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* Ben Tennyson of the original ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' series was this at first, as Gwen and Grandpa Max didn't have powers to start off with. Though it gets dropped once Gwen gets a spell book and starts practicing magic.

* Doctor Manhattan from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' is the TropeCodifier, winning big on the SuperpowerLottery and ending up as the only hero in the ''Watchmen'' continuity to have powers, which are [[PhysicalGod god-like]]. The rest of the Watchmen are all {{Non Powered Costumed Hero}}es.
* In ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey''. For a long time, Black Canary was the only member of the team with a Metahuman ability (her "[[SuperScream Canary Cry]]"). Other members with superhuman powers have since come and gone on short stints (such as Power Girl, Little Barda, Hawk and Dove and Misfit), but Canary is pretty much the most steady member with this advantage.
* Shining Knight is this for the original incarnation of the ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory''. While the rest of his team were {{Non Powered Costumed Hero}}es. Shining Knight rode a [[{{Pegasus}} winged horse]], wielded an [[SpellBlade enchanted sword]] and wore [[ArmorOfInvincibility enchanted armor]].
* Comicbook/PoisonIvy serves as this for the ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'', possessing her trademark GreenThumb powers while Harley Quinn and Catwoman have no superpowers.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': Before Duke Thomas's debut, [[Characters/{{Azrael}} Jean-Paul Valley]] was the only metahuman member of the Batfamily.

* Comicbook/CaptainAmerica was part of the Howling Commandos in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', the only SuperSoldier in a team of normal military soldiers. Later on, Cap joins [[SuperTeam the Avengers]]. In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' he works for the secret agency SHIELD and is the only superpowered individuum on the STRIKE-team.

SuperTrope to TokenWizard. SubTrope of TokenMinority. Inverse Trope to TheTeamNormal

** The [[TimeSkip Pre-Timeskip]] Blackbeard Pirates only had one Devil Fruit user, Blackbeard himself. This was changed [[TimeSkip Post-Timeskip]] when it was revealed that several of his lieutenants such as Shilliew and Catarina Devon gained Devil Druit abilities.
** During the East Blue saga and for the first few arcs of the Alabasta saga. Luffy was the only Devil Fruit user of the Straw Hat Pirates, until Chopper was recruited at the end of the Drum Island arc.

* Manga/OnePiece:
** Many small pirate crews will usually be composed of several normal crew members centered around a Captain who is the only one with Devil Fruit powers. Bartolomeo, Bellamy, Foxy, and Wapol (who pretended to be a pirate early on) are all examples of this. This also applies to all of the Supernova/Worst Generation crews with the exception of the Straw Hats (after Chopper's recruitment).
** The [[TimeSKip Pre-Timeskip]] Blackbeard Pirates only had one Devil Fruit user, Blackbeard himself. This was changed [[TimeSkip Post-Timeskip]] when it was revealed that several of his lieutenants such as Shilliew and Catarina Devon gained Devil Druit abilities.

* In ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey''. For a long time, Black Canary was the only member of the team with a Metahuman ability (her "[[MakeMeWannaShout Canary Cry]]"). Other members with superhuman powers have since come and gone on short stints (such as Power Girl, Little Barda, Hawk and Dove and Misfit), but Canary is pretty much the most steady member with this advantage.

*** Team Arrow is the resident BadassNormal team in the Arrowverse. This changes in Season 3, with the addition of Ray Palmer / ComicBook/TheAtom who wears a PoweredArmor enabling {{flight}}, {{Hand Blast}}s, and [[{{Sizeshifter}} size changing]], though Ray eventually leaves to join The Legends. Later in Season 5, among the new recruits is Rory Regan/Ragman who wears [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman mythical rags]] that give him powers such as [[ClothingCombat cloth]] [[CombatTentacles tentacles]] or [[ImmuneToBullets immense durability]], though he left the team after being BroughtDownToNormal. Even later in Season 5, Dinah Drake was recruited as a [[ReplacementGoldfish replacement Black Canary]], being a metahuman who had a [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic scream]].

*** In Season 5, [[BigBad Prometheus]] assembled his [[EvilCounterpart own team]] to oppose Oliver and Team Arrow. All members are {{Badass Normal}}s, except for Black Siren, who is also a metahuman capable of [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic screams]].

* [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Damian Wayne/ Robin]] was this for the Batfamily for a little while [[EmpoweredBadassNormal when he got powers temporarily]].
** Duke Thomas has become this to the Batfamily since ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal.

* Comicbook/CaptainAmerica was part of the Howling Commandos in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', the only SuperSoldier in a team of normal military soldiers. Later on, Cap joins [[SuperTeam the Avengers]].

* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'':

** In ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. Season 2 introduces the LegionOfDoom, which is a [[FourIsDeath Big Bad Quartet]] of some of the [[BigBadDuumvirate nastiest villains from throughout]] the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}''. None of the members have powers, except for Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash who is a [[SuperSpeed speedster]], as well as [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority the one in charge]]. It should be noted however that Damien Darhk had magic powers in Season Four of "Arrow", but doesn't as a member of the Legion because he doesn't have his totem yet. He temporarily regains them near the end of the season.

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* In ''Fanfic/{{Empathy}}''- a mass crossover with ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' and ''WesternAnimation/Home2015''- Riley Anderson becomes the only legitimate super on the 'Big Hero 9' after Oh's tampering with Hiro's equipment causes Riley to acquire emotion-manipulating abilities; the rest of her team consists of five people using technology, an android, an alien, and a teen girl whose only 'skill' is her ability to use the modified car Oh created.