History Main / PiousMonster

** The Unfleshed are grotesque, skinless mutants created as a result of a Chaos Space Marine experiment gone wrong, who are very devoted to the GodEmperor.

** The series has the Unfleshed, grotesque, skinless mutants created as a result of a Chaos Space Marine experiment gone wrong, who are very devoted to the GodEmperor.

* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' has the Lancea et Sanctum, a group of Abrahamic vampires, some of whom only come into the faith after having died. You'd think their faith might make them kinder, but nope. They see themselves as playing the black hats in God's plan, punishing humanity and basically being the "stick" to keep people good. Basically every negative organized religion trope applies, except for the organist ones. ''Those'' are taken up by the Circle of the Crone, the bloody cult following vampires. Among their few redeeming traits is they do at least try to encourage piety and faith in mortals, but they tend to get too dogmatic or cruel over the decades.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': In one of the comics, Kyra, the iconic Cleric character, gets the party out of a fight against an otyugh, a giant, tentacled, sewer-dwelling filth-eating monster, by talking it down once she realizes it's an intelligent being and converting it to the worship of her goddess, Sarenrae.

* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' has the Lancea et Sanctum, a group of Judeo-Christian (and Islamic) vampires, some of whom only come into the faith after having died. You'd think their faith might make them kinder, but nope. They see themselves as playing the black hats in God's plan, punishing humanity and basically being the "stick" to keep people good. Basically every negative organized religion trope applies, except for the organist ones. ''Those'' are taken up by the Circle of the Crone, the bloody cult following vampires. Among their few redeeming traits is they do at least try to encourage piety and faith in mortals, but they tend to get too dogmatic or cruel over the decades.

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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-166 SCP-166 ("Teenage Succubus")]]. SCP-166 is the daughter of a demon (possibly Satan himself) and is clearly inspired by the legend of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succubus succubus]]. She was given to a Catholic convent as a baby and was raised as (and is currently) a Catholic.

* Confessor from ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' is a vampire who was a Catholic priest and now acts a superhero. The cross her wears on the front of his costume constantly burns him, [[DeliberatelyPainfulClothing which he regards as form of penance]].

* [[spoiler: [[HumanoidAbomination The angel]]]] in ''Series/MidnightMass'' is strongly implied to be a Christian, since [[spoiler: it]] spares [[spoiler: monsignor Pruitt]] after hearing him pray and helps him on his quest to [[spoiler: convert the people of the island into devout Christian vampires]]. [[spoiler: It]] even wears a priest robe and participates in Easter Vigil at one point.

* [[spoiler: [[HumanoidAbomination The angel]]]] in ''Series/MidnightMass'' is strongly implied to be a Christian, since it spares [[spoiler: monsignor Pruitt]] after hearing him pray and helps him on his quest to [[spoiler: convert the people of the island into devout Christian vampires]]. [[spoiler: It]] even wears a priest robe and participates in Easter Vigil at one point.

* ''Literature/{{Baudolino}}'': Not only are all the various monsters in Deacon John's kingdom all Christians, each species has its own interpretation of Catholicism and refuses to consider the others as anything but heretics (parodying the many, many schisms the religion has experienced over time), [[DividedWeFall which screws them over during the final battle]].

* ''Film/DarkAngelTheAscent'': Demons are portrayed not as completely malevolent monsters, but essentially the jailers of Hell. They're a religious sort who worship God and say prayer before dinner.

* In ''Literature/QuintaglioAscension'', a sentient race of intelligent carnivorous dinosaurs have an advanced civilization dominated by a theocracy which lays down strict rules and taboos for the saurian race to live by.

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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Some [[spoiler:trolls]], one of the usually evil races of the setting, has converted to worshipping the Light Gods, mainly out of pragmatism, meaning that [[spoiler:they have the ability to use the Light Gods' given power to [[MundaneUtility grow crops in a wasteland]] and to kill ghosts and vampires.]]

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': In the adventure ''Knight of the Living Dead'', the protagonist is a human worshipper of the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms deity Torm. He dies and is brought back as an undead, which are normally Evil. He still has the capacity for Good inside him and, if he succeeds in his mission to stop an evil plot, Torm may bring him back to life.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40K'':

** The Elf god Khaine is worshipped as a WarGod by the High Elves as a paragon of martial honor and valor. The Dark Elves worship Khaine as well... as a vicious god of murder and cruelty.

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-->'''Kang''': We have been monitoring your species ever since your planet was created, 6000 years ago, by God.

* One ''NewspaperComic/FarSide'' cartoon had a FlyingSaucer with a (three-eyed) Jesus Fish on the back.

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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Some [[spoiler:trolls]], one of the usually evil races of the setting, has converted to worshipping the Light Gods, mainly out of pragmatism, meaning that [[spoiler:they have the ability to use the Light Gods' given power to [[MundaneUtility grow crops in a wasteland]] and to kill ghosts and vampires.]]

Super-trope of ReligiousVampire. Compare ReligiousRobot, when a product of science is a person of faith, and HeavensDevils, for literally demonic beings who serve God's cause in some way. Not to be confused with SinisterMinister and ChurchgoingVillain, for more figurative monsters who venerate God. Compare FantasticReligiousWeirdness. Sub-trope of ReligionTropes (in general), OthernessTropes.

