History Main / Mundanger

** This is basically the entire point of the series. In a massive underground dungeon filled with magical monsters that will kill any human they meet without exception, the biggest danger is hunger. It's very difficult to bring sufficient supplies to explore the lower floors, so by the time anyone gets down there, they are hungry and can't fight at full effectiveness. When Laos and his party run out of money, they decide that their only option is to [[MundaneSolution eat the monsters]].

*** Religious fanaticism: [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E6TheAztecs "The Aztecs"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E5TheMassacre "The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve"]], "A Girl's Best Friend".

** Sebastian has literally become a basement dweller just to stay away from his family. His stepdad Demetrius seems to dislike him and wants his daughter Maru to stay away from him, and Robin does nothing to fix this situation. The only people in town he appears to like are Sam and Abigail. There's also some dialogue that implies that Demetrius and Robin's marriage is on the rocks[[note]In early builds of the game, Robin was supposed to be a bachelorette candidate that was facilitated by causing the breakup of their marriage.[[/note]].

* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
** In Light Novel Vol. 4, the heroes at one point have to deal with a SerialKiller named Jinsaku Hino, when they normally deal with espers and sorcerers.
** Touma Kamijou's [[AntiMagic Imagine Breaker]] makes him the perfect guy to deal with supernatural threats. Logically, it doesn't help him against mundane threats. He has to deal with street thugs and bullies the old fashioned way, and the magical organization GREMLIN learn and hires armed mercenaries to deal with him, since he can't negate their mundane guns. Touma also has a SpiderSense, but it only works on supernatural attacks, so mundane threats can catch him off guard and be very dangerous to him.

* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': In a world where gods and supernatural creatures exist[[labelnote:*]]the latter in Minecraft mobs[[/labelnote]], the most heinous acts in the majority of the series are committed by player-characters, in scenarios that can be easily transplanted to real life. The most notable examples of this are abusers and corrupt figures in power[[labelnote:*]]power in terms of political and economic power alike[[/labelnote]], and the two characters that the fandom typically regards to have crossed the MEH are ''both'' of these: both Schlatt and Dream are tyrants in their own right, with the former being a BadBoss and a {{Domestic Abuse}}r, and the latter abusing [[spoiler:a teenager to the point said teen attempted suicide]]. Another arc has a {{cult}} leader as the ArcVillain which recruits and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes]] characters when they are emotionally vulnerable.

* ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'': In a world where gods and supernatural creatures exist[[labelnote:*]]The latter in Minecraft mobs[[/labelnote]], the most heinous acts in the majority of the series are committed by player-characters, in scenarios that can be easily transplanted to real life. The most notable examples of this are abusers and corrupt figures in power[[labelnote:*]]Power in terms of political and economic power alike[[/labelnote]], and the two characters that the fandom typically regards to have crossed the MEH are ''both'' of these: both c!Schlatt and c!Dream are tyrants in their own right, with the former being a BadBoss and a {{Domestic Abuse}}r, and the latter abusing [[spoiler:a teenager to the point said teen attempted suicide]]. Another arc has a {{cult}} leader as the ArcVillain which recruits and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes]] characters when they are emotionally vulnerable.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': The Season 5 premiere "The Cutie Map - Part 1" breaks the SortingAlgorithmOfVillainThreat to Equestria with a TownWithADarkSecret (actually a {{cult}}) lead by a seemingly ordinary unicorn. Subverted in her second appearance, in which she has become so magically powerful that she goes back in time to MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight and causes ''multiple'' {{Bad Future}}s.

* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'': In a world where gods and supernatural creatures exist[[labelnote:*]]The latter in Minecraft mobs[[/labelnote]], the most heinous acts in the majority of the series are committed by player-characters, in scenarios that can be easily transplanted to real life. The most notable examples of this are abusers and corrupt figures in power[[labelnote:*]]Power in terms of political and economic power alike[[/labelnote]], and the two characters that the fandom typically regards to have crossed the MEH are ''both'' of these: both c!Schlatt and c!Dream are tyrants in their own right, with the former being a BadBoss and a {{Domestic Abuse}}r, and the latter abusing [[spoiler:a teenager to the point said teen attempted suicide]]. Another arc has a {{cult}} leader as the ArcVillain which recruits and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes]] characters when they are emotionally vulnerable.

