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* The Wednesday 8 November 2006 strip of Creator/BillHolbrook's ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'' has rabbit Danielle give birth to Francis with her fennec fox husband George attending. The infant born can't be identified offhand, though he later changes almost instantly into a human boy.

* ''TabletopGames/{{Shadowrun}}'':

* In ''Literature/ArabianNights'', [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lang1k1/tale34.htm there’s a story]] about two sisters who were jealous of their sister, who got to marry the Sultan. They asked to be her midwives whenever she gave birth, and whenever she gave birth they exchanged the baby with an animal and put the baby in a basket [[MosesInTheBullrushes to send it downstream]], pretending this happened every time.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. Somewhat downplayed: As long as both the male and female pokemon are compatible with each other, it doesn't matter what species the two pokemon are. The female will always give birth to the pre-evolved form of the female. If you pair off the final evolved form of a female pokemon with a male of a different species, the result will be the pre-evolved form of the female species, which by the game's standards, is ''technically'' a 3rd species.

* In ''Franchise/{{Neopets}}'', all families in site events have each individual as a different species. "Skieth[[note]]A morbidly-obese Western-type dragon species[[/note]] plus Zafara[[note]]A kangaroo/puppy creature[[/note]] = Ixi[[note]]A ''goat/fawn'' species[[/note]]" is a common joke among the fandom due to the revelation of the heritage of [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sophie the Swamp Witch]] during the "Tale of Woe" arc. Whether the different-speciesed children are implied to be HappilyAdopted or produced organically [[DependingOnTheWriter Depends On The Writer]].

* 'WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'',

* ZigZagged, in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', where nobody seems to question that Po, a panda, is the son of a goose. Late in the first movie, Po's dad, after Po says sometimes he can't believe he's really his son, starts to tell him a secret which is teased to be that he's adopted, only to instead tell him the secret ingredient to his Secret Ingredient Soup. Then DoubleSubverted in the second movie where we find out Po's adopted...and Po is still shocked.
--> '''Po:''' I just found out that my dad isn't really my dad.
--> '''Tigress:''' ...your dad?
--> '''Po:''' (nods)
--> '''Tigress:''' The ''goose.''
--> '''Po:''' (nods again)
--> '''Tigress:''' ''([[DeadpanSnarker no change of tone or expression whatsoever]])'' ...That must have been quite a shock.

About as common in UsefulNotes/FurryFandom as InterspeciesRomance - that is, ''very''.

* NorseMythology:

* ClassicalMythology

* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Dr. Hutchington [a female cat] marries Filburt [a male turtle], and have children from eggs. (Yes, a ''cat'' laid eggs.) When they hatch, the offspring are boy turtles and girl cats... and one who is a ''steer'', same as Heffer, who only sat on the eggs one time.

* Mr. and Mrs. Cake from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' are two Earth Ponies, but their children are a Pegasus and a Unicorn. According to Mr. Cake, they're like that because of they inherited traits from distant Pegasus and Unicorn relatives from both sides of the family.

* EgyptianMythology has Osiris's family to note. Osiris' grandfather or great grandfather depending on sources, Ra was a God that was depicted as a number of things. The most usual and famous is a hawk headed man but others include a ram headed man, a full ram, a beetle, a phoenix, and a serpent to name a few. Osiris' birth parents were Geb and Nut, the Earth God and Sky Goddess respectively. In some interpretations, Geb is depicted with the head of a snake or a goose, while Nut is depicted likewise in some interpretations as a cow. Osiris is overall human in appearance but his brother Set has the head of an desert animal which some speculate to be an aardvark. Osiris' son by his wife Isis is the falcon headed Horus. In some interpretations, the dog headed Anubis is also Osiris' son.

About as common in FurryFandom as InterspeciesRomance - that is, ''very''.

* The eponymous monsters in [[http://www.scottsigler.com/ Scott Sigler]]'s ''Literature/Nocturnal''. They come in several varieties, but soldier caste are typically superhuman monsters with inexplicably bestial features, given the appearance of 'Mommy,' her human 'grooms' and any potential 'Kings.'

* Possibly the Firstborn in the ''Literature/OctoberDaye'' series. Although they're all descended from at least one of three parents (Oberon, Maeve and Titania), each Firstborn produces their own different faerie race(s). When two Firstborn mate, they produce a different race altogether.

* Played with, then subverted, in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', where nobody seems to question that Po, a panda, is the son of a goose. Late in the first movie, Po's dad, after Po says sometimes he can't believe he's really his son, starts to tell him a secret which is teased to be that he's adopted, only to instead tell him the secret ingredient to his Secret Ingredient Soup. Then DoubleSubverted in the second movie where we find out Po's adopted...and Po is still shocked.

* Played with, then averted, in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', where nobody seems to question that Po, a panda, is the son of a goose. Late in the first movie, Po's dad, after Po says sometimes he can't believe he's really his son, starts to tell him a secret which is teased to be that he's adopted, only to instead tell him the secret ingredient to his Secret Ingredient Soup. Then averted in the second movie where we find out Po's adopted...and Po is still shocked.

