History Main / ProHumanTransHuman

* In ''Skyrim'', the Dragonborn is a HumanoidAbomination, prophecied to protect Mankind by [[TheHunter hunting down]] and [[YourSoulIsMine consuming the souls]] of Dragons.

** On the other hand, the reason the Circles of Magi exist is that the PowerThatBe, as well as a good chunk of the population, do not believe that mages can be reliably Pro Humans.

** Technically, Paragon Shepard became Transhuman during the second game, having been resurrected with cybernetic implants, as well as undergoing extensive genetic modification that not only gives them increased speed and stamina, but resistance to small arms fire and strong enough to wield weapons that would normally shatter every bone in a normal person's arm when fired.

* In ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'', the eponymous warrior are [[HalfHumanHybrid Half human half demon]] who choose to fight for humanity's sake. [[spoiler: Just about every one who finds out that the organization which transformed them does ''not'' have the best interests of the citizenry at heart ends up going rogue.]]

This character has been hit with a ViralTransformation, EmergencyTransformation, become a {{cyborg}}, demon, magical creature, [[AlienTropes|alien]] or [[TomatoInTheMirror discovers they were never human at all]]. Despite this, and regardless of any angst over WhatHaveIBecome, they decide that rather than go down the path of TranshumanTreachery and be a SmugSuper, BlackShirt, or TheQuisling, they will do everything in their power to stay a part of humanity. And if their new species/transhuman fellows [[AntiHumanAlliance are anti-human]], they will vow to protect humanity in a pseudo FaustianRebellion.

This character has been hit with a ViralTransformation, EmergencyTransformation, become a {{Cyborg}}, demon, magical creature, {{Alien}} or [[TomatoInTheMirror discovers they were never human at all]]. Despite this, and regardless of any angst over WhatHaveIBecome, they decide that rather than go down the path of TranshumanTreachery and be a SmugSuper, BlackShirt, or TheQuisling, they will do everything in their power to stay a part of humanity. And if their new species/transhuman fellows [[AntiHumanAlliance are anti-human]], they will vow to protect humanity in a pseudo FaustianRebellion.

* [[McNinja Schwartz Bruder]] in ''GGundam'' is this. [[spoiler:He is a dead body occupied by the DG (Devil Gundam) Cells to live. Despite being made up by the cells of the BigBad, he is the Devil Gundam host Kyoji Kasshu's physical manifestation, driven to save his brother and stop the Devil Gundam]].

* Kira in ''GundamSeed'' is accidentally this, being a Coordinator fighting for an army consisting entirely of Naturals (in a war started to exterminate his kind!). Not really his intention: he only fights to protect his friends.

* Just about every superhero ever, or at least the ones that arn't space aliens or [[BadassNormal Badass Normals]].

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* In ''{{Claymore}}'', the eponymous warrior are [[HalfHumanHybrid Half human half demon]] who choose to fight for humanity's sake. [[spoiler: Just about every one who finds out that the organization which transformed them does ''not'' have the best interests of the citizenry at heart ends up going rogue.]]

* Ayato in ''RahXephon'' is part Mullian (basically a human subspecies with blue blood) and when his Mullian blood manifests, there's concern he'll pull a FaceHeelTurn and join the Mullians, but he remains a nice guy on the side of his friends.

* This is [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in ''TigerAndBunny'' as all of the [[{{Superhero}} Heroes]] are trans-humans called [=NEXTs=] with extraordinary powers which they use to save people and stop crimes, all of which are recorded by Hero TV for people's entertainment.

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* Dr. Manhattan in ''{{Watchmen}}'' in the beginning of the story. Though this is actually his main character arc-- he becomes less and less so as the story goes on, eventually getting to "Why would I save a world I no longer have any stake in?". By the end, spoiler: Silk Spectre II must convince Dr. Manhattan that humans lives are worth protecting. [[spoiler: It's the revelation that her father is [[SociopathicHero The Comedian]] that does it - realizing the sheer improbability of human life is enough to restore his interest in protecting it.]]

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* Virtually everyone who's not a "flat" (unaugmented human) is some shade of this by default in ''EclipsePhase''. Not much of a choice since the vast majority of those who survived the hard-takeoff {{Singularity}} were transhumans (and the harsh realities of the setting will ensure that they stay the majority no matter what anyone has to say about it); in fact, the setting refers to ''trans''humanity. Though there are exceptions such as the Exhumans (in particular the [[ImAHumanitarian Predator]] sub-faction) and the [[{{Ubermensch}} Ultimates]].

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* In ''Videogames/{{Bioforge}}'' the MadScientist hoped that you would succumb to TranshumanTreachery after he upgraded (and deformed) you, but instead made you into a vengeful PhlebotinumRebel.

