History Main / TranshumanTreachery

* Averted in ''Film/LetTheRightOneIn''. Eli feeds on people, and will often use the fact that she looks like a 12-13-year-old girl to appear harmless. However, she clearly does not enjoy doing it and only does so when she can no longer resist the hunger. After her first shown attack in the film, she looks like she's about to cry afterward. The only time she deliberately unleashes death is [[spoiler: at the end when the four bullies are attempting to drown Oskar.]] This clearly hits her BerserkButton and launches an UnstoppableRage.

But then there's times that a transformation ''doesn't'' {{brainwash|ed}}, [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul de-soul]], [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity drive insane]], or [[DemonicPossession demonically possess]] the victim. Other times the ViralTransformation causes changes that are purely cosmetic, granting [[{{Transhuman}} amazing abilities]] albeit [[PowerAtAPrice at great cost]] and (usually) a [[PowerUpgradingDeformation horrifying appearance]]. So what do these unwilling tranformees do? Become {{Phlebotinum Rebel}}s or {{Vampire Refugee}}s and use their powers to fight these monsters? Nope. They engage in [[TitleDrop Transhuman Treachery]].

* A major topic in ''ComicBook/{{Newuniversal}}'' is the American government's ''concern'' that this applies to the new superhumans created by the White Event, and the actions of one agent to KillEmAll before that happens. Ironically, this couldn't be further from the truth. The people given powers are meant to ''protect'' mankind, and help them grow culturally. It's just unfortunate circumstance that means they're either unbalanced or unaware of the nature of their powers.

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'': Being made a vampire in this world is like this, even for ''vampire hunters!'' In ''Bloodlust'' the eldest of the vampire hunting brothers is turned, and he instantly sides with Carmilla and threatens to kill a former associate by drinking her dry.

* In ''FanFfic/{{Webwork}}'', with all the humans being transformed, there's a lot of this trope going around:

** [[http://www.charbythevampirate.com/comic/897/comic It explained it again.]]

* A major topic in ''[[ComicBook/TheNewUniverse Newuniversal]]'' is the American government's ''concern'' that this applies to the new superhumans created by the White Event, and the actions of one agent to KillEmAll before that happens. Ironically, this couldn't be further from the truth. The people given powers are meant to ''protect'' mankind, and help them grow culturally. It's just unfortunate circumstance that means they're either unbalanced or unaware of the nature of their powers.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': The Traitor Legions were half of the original Space Marine Legions, the half who followed their [[SuperPrototype Primarch fathers]] as they rebelled against the Emperor and turned to Chaos for various reasons during the Literature/HorusHeresy, becoming the first Chaos Space Marines. While most of the mortal forces of Chaos are comprised of the humans, mutants, later founding and some loyalist marines who decided to join their ranks, the original Legions remain amongst the most powerful and respected forces of Chaos.

** The setting's AbusivePrecursors, the Orokin, were the posthuman ruling caste of the extremely oppressive and decadent empire of which the two aforementioned factions are remnants of. One of their more egregious atrocities was the practice of burning out children's brains in order to [[BodySurf transfer their own minds]] into the resulting {{Empty Shell}}s.
** The [[SuperSoldier Tenno]] (the player character faction), certainly betrayed the Orokin, but no doubt the ordinary citizens considered it an aversion.

* In ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' ''Monster Invasion'' arc. One monster, who was formerly a human, reveals he became as such through eating a monster cell and crashes a fighting tournament offering any of the fighters there the chance to become one as well. A few take him up on the offer, mostly out of fear for their lives but also because a few were likewise either a SoreLoser who either Saitama and Suiryu had knocked out of the tournament, were power hungry to begin with or (in one case) had come into the tournament intending to kill people. Indeed, once they eat a cell, they have no qualms about exclaiming about the boost of power they gain and attacking people.

* The [[OurVampiresAreDifferent hemophages]] in ''Film/{{Ultraviolet}}'' follow the "race war" scenario, but since the humans treat them like a plague to be eradicated, it's not like they have a lot of options. In the beginning, two investigators arrive at the scene of the crime, where a hemophage's body can be seen. One of them accidentally touches the blood. Two seconds later, his partner pulls out a gun and puts a bullet in his head (which is, of course, ignoring the fact that he's bound to get some of his partner's blood on him).

