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* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, according to official Imperial history, Reman Cyrodiil, the Dragonborn [[FounderOfTheKingdom founder of the Second Cyrodiilic Empire]], was born of the union of the spirit of Saint Alessia (the founder of the First Cyrodiilic Empire, in the form of the earth itself), Akatosh (the [[DragonsAreDivine draconic]] [[TopGod chief deity]] of the [[SaintlyChurch Eight (later Nine) Divines pantheon]]), and the petty King Hrol (who died as a result). Reman was found born atop a mound of mud the size of a small mountain near Sancre Tor (a fortress/tomb resting place for deceased emperors) with the [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield Amulet of Kings]], long since lost, in hand. ([[HistoricalHeroUpgrade There is evidence, however, that his "divine" origins were fabricated in order to legitimize his rule]].) The truth is likely lost to history (as well as buried under Imperial propaganda).
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. It's arguable how much [[ClarkesThirdLaw magic]] vs. [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic science]] is used in the creation of all the Candy Kingdom residents, especially when ChemistryCanDoAnything, but they are all largely described as beings of magic.
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* ''Literature/StarWarsLegends'' (and, ''maybe'', [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse the Expanded Universe]]) Anakin Skywalker ''might'' count. Darth Plagueis tried to create life through the Force, which resulted in Anakin being born from Shmi with no father. The question is whether this was the Force as a mystical, supernatural, and abstract energy/entity ... or if it was intelligent microscopic life forms that lived symbiotically inside the cells of all living things that rebelled against Plagueis.
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* For most of Franchise/WonderWoman's history, her origin has been that her body was [[{{Golem}} sculpted from clay]], which Aphrodite mother breathed life into. This was discarded in favor of Zeus putting his dick in yet-another-thing for the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 New 52]], in the process removing [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie]]'s status as one of Zeus' bastards while giving it to Diana. ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' went back to the fatherless birth concept for Diana.
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* Famed RealityWarper the ComicBook/ScarletWitch married her fellow Avenger, the Vision. Despite his being a [[{{Robot}} synthezoid]] with BarbieDollAnatomy, she still wanted children. She wanted this badly enough, she somehow managed to pluck a pair of lost souls from the aether and give herself a MysticalPregnancy. It did [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy not end well]] for her or her thoughtsprog. But then they got better after Wanda went crazy and rebooted reality a few times, retroactively reincarnating her sons into Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd, aka Wiccan and Speed.
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* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels reveal that Anakin Skywalker[=/=]DarthWiki/DarthVader was born from a {{truly single|Parent}} mother impregnated by the Force (due to Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious monkeying around with midi-chlorians, according to the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novel ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'').
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* ''Film/{{Ted}}'' was just a normal teddy bear whose owner wished for him to come to life with Seth Macfarlane's most overused character voice. Unfortunately for everyone involved, RealityEnsues.
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* ''Film/{{Ted}}'' Film/{{Ted}} was just a normal teddy bear whose owner wished for him to come to life with Seth Macfarlane's Creator/SethMacFarlane's most overused character voice. Unfortunately for everyone involved, RealityEnsues.RealityEnsues.
* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels reveal that Anakin Skywalker[=/=]DarthWiki/DarthVader was born from a {{truly single|Parents}} mother impregnated by the Force (due to Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious monkeying around with midi-chlorians, according to the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novel ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'').
* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels reveal that Anakin Skywalker[=/=]DarthWiki/DarthVader was born from a {{truly single|Parents}} mother impregnated by the Force (due to Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious monkeying around with midi-chlorians, according to the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novel ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'').
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* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has [[OurGargoylesRock Galio]], who was originally created as a colossal, gargoyle-shaped bulwark designed to protect Demacia from invaders [[AntiMagic by eating their magic]], but this caused the unexpected side effect of him coming to life [[BigDamnHeroes to save the day himself]]. However, he returns to being dormant for decades, only waking up again when great magic stirs nearby, where he's then more than happy to experience life [[BloodKnight and smash baddies]].
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* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has [[OurGargoylesRock Galio]], who was originally created as a colossal, gargoyle-shaped bulwark designed to protect Demacia from invaders [[AntiMagic by eating their magic]], but this caused the unexpected side effect of him coming to life [[BigDamnHeroes to save the day himself]]. However, he returns to being dormant for decades, possibly centuries, only waking up again when great magic stirs nearby, where he's then more than happy to experience life [[BloodKnight and smash baddies]].
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* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has [[OurGargoylesRock Galio, who was originally created as a colossal, gargoyle-shaped bulwark designed to protect Demacia from [[AntiMagic magic-wielding invaders by eating it]], but this caused the unexpected side effect of him coming to life [[BigDamnHeroes to save the day himself]]. However, he returns to being dormant for decades, only waking up again when great magic stirs nearby, where he's then more than happy to experience life [[BloodKnight and smash baddies]].
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-->'''Galio''': They made me to stop magic, and yet I hate when it's gone.
-->'''Galio''': They made me to stop magic, and yet I hate when it's gone.
