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* Tragically played with in the ''{{CSI}}'' episode [[FurryFandom "Fur and Loathing"]]; while all the characters involved are physically human, the victim was accidentally killed as an indirect result of his new flame's former boyfriend poisoning him with caster oil for stealing his girl... all on the basis of fursona species segregation (the victim was a raccoon, the girl a lamb, the boyfriend a wolf).

** Also fellow Korean tv series, ''Forbidden Love'' and ''Gumiho: Tales of a Fox Child.''

** ''Literature/StarTrekNewFrontier'' manages to include a Human/Xenexian relationship (or rather several), a Human/Thallonian, and a Xenexian/Thallonian did indeed occur though.

*** Spock also fell in love and had a sexual relationship with another non-Vulcan woman, in ''All Our Yesterdays'' while under the influence of time displacement. In addition, a number of human or at least non-Vulcan women showed an interest in Spock at some point, including Nurse Chapel (desperately in love with him), Lt. Uhura (flirted with him in a couple of episodes) and Droxine, a human-looking princess (whose interest was reciprocated) from an alien planet in the episode ''Cloud Minders''. His relationship with the Romulan Commander ''The Enterprise Incident''), as well, although Vulcans and Romulans are an offshot of the same species (and a fairly recent offshoot at that, especially given how long both species live), so that might not count.
*** Mr. Spock's parents, the Vulcan Sarek and the Human Amanda are never depicted as anything but HappilyMarried.

*** In another episode Quark (Ferengi) and Grilka (Klingon) get married for political reasons. There is some mild attraction between them, but they get a divorce, then later have one last fling. Grilka's loyal family servant is at first disapproving then later resigned to their attraction. Her bodyguard on the other hand is quite violent in expressing his disapproval.

* Stefan/Elena from ''The VampireDiaries''. Stefan is a century old immortal (vampire) and Elena is a eighteen year old mortal human. Now, this has changed since [[spoiler: Elena has recently turned into a vampire and therefore is no longer human.]]

* ''BattlestarGalactica'' has

*** Spock also fell in love and had a sexual relationship with another non-Vulcan woman, in ''All Our Yesterdays'' while under the influence of time displacement. In addition, a number of human or at least non-Vulcan women showed an interest in Spock at some point, including Nurse Chapel (desperately in love with him), Lt. Uhura (flirted with him in a couple of episodes) and Droxine, a human-looking princess (whose interest seemed reciprocated) from an alien planet in the episode ''Cloud Minders''. His relationship with the Romulan Commander ''The Enterprise Incident''), as well, although Vulcans and Romulans are an offshot of the same species (and a fairly recent offshoot at that, especially given how long both species live), so that might not count.

*** Spock also fell in love and had a sexual relationship with another non-Vulcan woman, in ''All Our Yesterdays''. In addition, a number of human or at least non-Vulcan women showed an interest in Spock at some point, including Nurse Chapel (desperately in love with him), Lt. Uhura (flirted with him in a couple of episodes) and Droxine, a human-looking princess (whose interest seemed reciprocated) from an alien planet in the episode ''Cloud Minders''. His relationship with the Romulan Commander ''The Enterprise Incident''), as well, although Vulcans and Romulans are an offshot of the same species (and a fairly recent offshoot at that, especially given how long both species live), so that might not count.

*** Spock also fell in love and had a sexual relationship with another non-Vulcan woman, in ''All Our Yesterdays''. In addition, a number of human or at least non-Vulcan women showed an interest in Spock at some point, including Nurse Chapel (desperately in love with him), Lt. Uhura (flirted with him in a couple of episodes) and Droxine, a human-looking princess from an alien planet in the episode ''Cloud Minders''. His relationship with the Romulan Commander ''The Enterprise Incident''), as well, although Vulcans and Romulans are an offshot of the same species (and a fairly recent offshoot at that, especially given how long both species live), so that might not count.

*** The relationship between [[spoiler:Kira]] and Odo has the extra twist of Odo not even being actually humanoid. Most of the day he spends in the shape of a play dough man, but the natural form of his race is a viscous liquid into which he turns back at night. And yes, we have given the PowerPerversionPotential due consideration.

