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Line 1: {{trope}} ~~{{trope workshop}}~~ The unholy union of [[Attack Animal]] and mad science, this is what happens when some genius decides that [[Strong Flesh Weak Steel\|unpredictable lab-designed killbeasts are far more efficient than those outdated old "tanks" and "fighter jets"]]. ~~Most~~Unless they are in the hands of a [[Sentai]] badguy as [[Monster of the ~~time~~Week]], [[Gone Horribly Wrong\|it never ends well]]. For that exact reason, most of the time this creature type falls under "Awesome but Impractical", but more subdued/plausible versions do exist. Expect [[Body Horror]] and [[Lovecraftian Superpower~~\|Lovecraftian Superpowers~~]]s out the wazoo. Sister trope to [[Living Weapon]], which is more about versions of conventional weapons made of meat. Often [[Kaiju]] if giant sized. {{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == ==Comic Books==▼ * The [[Guyver]] suits sort of blur the line between this and [[Living Weapon]], but the Zoanoids and all their variants employed by Chronos ''definitely'' fall into this category. Predator X from the ''[[X Men]]'' series, a creature designed to hunt and kill mutants▼ In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', {{spoiler\|this is what the EVAs ''actually'' are instead of robots.}} ==Film==▼ ▲== [[Comic Books]] == * In the [[Alien]] series, [[Prometheus]] reveals that [[spoiler\| the Xenomorphs of the are somehow linked to a mutagenic slime designed by mankind's creators to kill off mankind.]] Not to mention the ludicrous amount of times [[Mega Corp\|Weyland-Yutani]] has tried to harness them for this purpose.▼ ▲* Predator X from the ''[[X Men]]'' series, a creature designed to hunt and kill mutants. * In the original [[Piranha]], the titular fish. And in the sequel, they crossed them with flying fish.▼ * While there aren't really any in the movies proper, the [[Star Wars]] Expanded Universe has a ton of 'em, most of 'em made by the Sith or by the [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens\|Yuuzhan Vong]]▼ ▲== [[Film]] == ▲* In the ''[[Alien]]'' series, ''[[Prometheus]]'' reveals that [[spoiler\| the Xenomorphs ~~of the~~ are somehow linked to a mutagenic slime designed by mankind's creators to kill off mankind.]] Not to mention the ludicrous amount of times [[Mega Corp\|Weyland-Yutani]] has tried to harness them for this purpose. ▲* In the original ''[[Piranha]]'', the titular fish. And in the sequel, they crossed them with flying fish. ▲* While there aren't really any in the movies proper, the ''[[Star Wars]]'' Expanded Universe has a ton of 'em, most of 'em made by the Sith or by the [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens\|Yuuzhan Vong]] * [[Lilo and Stitch\|Stich]] technically counts as one of these, given he was created for the sole purpose of destruction. Which, come to think of it, makes this likely the only case of a [[A Boy and His X\|Girl And Her X]] plot where the "X" in question is one of these. * The titular [[Leviathan]] from the movie of the same name is a Soviet one of these. It is also one part [[Fish People]], one part overly-literal interpretation of a [[Thomas Hobbes]] metaphor, and several parts [[Body Horror]]. * As revealed in a DVD Special Feature, this is the true origin of the fanged wormlike aliens from ''[[The Deadly Spawn]]''. * ''[[Sharktopus]]'' from the SyFy film of the same name and Pteracuda from the sequel both qualify as these. * The titular creature from the ''[[Zeiram]]'' films certainly counts, and is considerably smarter than the usual [[Bioweapon Beast]], making it doubly dangerous. == [[‎Literature]] == * The second ''[[Monster Hunter International]]'' book mentions that the Manhattan Project briefly and disastrously experimented with these before wisely deciding to go with nuclear weapons instead. ==Toys== * Cobra's hulking!, inhuman Monstro Vipers and Toxo Vipers from ''[[GIG.I. Joe]]'' definitely count as this. ~~== Videogames ==~~ == [[Video Games]] == * ''[[Resident Evil]]'' could easily be called the ~~trope-codifier~~[[Trope Codifier]] for this concept, given how many of the ~~ones~~games following this were directly inspired by the horrible things coming out of Umbrella Corp's doors. * Everything spawned by the [[Prototype\|Blacklight Virus]] ends up as one of these. * Quite a few ~~ofthese~~of these end up appearing in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' thanks to the efforts of [[Evilutionary Biologist\|Professor Hojo]]. * The zombies from the ''[[The House of the Dead\|House of the Dead]]'' series are actually much more like this than zombies, ''especially'' when you get to [[Our Monsters Are Weird\|the bosses]]. * The aptly named Biolizard from ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'' is one of these as it is {{spoiler\|the prototype of the [[Ultimate Life Form]] turned mindless bioweapon against humanity}}, as well as Gerald Robotnik's Chaos replicas. * ''[[Deus Ex]]'' features several made by Majestic 12. These include greasels, green reptialian hopping chicken like things that spit acid and karkians, dog like lizards/snapping turtles. It's unclear if grays (standard "gray" aliens) are entirely an example: while initially they seem to be like greasels and karkians some dialog suggests they are merely clones of aliens who died in the Area 51 crash. ~~{{tropestub}}~~ {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~{{BASEPAGENAME}}~~Index of Fictional Creatures]] [[Category:Horror Tropes]] [[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]] [[Category:Combat Tropes]] [[Category:Pages Original to All The Tropes]]