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* In ''HarryPotter'', [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Remus Lupin]] is the Marauders' TokenNonhuman.

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[[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Remus Lupin]] is the Marauders' TokenNonhuman.



* ''[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' had {{Spock}}. ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' had several crewmembers who weren't technically human, but Worf was arguably the Token Conspicuous Nonhuman.
** In ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' Data was another Token Nonhuman. Which one it was would depend on the episode.
** Slightly less obvious was Troi - making three of the starring cast of seven or eight, a non-human.
** Averted strongly by DS9, which is set on a space station that's mainly made up of non-humans, and there are multiple aliens in the starring (Kira, Odo, Quark, Worf, both Daxes) and recurring cast.
** T'Pol and Phlox in [[StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]].
** [[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]] likely counts as an aversion as well, with Neelix, The holographic Doctor, Tuvok, Torres, Kes, and later former borg Seven of Nine. The nonhuman main cast slightly outnumber the human main cast members (Janeway, Chakotay, Paris, and Kim).

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* ''[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' had {{Spock}}. ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' had several crewmembers who weren't technically human, but Worf was arguably the Token Conspicuous Nonhuman.
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** In ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' Data was another Token Nonhuman. Which one it was would depend on the episode.
** Slightly less obvious was Troi - making
Generation]]'', three out of the starring cast of seven or eight, a non-human.
eight were non-human. While human-looking Troi was less obvious, both Worf and Data qualify as Token Nonhumans.
** Averted strongly by DS9, ''DeepSpaceNine'', which is set on a space station that's mainly made up of non-humans, and there are multiple aliens in the starring (Kira, Odo, Quark, Worf, both Daxes) and recurring cast.
** T'Pol and Phlox in [[StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]].
** [[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]] likely counts as an aversion
''[[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' averts this trope as well, with Neelix, The the holographic Doctor, Tuvok, Torres, Kes, and in later seasons former borg Seven of Nine. The nonhuman main cast slightly outnumber the human main cast members (Janeway, Chakotay, Paris, and Kim).Kim).
** T'Pol and Phlox in ''[[StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''.
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* ''ElGoonishShive'' has Grace Sciuridae who is a Tulougol Seyunolu (Greater Chimera).
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*** The only one that is clearly human is Steiner. The other include a tailed Genome (Zidane), human-like summoners (Garnet & Eiko), a Black Mage (Vivi), a Burmecian (Freya), a Qu (Quina) and a blue-skinned man who might be human.

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*** The only one that is clearly human is Steiner. The other include a tailed Genome (Zidane), human-like summoners (Garnet & Eiko), a Black Mage (Vivi), a Burmecian (Freya), a Qu (Quina) and a blue-skinned man who might be human.human (Amarant).
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** ''FinalFantasyXIII'': This trope is averted for the first time since FinalFantasyVIII. Or subverted if you look at it in another way: the game could be the first in the series to have no human playable characters, as everyone in the party becomes a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman L'Cie]]. Which means in the first two chapters of the game [[spoiler:Vanille is the TokenNonHuman in the group]]
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* ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has Molly the Peanut Butter Monster.
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** And Leela is the token mutant. The only fully human characters in the delivery crew are the martian and the human popsicle from a thousand years in the past.
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** Also Maya,Andros and Beevor.

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** In ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'', before Worf joined the cast, as well as most of the time after, Data was the Token Nonhuman. Which one it was would depend on the episode.

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** In ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'', before Worf joined the cast, as well as most of the time after, Generation]]'' Data was the another Token Nonhuman. Which one it was would depend on the episode.episode.
** Slightly less obvious was Troi - making three of the starring cast of seven or eight, a non-human.


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** Subverted, averted, and inverted (possibly) in StargateAtlantis - the Pegasus galaxy is full of humans, but almost none of the the non-Terran humans work for the Atlantis expedition, but then by the end of the pilot, the flagship exploration team adopts a non-Terran member.
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** Nelix and The Doctor in [[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]

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** Nelix and The Doctor in [[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]Voyager]] likely counts as an aversion as well, with Neelix, The holographic Doctor, Tuvok, Torres, Kes, and later former borg Seven of Nine. The nonhuman main cast slightly outnumber the human main cast members (Janeway, Chakotay, Paris, and Kim).
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[[caption-width-right:350:Something seems amiss. [[CompletelyMissingThePoint What's an old man doing in the back?]]]]
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-->Donkey: Hi, Princess!
-->Princess Fiona: It talks!
-->Shrek: Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!
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-->Princess Fiona:
Princess!\\
'''Princess Fiona''':
It talks!
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'''Shrek''':
Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!
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** Also, Jar Jar Binks in ''The Phantom Menace''. [[{{Alien Scrappy}} Of course...]]

