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A [[Speculative Fiction|sci-fi / fantasy]] trope.

 

For beings who Walk Among Us ''without'' our knowledge, see [[The Masquerade]].

 

== Advertising ==

* Modern-day cavemen in the famous GEICO commercials.

 

* According to Yuki, Data Interfaces, time travelers and members of the Organization have completely infiltrated North High because of the titular character, [[Suzumiya Haruhi]]. Proven in the eight novel, {{spoiler|where the Student Council President is a representative from the Organization, and the secretary is a Data Interface named Emiri Kimidori.}}

* The wolves from ''[[Wolf's Rain]]''.

* Not only are the titular critters all over the place in ''[[Pokémon]]'', but they often appear to have replaced every sort of real animal.

 

* Mutants in ''[[X-Men]]''. Even Nightcrawler can walk around undisguised and few people seem to care. (One issue has him and [[Wolverine]] walking around in public and 'Crawler worried about it... only for a pretty girl to slip him her phone number.)

** In fact, superhumans from both [[Marvel Comics]] and [[DC Comics]] often walk among normal humans with little fanfare.

* [[Funny Animal|Funny]] [[Lions and Tigers and Humans, Oh My!|animals]] in ''Midnite, the Rebel Skunk''

* The titular characters in ''[[Elephantmen]]''-- [[Half-Human Hybrid]]s of hippos, elephants, and various other African megafauna.

 

== Film ==

* Supers, people with super-powers, in Pixar's ''[[The Incredibles]]''.

* The crustacean alien "prawns" in ''[[District 9]]'', pictured above.

 

== Literature ==

* ''[[Thursday Next]]'' blatantly plays with the [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]. The first of its two main "gimmicks" is that genetic engineering has allowed humans to resurrect several extinct animals, and as a result, mammoths migrate through Swindon, dodo birds are the popular pet of choice, and Neanderthals [[Fantastic Racism|fight discrimination]] from humans and live in their own separate, politically anarchic (but peaceful) communities. The second gimmicks involves [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|living literary characters.]] It's complicated.

* Fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters in ''[[Nursery Crime]]''.

* Monsters and occult powers in the ''[[Anita Blake]]'' series.

* [[Discworld]]. Particularly in Ankh-Morpork, which is inhabited by humans of many ethnicities, trolls, dwarves, gnomes, vampires, golems, small gods, the occasional talking dog ...

 

* Vampires in ''[[True Blood]]''.

* Humanoid Cylons in ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''.

** ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'' had a [[Mirror Universe]] where monsters were good and Rangers were bad, and Tori had to get the civilian versions of the villainous generals to rise up against the evil Rangers. Was it the fault of the [[Monster of the Week]] back in the main universe, or did Tori just dream it when she was injured? [[Or Was It a Dream?|Yes, it's definitely one or the other]].

** ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'' ends with integration between humans and the magical creatures who'd previously kept to their side of the dimensional barrier in the forest, after humans and magical creatures come together to restore the Rangers' powers via [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]].

 

== Video Games ==

* You could probably count the human characters in Touhou on your fingers.

* Vortigaunts in ''[[Half Life]] 2'' have reached this status. No one bats an eyelid at them (except the Combine who [[Transhuman Treachery|harass them just as much as humans]]).

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* Robots (most of them capable of human emotion) in ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]''.

* ''[[Ugly Americans]]'' is all about this trope. Earth is populated by all the strangest creatures the writers and artists can imagine, many of them from myth and folklore. The main character, Mark Lilly, is an employee of the US Department of Integration; his job is to aid the creatures at finding their way in American (and human) society.

 

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[[Category:Speculative Fiction Tropes]]