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[[File:Half-elf.jpg|link=Sam and Max|frame|Now that's just being too literal!]]

 

[[Mix-and-Match Critters]] with a dash of human thrown in!

 

See also [[Interspecies Romance]]. A common result of a [[Fantastic Romance]]. May lead to [[Heinz Hybrid]]s, if the family tree does not end with them. An inter-species halfbreed that averts the "half human" part is a [[Nonhuman Humanoid Hybrid]]. If the non-human parent is from an [[Exclusively Evil]] race, this trope may result from the human being [[Raised by Orcs]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Silver Diamond]]'' has Chigusa: half-man, half-plant. Which apparently makes you damn near immortal. {{spoiler|Apparently, it's a family trait of the Senroh clan, earning them the title of Immortal Monsters.}}

* In ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', Kaworu Nagisa is strongly implied to be {{spoiler|a result of an experiment where an unidentified human donor's DNA "dove" into Adam. (The technobabble almost sounds like a euphemism for insemination.)}} Whether he is actually a {{spoiler|half-Angel/half-Lilin hybrid who for some reason looks human, or a straight-up clone of the genetic donor,}} is unknown.

** Rei Ayanami has {{spoiler|a connection to Lilith}}, as well, but printed sources only say that {{spoiler|she is a clone of Yui and contains Lilith's soul}}. The idea that she is {{spoiler|a genetic hybrid, or some such,}} remains strictly within the realm of fanon.

* Both Averted & Justified in [[Osamu Tezuka]]'s ''Phoenix'' series, where there is only one species capable of breeding with others, the Moopies, who are able to do this due to [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]] (which is a completely different scientific impossibility, but what the hey).

* {{spoiler|Rue}} from ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' has been raised on {{spoiler|the Raven's blood}}, and it's implied that it's made her a sort of hybrid.

* [[Vampire Hunter D]] has D. A [[Dhampir]] created by Dracula himself after something like 5,000 years of trying.

* [[Dragon Half]] has the heroine Mink, whose mother was a dragon and whose father was a (human) dragon hunter. And Princess Vina whose father was a king, and whose mother was a slime (similar to those in [[Dragon Quest]])

* The [[Karin|Karin manga]]: {{spoiler|Yuriya is a half-vampire, half-human. She isn't affected by vampire weaknesses (i.e. sunlight, the smell of garlic, etc.). Unfortunately, she also has to drink blood, and she doesn't have any vampire ''powers'', either. She's also completely sterile. Karin and Kenta's daughter, Kanon, is the same deal.}}

** {{spoiler|actually Kanon can be debated because Karin's parents mentioned that she had become like a normal human so isn't it possible for her child to be normal?(since Kanon doesn't seem to have any vampiric tendencies at all unlike Yuriya}}

*** {{spoiler|The key phrase here being "like a normal human" as she still has her fangs and her powers are more likely dormant rather than her DNA completely changing into another species.}}

* The heroine Chisaya from [[Onikirisama No Hakoirimusume]] is half-human and half-yokai, with a giant [[Kitsune]] as a mother.

* This seems to happen a lot in [[One Piece]]. There are several variations between common species, including but not limited to; Humans, [[Fish People|Mermen, Fishmen,]] and Giants.

** Another cross between human-offshoots is Maelstrom, an Inhuman/Deviant cross. His son Ransak is a one-quarter Inhuman, three-quarters Deviant.

** Still another example, the Ritter twins are Eternal/Deviant hybrids.

* Adam X the [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|X-treme]], part of the Summers' [[Tangled Family Tree]], is half-human, half-Sh'iar.

* The [[Wild CATS]] are mainly half-Kherubim, an immortal super-powered alien race. It's not until many years after they were created that this was [[Justified Trope]] by having Earth be a planet [[terraform]]ed by the Kherubim [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale|billions of years ago]] for their own needs, basing our DNA on theirs.

 

 

* All Yuki/Kyon [[fanfic]]s in the ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' fandom inevitably, in their far and unwritten future, lead to this.

** Don't forget the [[Crack Pairing|Kyon/Ryoko]] ones!

** I ''have'' to ask this: Do interfaces have, you know... parts?

*** Of course. They're biologically perfectly human. Making a copy of an existing template is simpler than making something entirely new, and non-human physical traits like that could potentially arouse unwanted suspicion.

* [[Mary Sue]]s. Just... [[Mary Sue]]s. Amusingly, Mary Sues can be [[Too Many Halves|"half" more than two species]]. For example, they will be "half" human, "half" X, and "half" Y all at once.

