History Main / SuperSupremacist

* Present in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'', although executed unusually (and not related to inheritance because magic is an EnlightenmentSuperpower). Two main groups of mages believe that mages are superior to [[{{Muggles}} Sleepers]]. The group who are more likely to be protagonists, the Silver Ladder, see their role as rightful rulers of the Sleepers as one of a guide and protector, essentially believing that while they're ''supposed'' to rule over the Sleepers, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility with that authority comes great responsibility]]. They also try to turn more Sleepers into Awakened, as they believe everyone will Awaken one day. On the other hand, the antagonistic Seers of the Throne couldn't care less about responsibility; they see Sleepers as little more than sheep, fit only to be pawns of the Seers.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Augments (almost) invariably believe themselves to be superior to regular humans and, as such, deserve to rule. ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' introduced a few exceptions, like Dr. Julian Bashir.

** Magneto's [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen Ultimate counterpart]] takes this to frightening extremes, outright believing that normal humans deserve to be exterminated (save for a couple kept in a zoo for conservationist purposes, of course).

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': Augments invariably believe themselves to be superior to regular humans and, as such, deserve to rule.

** The show has, like the original comic book listed above, Homelander, who uses his powers to fuel a GodComplex -- he tells Starlight that "we're a different breed" and that she shouldn't be helping "these mud people".

** In ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', [[spoiler:your commanding officer Asimov]] is revealed to be this, with him claiming that [[PsychicChildren Adepts]], himself included, shall rule over the world and KillAllHumans. Our hero -- an Adept himself -- disagrees with the idea. [[spoiler:Asimov]] came to this line of thinking after being used as a lab rat by [[MegaCorp Sumeragi]] and being treated by the head scientist as an abomination that shouldn't exist [[spoiler:nevermind that Asimov ''became'' an Adept due to Sumeragi's experiments.]]

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Usually {{supervillain}}s don't care about who is superpowered and who is not. They just [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers use their abilities to commit crimes]] or TakeOverTheWorld for egotistical reasons. This guy, however, is specifically motivated to get power so those ''like him'' would rule, not just for himself.

