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* PlayedForLaughs in ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'' [[spoiler:''Next'']] when heroes face the fact that a charming prankster they traveled with is millennia-old and extremely powerful [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Mazoku]]. [[LoveFreak Amelia]], [[LordErrorProne of course]], immediately and [[GenkiGirl passionately]] exhorted him to "become a real human". Even ''[[IdiotHero Gourry]]'' saw just how grotesque this was.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': Bella pulls this pretty much [[IncrediblyLamePun straight]] (in wording, at least) on [[spoiler:Jacob]] when confronting him after figuring out that he's [[spoiler:a werewolf]].

** Homophobia among werewolves is partially explained by the near immortality of the species. Many or most are centuries old, born when [[ValuesDissonance homosexuality was unacceptable]], and as they grow older they find it harder to change with the times. The Columbia Basin pack, which does have a gay member, is explicitly stated to have accepted him in large part because many of the other members were only a few decades old. And Mercy still notes that he's lower in rank than a hetero werewolf of his dominance and [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority fighting ability]] would have been. And he's ''third'' in the pack.

** FridgeLogic makes this ''weird'' once you realize that several of the dinosaurs characters are based on (B.P. Richfield's Triceratops comes to mind, although he did try to eat Robby once) ''are'' herbivores.

* ''Literature/TheBrokenEarthTrilogy'' treats its magic users as dangerous pariahs who are suffered to live only under strict circumstances. In the second book, ''Literature/TheObeliskGate,'' a conversation between a father and his (magic using) daughter has ''strong'' connotations of a child trying to come out to her disgusted father, who mutters something about "a cure for her condition," before trying to strike her. She's eleven.

* ''The Broken Earth'' treats its magic users as dangerous pariahs who are suffered to live only under strict circumstances. In the second book, ''Literature/TheObeliskGate,'' a conversation between a father and his (magic using) daughter has ''strong'' connotations of a child trying to come out to her disgusted father, who mutters something about "a cure for her condition," before trying to strike her. She's eleven.

* People with clinical depression are often told by others to "cheer up", "get a better/more positive attitude", or "get some exercise",[[note]]The last one can help, at least in the short term,[[/note]] rather than being encouraged to seek therapy and/or medication.

** Amusingly, Harry's association with [[HornyDevils White Court]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] [[spoiler:and his half-brother]] Thomas Raith has led people to assume he is gay. They tend to have a NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat attitude to it, and when they're prejudiced, Harry has used that to his advantage. And Murphy won't shut up about it, so he's probably never going to live it down.

** Trash Dimension was the same. He never wanted to do no harm to anyone in the first place, because the main part of his mind comes from a teddy bear which Ako used to care a lot for when she was a child. Anyway, [[spoiler:he came back to his senses thanks to Ako/Blue Swallow, only to have a disgusted [[TheBaroness Maria]] kill him, inadvertently hitting a BerserkButton in Blue Swallow in the process.]]

* A common response to autistic people as well, to the point that autistic people are even taught to not perform behaviors that are mostly harmless (like stimming).

* PlayedForLaughs in ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}''[[spoiler: ''Next'']] when heroes face the fact that a charming prankster they traveled with is millennia-old and extremely powerful [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Mazoku]]. [[LoveFreak Amelia]], [[LordErrorProne of course]], immediately and [[GenkiGirl passionately]] exhorted him to "become a real human". Even ''[[IdiotHero Gourry]]'' saw just how grotesque this was.

* ComicBook/XMen, to the point of extreme LampshadeHanging, where people (like ComicBook/SpiderMan) in some issues get gays and mutants confused. Mutants who can pass for human are sometimes referred to being "in the closet". The biggest group of people rallying against mutants are ''[[AcceptableTargets evil conservative Christians]]'', who think their existence is a sin against God. There have been numerous attempts to "cure" mutants, as well as to kill them off as "abominations". Basically, after the racial civil rights of the 60s and 70s cooled down, the franchise was adapted to mirror the gay rights struggle, which it actually fits better in many respects (since mutants can be born to anyone, don't become [[PubertySuperpower different until puberty]] and you [[CampGay can]] [[ButchLesbian sometimes]] tell their condition by looking at them, but [[StraightGay not]] [[LipstickLesbian always.]]).

See Also: SpaceJews, FantasticRacism, FictionalDisability, AmbiguouslyGay, CureYourGays, HideYourLesbians, DiscountLesbians, DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, AllOfTheOtherReindeer, WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent, WantedAGenderConformingChild, RainbowLens, and StagesOfMonsterGrief.

** TropeNamer. In ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', Bobby Drake's parents find out that he's a mutant and have pretty much exactly this reaction. Complete with his mother asking him if he’s "tried...'' '''''not''''' ''being a mutant?" The filmmakers consulted Creator/{{Ian McKellen}} for the scene due to his experience being gay during much less forgiving times. Many viewers consider it {{narm}}, but this is likely the ''point,'' as many a homosexual who have endured the 'real' version of the line have likely wondered how close family could seriously ask such an ignorant question. This pops up a second time. When Nightcrawler asks Mystique why she doesn't use her shapeshifting powers to blend in with normal humans, she replies, "Because we shouldn't have to."

* TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse has hints of this with Magneto-like BigBad Divis Mal, who is gay; WordOfGod is that the title of ''Aberrant'' refers to him and that the metaphor for the response to his sexuality is deliberate.

-->-- '''Madeline Drake''' (to '''[[ComicBook/{{Iceman}} Bobby Drake]]'''), ''Film/X2XMenUnited''

* Dusk from [[Literature/{{Silverwing}} Darkwing]]... fits this perfectly.

* During a flashback in ''Webcomic/SisterClaire'', Oscar naively suggests those with magic abilities could just [[http://www.sisterclaire.com/missing-moments/missing-moment-la-marea-ritorna-3 stop using them to fit in.]] Clementine and Magpie quickly remind [[{{Transgender}} Oscar]] how painful it is to deny your true self just to fit in.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': When Himiko Toga's Quirk first appeared when she was a little girl, [[BloodLust it had the side effect of making her attracted to blood]]. Her parents were disgusted, and demanded she suppress both her urges and her Quirk. The standard school psychiatrist recommended the same, which didn't help. She played the part for years, until eventually in middle school she snapped under the pressure, and murdered her crush to drink his blood. She's been a serial killer ever since, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality who just can't see how her actions are wrong]].

* Also played with in a now-defunct superhero webcomic called ''Queer Nation'', where everyone gay got superpowers from radioactive dust given off by a pink comet and was written as X-Men with the subtext changed into text. Oh, and bisexuals got superpowers too, but they only worked half of the time. Asexuals and pansexuals weren't addressed. Trans people had powers that were mostly [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway useless]] until something amazing [[MagikarpPower would happen that would kick them into god-tier]]. One of the main characters was a transwoman who called herself Miss Thang and started with the ability to manipulate clothes (first just moving them, then morphing them), but it was implied that it would one day extend to complete [[AGodAmI metamorphic control over all matter]].

* ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' had two that tried to be legit [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the week]], but failed:
** Dryer Jigen ''tries'' to be a terrifying menace, but can't resist helping people in need. [[spoiler: By the end of the episode he gives up evil and becomes a hairdresser.]] Really.
** Gomi Jigen was the same. He never wanted to do no harm to anyone in the first place, because the main part of his mind comes from a teddy bear which Ako used to care a lot for when she was a child. Anyway, [[spoiler:he came back to his senses thanks to Ako, only to have a disgusted Maria kill him, inadvertently hitting a BerserkButton in Blue Swallow in the process.]]

* [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella]] pulls this pretty much [[IncrediblyLamePun straight]] (in wording, at least) on [[spoiler:Jacob]] when confronting him after figuring out that he's [[spoiler:a werewolf]].

--->'''Superman''': But I've got friends who are mutants! Like... uh, Spider-Man?
--->'''Spider-Man''': Hey, I'm not a mutant! ...NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat.

** The author of the article ''[[http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2014/feb/18/ellen-page-has-super-powers-but-why-is-this-newsworthy Ellen Page has super-powers, but why is this newsworthy?]]'' milks this for all it's worth where he writes an article discussing [[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' actor Creator/ElliotPage [[ComingOutStory coming out]] by replacing every mention of homosexuality with "mutant with super-power" and ran with it.

See Also: SpaceJews, FantasticRacism, FictionalDisability, AmbiguouslyGay, CureYourGays, HideYourLesbians, DiscountLesbians, DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, AllOfTheOtherReindeer, WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent, RainbowLens, and StagesOfMonsterGrief.

See Also: SpaceJews, FantasticRacism, FictionalDisability, AmbiguouslyGay, HideYourLesbians, DiscountLesbians, DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything, AllOfTheOtherReindeer, WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent, RainbowLens, and StagesOfMonsterGrief.

** Many real-life minority-rights groups are beginning to find the association a bit condescending, considering comics' ongoing problem with diversity, seeing it as the co-opting of a struggle for characters that are overwhelmingly straight and white.

* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' has a variant in the form of TheReveal about [[DrFakenstein Doctor Frank-N-Furter]]--a self-proclaimed "[[CreepyCrossdresser sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania]]"--and his similarly flamboyant entourage. Turns out they're so weird because they're [[spoiler:aliens from the planet Transsexual in the galaxy Transylvania]].

* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' has a variant in the form of TheReveal about [[DrFakenstein Doctor Frank-N-Furter]]--a self-proclaimed "[[CreepyCrossdresser sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania]]"--and his similarly flamboyant entourage. Turns out they're so weird because they're [[spoiler:aliens from a planet called Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania]].