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[[Opposite Tropes|Opposite Trope]] to [[Transhuman Treachery]]. [[Super-Trope]] to [[Vampire Refugee]] and [[Phlebotinum Rebel]].

This character has been hit with a [[Viral Transformation]], [[Emergency Transformation]], become a [[Cyborg]], demon, magical creature, [[Alien]] or [[Tomato in the Mirror|discovers they were never human at all]]. Despite this, and regardless of any angst over [[What Have I Become?]], they decide that rather than go down the path of [[Transhuman Treachery]] and be a [[Smug Super]], [[Black Shirt]], or [[The Quisling]], they will do everything in their power to stay a part of humanity. And if their new species/transhuman fellows [[Anti-Human Alliance|are anti-human]], they will vow to protect humanity in a pseudo [[Faustian Rebellion]].

This can also include [[Transhuman|transhumans]] who cast themselves in a shepherd-like role for mankind. This doesn't include forcibly applying [[What Measure Is a Non Super]] to bootstrap humanity up, though. That's more of a [[Visionary Villain]] who believes [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]. Many [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|Friendly Neighborhood Vampires]] fall in this category.

If the transformation is due to [[The Virus]], this requires copious [[Heroic Willpower]]. These characters can usually pull off a [[Sheep in Wolf's Clothing]] gambit. See also [[Monster Adventurers]]. Related to [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]], which refers to creatures that aren't former humans.

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

* In ''[[Claymore]]'', the eponymous warrior are [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half human half demon]] who choose to fight for humanity's sake. {{spoiler|Just about every one who finds out that the organization which transformed them does ''not'' have the best interests of the citizenry at heart ends up going rogue.}}

* In ''[[Silent Möbius]]'', some {{spoiler|Type 4}} Lucifer Hawks ( {{spoiler|Rally and Katsumi!}}) raised as humans decide to serve humanity.

* The protagonist in ''[[Blue Gender]]'' has a "disease" called B Cells which are a form of [[Gaia's Vengeance]]. It's intended to cause humans to rebel against their peers and go kill crazy (which it does spectacularly to two other characters). He manages to stay sane despite the various hardships Gaia and humanity throw at him.

* Ayato in ''[[RahXephon]]'' is part Mullian (basically a human subspecies with blue blood) and when his Mullian blood manifests, there's concern he'll pull a [[Face Heel Turn]] and join the Mullians, but he remains a nice guy on the side of his friends.

* [[McNinja|Schwartz Bruder]] in ''[[G Gundam]]'' is this. {{spoiler|He is a dead body occupied by the DG (Devil Gundam) Cells to live. Despite being made up by the cells of the [[Big Bad]], he is the Devil Gundam host Kyoji Kasshu's physical manifestation, driven to save his brother and stop the Devil Gundam}}.

* In ''[[Hellsing]]'', while most vampires revel in their non - humanity even if they fight for humans, Seras does everything in her power to remain as human as possible without neglecting her duties to the organization... which involve drinking blood in order to use her vampiric powers killing vampires that threaten humanity.

* In ''[[Nightwalker]]'', Shido, a vampire, defends humans from the nightbreed. He apparently has been a vampire for a long time and at first he was not so friendly to humans, but later changed his mind.

* In ''[[Trinity Blood]]'', Abel Nightroad is a Cruznik, a being that feeds upon vampires (and is thus two steps above humans in the [[Food Chain of Evil|food chain]]). That doesn't stop him from devoting his life to defending humanity, and using his relatively harmless default form to masquerade as a normal human. He is an interesting example of a Pro-Human Transhuman in that he was a [[Designer Baby]] and thus born a transhuman. {{spoiler|He was also originally quite anti-human.}}

* Kira in ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' is accidentally this, being a Coordinator fighting for an army consisting entirely of Naturals (in a war started to exterminate his kind!). Not really his intention: he only fights to protect his friends.

* This is [[Invoke|Invoked]] in ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' as all of the [[Superhero|Heroes]] are trans-humans called [[NEX Ts]] with extraordinary powers which they use to save people and stop crimes, all of which are recorded by Hero TV for people's entertainment.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* [[Blade]] chooses to use his vampiric abilities as a [[Dhampyr]] and daywalker to hunt vampires.

* In the original ''[[30 Days of Night|Thirty Days of Night]]'', sheriff Eben purposefully infects himself with vampirism and manages to save the survivors with his newfound strength.

* The ''[[X-Men]]'' are a whole organization of mutants who behave this way.

* [[DC Comics]] hero [[Metamorpho]].

* The Thing of [[Fantastic Four]].

* Dr. Manhattan in ''[[Watchmen]]'' in the beginning of the story. Though this is actually his main character arc-- he becomes less and less so as the story goes on, eventually getting to "Why would I save a world I no longer have any stake in?". By the end, spoiler: Silk Spectre II must convince Dr. Manhattan that humans lives are worth protecting. {{spoiler|It's the revelation that her father is [[Sociopathic Hero|The Comedian]] that does it - realizing the sheer improbability of human life is enough to restore his interest in protecting it.}}

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** In ''[[Discworld/Snuff|Snuff]]'', the Dwarvish demonic entity The Summoning Dark, vanquished by Sam Vimes, becomes his ally in the cause of law and order.

