History Main / TranshumanAbomination

* ''ComicBook/{{Supergod}}'' is all about a superhuman arms race amongst the nations of Earth that eventually results in humanity making their own [[DeityOfHumanOrigin gods]]. Unfortunately, these "supergods" are, by definition, inhuman, alien beings with no real connection to humanity. Of the few confirmed to have once been human rather than being built from scratch, one is Maitreya, who was implanted with tunneling electron microscope eyes and was forced to study his own atomic structure until he could comprehend it on the quantum level -- the other is Morrigan Lugus, a three-faced giant formed from the bodies of three astronauts and [[FesteringFungus a mass of alien mushrooms]]. Mentally it's an entity beyond human comprehension -- its entire fungal physiology acting similar to an [[OrganicTechnology organic supercomputer]] -- whose mere presence [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul biochemically forces human brains into a state of religious and sexual ecstasy]], making the humans kneel before it in prayer and masturbation. [[spoiler:Everything that happens in the series, culminating in the deaths of every living thing on Earth, was planned by Morrigan Lugus (its appearance is basically what kicked off the disastrous superhuman arms race). All so that its spores would have plenty of raw dead material.]]

* Phase IV of ''ComicBook/{{Zenith}}'' belatedly [[TheReveal reveals]] that the [[EldritchAbomination Lloigor]] were once human -- [[spoiler:more specifically, the superhero team Cloud 9, who had evolved far beyond human form and had gotten stuck on the wrong side of a dimensional barrier in the process]].

* In ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'', transapients who transcend past a level of TheSingularity become utterly incomprehensible to those sophonts who remain below that singularity. However, [[https://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/46df6791979d9 the Queen of Pain]] -- possibly the most disturbing transapient in the Terragen sphere -- is not transhuman, but rather a transcended ''[[CatsAreMean cat]]''.

* The Spot from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' combines this with FromNobodyToNightmare and HumanoidAbomination. He was originally [[spoiler:a regular human scientist who got [[FreakLabAccident caught in the explosion from the dimensional particle collider]] in the climactic FinalBattle in [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse the first movie]], which turned him into [[ThinkingUpPortals a living vessel for interdimensional portals]] while also [[BodyHorror drastically changing his appearance]] to something resembling [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos the Slender Man]]. After figuring out how to hone the full potential of his abilities, he decides to travel through the multiverse and absorb more of that same energy that gave him his powers to fuel himself until he grows from HumanoidAomination into a living CosmicFlaw that could radically alter and even destroy reality]]. And all of this is to get back at Miles, whose actions in the first movie inadvertently [[CreateYourOwnVillain led to him becoming this way]] and dismissing him as a JokeCharacter and a "VillainOfTheWeek" at the start of the movie effectively serving as TheLastStraw for him.

* Spot from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' combines this with FromNobodyToNightmare and HumanoidAbomination. He was originally [[spoiler:a regular human scientist who got [[FreakLabAccident caught in the explosion from the dimensional particle collider]] in the climactic FinalBattle in the first movie, which turned him into [[ThinkingUpPortals a living vessel for interdimensional portals]] while also [[BodyHorror drastically changing his appearance]] to something resembling the Slenderman. After figuring out how to hone the full potential of his abilities, he decides to travel through the multiverse and absorb more of that same energy that gave him his powers to fuel himself until he grows from HumanoidAomination into a living CosmicFlaw that could radically alter and even destroy reality]]. And all of this is to get back at Miles, whose actions in the first movie inadvertently [[CreateYourOwnVillain led to him becoming this way]] and dismissing him as a JokeCharacter and a "VillainOfTheWeek" at the start of the movie effectively serving as TheLastStraw for him.

* Spot from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' combines this with FromNobodyToNightmare. He was originally [[spoiler:a regular human scientist who got [[FreakLabAccident caught in the explosion from the dimensional particle collider]] in the climactic FinalBattle in the first movie, which turned him into [[ThinkingUpPortals a living vessel for interdimensional portals]] while also [[BodyHorror drastically changing his appearance]] to something resembling the Slenderman. After figuring out how to hone the full potential of his abilities, he decides to travel through the multiverse and absorb more of that same energy that gave him his powers to fuel himself until he grows into a living CosmicFlaw that could radically alter and even destroy reality]]. And all of this is to get back at Miles, whose actions in the first movie inadvertently [[CreateYourOwnVillain led to him becoming this way]] and dismissing him as a JokeCharacter and a "VillainOfTheWeek" at the start of the movie effectively serving as TheLastStraw for him.

** [[spoiler:Mr. Snippy]] becomes this after agreeing to merge with [[EldritchAbomination the Biomatrix]]. At first, it merely gives him a LovecraftianSuperpower, but after he's killed, [[CameBackWrong it revives him as an undead]] HumanoidAbomination due to its spotty knowledge on human anatomy.

** Towards the end of ''VideoGame/Doom3'', [[spoiler:Sergeant Kelly, your commanding officer, becomes Sabaoth, a mutant torso fused to a tank. He also has a BFG9000, which was stolen from Campbell]].

*** [[spoiler:The BigBad, [[MadScientist]] Dr. Malcolm Betruger, transforms into a [[DraconicAbomination giant skull-faced dragon]] after escaping to Hell. He eventually comes back in the ''Resurrection of Evil'' expansion as the FinalBoss.]]

