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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''I'm sorry, no, I won't take it. If we accept orc zombies, then we open the gate to all kinds of crap. What's next? Centaur dragons? How about demon fairies? Maybe buffalo elves? Heck, why not [[Cyborg|whale]] [[
The logical conclusion of [[Half
Despite the near infinite combinations possible, there's only a few variants of these creatures:
* '''Natural Breeding:''' Two creatures, perhaps themselves once human or [[Half
* '''Transformation:''' An already non-human creature gets an incomplete [[Baleful Polymorph]], is infected with [[The Virus]], [[Viral Transformation|bitten]] by a [[Werewolf]], or grafted with [[Artificial Limbs|cybernetics]] or subjected to [[Lego Genetics|genetic engineering]]. What happens here is you have a "common" base type which gets superseded by a second one. ''Common subtypes include:'' Vampire-elves (again), <<species>>-skeleton, <<species>>-zombie, cyborg-demon (more common than you'd think), and [[Mutants]] of any such species in general.
* '''[[Biological Mashup]]''': Two already existing creatures become one already existing creature. Often from a spell [[Gone Horribly Wrong]] or a [[Teleporter Accident]]. ''Common subtypes include:'' [[Star Trek: Voyager
'''{{color|red|Note:}}''' This is NOT [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]], it can be considered a [[Sub
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has the Griffin Dragon {{spoiler|that ''[[Took a Level
* The Darkness of the Book of Darkness at the end of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* The monster from ''WXIII:[[Patlabor The Movie 3]]'' is part human, part alien & later absorbs a [[Humongous Mecha]] as well. It also inexplicably has fish & lobster bits.
* ''[[Ranma
* In ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', there is a stone statue in Eterna City that features a cross between Dialga and Palkia. This is later explained as people once thought the two beings as one.
** And of course, there's the [[Fan Nickname|Zapmolcuno]] [[Biological Mashup]] in the first arc of the manga, a chimera created by Team Rocket by fusing the bodies of the three Legendary Pokemon, Zapdos, [[The Phoenix|Moltres]], and Articuno.
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** Heck, [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091204004922/bakugan/images/thumb/8/8a/Taygen.jpg/250px-Taygen.jpg Tayghen gives a whole new definition to] [[Vagina Dentata]]
* ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' took quite a shine to this trope - it pretty much started with Chimeramon (and by extension, its evolved form Millenniummon from the [[Wonder Swan]] games), then proceeded to combine this with [[Fusion Dance]] for Paildramon and Silphymon.
* The Nyokai from ''[[The Twelve Kingdoms]]''. The more varied animal parts they have, the better. Special mention goes to Taiki's own, Haku Sanshi: she has the head and torso of a [[White
** 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...
== Art ==▼
* Fredrik K. T. Andersson (creator of the webcomic [[Pawn]]) loves this trope, though most of his pictures are NSFW. Said dragontaur even shows up with a potential daughter in law in one of those pictures: ''[http://www.naorhy.com/art/freddy/elfwood/cross_couples/dragontaur_and_minotauress.jpg Click here (NSFW)]''▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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*** So how would that affect say... Werewolf By Night, Beast and Tigra?
* Disregarding {{spoiler|the whole "space alien" backstory thing}}, Two-Edge from ''[[Elf Quest]]'' would technically qualify, being half-elf, half-troll.
* The titular ''[[Monster Plus]]'' is a one-man [[Monster Mash]] - he's a vampire werewolf Frankenstein's monster zombie mummy witch doctor. Originally, he was just a [[
** 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]] ==
* This is the driving force behind the plot of ''[[Underworld (
** The sequel gets interesting in this regard. While Michael is a Werewolf-Vampire hybrid, Marcus becomes a Vampire-Werewolf hybrid (which means he gets wings, but is still nocturnal). Selene herself gets "hybridized" with Alexander's blood, making her not so much a Vampire-??? as pure [[Badass]], as well as immune to sunlight.
* The Predalien in ''[[Alien vs. Predator]].''
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* 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]] ==
* ''[[
* The ''[[
* 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.
* ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''; the Gryphon, obviously, and Alice also meets a Mock Turtle, a turtle with the head, hooves, and tail of a calf. The Queen of Hearts claims mock turtle soup is made from mock turtles, the joke here being that said soup is actually made of veal.