** Geto is introduced in ''0'' disparaging non-jujutsu sorcerer humans as "monkeys" he wishes to rid the world of. [[spoiler:Originally, Geto thought [[ComesGreatResponsibility the exact opposite]]--that sorcerers were responsible for protecting other humans from curses--but he became jaded in the face of human depravity. When someone points out curses are only created because humans can't contain their negative energy like sorcerers do, Geto decided the former's extinction was necessary for humanity to adapt.]] His team of sorcerers are mostly people who were scapegoated and persecuted by regular humans for their unusual abilities.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** The {{mutants}} usually have to deal with [[MugglePower persecution directed at themselves by humans]], but some mutants conversely believe that ''Homo Superior'' was designed to rule over regular humans.
** Magneto, from [[DarkAndTroubledPast his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp]], believes that humans rightly fear mutants because mutants are their evolutionary replacements. DependingOnTheWriter, he believes that fear and prejudice are a product of their innate inferiority and that the inherent diversity within the mutant species would allow them to overcome said prejudices if freed from humanity's chains. He is [[DependingOnTheWriter (sometimes)]] unable to see the irony in how being a mutant supremacist makes him no better than a human supremacist. (But again, this depends on the writer.) At other times, he's just resigned himself to being the monster that mutants need to protect them. This places him in direct opposition to Professor Charles Xavier, who believes that humans and mutants can and should co-exist.
** Magneto's [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen Ultimate counterpart]] takes this to frightening extremes, outright believing that normal humans deserve to be exterminated (save for a couple kept in a zoo for conservationist purposes, of course).
** Apocalypse is Magneto's philosophy taken to an even more frightening conclusion. Apocalypse not only believes that humans are obsolete, but also that there is no room for mutants who [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway lost the]] SuperpowerLottery and got BlessedWithSuck. To Apocalypse, [[TheSocialDarwinist survival of the fittest]] is all that matters, which means that there is no difference between a {{Muggle|s}} and a weaksauce mutant. Both equally deserve extinction.
** Mystique remorselessly threw her prepubescent son Graydon Creed into the streets upon realizing that he was not going to develop into a mutant. She was also responsible for transforming the Brotherhood of Mutants from the stock comic book supervillain team it was under Magneto into the Super Supremacist form of a political activist group we know it as today.
** As of ''ComicBook/XMen2019'', all of the X-Men seem to have tacitly taken up this belief -- or at least, a very passive[[note]]Though they are not above keeping even their worst criminals out of human justice systems now, they're at least not attacking humans outright yet[[/note]] and insular version of it -- with a clearly stated belief that they are set to become Earth's dominant species. They're only waiting around on their island state of Krakoa because they intend on simply waiting until mutants become the dominant species (as they will in the next 20 years or so). And all of this is overseen by Professor Xavier. There've been hints of this among certain X-Men before, but this is the first storyline that's had the team as a collective embrace this attitude. The in-universe justification for the attitude switch is, in a nutshell, that they '''tried''' the passive resistance and pursuit of integration approaches, and were met with repeated attempts at genocide. So now they're going to start being a bit more assertive about their rights, and if humanity doesn't like it? Then ''tough luck''.
* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' himself is ([[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]]) an example, as the "Banner" portion of his mind is typically portrayed as the side that drives him to save and protect humans. Absent of Banner, Hulk absolutely hates humans (and many other species, such as HumanAliens) and finds them puny and not worth his time. In the BadFuture of ''Future Imperfect'', this mentality eventually led to him becoming The Maestro, a superhuman despot.
* The ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'''s High Evolutionary is constantly fiddling with genetics in an attempt to breed a race superior to humanity.
* ''ComicBook/DungeonTheEarlyYears'': A professor of magic started a complicated plot in which he mind-controlled important people around the city and fathered children with their bodies, granting him an army of brainwashed ChildSoldiers. He at first seemed to be on the WellIntentionedExtremist side (as Horus put it, "if you cannot make [[TheGoodKing kings into philosophers]], then [[ThePhilosopherKing philosophers should be kings]]") but [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist is really just an asshole who wanted to take over the city]] (his plan doubled as realizing his voyeurism kink to boot). One night, he ordered the children to kill their parents but was foiled at the last minute by a repentant Horus (who'd figured out his own son was among them) with a [[TheHero Hyacinthe]] and Marvin. Hyacinthe tells Horus to take every magician he can find and run before the city realizes what happened and call for a WitchHunt.

** [[SupermanSubstitute Homelander]]'s plot to get out from under Vought's thumb involved seizing power and ruling over humanity. Complicated by the fact that [[spoiler:he was [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslit]] by his clone, Black Noir, into complete psychosis]], leading to his breakdown at being ordered around by a non-powered human.
** In fact most of the superpowered community seemed to have this attitude, as the majority of them were amoral [[TheHedonist hedonists]] who [[NominalHero routinely abused anyone and everyone they had the power to and thought they could get away with]] [[spoiler:and it doesn't take much convincing for them to help Homelander assault UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC]]. With how the average Supe apparently sees humanity as nothing but an endless reservoir of victims, [[SociopathicHero Butcher]]'s FantasticRacism almost seems justified.

* ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In the Season 8 comics, rogue Slayer Simone Doffler sets up a terrorist cell of like-minded slayers.
* In ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', Black Adam grows into one and decides to act on his beliefs while most of the Justice League is busy fighting Dr. Manhattan, leaving Wonder Woman as the only one who can stop him.
* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'' has Kaboom. "ComicBook/TheInhumans are coming. It's gonna be a brand new chapter in the whole history of planet Earth, and we are gonna answer to ourselves and no one else." Kamala, a fellow Inhuman, is furious that Kaboom is not only threatening regular humans but also putting other Inhumans in danger by making them look dangerous.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' drabble ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2552534 Dalits]]'', the Air Nomads are depicted as having had a caste system where they either kicked out Non-benders or forced them to work for them. Pema is the grandchild of a Non-bending Air Nomad who was kicked out. Pema is also a part of a Non-bender Equal Rights movement herself, showing that there's still problems between Bender and Non-Benders.

* The Alpha-Werewolf in that turned Max in ''Fanfic/FurAndPhotography'' was apparently trying to build an army before Max took him down, having sniffed her out for her potential as an alpha.
* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/MyHeroPlaythrough'': Izuku's father briefly considered sending him to a boarding school for Quirkless children in order to spare him from being bullied by superhuman students.
* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': [[EvilKnockoff Satan]] [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Girl]] firmly believes Kryptonians -- including Kryptonian clones as herself -- and Daxamites are virtually gods thanks to their powers, but they're held back by their pitiful morality. "Luckily", she doesn't have that problem.
-->''For Kryptonians and Daxamites were gods, off their homeworlds. They really were. What a pity their morality forced them not to realize that fact.''
* ''Fanfic/TheBoyInTheBook'', the Malfoys are Wizard Supremacists.
* {{Defied|Trope}} in ''Fanfic/TheVigilanteBossAndHisFailedRetirementPlan'', when Aizawa states heroes don't look down on people they protect.

* ''Fanfic/{{Switchblade}}'': The original Meta Liberation Army is actually a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]. Their enemies painted them to look like they believed that MightMakesRight, but they actually wanted equality not domination, to the point one of their generals, Fractal, was Quirkless. The modern Meta Liberation Army that merged with the League of Villains to become the Paranormal Liberation Front are a straight example, who genuinely believe those with strong Quirks deserve to stand at the top and do whatever they want.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} by the BigBad's plan in the first ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''. [[spoiler:Syndrome plans to sell all his inventions that make him equal to superheroes, so that "[[EveryoneIsASuper everyone will be super!]] And when everyone's super... no one will be."]]
** In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'', [[spoiler:the Screenslaver forces mind-controlled supers [[FalseFlagOperation to claim to be this to make non-supers too afraid of them to allow superpowers to be used again]], because of a long-standing grudge against superheroes]].

* PlayedForHorror in ''Film/BrightBurn''. The VillainProtagonist Brandon Breyer is a sociopathic superhuman who quickly gains a massive GodComplex following the discovery of his true nature as an alien. As a result, anyone who manages to piss him off receives a CruelAndUnusualDeath.

* ''Film/SpiderMan1'': The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn in the first movie seems to fit this bill. "There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders. [[WeCanRuleTogether You, me — we're exceptional]]." He still has this mindset upon his grand return in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
-->"Strong enough to have it all... ''too weak to take it!''"
* This is the general attitude of the Sith (adepts of TheDarkSide of [[SentientCosmicForce the Force]]) in ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', and ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''. This is perhaps most succinctly summed up by Desann, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/JediKnightIIJediOutcast'':
-->''"The Force is not a shield to protect the useless -- but is, in reality, a weapon to empower the worthy."''
** ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' has plenty of cases where the attitude is not confined to Sith. Sith are merely [[AtLeastIAdmitIt very open about it]]. Jedi versions of this usually involve some form of [[MetaphoricallyTrue half-truth]], keeping non-Force wielding allies LockedOutOfTheLoop, expressing a [[DemocracyIsBad suspicion of democracy]], and isolating themselves in enclaves and temples while their backyards burn.

* The ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' film franchise has Magneto take up this attitude as usual. In the first film he tries to forcibly mutate world leaders gathered at a summit so that they will have a vested interest in advancing mutants' rights, and in the second he tries to force a mind-controlled Xavier to outright exterminate ALL non-mutant humans with Cerebro, and very nearly succeeds.