* In [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''[[Berserker (Literature)|Berserker]]'' stories, Hilary Gage, an artificial intelligence designed to mimic every aspect of the human thought process, continues to think of "himself" as human, at least with respect to interstellar politics, despite being very much aware of the fact that "he" has no biological body parts. Later, he {{spoiler|downloads himself into a berserker warship's central AI, and has to make sure he maintains enough control to prevent the warship from continuing its fight against humanity.}}

* In ''[[Old ~~Mans~~ War]]'', the CDF consists almost entirely of elderly men and women [[Brain Uploading|downloaded]] into genetically enhanced pseudo-clones ([[Tyke Bomb|the rest]] is even less human). During boot camp one guy asks why they're bothering to defend baseline humanity when their new bodies are [[Evolutionary Levels|the next step in human evolution]]. [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Sergeant Ruiz]] tells him he couldn't be more wrong, all the alien DNA in their genomes makes them sterile and thus an evolutionary "dead end". In fact one of the reasons for the advanced enlistment age is so most of the recruits would have grandkids back home they would want to protect from baby-eating aliens.

* In ''[[Old Man's War]]'', the CDF consists almost entirely of elderly men and women [[Brain Uploading|downloaded]] into genetically enhanced pseudo-clones ([[Tyke Bomb|the rest]] is even less human). During boot camp one guy asks why they're bothering to defend baseline humanity when their new bodies are [[Evolutionary Levels|the next step in human evolution]]. [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Sergeant Ruiz]] tells him he couldn't be more wrong, all the alien DNA in their genomes makes them sterile and thus an evolutionary "dead end". In fact one of the reasons for the advanced enlistment age is so most of the recruits would have grandkids back home they would want to protect from baby-eating aliens.

* In [http://www.karenetaylor.com/ Karen E. Taylor]'s ''[http://www.goodreads.com/series/65538-the-vampire-legacy Vampire Legacy]'' series, [[Vampire Detective]] Dierdre prefers working with humans to other vampires, despite the [[Fantastic Racism]] that carries.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* In ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' the three main characters are a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost who still care about humans and are trying to live as normally as they can.

* This happens a couple of times in the new ''[[Doctor Who]]'' with Cybermen who haven't been 100% perfectly converted. Specifically, in "Doomsday" converted Torchwood head Yvonne Hartman shoots a bunch of Cybermen while [[Madness Mantra|repeating]] "I did my duty for queen and country...I did my duty for queen and country..."

* ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series does this as a tradition. For instance, the original show (also named ''[[Kamen Rider (TV series)|Kamen Rider]]'') involves the main character becoming a Shocker cyborg monster, but he didn't lose his humanity and used the same transformation to fight the [[Monster of the Week|Shocker creations]]. The shows that followed more or less follow the same idea of their ability to transform being related to the villain of the show.

** In ''[[Kamen Rider 555]],'' Orphenochs are supposedly the next evolution of mankind, and the evil organization forces them to attack normal humans (in hopes of siring more Orphenochs. However, about one in a hundred can be transformed; most just ''turn to dust.'') Some just go nuts on their own. However, there's a trio of renegade Orphenochs living together ''[[Being Human (UK)]]-''style. The Rider suits were created by the bad guys, but are not themselves part of the transformation, though for the main Rider, {{spoiler|it turns out there's a very good reason he can use a [[Transformation Trinket]] that isn't supposed to work for humans.}}

== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==

* MasterBook RPG ''The World of Species'', based on the film ''[[Species]]''. Humans are injected with some of Sil's DNA, causing them to gain some of her abilities. This allows them to hunt down and destroy Sil's progeny, but they must constantly fight against the alien thoughts and personality traits generated by the DNA in their systems.

* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' supplement ''Knight of the Living Dead''. A lich brings a paladin of Torm back from death as an undead creature. The lich orders him to gather magic items to help the lich conquer the city of Waterdeep, but instead he decides to fight against the lich's forces and protect the inhabitants of the city.

* In ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', every [[Space Marine]] is a bioengineered Transhuman, yet they serve humanity with zealous ferocity. It helps that the transformation, and the very reason they exist, is explicitly to protect humanity better.

** It does actually vary by Chapter to Chapter on whether they're the protectors of humanity or the executioners of the Emperor's enemies. Chapters such as the Ultramarines, Space Wolves, Blood Angels, Imperial Fists, and Raven Guard give much more emphasis on protecting the Imperium's civilians, but the only chapter which places more emphasis on protecting humanity over killing the Emperor's enemies is the Salamanders.

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== [[Video Games]] ==

* In ''[[Videogames/Bioforge|Bioforge]]'' the [[Mad Scientist]] hoped that you would succumb to [[Transhuman Treachery]] after he upgraded (and deformed) you, but instead made you into a vengeful [[Phlebotinum Rebel]].

* In ''[[Alpha Centauri]]'', eventually you gain the technology to turn your people into transhuman "transcendii," who are basically energy beings via [[Brain Uploading]]. They're still loyal citizens, each and every one.

* If one plays [[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Adam Jensen]] with a pacifist slant, this is how he identifies himself in {{spoiler|any of the four}} endings.