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* Ironhide voices this opinion in the 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie, but Optimus is [[DefiedTrope quick to disagree]].

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* Chapter 3 of ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/114049/this-is-the-life-a-tale-of-a-human-in-equestria This Is The Life: A Tale of a Human in Equestria]]'' parodies this when the titular character and Bon Bon get into an exchange about this. Their arguments are ''ridiculous'', ranging from humanity's ability to reach the top of the fridge to the pony's ability to ''wiggle their ears''. It ends with [[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext Bon Bon getting a back scratch.]]]]

* In Creator/JohnVarley's Literature/GaeaTrilogy, [[OurCentaursAreDifferent Titanides]] are sometimes accused of being a perfect race ( among other things). They are ten times stronger than humans, twenty times faster, shoot any weapon perfectly, perform fantastically complicated music by instinct, and can [[AuthorAppeal mate in seventy-two different combinations]]. Plus they do handicrafts in their sleep, with results more beautiful than the best human art. In the third novel we find out that they are also infallible judges of character, and the protagonists explicitly trust that any human killed by a Titanide was truly evil and needed to die.

* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm''

If HumansAreTheRealMonsters, then it follows that other races must be better than us. Even when humans are realistically portrayed, there may be a race that is [[PunyEarthlings stronger]], [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens smarter]], and/or [[PerfectPacifistPeople purer]] than us.

** The [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwemer]] certainly considered themselves as such, with every other race (Men, Mer, or otherwise) being beneath them. A big part of their [[{{Naytheist}} Naytheism]] came from their belief that even the supposed "gods" were not truly superior to them. Arguably [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as their advancements ([[{{Magitek}} technological]], [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow metaphysical]], and more) were (and still are) far, ''far'' [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens beyond what any other race in Tamriel is capable of]].

* Fanfic/TheConversionBureau stories go to great lengths to show how ponies are morally superior to the apparently {{Puny Earthling}}s. The fact that the ponies' superiority was so heavily hammered in led to other Conversion Bureau stories where the "[[ScrewYouElves pyeewny Earthlings]]" win, with one, "Ten Minutes" ending with Princess Celestia being vaporized, along with many other Equestrians, by a [[NukeEm nuke]].

* ''VideoGame/StarCraft''

-->-- '''Zim''', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''

* Reversed in Christopher Anvil's "Pandora's Planet" - The aliens are actually less intelligent than humans on average, but have had a long time to build their empire. They only conquer Earth through overwhelming military force. [[spoiler:The book ends on the reveal that a species have been discovered that is to humans as humans were to the aliens that conquered Earth.]]

** One of the major changes ComicBook/PostCrisis (partially based on the [[Film/{{Superman}} 1978 movie]]) was to massively [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstruct]] the "rightful heir of a superior species" aspect of Superman by taking the FridgeLogic inherent in Krypton's destruction to its logical end (''why'' exactly didn't they figure out their planet was dying, and why didn't they have the means to escape if they had the means to send Kal-El to Earth?) The result was reasoning that Kryptonians were so elitist and arrogant that they were extreme xenophobes who never did any serious space travel because they considered all other life inferior to them, and (with the exception of [[IgnoredExpert Jor-El]]) were too vain to consider the possibility that their planet might be falling apart. The result is that instead of being miserable and lonely on earth, Superman had a very low opinion of Kryptonians for many years, (not helped by the fact that both a hologram of his father and a sentient Kryptonian computer program tried to MindRape him to purge him of his acquired humanity) and still secretly considers himself lucky to have grown up on earth instead of Krypton.

* The Arisians of the ''Literature/{{Lensmen}}'' books are vastly older, more powerful, and morally better than you. The Eddorians are the first two things. Both have to hide their existence, as mere knowledge of such superior races would destroy the sanity of the species they want to guide/rule over.

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': The Deinos, a race of LivingDinosaurs introduced in Lostbelt 7, fit this on multiple levels, being LongLived, naturally strong, durable, intelligent, and due to having the ability to photosynthesize, don't even need to eat. It's made clear that they would completely trounce humans at anything... [[spoiler:[[BrilliantButLazy if they bothered to try]]. Progressing through the Lostbelt shows why [[DeconstructedTrope being a Superior Species isn't always a good thing]] - if you don't want for anything, you might not ''desire'' anything, which has resulted in the Deinos stagnating since they first appeared ''sixty five million years ago''. In that time, they have produced ''zero'' legends or tales to their names, with the now extinct humans of the Lostbelt managing to achieve more despite only exisitng for a hundred thousand years. It's plainly stated that the Deinos would never have one the Lostbelt competition because they lack any ability to progress due to having essentially peaked when they first evolved]].

* ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'': In the {{O|riginalVideoAnimation}}VA, there is the following exchange between a Dark Elven bodyguard to a Dark Elven noblewoman, and a drunken human soldier, both in a {{Mook|s}} army: