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* This was a favorite subject for ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]''. Probably the most [[Anvilicious]] example was "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", which featured an alien who was black on the left side and white on the right being chased by an alien who was white on the left and black on the right.

** Then there was ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' episode with an [[Aesop]] about homophobia delivered by a genderless species. Who were all played by women so that the audience wouldn't be subjected to Riker kissing someone played by a guy.

* In [[Power Rangers Time Force]], in the future most humans look down on mutants, genetically inferior beings that are the trash and leftovers of the [[Designer Babies]] program. This is not aided by the fact that the most prominent mutants in the series are anarchist terrorists, although how much of that is caused by growing up in a society that hates them, and how much is the cause of society hating them is very, very debatable.

* The old [[Disney Channel]] show ''[[Adventures in Wonderland]]'' had an episode centered around this, when the residents of Wonderland were nervous about a walrus moving into the neighborhood because they had heard a lot of bad stereotypes about walruses. But Alice herself meets the Walrus and finds out that he's actually a [[Pretty Cool Guy]].

{{quote|'''Annie:''' Don't be so deadist!

'''George:''' 'Scuse me?

** And Darrin returns the prejudice with interest. He's much like someone who marries a (fill in the blank with favorite minority) woman but wants her to keep it hidden.

* In ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]'' there was considerable prejudice towards artificially grown humans, called "tanks".

* The humans and angels in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' tend to dislike each other on principle. One angels or another is always calling humans filthy and primitive worms or maggots, due to their mammalian biology, short lives and to protest how angels were created by god to be the indentured servants of mankind. Humans (particular the main characters) mainly just hate the angels because they are sick of getting messed around, and because monster hunters instinctively hate sentient non-human beings. Dean repeatedly calls them "dicks with wings". Most angels behave pretty badly in-series but lots of them aren't totally evil or are as sympathetic as the humans( Cas, Anna, the members of Cas' garrison who disapproved of the apocalyptic plans got slaughtered, the Cupids) and they are all able to feel and express humanlike emotions.

** Despite Dean and Castiel being fairly close friends, Dean continually makes racist comments about the angels, often when Cas is standing right next to him. This might be justified given Dean's experiences and personality, but sometimes you have to wonder why Cas doesn't call him out on it, or physically assault him more often. It's almost like Cas agrees with Dean's assessment. Maybe he's just a [[Boomerang Bigot]]?

* [[Stargate Atlantis]]: When Michael reverts back to Wraith(ish) and escapes the humans, he expects to easily realign himself with the Wraith. To his dismay, they treat him with the same amount of disdain as they do humans (possibly more since he's not even useful as food); this causes him to reject both humans and Wraith and try to wipe them both out as a result.

* In a somewhat screwy application of this trope, KITT on the original ''[[Knight Rider]]'' is prejudiced against motorcycles. I repeat: not against bikers, against their vehicles. This is played for laughs, not unreasonably.