** {{Buffy}} and Angel, Buffy and Spike: human/vampire.

** Then there was John Crichton's brief pairing with Zhaan. It's debatable if this applies to his relationships with Aeryn Sun or Gilina Renaez, considering how closely related Humans and Sebaceans are, [[spoiler: Sebaceans being a sub-race of Humans, genetically altered by the Eidelons]].
*** They definitely count since Sebaceans have some '''very''' BizarreAlienBiology.
*** Don't forget John Crichton's encounter with [[spoiler:Chiana]] in the past.
** And all of this in a verse where cross species breeding is possible and illegal.
*** It's not illegal. Peacekeepers are the only ones forbidden from interspecies romances. Well, they're the only ones mentioned in the show.
** Scorpius (Sebacean/Scarran hybrd) had relationships with Natira, an alien of unknown origin, seemed to flirt with random aliens of the week (M'Lee, Ro'Na), had a relationshop with Sikozu, a Kalish [[spoiler: and a bioloid]], not to mention all the HoYay with Crichton and Braca...
** Not to mention Moya's offspring (''living spaceship/regular spaceship''), though that was less "romance" and more "mad science experiment".
* Captain Jack and the insect woman Chantho in the {{Utopia}} episode of the most recent ''Series/DoctorWho''. That actually went nowhere, though, because she was already in love with Sir Derek Jacobi. Heck, Captain Jack and other people from his time period (the 51st Century) embody this trope.
** Anyone falling for the Doctor, though he's a [[HumanAliens Human Alien]] (at least externally.)
** Astrid and Bannakaffalatta from "Voyage of the Damned" count for this trope, too.
** And Branningan (cat person) and his human wife, Valerie, in "Gridlock".
** The fourth series also gives us [[spoiler:Lady Eddison and her long ago love affair with a giant sentient wasp in "The Unicorn and the Wasp". Though he did have a human form.]]
** Ahem. The Doctor and Rose (and whoever else has a crush on him).
** The Doctor states that this sort of thing becomes quite common in the future, when humans have contact with many alien species. He implies that Captain Jack's versatility is actually the norm.
** ''And'' then there the Master and Lucy Saxon, his wife. Time Lord/Human.
** As of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]], we have [[spoiler: Time Lord/TARDIS]] confirmed.
** "A Good Man Goes To War" gives us Vastra and Jenny - a crimefighting, katana-wielding, same-sex Silurian / human couple in Victorian England. If that's not enough for you, the Silurian ''ate Jack the Ripper.''
*** NeilGaiman thinks Madame Vastra should act as well as solve crimes. Then she'd be a "Victorian Silurian Lesbian Thespian."

