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* ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' has the Magic, monsters who resemble bald humans with PointedEars. Due to their shyness, they tend to disguise themselves as Monols or Galis, but their true forms can be seen in a mirror.

{{Mons}} that, for some reason or another, resemble human beings. This may be done to convey the possession of human virtues or flaws, to appeal to human conceptions of beauty, or perhaps both. They usually aren't [[ComMons absurdly common and weak]]; likewise, they are rarely [[OlympusMons extremely rare and powerful]]. InUniverse, they tend to be treated in one of two ways. The first possibility is that they're treated like any other Mon and the potential issues and implications of humans owning things that look and act like humans are quietly ignored. Alternatively, they may be treated as being equivalent to strong humans rather than animals. They may help with tasks that require human physique (like [[MundaneUtility picking up heavy packages]]), or be treated as closer companions than the more monstrous Mons. There may even be some humans who find these Mons ''attractive.''

* In ''Franchise/YokaiWatch,'' Yo-kai that resemble humans are common. Many of them are based on actual mythological {{Youkai}} who are said to resemble humans, such as Frostina and Blizzaria, who are based on the ''yuki-onna.''

* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': Human-like monsters are abundant, though they're most prevalent among the Warrior and Spellcaster-types. Notable examples include Yugi's Dark Magician archetype and Jounouchi/Joey's Flame Swordsman.

** Several of the demons you can fuse or recruit are based on humans or demigods from various mythologies, such as Ame-no-Uzume, Cu Chullain, Okuninushi, and Yoshitsune. As such, they resemble humans with clothing and weapons symbolic of their role in mythology.

* ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'': There's an ''entire Egg Group'', aptly called the Human-Like Egg Group, dedicated to mons like these, including but not limited to:
** The Machop line resembles bodybuilders with grey-blue/purple skin, and appear to be wearing black briefs and championship belts. They have also been shown helping with construction projects and moving boxes. Though Machoke is the most humanoid; Machop has a tail and Machamp has four arms.
** The Tyrogue line plays with this trope. Tyrogue itself resembles a martial arts trainee with purple skin and brown shorts, but its evolutions vary in their resemblance to humans. Hitmonchan closely resembles a human boxer, having red boxing gloves as well as a purple tunic, kilt, and pair of "shoes". Hitmontop has a more deformed appearance, as it primarily resembles a top, but it's still fairly human-like. Meanwhile, Hitmonlee barely resembles a human, looking more like a sack with long arms and feet.
** Mr. Mime is based on a mime and looks like a person in clown get-up, complete with goofy hair and pointed shoes. The [[UndergroundMonkey Galarian version]] and its evolution Mr. Rime are instead inspired by tap dancers and wear tap shoes made of ice. Mr. Rime takes it a step further by also being based on Creator/CharlieChaplin's 'Tramp' character; it has a bowler hat, mustache, and a cane!
** Jynx is a humanoid female Pokemon with a design that's partially inspired by [[GyaruGirl ganguro fashion]]; it sports the blonde hair, high-contrast makeup, and dark skin associated with the style.[[note]]Originally, it didn't have skin at all, just eyes and a mouth floating in front of an empty black space beneath its hair. But due to the similarities to BlackFace, she was recolored to have light purple skin instead.[[/note]]
** The Ralts line introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' are among the most human-looking Pokémon. Ralts itself looks like a little girl in a long dress with BlindingBangs, its evolution Kirlia resembles a ballerina with pigtails, and the final evolution Gardevoir looks like a lady in a ballroom gown with pseudo-PeekABangs. The alternate final evolution Gallade, introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', is more masculine and resembles a knight.
** Hariyama is a stylized sumo wrestler with attributes of its appearance that resemble the attire such a wrestler wears, and has hair that looks like the traditional haircut they have before it's tied in a topknot.
** Sawk and Throh are a pair of martial artists clad in black belts and gi, one tall, one [[StoutStrength stout]]. Aside from their skin colors—blue and red, respectively—they're very much human-shaped.
** The Gothita line appears to wear GothicLolita fashion, as their bodies resemble black dresses and are adorned with bows.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Back in December 1999]], these were the original 22 Website/{{Neopet|s}} species you could adopt. [[Creator/BruceForsyth Some of them are not like the others]].]]

* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'': A fair number of dragons are human-like in appearance. Certain fiends also look humanoid, these fiends often being raid bosses.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterRancher'' has the Magic, monsters who resemble bald humans with PointedEars. Due to their shyness, they tend to disguise themselves as Monols or Galis, but their true forms can be seen in a mirror.
* ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}}'' has the [[https://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/lester.htm Lesters]] and their feminine counterparts the [[https://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/lesley.htm Lesleys]], monsters intended to study the last few pureblooded humans left on Earth (most are infected by TheVirus or [[WorkingForABodyUpgrade got that body upgrade they were working towards years ago]]) through [[TheyLookLikeUsNow infiltration tactics]]. However, their extreme UncannyValley appearance results in people instantly distrusting them, much to the Les series' chagrin, as they were assured their disguises were flawless (at least, most other monsters are fooled).
* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'':
** Subverted with the AprilFoolsDay prank for 2005: the revelation of fifty new pet designs that would supposedly be released. One of these was a baby called Hughman. While some of these were eventually added as Petpets and the Lamameeah was remodeled into the Gnorbu after being chosen by vote to be made into a Neopet, the Hughman was only ever part of the prank and was never seen again.
** In [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the earliest days of the site]], three of the original pets were human: the [[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=mynci Mellish]] (based on one of founder Adam Powell's friends), the [[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=kau Macy Gray]] (a crudely-drawn caricature of Music/MacyGray which had a ray gun for some reason), and the [[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=bruce Bruce Forsyth]] (a [[MediumBlending photo]] and then caricature of Creator/BruceForsyth). The Mellish and Macy Gray were both gone before the site's first anniversary; the former being [[JokeCharacter an inside joke in the first place]] and the latter due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal trouble]]. While the Bruce stuck around a little longer, it eventually vanished as well in order to fit in with the other pets. They were replaced with the monkey-like Mynci, the cow-like Kau, and the penguin-like [[NamesTheSame Bruce]] respectively.

* In ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons Z'', there are two groups of dragonoid-type monsters, both of which are inspired by real life mythologies. One of them resembles armored knights that can evolve into specific figures such as [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Prometheus]] or [[Myth/CelticMythology Cu Chulainn]], while the other group is comprised of female mythical creatures such as a [[HornyDevils succubus]], a {{valkyrie|s}}, and a [[SnakePeople naga]]. It's said that they're all species of [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] that evolved differently over the course of the thousands of years they spent underground.

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** Several of the demons you can fuse or recruit are based on humans or demigods from various mythologies, such as Ame-no-Uzume, Cu Chullain, Okuninushi, and Yoshitsune. As such, they resemble humans with clothing and weapons symbolic of their role in mythology.
** Exaggerated in the [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI first]] [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII two]] SNES games; [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the heroes could recruit]] humans, who can be ordered around in battle like any other demon [[note]]Not to be mistaken with the human party members, who join and leave at plot-relevant intervals[[/note]]. These humans are special because fusing them with a demon gives a random demon within a certain level range ([[AntiFrustrationFeatures the player can see the result of the fusion before ordering and can cancel, so they can try again and again until finding the desired demon]]).
* ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'':
** The Houchic line are humanoids with octopus tentacles for hair.
** Hocus and Pocus are purple-skinned humanoids with PeekABangs.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the Warlock can summon demon minions to fight for them. The Felguard and the Succubus are the most human-like, the former resembling a muscular [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation blue-skinned]] man in spiky armor, and the latter resembling an attractive woman with purple skin, horns, hooves and wings.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Most Blades are human in form, to such a degree that many can disguise themselves as humans by simply hiding their core crystal. Some have forms that are more animalistic, monstrous, or alien, but human and humanoid Blades are the majority. However, all Blades seem to be fully sapient, regardless of form.