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* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Ellen was created by Elliot touching an giant enchanted diamond [[GenderBender while female]].
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* The [[spoiler:Hunters]] of ''Literature/DanceoftheButterfly'' are this, seemingly born with their abilities. It just takes time and proper training to awaken and hone their special talents.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': All of the explicitly magical beings [[AllMythsAreTrue in the world and throughout history]] that the main cast encounter are revealed to be "Children of Oberon". It's not made clear if they were created through Oberon's magic, or unspecified fey reproduction.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': All of the explicitly magical beings [[AllMythsAreTrue in the world and throughout history]] that the main cast encounter are revealed to be "Children of Oberon". It's not made clear if they were created through Oberon's magic, or unspecified fey reproduction. WordOfGod confirms that the title is metaphorical, with the race taking the name of their current monarch (they used to be called the Children of Mab), but how they reproduce their own kind isn't specified.
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* Famed RealityWarper the ComicBook/ScarletWitch married her fellow Avenger, The Vision. Despite his being a [[{{Robot}} synthezoid]] with BarbieDollAnatomy, she still wanted children. She wanted this badly enough, she somehow managed to pluck a pair of lost souls from the aether and give herself a MysticalPregnancy. It did [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy not end well]] for her or her thoughtsprog. But then they got better after Wanda went crazy and rebooted reality a few times, retroactively reincarnating her sons into Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd, aka Wiccan and Speed.
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* Famed RealityWarper the ComicBook/ScarletWitch married her fellow Avenger, The the Vision. Despite his being a [[{{Robot}} synthezoid]] with BarbieDollAnatomy, she still wanted children. She wanted this badly enough, she somehow managed to pluck a pair of lost souls from the aether and give herself a MysticalPregnancy. It did [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy not end well]] for her or her thoughtsprog. But then they got better after Wanda went crazy and rebooted reality a few times, retroactively reincarnating her sons into Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd, aka Wiccan and Speed.
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* The ur-viles and waynhim from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant'' are two races (or perhaps two branches of the same race, if the distinction matters at all) of living creatures given life by the strange powers of [[OurLichesAreDifferent the Demondim]]. The ur-viles are generally presented as a creepy and sinister race, while the waynhim are [[DefectorFromDecadence defectors from decadence]] and allies of humanity, but it should be noted both run on BlueAndOrangeMorality due to their artificial nature and are [[spoiler: normally]] cordial with each other despite being on opposite sides of the good/evil divide. The ur-viles retain the knowledge of how to make more of their kind and regularly use it to create offspring who are sometimes ur-viles and sometimes waynhim (and, sometimes, stranger things); the waynhim either can't or won't do this.
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* {{Pinocchio}} is brought to life by being a puppet made of magical wood, or by a [[MakeAWish wish upon a star]], or other magical methods in nearly all incarnations.
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* Annabeth Chase from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' is this, which explains why she exists despite the fact that her mom made a {{Vow of Celibacy}}. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, she tells Percy that her mother created her as a "gift" to her father.
* In the ''Literature/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Anakin Skywalker ''might'' count. Darth Plagueis tried to create life through the Force, which resulted in Anakin being born from Shmi with no father. The question is whether this was The Force as a mystical, supernatural, and abstract energy/entity ... or if it was intelligent microscopic life forms that lived symbiotically inside the cells of all living things that rebelled against Plagueis.
* The ur-viles and waynhim from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant'' are two races (or perhaps two branches of the same race, if the distinction matters at all) of living creatures given life by the strange powers of [[OurLichesAreDifferent the Demondim]]. The ur-viles are generally presented as a creepy and sinister race, while the waynhim are [[DefectorFromDecadence defectors from decadence]] and allies of humanity, but it should be noted both run on BlueAndOrangeMorality due to their artificial nature and are [[spoiler: normally]] cordial with each other despite being on opposite sides of the good/evil divide. The ur-viles retain the knowledge of how to make more of their kind and regularly use it to create offspring who are sometimes ur-viles and sometimes waynhim (and, sometimes, stranger things); the waynhim either can't or won't do this.
* In the ''Literature/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Anakin Skywalker ''might'' count. Darth Plagueis tried to create life through the Force, which resulted in Anakin being born from Shmi with no father. The question is whether this was The Force as a mystical, supernatural, and abstract energy/entity ... or if it was intelligent microscopic life forms that lived symbiotically inside the cells of all living things that rebelled against Plagueis.
* The ur-viles and waynhim from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant'' are two races (or perhaps two branches of the same race, if the distinction matters at all) of living creatures given life by the strange powers of [[OurLichesAreDifferent the Demondim]]. The ur-viles are generally presented as a creepy and sinister race, while the waynhim are [[DefectorFromDecadence defectors from decadence]] and allies of humanity, but it should be noted both run on BlueAndOrangeMorality due to their artificial nature and are [[spoiler: normally]] cordial with each other despite being on opposite sides of the good/evil divide. The ur-viles retain the knowledge of how to make more of their kind and regularly use it to create offspring who are sometimes ur-viles and sometimes waynhim (and, sometimes, stranger things); the waynhim either can't or won't do this.