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** Also, Jar Jar Binks in ''The Phantom Menace''.''ThePhantomMenace''. [[{{Alien Scrappy}} Of course...]]



* Trip in ''PowerRangers: Time Force''.
* ''[[{{ptitle3ox9crrdkerj}} Blake's 7]]'' has Cally, an [[HumanAliens Auron]] with limited telepathic powers.

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* Trip in ''PowerRangers: Time Force''.
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* ''[[{{ptitle3ox9crrdkerj}} Blake's 7]]'' ''[=~Blake's Seven~=]'' has Cally, an [[HumanAliens Auron]] with limited telepathic powers.
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* Seaquest DSV had a dolphin that could talk.
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* Inverted in the ''TeenTitans'' television adaption, where [[TheHero Robin]] is the token "regular" human, though he's still [[BadassNormal the most adept of the Titans]].
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* ''{{Odium}}'' has Jan Kurtas/Medusa, the only HumanoidAbomination victim of the ViralTransformation who didn't go murderously insane. [[spoiler:For now. Though this can be avoided by refusing to go to a certain optional place.]]

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* ''{{Odium}}'' has Jan Kurtas/Medusa, the only HumanoidAbomination victim of the ViralTransformation who didn't go murderously insane. [[spoiler:For now. Though this can be avoided by refusing to go to a certain optional place.]]]] He's special in that he cannot carry weapons, instead using his mutant abilities. He also happens to be immune to tranquilizing and doesn't need to increase his Accuracy stat since all his abilities are treated as melee attacks (and thus have a 100% accuracy).

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* ''{{Odium}}'' has Jan Kurtas/Medusa, the only HumanoidAbomination victim of the ViralTransformation who didn't go murderously insane. [[spoiler:For now. Though this can be avoided by refusing to go to a certain optional place.]]



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* ''MenInBlack: The Series'' has The Twins as the Token Aliens of MIB. In the fourth season, sci-fi affirmative action causes MIB to hire an alien field agent and alien scientist.
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Donkey: Hi, Princess!
Princess Fiona: It talks!
Shrek: Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!
{{Shrek}}

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Donkey: -->Donkey: Hi, Princess!
Princess -->Princess Fiona: It talks!
Shrek: -->Shrek: Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!
{{Shrek}}
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Shrek: Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!
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Shrek: Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!
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Donkey: Hi, Princess!
Princess Fiona: It talks!
Shrek: Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!
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* Carson the muskrat from ''DorkTower''.
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* Ne'ban in {{Unreal}} 2, while the rest of the main cast is human he is, apparently, an intelligent parasite living in a jelly like alien, housed in a robotic suit.

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* Ne'ban in {{Unreal}} 2, ''[=~Unreal II: The Awakening~=]'', while the rest of the main cast is human he is, apparently, an intelligent parasite living in a jelly like alien, housed in a robotic suit.
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* ''{{Harukanaru Toki no Naka de}}'' franchise:
** The original game: Abe no Yasuaki (ArtificialHuman);
** ''Haruka 2'': [[{{Expy}} Abe no Yasutsugu]] (ArtificialHuman again);
** ''Haruka 3'': Ridvan (from the Oni Clan) and Hakuryuu (the depowered human form of the Dragon-God).



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* In ''Good Ship Chronicles'', Mike is literally a token alien, hired only to fill a quota; consequentally, he serves no real purpose on the ship.

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* In ''Good Ship Chronicles'', Mike is literally a token alien, hired only to fill a quota; consequentally, consequentially, he serves no real purpose on the ship.


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* Bender is the token robot of {{Futurama}} and Zoidberg is the token alien.
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** Nelix and The Doctor in [[StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]
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* ''RedDwarf'' had The Cat. Arguably, he could also be construed as TeamPet, as he was descended from Lister's cat Frankenstein, but let's count 3 million years of evolution to his credit.
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* Ne'ban in {{Unreal}} 2, while the rest of the main cast is human he is, apparently, an intelligent parasite living in a jelly like alien, housed in a robotic suit.
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** T'Pol and Phlox in [[StarTrekEnterprise]].

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** T'Pol and Phlox in [[StarTrekEnterprise]].[[StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]].
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** In ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'', before Worf joined the cast, as well as most of the time after, Data was the Token Nonhuman. Which one it was would depend on the episode.

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** In ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'', before Worf joined the cast, as well as most of the time after, Data was the Token Nonhuman. Which one it was would depend on the episode.


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** T'Pol and Phlox in [[StarTrekEnterprise]].

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