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Well, you could be all politically correct and call them a Differently-Powered Individual. Or, you could call them any other universal term that's used to label superhumans... such as the ones below.
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See also [[Not Using the Z Word]]. For [[Mad Scientist]] types with a common origin or nature, see [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]]. If they're [[Fantastic Racism|treated as a minority]], they might be asked "[[Have You Tried Not Being a Monster?]]"
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The use of the term "Esper" (see below) in ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' is used by Haruhi in the context of "has special powers", although the original meaning of [
** Of course, this is the result of an unusual translation convention. The original Japanese uses the far-more-generic "chōnōryokusha", which can be broken down literally into "super ability person".
* [[To Aru Majutsu no Index]] also uses "Esper" (along with ''chōnōryokusha'') to describe beings who gain supernatural powers by scientific means.
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== Literature ==
* The ''[[Wild Cards]]'' series distinguishes among Aces (people infected with the wild card virus who gain superpowers), Jokers (people who survived the wild card virus but who were horribly mutated as a result), and Deuces (people who weren't mutated by the virus, but who got ''really'' [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|lame powers]]). Naturally, there is some overlap among the three: The prime example is the heroine/TV host Peregrine, who is technically a Joker because she grew wings, but is considered an Ace because they're functional and let her fly -— and are sexy. (The official term in the book's universe is "metahuman". It's rarely used outside of [[Fictional Document|scientific literature]], though.)
** And "exotic" was used briefly during the early years after the Wild Card virus was first released; the official name of the Four Aces was "Exotics For Democracy".
* ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]]'' has three classes of superpower. [[Muggles|Mundane]]: No magic. Magician: Incredibly powerful magic. The rest of Xanth's inhabitants (with no special name, other than "everybody") each have a magic talent that falls between the two extremes. Those who can do exceedingly minor things like conjuring rotten pineapples or chlorinating water are referred to in ''A Spell for Chameleon'' as having "Spot on the Wall"-type talents, from the ultimate example: making a small, colored spot appear on the wall.
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* In ''[[Haven]]'', the Troubled are people who have started to (or always did) display strange powers.
* The second pilot of ''[[Star Trek the Original Series]]'' used the term "Esper" a few times, referring to those whose ESP ratings were higher than average, normal Human or not. No doubt borrowed the term from Asimov.
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