*** [[spoiler:The BigBad, [[MadScientist Dr. Malcolm Betruger, transforms into a [[DraconicAbomination giant skull-faced dragon]] after escaping to Hell. He eventually comes back in the ''Resurrection of Evil'' expansion as the FinalBoss.]]

* Spot from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' combines this with FromNobodyToNightmare in was [[spoiler:a regular human scientist who got [[FreakLabAccident caught in the explosion from the dimensional particle collider]] that turned him into [[ThinkingUpPortals a vessel for interdimensional portals]]. After figuring out how to hone the full potential of his abilities, he begins absorbing more of that same energy to fuel himself until he grows into a living CosmicFlaw]]. And all of this is to get back at Miles, whose actions in the first movie inadvertently [[CreateYourOwnVillain led to him becoming this way]] and dismissing him as a JokeCharacter and a "VillainOfTheWeek" at the start of the movie effectively serving as TheLastStraw for him.

* In ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'', Jobe Smith undergoes VR and drug experiments which enhances his mind so much he gains telepathy, then telekinesis, followed by pyrokinesis, and finally the ability to cause people to disintegrate on the molecular level. Eventually he becomes a digital monstrosity by inserting his mind into cyberspace and plans to spread his mind across the Internet to obtain true godhood. His digital avatar only shows how much of a cyberspace eldritch creature Jobe has become by the end of the film.

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** The titular Akira himself is an even bigger example, especially in the manga -- while he still looks [[HumanoidAbomination like a small human boy]], his PsychicPowers have developped to the point where he dwarfs those of Tetsuo by orders of magnitude and has attained a kind of apotheosis, he's so psychologically different he can barely interact with people and his environment most of the time, and in the end he decides to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.

The EldritchAbomination is defined by being alien, horrific, inhuman, unnatural. They may be painful to look at, use dimensions humans can't perceive, or just covered in tentacles... But what if that thing [[WasOnceAMan used to be human]]?

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': San, a rogue severed piece of [[DraconicAbomination Ghidorah]], essentially turns Vivienne Graham into one when he fuses with her and makes them a half-human, half-Ghidorah, TwoBeingsOneBody newborn [[{{Kaiju}} Titan]]. Likewise, [[spoiler:[[TheAssimilator the Many]] were created by fusing Ghidorah's experimented-on DNA to humans]].

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is an odd example, since the definition of "human" is ambiguous within the show. That being said, the fact that the Evangelion units are [[spoiler:gargantuan, Frankensteinien abominations wearing armor inhabited by human souls instead of traditional HumongousMecha and that they are capable of incomprehensible eldritch powers]] definitely matches this trope tonally. [[spoiler:The [[AssimilationPlot Human Instrumentality Project]] involved ''all of mankind'' being turned into this.]]

While there are many "classical" monsters that used to be human, such as vampires, werewolves and zombies, they have some element that is recognizably human. You would not know these things had once been human if it wasn't stated in story. Sometimes, [[GoneHorriblyRight the transformation was a desired outcome]] of a person's goal to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Other times, [[BalefulPolymorph the transformation was involuntary]], caused by [[TheCorruption some eldritch contagion]] ([[AndIMustScream future sapience is not necessary]]). If the transformation causes them to turn evil (or were already evil while still human), then there may be some TranshumanTreachery involved.

While there are many "classical" monsters that used to be human, such as vampires, werewolves and zombies, they have some element that is recognizably human. You would not know these things had once been human if it wasn't stated in story. Sometimes, [[GoneHorriblyRight the transformation was a desired outcome]] of a person's goal to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Other times, [[BalefulPolymorph the transformation was involuntary]], caused by [[TheCorruption some eldritch contagion]] ([[AndIMustScream future sapience is not necessary]]).

This is a subtrope of WasOnceAMan and EldritchAbomination, often the result of an EldritchTransformation. Compare with HumanoidAbomination, DemonOfHumanOrigin, DeityOfHumanOrigin, and AngelicTransformation. If the transhuman became an abomination through {{genetic|EngineeringIsTheNewnuke}} {{muta|nt}}tion, then they're also a GeneticAbomination; or through {{cyb|org}}ernetics they became a MechanicalAbomination instead, or via {{necromancy}} became an UndeadAbomination. If the transformation makes them evil or mentally inhuman, then it's also TranshumanTreachery.

The EldritchAbomination is defined by being alien, horrific, inhuman, unnatural. They may be painful to look at, use dimensions humans can't perceive, or just covered in tentacles.

But what if that thing [[WasOnceAMan used to be human]]?

A subtrope of WasOnceAMan and EldritchAbomination, often the result of an EldritchTransformation. Compare DemonOfHumanOrigin and HumanoidAbomination. If the transhumans became abominations via cybernetics they may be a MechanicalAbomination instead, or an UndeadAbomination via necromancy, or a GeneticAbomination through biology. If the transformation was voluntary it can qualify as TranshumanTreachery.

* In the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' universe, Sarkic cults often involve {{Eldritch Abomination}}s made of flesh, usually human.

While there are many "classical" monsters that used to be human, such as vampires, werewolves and zombies, they have some element that is recognizably human. You would not know these things had once been human if it wasn't stated in story. Sometimes, [[GoneHorriblyRight the transformation was a desired outcome]] of a person's goal to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Other times, [[BalefulPolymorph the transformation was involuntary]], caused by [TheCorruption some eldritch contagion]] ([[AndIMustScream future sapience is not necessary]]).