* Usually averted by Creator/AlastairReynolds, but his most recent [[Literature/RevelationSpaceSeries Revelation Space]] prequel, ''Literature/ThePrefect'', includes [[spoiler: Aurora, the only survivor of the eighty experimental subjects who were uploaded into computers. Some trauma was involved (like seeing all her fellow Transmigrants freeze or crash), but basically, she decides her survival trumps everyone else's and plots to kill everyone in the Glitter Band habitats for safety.]]

* Arguably the root of everything that goes wrong in ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}''. The Byrgenwerth scholars that cracked open the Pthumerian tombs, their Healing Church {{Spiritual Successor}}s, and most of all the School of Mensis, all wanted to transcend mortality and humanity. Their obsession and inter-faction conflict encapsulate pretty much everything that went wrong with Yharnam before or after the spread of the Beast Scourge.

* Ultimately downplayed in ''Literature/AfterTheRevolution''. During the SecondAmericanCivilWar, the US military used advanced cybernetics to convert hundreds of men and women into powerful cyborg soldiers, in the hopes that they could effectively crack down on the multiple rebellions and unrests tearing the country apart and save the federal government from collapsing. Instead, the cyborgs ended up deserting en mass, [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters and some of them even joined the various rebel factions and helped to usher in the federal government's downfall]]. When Manny reflects on the events of the war, he thinks no one should have been surprised when they all deserted, because men shouldn't expect gods to fight their battles. Following the war, it is not an uncommon viewpoint amongst the surviving cyborgs to consider themselves superior to baseline humans, but they also by and large tend to lead pretty peaceful lives and keep to themselves and are generally not interested in taking over the world or killing all meatbags. Jim is pretty much the only cyborg our main characters encounter that has thoughts even vaguely in that direction.

Ultimately downplayed in ''Literature/AfterTheRevolution''. During the SecondAmericanCivilWar, the US military used advanced cybernetics to convert hundreds of men and women into powerful cyborg soldiers, in the hopes that they could effectively crack down on the multiple rebellions and unrests tearing the country apart and save the federal government from collapsing. Instead, the cyborgs ended up deserting en mass, [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters and some of them even joined the various rebel factions and helped to usher in the federal government's downfall]]. When Manny reflects on the events of the war, he thinks no one should have been surprised when they all deserted, because men shouldn't expect gods to fight their battles. Following the war, it is not an uncommon viewpoint amongst the surviving cyborgs to consider themselves superior to baseline humans, but they also by and large tend to lead pretty peaceful lives and keep to themselves and are generally not interested in taking over the world or killing all meatbags. Jim is pretty much the only cyborg our main characters encounter that has thoughts even vaguely in that direction.

* Played ambiguously sympathetically in ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'', when the hero, after realizing that he is one of the HalfHumanHybrids descended from the [[FishPeople Deep Ones]] - and is [[DominantSpeciesGenes gradually turning into a Deep One himself]] - accepts and even embraces his future as a monster. Many readers have interpreted this as SanitySlippage - a trope that does show up in a few of Creator/HPLovecraft's stories - but the writing itself is a ''lot'' more cogent than the stream-of-consciousness style that Lovecraft would use for a protagonist who is truly [[GoMadFromTheRevelation descending into madness]] - suggesting that ''Innsmouth'''s hero is fully in control of his own faculties, and making a deliberate choice.

** A disturbing example shows up. In the worst MadScientist fashion, after [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] sees a zombie ComicBook/SheHulk eat his children he decides (after studying the zombies) that they are the next evolutionary step and ''turns the whole FF into flesh-eating fiends!'' Also from the same book, ZombieInfectee Giant Man knocks out and hides Black Panther because he wants to have a "snack" to eat later, knowing his former colleagues would kill the world's population in days. [[spoiler: He slowly amputates T'challa's limbs and eats them to stave off his hunger.]] He survives, thankfully, and gets a [[ArtificialLimbs new leg]] out of it.

* More a case of trans-Transformer treachery, but in ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines,'' when Tankor is revealed to secretly be [[spoiler: Rhinox]] of all people, it turns out that after getting forcibly turned into a Vehicon, he decided EvilFeelsGood and has no intention of going back to being a good guy.