* A subtler example than usual; the villains of ''Literature/TheInfected'', Alpha Team, don't seem to bear regular humanity any ill will or believe their power gives them the right to rule. But in a world that has skewed so far into MugglePower, a war between the Infected and normals is inevitable. So is their ultimate victory. So why not get it over and done with already?

** Years later, Voldemort really only wants [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans power for himself]], but draws most of his [[BlackShirt Death Eaters]] by preaching wizard superiority over muggles, and when they take over the Ministry of Magic from within in the last novel they basically turn it into a full-on fascist state.
** Despite moral opposition to people like Grindelwald and Voldemort being the norm, [[TheFairFolk the vast majority of wizards are this to some degree]]. Even the "nice" wizards treat muggles with, at best, CondescendingCompassion, while others treat them with contempt, and others treat them as little better than animals, and practically all of them regard muggles with a mix of bewilderment and fear. When Harry questions the need for TheMasquerade, Hagrid explains it's simply because [[ReedRichardsIsUseless they don't want to be expected to magically solve all the world's problems overnight]], with the implication that [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex they're afraid of what would happen if they refused]].

* ''Literature/{{Patternist}}'': ''Mind of My Mind'' shows the origin of the titular {{Psychic|Powers}}s. Once they organize, they casually make mind-controlled puppets out of the {{Muggles}} in their town, "programming" them to serve the Patternists' whims. One member inadvertently reduces his muggle girlfriend to an obedient EmptyShell over time by reflexively pushing any inconvenient thoughts out of her head and doesn't care at all.

* The Franchise/StarWarsLegends novel ''Literature/OutboundFlight'' has Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth, a supremely haughty and arrogant SmugSuper who believes in the superiority of Force users, and Jedi in particular, and that this gives them the right to rule over any non-Force sensitive, up to and including the Chancellor. Unsurprisingly, these traits are shared by [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy his insane clone over thirty years later]].
* In ''Literature/TheReckonersTrilogy'', the super-powered epics have [[ApocalypseHow killed most of humanity]], taken over the world, and most remaining muggles live as their slaves.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Some {{Space Marine}}s get into this mindset via MightMakesRight, being vastly superior to standard humans in every way and thus asking why they should fight and die for them. Falling to Chaos is not the inevitable outcome, but it's a common fate.

* This is one of the distinguishing traits of the Court of Tears from ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful''. While most Nobles believe it is their responsibility to lead the mortals, only Tears believes that it has the right to rule without the consent of the governed.

* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'': [[spoiler:Your commanding officer Asimov]] is revealed to be this, with him claiming that [[PsychicChildren Adepts]], himself included, shall rule over the world and KillAllHumans. Our hero -- an Adept himself -- disagrees with the idea. [[spoiler:Asimov]] came to this line of thinking after being used as a lab rat by [[MegaCorp Sumeragi]] and being treated by the head scientist as an abomination that shouldn't exist [[spoiler:nevermind that Asimov ''became'' an Adept due to Sumeragi's experiments.]]
** In the sequel, [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Eden]] is all for this, its inhabitants all Adepts who have suffered FantasticRacism for their powers and believe [[KillAllHumans humans must be eradicated]] in order to pave the course for a better world. Their leader [[spoiler:Zonda]] essentially admits that while [[spoiler:Asimov]] had the right idea, he was going about it the wrong way.

* In ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', in keeping with TheSocialDarwinist tenets of their ReligionOfEvil, Force-sensitives form the ruling class of [[TheEmpire the Sith Empire]] and can freely abuse {{muggles}} as much as they want with no repercussions.

