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'''There are a few variations to this:'''
* The creature in question has befriended
* The
* The beast being used is [[Bond Creatures|actually mystical in nature]], such as an elemental or spirit, typically requiring a [[Summoning Ritual|pact]]; and is normally called with [[Summon Magic|magic]].
* The ally is [[Golem|artificial in nature]], normally constructed by the master. Is either a [[Robot Buddy]], or a [[Marionette Master|puppet controlled by either magic or plain-old strings]].
* The
* The
In video games, the
Due to the fact that the ally is, at best, another damage dealer/[[Stone Wall|damage taker]], Beastmasters are generally able to do things on their own in an MMORPG environment.
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[[Dragon Rider]], [[Marionette Master]], and [[The Minion Master]] are specific subtropes, compare with [[Summon Magic]] also see [[Mons]]. May overlap with [[Fluffy Tamer]].
Not to be confused with ''[[The Beastmaster]]'', which was a 1982 fantasy movie and [[BeastMaster|a
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime is pretty much a multi-series embodiment of this trope. It's the entire point of the video games as well; see below.
* The Anima from ''[[Tower of God]]''. Special in this case would be the fact that they are all aquatically themed, since the Tower is filled with water-like Shinsoo.
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* In [[Vathara]]'s ''Upon A Fiery Steed'', some of the residents of the L3 colony, and some residents of another planet visited in the story, are Beastmasters: people with the ability to communicate with, partially control and fight alongside animals. Examples shown in-story are bat-winged cat-like creatures called esmeril, hawks, dogs and lizards.
== [[Film]] ==
* Appears in ''[[Brotherhood of the Wolf]]''.
* ''[[Avatar]]''. All the Na'vi are beastmasters to an extent, thanks to the [[Fan Nickname|Bio-USB]].
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* Jennifer from ''[[Phenomena (film)|Phenomena]]'' can telepathically communicate with insects and command them to attack people.
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Andre Norton]] was quite fond of this trope.
**
** ''Catseye'': Troy gathers some [[True Companions]], of which he is the only human member
** ''The Zero Stone'' features Eet, kinda a cat.
** The ''Moon Singer'' series: The Thassa form strong bonds with various animals. They are mostly peaceful, but it's best not to annoy them.
* Fitz from [[Robin Hobb]]'s "[[Realm of the Elderlings|Fitzchivalry]]" and "Tawny Man" trilogies.
* ''[[Tortall Universe]]'': In Tamora Pierce's ''Immortal's Quartet'' Daine the Wildmage can communicate with animals and even shapeshift into them.
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** ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' has specialized priests of Malar the Beastlord called the Beastmasters, who tend to live in wilderness, use magic to become leaders of most local predators and clash with local druids, if any.
** The Ranger of 4th Edition has a Beastmaster build option which allows him to fight alongside a beast that he has forged a bond with. The build even gives the ranger a ritual that he can use to raise the beast should it die in battle.
* In ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', the players themselves may count as this if they're playing the right creatures, but there are specific character examples as well, such as the planeswalker [https://web.archive.org/web/20081015033421/http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?name=Garruk%20Wildspeaker Garruk Wildspeaker].
** More mundanely there's the [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=191064 Master of the Wild Hunt], [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=140194 Wren's Run Packmaster] and [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=152728 Wolf-Skull Shaman], all of which create wolfpacks around them.
*** As does [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=169971 Turntimber Ranger], which brings along a wolf for every fellow adventurer you summon. (One hilarious combo uses [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=227544 Xenograft] set to Ally to produce an infinite loop, leading to an arbitrarily large Ranger and a similarly huge number of wolves.)
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** The Amber Wizards and the Beastmen as well. In fact, anyone capable of using the wind Ghur can be this.
*''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''
** The Dark Eldar beastmasters generally use three different types of beasts - clawed fiend (large behemoth resembling yeti with oversized teeth and claws), khymera ([[Hell Hound|semi-material beast literally born of nightmares]]), and razorwing [[Death
** Ork Runtherdz specialize on raising, training and herding squigs and grots. Squigs are creatures of many breeds, but averages on little more than a toothy mouth with legs, tiny eyes and vicious attitude.
** The Kroot keep Kroot hounds, knarlocs, great knarlocs and krootoxes (the last 3 are used as mounts as well as attack beasts), which are presumed to be non-sapient offshoots of Kroot. Though they don't have dedicated specialists.
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