History Main / FaceHugger

* Parodied in ''FIlm/KungFuWonderChild'' (a Taiwanese martial arts comedy) - the hero needs to finish a series of trials to complete his training, one which is battling a [[https://youtu.be/6Og-JTCMQWE?si=-vBxmaanwKxNPLN7&t=2904 scorpion-spider hybrid]] who can hug faces.

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* The mind-control starfish of Starro the Conqueror in Franchise/TheDCU.

* In the SlashFic parody ''[[https://squidgeworld.org/works/2632 ALIEN!!!]]'' the facehugger is a lesbian cyborg who wraps her legs around the heroine's face.

* The TropeNamer and TropeMaker (if not ''UrExample'') is the crab-like [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong impregnator]] from the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films - shown in the picture above from the [[Film/{{Alien}} first film]]. Many later examples are homages.
* ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''. The title character keeps a poisonous blue-ring octopus in an aquarium. When James Bond smashes an assassin head-first into the aquarium, the octopus--instead of inflicting a lethal bite and then fleeing like any normal octopus--latches onto the screaming assassin's face and stays there.

---> '''The Doctor''': There's a horror movie called ''Alien''? That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks "Revolution of the Daleks"]], Jack Harkness is planting explosives to blow up a building full of cloned Dalek mutants, when one of them crawls from its tank and leaps onto his face. Fortunately he's able to wrench it off.
** The spider creatures from the classic series episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E3FullCircle "Full Circle"]] also have more than a hint of the creature about them.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The giant spiders contained in the Box of Gavrok attach themselves to people's faces before killing them. The critters in 'Bad Eggs' and 'As You Were' are also reminiscent of face huggers, as are those on the ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episodes 'Soul Purpose' and 'A Hole in the World'.
* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': Played for laughs when the Child is tucking into a bowl of chowder whereupon a small squid-like creature bursts from the bowl and [[FoodEatsYou latches onto his face]].
-->'''Mando:''' ''(sternly)'' Don't play with your food. ''(Pokes the squid with his knife, and the squid falls back into the bowl)''
* ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'': Supergirl is overpowered by a many-tentacled "Black Mercy" which attaches itself to her and violates her body AND mind, feeding a hallucinogen into her bloodstream which causes her to have a [[LotusEaterMachine delusion that she is still with her family on Krypton]] whilst her friends try to save her in the real world.

** Facebiter squigs bite... faces. The orks naturally find this hilarious, and often get in contests to see which will bite the other's face off first. The ''actual'' Xenomorph stand-ins use an ovipositor to perform the OrificeInvasion instead.

* ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'': In Season 5, Franchise/{{Sonic}} and Tails are sent by [[Franchise/StarFox General Pepper]] to terminate aliens. Tails is attacked by multiple face huggers, then finds Series/{{Alf}} hatching the eggs before killing him.

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* In ''WebComic/TheCyantianChronicles: Campus Safari'', Chrome's miniwhip Aurla does a good impression of one. (Played for laughs)

* In ''Webcomic/{{Savestate}}'', [[http://www.savestatecomic.com/2017/09/leap-of-faith Rick is subjected to this]] by [[SealedEvilInATeddyBear Ness]], much to his irritation and, apparently, Nicole's amusement.

* Krana and Krana-Kal of ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}''.
** The Toa Inika possessed a benevolent version of these - unlike normal Toa, their [[MaskOfPower Kanohi masks]] were organic, living creatures. Unlike the very similar Krana, however, their only interest was helping the Toa, [[HowDoIShotWeb mainly by teaching them how to properly use their powers]]. Although, their primary method of doing so was giving them nasty headaches whenever they did something wrong. There's also The Skull Spiders from [[Toys/{{Bionicle2015}} the 2015 reboot]].

** In [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks "Revolution of the Daleks"]], Jack Harkness is planting explosives to blow up a building full of cloned Dalek mutants, when one of them crawls from its tank and leaps onto his face. Fortunately he's able to wrench it off. The spider creatures from the classic series episode 'Full Circle' also have more than a hint of the creature about them.
* The giant spiders contained in the Box of Gavrok in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' attach themselves to people's faces before killing them. The critters in 'Bad Eggs' and 'As You Were' are also reminiscent of face huggers as are those on the Angel episodes 'Soul Purpose' and 'A Hole in the World'.

* ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'': Supergirl is overpowered by a many tentacled "Black Mercy" which attaches itself to her and violates her body AND mind, feeding a hallucinogen into her bloodstream which causes her to have a delusion that she is still with her family on Krypton whilst her friends try to save her in the real world.

* ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''. The title character keeps a poisonous blue-ring octopus in an aquarium. When James Bond smashes an assassin head-first into the aquarium, the octopus--instead of inflicting a lethal bite and then fleeing--latches onto the screaming assassin's face and stays there.

* Headcrabs from the ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' saga.
* Brainsuckers from ''VideoGame/XComApocalypse'', which are used as ammunition by certain aliens in addition to appearing on their own. Replacing a person's brain is their entire purpose; They don't even have a digestive system.
* The Protozoid Slimers from ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D''.
* The Lifters and Diamond Claws from the ''VideoGame/{{Descent}}'' series behave similarly. While most of the other robots shoot at you, these enemies ram into your ship and inflict damage with their reinforced claws. The E-Bandits use a similar point-blank attack, only they drain your ship's energy instead of your shields.

* The giant spiders contained in the Box of Gavrok in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' attach themselves to people's faces before killing them. The critters in 'Bad Eggs' and 'As You Were' are also reminiscent of face huggers as do those on the Angel episodes 'Soul Purpose' and 'A Hole in the World'.

* ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'': Supergirl is overpowered by a many tentacled "Black Mercy" which attaches itself to her and violates her body AND mind, feeding a hallucinogen into her bloodstream which causes her to have a delusion that she is still with her family on Krypton.