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* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Annabeth Chase from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' is Chase, and all other children of Athena, are this, which explains why she exists despite the fact that her mom made a {{Vow of Celibacy}}. In The ''The Battle of the Labyrinth, Labyrinth'', she tells Percy that her mother created her as a "gift" to her father.
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*In ''Literature/StarWarsLegends'' (and, ''maybe'', [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse the ''Literature/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Expanded Universe]]) Anakin Skywalker ''might'' count. Darth Plagueis tried to create life through the Force, which resulted in Anakin being born from Shmi with no father. The question is whether this was The the Force as a mystical, supernatural, and abstract energy/entity ... or if it was intelligent microscopic life forms that lived symbiotically inside the cells of all living things that rebelled against Plagueis.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. [[spoiler: Buffy's sister Dawn is revealed to actually be a [[PureMagicBeing mystical being of living energy called The Key.]] She and everyone around her were given retroactive memories of her to hide her true nature. She was later transformed into a normal, organic, teenage girl.]]
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Related to {{Tulpa}}, which is a being created specifically by ''belief'' in them. Also see also {{Golem}} and OurHomunculiAreDifferent.
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* Some pre-Christian versions of {{Merlin}}'s birth never explain how he came to be, his mother was suddenly pregnant despite having turned down every advance made to her. When the angry menfolk demanded to know who the father was, Merlin shut them up by demonstrating his magic power. Christian versions make him the son of a demon and a virgin.
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* {{Golems}} in the ''{{Discworld}}'' are humanoids made of clay, who are given life by means of a ''chem'', a magical script, inserted into the head. At the time of ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', the secret of making new ones is almost lost, known only to a dwindling band of priests of an obscure, dying, religion. But suddenly a new one arises. with an improperly written chem...
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* {{Golems}} in the ''{{Discworld}}'' ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' are humanoids made of clay, who are given life by means of a ''chem'', a magical script, inserted into the head. At the time of ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', the secret of making new ones is almost lost, known only to a dwindling band of priests of an obscure, dying, religion. But suddenly a new one arises. with an improperly written chem...
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* Roger the homunculus in ''{{Hellboy}}'' was an inert, man-shaped mass of herbs and horsedung that had lain still for hundreds of years. Then when Liz Sherman came close, he suddenly absorbed her pyrokinetic powers, granting him life at the expense of her own (she didn't want the powers, but it turns out they were too big a part of her, leaving her a SoullessShell). Later he gave it back but was given the means to remain "alive".
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* Roger the homunculus in ''{{Hellboy}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' was an inert, man-shaped mass of herbs and horsedung that had lain still for hundreds of years. Then when Liz Sherman came close, he suddenly absorbed her pyrokinetic powers, granting him life at the expense of her own (she didn't want the powers, but it turns out they were too big a part of her, leaving her a SoullessShell). Later he gave it back but was given the means to remain "alive".
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* Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) inherited the ComicBook/ScarletWitch's [[RealityWarper power set]]. Kid Loki tormented his boyfriend, Teddy Altman aka Hulkling, with the idea that Billy may have magic(k)ed Teddy himself into existence. As Teddy was a blond, buff, green-skinned shapeshifting alien heir and son of one of Earth's Greatest Heroes and a Skrull princess, Loki mused how unlikely his very existence was, even if he was ''"a very lovely daydream"''. Without having a way to truly determine if Wiccan had inadvertently wished Hulkling to exist and be his perfect boyfriend, Hulkling decided that it didn't matter, because he loved Wiccan either way.
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* Wiccan [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Wiccan]] (Billy Kaplan) inherited the ComicBook/ScarletWitch's [[RealityWarper power set]]. Kid Loki tormented his boyfriend, Teddy Altman aka Hulkling, with the idea that Billy may have magic(k)ed Teddy himself into existence. As Teddy was a blond, buff, green-skinned shapeshifting alien heir and son of one of Earth's Greatest Heroes and a Skrull princess, Loki mused how unlikely his very existence was, even if he was ''"a very lovely daydream"''. Without having a way to truly determine if Wiccan had inadvertently wished Hulkling to exist and be his perfect boyfriend, Hulkling decided that it didn't matter, because he loved Wiccan either way.
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* Often [[{{Golem}} Golems]] and ImprovisedGolems are made this way, as are OurHomunculiAreDifferent. A non-living vessel is magically imbued with life and consciousness. Depictions vary whether the the golum/homunculi requires magic to continue functioning after being made.
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* Often [[{{Golem}} Golems]] and ImprovisedGolems are made this way, as are OurHomunculiAreDifferent. A non-living vessel is magically imbued with life and consciousness. Depictions vary whether the the golum/homunculi requires require magic to continue functioning after being made.
