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The beast man (or woman, this is a gender neutral trope) is a human who has several animalistic physical and behavioral traits. They will have claws (even on the toes), [[Fangs Are Evil]], either heavy hair or actual fur, possibly [[Horned Humanoid|horns]] or even [[Gorgeous Gorgon|scales]], and the [[Animal Eyes|eyes will usually be structurally different or yellow]]. Also, don't expect them to shave or wax, or have good [[Phlegmings|oral hygiene]].
They'll usually behave aggressively with limited impulse control and attention span. If they have super powers, these will usually include [[Super Senses]], [[Super Strength]], [[Wall Jump]], [[Running
If this isn't the character's default, natural form, it can result from a [[Werewolf]] using a [[Partial Transformation]] into a [[Wolf Man]], [[Shapeshifting]], or genesplicing/magical transformations. This person is basically a [[Wild Man]] who has become part of the natural world.
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* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', these, together with [[Petting Zoo People]], [[Our Demons Are Different|Demons]], and other non-human humanoids, make up most of the Southern Empire in the Magic World. Specific examples include the chief waitress [[Apron Matron]] bear woman named Mama and the tiger man in Negi's first match as a prized fighter. Kotaro can turn into a [[Wolf Man]] in his demon form.
* Zazie The Beast from the ''[[Trigun]]'' manga.
* Tony Tony Chopper's Third and Monster form from ''[[
* As the series carries on in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' the Chimaera stop being [[Mix-and-Match Critters]] and end up becoming more like these, by the end of the series we have a gorilla, a hog/porcupine mix, a frog or toad...[[Buffy-Speak|thing]], and a lion.
* ''[[Franken Fran]]'''s Gavrill is a "transformer", a person with a sectioned body and complete control over its shape, is capable of turning into giant wolf-like beast with two rows of teeth. She also possesses [[Super Senses]] and acts the part, being the vicious leader of a gang of murderous outlaws.
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* The DC series ''[[Kamandi]]'' has the title character as the only human in an [[After the End]] world of humanoid animals inspired by ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''.
* [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Beast Boy]], who can turn into any animal he thinks into. He's more animalistic in the cartoon than in the comics, though.
* Every few years [[Spider
* [[Batman]]'s recurring foe Killer Croc falls into this quite often, but can get quite silly considering his official origin is a "skin condition", which doesn't really explain why some versions of him have a ''tail''. [[Handwaved]] by having Hush infect him with a virus that speeds up his 'devolution', causing him to develop more bestial traits.
* A few turn up in ''[[Last Man Standing]]'' as genetic experiments made by [[Mega Corp|Armtech]].
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== Film ==
* The Beast from [[Disney]]'s ''[[Beauty and
* Barf, the Mog (half man, half dog) from ''[[
== Literature ==
* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[
** Perrin is a rather good example as well, as his status as a Wolfbrother means he constantly struggles to stop his wolf side overwhelming his human side.
* The Cthons from Michael Reaves' ''The Shattered World'' and ''The Burning Realm'' sure ''looked'' like Beast Folk, and had the usual abilities associated with this trope, [[Healing Factor]] and communication with animals in particular. Subverted in that they were demonic creatures rather than bestial humans.
* In the [[Kate Daniels]] universe, the more powerful shapeshifters can develop a form halfway between human and beast, known as the warrior form. This form is more dangerous than either of the others, and being in this form is legally equivalent to being armed with a lethal weapon.
* In [[Robert E. Howard]]'s [[Conan the Barbarian]] story "[[Rogues in
{{quote| ''“Conan”, he whispered, “it was no man that stood before me! In body and posture it was not unlike a man, but from the scarlet hood of the priest grinned a face of madness and nightmare! It was covered with black hair, from which small pig-like eyes glared redly; its nose was flat, with great flaring nostrils; its loose lips writhed back, disclosing huge yellow fangs, like the teeth of a dog. The hands that hung from the scarlet sleeves were misshapen and likewise covered with black hair. All this I saw in one glance, and then I was overcome with horror; my senses left me and I swooned.”<br />
“What then?” muttered the Cimmerian uneasily.<br />
“I recovered consciousness only a short time ago; the monster must have thrown me into these pits. Conan, I have suspected that Nabonidus was not wholly human! He is a demon — a were-thing! By day he moves among humanity in the guise of men, and by night he takes on his true aspect.”'' }}
** In "[[Iron Shadows in
** In "The Hyborian Age", the [[Backstory]] to Conan, ape men, snow-apes, etc are a major driving force in history.
* In Fredric R. Stewart's ''[[
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* The [[Dungeons and Dragons|D&D]] setting of [[Eberron]] has the Shifter race. Shifters have a lycanthropic heritage.
