History Main / Biopunk

* Some fanfic author named [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4614510/ChadR-2014 ChadR-2014]] seems devoted or loving this Punk in some of his Fanfics, that even few of his fanfics that Cybernetics are either banned or non-existed at all causing somewhat of heavily enforced with NoTranshumanismAllowed trope on Cybernetics.

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* At first, ''Animation/{{Gandahar}}'' seems like a low-tech world with BizarreAlienBiology. However, most of them are the result of human bioengineering.
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* ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' is PostCyberpunk, but most of the modifications available are biological in nature, and bio-morphs (bodies which are fundamentally organic-- but still often weird) are culturally preferred over Synth-Morphs (robot bodies-- derogatorily called the "Clanking Masses") or Pods (half-synth, half-biological bodies, the name comes from the derogatory "Pod-People," a riff on how the biological parts of the bodies are grown). For an example of the sort of bio-mods you can get in this game, see the Sex Switch-- which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin switches your sex]] at will-- or the Skinflex-- which allows you to make major cosmetic alterations to yourself in around ten minutes.

* In the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' universe, Asahina implies that future technology will evolve along these lines.

* ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' is PostCyberPunk, but most of the modifications available are biological in nature, and bio-morphs (bodies which are fundamentally organic-- but still often weird) are culturally preferred over Synth-Morphs (robot bodies-- derogatorily called the "Clanking Masses") or Pods (half-synth, half-biological bodies, the name comes from the derogatory "Pod-People," a riff on how the biological parts of the bodies are grown). For an example of the sort of bio-mods you can get in this game, see the Sex Switch-- which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin switches your sex]] at will-- or the Skinflex-- which allows you to make major cosmetic alterations to yourself in around ten minutes.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' series, about viruses that cause severe changes to those infected with it - the protagonists become {{Monstruous humanoid}}s who [[LovecraftianSuperpower mold their bodies into deadly appendages and absorb other people's flesh for healing]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Technobabylon}}'' the field of Gengineering allows for easy manipulation of organisms' genes to create new species. Many of the characters' jobs involve altering existing plants and animals on a commercial scale. There also exists a restaurant that serves cloned human flesh. Also, there are organic nanomachines called "wetware" which are used for many different purposes.

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[[caption-width-right:350:All the cynicism of {{Cyberpunk}}, but 100% All-Natural. [[BlatantLies We promise]].]]

%%* The ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' series.

* ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' has this as a LostTechnology from the [[EarthThatUsedToBeBetter time before]] the [[AfterTheEnd apocalypse]]. The Dorok Empire hoard some of the most advanced secrets of it jealously, though other powers seek to claim it as well. The infamous "[[LostSuperweapon God Warriors]]" that strode the land during the apocalypse are prime examples, being [[OurGiantsAreBigger gigantic humanoid]] {{Living Weapon}}s that have WaveMotionGun {{Breath Weapon}}s and [[NuclearNasty lethally irradiate the environment around them]].

* The Harmony path in ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'' is a path of technological development centering around genetic manipulation of both humans and aliens, nano-machines, and cloning. Harmony technology involves a lot of [[BioluminescenceIsCool bioluminescence]] and organic curves. Just look at the development of [[https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Civilization-Beyond-Earth-s-Harmony-Affinity-Gets-Details-from-Firaxis-444760-2.jpg their tanks,]] [[http://downloads.2kgames.com/civdotcom/img/blog/Harmony_Naval_Fighter_Harmony_Unit_Progression_edited-1_GA_flat.jpg their gunboats]] and [[https://downloads.2kgames.com/civdotcom/img/blog/Harmony_Soldier_Harmony_Unit_Progression_GA_flat_2.jpg their footsoldiers.]]

* The Harmony path in ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'' is a path of technological development centering around genetic manipulation of both humans and aliens, nano-machines, and cloning. Harmony technology involves a lot of [[BioluminescenceIsCool bioluminescence]] and organic curves. Just look at the development of [[http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Civilization-Beyond-Earth-s-Harmony-Affinity-Gets-Details-from-Firaxis-444760-2.jpg their tanks,]] [[http://downloads.2kgames.com/civdotcom/img/blog/Harmony_Naval_Fighter_Harmony_Unit_Progression_edited-1_GA_flat.jpg their gunboats]] and [[https://downloads.2kgames.com/civdotcom/img/blog/Harmony_Soldier_Harmony_Unit_Progression_GA_flat_2.jpg their footsoldiers.]]

* The books ''Literature/OryxAndCrake'' and ''The Dry Flood'' by Margaret Atwood are set in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near future]], and features many many bio-engineered animals, most notably pigs who can grow human organs for use in transplants.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Technobabylon}}'' the field of Gengineering allows for easy manipulation of organisms' genes to create new species. Many of the characters' jobs involve altering existing plants and animals on a commercial scale. There also exists a restaurant that serves cloned human flesh. Also, there are organic nanomachines called "wetware" are used for many different purposes.

