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** On the protagonist side, there is also the chimera Salad Udon. He can best described as a four legged slug lizard creature with snakes for arms. He also has a human face.
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* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' has the Cragspiders, giant, semi-flying arachnids with humanoid arms and shoulders, a bulb-like protrusion resembling a human head, and the ability to cast [[PlayingWithFire pyromancy]] in the form of flaming breath, unlike every other enemy in Blighttown which usually prefer [[UniversalPoison poison or toxic]]. It's possible that they are the mature spawn of Chaos Witch Quelagg, another more-complete hybrid of human and spider who is also a master of pyromancy herself.
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* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' has the Cragspiders, giant, semi-flying arachnids with humanoid arms and shoulders, a bulb-like protrusion resembling a human head, and the ability to cast [[PlayingWithFire pyromancy]] in the form of flaming breath, unlike every other enemy in Blighttown which usually prefer [[UniversalPoison poison or toxic]]. It's possible that they are the mature spawn of Chaos Witch Quelagg, another more-complete hybrid of human human[[labelnote:*]](or [[HumanAliens Lord, Giant, or whatever-the-Sisters-of-Chaos-are]])[[/labelnote]] and spider who is also a master of pyromancy herself.
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* ''VideoGame/AxiomVerge'': The Variant bosses (save for Ukhu and Sentinel) have human-like faces that can be seen both in their dialogue portrait and on their in-game sprite. [[spoiler:This is because they were [[WasOnceAMan originally clones of Athetos]], but mutated due to Athetos's pathogen]].
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* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'' has the Cragspiders, giant, semi-flying arachnids with humanoid arms and shoulders, a bulb-like protrusion resembling a human head, and the ability to cast [[PlayingWithFire pyromancy]] in the form of flaming breath, unlike every other enemy in Blighttown which usually prefer [[UniversalPoison poison or toxic]]. It's possible that they are the mature spawn of Chaos Witch Quelagg, another more-complete hybrid of human and spider who is also a master of pyromancy herself.
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* There is an old ''{{Superman}}'' comic book cover where he comes across a whale which for some reason has the face of Lois Lane. It's unnerving to say the least.
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* The human-faced fish in the restaurant aquarium from ''TheMeaningOfLife'', who spends their time waiting for their turn to be served for dinner with idle conversation about life.
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* Robert E Howard's Conan story ''TheGodInTheBowl'' ends with Conan confronting the eponymous God, which turns out to be a giant snake with a human head.
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* Vampire Vlad in ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' just hasn't been the same since he lost his fight with The Beast - he used to be able to change into any animal, but now he never gets the faces right. Specifically, he turns into a black cat with a tiny human face.
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* Dog in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' is a massive four-legged {{Cyborg}} with a human face hidden behind long dark hair. It also seems to have human-level intelligence, but is TheSpeechless due to its jaw being a twisted metal wreck.
* Dog in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' is a massive four-legged {{Cyborg}} with a human face hidden behind long dark hair. It also seems to have human-level intelligence, but is TheSpeechless due to its jaw being a twisted metal wreck.
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victims. It's possibly related to (or an alternate name for) the ''Mafu'' listed in the Mythology and Religion section below, as ''Qwan'' is set in ancient China.
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* In the first chapter of the manga ''Qwan,'' Chikei is nearly eaten by a monster Qwan calls a ''Bakufu,'' ''Bafuku,'' a tiger with a man's face that makes the sound of a crying baby to lure victims.
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* In the first chapter of the manga ''Qwan,'' Chikei is nearly eaten by a monster Qwan calls a ''Bakufu,'' a tiger with a man's face that makes the sound of a crying baby to lure victims.
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* In ''ComicBook/SecretSix'' when the Six go to Hell, Catman finds his father, whose fate is to be tied to a tree and killed, devoured and shat out again every day by Catman's mother (who his father murdered), who takes the form of a lioness with her human face. Surprisingly, this isn't her punishment- being able to do this for eternity is her ''heaven.''
