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* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': Teal'c of the Jaffa race rebels against the Goa'uld and joins the SGC in the first episode.

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' has Worf, a Klingon (the primary antagonists from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]''), raised by humans and the ''Enterprise'''s head of security. Captain Kirk would be shocked. Seven of Nine of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' was a Borg drone, and she doesn't fully become human again. (Again, having a Borg on the crew would be unthinkable for Picard.) The Cardassians were bad guys in ''TNG'' and remained so in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'', but DS9 had a resident friendly Cardassian in the tailor Garak, though he was often suspicious and had a murky background in Intelligence. Head of security Odo, originally thought to be be the [[Last of His Kind]], retroactively became this after the first season, when his people became the [[Big Bad]].

* In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' Angel and then Spike both act as the token vampires on the show, only serving this role at the same time in the series finale. In Angel's case this is due to soul curse, in Spike's because of a control chip that stops him hurting people. And then because of getting a soul.

* In ''[[Kamen Rider]],'' there's often a 'monsters are people too' subplot when the villain race is an entire species. ''Faiz'' has three Orphenochs living together ''[[Being Human (UK)]]''-style (before ''[[Being Human (UK)]]!'') and then reveals that {{spoiler|the main Rider is also one}}. ''Kiva'' from the same series has a trio of monsters from ''other'' monster races that were all but wiped out by the series' villains, the [[Our Vampires Are Different|Fangire]], with Jiro/Garulu being the one who really holds the role in the cast. There are several non-evil Fangire, but mostly one-shot civilians - the one that's a main character is {{spoiler|again, our hero. Or at least he's ''half'' Fangire.}} ''Kabuto'' has the Native Worms, though they're {{spoiler|not on the level, in the end. This time, more than one character turns out to be one and is genuinely good.}} No, it isn't {{spoiler|Kabuto himself}} this time. There's the -taros quartet of Imagin in ''Den-O'' (as well as Sieg, Deneb, Teddy, and a few more), Ankh in ''OOO,'' and more. Also, several series have Rider tech being refined versions of the tech that created the monsters, making heroes and Orcs the ''same thing.'' (See ''Fourze, Double,'' and several of the older ones.)

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