History Main / OurHomunculiAreDifferent

The term can also refer to [[GhostInTheMachine tiny people who live inside us]] controlling or operating our minds and bodies. Whether they have [[RecursiveReality even littler people inside them]] is a matter of much head-scratching. "Homonculus" also refers to the neurological visualization of mapping out touch-sensory and motor control regions of the human brain.

* ''ComicBook/CaballisticsInc'': During World War II [[{{Ghostapo}} the Nazis were running a program]] to assassinate Allied political and military leaders and replace them with homonculi. They were given this knowledge by [[spoiler:Solomon Ravne]], who is revealed to be one himself.

* In ''Literature/TheMonarchiesOfGod'' fantasy series, Homonculi are familiars grown without Ur Blood; they mature faster than Imps, but they [[ImAHumanitarian have bad eating habits]] and are AlwaysChaoticEvil.
* Vurdmeisters use homunculi to summon pit wyrms in ''Literature/TheNightAngelTrilogy''

** ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine has "[[http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?articleid=17403 The Wizard's Companion: The Care and Feeding of Homonculi]]" article with details and eight variant homunculi.

* A sidequest in ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'' reveals that homunculi are full-sized, artificial humans created with the hopes of transmuting human souls inside as a roundabout means of immortality. However, they can't survive out of the jars they are created in, and not only has no one ever successfully transmuted a soul, simply the act of creating a homonculus is seen as an act of blasphemy. The only homunculus shown is a fully grown, naked woman, due to the {{Fanservice}} rampant in the game's design.

** The simulacrum is similar in basic theory to a homunculus but is a [[CloningBlues replica]] of the caster.

** The Season 2 episode "Eclipse Lake" features a recipe for something called a "Grimwalker" in the ColdOpen, which seems to be more of the [[ArtificialHuman Artificial Witch]] variety of homunculus. While otherwise indistinguishable from ordinary witches, Grimwalkers are made of Palistrom wood, selkiedomus scales, a Galderstone, and a bone of Ortet[[note]]"Ortet" is a botany term referring to a plant that clippings are taken from in order to make clones.[[/note]], and "For the Future" shows that they are grown in the ground like plants. [[spoiler:It's implied and later confirmed that Hunter is the latest in a [[CloningBlues long line of Grimwalkers]] who have all served as the Golden Guard, [[ExpendableClone created and discarded on a whim]]. These Grimwalkers are all clones of Belos's brother Caleb -- who Belos murdered for [[FantasticRacism marrying and having a child with a witch]] -- in an attempt to create a "better version" of him.]]

* ''ComicBook/Xombi'' has the Rustling Husks, who are made from the spirits of wasps who were trapped between glass panels and died of starvation while looking outside. They're manufactured by a Hungarian company, use sonic guns and serve as lackeys to Dr. Sugarman.

* Tulpa in ''Literature/RebelGenius'' are artificial humans created by infusing a soul from [[TheLifestream The Wellspring]] into a physical shell. But despite knowledge of the theory, the only known successes are Zanobius and [[spoiler: Giacomo.]]

* The stitchpunks of ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'' were created using techniques pioneered by Paracelsus, and are essentially robot homunculi. They're only a few inches tall, and each one is animated by a fragment of their creator's soul.

* ''VideoGame/MinionMasters'' has to factions with golems: The Crystal Elves and the Zen-Chi. The Crystal Elf-golems have a boulder for a body with short arms and legs causing them to be rather slow. They look rather polished like they are wearing an armor. They are brought to life by elven magic. The Zen-Chi-golems meanwhile are naturally occuring creatures which are comprised out of multiple rocks and boulders of varying sizes linked together. They also have moss and flowers growing on them.

** ''Manga/GoldenWind'': Melone's Stand, Baby Face is capable of creating a homunculus that can hunt down a target, though its process is long and laborious. Melone needs to have a DNA sample of the intended target, find a suitable human female host to "incubate" the homunculus, wait for it to grow, inform it how and who to kill and only then watch it do the job.
** ''Manga/StoneOcean'': The Green Baby is revealed to be a homunculus of [[spoiler:Dio Brando, created through the combination of various Stand abilities integrated into one of Dio's bones. Part of Pucci's plan to obtain Made in Heaven is by [[FusionDance fusing]] with The Green Baby and evolving his Stand further upon the night of a new moon]].

* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' offers an especially disturbing view of Homunculi. [[spoiler: Every character but the protagonist and the BigBad are ArtificialHumans, including the protagonist's father. (He and TheDragon are clones.) [[AndCallHimGeorge Debilitas]] and [[AxCrazy Daniella]] seem to be two successful creations, to say nothing of the rambling failures and FetusTerrible {{Mooks}}. Daniella mentions being unable to experience taste, pleasure or pain. There is no given reason for their creation except as cheap labor and ForScience]]. Note: [[spoiler:the world 'successful' (when used in the regard of Daniella and Debilitas) is ''extremely'' lenient, given their less than reassuring temperaments. Also, WordOfGod claims that Daniella is actually a human woman ''convinced'' she's a homunculus, a delusion backed by congenital disorders robbing her of feeling.]]

** The Season 2 episode "Eclipse Lake" features a recipe for something called a "Grimwalker" in the ColdOpen, which seems to be more of the [[ArtificialHuman Artificial Witch]] variety of homunculus. [[spoiler:It's implied and later confirmed that Hunter is the latest in a [[CloningBlues long line of Grimwalkers]] who have all served as the Golden Guard, [[ExpendableClone created and discarded on a whim]]. These Grimwalkers are all clones of Belos's brother Caleb -- who Belos murdered for [[FantasticRacism marrying and having a child with a witch]] -- in an attempt to create a "better version" of him.]]