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* The 1978 version of ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers'' had the rather infamous messed-up duplication of a homeless man and his dog, resulting in a Great Dane with the homeless man's face.
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* In Japanese folklore, there is a kind of {{youkai}} called a Jinmenken, which looks like a dog with a human head and face.
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* The titular creature of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Butterfly" is an even stranger variation than usual: it's a butterfly with a series of ''[[MediumBlending live-action]]'' photographs of a human's face ([[CreatorCameo that of one of the show's crew]]) that changes as the butterfly changes expression.
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* Oliver the chimpanzee was renowned for having an almost human-like face instead of that of normal chimpanzees. Because of this and several of his behavioral patterns, he was assumed by some to be a missing link or Humanzee. Later studies however revealed that he was just a regular chimpanzee that just had a uniquely shaped face.
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* The fourth boss of ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO72bE_gZKo is one of these]]. Appropriately enough it's called Jinmen-gyo, which is Japanese for "human-faced fish".
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* The fourth boss of ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}: Shattered Soldier'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO72bE_gZKo is one of these]]. Appropriately enough it's called Jinmen-gyo, which means human-faced fish.
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* The ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'' contains descriptions of locusts who have the bodies of lions, tails of scorpions, and faces of men.
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* The ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'' contains descriptions of locusts who have the bodies of lions, tails of scorpions, and faces of men. As well, the cherubs (not to be confused with putti, winged babies of Renaissance art) are said to have the face of a man as well as those of an ox, lion, and eagle. While angels are not exactly beasts, their description tends to make them {{Eldritch Abomination}}s at best.
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* In ''Literature/VenissUnderground'', some of the genetically engineered "Living Art" creations in Quin's Shanghai Circus include small monkeys with the faces of human women. His secret underground lair is also guarded by packs of dogs with human faces.
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* Theodore Roethke's poem "The Bat":
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When mice with wings can wear a human face.''
-->''For something is amiss or out of place\\
When mice with wings can wear a human face.''
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* ''VideoGame/MonsterParty'' has human-faced dogs among the weird enemies of the first stage.
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* The [[OneWingedAngel three final forms]] that the [[OurFairiesAreDifferent evil humanoid fairy]] Veran from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleOfAges'' uses in the final battle with her are three BigCreepyCrawlies that each possess her face. They are a beetle with her head which she can retract in, a bee which has her face on top of its forehead, and a spider which has her face on its underside.
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* Lisa in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' comes across [[http://www.1nsan3.com/Reviews/Pics/mov_elm2_7.jpg two]] [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BuRgJj0DCj0/TmAvttgENaI/AAAAAAAACkU/ZjXVr7_86cE/s1600/nightmare2.jpg dogs]] with human faces when she goes to the Freddy's former workplace to find her possessed boyfriend Jesse.
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* Lisa in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' comes across [[http://www.1nsan3.com/Reviews/Pics/mov_elm2_7.jpg two]] [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BuRgJj0DCj0/TmAvttgENaI/AAAAAAAACkU/ZjXVr7_86cE/s1600/nightmare2.jpg dogs]] with human faces when she goes to the Freddy's former workplace to find her possessed boyfriend Jesse.
Jesse. A spin-off comics reveals one of them is named "[[Creator/WesCraven Wes]]".
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has classical examples in the Manticores and Sphinx of [[TheAlcatraz Impel Down]]. [[InformedAttribute At least they're stated to have human faces]] - their faces don't look very human by most standards, but then again, One Piece is famous for having [[{{Gonk}} human characters who barely look human at all]].
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* Koh the Face Stealer from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' , though it depends on which face he's currently using (he also has a monkey face), falls under this.
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* Koh the Face Stealer from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' , though it depends on which face he's currently using (he also has a monkey face), falls under this.
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Sometimes a property of MixAndMatchCritters. When the creature's face actually ''belonged'' to some other human character, see FaceStealer. For humans with animal faces, see HumanoidAnimal.
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Sometimes a property of MixAndMatchCritters. When the creature's face actually ''belonged'' to some other human character, see FaceStealer. For humans with animal faces, see HumanoidAnimal.