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* Roger the homunculus in {{Hellboy}} was an inert, man-shaped mass of herbs and horsedung that had lain still for hundreds of years. Then when Liz Sherman came close, he suddenly absorbed her pyrokinetic powers, granting him life at the expense of her own (she didn't want the powers, but it turns out they were too big a part of her, leaving her a SoullessShell). Later he gave it back but was given the means to remain "alive".
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* Roger the homunculus in {{Hellboy}} ''{{Hellboy}}'' was an inert, man-shaped mass of herbs and horsedung that had lain still for hundreds of years. Then when Liz Sherman came close, he suddenly absorbed her pyrokinetic powers, granting him life at the expense of her own (she didn't want the powers, but it turns out they were too big a part of her, leaving her a SoullessShell). Later he gave it back but was given the means to remain "alive".
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* Annabeth Chase from "Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians" is this, which explains why she exists despite the fact that her mom made a {{Vow of Celibacy}}. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, she tells Percy that her mother created her as a "gift" to her father.
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* Annabeth Chase from "Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians" ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' is this, which explains why she exists despite the fact that her mom made a {{Vow of Celibacy}}. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, she tells Percy that her mother created her as a "gift" to her father.
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* One of the effects observed to be caused by [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1987-j SCP-1987-J]] is that it can make people and creatures exist, apparently permanently, as most changes don't reverse when play ends. If no females (who could be turned into 18-year-olds, with a 68% chance of their clothing turning into G-string bikinis, lingerie or leather fetish gear) are present during testing, several may come into existence. Dragons, dinosaurs and female angels, along with other album cover cliches, also come to exist. Spontaneous pregnancies have also occurred, ''even in males.''
* Usidore the Blue, from [[Podcast/HelloFromTheMagicTavern Hello from the Magic Tavern]], came into the world fully formed as an adult. He was born of wind, fire, earth, and birds (and lightning and some frogs).
* Usidore the Blue, from [[Podcast/HelloFromTheMagicTavern Hello from the Magic Tavern]], came into the world fully formed as an adult. He was born of wind, fire, earth, and birds (and lightning and some frogs).
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': One of the effects observed to be caused by [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1987-j SCP-1987-J]] is that it can make people and creatures exist, apparently permanently, as most changes don't reverse when play ends. If no females (who could be turned into 18-year-olds, with a 68% chance of their clothing turning into G-string bikinis, lingerie or leather fetish gear) are present during testing, several may come into existence. Dragons, dinosaurs and female angels, along with other album cover cliches, also come to exist. Spontaneous pregnancies have also occurred, ''even in males.''
* Usidore the Blue, from [[Podcast/HelloFromTheMagicTavern ''[[Podcast/HelloFromTheMagicTavern Hello from the Magic Tavern]], Tavern]]'', came into the world fully formed as an adult. He was born of wind, fire, earth, and birds (and lightning and some frogs).
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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': Monsters are described as having bodies mostly made of magic, as opposed to humans', which are mostly made of water. Descriptions of how monsters have children is not explicitly explained, but it is implied that the process is more magical than biological.
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* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': Discussed during chapter 16, when [[HasTwoMommies Mel's parents]] finally tell her about [[ExtraParentConception the circumstances that lead to her birth.]] They had several theories, including the possibility that Mel may have been created by the same force that [[spoiler: [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/super-fetus fused her mothers together]], since they separated again [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/messing_with_me once Mel's umbilical cord was cut]]]].
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* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': Discussed during chapter 16, 17, when [[HasTwoMommies Mel's parents]] finally tell her about [[ExtraParentConception the circumstances that lead to her birth.]] They had several theories, including the possibility that Mel may have been created by the same force that [[spoiler: [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/super-fetus fused her mothers together]], since they separated again [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/messing_with_me once Mel's umbilical cord was cut]]]].
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** Timmy's imaginary friend [[{{Tulpa}} Gary]] was wished into existence, only for him to become Timmy's sworn enemy. After escaping Timmy's mind a second time, Gary rallied the other sentient beings Timmy had wished up, and then [[WhatTheHellHero wished away to Unwish Island]]. Somehow, their continued living was portrayed as a FateWorseThanDeath, as opposed to being magically [[strike:murdered]] poofed out of existence.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. All of the explicitly magical beings [[AllMythsAreTrue in the world and throughout history]] that the main cast encounter are revealed to be "Children of Oberon". It's not made clear if they were created through Oberon's magic, or unspecified fey reproduction.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. Smurfette was created by evil wizard Gargamel as the first ([[TheSmurfettePrinciple only?]]) female Smurf to infiltrate their village.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. All of the explicitly magical beings [[AllMythsAreTrue in the world and throughout history]] that the main cast encounter are revealed to be "Children of Oberon". It's not made clear if they were created through Oberon's magic, or unspecified fey reproduction.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. Smurfette was created by evil wizard Gargamel as the first ([[TheSmurfettePrinciple only?]]) female Smurf to infiltrate their village.