* Claw in ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' is a NebulousEvilOrganization of Espers who believe that their PsychicPowers [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers put them above other humans]]. Their goal is to [[TakeOverTheWorld overthrow the world government]] in favor of a world ruled by Espers, with their leader Toichirou Suzuki at the top. They act as {{foil}}s to HumbleHero Mob, who firmly subscribes to AGodIAmNot. In general, the Super Supremacist mindset is quite common among Espers, especially very powerful ones, but Toichirou is one of the few with the power to conquer the world almost single-handedly if not for [[BigGood Mob]] being in his way. Mob's mentor Reigen gives them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, declaring that [[PsychopathicManchild they're naive to think they can control the world when they haven't gone out to experience it themselves]]. The series carries AnAesop that whether you are a complete {{muggle|s}}, or possess some one-in-a-million talent, you can't expect to gain self-respect or the recognition of others if you're too lazy to work on improving yourself as a human being.

* ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'': This is a common motivation for the BigBad [[VillainOfTheWeek of the month]]. Usually, even the "bad guys" in the comic are {{Harmless Villain}}s at worst, but many if not most of the leaders of the various factions think their people should be in charge. Thus, on the rare occasion that one leader decides to actually do something about it, some combination of Heroes, {{Hero Antagonist}}s, and {{Harmless Villain}}s end up working together to stop things from getting completely out of hand.
* In ''Webcomic/MorphE'', Amical is more than happy to kidnap {{Muggles}} and force them into terrifying death matches in the hope that a few of them will [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening Awaken]] as mages, murdering any who underperform. He makes it a spectator event.

* [[spoiler:Foxtail]] in ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'', is revealed to be an especially extreme example. Her [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinistic]] attitude doesn’t just cover civilians, she also perceives heroes who [[BadassNormal lack powers]] or [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway have weak ones]] as cannon fodder at best; [[spoiler:when Dr. Greymann finds out about her honor student conspiracy and objects to it, she fires him and bluntly says she was probably going to do it anyway because she believes [[BroughtDownToNormal him losing his powers]] has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness rendered him useless]]]].

* The ''Film/XMen'' film franchise has Magneto take up this attitude as usual. In the first film he tries to forcibly mutate world leaders gathered at a summit so that they will have a vested interest in advancing mutants' rights, and in the second he tries to force a mind-controlled Xavier to outright exterminate ALL non-mutant humans with Cerebro, and very nearly succeeds.

This is a bad guy with superpowers who believes that this gives them the right to rule over [[{{Muggles}} non-supers]]. The motives of such a villain may be that of a [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] who believes superpowers to be the ultimate example of MightMakesRight, or someone who thinks non-supers should be ruled [[WellIntentionedExtremist "for their own good"]]. They [[FreudianExcuse might have been or seen others like them suffer prejudice]] for their powers by the ignorant, fearful, and/or jealous masses and decided [[TheDogBitesBack they don't need to take that lying down]]. They may even see supers as a nascent MasterRace on a [[SuperiorSpecies higher]] [[EvolutionaryLevels evolutionary level]] than non-supers or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName take after a certain racial demagogic party]] when the author wants to make the implications especially transparent. May [[AGodAmI develop a literal god complex]] as well or come to think of themselves as an UltimateLifeForm. Obviously, this sort of villain is a manifestation of the idea that [[BewareTheSuperman the existence of individuals with superpowers is inherently bad for those who do not possess them]].

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has the usual example of [[Literature/HarryPotter the Death Eaters]] (Voldemort is, as usual, more out for himself than anyone else), while Magneto is a [[ReformedButNotTamed (mostly)]] reformed example. It's also noted that even benevolently inclined magical people tend to assume a kind of paternalistic attitude towards {{Muggles}}, [[MugglesDoItBetter horribly underestimating what they're capable of]].

* The Franchise/StarWarsLegends novel ''Literature/OutboundFlight'' has Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth, a supremely haughty and arrogant SmugSuper who believes in the superiority of Force users, and Jedi in particular, and that this gives them the right to rule over any non-Force sensitive, up to and including the Chancellor. Unsurprisingly, these traits are shared by his insane clone over thirty years later.