* In ''DragonAge'', part of the Joining Ritual to become a [[BadassArmy Grey Warden]] involves ritually drinking Darkspawn blood, where the Wardens willingly submit themselves to [[TheCorruption the Taint]], becoming immune to it's effects [[spoiler: ([[YourDaysAreNumbered for thirty years]])]], gaining the ability to [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling sense the Darkspawn]] and rendering them the only ones capable of truly slaying an Archdemon, thus ending the latest Blight.

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* In ''JusticeLeague'', Gorilla Grodd intends to publicly kill the League because they are Transhumans fighting to protect humans, which, according to him, is contrary to natural selection.

* Virtually everyone who's not a "flat" (unaugmented human) is some shade of this by default in ''EclipsePhase''. Not much of a choice since the vast majority of those who survived the hard-takeoff {{Singularity}} were transhumans (and the harsh realities of the setting will ensure that they stay the majority no matter what anyone has to say about it); in fact, the setting refers to ''trans''humanity.

* If one plays [[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution Adam Jensen]] with a pacifist slant, this is how he identifies himself in [[spoiler: any of the four]] endings.

* This is [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in ''TigerAndBunny'' as all of the [[{{Superhero}} Heroes]] are trans-humans called NEXTs with extraordinary powers which they use to save people and stop crimes, all of which are recorded by Hero TV for people's entertainment.

* In MassEffect3, [[spoiler: if [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]] chooses to control the Reapers in the ending, Reaper!Shepard vows to use them as a force for good.]]

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* Just about every superhero ever, or at least the ones that arn't [[BadassNormal Badass Normals]].

{{Opposite Trope|s}} to TranshumanTreachery. SuperTrope to VampireRefugee and PhlebotinumRebel.

This character has been hit with a ViralTransformation, EmergencyTransformation, become a {{Cyborg}}, demon, magical creature, {{Alien}} or [[TomatoInTheMirror discovers they were never human at all]]. Despite this, and regardless of any angst over WhatHaveIBecome, they decide that rather than go down the path of TranshumanTreachery and be a SmugSuper, BlackShirt, or TheQuisling, they will do everything in their power to stay a part of humanity. And if their new species/transhuman fellows [[AntiHumanAlliance are anti-human]], they will vow to protect humanity in a pseudo FaustianRebellion.

This can also include {{transhuman}}s who cast themselves in a shepherd-like role for mankind. This doesn't include forcibly applying WhatMeasureIsANonSuper to bootstrap humanity up, though. That's more of a VisionaryVillain who believes UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans. Many {{Friendly Neighborhood Vampire}}s fall in this category.

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* In ''SilentMobius'', some [[spoiler: Type 4]] Lucifer Hawks ([[spoiler: Rally and Katsumi!]]) raised as humans decide to serve humanity.
* The protagonist in ''BlueGender'' has a "disease" called B Cells which are a form of GaiasVengeance. It's intended to cause humans to rebel against their peers and go kill crazy (which it does spectacularly to two other characters). He manages to stay sane despite the various hardships Gaia and humanity throw at him.
* Ayato in ''RahXephon'' is part Mullian (basically a human subspecies with blue blood) and when his Mullian blood manifests, there's concern he'll pull a FaceHeelTurn and join the Mullians, but he remains a nice guy on the side of his friends.
* [[McNinja Schwartz Bruder]] in ''GGundam'' is this. [[spoiler:He is a dead body occupied by the DG (Devil Gundam) Cells to live. Despite being made up by the cells of the BigBad, he is the Devil Gundam host Kyoji Kasshu's physical manifestation, driven to save his brother and stop the Devil Gundam]].
* In ''{{Hellsing}}'', while most vampires revel in their non - humanity even if they fight for humans, Seras does everything in her power to remain as human as possible without neglecting her duties to the organization... which involve drinking blood in order to use her vampiric powers killing vampires that threaten humanity.
* In ''{{Nightwalker}}'', Shido, a vampire, defends humans from the nightbreed. He apparently has been a vampire for a long time and at first he was not so friendly to humans, but later changed his mind.

* This is [[{{InvokedTrope}} Invoked]] in ''TigerAndBunny'' as all of the [[{{Superhero}} Heroes]] are trans-humans called NEXTs with extraordinary powers which they use to save people and stop crimes, all of which are recorded by Hero TV for people's entertainment.

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* {{Blade}} chooses to use his vampiric abilities as a {{Dhampyr}} and daywalker to hunt vampires.

* The ''XMen'' are a whole organization of mutants who behave this way.

* The Thing of FantasticFour.

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* In ''OldMansWar'', the CDF consists almost entirely of elderly men and women [[BrainUploading downloaded]] into genetically enhanced pseudo-clones ([[{{Tykebomb}} the rest]] is even less human). During boot camp one guy asks why they're bothering to defend baseline humanity when their new bodies are [[EvolutionaryLevels the next step in human evolution]]. [[DrillSergeantNasty Sergeant Ruiz]] tells him he couldn't be more wrong, all the alien DNA in their genomes makes them sterile and thus an evolutionary "dead end". In fact one of the reasons for the advanced enlistment age is so most of the recruits would have grandkids back home they would want to protect from baby-eating aliens.
* In [[http://www.karenetaylor.com/ Karen E. Taylor]]'s ''[[http://www.goodreads.com/series/65538-the-vampire-legacy Vampire Legacy]]'' series, VampireDetective Dierdre prefers working with humans to other vampires, despite the FantasticRacism that carries.

