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* Lazarus from the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "The Alternative Factor" and his alternate universe counterpart: were they human, or [[Human Aliens|Human Alien]]? The episode itself seemed confused on this point.
* Thadiun Okana, the man defined [[Informed Ability]], from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' "The Outrageous Okana": Human or from a race of [[Human Aliens]]? Again, not otherwise specified.
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* ''Mr. Young'': Mrs. Byrne looks, behaves, and is treated like a human, but considering [[Really 700 Years Old|her age]] she's far too old to be any known species.
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** Of course, then there's Cyborg, who [[Captain Obvious|is a cyborg.]] The only normal-human-looking main character is Robin.
** It's made clear that there's nothing ''ambiguous'' about Starfire- even strangers she meets at a party know she's an alien, and her [[Bizarre Alien Biology]] is a frequent source of humor (and occasionally, plot points). Raven ''is'' more legitimately ambiguous, both in the sense that its unclear if anyone outside the Titans knows she's a nonhuman, and that it's never specified how different physically her demon heritage makes her from baseline humanity, beyond the obvious cosmetic aspects.
* On ''[[
* Ms. Bitters, the "skool"-teacher on ''[[Invader Zim]].'' She looks like an old woman, yet she can hover, move sinuously, pass through walls and is burned by the sun. [[Word of God|One of the creators]] is on record as saying she's non-human, but her exact nature is never exactly qualified.
* V.V. Argost in ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]'' {{spoiler|is actually a Yeti}}.
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* There's some debate over whether Heloise on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' is human. She and Jimmy are the only two human-shaped citizens of Miseryville, but given that only Jimmy is hinted to be a [[Fish Out of Water]], some fans wonder. With her occasionally slithering movements, one [[Epileptic Tree]] is that she's a naga (we never see her feet), though it has been shown she has two appendages under her dress.
* The Manji from the animated ''[[Jumanji (animation)|Jumanji]]'' series were a whole tribe of Ambiguously Human [[Malevolent Masked Men]]. One character outright questions if they are people when she first sees them, Alan replies simply that they are '[[Mathematician's Answer|Manji]]'. Basically, the giant masks that are treated as their faces are big enough that there could or could not be a humanoid head behind them. No one knows.
* The dwarfs in ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]''. It's uncertain whether they are the fey race or simply elderly, short humans.
** There's also a theory that they're young men who got to looking old quickly from working in the mines-apparently it would happen for real at one time due to working conditions and the harsh toll they took.
* ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]'' took place on "the alien world of Mer" which was populated by many nonhuman humanoid creatures, as well as a more common type of ambiguous human (or [[Human Aliens]]?) with distinct slanted eyes. What species the Pirate Lord Bloth belonged to was similarly ambiguous, considering his immense size, blue skin, and unusual facial features. Most of Bloth's pirate crew was similarly humanoid but probably not human, though ambiguous cases like Konk and Mantis did exist.
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