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* Miguel O'Hara, a.k.a. ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'', has 50% spider DNA (though he still looks thoroughly human) after the FreakLabAccident which gave him his powers.

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei'' is full of these.

* ''Fanfic/SharingTheNight'': In the climax of ''Sharing the Night'', [[spoiler:as a result of having accidentally absorbed Discord's dragonfire when merging with the Seed of Harmony and splitting into two versions of herself, the two new Celestias end up being part dragon. They have a number of outwardly draconic traits such as sharp teeth and forked tongues, and their magic becomes supernaturally attractive to full dragons.]]

* Creator/NnediOkorafor's ''Literature/{{Binti}}'': The StarfishAlien Meduse genetically engineer some of their traits into the title character so she can communicate with them [[spoiler:(including through their HiveMind)]]. This gives her tentacular AlienHair and some of the Meduse's emotions, the latter of which cause her some difficulty since they're much more prone to anger than she.
* ''Literature/{{Maddrax}}'': The first mendrites in this German SF series were created artificially, hybrids of humans and [[FishPeople hydrites]]. The mendrites seen later in the plot have been naturally born.

* While most hanyou are born in ''Manga/InuYasha'' as a child of a human and a [[{{Youkai}} youkai]], there are also those who were once human. They offered a pact to the lower youkai. [[PuppeteerParasite Their soul in exchange for a demonic body]]. [[BigBad Naraku]] was born this way, but the anime also shows two other unnaturally-created hanyou, namely Sara Asano and Tsubaki.

* ''Film/DistrictNine'': Early durring his [[SlowTransformation Slow]] {{Metamorphosis}}, [[spoiler:Wikus]]'s DNA is stated to be in perfect balance between human and alien. It's only for a very short amount of time though, because the alien DNA is quickly taking over the human.

* ComicBook/CarolDanvers (a.k.a the current Captain Marvel) was born a human woman, but eventually her DNA was altered in a way that turned her into a Kree/human hybrid. However, this was later retconned so that her mother was a Kree.
* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'': The new Moon Maid. She was originally Glenna Ermine, the daughter of villain Poise Ermine. She won second place in a look-alike contest for the original, long deceased Moon Maid, and subsequently was kidnapped, had the original Moon Maid's DNA superimposed over her own, had facial surgery, and was given the original Moon Maid's memories. The scientists involved were using her as part of a plot to steal Diet Smith's Space Coupe. She was offered to restore her original appearance but she declined and [[ButterFace considering what]] [[http://dicktracy.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MindyErmine.jpg she used to look like]], it's probably for the best.

* Downplayed with ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. Though Peter Parker is still considered a human, since the spider bite that gave him his powers his genetic code has a very small percentage of spider DNA. The same applies to most other Spider-people.
** Played straight with Miguel O'Hara, a.k.a. ComicBook/SpiderMan2099, who has 50% spider DNA (though still looks thoroughly human) after the FreakLabAccident that gave him his powers.
** ComicBook/{{Morbius}} accidentally turned himself into a human-bat hybrid when trying to cure his blood disease.

May overlap with BioAugmentation. May occur through FusionDance.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1929 SCP-1929 ("Down To Earth")]] is an area affected by a massive dust storm that turns people and animals into dust, occasionally merging them.

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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1929 SCP-1929 ("Down To Earth")]]; an area affected by a massive dust storm that turns people and animals into dust, occasionally merging them.

* In ''Webcomic/ChampionsOfFaraus'', Mr.X uses [[FusionDance spirit melding]], a process used to combine [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent different spirits together]] into more powerful ones, to create his “experiments”. Said experiments include not only spirits, but objects, animals, and [[spoiler:people]], which Karla notes ''should'' be impossible.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' has the Rooters, a rogue Black Op Plumber branch consisting of former humans who became half-alien from experimenting on Kevin when he was in the Null Void. [[spoiler: The HalfHumanHybrid aliens Helen, Manny, Alan, and Pierce]] from ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' are also apparently this, as they were normal humans experimented on by the Rooters and given FakeMemories to make them think they were natural-born hybrids.