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** Timmy's imaginary friend [[{{Tulpa}} Gary]] was wished into existence, only for him to become Timmy's sworn enemy. After escaping Timmy's mind a second time, Gary rallied the other sentient beings Timmy had wished up, and then [[WhatTheHellHero wished away away--which turned out to Unwish Island]]. mean being sent to a place called "Unwish Island". Somehow, their continued living was portrayed as a FateWorseThanDeath, as opposed to being magically [[strike:murdered]] poofed out of existence.
*''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': All of the explicitly magical beings [[AllMythsAreTrue in the world and throughout history]] that the main cast encounter are revealed to be "Children of Oberon". It's not made clear if they were created through Oberon's magic, or unspecified fey reproduction.
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->''"Twas Gryffindor who found the way,''
->''He whipped me off his head''
->''The founders put some brains in me''
->''So I could choose instead!"''
-->-- '''The Sorting Hat''', ''Literature/HarryPotter''
Lots of characters come from when mommy characters and daddy characters love each other very much. This one didn't. They exist because AWizardDidIt.
CreatingLife has always been messy, so many stories have characters simply springing into existence thanks to a magical spell, a wish, or a divine HandWave.
Whereas [[PureMagicBeing Pure Magic Beings]] and those MadeOfMagic are obviously created via magic, a BornOfMagic being is not necessarily ''comprised'' of magic following their creation.
This trope does not apply to SummonMagic or ResurrectionTropes, and is distinct from tropes where a character is created [[ArtificialHuman biologically]], [[InstantAIJustAddWater technologically]], or [[OrganicTechnology somewhere in-between]].
Related to {{Tulpa}}, which is a being created specifically by ''belief'' in them. Also see also {{Golem}} and OurHomunculiAreDifferent.
Subtrope of CreatingLife. Compare to SpontaneousGeneration.
Often overlaps instances of IWishItWereReal, LoveImbuesLife, PygmalionPlot, CreationMyth / CreationStory, and supernatural flavors of MysticalPregnancy and OurPhlebotinumChild.
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* Roger the homunculus in {{Hellboy}} was an inert, man-shaped mass of herbs and horsedung that had lain still for hundreds of years. Then when Liz Sherman came close, he suddenly absorbed her pyrokinetic powers, granting him life at the expense of her own (she didn't want the powers, but it turns out they were too big a part of her, leaving her a SoullessShell). Later he gave it back but was given the means to remain "alive".
* Famed RealityWarper the ComicBook/ScarletWitch married her fellow Avenger, The Vision. Despite his being a [[{{Robot}} synthezoid]] with BarbieDollAnatomy, she still wanted children. She wanted this badly enough, she somehow managed to pluck a pair of lost souls from the aether and give herself a MysticalPregnancy. It did [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy not end well]] for her or her thoughtsprog. But then they got better after Wanda went crazy and rebooted reality a few times, retroactively reincarnating her sons into Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd, aka Wiccan and Speed.
* Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) inherited the ComicBook/ScarletWitch's [[RealityWarper power set]]. Kid Loki tormented his boyfriend, Teddy Altman aka Hulkling, with the idea that Billy may have magic(k)ed Teddy himself into existence. As Teddy was a blond, buff, green-skinned shapeshifting alien heir and son of one of Earth's Greatest Heroes and a Skrull princess, Loki mused how unlikely his very existence was, even if he was ''"a very lovely daydream"''. Without having a way to truly determine if Wiccan had inadvertently wished Hulkling to exist and be his perfect boyfriend, Hulkling decided that it didn't matter, because he loved Wiccan either way.
* For most of Franchise/WonderWoman's history, her origin has been that her body was [[{{Golem}} sculpted from clay]], which her mother breathed life into. This has recently been discarded in favor of Zeus putting his dick in yet-another-thing.
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* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' had Olaf and Marshmallow spontaneously come alive after being formed by Elsa's magic. (Evidently all she has to do is make a vaguely humanoid form and it'll [[WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman develop consciousness]].)
* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman's'' jolly, happy soul only came into existence after a [[Disney/{{Frozen}} vaguely humanoid-shaped lump of ice crystals]] was topped with an inexplicably magical top hat. (Though it's possible the consciousness already existed inside the hat, and only needed a sufficient vessel.)
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* {{Golems}} in the ''{{Discworld}}'' are humanoids made of clay, who are given life by means of a ''chem'', a magical script, inserted into the head. At the time of ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', the secret of making new ones is almost lost, known only to a dwindling band of priests of an obscure, dying, religion. But suddenly a new one arises. with an improperly written chem...
* ''Franchise/HarryPotter''
** The most obvious example of magically-generated consciousness is the Hogwarts Sorting Hat, after ''"the founders put some brains in [him]"'' via unspecified magic.
** Most 'common' magical items are not differentiated as being sentient, or merely enchanted to ''appear'' as such.
* ''Literature/TheIndianInTheCupboard'' was originally a lifeless plastic child's toy, until Omri put him in an old curio cabinet. The figure emerged as live human Indian Little Bear, though still only four inches tall. This also happened to some of Omri's other toys, but he undid the magic when they began clashing with one another. Little Bear even admonishes Omri, "You should not do magic you do not understand!" This is also how the cowboy figure Boone came to life. Adapted into a feature film by Columbia Pictures in 1995.
