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* ''SupermanAndTheMoleMen'' was a '50s film that served as the basis for the TV series. It was later chopped into three episodes for air during the series. The world's deepest well invades the home of a group of mole men who come to the surface and scare everyone with their glowing orbs and really big RayGun.

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* ''SupermanAndTheMoleMen'' ''Film/SupermanAndTheMoleMen'' was a '50s film that served as the basis for the TV series. It was later chopped into three episodes for air during the series. The world's deepest well invades the home of a group of mole men who come to the surface and scare everyone with their glowing orbs and really big RayGun.


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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 76}}'' has a race of humans with mole rat traits called "mole miners", who inhabit various caves and abandoned mines scattered around Appalachia. They seem to have been former human miners who sought shelter in the depths of the mines, only to be mutated into creatures similar to the giant mole rats by the [[MutagenicGoo Forced Evolutionary Virus]], radiation, or the Scourge plague. They wear the tattered remnants of breathing masks and heaped masses of old rags, and are much stronger than humans, carrying shotguns and grenade launchers as one-handed weapons.
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* ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' has the Mumblers/Clawfingers, who appear in the Sewers leading to the Amusement Park and replace the Grey Children (which they are functionally identical to, except they have more health and hit harder) in the Alley, School and Amusement Park in the European and Japanese versions of the game.
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* Urban legends about homeless people living underground and creating a complex, tribal-like culture and society abound. The most prominent account is Jennifer Toth's 1993 book ''The Mole People: Life In The Tunnels Beneath New York City'', and several documentaries on subject have been made. However most anthropologists and social scientists took the claim with skepticism and their existence as a different culture is not currently accepted by mainstream science.
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* The Mole People in the eponymous episode of ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'' although they are just regular people (despite being photophobic) who lives underground and is unfairly blame by tremors who are caused by ghost activity due to FantasticRacism. Their princess even becomes a LoveInterest of Eduardo. Probably based on the RealLife [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_people urban legend]].
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* An episode of ''WesternAniation/{{Futurama}}'' mentioned the blind Mole Men of Subterra 6 as having destroyed the planet Cyclopia in envy of their eyes. However, the story was a lie, so it's not clear if there actually is a Subterra 6 inhabited by mole people in the ''Futurama'' universe.

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* An episode of ''WesternAniation/{{Futurama}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' mentioned the blind Mole Men of Subterra 6 as having destroyed the planet Cyclopia in envy of their eyes. However, the story was a lie, so it's not clear if there actually is a Subterra 6 inhabited by mole people in the ''Futurama'' universe.
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[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] TheMole.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "Terror of the Terra-Firmians!", the ducks watch a horror movie about fictional mole monsters that are capable of disguising themselves as people, and Launchpad spends the rest of the episode worrying that one of his friends is a mole monster in disguise.

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* The Terries and Fermies in a [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]] issue called ''Land Beneath the Ground!''

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* The Terries and Fermies in a [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]] issue called has encountered several variations of this trope, the most atypical (but iconic) of which are the Terries and Fermies from ''Land Beneath the Ground!''
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* In ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', Alizors are depicted as akin to this, with some [[Literature/TheHobbit Tolkien Goblins]] thrown in, though they don't really ''resemble'' moles.
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* The Underminer in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''

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* The Underminer in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol "The Happiness Patrol"]], the Pipe People are the original inhabitants of Terra Alpha who, following colonization, have retreated into the complex of pipes that run throughout the city.

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* ''SamAndMax'' have several mole people. Of note are Shuv-Oohl from "Hit the Road", Harry from the new Telltale seasons, and the immense group of mole people who regulate the planet's temperature in the Animated Series.

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* ''SamAndMax'' ''Franchise/SamAndMax'' have several mole people. Of note are Shuv-Oohl from "Hit the Road", Harry from the new Telltale seasons, and the immense group of mole people who regulate the planet's temperature in the Animated Series.



* ''BreathOfFire'': [[http://images.wikia.com/bof/images/b/b2/MoguBF1.jpg Mogu]] and [[http://bof.wikia.com/wiki/Dirt-Eating_Clan the clan he is from]].

