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1->'''Vision:''' Humans are odd. They think order and chaos are somehow opposites and try to control what won't. But there is grace in their failings. I think you missed that.\
2'''Ultron:''' They're doomed.\
3'''Vision:''' Yes. But a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts. It's a privilege to be among them.
4-->-- ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''
5
6A listing of all tropes that are about the human species, written by humans and for humans.
7
8Well, [[MostWritersAreHuman you are human]], right? If not, see the IndexOfFictionalCreatures or OthernessTropes for an index more suited for your kind.
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10[[index]]
11!!Tropes:
12[floatboxright:
13'''Categories:'''
14+ HumanResources
15++ ImAHumanitarian
16+ NotQuiteHuman
17++ {{Demihuman}}
18++ SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism
19++ {{Transhuman}}
20+ SociologyTropes
21]
22* AdvancedAncientHumans: Long ago in ancient or prehistoric times, humanity had a civilization that was much more technologically advanced than that of future human societies.
23* AmbiguouslyHuman: This person ''might'' be human, or maybe they're something else entirely...
24* AngelicTransformation: An angel of human origin.
25* AntiHumanAlliance: "[[FantasticRacism No humans allowed]]!"
26* ArtificialHuman: Humans (or humanlike beings) who were conceived and born through unnatural methods (such as cloning).
27* BeingHumanSucks: "I wish I ''wasn't'' human!"
28* BizarreHumanBiology: Not all human beings are quite the same on the inside.
29* CallAHumanAMeatbag: Any variety of [[FantasticSlur racial slurs]] used to disparage humans.
30* DeityOfHumanOrigin: A god that was once a mere mortal.
31* DemonOfHumanOrigin: A demon who used to be a human.
32* HalfHumanHybrid: They're only ''partially'' human. Often the result of [[InterspeciesRomance sexual encounters with other species]] and/or [[LegoGenetics artificial gene splicing]].
33* HobbesWasRight: Humans need to be ruled with an iron fist in order to stop us from fighting all the time.
34* HumanAliens: Extraterrestrial species that ''coincidentally'' bear a strong resemblance to the humans of Earth.
35* HumanAllAlong: An apparently nonhuman character is revealed to be human.
36* HumanDisguise: When a non-human being is ''pretending'' [[TheyLookLikeUsNow to be one of us]]. Usually, their true forms aren't very humanlike.
37* HumanityCameFromSpace: What if humans were ''not'' really from the planet Earth?
38* HumanityEnsues: A non-human creature is somehow transformed into a human being. They [[BecomeARealBoy may]] or [[BeingHumanSucks may not]] be happy about it.
39* HumanityIsAdvanced: Human civilization and technology are (more) impressive, at least when compared to that of other species in the universe.
40* HumanityIsInfectious: Spend some time with humans, and soon you'll start thinking and feeling like one.
41* HumanityIsInsane: Humans are all ''[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} batshit crazy]]''!
42* HumanityIsSuperior: Humans believe that [[MasterRace they're better than everyone else]]. Whether they actually [[SuperiorSpecies are]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters or]] [[HumansAreMorons not]] is another matter.
43* HumanityIsYoung: Humans are like inexperienced children, still learning how things work.
44* HumanityOnTrial: Some aliens believe that {{humans are|Bastards}} [[HobbesWasRight so evil]], that they want to collectively prosecute all of us for our crimes and sins. But can we prove them wrong?
45* HumanitysWake: Humanity is extinct, leaving only legends behind.
46* HumanoidAbomination: A supernatural being who may look or act (somewhat) human at first glance, but they're actually something that's definitely ''not'' human.
47* HumanPet: When other sapient species decide to domesticate us.
48* HumansAdvanceSwiftly: Humans quickly invent new ways for technology to be upgraded.
49* HumansAreAverage: Humans are [[JackOfAllStats equally good (but not great) at every important skill and ability]].
50* HumansAreBastards: Humans are uncaring, ungrateful assholes to each other.
51* HumansAreCthulhu: Humans are viewed as being [[HumanoidAbomination unfathomably]] [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien alien]] by (usually more primitive) non-human creatures.
52* HumansAreDiplomats: Humans will first try to talk their way out of a situation.
53* HumansAreDivided: Some humans like blue, while others prefer red. There's always something that we can disagree on.
54* HumansAreFlawed: Humans aren't perfect, but they'll try to be.
55* HumansAreGood: Most humans strongly believe and care about morality and justice.
56* HumansAreInsects: Superior beings consider us to be insignificant and unimportant to them.
57* HumansAreLeaders: Humans (or all of Humanity) will help the other sapient races and species by leading the way.
58* HumansAreMorons: Humans are idiots and fools, especially if compared to other sapient organisms.
59* HumansAreNotTheDominantSpecies: Humans live on an Earth-like planet, but aren't the dominant animal on it.
60* HumansArePsychicInTheFuture: Humans will eventually evolve to possess [[PsychicPowers superhuman mental abilities]].