== [[Live
* 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).
* ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'' has Phineas, who was a Troblin. Half troll, half goblin. Surprisingly nice guy, all things considered.
* Eve, the [[Monster Progenitor|Mother of all supernatural monsters]] from [[Supernatural]], is finally released from Purgatory and spent some time combining various monster traits. Dean calls them Jefferson Starships, [[Take That|because they're horrible and hard to kill]].
* Besides the aforementioned [[Star Trek: Voyager
** Except for the Kazon, the only species ever deemed unworthy of assimilation. In a universe with thousands of species, that's a major burn.
▲== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
▲* ''[[Dungeons and 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.
** The monster sourcebooks contain lots of hybrid monsters, like the [[Drider]], which is like a centaur but with a [[Our Elves Are Better|Dark Elf]] top half and giant spider bottom half.
** Also, there are rules for "templates" which graft part of one monster type onto any existing one. This can be used to make half-dragon wolves or half-angel kobolds. Templates can even be stacked, to make [[Word Salad Title|stuff]] like half-fiendish half-troll half-elemental [[This Is Your Premise
** 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]].
** One of the strangest examples was the thoul. First appearing in the [[Mystara]] setting, it is a cross between a troll, gnoll, and ghoul. Exactly how two living monsters could be combined with an undead monster to create a living one is something of a mystery; one source suggested it was the result of divine magic through the cult of [[Demon Lords and Archdevils| Yeenoghu]]. Even stranger, unlike most hybrids, a thoul is ''not'' sterile, a male and female thoul can mate to produce young thouls, meaning whoever created the first ones created a race onto itself.
* [[Deadlands]]: Hell On Earth has vampire werewolves in the main handbook.
* ''[[Magic:
** Yes. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090524185208/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=26757 Elf Merfolk].
*** And ''it can fly''.
** And let's not forget the [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=26756 Merfolk Goblin].
** ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force
** Zombie elf, barbarian elf, barbarian zombie, zombie merfolk...Man, the ''Invasion'' block was weird.
** Scourge beat them all: ladies and gentlemen, a
** [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=185812 Malfegor] isn't the best, but he sure as hell qualifies, what with being a half-demon, half-dragon... ''thing''.
* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' has, among other things, Dragon Ogres) which, confusingly enough, are not related to normal Ogres at all), Skeleton Giants, Zombie Dragons, [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Chaos Dwarf Bull Centaurs]] and Chaos-corrupted versions of just about anything.
** ''[[Warhammer
*** [[Doom|Shoot it 'til it dies.]]
* This happened rarely in the [[Old World of Darkness]]
** Largely impossible in the [[New World of Darkness]], where being one type of supernatural creature cuts off the chance of being another type. Werewolves are immune to the static effects of vampire blood because they're shapeshifters (though they can still be addicted to it...), mages are killed if you try to Embrace them, Prometheans don't retain any supernatural qualities of the body used to make them, and so forth.
* ''[[
== Video Games ==
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
* In ''[[Eight Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-bit Theatre]]'', ''[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2004/04/10/episode-406-and-badger-snakes/ Black Mage expresses dislike for this sort of monster.]''▼
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' Molly the Monster is a "genetic chimera thingie" combining the DNA of [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071201.html many different creatures,] including human.▼
* ''[[Last Res 0 rt]]'' makes this the default form of the Celeste; literally, they're made up of all sorts of different species, to the point that there's no such thing as a "purebred" Celeste, and they seem capable of mating with any (sentient) species. ▼
* ''[[George the Dragon]]'' has the offspring between the titular George and the Loch Ness monster. Plus a lobster, for no explainable reason.▼
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' has the [[Bizarre Alien Biology|Uryuom "eggs"]] that mix [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-02-25 more or less any critters] and produce viable offspring [[Shapeshifting]] between parent species' forms. Uryuom is not necessarily a part of this. One of main characters is Human/squirrel/Uryuom/another-alien-creature [[Shape Shifter Mashup|combining forms at will]].▼
{{quote| strip name: Uryuom Sitcoms are Insane.<br />▼
'''[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-09-09 William]''': The current known record for number of parents to a single child is twelve, and only nine of those were Uryuoms. }}▼
* ''[[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 ''[[
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has Cyborg Demons, Zombie Giants, Skeleton Dragons, Vampire Elves, [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|10 feet tall Zombie Vikings]] and many more.
