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* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' regularly passes thanks to its use of the FiveTokenBand, most stereotypically with one Asian character and one Black character in each cast. The few times they don't have those tend to be (but aren't always) when the core cast starts with a PowerTrio instead - and even then at least one of the three is a minority, and there's still room for the SixthRanger to be non-white as well. Minorities aren't always Black or Asian, either: we've seen for example several Hispanics, two Australians (Kat and Xander) and a New Zealander (Chase), a Samoan (Shane), an Arab (Nick), two Indians (Jake and Ravi), assorted {{Human Alien}}s, and two AmbiguouslyBrown Rangers to whom regular ethnicities don't apply (Daggeron and Koda - one's from a magical realm and the other's a caveman). Plus two ''fake'' ethnicities (not counting how several casts are {{Fake American}}s in the first place): Flynn is Scottish but played by a New Zealander and Antonio is a Mexican-American portrayed by a Thai-German.

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* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' regularly passes thanks to its use of the FiveTokenBand, most stereotypically with one Asian character and one Black character in each cast. The few times they don't have those tend to be (but aren't always) when the core cast starts with a PowerTrio instead - and even then at least one of the three is a minority, and there's still room for the SixthRanger to be non-white as well. Minorities aren't always Black or Asian, either: we've seen for example several Hispanics, two Australians (Kat and Xander) and a New Zealander (Chase), a Samoan (Shane), an Arab (Nick), two Indians (Jake and Ravi), assorted {{Human Alien}}s, HumanAliens, and two AmbiguouslyBrown Rangers to whom regular ethnicities don't apply (Daggeron and Koda - one's from a magical realm and the other's a caveman). Plus two ''fake'' ethnicities (not counting how several casts are {{Fake American}}s in the first place): Flynn is Scottish but played by a New Zealander and Antonio is a Mexican-American portrayed by a Thai-German.
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* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has dark-skinned protagonists Roy and Durkon, as well as the [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Asian-equivalent]] O-Chul and Lien joining the main cast in the last arc. On the occasions the comic does ever touch on race, it's in the TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons sense of "species" (a term the game is now moving away from), not the Earth sense.
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This doesn't mean a series can't have a VerySpecialEpisode about racism, as long as that's not the dominant theme of the show in general. The point of this rule is presenting people of color as well-rounded characters that are not solely defined by their race.

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This doesn't mean a the series can't have a VerySpecialEpisode about racism, as long as that's not the dominant theme of the show in general. The point of this rule is presenting people of color as well-rounded characters that are not solely defined by their race.
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** ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' stars Mei Lee (Chinese), along with her mother Ming (Chinese) and friends Priya and Abby (Indian and Korean, respectively). The story is about Mei getting the ability to turn into a red panda, and learning to cope with it while raising money to attend her favourite boy band in concert. While said boy band are minor characters, they are also Deggans compliant; they consist of Robaire (Black), Tae Young (Korean), Aaron Z. (Blasian), Aaron T. (AmbiguouslyBrown), and Jesse (TokenWhite).

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** ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' stars Mei Lee (Chinese), along with her mother Ming (Chinese) and friends Priya and Abby (Indian and Korean, respectively).respectively) who are bullied by Tyler (Blasian). The story is about Mei getting the ability to turn into a red panda, and learning to cope with it while raising money to attend her favourite boy band in concert. While said boy band are minor characters, they are also Deggans compliant; they consist of Robaire (Black), Tae Young (Korean), Aaron Z. (Blasian), Aaron T. (AmbiguouslyBrown), and Jesse (TokenWhite).

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** ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'' has two prominent human characters, Tip (Black, of Barbados origin) and Lucy (brown; established to be Black in [[WesternAnimation/HomeAdventuresWithTipAndOh the TV series]]). The story focuses on Tip's journey to find Lucy after aliens invade Earth, and race is not a factor in the story. The only time skin colour is brought up is when Lucy is asking one of the aliens to help her find Tip, and mentions that Tip has "beautiful brown skin".
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Abominable}}'' has a mainly Chinese human cast, and stars a teen girl, Yi, befriending a Yeti.



** ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' stars a Mexican cast, mainly the protagonist Miguel, his great-grandmother Coco, and his grandmother/Coco's daughter, Elena. The story is about Miguel's passion for music leading him to the realm of the Dead and meeting a skeleton named Hector, whom he goes on an adventure with.



* ''Film/OceansEleven'', a heist movie, has the tiny Chinese acrobat Yen and the BlackAndNerdy techie Basher.
* ''Film/SecretsAndLies'' Hortense and her best friend have a conversation about their mothers that also passes UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest. The film does briefly mention Hortense's race when Cynthia [[spoiler:initially doesn't think it's possible that Hortense could be her daughter.]] The rest of the film is all about Cynthia, Hortense and Cynthia's family.
* ''Film/PacificRim'' has Japanese Mako Mori and black Stacker Pentecost. (Not "African-American", as he's from England.)
* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' series. In the [[Film/TheMatrix first film]], the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar is fairly diverse, and later films show that this not only applies to Zion in general (including seemingly all levels of military and civilian administration), but every single other ship's crew. Even the Logos, the smallest ship in the fleet with a total of three crewmembers, is staffed by a white man, an Asian man, and a black woman.



* ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' series. In the [[Film/TheMatrix first film]], the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar is fairly diverse, and later films show that this not only applies to Zion in general (including seemingly all levels of military and civilian administration), but every single other ship's crew. Even the Logos, the smallest ship in the fleet with a total of three crewmembers, is staffed by a white man, an Asian man, and a black woman.
* ''Film/OceansEleven'', a heist movie, has the tiny Chinese acrobat Yen and the BlackAndNerdy techie Basher.
* ''Film/PacificRim'' has Japanese Mako Mori and black Stacker Pentecost. (Not "African-American", as he's from England.)
* ''Film/SecretsAndLies'' Hortense and her best friend have a conversation about their mothers that also passes UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest. The film does briefly mention Hortense's race when Cynthia [[spoiler:initially doesn't think it's possible that Hortense could be her daughter.]] The rest of the film is all about Cynthia, Hortense and Cynthia's family.
* ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'' has three Asian characters in a movie about a journey to save the sun from going out.



* ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'' has three Asian characters in a movie about a journey to save the sun from going out.



* One ''Literature/PerfectlyPrincess'' story, "Purple Princess Wins the Prize", mainly stars a Black girl, Isabel, and her family, particularly her annoying brothers. Her story is about trying to win a prize at school for performance.



* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', for Turk, (black) Carla (Dominican) and Laverne (black).



* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', for Turk, (black) Carla (Dominican) and Laverne (black).



* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Black girl (Numbuh Five, Abby) and Asian girl (Numbuh Three, Kuki) in the main cast, race is ''never'' mentioned at all.
* On ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', both of Danny's human {{Romantic False Lead}}s are non-white. Paulina is Hispanic and Valerie is black.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has BlackAndNerdy AJ, AsianAirhead Trixie, and eventually the south-Asian Sanjay.



* ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'', as of its fifth season, features the Bains family, primarily Meera (Indian), and Amy (Black) as a core part of Greendale's population. Race is not a factor in the main plot, as it's mostly following the titular Pat on his post rounds, and the antics he gets up to along the way.



* On ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', both of Danny's human {{Romantic False Lead}}s are non-white. Paulina is Hispanic and Valerie is black.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Black girl (Numbuh Five, Abby) and Asian girl (Numbuh Three, Kuki) in the main cast, race is ''never'' mentioned at all.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has BlackAndNerdy AJ, AsianAirhead Trixie, and eventually the south-Asian Sanjay.



* ''WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants'' has the African-American George Beard from the original books, and fills out the cast with Erica amd Jessica (also African-American) and Gooch (Japanese-American). Race is not mentioned in the stories.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants'' has the African-American George Beard from the original books, and fills out the cast with Erica amd and Jessica (also African-American) and Gooch (Japanese-American). Race is not mentioned in the stories.

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