61* HumansAreSmelly: Other species think that we stink really badly.
62* HumansAreSpecial: We're unique snowflakes compared to other species.
63* HumansAreSurvivors: It's the [[AfterTheEnd end of the world]]? Humanity will still find a way.
64* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Humans are uncaring, ungrateful assholes, at least compared to other species. Some of them are so bad that they make [[OurMonstersAreDifferent literal monsters]] look good.
65* HumansAreUgly: Other races believe that we look hideous to them.
66* HumansAreWarriors: Humans are a {{proud warrior race|Guy}}. We'll gladly [[LastStand fight our way out of a situation]], [[BloodKnight or into one]].
67* HumansAreWhite: In this story, most humans are depicted as being the dominant ethnicity of [[CreatorProvincialism the writers' country/region of origin]] (especially Caucasian in Western media).
68* HumansByAnyOtherName: Alternate terms used to refer to humans, such as "Earthlings" or "Terrans".
69* HumansKillWantonly: Humans are [[AxCrazy hyper-aggressive and violent]], and we'll try to kill anyone or anything that gets in our way.
70* HumansNeedAliens: We Earthlings must depend on people from other planets to save our skins.
71* HumansThroughAlienEyes: How other races and species see humans.
72* HumanSubspecies: Offshoots and relatives of ''Homo sapiens sapiens'' resulting from evolution or science.
73* HumanTraffickers: Criminal smugglers who deal not in illegal drugs or weapons, but in live human beings (usually as slaves).
74* InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace: In the distant future, all ethnic groups will eventually mix together until everyone looks racially homogeneous.
75* IntriguedByHumanity: Other species find us to be interesting because of how different we are to them.
76* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: Human nature means humanity will ultimately destroy itself.
77* KillAllHumans: [[FinalSolution Trying to exterminate the entire human species]].
78* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: When humans live together with {{Funny Animal}}s.
79* MacGuffinTurnedHuman: [[MacGuffin The object that everyone is looking for]] turns out to have been transformed into a person.
80* MisanthropeSupreme: [[BoomerangBigot A human who despises all other humans]].
81* MostWritersAreHuman: Because of this, most stories will be written by humans and for humans, with their biased perspectives.
82* MugglePower: Some believe that normal humans are actually better than [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual people who have superhuman powers]].
83* {{Muggles}}: Ordinary human beings without extraordinary abilities (like magic or superpowers); in contrast with [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual superhumans]].
84* MuggleWithADegreeInMagic: An ordinary human knows all about the powers anyway.
85* NoFocusOnHumans: The story has few or no human characters; non-humans get the spotlight instead.
86* NotQuiteHuman: Someone who at least ''looks'' human, but is not actually (or at least not completely) a (normal) human being.
87* OriginalMan: The first human species was not the same ''Homo sapiens'' that we are.
88* OurHumansAreDifferent: The story includes characters that are superficially human.
89* PatrickStewartSpeech: When you want to defend [[HumansAreGood all the]] [[RousseauWasRight good qualities]] of humanity, while still remembering [[HumansAreFlawed their flaws]].
90* PeopleZoo: When other sapient species have us publicly displayed like zoo animals.
91* PunyEarthlings: Overall, we're much more pathetic, weaker, and inferior compared to alien races.
92* RealisticSpeciesCartoonySpecies: In animation, humans look more (semi-)realistic than animals do.
93* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: When someone ''stops'' believing that [[HumansAreBastards all humans]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters are bad]], because we are indeed capable of kindness.
94* RousseauWasRight: There's a lot of evidence that we humans are naturally inclined towards being good and altruistic.
95* SafetyInMuggles: Trying to hide from your [[TheMasquerade secret supernatural enemies]]? Just blend in among ordinary people.
96* SonOfAnApe: When humans are called "apes" or "monkeys" to mock them for being primates.
97* StandardHumanSpaceship: Humans design all their spacecraft to look like off-gray riveted boxes.
98* StupidFuturePeople: Somehow, despite all our social and technological progress, we humans are all ''[[TookALevelInDumbass dumber]]'' than we were in the past!
99* TokenHuman: The only human on a team of non-humans.
100* TokenNonHuman: [[InvertedTrope Inversely]], the only non-human on a team of humans.
101* TooMuchForManToHandle: Some things are just ''not'' meant for normal human beings to experience at all.
102* ToServeMan: According to some other species, Humans Are Delicious!
103* TragicMonster: They were sadly forced to become something inhuman against their will.
104* TranshumanAliens: A sub-species of humans that diverged after settling down on another planet.
105* TransplantedHumans: Related to the above.
106* TurningBackHuman: When someone's transformation is finally reversed, allowing them to regain their humanity.
107* WasOnceAMan: A non-human being who was originally an ordinary human.
108* WeAreAsMayflies: Humans are the shortest-lived sapient species in the known universe.
109* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: When humans show little regard for the well-being of [[FantasticRacism other (sapient) species]].
110[[/index]]

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