Everyone Is a Super: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' - Mundus Magicus turns into one of these once the heroes arrive there - especially for those who were previously just [[Muggles]], though the main cast remains leagues more powerful then the average thug in that world.

* ''[[Wind A Breath Of Heart]]'' - In spite of seeming to be like a normal town, (almost) everyone in the town the story takes place has some kind of special power, often [[Mundane Utility|mundane ones]], and asking what everyone else's powers are is as common as asking what someone's name is. The reason this is so common becomes a major plot point...

* In ''[[To Aru Majutsu no Index]]'' and its spin-off, nearly all of the students from Academy City are undergoing esper training. So it is reasonable to expect unnamed street bullies to have some sort of super power. As one teacher put it, a student not having esper powers is something out of ordinary and worth researching. The [[Superpower Lottery]] is very much in effect through, and most of these powers are entirely useless.

* ''[[Slayers]]'' has the "anyone can learn basic magic, but not everyone chooses to do so" variant. Notably, the swordsman of the group has a high enough "capacity" to become an incredible mage, but his attention span is too short to remember or focus on the incantations.

* ''[[Iris Zero]]'' takes place in a world where 99% of children are born with an [[Evil Eye|Iris]], which allows them to see visual clues. For example, one girl can see a [[Living Lie Detector|devil tail grow on people when they lie]].

* Sometimes the ''[[Digimon]]'''s World borders on this trope before humans arrive in it. ''Digimon Adventure'' and ''Digimon Tamers'' added other powerless creatures so they don't count. ''X-Evolution'' the best example with no humans or anything comparable to them in sight.

** The actual series gives us the [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|Saiyans]], who are an entire race of warriors whose weakest members are still far stronger than 99% of the human race.

** Although honestly, [[Puny Earthlings|almost every alien race we see are stronger than the human race.]] Even the [[Martial Pacifist]] race.

* ''[[Top Ten]]'': Absolutely everyone in Neopolis from bums to tycoons is superhuman: "science hero/villains" with powers, a costume and an alter ego. Aliens, robots, gods, cyborgs, psychics, all present in the crowds. Incidental details include pizza-delivery couriers with [[Super Speed|super-speed]], cab drivers "guided by the universe" and comics such as ''Businessman''.

* In ''[[Earth X]]'', everyone's a mutant. That's one way to get rid of that [[Fantastic Racism]].

* In the ''New Krypton'' storarc of the ''[[Superman]]'' stories, New Krypton is a planet on the other side of Earth's sun, sharing its orbit and populated with 100,000 fully powered Kryptonians.

* [[Franco Belgian Comics]] series ''[[Lanfeust]]'' has the homeland/world of the titular hero, Troy, where every human has one single magic power thanks to specially-trained Sages "broadcasting" magic energy ({{spoiler|which may in fact be more accurately called psychic energy; long story}}) to the nearby citizenry like mobile power relays. Everyone's powers tend to be public knowledge, and often steer those who have them towards a career path [[Mundane Utility|where it will be a useful skill]] (Lanfeust himself's power is to heat any metal, so he was training to be a smith before the [[Call to Adventure]]). However, [[Superpower Lottery|said powers vary wildly]], so it's rather common for people to have a power with [[Crippling Overspecialisation|exceedingly narrow applications]] or even [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|a virtually useless one]] (making farts smell like flowers, anyone?). Although a staple of the series is characters [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|using what they have in novel ways to give themselves an unexpected edge]], like the leader of [[La Résistance]] (an animal entrails-reading soothsayer) using his abilities to plan and coordinate a much more formidable effort than his [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] could muster otherwise, or one of his followers, who relishes the chance to use her power to give horrible heartburns in socially and ethically acceptable ways- to incapacitate enemy [[Mooks]].

 

== Fan Works ==

 

 

 

* In the ''[[Codex Alera]]'' series, ''all'' Alerans (the human civilization) possess a degree of [[Elemental Powers]] ([[Badass Normal|the protagonist]] being [[Un-Sorcerer|a notable exception]]), ranging from peasants who have limited control over one element to [[Person of Mass Destruction|godlike]] [[Authority Equals Asskicking|high nobility]]. On the nonhuman side of things, the [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Marat]] all have the ability to [[Bond Creatures|telepathically bond with an animal]] (including large, vicious predators), and while only a few of the [[Wolf Man|Canim]] actually have magic, any one of them is ''still'' a seven-to-eight foot tall centuries-old anthropomorphic canine, and therefore ''plenty'' [[Badass]] enough to hold their own against all the superpowered people running around.

* In ''The Amazing Adventures Of Ordinary Boy'', the eponymous character is the only person in his city ''without'' superpowers.

* The wizard world in [[Harry Potter]] is one in which [[World of Badass|everyone has badass magical powers]] (with the exception of [[Muggle Born of Mages|squibs]]).

 

* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'': Is it a stockbroker? Is it a quantity surveyor? Is it a church warden? No, it's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01xasUtlvw Bicycle Repairman]!

* Though not to superhero levels, [[Eureka]] is based on a town where everyone is super intelligent. Zoey was raised outside, so she has had a normal upbringing and lampshades how different the town being this kind of 'super' several times.

* {{spoiler|Seattle becomes this}} in the finale of ''[[The 4400]]''.

** In the setting, Gensokyo, even the common humans are capable of magical powers, and are expected to be more powerful than the common fairies. The heroines are simply the ones with either even greater than normal superpowers, or in Marisa case, someone with normal magical powers who trained and studied really hard to get to where she is.

** There's also the interesting case of Sanae, who used to be revered as a god in the outside world and is believed by some fans to have had a hard time adjusting to this trope's effect when she arrived in Gensokyo.

* ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series (at least, more recent ones) also lets essentially anyone use magic, thanks in part to its very loose class system. In ''Oblivion'', players even start out with a basic attack spell and healing spell before they even get a chance to choose their class, and essentially anyone can just go into a church and get trained in some magic for a fee. Characters who do not use magic simply have chosen to focus on other areas, rather than being incapable of spells.

** Many races also start with free skill points in at least one magical discipline and/or supernatural special abilities which require no training, skill, or even magicka (mana). Even Nords, who are typically [[Horny Vikings|big brash warrior-types]], can call on magical frost once a day and get skill points in Restoration magic. Your birth sign can grant you further powers, including turning invisible.

== Western Animation ==

 

* An episode of ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' Timmy wishing the world was inhabited by superheroes.

** Then there are the Air Nomads, who are the most true to the trope. Because of their spirituality, they were all born airbenders.

* Almost every ''Transformers'' setting that doesn't feature humans is an example of this trope, such as ''Beast Machines''.