HumanoidAnimal. For inanimate objects with human faces, see ItKindOfLooksLikeAFace.
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* In ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'' features some non-sapient human subspecies that are more animal-like than human. While some of these subspecies are simply ape-like creatures with human faces, some however have bodies so drastically different that the only way to tell that they are human subspecies are the human faces that they still retain. A prime example of this is the horse-like creature on the book's very cover.
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* In ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'' features some non-sapient human subspecies that are more animal-like than human. While some of these subspecies are simply ape-like creatures with human faces, some however have bodies so drastically different that the only way to tell that they are human subspecies are the human faces that they still retain. A prime example of this is the horse-like creature on the book's very cover.
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A non-humanoid creature has a face resembling a human's, or markings on its body resembling a human face.
Appreciating this fact may provoke thoughts of WhatMeasureIsANonHuman, and produce an UncannyValley effect in viewers.
Sometimes a property of MixAndMatchCritters. When the creature's face actually ''belonged'' to some other human character, see FaceStealer. For humans with animal faces, see HumanoidAnimal.
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[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/AnimalLand'':
** On the antagonist side, there is Bahr Milan, an artificial created chimera. The second form he takes on after ejecting his head and combining with several other chimeras is hard to describe. Basically he's a horse headed giant armed multi-legged centaur-like being whose hoofed legs are arranged like jellyfish tentacles. What stands out about him other than that are the two human faces located on his torso.
** On the protagonist side, there is also the chimera Salad Udon. He can best described as a four legged slug lizard creature with snakes for arms. He also has a human face.
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', many of the apostles retain their human faces in their more demonic forms. For some though, their human faces are placed on bodies that already have regular animal-like heads and some are even situated in places where human faces shouldn't normally belong on. Two prime examples that best illustrate this would be demon forms of the Baron of Koka Castle and the Count. The Baron looks like a gigantic humanoid snake but he has a human face in his mouth. The Count on the other hand, looks like a gigantic slug but he has a human face situated on the forehead of his slug head.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'': Ryukotsusei is a dragonlike {{youkai}} who has a human face on the top of his dragon head. It's the human face that does the talking, while the dragon one focuses on [[BreathWeapon spitting lightning bolts]].
* In ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', the Shishigami (Forest Spirit) takes the form of a stag with a human face.
* ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' has the Hanya Panda, a giant panda monster with a markings on its chest and belly that resembles an angry human face. There is also the Tounyuudou, monsters based on the wanyuudou {{youkai}} of Japanese mythology that resemble gigantic disembodied human heads situated on top of flaming cart wheels.
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* ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch'': Koh's mother, the Mother of Faces, has an aura that makes forest creatures have human faces.
[[AC:Film]]
* In ''Film/BigManJapan'', the titular superhero fights {{Kaiju}} who regularly attack the city. Most of them have human faces, yet have varying degrees of intelligence.
* Lisa in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' comes across [[http://www.1nsan3.com/Reviews/Pics/mov_elm2_7.jpg two]] [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BuRgJj0DCj0/TmAvttgENaI/AAAAAAAACkU/ZjXVr7_86cE/s1600/nightmare2.jpg dogs]] with human faces when she goes to the Freddy's former workplace to find her possessed boyfriend Jesse.
[[AC:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/TheDunwichHorror'', the titular horror, once revealed, is shown to be a gigantic egg-shaped tentacled multi-legged EldritchAbomination with a distinctively yard width-long human face that resembles [[spoiler: The Whateleys']].
* At the end of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', the Capitol releases Muttations, wolf-looking creatures with the faces of the dead tributes who try to kill the remaining kids in the arena.
* In ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'' features some non-sapient human subspecies that are more animal-like than human. While some of these subspecies are simply ape-like creatures with human faces, some however have bodies so drastically different that the only way to tell that they are human subspecies are the human faces that they still retain. A prime example of this is the horse-like creature on the book's very cover.
