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Other than reproduction, this kind of advantageous combination can result from a FusionDance. A HybridMonster might be bred specifically to take advantage of this trope. If a character manifests their power by accident, they may learn that they were a HybridAllAlong. Contrast AllGenesAreCodominant, in which special traits are exactly half-inherited by the offspring, and HybridOverkillAvoidance, if the writer goes out of the way to minimize the probability of this happening. Also Contrast HybridsAreACrapshoot, where being a hybrid makes someone less powerful rather than more. MixedAncestryIsAttractive might be the case if they are perceived as attractive instead of being powerful. See also LamarckWasRight.

See Wiki/TheOtherWiki's pages on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/heterosis heterosis ("hybrid vigor")]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterozygote_advantage heterozygous advantage]] for some information on the real-life equivalent.

* ComicBook/{{Blade}}, a classic {{dhampyr}}, has all the strengths of vampires, but none of the weaknesses, barring a much weaker [[HorrorHunger desire for blood]] which he treats with a serum.

See Wiki/TheOtherWiki's pages on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/heterosis heterosis]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterozygote_advantage heterozygous advantage]] for some information on the real-life equivalent.

* Comicbook/RomSpaceknight's enemy Hybrid is half human, half Dire Wraith... and all evil, having a particularly {{Squick}}y obsession with [[MarsNeedsWomen collecting superpowered women to bear his children]]. Not only can he shape-shift like a Wraith, but he's an ''incredibly'' powerful psychic, enough to prove a problem for a young ComicBook/XMan (who's arguably the most powerful psychic in the Marvel Universe). Oh, and his [[VoluntaryShapeshifting true form]] is [[UpToEleven even more hideous than a normal Wraith's.]] The most tragic thing? His Wraith father was a DefectorFromDecadence and pretty much the only sympathetic Wraith we ever met - Hybrid himself was UsedToBeASweetKid until he was found and corrupted by other Wraiths.

** The relatively obscure half-ogre is essentially the half-orc turned UpToEleven. In 3rd edition, the obscure ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' monster called the Verbeeg returned as a half-ogre which favored its human side; they were smaller and weaker than normal half-ogres, but much smarter.

* Ligers, the offspring of a male lion and female tiger. They are massive mostly due to a defective growth inhibitor (up to 900 lbs, compared to an average 500 lb tiger) and much more powerful than either parent. That said, they are not well-suited for the wild. Their overabundance of size requires more food and causes joint problems. They are also usually sterile.

-->--'''Singe''', ''Film/Underworld2003''

* ''Film/{{Blade}}'': the title character is a "daywalker", a half-vampire who explicitly has all of their strengths and none of their weaknesses.

* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' universe, many half-blood wizards like Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, and Lord Voldemort become known for their particularly potent powers. Muggle-born wizards are also a type of hybrid, albeit more diluted, and any of them are shown to be extremely talented. The irony of course is that Magical Society is highly discriminatory against half-blood and muggle-born wizards despite many being more powerful than purebloods (who on top of being weaker are also highly inbred).
** It is important to note that Half-Blood wizards are by far the most populous, with Pure-Blooded wizards being a significant minority making up only 10% of the magical population. So statistically, it would make sense that Half-Bloods produce a larger number of powerful wizards.

* Demigods in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' are often chosen by the gods to do their work because being half-god and half-mortal, they straddle both worlds and can go places and do things that either mortals or gods cannot. Downplayed in that they also have combined weaknesses to balance out the powers; for example, half-bloods can be KilledOffForReal using Celestial bronze, something that neither gods (who can't die) nor fully mortal humans (who are immune to magical weapons) can do. This is largely from a social standpoint. Demigods are much less powerful and much more vulnerable than Gods are, but they are allowed to interfere where Gods can't because they're exempt from divine penalty for doing so and mortals can freely observe them. Gods aren't allowed to directly mess with each other, or present themselves to the mortal public, but demigods are allowed to do both at their own peril.
* ''Literature/DemigodsAndMagicians'' establishes this for Greco-Egyptian mythology between its components. Hybridized Greek and Egyptian magic can draw power from and freely travel through both mythological worlds. This means Greco-Egyptian god Serapis can NoSell magic from any single mythos, and absorb power from them to the point he can bring both pantheons to heel and potentially TakeOverTheWorld. He can [[TakesOneToKillOne only be affected]] by similarly hybridized magic, like an Egyptian Magician using magic Greek artifacts or a Greek demigod being a WillingChanneler to an Egyptian god.

->''"Half-[[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]], half-[[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lycan]]... but stronger than ''both''!"''

* In ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'', there are two hereditary magic systems: Allomancy allows the user to ingest certain metals and "burn" them in their stomach to gain certain powers, and Feruchemy uses the same metals as storage devices, sacrificing attributes like strength and health and putting them into the metal to retrieve later. In the second era, the two bloodlines have mixed to create Twinborn, who can use one Allomantic metal and one Feruchemical metal. Depending on which two metals they have, they'll gain access to a unique "resonance" between the two powers (for example, Wax can use Allomantic steel to telekinetically push on metal and Feruchemical iron to store his weight; the two combined allows him to constantly press his weight against every nearby metal object, which makes bullets less accurate when shot at him). Having both powers for the same metal doesn't grant a resonance, but instead an ability called Compounding; by Allomantically burning your Feruchemical storages you get ten times more than you put in, which can be immeidately stored again and potentially burned again for a hundred times the initial investment, creating an infinite loop that generates an endless supply of your Feruchemical attribute. Miles Hundredlives, a gold Compounder, demonstrates his [[HealingFactor infinite health]] by regenerating from shotgun blasts to the face and dynamite exploding while he was holding it.

