History PlayingWith / HumansAreWhite

* '''Parodied''': The human characters always have to wear sunglasses because their nigh-translucent skin reflects sunlight everywhere.

* '''Inverted''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Similar to the Exaggerated example above, African and Asian people do appear on more than a single occasion, but are all [[ButNotTooForeign half-white]].

* '''Exaggerated''': We even get to see other usually non-white dominant regions later in the work too, like Asia and Africa... to which they are ''also'' shown to be vastly populated by white european-looking people for some reason. And the few actual Asians or Africans that do appear are either half-white, or have some feature that makes them look more [[AmbiguouslyHuman ambiguously human]] other than an actual non-white human, like [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation technicolored skin]].
* '''Downplayed''': As mentioned in the Exaggerated example above, the few African and Asian people that do appear are all half-white.

* '''Exaggerated''': ???
* '''Downplayed''': ???

** The ''characters themselves'' are actually Black people who have been living in a matrix-like dream world where they are white.

'''Basic Trope''': Human characters are portrayed as universally white, and may be contrasted with non-humans or non-Earth humans who are not universally white.
* '''Straight''': The members of the FiveManBand in ''Troperia'', [[TheHero Bob]], [[TheLancer John]], [[TheBigGuy Benny]], [[TheSmartGuy Alex]], and [[TheHeart Alice]] are all white.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** All members of the FiveManBand have snowy white skin that would make Snow White ashamed, [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold golden hair]], and blue eyes.
** All humans appearing in ''Troperia'' have deathly pale skin, albino hair, and red eyes (because they lack skin pigment, the color of blood reflects in the irises.)
* '''Downplayed''': Although non-white do appear in ''Troperia'', most of the characters and all main characters are still white.

** Or, non-whites were driven to extinction in the past.
** Most of the humans [[ConfirmationBias encountered]] by a certain alien race happened to look white, [[FutureImperfect resulting in]] [[ArtisticLicenseHistory most of their inaccurate]] [[{{Stereotype}} depictions]] of humans as entirely white, due to a lack of further contact or information. When another race of humans does show up, the aliens wrongly assume them to be a different species, until DNA scans and historical records prove that the later humans are ''indeed'' related.
* '''Inverted''': The FiveManBand in ''Troperia'' all have dark skin.

** Alice turns out to be a spy sent by [[BigBad Emperor Evulz]] who happens to have black skin and has been using high-tech to conceal her skin tone.

** The characters, in a space expedition, discover a planet where darker-skinned people live.

** ...But Alice is also a humanoid robot.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The FiveManBand has an ability to change their skin color at will.
* '''Averted''':
** Only Bob and Alice are white, while [[BlackAndNerdy Alex]] is black, John is from Middle East, and [[AllAsiansKnowMartialArts Benny]] is an Asian.
** There is a FiveTokenBand made up of aliens and robots, to avoid the issue of having five white humans as the protagonists.
* '''Enforced''': Minorities are socially stigmatized in the country where the TV show ''Troperia'' is watched, so all actors have to be white.

* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz brings the FiveManBand to its knees with strong ultraviolet rays that instantly cause skin cancer.
* '''Defied''': The FiveManBand regularly tan their skin to minimize the risk of sunburn.

* '''Conversed''': "This particular show has only white people in it as actual humans. How racist this is."
* '''Deconstructed''':
** The FiveManBand is incapacitated because they all suffer from skin cancer.
** A meta example: the audience is offended by all the characters being white, so the rate goes down and the show ended prematurely.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The FiveManBand uses sunscreens, latest medical technology, and genetic engineering so that they don't get skin cancer.
** The audience keeps in mind that ''Troperia'' was made in 1960s in U.S. and therefore, there is no need to be offended.
* '''Played For Laughs''': An African-American astronaut from Earth winds up in the ''Troperia'' star system. [[MightyWhitey Not only does he prove himself to be stronger, smarter, and overall superior to the natives]] of ''Troperia'', the natives also begin to worship him as their new god!
* '''Played For Drama''': A non-white astronaut from Earth winds up in the ''Troperia'' star system, and everyone assumes he's a HumanoidAlien spy.