* In ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'', early "[[AIIsACrapshoot transapients]]" [[http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/49a7d33abf557 were split on what they thought the proper relationship between themselves and humans ought to be]]. Eventually, [[http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/464d2a24c11ef G.A.I.A.]] resolved the crisis by beating the lesser [=AIs=] at their own game and exiling everyone that refused to cooperate. By the modern day of the setting, all civilization is ruled over by the highest intelligences by virtue of their intelligence. "Equality" is quite simply impossible when the intelligence gap between two individual people can be greater than that between humans and bacteria.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
** [[{{Muggles}} Quirkless people]] are subjected to FantasticRacism, particularly as, by the time the story begins, it is expected Quirklessness will disappear altogether within one or two generations. One of the first things we see TheRival Bakugo do in the series is [[SuicideDare goading the Quirkless Midoriya into killing himself]], mockingly saying he might come back with a Quirk in his next life.
** During the ''My Villain Academia'' Arc, we're introduced to the Meta Liberation Army. A cult founded on the belief that Quirks were meant to be used freely and that any laws that try to suppress them were unjustifiable. The original founder, Destro, resorted to domestic terrorism to spread his message while his son (Re-Destro) carried his legacy by creating a new community of Quirk supremacists with more than 116,000 members.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Many human telepaths secretly feel this way, largely because [[MutantDraftBoard the Psi Corps]] ingrains these beliefs into them from a young age. They believe that a war is coming between the telepaths and the "[[{{Muggles}} mundanes]]". They are also generally ''very'' displeased with any "mundane", who kills a telepath, even if said telepath was a rogue one. One such "mundane" got ThrownOutTheAirlock in hyperspace, and the telepath pushing the button treated it as both a rite of passage and a loss of her virginity. This ultimately culminated in the Telepath War, which the telepaths lost, resulting in the Earth Alliance creating the Psionic Monitoring Commission to hunt down the remaining Psi Corps members and to re-integrate telepaths back into mainstream society to avoid a repeat of this trope.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': [[{{Muggles}} Quirkless people]] are subjected to FantasticRacism, particularly as, by the time the story begins, it is expected Quirklessness will disappear altogether within one or two generations. One of the first things we see TheRival Bakugo do in the series is [[SuicideDare goading the Quirkless Midoriya into killing himself]], mockingly saying he might come back with a Quirk in his next life.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': [[{{Muggles}} Quirkless people]] are subjected to FantasticRacism, particularly as, by the time the story begins, it is expected Quirklessness will disappear altogether within one or two generations. One of the first things we see TheRival Bakugo do in the series is [[TheBully goading the Quirkless Midoriya into killing himself]], mockingly saying he might come back with a Quirk in his next life.

* ''Film/SpiderMan1'': The Green Goblin/Norman Osborn in the first movie seems to fit this bill. "There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders. [[WeCanRuleTogether You, me — we're exceptional]]."

* Claw in ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' is a NebulousEvilOrganization of Espers who believe that their PsychicPowers [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers put them above other humans]]. Thir goal is to [[TakeOverTheWorld overthrow the world government]] in favor of a world ruled by Espers, with their leader Toichirou Suzuki at the top. They act as {{foil}}s to HumbleHero Mob, who firmly subscribes to AGodIAmNot. In general, the Super Supremacist mindset is quite common among Espers, especially very powerful ones, but Toichirou is one of the few with the power to conquer the world almost single-handedly if not for [[BigGood Mob]] being in his way. Mob's mentor Reigen gives them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, declaring that [[PsychopathicManchild they're naive to think they can control the world when they haven't gone out to experience it themselves]]. The series carries AnAesop that whether you are a complete {{muggle|s}}, or possess some one-in-a-million talent, you can't expect to gain self-respect or the recognition of others if you're too lazy to work on improving yourself as a human being.

