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== Literature ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'': Golems were this. Then, in ''[[Discworld/Feet of Clay|Feet of Clay]],'' someone had a very interesting idea. Now they're quietly and peacefully having a revolution by all buying their freedom.
* Most client races in the ''[[Uplift]]'' universe. By galactic custom, client races are "indentured" to the race that uplifted them for 100,000 years, after which they are free to go and do the same to any [[Uplifted Animal|upliftable species]] they run into. Patron species are often quite nasty to their clients. Earthclan--humanityEarthclan—humanity and its clients, chimps and bottlenose dolphins--scandalizeddolphins—scandalized traditional galactic society by treating the uplifted species as equals, something only the more liberal clans (such as that of the Tymbrimi) came anything close to.
* ''[[The Sparrow]]'': The Runa are happy to be this to the Jana'ata. Then the humans land on Rakhat…
** In this case, they also turn out to be {{spoiler|a ''prey'' race, the primary food source for Jana'ata}}
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* The Jaffa of ''[[Stargate]]'' believe their masters to be gods.
** They were originally created from regular humans, modified to serve as perfect warrior slaves and incubators for their masters' larval form while being completely dependent on them biologically.
** Although they had long taken pride in their role as a [[Servant Race]] to the Gods, the revelation that they were actually a [[Slave Race]] to a bunch of space worms with delusions of grandeur became a driving force for their rebellion.
* The Skitters on [[Falling Skies]]. They're other beings that were made to wear harnesses and transformed into Skitters.
* The Silicates and I Vitros from ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]''. Both [[Turned Against Their Masters]] - the former in open rebellion, while the latter was eventually the subject of a civil rights movement.
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== Tabletop Games ==
 
* The [[Meaningful Name|Helot]] genetic upgrade from ''[[GURPS]]: Bio-Tech'' produces people that are humble, docile and non-aggressive. [[Blatant Lies|The designers claim this is just to help them function in urban societies.]]<br /><br />GURPS Aliens contained a species of, well, aliens who had been genetically-engineered this way some time in the distant past. They are, if anything, more extreme than the Helot upgrades; they can't do much of anything without a master--and the setting makes slavery illegal. (Using servants of this species is tolerated by most governments, but it's considered a major dilemma, and all normal labor laws apply.) The species was abandoned by its masters long ago; the masters left complex instructions for maintaining a society, but eventually changing conditions made the orders inapplicable and many of them simply starved.
 
* The Slann of ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', who created their own [[Servant Race]]. The Lizardmen, like the Slann themselves, were made by the Old Ones. They're both Servant Races, butt he Slann are far more intelligent, and ever since the Old Ones left have been in charge.▼
GURPS Aliens contained a species of, well, aliens who had been genetically-engineered this way some time in the distant past. They are, if anything, more extreme than the Helot upgrades; they can't do much of anything without a master—and the setting makes slavery illegal. (Using servants of this species is tolerated by most governments, but it's considered a major dilemma, and all normal labor laws apply.) The species was abandoned by its masters long ago; the masters left complex instructions for maintaining a society, but eventually changing conditions made the orders inapplicable and many of them simply starved.
▲* The Slann of ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', who created their own [[Servant Race]]. The Lizardmen, like the Slann themselves, were made by the Old Ones. They're both Servant Races, butt he Slann are far more intelligent, and ever since the Old Ones left have been in charge.
* In ''[[Exalted]]'', First Age Solars created quite a few of these. Some were better-treated than others, with corresponding variance in loyalty now that the Solars are returning and the now-free races are once again coming into contact with their former masters...
* ''[[New Horizon]]'': The Wafans (Wave Form Androids) were created as this. Being sapient and capable of independent thought, this didn't last very long.
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* The Ferin of [[Terinu]] were a genetically engineered slave race for the Varn Dominion. The Dominion has also conquered other races for their service, and tried to do it to humanity as well.
* [[The Fair Folk|The Fae]] [http://www.rhjunior.com/totq/00452.html are described as this] in ''[[Tales of the Questor]]'' and can also serve as an one example of what happens when a [[Servant Race]] loses its masters.
* ''[[Quantum Vibe]]'' features an earth society 500 years in the future. While the rich have access to android labor, there is a servant race called Associates. All associates appear to be clones of identically dressed dwarfish, bald, stooped men. They are apparently the working class of this century. They don't look happy about it.
* The immigrant Cyantians in ''[[The Cyantian Chronicles]]'' were created by a [[Dying Race]] of aliens called the Rumuah by splicing together human and alien genes (after purebred humans were found to be "unsuitable"). Though the Rumuah weren't just looking for servants, they also intended the Cyantians to be their heirs when they died out.
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