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* In ''BeingHuman'' the three main characters are a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost who still care about humans and are trying to live as normally as they can.

* ''KamenRider'' series does this as a tradition. For instance, the original show (also named ''Series/KamenRider'') involves the main character becoming a Shocker cyborg monster, but he didn't lose his humanity and used the same transformation to fight the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Shocker creations]]. The shows that followed more or less follow the same idea of their ability to transform being related to the villain of the show.
** In ''KamenRider555,'' Orphenochs are supposedly the next evolution of mankind, and the evil organization forces them to attack normal humans (in hopes of siring more Orphenochs. However, about one in a hundred can be transformed; most just ''turn to dust.'') Some just go nuts on their own. However, there's a trio of renegade Orphenochs living together ''{{Being Human}}-''style. The Rider suits were created by the bad guys, but are not themselves part of the transformation, though for the main Rider, [[spoiler: it turns out there's a very good reason he can use a TransformationTrinket that isn't supposed to work for humans.]]

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* [=MasterBook=] RPG ''The World of Species'', based on the film ''{{Species}}''. Humans are injected with some of Sil's DNA, causing them to gain some of her abilities. This allows them to hunt down and destroy Sil's progeny, but they must constantly fight against the alien thoughts and personality traits generated by the DNA in their systems.
* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' supplement ''Knight of the Living Dead''. A lich brings a paladin of Torm back from death as an undead creature. The lich orders him to gather magic items to help the lich conquer the city of Waterdeep, but instead he decides to fight against the lich's forces and protect the inhabitants of the city.
* In ''Warhammer40K'', every SpaceMarine is a bioengineered Transhuman, yet they serve humanity with zealous ferocity. It helps that the transformation, and the very reason they exist, is explicitly to protect humanity better.

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* In ''Videogames/{{Bioforge}}'' the MadScientist hoped that you would succumb to TranshumanTreachery after he upgraded (and deformed) you, but instead made you into a vengeful PhlebotinumRebel.

* In MassEffect3, [[spoiler: if [[{{PlayerCharacter}} Commander Shepard]] chooses to control the Reapers in the ending, Reaper!Shepard vows to use them as a force for good.]]

* {{The Kingfisher}}: Vampirism doesn't make one inherently evil, but the pro-human vampires are few: mainly Helen, Vitus, Jack, Tristan, and Darren. Notably, some of the least powerful characters in the story.

* The female lead hero ''CyberSix'' from the animated show of the same name. While pretending to be a "normal" human by day and "becoming" the hero Cybersix and fighting monsters by night.

* This is [[{{Invoke}} Invoked]] in ''TigerAndBunny'' as all of the [[{{Superhero}} Heroes]] are trans-humans called NEXTs with extraordinary powers which they use to save people and stop crimes, all of which are recorded by Hero TV for people's entertainment.

* In ''DragonAge'', part of the Joining Ritual to become a [[BadassArmy Grey Warden]] involves ritually Darkspawn blood, where the Wardens willingly submit themselves to [[TheCorruption the Taint]], becoming immune to it's effects [[spoiler: ([[YourDaysAreNumbered for thirty years]])]], gaining the ability to [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling sense the Darkspawn]] and rendering them the only ones capable of truly slaying an Archdemon, thus ending the latest Blight.

* In ''DragonAge'', part of the Joining Ritual to become a [[BadassArmy Grey Warden]] involves ritually Darkspawn blood, where the Wardens willingly submit themselves to [[TheCorruption the Taint]], becoming immune to it's effects [[spoiler: ([[YourDaysAreNumbered for thirty years]])]], gain the ability to [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling sense the Darkspawn]] and rendering them the only ones capable of truly slaying an Archdemon, thus ending the latest Blight.

* In ''DragonAge'', part of the Joining Ritual to become a [[BadassArmy Grey Warden]] involves ritually Darkspawn blood, where the Wardens willingly submit themselves to [[TheCorruption the Taint]], becoming immune to it's effects [[spoiler: ([[YourDaysAreNumbered for thirty years]])]], gain the ability to [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling sense the Darkspawn]] and the only ones capable of truly slaying an Archdemon, allowing them to end the Blight.

* In ''DragonAge'', part of the Joining Ritual to become a [[BadassArmy Grey Warden]] involves ritually Darkspawn blood, where the Wardens willingly submit themselves to [[TheCorruption the Taint]], becoming immune to it's effects [[spoiler: ([[YourDaysAreNumbered for thirty years]])]], gain the ability to [[MySignificantSenseIsTingling sense the Darkspawn]] and the only ones capable of truly slaying an Archdemon, allowing them to end the Blight.