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': Choze claims to be from a clan of people who have practiced the greatest breeding program to create a superior race, and that they aim to rule the world because it's the natural order of things for a superior race such as themselves to rule over the inferior, weak and feeble races i.e everyone. [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Resembling the generic ideal of an 'Aryan Superman']], he's also a practitioner of the 'Fist of the Pure Blood Master Race' martial arts style. Upon becoming a monster, he decides that he is going to wipe out all of the 'inferior specimens' of humanity and only let the 'master race' survive, and one of his new attacks is even called 'Inferior Race Annihilation Shot'.

This is a bad guy with superpowers who believes that this gives them the right to rule over [[{{Muggles}} non-supers]]. The motives of such a villain may be that of a [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] who believes superpowers to be the ultimate example of MightMakesRight, or someone who thinks non-supers should be ruled [[WellIntentionedExtremist "for their own good"]]. They [[FreudianExcuse might have been or seen others like them suffer prejudice]] for their powers by the ignorant, fearful, and/or jealous masses and decided [[TheDogBitesBack they don't need to take that lying down]]. They may even see supers as a nascent MasterRace on a [[SuperiorSpecies higher]] [[EvolutionaryLevels evolutionary level]] than non-supers or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName take after a certain racial demagogic party]] when the author wants to make the implications especially transparent. May develop a literal GodComplex as well or come to think of themselves as an UltimateLifeForm. Obviously, this sort of villain is a manifestation of the idea that [[BewareTheSuperman the existence of individuals with superpowers is inherently bad for those who do not possess them]].

* Claw in ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' was a NebulousEvilOrganization of espers who believed their PsychicPowers [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers put them above other humans]] and sought to TakeOverTheWorld. They acted as {{foil}}s to HumbleHero Mob, who firmly subscribed to AGodIAmNot. His mentor Reigen gives them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, declaring that [[PsychopathicManchild they're naive to think they can control the world when they haven't gone out to experience it themselves]]. The series carries AnAesop that whether you are a complete {{muggle}}, or possess some one-in-a-million talent, you can't expect to gain self-respect or the recognition of others if you're too lazy to work on improving yourself as a human being.

* ''Franchise/XMen'':

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsMagneto Magneto]], from [[DarkAndTroubledPast his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp]], believes that humans rightly fear mutants because mutants are their evolutionary replacements. DependingOnTheWriter, he believes that fear and prejudice are a product of their innate inferiority and that the inherent diversity within the mutant species would allow them to overcome said prejudices if freed from humanity's chains. He is [[DependingOnTheWriter (sometimes)]] unable to see the irony in how being a mutant supremacist makes him no better than a human supremacist. (But again, this depends on the writer.) At other times, he's just resigned himself to being the monster that mutants need to protect them. This places him in direct opposition to [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor Charles Xavier]], who believes that humans and mutants can and should co-exist.

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] is Magneto's philosophy taken to an even more frightening conclusion. Apocalypse not only believes that humans are obsolete, but also that there is no room for mutants who [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway lost the]] SuperpowerLottery and got BlessedWithSuck. To Apocalypse, [[TheSocialDarwinist survival of the fittest]] is all that matters, which means that there is no difference between a {{Muggle|s}} and a weaksauce mutant. Both equally deserve extinction.
** Characters/{{Mystique}} remorselessly threw her prepubescent son Graydon Creed into the streets upon realizing that he was not going to develop into a mutant. She was also responsible for transforming the [[Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants Brotherhood of Mutants]] from the stock comic book supervillain team it was under Magneto into the Super Supremacist form of a political activist group we know it as today.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Superman himself, while completely averting this in his mainstream incarnation, sometimes turns in this direction in dark alternate universes. Glaring examples include ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'', in which his capsule crashes in the 1920s USSR instead of the USA and he becomes a Communist dictator of a vastly-expanded Warsaw Pact, and ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity: Mastermen'', in which his capsule crashes in 1930s German-occupied Czechaslovakia and he becomes a Nazi world dictator. Of course, since they still have the same personality as the normal Superman, both the Commie and Nazi versions of Supes ultimately become TheAtoner -- and the former was AffablyEvil at worst (though this arguably made things more creepy), patiently waiting for nations to join his communist utopia of their own free will, and genuinely wanting to protect humanity, particularly after Stalingrad goes the same way as Kandor... which is what lines to Lex Luthor bringing him down with a single ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: "Why don't you just put the whole world in a bottle, Superman?"]]
** In stories where Superman's people the Kryptonians are brought back for any length of time some of them are depicted as looking down on non-powered humans. It's the entire shtick of [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryPhantomZone General Zod]] and his subordinates, and in the ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' stories the most Zod-influenced Kryptonians look at humans as ants.