* Kirk and every [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Space Babe, Green Skinned]] or otherwise, ever. As a rule, ''Star Trek'' doesn't even blink over interspecies sex. Case in point, Mr. Spock's parents, the Vulcan Sarek and the Human Amanda are never depicted as anything but happily married.
** Subsequent ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series include several other notable hybrid characters, including Deanna Troi (Human/Betazoid); K'Ehleyr (Human/Klingon), who herself had a child with a Klingon; Ba'el (Klingon/Romulan); Sela (Human/Romulan) in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''; Ziyal (Bajoran/Cardassian) in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''; Naomi Wildman (Human/Katarian) and B'Elanna Tores (Human/Klingon) in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.
** In ''Requiem for Methusaleh'', Kirk falls in love with a woman who turns out to be an [[spoiler:android]], but it does not change his feelings.
** Spock himself and Leila Kalomi (''This Side of Paradise''). He is forced by the spores into confronting his human feelings and tells her "I do love you".
** Spock also fell in love and had a sexual relationship with another non-Vulcan woman, in ''All Our Yesterdays''. In addition, a number of human or at least non-Vulcan women showed an interest in Spock at some point, including Nurse Chapel (desperately in love with him), Lt. Uhura (flirted with him in a couple of episodes) and Droxine, a human-looking princess from an alien planet in the episode ''Cloud Minders''. His relationship with the Romulan Commander ''The Enterprise Incident''), as well, although Vulcans and Romulans are an offshot of the same species (and a fairly recent offshoot at that, especially given how long both species live), so that might not count.
** Furthermore, in the 2009 film, young Spock [[spoiler: has a romantic relationship with Uhura in the alternate timeline]] while Kirk, unsurprisingly, [[spoiler: has a fling with Gaila, a green-skinned cadet from Orion]].
*** Well, Spock and any human might not count - he's half human already, so it would be as valid a choice as having a Vulcan love interest. His parents surely would, though.
** In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Tasha Yar had a one-night stand with a "fully-functional" android, Data.
*** Let's not forget the Tasha Yar look alike Romulan.
**** Not really a look alike, it was actually [[spoiler: the daughter she had in an alternate timeline with a Romulan General, who she mated with to prevent the execution of her crewmates]]
** In the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "You are Cordially Invited,", Martok's wife has some serious reservations about Worf marrying a non-Klingon. Also, in another episode Quark (A Ferengi) and Grilka (A Klingon)get married for political reasons. There is some mild attraction between them, but they get a divorce, then later have one last fling. Grilka's loyal family servant is at first disaproving then later resigned to their attraction. Her bodyguard on the other hand is quite violent in expressing his disproval.
** Quark and a Cardassian woman.
** The relationship between [[spoiler:Kira]] and Odo has the extra twist of Odo not even being actually humanoid. Most of the day he spends in the shape of a play dough man, but the natural form of his race is a viscous liquid into which he turns back at night. One does not have to say more about the FetishFuel potential of NaughtyTentacles.
** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' featured several interspecies romances and even marriages between the main and recurring characters: [[spoiler: Jadzia Dax and Worf (Joined Trill/Klingon), Kira Nerys and Odo (Bajoran/Changeling), Rom and Leeta (Ferengi and Bajoran), Ezri Dax and Bashir (Joined Trill/Human)]] and a recurring mixed species character [[spoiler: Ziyal, the daughter of the Cardassian baddie Dukat and one of his Bajoran mistresses]].

** To really put the cherry on top, Cryptic Studios is advertising their extensive character creation process as "creating your own unique species," complete with optional origins story a la ''City of Heroes'' and ''Champions Online.'' Given that Cryptic is advertising to Trekkers on one hand and your typical MMO nerd (which inevitably includes the average ''[[FourChan 4channer]]'') on the other, expect this trope [[IncrediblyLamePun to boldly go where no trope has gone before.]]
** And to put a cherry on top of the cherry on top, we have a {{Fanon}} example: the [[HoYay Kirk/Spock]] {{Ship}}.
*** Although, Spock is already half human...
** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', where humans had only been in contact with extraterrestrials for less than a century and sometimes still get squicked over the idea of romancing them. But this didn't stop Reed and Trip from being distracted in the ''first episode'' by a pair of alien dancing girls, and no less than three human crewmembers (Reed, Archer, and finally Trip for the win) from drooling over T'Pol at some point or another.
*** We can note that all the character development she got from the writers until [[spoiler: the finding of the Kir'Shara in fourth season]] tended to make her more emotional and more Human. It helps to involve a supposedly emotionless Vulcan in a romantic relashionship.
*** In the plans for the cancelled fifth season, there was talk of T'Pol being half Romulan.
*** It is also hinted in Enterprise that even farther in the future, the 30th century, interspecies relations probably became very commonplace. The time traveler Daniels mentions that he is "human, more or less" implying that he may have some alien blood in him.
**** The body of another time traveler whose trip didn't go so well was also examined and found to be a hybrid of ''numerous'' species, including human, Vulcan, Rigellian and Terrelian.

