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What happens when [[Enemy Summoner]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Chest Burster]]? A villain that has the ability not only to kill a character but also to generate allies.
This is distinguishable from [[The Virus]] in that the Spawn Brooder is not spreading itself, and from [[Face Full of Alien Wingwong]] in that it is an ability that takes a much shorter amount of time and is generally not considered [[Double Entendre|that sort of attack]]. See also [[Flunky Boss]], who might use this as an attack, [[Baleful Polymorph]], and [[
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== Quick and painful examples ==
* ''[[Emperor: Battle for Dune]]'' has Tleilaxu Leeches, which would spit a parasite onto enemy tanks that would eventually destroy them, creating another Leech. They also had a zombie-like enemy called a Contaminator that would spawn another Contaminator every time they killed an infantry unit.
* ''[[
** Similarly, Brood Lords in ''[[Star Craft 2]]'' "create" Broodlings using their attacks, but that's because they are [[Fastball Special|flinging them]] [[Abnormal Ammo|into battle]].
* ''[[Dungeons
** 3rd edition has three Epic Spells: [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/spells/animusBlast.htm Animus Blast], [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/spells/animusBlizzard.htm Animus Blizzard] and [[Paranoia Fuel|Demise]] [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/spells/demiseUnseen.htm Unseen].
** ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' has Unlife spell, which transforms a humanoid victim into undead (of appropriate power) under the caster's control right away.
* One of the early ''[[Looking for Group]]'' strips has Richard summoning the skeletons of some enemy soldiers... while the soldiers are still alive.
* ''[[Warhammer
** ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' also has a necromancy spell that tears the souls out of the victims and turns them into Spirit Hosts, aswell as a spell availeable to the Daemons that turns enemies into more Daemons.
* Chryssalids from ''[[X-COM]]: UFO Enemy Unknown''. Due to a bug, any human ''attacked'' by a Chryssalid are zombified at the end of turn ''whether or not it managed to inflict any damage'' (since the Chryssalid does not "know" this, armor helps, in that it keeps attacking as long as the victim stands, instead of running off to infect the next one).
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== Slow and painful examples ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** Special mention goes to Extract Water Elemental.
** Extra special mention goes to the [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/vargouille.htm Vargouille].
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