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Generally results from the fact that [[Most Writers Are Human]].
If they're in a [[Five-Man Band]], it's probably a [[Five
See also [[Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes]] and [[Not Quite Human]]. Compare and contrast [[Token Non-Human]] and [[Token Minority]], as the situation in these universes is more or less the same as those tropes would be in ours. May or may not be an [[Unfazed Everyman]], depending on how they react to their circumstances. If the nonhumans are animal-like, may be a case of [[Lions and Tigers And Humans, Oh My!]]. Tends to be either [[The Load]] or a [[Badass Normal]]
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* John Crichton in ''[[Farscape (TV)|Farscape]]''. Though it eventually turns out that the {{spoiler|Peacekeepers evolved from [[Transplanted Humans]]}}
* Stephanie from ''[[Lazy Town]]''. She's the only human child, and the only female human, even though her uncle and every other townsperson is a puppet. The other two humans are the hero and the villian. Extra points for being the new kid, totally unfamiliar with the puppets' weird ways.
* Every now and then, ''[[
* Mike/Joel on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', not counting the various crazy people sending him movies. They both spend most of their time surrounded by [[AI Is a Crapshoot|highly neurotic]] [[Robot Buddy|robot "friends"]], occasionally leading to jokes (typically in the host segments) about the 'bots not understanding a human custom or vice-versa.
* [[The Muppet Show]] usually had one human guest and all muppets otherwise, though some muppets are human-like muppets.
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