* ''ComicBook/OrcStain'' takes this UpToEleven, being set in a world where nearly ''all'' technology is OrganicTechnology, even when it makes no sense. Everything is a living organism of some kind, from weapons to ''soda cans'', and the distinction between flesh and machine may as well not exist.

* This trope is a major theme in the ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'' series, where genetic engineering plays a vital role in the iconic underwater city of Rapture, where the first two games take place. Thanks to a powerful, but addictive mutagen called ADAM, the city was capable of developing gene-modifying injections that grant extraordinaty abilities such as pyrokinesis, telekinesis, [[BeeBeeGun shooting bees out of your hands]], etc., but at the price of addiction, insanity, and some truly nasty BodyHorror resulting from both said abilites and ADAM withdrawal. And that bee-shooting superpower we mentioned? [[NightmareFuel/BioShock1 It turns your hand into a meaty beehive for bees to crawl in and out of.]]
** While Bio Punk still plays a role in ''VideoGame/BioshockInfinite'', the game doesn't give the consequences of genetic engineering as much attention as the previous entries, focusing more on QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'' has the {{Undercity}} of Zaun introduce a chemical called Shimmer which enhances strength and durability of people use who consume it or are injected with it.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'' has the {{Undercity}} of Zaun introduce a chemical called Shimmer which enhances the user's strength and durability.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'' has the Undercity of Zaun introduce a chemical called Shimmer which enhances the user's strength and durability.

* One of the campaign settings for Creator/{{TSR}} 's ''Amazing Engine'' system, ''Kromosome'', features a setting where BioPunk and CyberPunk coexist.

* There was once an obscure novel whose title and author have been lost in which the solar system has been heavily terraformed and constructed lifeforms, or cyborgs created from such, are the majority of technology in the story. The story opens with a woman leaving her bioengineered house wearing a living cloak descended from a fox, using a cyborg tractor to work a field before coming home to find her house is dead, along with its occupants. The system is connected not just by an extended internet, but a second one that holds the minds of people who have voluntarily been absorbed into its terminals, due to a law which forbids people living too long (lest they go insane in a very literal sense) in order that the person, now integrated into a matrix along with all the other departed minds, can still be with us even though not alive. One of the protagonists has bio-engineered children. One of them follows him as he leaves to follow a lead across the system, and when they steal a prison bioship, it becomes indignant that suddenly it has to provide a dessert through its icky delivery tubes. One moon even has cities mostly grown out of huge trees. The climax is a battle with a faction who wish to take over the system and go truly off the scale with the biotech.

* ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' has the Bene Tleilax, who specialize in all things bio punk and all the horrible, nefarious ways in which they can be used -- usually for the purposes of political intrigue and skullduggery.

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* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' series and its spinoffs trade pretty heavily in biopunk themes. ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'' has particularly emphasized it, with Sentinels -- especially Omega Sentinels (cyborgs) and the like -- being the ultimate enemies of [[{{Mutants}} mutantkind]]. Additionally, one of the future timelines [[spoiler: (the 6th life of [[Characters/XMenMutants Moira MacTaggert]])]] shows how while mutants surpassed humans through evolution, a third species, ''Homo Novissima'', surpassed them both, because evolution became unnecessary once humans could alter themselves and their genetics however they wished, rather than relying on a random process.

* S. Andrew Swann's Literature/MoreauSeries is a perfect example. The protagonist is Nohar Rajasthan; a Half Tiger/Half Human Private Investigator in a world where hybrid "Moreaus" (As in "Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau") are confined to ghettos as second class citizens. The series also has genetically improved humans, called "Franks" as in Frankenstein, and aliens.

* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' series and its spinoffs trade pretty heavily in biopunk themes. ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'' has particularly emphasized it, with Sentinels -- especially Omega Sentinels (cyborgs) and the like -- being the ultimate enemies of [[{{Mutants}} mutantkind]]. Additionally, one of the future timelines [[spoiler: (the 6th life of ComicBook/MoiraMacTaggert)]] shows how while mutants surpassed humans through evolution, a third species, ''Homo Novissima'', surpassed them both, because evolution became unnecessary once humans could alter themselves and their genetics however they wished, rather than relying on a random process.

* Creator/SpiderwebSoftware's ''VideoGame/{{Geneforge}}'' is this meets DungeonPunk. The majority of people use [[OrganicTechnology Organic]] {{Magitek}}, which is exclusively produced by TheMagocracy whose members are called Shapers. The process usually involves heavily modifying existing animals, plants and fungi. Oddly for a Bio Punk world (or any kind of PunkPunk as dark as ''Geneforge''), the system enforced by Shaper control starts out between 'real life Democracy' and 'PostCyberpunk' in how bad it is despite being an Oligarchy; the one good trait they possess as a group is recognizing the responsibility behind the power to create life (they have all the right protocols to quarantine an island like it was an ''[[Website/SCPFoundation SCP]]'' while remaining as humane as the real life CDC or WHO), and the main character is always a Shaper themselves working within the system as best they can... and then as the Shaper's creations go steadily out of control over the series, causing everything to get worse instead of better.