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What is it about '''pointy ears'''?
For some reason, the fastest, most reliable way to establish someone (or thing) is not human is to give them [[Unusual Ears|unusually]] pointy ears. Whether it be [[Our Elves Are Better|elves]], [[Space Alien|aliens]], or [[Our Monsters Are Different|stranger fare]], having those ears point skyward is all it takes to [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|knock them down]] ([[Can't Argue with Elves|or up]]) a peg.
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* The [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]] of ''[[The Strands Series]]'' by Gael Baudino seem to have pointy ears, although it is never actually mentioned directly in the books. Still, it is implied several times when people who have recently been transformed into Elves because of their [[Magic Genetics|Elven heritage]] are encouraged by other Elves to cover their ears with their hair, so that they may move around in public without being recognized.
* In an otherwise mundane Verse, [[Emily of New Moon]] has slightly pointed ears.
* Though their ears are never described in the novels themselves, [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|the Yuuzhan Vong]] from the ''[[New Jedi Order]]'' are often illustrated with prominent pointed ears. Otherwise, they're fairly humanlike (or would be if not for their cultural fixation on ritualized
* These are one of the indications that runaway human child has become a [[The Borribles|borrible]].
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* The Vulcans from ''[[Star Trek]]''.
** And their distant kin, the Romulans and the Remans.
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