** Druids can shapeshift into a Moonkin, a combination of the wisest (owl) and strongest (bear) animals.
* ''[[Doom]]'' has Mancubi, which is a demon with guns for hands and robot legs; Arachnotrons, which are giant brains with robotic spider bodies; and Cyberdemons, which have a rocket launcher for an arm, one robotic leg each, and wires for a midriff.
** Those aren't really hybrids, they're more like a demonic [[Hollywood Cyborg]]. ''Doom 3'' did include a few, though. The Cherubs (half-infant-half-insect, and the Vagary (half-lady-half-spider).
* Whilst the [[Castlevania]] series uses a lot of mythological monsters, it also creates its own, like a monster which is half zombie skull half butterfly. And half naked chick and half dinosaur.
* Nero Chaos in [[Tsukihime]]. Technically, he started out as a human but now shares his identity with 665 other creatures, so the actual ''humanity'' he has left is essentially negligible. Capable of some degree of shape shifting between forms and also something of an ultimate killing form that isn't described very well. His body includes dogs, tigers, at least one doorshark, bears, dragons, unicorns, a blue crow, one vampire, some jaguars, [[Giant Enemy Crab|giant crab monsters]], stags, wolves and who knows what else.
** Add a deer to the bunch. Or that was for his cat counter-part, [[Joke Character|Neco-Arc Chaos]].
* ''[[Touhou]]'' has Keine, a were-hakutaku. Umm... a hakutaku is something like a giant lion with extra eyes and horns. In practice, this really means that on nights of the full moon, Keine grows horns, a tail, changes in power and hair color, and gains new superpowers. Because people don't really know what a hakutaku, much less a were-hakutaku, is, fan jokes tend towards portraying her as a cow.
* ''[[Goosebumps]]: [[Escape
* Belial, the protagonist of ''[[Painkiller]] Overdose'', was fathered by an angel and born from a demon, making him a half-angel half-demon. [[Most Annoying Sound|Which he will constantly remind you of]] just in case you happen to forget.
* A recurring monster in the ''[[Suikoden]]'' series is the Zombie Unicorn.
* ''[[
** ''[[
** ''[[
* In ''[[Strange Journey]]'', the crew of the ''Red Sprite'' find a demon in Mitra's palace being tortured by the other demons. An examination reveals it's made with equal parts demon and human DNA. Jiminez, showing a softer side for the first time in the game, saves its life by adding it to his Demonica and names it "Bugaboo" ([[Pokémon
* ''[[
* Night Stalkers in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' are a cross between a coyote and a rattlesnake. They look about as strange as you'd expect.
* ''[[Adventure Quest]]'' has [[Fur Against Fang]] as a major theme in the [[
* Black Kyurem and White Kyurem in ''[[Pokémon Black 2 and White 2]]''.
* The Chimera of the Tomb from ''[[
* ''[[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 Comics]] ==
▲* In ''[[
▲* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' Molly the Monster is a "genetic chimera thingie" combining the DNA of [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071201.html many different creatures,] including human.
▲* ''[[Last
▲* ''[[George the Dragon]]'' has the offspring between the titular George and the Loch Ness monster. Plus a lobster, for no explainable reason.
▲* ''[[
▲'''[http://www.egscomics.com/?date{{=}}2003-09-09 William]''': The current known record for number of parents to a single child is twelve, and only nine of those were Uryuoms. }}
== [[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.
* ''[[SCP Foundation]]'':
** [https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1156 SCP-1156] AKA Wellington Garrett Wonderhorse, as he calls himself. At first, he seems to be a typical [[Talking Animal|talking horse]] (if such a beast could indeed be "typical") but the Foundation is big on research, and found he possesses the genetic material of horses, humans, and one other species (exactly which is classified). Oddly, Wellington claims he is one of many, though he is the only one that has been seen.
== [[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.
* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
** 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
▲== Art ==
▲* Fredrik K. T. Andersson (creator of the webcomic [[Pawn]]) loves this trope, though most of his pictures are NSFW. Said dragontaur even shows up with a potential daughter in law in one of those pictures: ''[http://www.naorhy.com/art/freddy/elfwood/cross_couples/dragontaur_and_minotauress.jpg Click here (NSFW)]''
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