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== Fanfiction ==

* In [[The Return (fanfic)|The Return]] this is [[Always Chaotic Evil|humanity's hat]], [[Humans Are Special|their defining quality]], and [[Muggles Do It Better|why they're still alive]].

* In general, almost every ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[Fanfic]] that involves humans features this trope in one way or another. Even if the humans aren't actively malevolent, they'll still be brooding over how embarrassed they are of humanity's evil, or even become an unwitting gateway through which evil and corruption enters the pony universe.

'''Monty:''' Only to the extent that they are [[Atomic Hate|resolved to do it to each other.]]<br />

'''Thorax:''' Perhaps, on the whole, you should adopt a different standard for [[The End of the World as We Know It|Armageddon.]]<br />

** This storyline could also be interpreted as [[God Is Evil]], especially since Monty plans his first human-to-cockroach transformation with the unborn baby of [[Kick the Dog|the nicest characters]] {{spoiler|who also happens to be an ex-nun and whose baby-daddy is an ex-priest}}. It's made especially creepy by the fact that Monty is discussing wiping out/mutating humanity ''[[Stepford Smiler|with the calm demeanor you'd use to pick groceries]]''. {{spoiler|Monty is later called out by a bunch of the characters for both his plan and the fact that he can't use H/his powers to find some missing clothes (Thorax: "Monty, you and I are quits.") Monty eventually reveals to the mom-to-be that he wasn't really going to do it, and the whole thing probably a [[Secret Test of Character]] for the other, um, characters.}}

* ''[[Pogo (comic strip)|Pogo]]'': "We have met the enemy, and he is us."

*** That's not entirely true either. The Emperor wanted to eliminate alien races that ''posed a threat to humanity''. (which in fairness, is just about all of them) IIRC, Fulgrim tried to get the Laer to become a protectorate of the Imperium. Too bad the Laer worshipped Slaanesh...

** Psykers have always been a grey area, however. No matter how much they may be detested daemon magnets, the fact remains that the Imperium simply could not function - even with the Emperor at full strength - without them, as they're utterly vital for both communication and navigation. Same goes for the three-eyed Navigator corps. Not to mention that the Emperor is himself a psyker, the most powerful to have ever lived.

* ''[[The World of Darkness]]'' series seems to hold to a viewpoint best described as follows: "Humans are Bastards, but frankly, compared to the rest of reality, they're small-timers." Both ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'' and ''[[Werewolf: The Forsaken]]'' come close to playing it straight, while ''[[Promethean: The Created]]'' comes close to subverting it (Prometheans admit humans have their flaws, but desperately want to ''be'' them because they know Prometheans are far worse), while ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'' subverts it outright (''Dancers In Dusk'' states few things rekindle a changeling's much-needed faith in other people then visiting a stranger's dreams for the first time).

* In the expanded ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' core setting based on ''[[Greyhawk]]'', Humanity's creator deity is [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ex/20041203a Zarus] who claims to be the first human, a [[Lawful Evil]] Deity of bigotry and human supremacy. This in a world where every other core race's primary deity is good aligned. Worse yet, he's a greater deity, meaning he has a flipping ton of worshipers, all of them human.