History Main / TransHumanAliens

-->--'''[[AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLAble A Sai-BAH-man]]''', '''''DoctorWho''''', "The Tenth Planet"

* Lots of examples in ''DoctorWho''

** ''DoctorWho'' also had Daleks that were partially built from human DNA in "The Parting of the Ways" as well as a human being converted into a human-Dalek hybrid in "Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of The Daleks".

* ''Man After Man'' is all about this in a heavily HumansAreBastards way. Much of the book is about various species of genetically engineered species of humans all heavily dehumanized (and [[CripplingOverspecialization cripplingly overspecialized]] to boot). The book ends with an alien species coming to earth and destroying it. They are the evolved remnants of the humans who went into space at the beginning of the book.

* The "ascended beings" in StargateSG-1 - at least, the ones who were human before they ascended.

* Potentially true at the end of ''ErgoProxy'' [[spoiler: the Proxies were created by humans with the intent that they would make Earth habitable again. When this does occur at the end of the series, you see a bunch of spaceships descend from the sky intent on killing the human survivors from the domes. While the viewer isn't shown what they look like, they are alien invaders who were/are human- see ''Man After Man'' below]]

-->--[[AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLAble A Sai-BAH-man]], ''DoctorWho, The Tenth Planet''.

-->[[AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLAble A Sai-BAH-man]], ''DoctorWho, The Tenth Planet''.

* [[{{Half-Life}} Combine Overwatch]] soldiers are substantially modified humans touted as the next stage in the human species evolution, according to Dr. Breen, and are referred to by Dr Kleiner as the "transhuman allies" of the Combine in one of his broadcasts.

Compare/contrast with {{Ultraterrestrials}}. See also NoTranshumanismAllowed.

* Humanity is extinct in ''RedDwarf'' due to the 3 million year difference between when Lister left Earth and the current time frame. They don't really know what happened, but in the first episode it is suggested that if 3 million years could turn a house cat into Felis Sapien, Lister compared to "modern" humanity might as well be the slime that crawled out of the primordial sea.

* The Abh from ''CrestOfTheStars'' and the Androsynth from ''StarControl'' are both, IIRC; genetically engineered humans.

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* ''{{Pandorum}}'', the creatures are at first assumed to be aliens that somehow got aboard the ship. It's revealed [[spoiler: that they were humans that, like everyone on board, were exposed to an agent to excellerate their evolution and evolved to life on the ship.]]

* The {{Belisarius series}} by DavidDrake and Eric Flint features in its backstory two opposing factions in a far-future war. One faction is made up of Transhuman Aliens, humans evolved or genetically engineered to live on alien worlds, some even evolving into gigantic [[SpaceWhale Space Whales]]. Others scuttle about on crab-like legs that are modified ribs. The opposing faction fancies themselves the original, pure-blood humans, and [[FantasticRacism wants to wipe out]] all the evolved and engineered subspecies of humanity. Of course, this far in the future, they aren't recognizably human any more, either.

* The Homo Ludens in the StrugatskyBrothers ''Waves Silence the Wind'' are essentially [[spoiler: a select group of human beings that have [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistance ascended to a higher level of existance]] and left the Earth, having lost all interest in their old lives, friends and relatives, but also having promised to defend their lesser brethren if need be. They're benign, just rather detached]].
* In ''Fall of Hyperion'', [[spoiler: the Ousters have modified their DNA to varying levels; the more extreme variants have massive wings and are capable of flying unassisted in space]]
* In ''[[PoulAnderson The Avatar]]''[[spoiler:, the Others seen to fit this trope, and actually invite Caitlín to become one of them]].
* Lots and lots in AlastairReynolds works, notably RevelationSpace. The Ultras vary from human-seeming to animated works of art; the Skyjacks are permanently adapted for life in space; the Stoners are heavily augmented humans who go so far as swapping sexes and appearances the way most people choose hairstyles - Zebra, in Chasm City, has horselike legs, zebra stripe skin pigmentation, a mohawk that runs all the way down her spine, horselike ''eyes'', and [[GenderBender hasn't always been female.]] Not that any of that gives the hero a moment's pause before bedding her. In Zima Blue, outside of the Revelation Space universe, an artist who appears to be a transhuman turns out to be [[spoiler: a pool-cleaning robot who developed sentience and modified itself repeatedly over the centuries.]]