* In the ''Literature/TortallUniverse'', one species of immortals released from the Divine Realms in ''Literature/TheImmortals'' are spidrens--giant spiders with human heads. They cause a lot of trouble in [[Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall the subsequent quartet]].
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* Discussed in ''Series/ManUp'' where Kenny's worst fear is a badger with the face of a man, a ''madger''.
[[AC:Mythology and Religion]]
* The ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'' contains descriptions of locusts who have the bodies of lions, tails of scorpions, and faces of men.
* A few examples from mythology around the world:
** Buraq: A winged horse from Persian/Arabic mythology, sometimes portrayed with a human head. [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} The Prophet Muhammed]] is said to have used one as a steed.
** Harpy: Female-headed bird from Greek mythology.
** Lammasu: Creature from Assyrian mythology with a bull's or lion's body, a man's head, and eagle's wings.
** Manticore: A human head, lion's body, and the tail of either a dragon or a scorpion. Sometimes portrayed with wings. This being was originally from Hindu Mythology, but also spread to be a creature mentioned in some European lores.
** Sphinx: Lion with a human head, sometimes with wings as well. From Greek/Egyptian mythology.
* From Chinese folklore:
** Chiai Lung: Has the body of a panther, but with hooves, a human face, and a snake for a tongue.
** Heyu: described as a pig with a human face.
** Juru: described as a three legged duck with a human face.
** Mafu: Tiger with a human face.
** Shanhu: Dog with a human face.
** Shuhu: A winged horse with a snake tail and a human face.
** Yayu: Ox with a human face.
* Scorpion Men (from Sumerian/Mesopotamian mythologies): Described as creatures with human heads, lion bodies, eagle hindquarters, and with a scorpion tail.
* The Serpent of Eden is sometimes portrayed as a snake with a human head.
* The Four Living Creatures (AKA Hayyoth), from Ezekiel's vision in the book of the same name, described them as having four faces, one of which was a human face, along with having two set of wings.
* Leonine Whale (Medieval European legends): A scaled Lion-like creature with a human face. [[IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with whales]].
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* The ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' darklord Frantisek Markov is an Expy of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDrMoreau Dr. Moreau]]. For his twisted experiments in surgically combining animals and humans, he was cursed to have the head of a man but the body of a beast.
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', a number of the angels have human faces that aren't exactly situated properly or in places where they should belong. Noteworthy is Fortitudo, a gigantic two headed angelic dragon whose torso is dominated by an upside down human face.
* In ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', both Genesis and Angeal command inhuman looking monsters that possess the human face of one or the other.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' has the Demon of Song, a gigantic frog-like demon which has a human corpse-like face [[NestedMouths nested inside its frog mouth]] alongside two skeletal arms.
* ''VideoGame/TheEndlessForest'' features creepy [[http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/berutiel/8481973/28082/28082_original.jpg deer with faces.]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'':
** Barthandelus the fal'Cie changes forms but the basic setup of his body is the same. He can be best described as gigantic turret-like torso with an oversized human-like head in the middle and several smaller human faces on his shoulders.
** There is also the other fal'Cie Orphan. Its first form resembles a gigantic stone knife-like monolith made up of a representation of a family. The right side of it is a mural-like body of a female angel with a human-like face. The left side of it too is similar except that it is more demonic in design and made from Barthandelus' remains complete with his middle human-like face. In the middle of Orphan is a child-like face.
** Orphan's second form is a tiny human child-like face in a halo-like wheel. When staggered, it resembles more like an angel in structure but not exactly right. It still retains its human child-like face on an otherwise otherworldly body.
* ''[[VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Might & Magic: Heroes VI]]'': Lamasu are monsters with humanoid heads, bat wings and leonine bodies, the result of an experiment in which humans were [[AWizardDidIt magically cross-bred]] with [[MixAndMatchCritters manticores]].
* In the third ''VideoGame/LastHalfOfDarkness'' game, some skeletal fish are shown that have disturbingly human-like contours to their skulls.
* In ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve2'', the Charger enemies are horse-like monsters with emaciated human-like faces.
