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* ''BrigadoonMarinAndMelan" - Melan moves in Marin in order to protect her, and is treated as a member of the family by everyone in the tenement house.

* The show ''BeingHuman'', where the three housemates are a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost - so they are all monsters in this instance.

* In ''UglyAmericans'', Mark lives with Randall, a zombie.

* The show ''BeingHuman'', where the three roomates are a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost.

* A variation in EightBitTheatre, where it's heavily implied that [[IdiotHero Fighter]] and [[HeroicSociopath Black Mage]] have been traveling and living together for a ''very'' long time (they met up after the both got kicked out of their respective schools (Black Mage [[DarkIsEvil for giving an entirely new meaning to the word Evil]], and Fighter for [[AttentionDeficitOhShiny having the attention span of a rock]]) and they've [[VitriolicBestBuds been together ever since]]). It may have contributed to Black Mage's frequent bouts of omnicidal mania. [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/03/15/episode-527-imprisoned-with-the-fools/ Exhibit A]].

* SARAH, the Smart House on Eureka, might qualify. Some people are certainly freaked by the idea of living inside HER and her actions/over-reactions in one of the later first season episodes made her the MonsterOfTheWeek when she thought Sheriff Carter was going to leave town.

* ''{{Futurama}}'': Fry lives with Bender, who, for those not familiar with the show, is a robot.

* ''UruseiYatsura'' - Ataru has an oni living in his closet (possibly a pun--if memory serves correctly, that's Japanese slang for PettyFreeloader).

* The plot of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A's'' begins when the four [[spoiler:[[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously]]]] HumanAlien [[spoiler:[[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Program]]]] Wolkenritter appear before Hayate and start living her.

* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A's'', whose plot begins when the four [[spoiler:[[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Ridiculously]]]] HumanAlien [[spoiler:[[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Program]]]] Wolkenritter appear before Hayate and start living her.

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* ''{{Doraemon}}'' - the titular robot cat lives in Nobita's closet (one of the earlier examples).
* ''UruseiYatsura'' - Ataru has an oni living in his closet (possibly a pun--if memory serves correctly, that's Japanese slang for PettyFreeloader).
* Similarly, in ''{{Bleach}}'', shinigami Rukia lives in Ichigo's closet (much to his displeasure)
* In MahouSenseiNegima, Kotaro starts staying with Natsumi and Chizuru after a little incident that resulted in amnesia. He gets his memory back, and he's been staying with them ever since (even using Natsumi's surname so he can pass as her "little brother". Considering they're well on the way to OfficialCouple, one has to wonder what that implies.)
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* On ''{{Angel}}'', Cordelia shares her apartment with "Phantom Dennis", the ghost of a previous tenant whose [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] [[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere walled him up]] to prevent him from running off with his girlfriend. (Except we only rarely "saw" Dennis past the episode establishing him.)

* {{Doraemon}} - the titular robot cat lives in Nobita's closet (one of the earlier examples).
* UruseiYatsura - Ataru has an oni living in his closet (possibly a pun--if memory serves correctly, that's Japanese slang for PettyFreeloader).
* Similarly, in {{Bleach}}, shinigami Rukia lives in Ichigo's closet (much to his displeasure)

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Compare PalsWithJesus, where the hero is friends with a powerful cosmic or mythical figure.

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Heroes tend to lead very... ''[[WeirdnessMagnet interesting]]'' lives, full of so many strange and fantastic sights and events that before long he's SeenItAll, or at least dealt extensively with one type of non-mundane creature/phenomenon. As a result of this, or coincidentally, the character now casually lives alongside or in close proximity with an alien, ghost, vampire, mutant, and/or robot (though not necessarily [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot all in one character]]).

The "roomie" might be a NiceGuy ghost, a personable FullyEmbracedFiend of a vampire, or one of the MadScientist's MascotMook's that has been reprogrammed/retrained. If Tom develops an UnwantedHarem, each girl will be from a different monster race. Mind the FurAgainstFang.

Expect a lot of {{Cross Cultural Kerfluffle}}s and humor. TwoGamersOnACouch frequently uses the MonsterRoommate as a pet or one of the gamers.

* At the end of ''BeetleJuice'', the human Deetz family is living with the ghostly Maitlands.

* On ''{{Angel}}'' Cordilia shares her apartment with "Phantom Dennis," the ghost of a previous tenant whose [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] [[SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere walled him up]] to prevent him from running off with his girlfriend. (Except we only rarely "saw" Dennis past the episode establishing him.)

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* TheTick once faced against an evil alien named Thrakkorzog, who was roommates with a slacker who was barely even aware that he was sharing rent with a BlobMonster from outer space. Tick himself can also be considered an example, a NighInvulnerable CloudCuckoolander superhero rooming with a mild-mannered former accountant (who wears a moth costume, but that's neither here nor there).

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* David and Nancy in ''OwMySanity''.
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* In a side-comic of ''TooMuchInformation'', Maddie shares her room with what is, essentially, the larval form of a 'cosmic horror' type entity. He seems to exist mostly for the benefit of FishOutOfWater jokes.
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