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Demihumans are the [[Fantasy]] [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|counterpart]] to [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]]. Related to [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half Human Hybrids]], [[Human Aliens]], and probably others. Depending on the story, they've been called [[Our Elves Are Better|elves]], [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarves]], [[The Lord of the Rings|hobbits]], [[Our Orcs Are Different|orcs]], [[All Trolls Are Different|trolls]] and many other names. The [[Five Races]] is a trope that classifies these creatures and explains how they live together in a setting that contains four or five such races; see that article for details.
Typically, creatures that fit this trope are [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fantastical fantastical] beings which, despite being fantastical, are identical to humans in every way, except that they have:
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Record of Lodoss War]]'', elves, dark elves, dwarves, and [[Hobbits|grassrunners]]. Goblins, ogres, and kobolds are treated as barely-human monsters.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[J. R. R.
** There's some grounds for supposing that Hobbits are a sort of pygmy human. Tolkien went into some details about the origins of the other humanoid species, but never mentioned anything about the Hobbits.
** Adaptations of Tolkien's races and their [[Theme Park Version]]s appear in many, many, fantasy novels since, sometimes filtered through ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.
* ''[[Discworld]]'': dwarves, gnomes, vampires, werewolves. Trolls are about as normal as people; they're just biologically very distinct—demihuman in treatment, but not in biology. Elves are [[Exclusively Evil]]. {{spoiler|Orcs}} appear in ''[[Discworld/Unseen Academicals|Unseen Academicals]]'', .
* The Marat in ''[[Codex Alera]]''. They look human, but they all have [[Hair Colors|white hair]], [[Bond Creatures]], and some [[Unfortunate Implications|other things]] that set them apart from humans. Justified, as they are implied to be descendants of Neanderthals who were brought to [[Another Dimension]].
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