 

== Film ==

* In David Weber's [[The War Gods|Bahzell stories]] , humans have split into 5 separate species. Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Hradani, and Halfings. It is possible for any of the species to interbreed although only Elf-Human hybrids (Half-Elves) are common—several of the other matches produce offspring that die young or are infertile, although most of the human population of the Axeman Empire have some Dwarf blood. Half-Elves consider themselves to be the fifth species (since they came about before Halflings); however while breeding with each other and with full Elves preserves both the Human and Elvish traits, the offspring of a Human and Half-Elf will show a significant reduction in the Elvish traits. Finally it is established that only Humans and Half-Humans can be wizards or magi.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different|Anthrozils]] in ''[[Dragons in Our Midst]]''.

* Hybrids ("breeds") are so common in Glen Cook's ''Garrett P.I.'' fantasy series, they sometimes outnumber the human characters. Exempting non-humans from military conscription, then inviting them in to work while your human subjects are off fighting a hundred-year war, can have unintended consequences...

* Human/fairy hybrids appear prominently in ''Goblin Moon'' and ''The Gnome's Engine''. They are prone to psychological instability and have unique responses to emotional stress, a fact which is central to the plot. A mixed dwarf/human marriage is also mentioned, although it's unstated whether children are expected to follow.

* In ''The [[Griffin's Daughter|Griffins Daughter]] Trilogy'', half-human/half-elves - like the title character, Jelena - are known as ''hikui'' among the elves, and are treated as second-class citizens, at best. Which is still far better than half-elves are treated in the (human-ruled) Soldaran Empire, where the local religion says elves are demons looking to steal human souls and half-elves are creatures of evil.

* John's daughters in ''[[A Dirge for Prester John]]'': Sefalet (half-blemmye) and Anglitora (half-crane). Anglitora is considered fairly lucky to be a human-looking woman with a crane's wing while Sefalet has no face, instead having eyes and mouths in her hands.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

== Music ==

* The [[Mercedes Lackey]] song "[http://www.lackey.de/valdemar-songs-mis-comception.htm Mis-Conception]" is about a...somewhat drastic...instance of this.

 

 

** [[Mortasheen]] has an entire class of monsters based on this concept. But, given the nature of the series, you probably won't be surprised to learn that they're Brundlefly-style arthropod-human hybrids of about every notable insect one could think of.

* Series in the fantasy genre descended from Tolkien usually just use "half-elves", with the occasional half-orc, half-dwarf, half-minotaur (minotaurs themselfs in mythology being an example, see above.), etc.

** In addition, "Half-breed" could be both a race and a template. Half-Orc and Half-Elf were races, but Half-Dragon and Half-Fiend were templates that could be added on to any sentient race. Applying one to the other yields results like, "Half-Dragon-Half-Half-Orc". What would ''that'' family reunion be like?

*** Probably because dragons can take any humanoid form so it would depend on what form the dragon was in at the time of the breeding.

** Averted by [[Ravenloft]]'s "half-Vistani", as Vistani are simply a human ethnic minority, albeit with some unusual supernatural baggage. Averted differently by several [[Ravenloft]] monsters, including red widows and dread doppelgangers, which mate with humans but produce their own kind rather than hybrids.

** In ''Al-Qadim'' (Arabian Adventures setting) locals consider marriages between different creatures pretty normal as long as they are interfertile. This includes, of course, half-elves and half-orcs, but also it's specifically said that a proper [[Magically-Binding Contract]] allows a [[Demihuman]] and a genie to have children.

** 2nd edition [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it with the Mongrelmen, a monster race that's said to be the result of centuries of cross-breeding and tend to have mismatched bits of fur, scales, hide, etc.

** 4th edition half-elves, gain bonuses that correspond to ''neither'' of their parents.

*** In the third book of ''[[Spelljammer|The Cloakmaster Cycle]]'' one joins the crew and, [[Fun Personified|of course]], [[Hilarity Ensues]]. She "picked up" stuff out of curiosity as kenders do, but wasn't too distracted to remember where and ''put it back'' after examining. All this was pulled so well that instead of being a Sue Bomb she [[Ensemble Darkhorse|ended up praised]] as one of the best sidekicks ever and fan-preferred [[Love Interest]]. Later she was able to concentrate long enough to learn [[Psychic Powers|psionics]] (which in AD&D era implied above-average Intelligence and impressive Wisdom score, whether the teacher is an ancient supra-genius slug or not).

** That said, this trope is averted in Classic D&D, which has races as classes. An elf and a human can certainly start a family with each other if they wish, but the result of their union will be either an elf or a human.