--> '''Tigress:''' ''(no change of tone or expression whatsoever)'' ...That must have been quite a shock.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': At the end of the short fan film ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNnftq744I Spy and Pyro]]'', the two of them give birth to a [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Spyro]].

* In ''Franchise/{{Neopets}}'', all families in site events have each individual as a different species. "Skieth[[note]]A morbidly-obese Western-type dragon species[[/note]] plus Zafara[[note]]A humanoid, fuzzy Eastern-type dragon species[[/note]] = Ixi[[note]]A ''goat/fawn'' species[[/note]]" is a common joke among the fandom due to the revelation of the heritage of [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sophie the Swamp Witch]] during the "Tale of Woe" arc. Whether the different-speciesed children are implied to be HappilyAdopted or produced organically [[DependingOnTheWriter Depends On The Writer]].

Due to the trope's nature, alot of [[ArtisticLicenseBiology artistic license]] is involved. More so for the {{Mythology}} entries which were made by ancient people prior to [[ScienceMarchesOn sufficient scientific understanding]] of how such things work.

Compare HollywoodGenetics. Contrast AllGenesAreCodominant and PatchworkKids wherein offspring possess respectively abilities and physical attributes that are basically an extreme combination of both parents.

* One of the most "mature" settings would be the MarvelUniverse, where mutants are technically the same species, but the appearance of a child (especially those with less human appearances like blue fur, tails, bird wings and so on) seems to have little to do with the appearance of a parent (not to mention their powers).

* Possibly the Firstborn in the ''OctoberDaye'' series. Although they're all descended from at least one of three parents (Oberon, Maeve and Titania), each Firstborn produces their own different faerie race(s). When two Firstborn mate, they produce a different race altogether.

* Eddie Munster from ''TheMunsters'' is the werewolf son of Herman and Lily Munster who are a FrankensteinsMonster and a vampire respectively.
* The main family of the tv series ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' is a hodgepodge of dinosaur species yet they are all related by blood. Earl and Frances Sinclair are respectively a Megalosaurus and a Allosaurus with some Dilophosaurus features. Their two eldest children Robbie and Charlene are a Hypsilophodon and Protoceratops respectively. Their third child Baby is supposed to be a Megalosaurus as stated by Earl, though in the episode "Out of the Frying Pan" he is depicted as a Ceratosaurus as an adult in Fran's ImagineSpot. As a sidenote also, Frances' mother the elderly Ethyl Phillips is an Edmontonia.
* In the third season of Series/{{Angel}}, the two vampires [[spoiler: Darla and Angel]] produce a child that is just human and not demonic. Though in the show's mythology they shouldn't be able to have children at all, so it's DivineIntervention anyway.

* ''TeamFortress2'': At the end of the short fan film ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNnftq744I Spy and Pyro]]'', the two of them give birth to a [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Spyro]].

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* The Wednesday 8 November 2006 strip of Creator/BillHolbrook's ''WebComic/KevinAndKell'' has rabbit Danielle give birth to Francis with her fennec fox husband George attending. The infant born can't be identified offhand, though he later changes almost instantly into a human boy.
* The Sunday 16 September 2012 strip of Mandy Seley's ''WebComic/{{Curtailed}}'' has Mandy visit her parents. Mandy is a leopard, while her mother is a black housecat and her father is a bald eagle. Mandy's current fiancee is a fox, who wonders if Mandy was adopted.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]] * This is the basic premise of ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken''. To quote the ExpositoryThemeTune: "Mama had a chicken, mama had a cow. Dad was proud, he didn't care how."
* Mr. and Mrs. Cake from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' are two Earth Ponies but their children are a Pegasus and a Unicorn. According to Mr. Cake, they're like that because of they inherited traits from distant Pegasus and Unicorn relatives from both sides of the family.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'', Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper are respectively talking salt and pepper shakers. Their children are Paprika, a spice container, and Cinnamon, a cinnamon shaker.
* Subverted, but discussed in the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve" wherein Spongebob and Patrick adopt a clam. Some onlookers not knowing that Spongebob and Patrick simply adopted the clam and are just wearing wife and husband clothes, question how a sponge and a starfish can produce a clam offspring.
* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Dr. Hutchington (a female cat) marries Filburt (a male turtle), and have children from eggs. (Yes, a ''cat'' laid eggs.) When they hatch, the offspring are boy turtles and girl cats... and one who is a ''steer'', same as Heffer, who only sat on the eggs one time.
* Discussed in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E7EightMisbehavin "Eight Misbehavin'"]] where an AdamWesting Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster) guest stars while Apu has some minor ActorRoleConfusion.

-->'''Apu''': Yeah, right, right. If your mother was a vampire and your father was a Frankenstein [sic], how come you are a werewolf?

Contrast AllGenesAreCodominant and PatchworkKids wherein offspring possess respectively abilities and physical attributes that are basically an extreme combination of both parents.

* Thanks to their unique physiology based on the creatures the Queen eats, the offspring of a Chimera Ant Queen from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' are MixAndMatchCritters that are completely different from their mother. This is highlighted after the Queen prematurely gives birth to the new King and is in a critical condition. Despite some of her remaining offspring offering to donate their body parts to help her recover, they can't due to them and the Queen being completely different and incompatible organisms. [[AC:ComicBooks]]