* ''Anime/ZatchBell'': The series is abundant with demons that can easily pass as humans without disguising themselves. Zatch, Tia, Brago, and Zeno are some of the most noteworthy examples.

For the author of ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'', see [[{{Creator/Humon}} here]]. Not to be confused with the way [[Franchise/StarTrek Ferengi]] pronounce "human." Also not to be confused with HughMann, which is about non-humans doing a poor job of disguising themselves as humans but still fooling people.

For the author of ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'', see [[{{Creator/Humon}} here]]. Not to be confused with HughMann, which is about non-humans doing a poor job of disguising themselves as humans but still fooling people.

** The Machop line resembles bodybuilders with grey-blue/purple skin, and appear to be wearing black briefs and championship belts. They have also been shown helping with construction projects and moving boxes.

** Jynx is a humanoid female Pokemon with a design that's partially inspired by [[GyaruGirl ganguro fashion]]; it sports the blonde hair, high-contrast makeup, and dark skin associated with the style.
** The Ralts line was introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' and are among the most human-looking Pokémon. Ralts itself looks like a little girl in a long dress with BlindingBangs, its evolution Kirlia resembles a ballerina with pigtails, and the final evolution Gardevoir looks like a lady in a ballroom gown with pseudo-PeekABangs. The alternate final evolution Gallade, introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'', is more masculine and resembles a knight.

** Several of the demons you can fuse or recruit are based on humans or demigods from various mythologies. They therefore resemble humans with clothing and weapons symbolic of their role in mythology.

* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' has featured human-like monsters. The Warrior-type is filled with these, but there is also the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl, who are Spellcaster-types.

* In ''Anime/ZatchBell,'' the majority of the mamodo resemble humans (often with puppetlike features), and the ones who look more animal-like (such as the horselike Ponygon) are rare. They still need the help of their spellbook-masters to fight, however.

* ''{{Franchise/Digimon}}'' has included humanlike Digimon from the beginning with the likes of Angemon and Angewomon, winged humanoids with helmets. This is later used as a distinction in ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', where Spirits and the occasional regular Mon are divided into Human and Beast categories. The majority of such Digimon have a mask, cowl, or at least a visor so you never see their whole face, or at least their eyes.

** Exaggerated in the [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI first]] [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII two]] SNES games, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the heroes could recruit]] humans, who can be ordered around in battle like any other demon [[note]]Not to be mistaken with the human party members, who join and leave at plot-relevant intervals[[/note]]. These humans are special because fusing them with a demon gives a random demon within a certain level range ([[AntiFrustrationFeatures the player can see the result of the fusion before ordering and can cancel, so they can try again and again until finding the desired demon]]).

* ''Manga/ShadowStar'': Most of the creatures in this {{Mons}} deconstruction manga are StarfishAliens that barely resemble any sort of living creature. One of them, however, looks like an attractive female angel with claw-tipped wings growing out of its head.

** The Machop line resembles bodybuilders with grey-blue/purple skin, and appear to be wearing black briefs and championship belts.

** The Tyrogue line plays with this trope. Tyrogue itself resembles a martial arts trainee with purple skin and brown shorts, but its evolutions vary in their resemblance to humans. Hitmonchan closely resembles a human boxer, having red boxing gloves as well as a purple tunic, kilt, and pair of "shoes". Hitmontop has a more deformed appearance, as it primarily resembles a top, but it's still fairly human-like. Meanwhile, Hitmonlee barely resembles a human, looking more like a sack with long arms and feet.

** Hariyama is a stylized sumo wrestler with attributes of its appearance that resemble the attire such a wrestler wears, and has hair that looks like the traditional haircut they have before it's tied in a topknot
** The Gothita line appears to wear GothicLolita fashion, as their bodies resemble black dresses and are adorned with bows..

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': Several of the demons you can fuse or recruit are based on humans or demigods from various mythologies. They therefore resemble humans with clothing and weapons symbolic of their role in mythology.