** And then, [[Pathfinder]]. The following is a current (early 2012) list of things which have created bloodlines for sorcerers, meaning your ancestors interbred with them and you were born with innate magic: Aberrant (think Cthulhu Mythos like monsters), Abyssal (Demons or worse), Accursed (Hags), Proteans (chaos spirits), Aquatic (anything from sea elves to deep ones), Arcane (plain ol' [[A Wizard Did It]] - and how!), Boreal (giant & troll kin ala Norse Myth), Celestial (heavenly creatures), Deep Earth (earth spirits), several different kinds of genies and all four Western elemental types, Draconic, Fey, Infernal (Devils), Maestro (some musical monster from trumpet-wielding angels to shoggoths), Orc, Rakshasa (evil spirits of Buddhist myth), Serpentine (your friendly reptoids), Shadow (another dimension), Starsoul (spacefarers), Storm (unknown elemental spirits), [[I Love the Dead|Undead]], and Verdant (plants). It's probably better not to ask how some of those happened. There are even more bloodlines available from third party developers or for characters with unusual archetypes.

*** There's no rule that says such a sorcerer can't also belong to a race which is already a half-human hybrid. A dhampir (half human, half vampire) sorcerer could have an Abyssal bloodline and the half-celestial template. [[Special Snowflake Syndrome]] can really run amok here if a GM allows it to.

* Averted for the most part in ''[[Rifts]]''; Dog Boys and their ilk are NOT Half Human Hybrids. They look it, and in the hands of lesser players may act it, but they're really just very smart dogs who were raised by humans. Half-breeds are specifically said to be impossible, unless one parent is a God or Demon.

* [[Scion]]: Part of the premise.

** There was mention of a human/Eldar hybrid who became a chief librarian in Rogue Trader fluff. Rick Priestley himself has said that the 2 races are close enough genetically to interbreed to have viable offspring. Of course, what Eldar would bring itself so low as to mate with those filthy mon-keigh. And official Imperial policy is to, ahem, greet the Xenos [[Kill It with Fire|warmly.]]

** Since Retconned, however. Humans, Eldar, and Tau are humanoid. That's where the biological similarities end.

*** Then there are "L'Enfant Diaboliques", the Lucifuge's [[Evil Counterpart|evil counterparts]] - they're the ones who chose to ''embrace'' their heritage...

* Averted in [[Shadowrun]], where the various metatypes (humans included) can breed freely with one another, but their offspring don't blend the traits of their parental strains. A child of different metatypes will have the type of its father, that of its mother, or (rarely) a completely different type. This is because metatypes are really more akin to breeds than separate species - elves and dwarves spontaneously began to show up in human births around 2010, while the first orcs and trolls were caused by a bizarre biological process called "Goblinization" that struck random humans shortly afterward.

 

== Theatre ==

* In [[The Elder Scrolls]] universe, the Bretons are a racial blend of men and Altmer (elves), a result of generations of humans being enslaved by elves. As a result, the Bretons have more skill with magic than any of the other humans races but lack the physical vulnerabilities of the elves.

** Also, Oblivion has a rare example in which a family descended from the union of man and dragon is actually worshipped and glorified; however, it makes perfect sense as the dragon in question is also the god Akatosh, and the current emperor is one of them.

* The Shokan in the ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' series are said to be half-human dragons, despite looking like the long-lost children of the Hindu cosmology's Shiva (which, coincidentally, one of the more popular Shokan is named after). Furthermore, the Shokan Kintaro is also part ''tiger'', thus further muddling the waters of Shokan DNA. (To be fair, though, Kintaro ''was'' originally going to be a simple tiger-man, which would still make him a Half-Human Hybrid.)

** Similarly, Mileena is a half-Edenian, half-Tarkatan Mutant, though due to her nature as an artificial clone, she could arguably also be considered a [[Biological Mashup]].

* A half-sepp, half-human appears in {{spoiler|Endorph's ending}} in ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]''.

* Lilica (half-demon) and Konoha (half-dog) from ''[[Arcana Heart]]''.

** ''Warcraft'' also has half-elves, whose most famous example is the paladin Arator the Redeemer (the half-elven son of Turalyon and Alleria Windrunner).

* Dragonfable from Artix Entertainment gives us Nythera, a half dragon NPC. In a rather hilarious scene in one of her flashback quests, Nythera's parents, a human wizard and a dragon mother are sitting down at dinner. Said dinner is a ''live'' Chickencow (half chicken, half cow), and her mother is in ''dragon'' form about to devour it. Her father sees nothing unusual about this at all.

** And the whole reason that the Errants were formed was because it was found that Elves could breed more easily with Humans than with other Elves for some unknown reason. It was only decades later that Errants suddenly started going bad at random.

*** Part of the appeal for a human lover was that elves idolized the concept of losing a lover before you grew tired of each other, so you could remember them for how much you loved them. Humans, with their comparatively short life spans, were very well suited for this.

* {{spoiler|Veser}} in [[Hanna Is Not a Boy's Name]] is the child of a human and a selkie.