* In ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'', the fusion of Allomancy and Feruchemy creates an effect called Compounding, where a person who can use both arts with the same metal can [[spoiler:store up a resource like health or age with Feruchemy, then use Allomancy to vastly increase the amount of that resource is available, effectively resulting in effects like an unlimited HealingFactor or eternal youth]].

* Unique among the MixAndMatchCritters of the ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series, the mating of any centaur with any non-avian winged creature (such as a Pegasus or a hippogriff) results in a winged centaur (also known as "alicentaurs"). In addition to the size, strength and intellect of the centaur side and the wings of the non-centaur, winged centaurs have a shared magic talent: The ability to [[SelectiveGravity make things progressively lighter]] with a flick of their tails, which allows their massive centaur bodies to fly.

* Half-elves in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' have the [[LongLived longevity]] and magical capabilities of full elves, and one bit of dialogue suggests cross-breeding with humans made their magic power ''stronger'' than elves'. Most of the notably powerful individuals in the story are half-elves, though that could just because half-elves have grown to out-populate the full elves.

** Over the course of many generations however, this is played straight. Fore example, the Bretons were born of a [[BreedingSlave eugenics program]] which mated the Direnni Altmer of High Rock with the Nedes, one of Tamriel's indigenous human tribes (or a collective name for those tribes) who are the common ancestors of most of the modern races of men (except for the Redguards). As a result, the Bretons have a greater [[WitchSpecies natural magical prowess]] than their fellow races of men, while having [[HumansAreWarriors hardier constitutions]] (especially in terms of inherent magical defenses) than their Altmeri ancestors. The Bretons make for exceptional MageKiller {{Magic Knight}}s.

Other than reproduction, this kind of advantageous combination can result from a FusionDance. A HybridMonster might be bred specifically to take advantage of this trope. If a character manifests their power by accident, they may learn that they were a HybridAllAlong. Contrast AllGenesAreCodominant, in which special traits are exactly half-inherited by the offspring, and HybridOverkillAvoidance, if the writer goes out of the way to minimize the probability of this happening. MixedAncestryIsAttractive might be the case if they are perceived as attractive instead of being powerful. See also LamarckWasRight.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'': Agnus in ''4'' wonders why Dante is stronger than he is, despite Agnus claiming a difference in power and that Dante is "not human" (ignoring the fact that he was originally human). While Dante never [[https://youtu.be/j7a28MvHXHo?t=5m39s gives Agnus]] a completely straight answer, it pretty much boils down that although Dante has the power of demons, it's also because he has the [[https://youtu.be/l_TqBlQGxrY?t=3m40s soul of a human]] that makes him more powerful, [[spoiler:which can easily be applied to Nero as well]]. Director Creator/HidekiKamiya of ''[=DMC1=]'' has [[https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/375788846467674112 tweeted]] that it's because humans have heart, which demons lack, as well that Dante [[https://twitter.com/pg_kamiya/status/625886255935438848 chooses]] to [[https://twitter.com/pg_kamiya/status/338591830893555713 live as a human]].
--> '''Dante:''' "You surrendered your humanity. It's that simple."

* ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'': Batman speculates that ComicBook/JonathanSamuelKent has the potential to be even more powerful than his father Superman due to his unique human-kryptonian nature.

* ''[[Franchise/{{Ben 10}} Ben 10]]'':

* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell: [[spoiler: Page Turner is the tenth in her line to be a mix of unicorn and changeling, and refers to herself as a halfling or halfbreed after it comes out, though the exact percentage isn't certain at this point (her maternal ancestors have alternated between mating with full unicorns or full changelings ever since Lamella Armor the First was born to a unicorn and changeling pair). This mixed blood allows she and other changeling hybrids like her to gain Cutie Marks, and also renders them immune to the effects of the changeling detector lights.]]

* ''FanFic/TheBridge'':

* ''Fanfic/HalfPastAdventure:'' Rather than a unique ability (a “pup power” as [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Steve Wolfhard]] likes to call them), Robin appears to have all the powers of a shapeshifter mixed with all the problems of a rainicorn, albeit both to a far more limited degree — zhe can't get larger than zhir normal form and zhe has trouble projecting light out past zhir own body.

Other than reproduction, this kind of advantageous combination can result from a FusionDance. A HybridMonster might be bred specifically to take advantage of this trope. If a character manifests their power by accident, they may learn that they were a HybridAllAlong. Contrast AllGenesAreCodominant, in which special traits are exactly half-inherited by the offspring, and HybridOverkillAvoidance, if the writer goes out of the way to minimize the probability of this happening. See also LamarckWasRight.

Having MixedAncestry isn't fun. It's rather [[HalfBreedAngst lonely not fully belonging]] to the societies of either parent, even if there isn't [[HalfBreedDiscrimination active discrimination]] against what you are. However, if one or both sides of the family have some special power or supernatural trait, there may be a bonus to being a half-breed: a powerball in the SuperpowerLottery.

** Saiyan-Earthling hybrids have far more inherent power than pure members of either race. The effect seems to get stronger with successive generations. At age five, Gohan could flatten mountains and stagger [[BigBad Freeza]] if he got angry enough. Around the same age, Goten and Trunks could go Super Saiyan without even trying. At age one, Pan learn to fly by herself. There's some variation too- WordOfGod confirms that hybrids born without tails (Goten, Trunks, and Pan) are stronger than those born with tails (Gohan). However, an important downside for all the hybrids compared to pure-blooded Saiyans is that hybrids do not [[BloodKnight lust for battle]], so they do not develop their inherent fighting powers as much as pure Saiyans do.