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May frequently overlap with [[Humans Are Ugly]], [[Humans Are Morons]] and [[Humans Are Flawed]]. A subtrope of [[Fantastic Slur]]. Compare [[Son of an Ape]], [[Call a Rabbit A Smeerp]].
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** Neatly encapsulated in this exchange from ''Changes'':
{{quote| ''' {{spoiler|Duchess Arianna Ortega}}:''' (Impaled on several icicles) "C-cattle. You are cattle."<br />
'''Harry:''' "[[Pre
* In ''[[Belisarius Series]]'', when Aide is exasperated with 6th century humans, he calls them "protoplasmic".
* Not aliens, but the fairies in ''[[Artemis Fowl (Literature)|Artemis Fowl]]'' call humans "mud people".
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* Some of the more snobbish Minds in [[The Culture]] tend to refer to humans as "meat." One Mind who was considered to have an unhealthy interest in reading human minds {{spoiler|for the purposes of driving evil people insane}} earned the nickname ''Meatfucker''.
* The Yeerks in ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'' sometimes refer to humans as 'meat', comparing their use of humans as hosts to humans eating cattle. Aftran verbalizes this in "The Departure". "You're our meat, moo moo"
* The Race in [[Harry Turtledove]]'s ''[[
* In the ''[[Skinned]]'' series, the mechs (humans who had [[Brain Uploading|their brains uploaded]] into androids after their actual bodies are destroyed) call humans "orgs", as in "organic".
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