* ''VideoGame/Persona3FES'' features several to varying degrees:
** [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110724033554/megamitensei/images/d/d1/383.jpg Kingu is a dragon-thing with a face.]]
**[[http://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/apis.ign.com/shin-megami-tensei-persona-3/c/c1/Untitled_(7).png Legion has several human faces.]]
** [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080709040708/megamitensei/images/1/1c/GangaSMT.jpg Ganga has a portion of a torso as well.]]
** [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/square_small/4/48222/1839912-vasuki.png Vasuki also has a human like face.]]
** Yomotsu-Hitomi [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/4/48222/1839905-285px_shikome2.jpg has a creepy human-like face.]]
** [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090902204458/megamitensei/images/2/22/Empusa.jpg Empusa has a dog body too.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Seaman}}'' features creepy [[http://www.segadriven.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/seaman.jpg fish with faces.]]
* The first boss of ''VideoGame/SoulSacrifice'' is a creature that looks like an apostle out of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. It is a gigantic snake with a human face that covers its head and upper jaw.
* ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'' [[http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4867/ depicts]] harpies as flightless birds with a pattern resembling a human face on their chests.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Carter Pewterschmidtt's purebred dog gets knocked up and everyone assumes Brian did it, until the litter comes out and they all have Creator/TedTurner's face.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' episode "The Manhattan Project'', April and Casey encounter giant worms brought from Dimension X, and are freaked out by a baby worm that has a human baby's face.
[[AC:RealLife]]
* Blobfish typically look like fish in their natural environment. However when taken out, their low density flesh droops down and give it a very fat ugly big-nosed big-lipped human-like face.
* Heike crabs (''Heikea japonica'') have markings on their shells resembling human faces, and are not eaten for this reason. The legend from which they get their name is that these crabs contain the spirits of the samurai who threw themselves into the sea when the Taira were defeated at Dan-no-ura, a famous battle which actually took place in ancient Japan.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVwgvqhwn8 Human-faced Carp]] is a type of hybrid breed specifically to have what looks like a human face. What look like human eyes are actually the fish's nostrils.
* Oliver the chimpanzee was renowned for having an almost human-like face instead of that of normal chimpanzees. Because of this and several of his behavioral patterns, he was assumed by some to be a missing link or Humanzee. Later studies however revealed that he was just a regular chimpanzee that just had a uniquely shaped face.
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Appreciating this fact may provoke thoughts of WhatMeasureIsANonHuman, and produce an UncannyValley effect in viewers.
Sometimes a property of MixAndMatchCritters. When the creature's face actually ''belonged'' to some other human character, see FaceStealer. For humans with animal faces, see HumanoidAnimal.
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[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/AnimalLand'':
** On the antagonist side, there is Bahr Milan, an artificial created chimera. The second form he takes on after ejecting his head and combining with several other chimeras is hard to describe. Basically he's a horse headed giant armed multi-legged centaur-like being whose hoofed legs are arranged like jellyfish tentacles. What stands out about him other than that are the two human faces located on his torso.
** On the protagonist side, there is also the chimera Salad Udon. He can best described as a four legged slug lizard creature with snakes for arms. He also has a human face.
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', many of the apostles retain their human faces in their more demonic forms. For some though, their human faces are placed on bodies that already have regular animal-like heads and some are even situated in places where human faces shouldn't normally belong on. Two prime examples that best illustrate this would be demon forms of the Baron of Koka Castle and the Count. The Baron looks like a gigantic humanoid snake but he has a human face in his mouth. The Count on the other hand, looks like a gigantic slug but he has a human face situated on the forehead of his slug head.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'': Ryukotsusei is a dragonlike {{youkai}} who has a human face on the top of his dragon head. It's the human face that does the talking, while the dragon one focuses on [[BreathWeapon spitting lightning bolts]].
* In ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', the Shishigami (Forest Spirit) takes the form of a stag with a human face.
* ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' has the Hanya Panda, a giant panda monster with a markings on its chest and belly that resembles an angry human face. There is also the Tounyuudou, monsters based on the wanyuudou {{youkai}} of Japanese mythology that resemble gigantic disembodied human heads situated on top of flaming cart wheels.