* And then there's ''[[Kevin and Kell]]''. The central family is itself several mixed species, and while the setting has a bias against [[Interspecies Romance|interspecies romances]], it really is more inter-diet relationships (carnivore vs herbivore vs insectivore). As far as strict species goes...

* The genetic cocktail that spawned Molly and Galatea in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' did contain some human DNA, albeit not much. In fact, {{spoiler|it was Jean's, making her their biological mother, just "a little bit."}}

* ''[[The Challenges of Zona]]'' has Ginsha, a half human/half [[Lizard Folk|Urrt]] woman. There's also a Snake Clan among the [[Proud Warrior Race|Erogenians]] many of whom have varying degrees of Urrt blood

* [[MSF High]]: Most demi humans are these on varying human to animal ratio's with domestic's being on the human end of the scale and martials being on the animal end.

* [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=84608 Dolly Bird] and [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/eddurd/everydayheroes/series.php?view=single&ID=115038 G-Nat] from [[Everyday Heroes]] are both half-human genetically engineered beings. They are two of the few successful experiments by their creator/father, the [[Shout-Out|Somewhat-Below-Average Evolutionary]].

* In [[Juathuur]], Thoss and Thlassa are half-solluu (fish people) and half-juathuur (humans with powers).

* [[A Magical Roommate]] has an interesting example in the case of X and Alexis. Their mother, who was born a black fairy, shapeshifted to a human form she kept for her pregnancy... well, for the most part. This has made the twins roughly ninety-eight percent human and two percent fairy.

* The amorphs from ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' are capable of creating offspring with any species, although the children are identical to normal amorphs. An offer to make children to Breya by Schlock causes a lot of [[Squick]] reactions, but although she turns him down, they are able to talk about it in friendly terms after the humans realize amorph reproduction doesn't involve sex.

* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' {{spoiler|Antimony is part [[Elemental Embodiment|Fire Elemental]].}}

* In ''[[Trying Human]]'', 6 seems to be an artifically engineered human-Grey hybrid. [[Berserk Button|Although...]]

{{quote|'''Roger:''' So you're half and half then?

* Mara from [[Elf Blood]] is half dark elf, half human. According to TKO, there aren't that many half-elves, most likely to do with the hidden nature of the elves.

** Carlita Delacroix is also half-human. Her other half is feline spirit incarnum (fleshy forms of natural spirits).

* In ''[[Wapsi Square]]'', {{spoiler|Shelly is a human/sphinx hybrid. This gives her most of the powers of a sphinx, but with a human lifespan.}}

* ''[[Fans]]!'' deconstructs the trope with Zaha, an engineering student who was merged with her pet cat in a freak accident, and ended up a [[Catgirl]]. She has to take several kinds of medicine daily just so her body can function, and [[I Just Want to Be Normal|longs for humanity]]. {{spoiler|Eventually she exchanges bodies with a member of [[Furry Fandom]], who is thrilled.}}

* Wyrmspawn in ''[[Wizard School]]'' is a half-dragon, half-human hybrid leading the Dragonkin.

* Keti of [[Footloose (webcomic)|Footloose]] is half human, quarter werewolf and quarter nymph.

 

== Web Original ==

* Roxy of ''[[Winx Club]]'' is a half fairy; {{spoiler|Queen Morgana is her mother}}.

** Then again, there are no male fairies, so there may not be such thing as a "half fairy."

** It has to be noted though that no breeding between ghosts and humans was involved: the former two were both results of [[Freak Lab Accident|lab accidents]], and the latter was cloned.

* In ''[[Futurama]]'', Kif has (accidental) half-(mutant) human/half-Amphibiosan children with Leela. No, [[Mister Seahorse|Leela didn't get pregnant]].

* One Halloween episode in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' revolved around Maggie's real father being an alien.

* An episode of ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' involved a [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Twi'lek]] woman and her two half-human, half-twi'lek children as major characters, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|inadvertently validating]] ''decades'' of Star Wars [[Fetish Fuel]].

 

== Other ==

* [[Limyaael's Fantasy Rants|Limyaael]] discusses these in her [http://limyaael.livejournal.com/152437.html half-breed heroes] rant.

 

 

* It's possible that very early in human history, other species of proto-humans (think Neandertals, but not quite) interbred with humans. The human species as we know it eventually out-competed all other variants, though.

** Actually, there is very strong evidence that homo sapiens did mate with Neandertals and a significant portion of non-African people's genomes are of Neandertal origin [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/science/07neanderthal.html\].

* There was a Russian scientist in the early 20th century who attempted to create a Humanzee, but apparently none of his experiments panned out & his funding was eventually cut.

** Interesting that in all accounts of trying to inseminate human women with ape sperm, the ape always happen to die shortly before the scheduled date.

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