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See [[Hybrid Monster]], when two ''living'' fantasy species are combined. Contrast [[Hybrid Overkill Avoidance]]. Also, compare [[Mechanical Monster]] and [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]].

[[The Grim Reaper]] and other [[Psychopomp~~|Psychopomps~~]] can be one, depending on their origin.

[[The Grim Reaper]] and other [[Psychopomp]]s can be one, depending on their origin.

[[Dracolich]] is a specific subtrope when the creature turns out to have been a dragon.

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== ~~'''~~Examples~~'''~~ ==

== Examples ==

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

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** [[Orcus on His Throne|Orcus]], the demon lord of the undead/occasional [[Undead God]]. Although as of late he's mostly alive. And ''[[Omnicidal Maniac|PISSED]]''.

** [http://www.lightning.eu.org/dnd/epicMonsters.html#atropal Atropals] are the [[Eldritch Abomination|undead fetuses of unborn gods]] (colloquially referred to as Undead Aborted God Fetuses).

** Vampire [[Cthulhumanoid|Mind Flayers]] suck blood with their tentacles. Fortunately (maybe), vampirism destroys most of their intelligence and turns them into animalistic predators. Also, alhoon are mind flayer [[~~Lich|liches~~]]. ''They'' keep all their mental faculties; [[Oh Crap|they need them for spells and psionics]].

** Vampire [[Cthulhumanoid|Mind Flayers]] suck blood with their tentacles. Fortunately (maybe), vampirism destroys most of their intelligence and turns them into animalistic predators. Also, alhoon are mind flayer [[lich]]es. ''They'' keep all their mental faculties; [[Oh Crap|they need them for spells and psionics]].

** And zombies and skeletons can be made from just about anything that leaves a corpse. In fact, many types of undead in 3rd Edition are created though applying a template to an existing creature, so you can wind up with medusa vampires, giant mummies, beholder ghosts, gnoll death knights, and many, many other combinations.

** Necromentals are undead elementals.

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* The humorous text-based adventure game, ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', has an undead monster in the Misspelled Cemetary area called The [[My Nayme Is|Bonerdagon]]. It's an undead dragon made of bones, but it might also be an undead dragon made of boners.

** Cthulu had a "star-spawn" named Dagon, and he was bad enough when made of terror...

* In the ''[[Super Mario]]'' series, there are various [[Non-Human Undead]] creatures. A staple of the series is the [[Dem Bones|Dry Bones]], a reanimated Koopa skeleton. The ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' series adds variations of Dry Bones, along with other [[Non-Human Undead]] (e.g. [[Bonus Boss|Bonetail]] from ''The Thousand Year Door'' and Bonechill of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'')

* In the ''[[Super Mario]]'' series, there are various Non-Human Undead creatures. A staple of the series is the [[Dem Bones|Dry Bones]], a reanimated Koopa skeleton. The ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' series adds variations of Dry Bones, along with other Non-Human Undead (e.g. [[Bonus Boss|Bonetail]] from ''The Thousand Year Door'' and Bonechill of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'')

* ''[[Warcraft]] III'' has the undead Scourge side, and their ranks include more than undead humans. They also have undead spider-men called Crypt Fiends, undead elves called banshees, and a super flying undead dragon with ice breath. Plus, generic skeletons can be made with the corpses of any species. ''Frozen Throne'' later has Skeleton Orc creeps.

** Later on in [[World of Warcraft]], when Death Knights became playable it meant that you could have an undead version of every race: dwarves, gnomes, werewolves, goblins, elves... You could even have an [[Up to Eleven|Undead Death Knight]], meaning a human who died, was raised from the dead, then was killed and THEN risen from the dead ''again''.