** Most of the humans [[ConfirmationBias encountered]] by a certain alien race happened to look white, resulting in [[ArtisticLicenseHistory most of their inaccurate]] [[{{Stereotype}} depictions]] of humans as entirely white, due to a lack of further contact or information. When another race of humans does show up, the aliens wrongly assume them to be a different species, until DNA scans and historical records prove that the later humans are ''indeed'' related.

'''Basic Trope''': Human characters are portrayed as universally white, and may be contrasted with non-humans or non-Earth humans are who are not universally white.

* '''Straight''': The members of the FiveManBand in ''Troperia'', [[TheHero Bob]], [[TheLancer John]], [[TheBigGuy Benny]], [[TheSmartGuy Alex]], and [[TheChick Alice]] are all white.

* '''Enforced''': Black people are socially stigmatized in the country where the TV show ''Troperia'' is watched, so all actors have to be white.

** Most of the humans [[ConfirmationBias encountered]] by a certain alien race happened to look white, resulting in [[ArtisticLicenseHistory most of their inaccurate]] [[{{Stereotype}} depictions]] of humans as entirely white, due to a lack of further contact or information. When another race of humans does show up, the aliens wrongly assume them to be a different species, until DNA scans and historical records prove that the later humans are indeed from the same species.

** Most of the humans [[ConfirmationBias encountered]] by a certain alien race happened to look white, resulting in [[ArtisticLicenseHistory most of their inaccurate]] [[{{Stereotype}} depictions]] of humans as white. When another race of humans do show up, the aliens wrongly assume them to be a different species, until DNA scans and historical records prove that the later humans are indeed from the same species.

** Most of the humans [[ConfirmationBias encountered]] by a certain alien race happened to look white, resulting in most of their [[{{Stereotype}} depictions]] of humans as white. When another race of humans do show up, the aliens wrongly assume them to be a different species, until DNA scans and historical records prove that the later humans are indeed from the same species.

** Most of the humans [[ConfirmationBias encountered]] by a certain alien race happened to look white, resulting in most of their [[{{Stereotype}} depictions]] of humans as white.

'''Basic Trope''': Human characters are portrayed as universally white.

** The newly discovered blacks are actually whites who intentionally paint their skin black as make-up.

* '''Enforced''': Blacks are socially stigmatized in the country where the TV show ''Troperia'' is watched, so all actors have to be white.

** The ''characters themselves'' are actually blacks who have been living in a matrix-like dream world where they are whites.

** Most of the humans [[ConfirmationBias encountered]] by a certain alien race happened to look white, resulting in most of their [[Stereotype depictions]] of humans as white.

* '''Played For Laughs''': An African-American astronaut from Earth winds up in the ''Troperia'' star system. Not only does he prove himself to be stronger, smarter, and overall superior to the natives of ''Troperia'', the natives also begin to worship him as their new god!

** Most of the humans [[ConfirmationBias encountered]] by a certain alien race happened to look white, resulting in [[Stereotype most of their depictions]] of humans as white.

** ''Troperia'' is set in medieval Norway, where the characters are all Vikings and thus white.

'''Basic Trope''': Human characters are portrayed as universally Caucasian.
* '''Straight''': The members of the FiveManBand in ''Troperia'', [[TheHero Bob]], [[TheLancer John]], [[TheBigGuy Benny]], [[TheSmartGuy Alex]], and [[TheChick Alice]] are all Caucasian.

* '''Downplayed''': Although non-Caucasians do appear in ''Troperia'', most of the characters and all main characters are still white.

* '''Played For Drama''': A non-Caucasian astronaut from Earth winds up in the ''Troperia'' star system, and everyone assumes he's a HumanoidAlien spy.

Back to the universally fair-skinned, Caucasian, blonde, and blue-eyed HumansAreWhite.

** Or, Non-whites were driven to extinction in the past.
** ''Troperia'' is set in medieval Norway, where the characters are all vikings and thus white.

** The newly discovered blacks are actually whites who paint their skin black as make-up.

* '''Conversed''': "This show has only light-skinned people in it as humans. How offensively racist."

** The audience keeps in mind that ''Troperia'' was made in 1960s in U.S. and therefore there is no need to be offended.