** "Beastmen" or "beastfolk" are an actual race in the ''World of Greyhawk'' setting. They're mostly human-shaped, but covered in color-changing fur.
* ''[[
* The Broos from ''[[Rune Quest]]'' are like this, with especially [[Squick]]-tastic origins.<ref> For reference, they have the power to mate with ''any'' [[But You Screw One Goat!|animal]] in the world, and once they do, the baby eats its way out of the pregnant animal with the attributes of its parent. [[Nausea Fuel|You may barf now]].</ref>
* Nearly all of the less civilized races of ''[[Talislanta]]'' fit this trope, to a greater or lesser degree. Even Archeans, the setting's human-analogs, are descended from [[Beast Folk]] who used magic to eliminate their more animalistic traits.
* The ''World of Darkness'' has whole slews of these:
** The Gangrel from ''[[
*** And in one of Requiem's [[Sourcebook|Sourcebooks]], Shadows of Mexico, there's a Gangrel Bloodline called Dead Wolves, who have some werewolf-related powers, can transform into a hairy, ferocious and literal [[Wolf Man]]. Considering that they can only use this power when they are "[[Unstoppable Rage|riding the wave]]" the savage part is quite intense.
** Werewolves in both ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse
** The Beast Seeming from ''[[
** Devourers from ''[[
** Pooka from ''[[Changeling: The Dreaming]]'' subvert the trope. They may have an affinity with animals, but they're more often than not [[The Trickster]].
* TSR's ''[[Ravenloft]]'' campaign setting has the Broken Ones, the results of (and offspring from) experiments by Darklord Frantisek Markov, an [[Expy]] of [[
* The Wildmen from ''[[GURPS]]: Dungeon Fantasy'' are incredibly stupid (long spears are too complicated for them) but they aren't inherently violent.
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* In ''[[Video Game]]/Mabinogi'', the elves and giants can attain a Beast Mode transformation after a small number of quests. (Humans have transformations, but it doesn't really count for this trope.) To be honest, the [http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/index.php?title=Savage_Beast#Appearance giant's transformation] fits this trope better than the [http://wiki.mabinogiworld.com/index.php?title=Falcon_Elf#Appearance elven one], though.
* ''[[Bloody Roar]]''.
* Beastmen were a unit/general type in ''[[
* [[
* The main force of the Beast armies in ''[[Armies of Exigo]]'' (often referred to as Kobolds) are this to a T. They're humanoid with vaguely animalistic features, a tribal culture, and savagery that seems ingrained into them. Their troop-types include Witches, [[Worker Unit|Minions]], Warriors, and [[The Berserker|Berserkers]]. They favour [[An Axe to Grind|axes]] as weapons, have longstanding alliances with Ogres, Trolls, and [[Lizard Folk]], and utterly despise humans.
* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series has quite a few as playable characters.
** Moogles, appearing first in III and then every game from V onwards, are generally a gentle, small, and comical race as befitting their mole / bat inspiration as opposed to most examples of this trope.
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** Kihmari and other Ronso from ''[[
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* The [[Castlevania]] series, despite werewolves being a common enemy, have tribes of multi-animal shifters called beast men, Cornell from [[Castlevania
== Webcomics ==
* The clan of [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti|Bigfeet]] in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]''.
* There's a number of furry animal-like people in ''[[The Dragon Doctors]]'', all of which are referred to as "beastmen", whether they look like a cat or a humanoid bug.
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[
* The creepypasta creation known as "The Rake". A furless dog-man...creature...designed to land smack in the middle of the [[Uncanny Valley]]. Oh, and he's started showing up in ''[[Everyman HYBRID]]''. As if [[The Slender Man Mythos]] wasn't enough for those guys to worry about!
* The Faunus in ''[[RWBY]]'', who embody a wide variety of hybrid types (all mammals, apparently), and who are an oppressed minority in the world of Vytal.
== Western Animation ==
* Beast-Man from ''[[He
* Beast Boy from ''[[Teen Titans (
* ''[[
** In ''[[
* The shaggy, cave-dwelling Beast Men in Filmation's ''[[Flash Gordon (
* An episode of ''[[
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