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* ''BreathOfFire'': ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'': [[http://images.wikia.com/bof/images/b/b2/MoguBF1.jpg Mogu]] and [[http://bof.wikia.com/wiki/Dirt-Eating_Clan the clan he is from]].
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* Kayaba of ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' hallucinated the existence of mole men during his sleep-deprived state. It's one of the many aspects of his insanity he invokes when explaining [[spoiler: why he thought it would be a good idea to trap everyone in the game to cover a fatal GameBreakingBug he accidentally introduced.]]
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'': the Mogma

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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'': ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' has the MogmaMogma, a race of friendly mole-like people who live in the [[LethalLavaLand Eldin region]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Hans Moleman, who looks like a mole, and has at least once been portrayed as the King of the Mole People. He even has an earthquake machine.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Hans Moleman, who looks like a mole, and has at least once been portrayed as the King of the Mole People. He even has an earthquake machine.EarthquakeMachine.

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* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': There's a society of mole men living in [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/091228 The Valley That Time Forgot Lost In The Center Of The Earth]], which which they share with mole-man eating dinosaurs. The "center of the earth" thing is just a name, though (it's actually a few hundred miles from the earth's core), as is the "valley" part (it's technically a cavern), but mole men who suggest that the world doesn't spin around them get fed to the dinosaurs.


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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1091408/scp-2622 SCP-2622]] is a humanoid star-nosed mole claiming to be an ambassador from the Interians, an advanced and civilized race of Mole Men inhabiting a vast subterranean world BeneathTheEarth, and old foes of the Anapsidons, a race of brutish, warlike LizardFolk who live down there with them. [[spoiler:The Interian civilization, the Anapsidons and the whole underground world are just an enormous tall tale he made up after reading too much pulp fiction, although he really is a mole person.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Hans Moleman, who looks like a mole, and has at least once been portrayed as the King of the Mole People.[[note]]He even has an earthquake machine[[/note]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has Hans Moleman, who looks like a mole, and has at least once been portrayed as the King of the Mole People.[[note]]He He even has an earthquake machine[[/note]]machine.


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* WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet fought Mole Men in the episode of the same name. They were primarily interested in partying, albeit at the expense of Mega City's citizens.


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* An episode of ''WesternAniation/{{Futurama}}'' mentioned the blind Mole Men of Subterra 6 as having destroyed the planet Cyclopia in envy of their eyes. However, the story was a lie, so it's not clear if there actually is a Subterra 6 inhabited by mole people in the ''Futurama'' universe.
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* A few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' had molemen, who were docile humanoid moles (complete with snuffling, "dig dig dig, burrow burrow burrow" chatter), spurred on to be mooks by MoleMaster, himself a mole man but with nicer clothing.

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* A few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' had molemen, who were docile humanoid moles (complete with snuffling, "dig dig dig, burrow burrow burrow" chatter), spurred on to be mooks by MoleMaster, Mole Master, himself a mole man but with nicer clothing.
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* Vulkanus has an army of alien mole men minions in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben10}}''.

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* Vulkanus has an army of alien mole men minions in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben10}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}''.
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* Detailed information about the world of the mole-men is a major part of ''MoreInformationThanYouRequire''. They live BeneathTheEarth, travel around using various Hideous Steeds (and monorails), and worship [[CrystalDragonJesus the Century Toad]] who lives at the center of the earth. They also were friends with many great Enlightenment thinkers and taught them their beliefs about individual rights and liberty.

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* Detailed information about the world of the mole-men is a major part of ''MoreInformationThanYouRequire''.''Literature/MoreInformationThanYouRequire''. They live BeneathTheEarth, travel around using various Hideous Steeds (and monorails), and worship [[CrystalDragonJesus the Century Toad]] who lives at the center of the earth. They also were friends with many great Enlightenment thinkers and taught them their beliefs about individual rights and liberty.
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* One of the villains from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' is actually known as the Mole King.

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* One of the villains from ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' is actually known as the Mole King. They were introduced stealing from the surface, one thing they stole being leather biker gear they wore for the rest of the series. Their king was [[CampStraight very flamboyant]] and his people were apparently all men, their getup resembling [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar BDSM gear]].
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* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'''s resident [[PigMan Pig Men]] have an underground variant of bunny people.
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* ''UsagiYojimbo'' occasionally features a clan of mole-ninjas who are, of course, good at tunneling and popping into or out of escape holes.