* ''Literature/SpinningSilver'': The Mandelstams are afraid of the Staryk [[TheFairFolk Fair Folk]] who take an interest in their household, but much more afraid of their interest becoming known. The Staryk might be inhuman monsters, but the Mandelstams are Jewish, and the last Jewish community believed to have attracted the Staryk's interest was depopulated in a pogrom by antisemitic humans.

* In the CataclysmBackstory of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', [[spoiler:Marceline's mother Elsie]] did not die because of [[TheMagicComesBack the return of magic]] or an attack by a NuclearMutant or any other dramatic, supernatural event. [[spoiler:She just contracted radiation poisoning after she and Marcie obliviously walked past an abandoned, decaying nuclear power plant. Marcie's [[HalfHumanHybrid demonic heritage]] protected her, but Elsie — being a normal human — [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome wasn't so lucky]] and slowly wasted away over the next several weeks.]]

*** The gang never actually thought they were dealing with something supernatural though, just a disgruntled teacher or student who planned on shooting up the place (Willow even prints off FBI mass murderer profiles so they can look for someone who displays what they list).
*** Although, this kind of thing happens in Sunnydale more often than other places because the Hellmouth sends out evil-crazy vibes.

* ''Film/TheDayBritainStopped'' focuses on how the lack of infrastructure planning, lack of political leadership, and lack of good management can paralyze Britan's transport network. The paralysis of Britan's transport network in turn triggers the chain of reactions leading to tragic consequences in the mockumentary.

Compare TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse and sister trope {{Mundangerous}} for superpowered beings being taken out by similarly low threat objects. If at all interested, the trope name is a portmanteau of "mundane" and "danger" and not some SuperRobot series you just about remember but turns out never existed. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Also has nothing to do with]] a certain moon of ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram''. Contrast ParanormalEpisode. In the audience, this may instill RealismInducedHorror.

** The [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet 1959 series]] episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street]]" is about a small suburban community tearing itself apart over suspicion that any one of them might be an [[AlienAmongUs alien invader in disguise]]. While it ultimately turns out that aliens ''were'' responsible for the events of the episode, it's made clear that they didn't have to fire a shot in order to plunge Maple Street into chaos -- the townsfolk's natural paranoia did that for them. The episode's title was [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters referring to the human characters]]. (The episode was later remade for the 2002 series with the threat being [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror terrorists]] instead of aliens, but the basic structure, including the nature of TheReveal, was the same.)

** The [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 1959 series]] episode [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"]] is about a small suburban community tearing itself apart over suspicion that any one of them might be an [[AlienAmongUs alien invader in disguise]]. While it ultimately turns out that aliens ''were'' responsible for the events of the episode, it's made clear that they didn't have to fire a shot in order to plunge Maple Street into chaos -- the townsfolk's natural paranoia did that for them. The episode's title was [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters referring to the human characters]]. (The episode was later remade for the 2002 series with the threat being [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror terrorists]] instead of aliens, but the basic structure, including the nature of TheReveal, was the same.)

* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': In a franchise where every other villain is some sort of plague-spreading DiabolicalMastermind with a god complex, one of the most pants-shittingly horrifying and evil villains is Chief Brian Irons in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 the second game]], a completely mundane DirtyCop with no superpowers and isn't even one of the infected. He does make it up perfectly for his Taxidermy Sex Dungeon of Evil, mass spree killings and being a legitimate threat against Claire and Sherry.

* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': In a franchise where every other villain is some sort of plague-spreading DiabolicalMastermind with a god complex, one of the most pants-shittingly horrifying and evil villains is Chief Brian Irons, a completely mundane DirtyCop with no superpowers and isn't even one of the infected. He does make it up for his Taxidermy Sex Dungeon of Evil, mass spree killings and being a legitimate threat against Claire and Sherry.

* With the Homura Crimson Squad officially in exile in ''VideoGame/SenranKagura Shinovi Versus'', hunted by their former school and on bad terms with many others, their greatest threat, as revealed when they ally with the Hanzo students, is... getting enough to eat. Shinobi they may be, but they're assassins, not survivalists, and even with a working knowledge of edible plants, they live in a city. Using their skills for thievery would light them up as a target, so their only choice is to get jobs. Shitty, less-than-minimum-wage cash-in-hand jobs that don't mind the fact they have no ID or proof of education. Oh, and they all are busty (except [[TokenMiniMoe Mirai]]), healthy young girls... guess where ''that'' would go if taken to the logical conclusion.