* {{Pinocchio}} is brought to life by being a puppet made of magical wood, or by a [[MakeAWish wish upon a star]], or other magical methods in nearly all incarnations.
* In the ''Literature/NightWatch'' series, "Mirrors" are human-like beings who are spawned into existence by the [[SpiritWorld Twilight]] itself to kill or to DePower mages who threaten to upset the [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil Light-Dark balance]], after which they return back to the Twilight. After one Mirror successfully neutralizes [[spoiler:Svetlana]] in ''Day Watch'', the main characters live in constant fear of another appearing, lest they fail to preserve the power balance.
* Annabeth Chase from "Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians" is this, which explains why she exists despite the fact that her mom made a {{Vow of Celibacy}}. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, she tells Percy that her mother created her as a "gift" to her father.
* In the ''Literature/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Anakin Skywalker ''might'' count. Darth Plagueis tried to create life through the Force, which resulted in Anakin being born from Shmi with no father. The question is whether this was The Force as a mystical, supernatural, and abstract energy/entity ... or if it was intelligent microscopic life forms that lived symbiotically inside the cells of all living things that rebelled against Plagueis.
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* ''Film/{{Ted}}'' was just a normal teddy bear whose owner wished for him to come to life with Seth Macfarlane's most overused character voice. Unfortunately for everyone involved, RealityEnsues.
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* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. [[spoiler: Buffy's sister Dawn is revealed to actually be a [[PureMagicBeing mystical being of living energy called The Key.]] She and everyone around her were given retroactive memories of her to hide her true nature. She was later transformed into a normal, organic, teenage girl.]]
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[[folder: Mythology & Folklore]]
* Monsters, animals, people, and even gods being created by magic is extremely prevalent in many (if not all) mythologies, whether by a deity, magician, devil, or otherwise.
* Some pre-Christian versions of {{Merlin}}'s birth never explain how he came to be, his mother was suddenly pregnant despite having turned down every advance made to her. When the angry menfolk demanded to know who the father was, Merlin shut them up by demonstrating his magic power. Christian versions make him the son of a demon and a virgin.
* Often [[{{Golem}} Golems]] and ImprovisedGolems are made this way, as are OurHomunculiAreDifferent. A non-living vessel is magically imbued with life and consciousness. Depictions vary whether the the golum/homunculi requires magic to continue functioning after being made.
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*''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': Discussed during chapter 16, when [[HasTwoMommies Mel's parents]] finally tell her about [[ExtraParentConception the circumstances that lead to her birth.]] They had several theories, including the possibility that Mel may have been created by the same force that [[spoiler: [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/super-fetus fused her mothers together]], since they separated again [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/messing_with_me once Mel's umbilical cord was cut]]]].
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* One of the effects observed to be caused by [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1987-j SCP-1987-J]] is that it can make people and creatures exist, apparently permanently, as most changes don't reverse when play ends. If no females (who could be turned into 18-year-olds, with a 68% chance of their clothing turning into G-string bikinis, lingerie or leather fetish gear) are present during testing, several may come into existence. Dragons, dinosaurs and female angels, along with other album cover cliches, also come to exist. Spontaneous pregnancies have also occurred, ''even in males.''
* Usidore the Blue, from [[Podcast/HelloFromTheMagicTavern Hello from the Magic Tavern]], came into the world fully formed as an adult. He was born of wind, fire, earth, and birds (and lightning and some frogs).
* * In ''WebVideo/{{Aventures}}'', the [[OurOgresAreHungrier ogres]] are creatures born from the nightmares of children.
--> '''Fred:''' Moral of the story: [[SpoofAesop to get rid of ogres you have to kill all the children]].
** Shin also created his {{familiar}} Icy by using water from his elemental body.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. It's arguable how much [[ClarkesThirdLaw magic]] vs. [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic science]] is used in the creation of all the Candy Kingdom residents, especially when ChemistryCanDoAnything, but they are all largely described as beings of magic.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. Many wishes granted by the [[strike:Odd]] Godparents result in a character being magically generated
** The Crimson Chin was wished into reality from his comic book by Timmy after he was disappointed by poor cosplay.
** Timmy's imaginary friend [[{{Tulpa}} Gary]] was wished into existence, only for him to become Timmy's sworn enemy. After escaping Timmy's mind a second time, Gary rallied the other sentient beings Timmy had wished up, and then [[WhatTheHellHero wished away to Unwish Island]]. Somehow, their continued living was portrayed as a FateWorseThanDeath, as opposed to being magically [[strike:murdered]] poofed out of existence.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. All of the explicitly magical beings [[AllMythsAreTrue in the world and throughout history]] that the main cast encounter are revealed to be "Children of Oberon". It's not made clear if they were created through Oberon's magic, or unspecified fey reproduction.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. Smurfette was created by evil wizard Gargamel as the first ([[TheSmurfettePrinciple only?]]) female Smurf to infiltrate their village.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. Monsters are described as having bodies mostly made of magic, as opposed to humans', which are mostly made of water. Descriptions of how monsters have children is not explicitly explained, but it is implied that the process is more magical than biological.