** Riker on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' never seems to be interested in any female ''unless'' she is extraterrestrial, and apparently is irresistible to all of them. Good thing the show ended before he got around to the Horta; that acid's a bitch to clean off.
** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. The perils of this are explored in "The Disease" when Harry Kim has a passionate affair with an alien woman without checking with his doctor first. No, he doesn't get an alien STD - the disease is love. Unfortunately the attraction is not only emotional but biological as well. Plus Harry's skin tends to glow, which must make sex in the dark easier but seriously squicks his friends. Harry should have known better though. In "Favorite Son" a race of sexy space vampires try to suck out all his DNA - as they have few males it's the only way they get enough genetic material to continue their species. And Q is constantly pursuing Janeway, but while he promises that foreplay with a Q can last for decades it appears the actual act only lasts a second to the outside observer ("The Q and the Grey").
** For a more literary reference, the series ''StarTrekNewFrontier'' manages to get no less than THREE cross-breed offspring on the same ship - a Vulcan/Romulan (not improbable, as the Romulans and Vulcans are related races who split only two thousand years ago), a Vulcan/Hermat, (where a Hermat is a hermaphroditic and rather sexually liberal race), and a Hermat/Human (actually not, as the Hermat was playing a practical joke on the human). It should be noted that there is only ONE Hermat in the crew. There was also the potential for a Vulcan/Xenexian cross, but it did not come about. A Human/Xenexian relationship (or rather several), a Human/Thallonian, and a Xenexian/Thallonian did indeed occur though. And some that were probably forgotten.
** Of course, whether the Vulcan/Romulan example is a proper example of this trope, given that they ''are'' at least as genetically close as the [[spoiler: Sebacean example in Farscape]], if not more, is somewhat debatable...
** ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s philosophical attitude towards interspecies relations meant that [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Beverly Crusher]]'s [[StarCrossedLovers tragic romance]] with the joined Trill Odan came rather out of left field; she couldn't deal with the host changing bodies so frequently, no matter how much she loved him.
*** Retroactively justified, as changing hosts does tend to change the personality of the bonded Trill, making for an unstable relationship at best. But we don't learn that until years after the Odan story.
*** It also eventually comes out that Trill society strongly objects to 'reassociation' between a host and a person the symbiont's previous host had an intimate relationship with, to the extent that it can result in an effective death sentence for the symbiont.

* This trope was the whole point of ''{{Beauty and the Beast}}''!

* ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]''. Sheridan/Delenn (human/Minbari-Human Hybrid), Lumati/alien business partners (Lumati/aliens of a different species that they make deals with, because sex is the Lumati handshake), G'Kar/multiple prostitutes (Narn/Humans/Centauri/God-only-knows-what-else), porn-star/Pak'mara porn-star (please don't make us spell it out).
** Ivanova has tons of fun with the Lumati after stressing about it. They tell her next time, they'll do it their way.
* JossWhedon examples:

** Subsequent StarTrek series include several other notable hybrid characters, including Deanna Troi (Human/Betazoid); K'Ehleyr (Human/Klingon), who herself had a child with a Klingon; Ba'el (Klingon/Romulan); Sela (Human/Romulan) in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''; Ziyal (Bajoran/Cardassian) in ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''; Naomi Wildman (Human/Katarian) and B'Elanna Tores (Human/Klingon) in ''StarTrekVoyager''.

** In ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Tasha Yar had a one-night stand with a "fully-functional" android, Data.

** In the ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "You are Cordially Invited,", Martok's wife has some serious reservations about Worf marrying a non-Klingon. Also, in another episode Quark (A Ferengi) and Grilka (A Klingon)get married for political reasons. There is some mild attraction between them, but they get a divorce, then later have one last fling. Grilka's loyal family servant is at first disaproving then later resigned to their attraction. Her bodyguard on the other hand is quite violent in expressing his disproval.

** ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' featured several interspecies romances and even marriages between the main and recurring characters: [[spoiler: Jadzia Dax and Worf (Joined Trill/Klingon), Kira Nerys and Odo (Bajoran/Changeling), Rom and Leeta (Ferengi and Bajoran), Ezri Dax and Bashir (Joined Trill/Human)]] and a recurring mixed species character [[spoiler: Ziyal, the daughter of the Cardassian baddie Dukat and one of his Bajoran mistresses]].

** B'Elanna Torres on ''StarTrekVoyager'' often comments that her childhood was not a happy one, because her father "Couldn't handle living with one Klingon, let alone two".