--->'''Linda Lee''': Um... Ms. Bigglestone? Aren't we all equal and stuff? I mean, just because we're not super-powered doesn't mean we should be treated any differently...\\
'''Ms. Bigglestone''': I'm sorry, but no. That is incorrect. Your fate, which I am here to ensure you embrace, is one of mediocrity and fear. As non-super-powered citizens, you may stand back and witness the majesty of your betters. Or, perhaps, become pawns in their super-powered contests. Either way, what you do is of little importance.

--->'''Reign''': [[NotSoDifferentRemark We're not so different, you and I]]. We have the power of gods, and with it the right... the duty... to use that power. I thought that together we could conquer that pathetic planet and find the answers we both seek.

* In ''ComicBook/DoomsdayClock'', [[Characters/ShazamBlackMarvelFamily Black Adam]] is growing into one and decides to act on his beliefs while most of the Justice League is busy fighting Dr. Manhattan, leaving Wonder Woman as the only one who can stop him.

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* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'': The goal of the [[PsychicPowers Esper]] terrorist organization Claw and its leader, Toichirou Suzuki, is to [[TakeOverTheWorld overthrow the world government]] in favor of a world ruled by Espers, with Suzuki himself at the top. This naturally sends our protagonist, who is staunchly opposed to the idea that [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers having supernatural powers makes you above other people]], on a collision course with him. In general, the Super Supremacist mindset is quite common among Espers, especially very powerful ones, but Toichirou is one of the few with the power to conquer the world almost single-handedly if not for [[BigGood Mob]] being in his way.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'':
** {{Inverted|Trope}} by the BigBad's plan. [[spoiler:Syndrome plans to sell all his inventions that make him equal to superheroes, so that "[[EveryoneIsASuper everyone will be super!]] And when everyone's super... no one will be."]]
** In the sequel, [[spoiler: the Screenslaver forces mind-controlled supers [[FalseFlagOperation to claim to be this to make non-supers too afraid of them to allow superpowers to be used again]], because of a long-standing grudge against superheroes]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'':

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Quirkless people are subjected to FantasticRacism, particularly as, by the time the story begins, it is expected Quirklessness will disappear altogether within one or two generations. One of the first things we see Bakugo do in the series is goading the Quirkless Midoriya into killing himself, mockingly saying he might come back with a Quirk in his next life.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} by the BigBad's plan. [[spoiler:Syndrome plans to sell all his inventions that make him equal to superheroes, so that "everyone will be super! And when everyone's super... no one will be."]]

** Superman himself, while completely averting this in his mainstream incarnation, sometimes turns in this direction in dark alternate universes. Glaring examples include ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'', in which his capsule crashes in the 1920s USSR instead of the USA and he becomes a Communist dictator of a vastly-expanded Warsaw Pact, and ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity: Mastermen'', in which his capsule crashes in 1930s Germany and he becomes a Nazi world dictator. Of course, since they still have the same personality as the normal Superman, both the Commie and Nazi versions of Supes ultimately become TheAtoner -- and the former was AffablyEvil at worst (though this arguably made things more creepy), patiently waiting for nations to join his communist utopia of their own free will, and genuinely wanting to protect humanity, particularly after Stalingrad goes the same way as Kandor... which is what lines to Lex Luthor bringing him down with a single ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: "Why don't you just put the whole world in a bottle, Superman?"]]