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->''He whipped me off his head''
->''The founders put some brains in me''
->''So I could choose instead!"''
-->-- '''The Sorting Hat''', ''Literature/HarryPotter''
Lots of characters come from when mommy characters and daddy characters love each other very much. This one didn't. They exist because AWizardDidIt.
CreatingLife has always been messy, so many stories have characters simply springing into existence thanks to a magical spell, a wish, or a divine HandWave.
Whereas [[PureMagicBeing Pure Magic Beings]] and those MadeOfMagic are obviously created via magic, a BornOfMagic being is not necessarily ''comprised'' of magic following their creation.
This trope does not apply to SummonMagic or ResurrectionTropes, and is distinct from tropes where a character is created [[ArtificialHuman biologically]], [[InstantAIJustAddWater technologically]], or [[OrganicTechnology somewhere in-between]].
Related to {{Tulpa}}, which is a being created specifically by ''belief'' in them. Also see also {{Golem}} and OurHomunculiAreDifferent.
Subtrope of CreatingLife. Compare to SpontaneousGeneration.
Often overlaps instances of IWishItWereReal, LoveImbuesLife, PygmalionPlot, CreationMyth / CreationStory, and supernatural flavors of MysticalPregnancy and OurPhlebotinumChild.
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!Examples:
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* Roger the homunculus in {{Hellboy}} was an inert, man-shaped mass of herbs and horsedung that had lain still for hundreds of years. Then when Liz Sherman came close, he suddenly absorbed her pyrokinetic powers, granting him life at the expense of her own (she didn't want the powers, but it turns out they were too big a part of her, leaving her a SoullessShell). Later he gave it back but was given the means to remain "alive".
* Famed RealityWarper the ComicBook/ScarletWitch married her fellow Avenger, The Vision. Despite his being a [[{{Robot}} synthezoid]] with BarbieDollAnatomy, she still wanted children. She wanted this badly enough, she somehow managed to pluck a pair of lost souls from the aether and give herself a MysticalPregnancy. It did [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy not end well]] for her or her thoughtsprog. But then they got better after Wanda went crazy and rebooted reality a few times, retroactively reincarnating her sons into Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd, aka Wiccan and Speed.
* Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) inherited the ComicBook/ScarletWitch's [[RealityWarper power set]]. Kid Loki tormented his boyfriend, Teddy Altman aka Hulkling, with the idea that Billy may have magic(k)ed Teddy himself into existence. As Teddy was a blond, buff, green-skinned shapeshifting alien heir and son of one of Earth's Greatest Heroes and a Skrull princess, Loki mused how unlikely his very existence was, even if he was ''"a very lovely daydream"''. Without having a way to truly determine if Wiccan had inadvertently wished Hulkling to exist and be his perfect boyfriend, Hulkling decided that it didn't matter, because he loved Wiccan either way.
* For most of Franchise/WonderWoman's history, her origin has been that her body was [[{{Golem}} sculpted from clay]], which her mother breathed life into. This has recently been discarded in favor of Zeus putting his dick in yet-another-thing.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Film - Animated]]
* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' had Olaf and Marshmallow spontaneously come alive after being formed by Elsa's magic. (Evidently all she has to do is make a vaguely humanoid form and it'll [[WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman develop consciousness]].)
* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman's'' jolly, happy soul only came into existence after a [[Disney/{{Frozen}} vaguely humanoid-shaped lump of ice crystals]] was topped with an inexplicably magical top hat. (Though it's possible the consciousness already existed inside the hat, and only needed a sufficient vessel.)
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Literature]]
* {{Golems}} in the ''{{Discworld}}'' are humanoids made of clay, who are given life by means of a ''chem'', a magical script, inserted into the head. At the time of ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', the secret of making new ones is almost lost, known only to a dwindling band of priests of an obscure, dying, religion. But suddenly a new one arises. with an improperly written chem...
* ''Franchise/HarryPotter''
** The most obvious example of magically-generated consciousness is the Hogwarts Sorting Hat, after ''"the founders put some brains in [him]"'' via unspecified magic.
** Most 'common' magical items are not differentiated as being sentient, or merely enchanted to ''appear'' as such.
* ''Literature/TheIndianInTheCupboard'' was originally a lifeless plastic child's toy, until Omri put him in an old curio cabinet. The figure emerged as live human Indian Little Bear, though still only four inches tall. This also happened to some of Omri's other toys, but he undid the magic when they began clashing with one another. Little Bear even admonishes Omri, "You should not do magic you do not understand!" This is also how the cowboy figure Boone came to life. Adapted into a feature film by Columbia Pictures in 1995.
* {{Pinocchio}} is brought to life by being a puppet made of magical wood, or by a [[MakeAWish wish upon a star]], or other magical methods in nearly all incarnations.