* Several characters in ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'' are humans who have been partially transmuted by mages wanting to 'experiment', often giving them animal body parts as a result. TheHero of the story, Caiman, is one such person and has a lizard head on top of an otherwise human body.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The Zoan Devil Fruits let their eaters [[{{Animorphism}} turn into]] hybrids of their original species and the species that the specific Devil Fruit gives. Chopper is a reindeer that ate the Human-Human Fruit and thus can turn partly humanoid, while Lucci is a human that ate the Cat-Cat Fruit.

* ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'': This is why the Tal'darim willingly serve the BigBad Amon, as they want him to reshape their bodies into the monstrous(ly powerful) Zerg-Protoss hybrids. [[spoiler:Once they learn that this is impossible and all hybrids have to be made from scratch, they defect and join you as the TokenEvilTeammate.]]

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** An obscure four-part ritual [[SlowTransformation slowly transforms]] an exceptionally evil mortal [[DemonOfHumanOrigin into a demon]]. The text notes that many people stop after the second-last step grants them the powerful Half-Fiend template.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Segregationist}}": In this story, robots (Metallos) have been [[AndroidsArePeopleToo legally recognized as people]] and humans have begun getting replacement parts that are metallic in origin. The med-eng points out that the inverse is also happening; that Metallos are requesting fibrous/organic replacements where possible. The [[TheNamesake titular]] surgeon [[HalfBreedDiscrimination opposes such mongrelization]].
-->"There is nothing wrong with a Metallo as a Metallo. As you say, they are citizens. But you're not a Metallo. You're a human being. Why not stay a human being?"
* Creator/NnediOkorafor's ''{{Literature/Binti}}'': The StarfishAlien Meduse genetically engineer some of their traits into the title character so she can communicate with them [[spoiler:(including through their HiveMind)]]. This gives her tentacular AlienHair and some of the Meduse's emotions, the latter of which cause her some difficulty since they're much more prone to anger than she.
* ''{{Literature/Maddrax}}'': The first mendrites in this German SF series were created artificially, hybrids of humans and [[FishPeople hydrites]]. The mendrites seen later in the plot have been naturally born.

* Devilmen of ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' are humans who fuse with teleporting demons. Some, like protagonist Akira, can switch between human and demon forms at will, but others are stuck with hybrid forms.

* ''ComicStrip/DickTracy'': The new Moon Maid. She was originally Glenna Ermine, the daughter of villain Poise Ermine. She won second place in a look-alike contest for the original, long deceased Moon Maid, and subsequently was kidnapped, had the original Moon Maid's DNA superimposed over her own, had facial surgery, and was given the original Moon Maid's memories. The scientists involved were using her as part of a plot to steal Diet Smith's Space Coupe. She was offered to restore her original appearance but she declined and [[ButterFace and considering what]] [[http://dicktracy.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MindyErmine.jpg she used to look like]], it's probably for the best.

Most HalfHumanHybrids are created when members of two different species conceive a child together, [[TrueBreedingHybrid or by descendants thereof]]. This trope applies to characters who at birth are fully one species (usually human), but somewhere down the road are turned (deliberately or by accident) into a hybrid between their original species and another one. May or may not occur through magical or scientific means, but in case the subject will often receive HybridPower as a direct result.

Compare OurWerebeastsAreDifferent, MonstrousHumanoid, MixAndMatchMan, MixAndMatchCritters, FleshGolem and FrankensteinsMonster when the "hybrid" part is more physically blatant.

* ''Series/Babylon5'': At the end of the first season, Minbari Ambassador Delenn uses a mysterious biotechnological device to enter a cocoon. At the beginning of the next season, she emerges from it to reveal that she's turned herself into a Minbari/Human hybrid, to be a living bridge between the species.

* Avatar Wan from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' was the first avatar. And he was created because when he was a human, he allied himself with Raava, and merged with her into a being.

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