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* ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch'': Koh's mother, the Mother of Faces, has an aura that makes forest creatures have human faces.
[[AC:Film]]
* In ''Film/BigManJapan'', the titular superhero fights {{Kaiju}} who regularly attack the city. Most of them have human faces, yet have varying degrees of intelligence.
* Lisa in ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge'' comes across [[http://www.1nsan3.com/Reviews/Pics/mov_elm2_7.jpg two]] [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BuRgJj0DCj0/TmAvttgENaI/AAAAAAAACkU/ZjXVr7_86cE/s1600/nightmare2.jpg dogs]] with human faces when she goes to the Freddy's former workplace to find her possessed boyfriend Jesse.
[[AC:Literature]]
* In ''Literature/TheDunwichHorror'', the titular horror, once revealed, is shown to be a gigantic egg-shaped tentacled multi-legged EldritchAbomination with a distinctively yard width-long human face that resembles [[spoiler: The Whateleys']].
* At the end of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', the Capitol releases Muttations, wolf-looking creatures with the faces of the dead tributes who try to kill the remaining kids in the arena.
* In ''Literature/ManAfterManAnAnthropologyOfTheFuture'' features some non-sapient human subspecies that are more animal-like than human. While some of these subspecies are simply ape-like creatures with human faces, some however have bodies so drastically different that the only way to tell that they are human subspecies are the human faces that they still retain. A prime example of this is the horse-like creature on the book's very cover.
* In the ''Literature/TortallUniverse'', one species of immortals released from the Divine Realms in ''Literature/TheImmortals'' are spidrens--giant spiders with human heads. They cause a lot of trouble in [[Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall the subsequent quartet]].
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* Discussed in ''Series/ManUp'' where Kenny's worst fear is a badger with the face of a man, a ''madger''.
[[AC:Mythology and Religion]]
* The ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'' contains descriptions of locusts who have the bodies of lions, tails of scorpions, and faces of men.
* A few examples from mythology around the world:
** Buraq: A winged horse from Persian/Arabic mythology, sometimes portrayed with a human head. [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} The Prophet Muhammed]] is said to have used one as a steed.
** Harpy: Female-headed bird from Greek mythology.
** Lammasu: Creature from Assyrian mythology with a bull's or lion's body, a man's head, and eagle's wings.
** Manticore: A human head, lion's body, and the tail of either a dragon or a scorpion. Sometimes portrayed with wings. This being was originally from Hindu Mythology, but also spread to be a creature mentioned in some European lores.
** Sphinx: Lion with a human head, sometimes with wings as well. From Greek/Egyptian mythology.
* From Chinese folklore:
** Chiai Lung: Has the body of a panther, but with hooves, a human face, and a snake for a tongue.
** Heyu: described as a pig with a human face.
** Juru: described as a three legged duck with a human face.
** Mafu: Tiger with a human face.
** Shanhu: Dog with a human face.
** Shuhu: A winged horse with a snake tail and a human face.
** Yayu: Ox with a human face.
* Scorpion Men (from Sumerian/Mesopotamian mythologies): Described as creatures with human heads, lion bodies, eagle hindquarters, and with a scorpion tail.
* The Serpent of Eden is sometimes portrayed as a snake with a human head.
* The Four Living Creatures (AKA Hayyoth), from Ezekiel's vision in the book of the same name, described them as having four faces, one of which was a human face, along with having two set of wings.
* Leonine Whale (Medieval European legends): A scaled Lion-like creature with a human face. [[IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with whales]].
[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* The ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' darklord Frantisek Markov is an Expy of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDrMoreau Dr. Moreau]]. For his twisted experiments in surgically combining animals and humans, he was cursed to have the head of a man but the body of a beast.
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', a number of the angels have human faces that aren't exactly situated properly or in places where they should belong. Noteworthy is Fortitudo, a gigantic two headed angelic dragon whose torso is dominated by an upside down human face.
