History Main / BornOfMagic

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''. It's arguable how much [[ClarkesThirdLaw magic]] vs. [[SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic science]] is used in the creation of all the Candy Kingdom residents, especially when ChemistryCanDoAnything, but they are all largely described as beings of magic.

* ''Literature/StarWarsLegends'' (and, ''maybe'', [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse the Expanded Universe]]) Anakin Skywalker ''might'' count. Darth Plagueis tried to create life through the Force, which resulted in Anakin being born from Shmi with no father. The question is whether this was the Force as a mystical, supernatural, and abstract energy/entity ... or if it was intelligent microscopic life forms that lived symbiotically inside the cells of all living things that rebelled against Plagueis.

* For most of Franchise/WonderWoman's history, her origin has been that her body was [[{{Golem}} sculpted from clay]], which Aphrodite mother breathed life into. This was discarded in favor of Zeus putting his dick in yet-another-thing for the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 New 52]], in the process removing [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie]]'s status as one of Zeus' bastards while giving it to Diana. ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' went back to the fatherless birth concept for Diana.

* For most of Franchise/WonderWoman's history, her origin has been that her body was [[{{Golem}} sculpted from clay]], which her mother breathed life into. This has recently been discarded in favor of Zeus putting his dick in yet-another-thing.

* Famed RealityWarper the ComicBook/ScarletWitch married her fellow Avenger, the Vision. Despite his being a [[{{Robot}} synthezoid]] with BarbieDollAnatomy, she still wanted children. She wanted this badly enough, she somehow managed to pluck a pair of lost souls from the aether and give herself a MysticalPregnancy. It did [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy not end well]] for her or her thoughtsprog. But then they got better after Wanda went crazy and rebooted reality a few times, retroactively reincarnating her sons into Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd, aka Wiccan and Speed.

* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels reveal that Anakin Skywalker[=/=]DarthWiki/DarthVader was born from a {{truly single|Parent}} mother impregnated by the Force (due to Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious monkeying around with midi-chlorians, according to the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novel ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'').

* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' prequels reveal that Anakin Skywalker[=/=]DarthWiki/DarthVader was born from a {{truly single|Parents}} mother impregnated by the Force (due to Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious monkeying around with midi-chlorians, according to the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novel ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'').

* ''Film/{{Ted}}'' was just a normal teddy bear whose owner wished for him to come to life with Seth Macfarlane's most overused character voice. Unfortunately for everyone involved, RealityEnsues.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has [[OurGargoylesRock Galio]], who was originally created as a colossal, gargoyle-shaped bulwark designed to protect Demacia from invaders [[AntiMagic by eating their magic]], but this caused the unexpected side effect of him coming to life [[BigDamnHeroes to save the day himself]]. However, he returns to being dormant for decades, only waking up again when great magic stirs nearby, where he's then more than happy to experience life [[BloodKnight and smash baddies]].

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has [[OurGargoylesRock Galio, who was originally created as a colossal, gargoyle-shaped bulwark designed to protect Demacia from [[AntiMagic magic-wielding invaders by eating it]], but this caused the unexpected side effect of him coming to life [[BigDamnHeroes to save the day himself]]. However, he returns to being dormant for decades, only waking up again when great magic stirs nearby, where he's then more than happy to experience life [[BloodKnight and smash baddies]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': All of the explicitly magical beings [[AllMythsAreTrue in the world and throughout history]] that the main cast encounter are revealed to be "Children of Oberon". It's not made clear if they were created through Oberon's magic, or unspecified fey reproduction.

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* Famed RealityWarper the ComicBook/ScarletWitch married her fellow Avenger, The Vision. Despite his being a [[{{Robot}} synthezoid]] with BarbieDollAnatomy, she still wanted children. She wanted this badly enough, she somehow managed to pluck a pair of lost souls from the aether and give herself a MysticalPregnancy. It did [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy not end well]] for her or her thoughtsprog. But then they got better after Wanda went crazy and rebooted reality a few times, retroactively reincarnating her sons into Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd, aka Wiccan and Speed.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman's'' jolly, happy soul only came into existence after a [[Disney/{{Frozen}} vaguely humanoid-shaped lump of ice crystals]] was topped with an inexplicably magical top hat. (Though it's possible the consciousness already existed inside the hat, and only needed a sufficient vessel.)

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* {{Pinocchio}} is brought to life by being a puppet made of magical wood, or by a [[MakeAWish wish upon a star]], or other magical methods in nearly all incarnations.

* Annabeth Chase from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' is this, which explains why she exists despite the fact that her mom made a {{Vow of Celibacy}}. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, she tells Percy that her mother created her as a "gift" to her father.
* In the ''Literature/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', Anakin Skywalker ''might'' count. Darth Plagueis tried to create life through the Force, which resulted in Anakin being born from Shmi with no father. The question is whether this was The Force as a mystical, supernatural, and abstract energy/entity ... or if it was intelligent microscopic life forms that lived symbiotically inside the cells of all living things that rebelled against Plagueis.
* The ur-viles and waynhim from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant'' are two races (or perhaps two branches of the same race, if the distinction matters at all) of living creatures given life by the strange powers of [[OurLichesAreDifferent the Demondim]]. The ur-viles are generally presented as a creepy and sinister race, while the waynhim are [[DefectorFromDecadence defectors from decadence]] and allies of humanity, but it should be noted both run on BlueAndOrangeMorality due to their artificial nature and are [[spoiler: normally]] cordial with each other despite being on opposite sides of the good/evil divide. The ur-viles retain the knowledge of how to make more of their kind and regularly use it to create offspring who are sometimes ur-viles and sometimes waynhim (and, sometimes, stranger things); the waynhim either can't or won't do this.