[[quoteright:350:[[Website/{{Neopets}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1999neopets_3.png]][[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Back in December 1999]], these were the original 22 Website/{{Neopet|s}} species you could adopt. [[Creator/BruceForsyth Some of them are not like the others]].]]

{{Mons}} that, for some reason or another, resemble human beings. This may be done to convey the possession of human virtues or flaws, to appeal to human conceptions of beauty, or perhaps both. They usually aren't [[ComMons absurdly common and weak]]; likewise, they are rarely [[OlympusMons extremely rare and powerful]]. InUniverse, they tend to be treated in one of two ways. The first possibility is that they're treated like any other Mon and the potential issues and implications of humans owning things that look and act like humans are quietly ignored. Alternatively, they may be treated as being equivalent to strong humans rather than animals. They may help with tasks that require human physique (like picking up heavy packages), or be treated as closer companions than the more monstrous Mons. There may even be some humans who find these Mons ''attractive.''

[[quoteright:350:[[Website/{{Neopets}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1999neopets_3.png]]The original 22 Website/{{Neopet|s}} species you could adopt [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness back in December 1999]]. [[Creator/BruceForsyth Some of them are not like the others]].]]

[[quoteright:350:[[Website/{{Neopets}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1999neopets_3.png]]The original 22 Website/{{Neopet|s}} species you could adopt. [[Creator/BruceForsyth Some of them are not like the others]].]]

** In [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the earliest days of the site]], three of the original twelve pets were human: the [[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=mynci Mellish]] (based on one of founder Adam Powell's friends), the [[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=kau Macy Gray]] (a crudely-drawn caricature of Music/MacyGray which had a ray gun for some reason), and the [[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=bruce Bruce Forsyth]] (a [[MediumBlending photo]] and then caricature of Creator/BruceForsyth). The Mellish and Macy Gray were both gone before the site's first anniversary; the former being [[JokeCharacter an inside joke in the first place]] and the latter due to both legal trouble and UnfortunateImplications. While the Bruce stuck around a little longer, it eventually vanished as well in order to fit in with the other pets. They were replaced with the monkey-like Mynci, the cow-like Kau, and the penguin-like [[NamesTheSame Bruce]] respectively.

* Subverted on ''Website/{{Neopets}}''. The AprilFoolsDay prank for 2005 was the revelation of fifty new pet designs that would supposedly be released. One of these was a baby called Hughman. While some of these were eventually added as Petpets and the Lamameeah was remodeled into the Gnorbu after being chosen by vote to be made into a Neopet, the Hughman was only ever part of the prank and was never seen again.
** In [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the earliest days of the site]], three of the original twelve pets were human -- the [[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=mynci Mellish]] (based on one of founder Adam Powell's friends), and the [[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=kau Macy Gray]] (a crudely-drawn caricature of Music/MacyGray which for some reason had a ray gun), and the [[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/old-pets/?species=bruce Bruce Forsyth]] (a [[MediumBlending photo]] and then caricature of Creator/BruceForsyth). The Mellish and Macy Gray were both gone before the site's first anniversary -- the former being [[JokeCharacter an inside joke in the first place]] and the latter due to both legal trouble and UnfortunateImplications -- and while the Bruce stuck around a little longer, it eventually vanished, too, in order to fit in with the other pets. They were replaced with the monkey-like Mynci, the cow-like Kau, and the penguin-like [[NamesTheSame Bruce]] respectively.

* Subverted on ''Website/{{Neopets}}''. The AprilFoolsDay prank for 2005 was the revelation of fifty new pet designs that would supposedly be released. One of these was a baby called Hughman. While some of these were eventually added as Petpets and the Lamameeah was remodeled into the Gnorbu after being chosen by vote to be made into a Neopet, the Hughman was only ever a part of the prank and was never seen again.

* ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'':

* In ''Anime/ZatchBell,'' the majority of the mamodo resemble humans (often with puppetlike features), and the ones who look more animal-like (such as the horselike Ponygon) are rare. They still need the help of their spellbook-masters to fight, however.