* In the ''Literature/NightWatch'' series, "Mirrors" are human-like beings who are spawned into existence by the [[SpiritWorld Twilight]] itself to kill or to DePower mages who threaten to upset the [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil Light-Dark balance]], after which they return back to the Twilight. After one Mirror successfully neutralizes [[spoiler:Svetlana]] in ''Day Watch'', the main characters live in constant fear of another appearing, lest they fail to preserve the power balance.
* Annabeth Chase from "Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians" is this, which explains why she exists despite the fact that her mom made a {{Vow of Celibacy}}. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, she tells Percy that her mother created her as a "gift" to her father.
* In the ''Literature/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Anakin Skywalker ''might'' count. Darth Plagueis tried to create life through the Force, which resulted in Anakin being born from Shmi with no father. The question is whether this was The Force as a mystical, supernatural, and abstract energy/entity ... or if it was intelligent microscopic life forms that lived symbiotically inside the cells of all living things that rebelled against Plagueis.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Film - Live Action]]
* ''Film/{{Ted}}'' was just a normal teddy bear whose owner wished for him to come to life with Seth Macfarlane's most overused character voice. Unfortunately for everyone involved, RealityEnsues.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. [[spoiler: Buffy's sister Dawn is revealed to actually be a [[PureMagicBeing mystical being of living energy called The Key.]] She and everyone around her were given retroactive memories of her to hide her true nature. She was later transformed into a normal, organic, teenage girl.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mythology & Folklore]]
* Monsters, animals, people, and even gods being created by magic is extremely prevalent in many (if not all) mythologies, whether by a deity, magician, devil, or otherwise.
* Some pre-Christian versions of {{Merlin}}'s birth never explain how he came to be, his mother was suddenly pregnant despite having turned down every advance made to her. When the angry menfolk demanded to know who the father was, Merlin shut them up by demonstrating his magic power. Christian versions make him the son of a demon and a virgin.
* Often [[{{Golem}} Golems]] and ImprovisedGolems are made this way, as are OurHomunculiAreDifferent. A non-living vessel is magically imbued with life and consciousness. Depictions vary whether the the golum/homunculi requires magic to continue functioning after being made.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Webcomics]]
*''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': Discussed during chapter 16, when [[HasTwoMommies Mel's parents]] finally tell her about [[ExtraParentConception the circumstances that lead to her birth.]] They had several theories, including the possibility that Mel may have been created by the same force that [[spoiler: [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/super-fetus fused her mothers together]], since they separated again [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/messing_with_me once Mel's umbilical cord was cut]]]].
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* One of the effects observed to be caused by [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1987-j SCP-1987-J]] is that it can make people and creatures exist, apparently permanently, as most changes don't reverse when play ends. If no females (who could be turned into 18-year-olds, with a 68% chance of their clothing turning into G-string bikinis, lingerie or leather fetish gear) are present during testing, several may come into existence. Dragons, dinosaurs and female angels, along with other album cover cliches, also come to exist. Spontaneous pregnancies have also occurred, ''even in males.''
* Usidore the Blue, from [[Podcast/HelloFromTheMagicTavern Hello from the Magic Tavern]], came into the world fully formed as an adult. He was born of wind, fire, earth, and birds (and lightning and some frogs).
* * In ''WebVideo/{{Aventures}}'', the [[OurOgresAreHungrier ogres]] are creatures born from the nightmares of children.
--> '''Fred:''' Moral of the story: [[SpoofAesop to get rid of ogres you have to kill all the children]].
** Shin also created his {{familiar}} Icy by using water from his elemental body.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. It's arguable how much [[ClarkesThirdLaw magic]] vs. [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic science]] is used in the creation of all the Candy Kingdom residents, especially when ChemistryCanDoAnything, but they are all largely described as beings of magic.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. Many wishes granted by the [[strike:Odd]] Godparents result in a character being magically generated
** The Crimson Chin was wished into reality from his comic book by Timmy after he was disappointed by poor cosplay.
** Timmy's imaginary friend [[{{Tulpa}} Gary]] was wished into existence, only for him to become Timmy's sworn enemy. After escaping Timmy's mind a second time, Gary rallied the other sentient beings Timmy had wished up, and then [[WhatTheHellHero wished away to Unwish Island]]. Somehow, their continued living was portrayed as a FateWorseThanDeath, as opposed to being magically [[strike:murdered]] poofed out of existence.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. All of the explicitly magical beings [[AllMythsAreTrue in the world and throughout history]] that the main cast encounter are revealed to be "Children of Oberon". It's not made clear if they were created through Oberon's magic, or unspecified fey reproduction.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. Smurfette was created by evil wizard Gargamel as the first ([[TheSmurfettePrinciple only?]]) female Smurf to infiltrate their village.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. Monsters are described as having bodies mostly made of magic, as opposed to humans', which are mostly made of water. Descriptions of how monsters have children is not explicitly explained, but it is implied that the process is more magical than biological.
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