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'''{{color|red|Note:}}''' This is NOT [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]], it can be considered a [[Sub-Trope]] of it, but differs in that it relates exclusively to non-human creatures. Compare [[Shapeshifter Mashup]] and [[Partial Transformation]]. May lead to authors using [[Hybrid Overkill Avoidance]] to limit this.

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has the Griffin Dragon {{spoiler|that ''[[Took a Level in Badass|Yue Ayase takes down with a ceremonial dagger]]''}}.

** Even her personality is Hybrid. The transfer to Wa (Neo-Japan) changes her mode of thinking from gentle mama-tiger to homicidal guardian who knows how to cause car accidents. And somehow, the demon lord that guards Taiki (don't ask) doesn't seem to care...

 

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

** You could arguably include his enemies Hitlerfist and Supermane; Hitlerfist is the monster with Hitlers for hands, while Supermane is, well, [[Superman]] with a lion head.

* Hulkling of the [[Young Avengers]] is Half-Kree and Half-Skrull.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* The talking-donkey/dragon hybrids from [[Shrek]] 2 qualify.

* In ''[[The Monster Club]]'', vampires, werewolves and ghouls can all mate together. These hybrids can then mate to produce [[Heinz Hybrid|further hybrids]].

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Although the White Witch from the ''[[Chronicles of Narnia]]'' claimed to have at least partial human ancestry, she was actually a hybrid of giant and jinn (genie).

* In one of Christopher Stasheff's books, there's a dracogriff. He's half griffin, half dragon. Unfortunately, this is not quite as awesome as it sounds, since griffins and dragons are bitter enemies and he's hated by both.

 

* The cockatrice on ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' was [[What Could Have Been|originally]] going to be one of these - [http://i31.tinypic.com/jz8g1y.jpg\]. But somewhere along the way it just became some kind of dinosaur thing. The makers apparently saw sense and cast the creature pictured as the Questing Beast, of which it is a fairly mythologically-accurate portrayal.

* [[Big Bad]] Burajira ''[[Tensou Sentai Goseiger]]'' uses these as his [[Monster of the Week|MOTWs]]. Examples include an Ortaurus (Orthus + Taurus) and a Uniberus (Unicorn + Cerberus).

** Except for the Kazon, the only species ever deemed unworthy of assimilation. In a universe with thousands of species, that's a major burn.

 

* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' '''loves''' this trope:

** There are the basic Half-Elves and Half-Orcs. However, 3.5 edition brings us ''Bastards and Bloodlines'', a book containing of over 30 different half-breeds, from the believable (Mergs [human/merfolk]) to the silly (Aellar [elf/giant eagle]). They also provide the option of creating your own, if you find the options unappealing.

** There was an essay exploring the possibility of a vampire werewolf,with one of the major points of contention being whether the undead nature of the vampiric template would override the lycanthrope's shapeshifting ability. Of course this requires the templates to be applied in the proper order, as lycanthropy is a disease and undead are immune to all disease, so a vampire cannot contract lycanthropy.

** And then, of course, there is the [[Narm|dreaded owlbear]].

* [[Deadlands]]: Hell On Earth has vampire werewolves in the main handbook.

* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' has Zombie Centaurs. Does more need to be said?

*** And ''it can fly''.

** And let's not forget the [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=26756 Merfolk Goblin].

* ''[[Feng Shui]]'' has Abominations: all kind of demons and supernatural beasts or monsters turned into [[Cybernetics Will Eat Your Soul|cyborgs]] by fascist [[Mad Scientist]]s from THE FUTURE!. They even serialized the production of [[Jiangshi]], the Chinese hopping vampires, calling the cyborg version "Bouncing Benjys." If you use your Arcanowave gear too much, [[The Corruption|you run the risk of becoming one of these things yourself!]]

 

* ''[[Monster Rancher]]'', a [[Unknown Rival|popular take]] on the monster-raising genre, has this as the main monster differentiation. In any one game there'll be 20-25 base breeds. Main/Sub is the most common shorthand i.e. Golem/Golem for a Main Golem/Sub-breed Golem "purebreed." If you mix it with a Hare/Hare you might get a Hare/Golem or Golem/Hare. As such there's never less than around 250 monsters in any [[Monster Rancher Evo|main]] [[Monster Rancher|game]]

* The {{spoiler|Zerg and Protoss}} Hybrids are part of a major story arc in ''[[StarCraft]]''. It started in the secret mission of ''Brood War'' with Zeratul {{spoiler|finding them in cryo-suspension on a remote dark moon}}, and by [[Star Craft 2]] it has been confirmed that not only are they {{spoiler|spread throughout the Galaxy, but they are waking up and will bring forth the [[Apocalypse How|end of the Universe]] under the command of the [[Eldritch Abomination|Fallen One]]}}.

* ''[[Monster Girl Quest Paradox]]'' has many monsters with more than one race, the pinnacle of this being the Monster Lords, who are mixtures of [[Up to Eleven|every natural monster race]] (i.e. alraune, beast, demihuman, dragon, elf, fairy, harpy, insect, kitsune, lamia, land-dweller, mermaid, scylla, sea-dweller, slime, succubus, vampire, yoma). On top of that, completing certain sidequests allows [[Mad Scientist|Promestein]] to inject your characters with monster DNA to give them additional races.

 

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* [[Equestrian Legends]] has the Kirin. Half pony, half dragon. On a larger note, it's implied that dragons really sleep around and use life-altering magic to make sure the babies survive.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* "No One Comes to Lupusville", a ''[[Real Ghostbusters]]'' episode with a [[Fur Against Fang]] theme, asks the question, "what happens when werewolves and vampires bite each other?" They wisely don't stick around to find out.

** He also gets {{spoiler|transformed into a werewolf in one episode, although it's later reverted.}}

** {{spoiler|And he really shows off his talents in the Underfist Halloween special}}.

* In one episode of ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' ("Planeteers Under Glass"), there is one [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|futuristic flying cyborg-demon]] among the [[Mix-and-Match Critters]] that only appears in the virtual planet... for a short while anyway, [[Apocalypse Wow|all while the Apocalypse Class is]] getting spiked up to [[Apocalypse How|Class 6]]!

 

 

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[[Category:Otherness Tropes]]

[[Category:Index of Fictional Creatures]]