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* ''UsagiYojimbo'' ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'' occasionally features a clan of mole-ninjas who are, of course, good at tunneling and popping into or out of escape holes.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Transarctica}}: Mole men appear as a savage tribal people inhabiting abandoned subway tunnels in the new Ice Age. They will ambush you if you try to drive your train through their territory, but if nothing else they're a convenient source of [[MadeASlave new slaves]] to mine coal for your train.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Transarctica}}: ''VideoGame/{{Transarctica}}'': Mole men appear as a savage tribal people inhabiting abandoned subway tunnels in the new Ice Age. They will ambush you if you try to drive your train through their territory, but if nothing else they're a convenient source of [[MadeASlave new slaves]] to mine coal for your train.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Transarctica}}: Mole men appear as a savage tribal people inhabiting abandoned subway tunnels in the new Ice Age. They will ambush you if you try to drive your train through their territory, but if nothing else they're a convenient source of [[MadeASlave new slaves]] to mine coal for your train.
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* The official ''{{Champions}}'' setting includes the Undersea Kingdom of Lemuria, a [[PlanetOfHats race of evil megalomaniacs]] who are all served by their Mole Men slaves. Despite treating the Mole Men like subhuman animals, the Lemurians are dependent on them, because no Lemurian would ever lower themselves to do manual labor, and the Mole Men are the only ones who can repair the technology that keeps their dome-enclosed kingdom alive.

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* The official ''{{Champions}}'' ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' setting includes the Undersea Kingdom of Lemuria, a [[PlanetOfHats race of evil megalomaniacs]] who are all served by their Mole Men slaves. Despite treating the Mole Men like subhuman animals, the Lemurians are dependent on them, because no Lemurian would ever lower themselves to do manual labor, and the Mole Men are the only ones who can repair the technology that keeps their dome-enclosed kingdom alive.

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* ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Moliere, nicknamed "Mole". Not really a mole, but according to the sequel, he was raised by naked mole rats. Unsurprisingly, he drives a DrillTank for digging.
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* ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': Moliere, nicknamed "Mole". Not really a mole, but according to the sequel, he was raised by naked mole rats. Unsurprisingly, he drives a DrillTank for digging.
* The Underminer in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''

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* Ground Dragon, a very minor villain from ''Manga/OnePunchMan''. More mole than man, however, mostly looking like a giant, talking mole with tattooed kanji. Earlier there was the Subterranians, who got to show up in Saitama's dreams (where they put up a glorious fight Saitama could finally enjoy), then in reality (where they lasted [[OneHitKill about as long as everyone else Saitama's fought]]).

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* Ground Dragon, a very minor villain from ''Manga/OnePunchMan''.''Manga/OnePunchMan'', most famous for the memetic face Saitama made right before killing him. More mole than man, however, mostly looking like a giant, talking mole with tattooed kanji. Earlier there was the Subterranians, who got to show up in Saitama's dreams (where they put up a glorious fight Saitama could finally enjoy), then in reality (where they lasted [[OneHitKill about as long as everyone else Saitama's fought]]).

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* ''TheTick'' had the Mole People, led by Mole King.
* An episode of ''TheHerculoids'' was called "The Mole Men".
* ''TheSimpsons'' has Hans Moleman, who looks like a mole, and has at least once been portrayed as the King of the Mole People.[[note]]He even has an earthquake machine[[/note]]

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* ''TheTick'' ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' had the Mole People, led by Mole King.
* An episode of ''TheHerculoids'' ''WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids'' was called "The Mole Men".
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* One of the villains from ''JohnnyTest'' is actually known as the Mole King.

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* A few episodes of ThunderCats had molemen, who were docile humanoid moles (complete with snuffling, "dig dig dig, burrow burrow burrow" chatter), spurred on to be mooks by MoleMaster, himself a mole man but with nicer clothing.

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* The Moligarchy of the Talpini in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'', one of the many well-known lost civilisations beneath Paris.
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