** ''StarTrekEnterprise'', where humans had only been in contact with extraterrestrials for less than a century and sometimes still get squicked over the idea of romancing them. But this didn't stop Reed and Trip from being distracted in the ''first episode'' by a pair of alien dancing girls, and no less than three human crewmembers (Reed, Archer, and finally Trip for the win) from drooling over T'Pol at some point or another.

** Riker on ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' never seems to be interested in any female ''unless'' she is extraterrestrial, and apparently is irresistible to all of them. Good thing the show ended before he got around to the Horta; that acid's a bitch to clean off.
** ''StarTrekVoyager''. The perils of this are explored in "The Disease" when Harry Kim has a passionate affair with an alien woman without checking with his doctor first. No, he doesn't get an alien STD - the disease is love. Unfortunately the attraction is not only emotional but biological as well. Plus Harry's skin tends to glow, which must make sex in the dark easier but seriously squicks his friends. Harry should have known better though. In "Favorite Son" a race of sexy space vampires try to suck out all his DNA - as they have few males it's the only way they get enough genetic material to continue their species. And Q is constantly pursuing Janeway, but while he promises that foreplay with a Q can last for decades it appears the actual act only lasts a second to the outside observer ("The Q and the Grey").

** ''StarTrek'''s philosophical attitude towards interspecies relations meant that [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Beverly Crusher]]'s [[StarCrossedLovers tragic romance]] with the joined Trill Odan came rather out of left field; she couldn't deal with the host changing bodies so frequently, no matter how much she loved him.

** Cordelia and {{Angel}}: "augmented human"/vampire.

* ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': Alex/Mason (wizard/werewolf), Justin/Rosie (wizard/angel) and Justin/Juliet (wizard/vampire). In the case of Alex/Mason and Justin/Juliet, this also doubles as a MayflyDecemberRomance.

* ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': Alex and Mason (wizard/werewolf), and Justin and Juliet (wizard/vampire). Also doubles as a MayflyDecemberRomance.

* ''{{Torchwood}}'''s Tosh and "Mary" (in "Greeks Bearing Gifts").

** Cordelia and Doyle: human/human-demon hybrid.

** The Immortal and Darla and Drusilla: demon/vampire/vampire.

** Marcus Hamilton/Harmony: demon/vampire.
** [[spoiler:Willow]]/Saga Vasuki: human/snakewoman.

** Marcus Hamilton/Harmony: demon/vampire
** As of ''Season Eight''- [[spoiler:Willow/Saga Vasuki: human/snakewoman.]]

** Cordelia and Doyle, Xander and Anya: human/human-demon hybrid.
*** Anya was human by the time she and Xander got together.
** Cordelia and Groosalugg (I'm sensing a trend): "augmented human"/[[HumanAliens human-looking demon]].
*** Acually Groo is half human-half demon?

** Willow and Oz: human (witch)/werewolf.

** As of ''Season Eight''- [[spoiler:Willow/Saga: witch/snakewoman.]]
** And also Dawn and Kenny: human (technically)/thricewise (which seems to be some sort of demon). Yeah, check out the Jo Chen cover for issue 25 to meet all your daily {{Squick}} requirements. There are tentacles.
*** So, we now know who the kinkiest in the Buffyverse is.

* A weird one is revealed in KaizokuSentaiGokaiger, although it actually relates to characters from EngineSentaiGoOnger. The Gokaigers' latest mecha, Machalcon, is apparently [[spoiler: the son of Bear RV (obviously, a bear) and Speedor (a condor). Machalcon is a falcon. [[FridgeLogic How exactly does Bear + Condor = Falcon?]]]]

** Subsequent StarTrek series include several other notable hybrid characters, including Deanna Troi (Human/Betazoid); K'Ehleyr (Human/Klingon), who herself had a child with a Klingon; Ba'el (Klingon/Romulan); Sela (Human/Romulan) in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''; Ziyal (Bajoran/Cardassian) in ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''; and B'Elanna Tores (Human/Klingon) in ''StarTrekVoyager''.

** In the ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "You are Cordially Invited,", Martok's wife has some serious reservations about Worf marrying a non-Klingon. Also, in another episode a Klingon gets in an uproar about his sister marrying a Ferengi (albeit for political reasons); there is some mild attraction between them, but they get a divorce, then later have one last fling.