* In ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', both Genesis and Angeal command inhuman looking monsters that possess the human face of one or the other.
* ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII'' has the Demon of Song, a gigantic frog-like demon which has a human corpse-like face [[NestedMouths nested inside its frog mouth]] alongside two skeletal arms.
* ''VideoGame/TheEndlessForest'' features creepy [[http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/berutiel/8481973/28082/28082_original.jpg deer with faces.]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'':
** Barthandelus the fal'Cie changes forms but the basic setup of his body is the same. He can be best described as gigantic turret-like torso with an oversized human-like head in the middle and several smaller human faces on his shoulders.
** There is also the other fal'Cie Orphan. Its first form resembles a gigantic stone knife-like monolith made up of a representation of a family. The right side of it is a mural-like body of a female angel with a human-like face. The left side of it too is similar except that it is more demonic in design and made from Barthandelus' remains complete with his middle human-like face. In the middle of Orphan is a child-like face.
** Orphan's second form is a tiny human child-like face in a halo-like wheel. When staggered, it resembles more like an angel in structure but not exactly right. It still retains its human child-like face on an otherwise otherworldly body.
* ''[[VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic Might & Magic: Heroes VI]]'': Lamasu are monsters with humanoid heads, bat wings and leonine bodies, the result of an experiment in which humans were [[AWizardDidIt magically cross-bred]] with [[MixAndMatchCritters manticores]].
* In the third ''VideoGame/LastHalfOfDarkness'' game, some skeletal fish are shown that have disturbingly human-like contours to their skulls.
* In ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve2'', the Charger enemies are horse-like monsters with emaciated human-like faces.
* ''VideoGame/Persona3FES'' features several to varying degrees:
** [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110724033554/megamitensei/images/d/d1/383.jpg Kingu is a dragon-thing with a face.]]
**[[http://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/apis.ign.com/shin-megami-tensei-persona-3/c/c1/Untitled_(7).png Legion has several human faces.]]
** [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080709040708/megamitensei/images/1/1c/GangaSMT.jpg Ganga has a portion of a torso as well.]]
** [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/square_small/4/48222/1839912-vasuki.png Vasuki also has a human like face.]]
** Yomotsu-Hitomi [[http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/4/48222/1839905-285px_shikome2.jpg has a creepy human-like face.]]
** [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090902204458/megamitensei/images/2/22/Empusa.jpg Empusa has a dog body too.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Seaman}}'' features creepy [[http://www.segadriven.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/seaman.jpg fish with faces.]]
* The first boss of ''VideoGame/SoulSacrifice'' is a creature that looks like an apostle out of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''. It is a gigantic snake with a human face that covers its head and upper jaw.
* ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'' [[http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4867/ depicts]] harpies as flightless birds with a pattern resembling a human face on their chests.
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Carter Pewterschmidtt's purebred dog gets knocked up and everyone assumes Brian did it, until the litter comes out and they all have Creator/TedTurner's face.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' episode "The Manhattan Project'', April and Casey encounter giant worms brought from Dimension X, and are freaked out by a baby worm that has a human baby's face.
[[AC:RealLife]]
* Blobfish typically look like fish in their natural environment. However when taken out, their low density flesh droops down and give it a very fat ugly big-nosed big-lipped human-like face.
* Heike crabs (''Heikea japonica'') have markings on their shells resembling human faces, and are not eaten for this reason. The legend from which they get their name is that these crabs contain the spirits of the samurai who threw themselves into the sea when the Taira were defeated at Dan-no-ura, a famous battle which actually took place in ancient Japan.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVwgvqhwn8 Human-faced Carp]] is a type of hybrid breed specifically to have what looks like a human face. What look like human eyes are actually the fish's nostrils.
* Oliver the chimpanzee was renowned for having an almost human-like face instead of that of normal chimpanzees. Because of this and several of his behavioral patterns, he was assumed by some to be a missing link or Humanzee. Later studies however revealed that he was just a regular chimpanzee that just had a uniquely shaped face.
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