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[[Our Monsters Are Different|Monsters]] are pretty damn scary. Horrible, bug-eyed, slobbering, and in ''no way'' '''''ever''''' human. Therefore, it's all the more [[Nightmare Fuel|unsettling]] when it's revealed that a monstrous creature (almost never the main character) was once human, but became a monster through some sort of [[The Virus|infection]], [[The Corruption|curse]], sheer [[Evil Makes You Monstrous|personal evil]] or [[Transformation Trauma|transformation]]. And there's no means of changing them back.
Related to [[Body Horror]] and [[Face Monster Turn]], but distinct in that while [[Body Horror]] deals with the fact of the monstrosity itself and usually follows it from beginning to end, '''Was Once a Man''' is where a creature is monstrous when first introduced, but is either implied heavily or later revealed to have once been human. If the transformation involves turning the character into the servant of an enemy, it is also a case of [[Reforged Into a Minion]].
Sometimes the mind is not affected; [[Viral Transformation|only the body is]]. And sometimes [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight|the original mind can be reached.]] This does not undermine the horror of it. Indeed, in certain ways, it [[Tragic Monster|makes the horror even]] ''[[And I Must Scream|worse]]''.
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* Much like Owlsley, Poison Ivy from ''[[Batman]]'' comics and adaptations is a grey area. Hatred for humans and biochemistry experiments have made her, at least in her own eyes, more a plant than human, and biologically speaking, that may be true.
** ''However'', the question of whether she is truly human or not seems to have been answered in the ''[[No Man's Land]]'' arc. The police planned to take Ivy out (after she had seized control of Gotham City Park) with a powerful defoliant that would have killed all plant life in the park, including Ivy's monsters and Ivy herself, suggesting that she wasn't exactly human anymore. Whether it would have worked or not is unknown, because Ivy surrendered to save the children she was protecting. Batman seemed to answer the question pretty directly afterwards, saying that the act proved she was "still more human than plant."
** The ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'' series Zigzags this, as in this version, Ivy seems to have been born with her powers and odd physical condition. Whether this makes her more or less human is debatable - she certainly acts more human (with more respect towarda humanity in general) than ''a lot'' of villains in the series.
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* Played for Laughs in the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short "Mutiny on the Bunny". A horrid-looking and clearly insane man runs down the gangplank from Yosemite "Shanghai" Sam's ship and has just enough time to turn to the audience and declare "I was a human being once!" before running off screaming into the night.
* In ''[[The Owl House]]'', {{spoiler|Emperor Belos was originally an Earth resident named Phillip Wittebane; whether he can still be considered human anymore given the monster (physically or psychologically) he has become is debatable.}}
* All of the main cast of ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'' except Charlie are the damned souls of humans, given demonic forms after death - most seem to have adapted to it reasonably well.
** Also true for many one-shot characters in the sister-series ''[[Helluva Boss]]'', including most of I.M.P.'s clients, but the main cast are native demons.
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