* Twins Rin and Yukio from ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' are AmbiguouslyChristian, having been raised by a priest in a monastery. They're also the sons of Satan and Rin is an AntiAntiChrist.

* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' is about a demon and the nun who struck a bargain with him. They fight crime-um, that is, other demons on the say-so of the Church.

* The titular ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' is a demon who follows the teachings of some ambiguous religion (stated to be Roman Catholic in the film adaptation). It's telling that unlike with other demons, HolyGround has no effect on him.

* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Some [[spoiler:trolls]], one of the usually evil races of the setting, has converted to worshipping the Light Gods, mainly out of pragmatism, meaning [[spoiler:the ability to use the Light Gods' given power to [[MundaneUtility grow crops in a wasteland]], and kill ghosts and vampires.]]

* Joke: A man is chased and cornered by a bear. About to be devoured, he gets in a last prayer asking God to make the bear a Christian like him. The bear suddenly sits up, puts its hands together, and says "Lord, I thank you for this meal you have provided."

* Literature/{{Baudolino}}: Not only are all the various monsters in Deacon John's kingdom all Christians, each species has its own interpretation of Catholicism and refuses to consider the others as anything but heretics (parodying the many, many schisms the religion has experienced over time), [[DividedWeFall which screws them over during the final battle]].
* Creator/TanyaHuff's ''Literature/BloodBooks'' series prominently features a vampire named Henry Fitzroy who happens to be a practicing Catholic, and was actually alive during the Protestant Reformation. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Naturally crucifixes have no effect on him or other vampires.]]
* Creator/LarryNiven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'' has the Kzinti, a mainly antagonistic alien CatFolk; but one Kzinti religious sect, the Kdaptists, believe that God made ''man'' (i.e. humans) in His own image ([[GoodFortuneFromGod and that's why]] [[HumansAreSpecial humans regularly come out on top]]).

* ''Series/{{Andromeda}}''. Wayism, a Buddhist-like cult of pacifism and universal harmony, is followed by some of the Magog race, which are otherwise AlwaysChaoticEvil. One of the original main characters is a Magog Wayist named Rev Bem.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' adventure ''Knight of the Living Dead''. The protagonist is a human worshipper of the TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms deity Torm. He died and is brought back as an undead, who are normally Evil. He still has the capacity for Good inside him and if he succeeds in his mission to stop an evil plot, Torm may bring him back to life.
* The ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Banestorm'' setting has humans from Earth and many other races from other worlds all together in a magical world. This has lead to things like Orc tribes adopting the religion of their human neighbors (Usually Islam or Christianity).
* In ''Nightlife'', the leader of the pro-Human faction of monsters, Golgotha[[note]] who named himself after the place where Jesus was crucified[[/note]], is a Christian and wears a cross (usually kept hidden to avoid hurting his fellow monsters).
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': In one of the comics, Kyra the iconic Cleric character gets the party out of a fight against an otyugh, a giant, tentacled, sewer-dwelling filth-eating monster by talking it down once she realizes it's an intelligent being and converting it to the worship of her goddess, Sarenrae.

** The series has the Unfleshed, the results of a Chaos Space Marine experiment gone wrong, who are very devoted to the GodEmperor.
** In early editions, both [[OurOgresAreDifferent Ogryn]] and Beastmen could serve in the Imperial Guard, with the Ogryns having unshakeable childlike faith in the Emperor, while the Beastmen saw their service to Him as penance for being mutants. In recent editions, only Ogryns are still used, still as devout as ever (when Ogryn end up serving Chaos, it's usually a matter of telling them the other side has made the Emperor angry).

* [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman For a given value of "monster,"]] the Abomination hero from ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon,'' who is a sort of demon-werewolf-Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde kind of thing, has the ability to pray to God for healing. Despite this, all the heroes with the ReligiousBruiser subtype refuse to partner with him (at least until the ''Color of Madness'' DLC when they realize they're being jerks).
* In ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars,'' the Tarka apparently have a psychological need to beleive in a higher power, and once they met Mankind, they converted to Catholicism.

* In one of the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episodes aliens Kang and Kodos reveal that they're Young Earth Creationists.

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* ''Chrono Crusade'' is about a demon and the nun who struck a bargain with him. They fight crime-um, that is, other demons on the say-so of the Church.

* Creator/LarryNiven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'' has the Kzinti, a mainly antagonistic alien CatFolk; but one Kzinti religious sect, the Kdaptists, believe that God made ''man'' in His own image ([[HumansAreSpecial and that's why humans regularly come out on top).

* Creator/LarryNiven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'' has the Kzinti, a mainly antagonistic alien CatFolk; but one Kzinti religious sect, the Kdaptists, believe that God made ''man'' in His own image.

* For a given value of "monster," the Abomination hero from ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon,'' who is a sort of demon-werewolf-Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde kind of thing has the ability to pray to God for healing. Despite this, all the heroes with the ReligiousBruiser subtype refuse to partner with him (at least until the ''Color of Madness'' DLC when they realize they're being jerks).

* For a given value of "monster," the Abomination hero from ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon,'' who is a sort of demon-werewolf-Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde kind of thing has the ability to pray to God for healing. Despite this, all the heroes with the ReligeousBruiser subtype refuse to partner with him (at least until the Color of Madness DLC when they realize they're being jerks).