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** In the episodes with John Simm's Master, his minions, the "Toclaphane" are refugees from a decayed far future. They are a race of cheerful psychopaths which normally look like flying silver basketballs. Inside these "balls" are [[BrainInAJar human heads]], revealing their true species

** In the episode "Utopia" which was the origin-story for the Toclaphane, there were also the Futurekind. After 300 trillion years mankind has evolved [[SpecialEffectsFailure slightly larger teeth]].

* The third season ''[[BlakesSeven Blake's 7]]'' episode "Moloch" featured one of these, although it was [[JustifiedTrope justified]], more or less, since said being was the result of a computer simulation made flesh by an [[AppliedPhlebotinum ultra-sophisticated replicator]].

** StarTrekTheNextGeneration [[InvertedTrope inverted]] this trope [[spoiler: when it was revealed that ALL humanoid species, including humans themselves, were descended from ancient humanoids that thrived billions of years ago. The first humanoids had explored the galaxy and found [[AbsentAliens no beings like themselves.]]]]
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** [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness As is befitting AT-43,]] they are also huge nerds. The {{MMORPG}} is the basis for their society, and [[{{Fora}} forums]] are considered cities.

* An early ''Dragon'' article for the ''GammaWorld'' [=RPG=] justified the unrealistic physical hardiness of its "pure strain humans" by revealing that they're descended from genetically-engineered superhumans. Untampered humans' descendents are all mutants; "pure strains" only ''think'' they're the original human type because they closely resemble the humans in ancient pictures.

** Also ''[[WildArms1 Wild ARMs]]'', where the evil alien robots turn out to be robots from the future after mankind has replaced organic parts with machine parts.
* [[HalfLife Combine Overwatch]] soldiers are substantially modified humans touted as the next stage in the human species evolution, according to Dr. Breen, and are referred to by Dr Kleiner as the "transhuman allies" of the Combine in one of his broadcasts.
* [[{{Scary Dogmatic Aliens}} The Rikti]] from {{City Of Heroes}} are mutated humans from an {{Alternate Universe}}. They're disfigured to the point of being unrecognizable as human, but they also have [[{{Cursed With Awesome}} advanced technology and]] {{Psychic Powers}}.

* Lunarians from {{Touhou}} were humans that moved to the earth in ancient times. They also have the most advanced technology in the series, live on the source of Gensokyo's magic, and include a pair of [[MarySue Mary Sues]] that systematically defeat many of the main characters.

* The Reapers in ''MassEffect'', although they're more along the lines of Trans''alien'' Aliens.

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* In "End Sinister," the last episode of ''AeonFlux,'' [[spoiler: Aeon learns too late that the "aliens" are future humans, and that by killing them, she has exterminated the entire human race, except [[AdamAndEvePlot for her and Trevor.]]]]

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Compare/contrast with {{Ultraterrestrials}}.

* Lunarians from [[Touhou]] were humans that moved to the earth in ancient times. They also have the most advanced technology in the series, live on the source of Gensokyo's magic, and include a pair of [[MarySue Mary Sues]] that systematically defeat many of the main characters.

* ''Pandorum'', the creatures are at first assumed to be aliens that somehow got aboard the ship. It's revealed [[spoiler: that they were humans that, like everyone on board, were exposed to an agent to excellerate their evolution and evolved to life on the ship.]]

** This troper is very, very surprised that no-one remembered the original Cybermen. And indeed the new ones, for that matter, if you class 'from a parallel universe' as 'alien'

* The Anti Spirals from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''