[[folder: Film - Live Action]]
* ''Film/{{Ted}}'' was just a normal teddy bear whose owner wished for him to come to life with Seth Macfarlane's most overused character voice. Unfortunately for everyone involved, RealityEnsues.

[[folder: Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. [[spoiler: Buffy's sister Dawn is revealed to actually be a [[PureMagicBeing mystical being of living energy called The Key.]] She and everyone around her were given retroactive memories of her to hide her true nature. She was later transformed into a normal, organic, teenage girl.]]
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[[folder: Mythology & Folklore]]

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--> '''Fred:''' Moral of the story: [[SpoofAesop to get rid of ogres you have to kill all the children]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': Monsters are described as having bodies mostly made of magic, as opposed to humans', which are mostly made of water. Descriptions of how monsters have children is not explicitly explained, but it is implied that the process is more magical than biological.
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Related to {{Tulpa}}, which is a being created specifically by ''belief'' in them. Also see also {{Golem}} and OurHomunculiAreDifferent.

* Some pre-Christian versions of {{Merlin}}'s birth never explain how he came to be, his mother was suddenly pregnant despite having turned down every advance made to her. When the angry menfolk demanded to know who the father was, Merlin shut them up by demonstrating his magic power. Christian versions make him the son of a demon and a virgin.

* {{Golems}} in the ''{{Discworld}}'' are humanoids made of clay, who are given life by means of a ''chem'', a magical script, inserted into the head. At the time of ''Discworld/FeetOfClay'', the secret of making new ones is almost lost, known only to a dwindling band of priests of an obscure, dying, religion. But suddenly a new one arises. with an improperly written chem...

* Roger the homunculus in ''{{Hellboy}}'' was an inert, man-shaped mass of herbs and horsedung that had lain still for hundreds of years. Then when Liz Sherman came close, he suddenly absorbed her pyrokinetic powers, granting him life at the expense of her own (she didn't want the powers, but it turns out they were too big a part of her, leaving her a SoullessShell). Later he gave it back but was given the means to remain "alive".

* Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) inherited the ComicBook/ScarletWitch's [[RealityWarper power set]]. Kid Loki tormented his boyfriend, Teddy Altman aka Hulkling, with the idea that Billy may have magic(k)ed Teddy himself into existence. As Teddy was a blond, buff, green-skinned shapeshifting alien heir and son of one of Earth's Greatest Heroes and a Skrull princess, Loki mused how unlikely his very existence was, even if he was ''"a very lovely daydream"''. Without having a way to truly determine if Wiccan had inadvertently wished Hulkling to exist and be his perfect boyfriend, Hulkling decided that it didn't matter, because he loved Wiccan either way.

* Often [[{{Golem}} Golems]] and ImprovisedGolems are made this way, as are OurHomunculiAreDifferent. A non-living vessel is magically imbued with life and consciousness. Depictions vary whether the the golum/homunculi requires magic to continue functioning after being made.

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* Roger the homunculus in {{Hellboy}} was an inert, man-shaped mass of herbs and horsedung that had lain still for hundreds of years. Then when Liz Sherman came close, he suddenly absorbed her pyrokinetic powers, granting him life at the expense of her own (she didn't want the powers, but it turns out they were too big a part of her, leaving her a SoullessShell). Later he gave it back but was given the means to remain "alive".

* Annabeth Chase from "Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians" is this, which explains why she exists despite the fact that her mom made a {{Vow of Celibacy}}. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, she tells Percy that her mother created her as a "gift" to her father.

* One of the effects observed to be caused by [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1987-j SCP-1987-J]] is that it can make people and creatures exist, apparently permanently, as most changes don't reverse when play ends. If no females (who could be turned into 18-year-olds, with a 68% chance of their clothing turning into G-string bikinis, lingerie or leather fetish gear) are present during testing, several may come into existence. Dragons, dinosaurs and female angels, along with other album cover cliches, also come to exist. Spontaneous pregnancies have also occurred, ''even in males.''
* Usidore the Blue, from [[Podcast/HelloFromTheMagicTavern Hello from the Magic Tavern]], came into the world fully formed as an adult. He was born of wind, fire, earth, and birds (and lightning and some frogs).

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''. Monsters are described as having bodies mostly made of magic, as opposed to humans', which are mostly made of water. Descriptions of how monsters have children is not explicitly explained, but it is implied that the process is more magical than biological.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'': Smurfette was created by evil wizard Gargamel as the first female Smurf to infiltrate their village.

* ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': Discussed during chapter 16, when [[HasTwoMommies Mel's parents]] finally tell her about [[ExtraParentConception the circumstances that lead to her birth.]] They had several theories, including the possibility that Mel may have been created by the same force that [[spoiler: [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/super-fetus fused her mothers together]], since they separated again [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/messing_with_me once Mel's umbilical cord was cut]]]].

* * In ''WebVideo/{{Aventures}}'', the [[OurOgresAreHungrier ogres]] are creatures born from the nightmares of children.

** Timmy's imaginary friend [[{{Tulpa}} Gary]] was wished into existence, only for him to become Timmy's sworn enemy. After escaping Timmy's mind a second time, Gary rallied the other sentient beings Timmy had wished up, and then [[WhatTheHellHero wished away to Unwish Island]]. Somehow, their continued living was portrayed as a FateWorseThanDeath, as opposed to being magically [[strike:murdered]] poofed out of existence.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. All of the explicitly magical beings [[AllMythsAreTrue in the world and throughout history]] that the main cast encounter are revealed to be "Children of Oberon". It's not made clear if they were created through Oberon's magic, or unspecified fey reproduction.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs''. Smurfette was created by evil wizard Gargamel as the first ([[TheSmurfettePrinciple only?]]) female Smurf to infiltrate their village.

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