrupted by his conduit powers, developing a God complex and a MightMakesRight attitude over all of the "normals". This is taken UpToEleven in the bad ending of ''VideoGame/InFamous2'', the [[EarnYourBadEnding Evil]] [[AlignmentBasedEndings Ending]] having Cole deciding not to fire the RFI and joining with John/the Beast's plans, activating all Conduits at the expense of all other humans (sacrificing millions for only a few thousand).

* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Season 4 villain Vecna [[spoiler: aka. Henry Creel, aka. One]] espouses the believe that those like him [[spoiler:(psychics like himself and Eleven)]] have inherent value while humans do not. He's closer to [[ComicBook/XMen Apocalypse than Magneto]], however, since [[spoiler:he massacres ALL of the other special children save him and Eleven because they were not as "gifted" despite having psychic powers as well.]]

* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Season 4 villain Vecna [[spoiler: aka. Henry Creel, aka. One]] espouses the believe that those like him [[spoiler:(psychics like himself and Eleven)]] have inherent value while humans do not.

** Blue Hawk is a street-level hero who gets in hot water for using [[DisproportionateRetribution disproportionate amounts of violence]] in black neighborhoods. When A-Train is finally [[DirtyCoward allowed by]] Homelander to call him out on it, he justifies it by saying that they were both trained to "dominate totally". After being forced to make a public apology, he gives a BackhandedApology that leads to the crowd shouting "Black Lives Matter" at him to which he responds "''[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Supe]]'' Lives Matter!"

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Quirkless people are subjected to FantasticRacism, particularly as, by the time the story begins, it is expected Quirklessness will disappear altogether within one or two generations. One of the first things we see Bakugou do in the series is goad the Quirkless Midoriya into killing himself, on the logic that he might he could come back with a Quirk in his next life.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[BigBad Fire Lord Ozai]] is a particularly villainous example: he's the most powerful fire bender on the planet and [[SmugSuper he knows it,]] with only the Avatar being powerful enough to stand up to him. He also regards non-benders as worthless inferiors [[TheSocialDarwinist to be enslaved by benders and other powerful people]]. [[spoiler:[[LaserGuidedKarma Fittingly,]] he gets energy bent during the final battle with Aang, which permanently [[BroughtDownToNormal takes away all his bending abilities,]] turning him into the very thing he regarded as inferior]].

** [[SupermanSubstitute Homelander]]'s plot to get out from under Vought's thumb involved seizing power and ruling over humanity (supers already viewing humanity as nothing but an endless reservoir of victims). Complicated by the fact that [[spoiler:he was [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslit]] by his clone, Black Noir, into complete psychosis]], leading to his breakdown at being ordered around by a non-powered human.
** In fact most of the superpowered community seemed to have this attitude, as the majority of them were amoral [[TheHedonist hedonists]] who [[NominalHero routinely abused anyone and everyone they had the power to and thought they could get away with]] [[spoiler:and it doesn't take much convincing for them to help Homelander assault UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC]].

* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': The Homelander's plot to get out from under Vought's thumb involved seizing power and ruling over humanity (supers already viewing humanity as nothing but an endless reservoir of victims). Complicated by the fact that [[spoiler:he was [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslit]] by his clone, Black Noir, into complete psychosis]], leading to his breakdown at being ordered around by a non-powered human.

** ''ComicBook/DarkKnightReturnsIIITheMasterRace'': The shrunken Kryptonian city of Kandor is revealed to have been taken over by a SuperSupremacist cult led by the genocidal Baal at some point in the past, and after tricking Supergirl and Ray Palmer into restoring himself and his followers to their normal size, Baal destroys Kandor with his new heat vision, killing any survivors, before setting out to conquer Earth.
** Similarly, ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' ends with Superman apparently rejecting his past as a servant of humanity in the wake of the defeat of Lex Luthor and Brainiac, and now intends to rule them (benevolently) instead. He apparently changes his mind some time before the sequel.

This is a bad guy with superpowers who believes that this gives them the right to rule over [[{{Muggles}} non-supers]]. The motives of such a villain may be that of a [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] who believes superpowers to be the ultimate example of MightMakesRight, or someone who thinks non-supers should be ruled [[WellIntentionedExtremist "for their own good"]]. They may even see supers as a nascent MasterRace on a [[SuperiorSpecies higher]] [[EvolutionaryLevels evolutionary level]] than non-supers or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName take after a certain racial demagogic party]] when the author wants to make the implications especially transparent. May develop a [[AGodAmI literal god complex]] as well or come to think of themselves as an UltimateLifeForm. Obviously, this sort of villain is a manifestation of the idea that [[BewareTheSuperman the existence of individuals with superpowers is inherently bad for those who do not possess them]].

* PlayedForHorror in ''Film/BrightBurn''. The VillainProtagonist Brandon Breyer is a sociopathic superhuman who quickly gains a [[AGodAmI massive God complex]] following the discovery of his true nature as an alien. As a result, anyone who manages to [[BerserkButton piss him off]] receives a CruelAndUnusualDeath.

** The show has, like the original comic book listed above, Homelander, who uses his powers to fuel a [[AGodAmI god complex]] -- he tells Starlight that "we're a different breed" and that she shouldn't be helping "these mud people".

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia.''
** The Meta Human Liberation Army was a terrorist organization that sought to impose a society where people with powerful Quirks would rule above those with less powerful ones. [[spoiler:They're still active in the present, being led by a descendent of the original Army's founder. To make matters worse, their [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinistic]] philosophy means anyone with sufficiently powerful Quirks could easily ascend to the top of their organization. When the Army tries to pick a fight with the League of Villains, Shiguraki trounces them and takes the reigns himself, putting their considerable connections and resources directly under the League's control. Shiguraki and the League don't subscribe to this philosophy in the slightest, but they've got no problem taking advantage of the people who do.]]
** Quirkless people are subjected to FantasticRacism, particularly as, by the time the story begins, it is expected Quirklessness will disappear altogether within one or two generations. One of the first things we see Bakugou do in the series is goad the Quirkless Midoriya into killing himself, on the logic that he might he could come back with a Quirk in his next life.

** As of ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'', all of the X-Men seem to have tacitly taken up this belief -- or at least, a very passive[[note]]Though they are not above keeping even their worst criminals out of human justice systems now, they're at least not attacking humans outright yet[[/note]] and insular version of it -- with a clearly-stated belief that they are set to become Earth's dominant species. They're only waiting around on their island state of Krakoa because they intend on simply waiting until mutants become the dominant species (as they will in the next 20 years or so). And all of this is overseen by Professor Xavier. There've been hints of this among certain X-Men before, but this is the first storyline that's had the team as a collective embrace this attitude. The in-universe justification for the attitude switch is, in a nutshell, that they '''tried''' the passive resistance and pursuit of integration approaches, and were met with repeated attempts at genocide. So now they're going to start being a bit more assertive about their rights, and if humanity doesn't like it? Then ''tough luck''.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Augments invariably believe themselves you be superior to regular humans and, as such, deserve to rule.

* ''Film/SpiderMan1'': The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn in the first movie seems to fit this bill. "There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders. [[WeCanRuleTogether You, me? We're exceptional]]."