* In ''Comicbook/SwampThing'': The Curse (part of Creator/AlanMoore's run), a recently-vamped boy taunts one of his parents about how they were too ineffectual to protect him while he tears out the other's neck.

* In the WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures fic ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'', [[FaceHeelTurn Jade]] counts as this, since the dark chi that transformed her into her [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Queen of the Shadowkhan persona]] also altered her personality.

* Fanfic/HalkegeniaOnline. [[spoiler: Ephilates]] is quite pleased with being turned into a faerie, and refuses to tolerate the faerie lords' attempts to return to earth. To that end, [[spoiler: he allies with the conspiracy to overthrow the crown]].
* In the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11587968/1/Resident-Hybrid-infection Resident Hybrid infection]]", part of the horror of the virus transforming its victims into Pokémon/human hybrids is how swiftly most victims accept the change after it happens. Ash's new ally Sherry has seen some people go on killing sprees after they transform, and it doesn't take long for May to 'seduce' Serena into joining her in a campaign to make Ash their mate (along with Dawn, Misty, and maybe Sherry, with current plot twists suggesting that Lillie and Anabel will also join Ash's harem), with others observing that it's impressive that Ash has held onto himself after a couple of days in his new Lucario form.

* In ''FanFic/{{Webwork}}'', with all the humans being transformed, there's a lot of this trope going around:

* In ''FanFic/{{Vainglorious}}'' the [[spoiler:Light Elves]] are born from the souls of humans. Over the centuries they've become overly proud and believe it is their duty to guide the "lesser" races such as humanity via conquering them and making them vassal states.

* In ''VideoGame/CivilizationBeyondEarth'', [[HumanityIsSuperior Purity]]-aligned factions see [[{{BioPunk}} Harmony]] and [[{{Cyberpunk}} Supremacy]] factions as a bunch of transhumanist nutbars who are tossing away their humanity - as well as the needy humans back on Earth - to run off and turn themselves into freaky half-alien mutants and cyborgs, respectively. [[GreyAndGrayMorality However]], Purity factions may or may not be simply ANaziByAnyOtherName if some of their flavour quotes are any indication, so there is room for this trope to be {{Inverted|Trope}}. That said, even pure Harmony and pure Supremacy think the followers of the Harmony-Supremacy hybrid affinity are going too far.

* ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'': This is the reason why Byakuren was sealed in another dimension. In her pursuit of immortality via black magic, she began to sympathize with youkai and instead of outright sealing them, she began trying to find ways to ensure peaceful cooperation between humans and youkai. While Byakuren was brimming with good intentions and her youkai followers adored her, the big problem lied in that said followers were a bit unclear on some Buddhist tenets - particularly on why eating sentients is bad, and the humans depended on her for exterminations. In the end, [[BeingGoodSucks she was sealed in Makai for "consorting with youkai" for her attempts at fostering friendship between the races]].

* ''WebComic/WalkingInTheDark'': While vampires aren't inherently evil upon being turned and can go on to live semi-normal lives just now with the need to protect themselves from the sun and needing blood but not necessarily having to drain humans to do it. Those that were bad in life will have this negativity increased after becoming one. One of Ian's gang, Priscilla who's likewise an UndeadChild, for example, was a BrattyHalfPint in life. When she was turned in an effort to save her from a knife wound caused by a human bandit. She instantly killed her father and relished in feeding on humans left and right because she still had that child-like mindset. KidsAreCruel after all and when you give them supernatural powers, that leads into disaster.

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'': In Recap/FangsaLotJohnny, Once the girls become vampires, they instantly claim they want Johnny and Dukey's blood and go after them. Johnny's only able to get them back off for the moment by reminding them they really want Gil which they agree and fly off. Giving the boys time to think of a way to get them back to the lab to get them back to normal.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has the sadistic human-hating werewolf Fenrir Greyback, who kills and eats people [[ImAHumanitarian even when not transformed]], and who aims to infect as many humans as he can with lycanthropy. He takes an especially creepy interest in [[ChildEater infecting children]] and grooming them to hate normal wizards.

** Sephiroth from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' conforms to the general idea, though his origin story is a bit more complicated: [[MegaCorp Shinra]] tried to create a human with the abilities of [[ThePrecursors the Ancients]] by infusing an unborn child with the cells of a specimen known as Jenova. Unfortunately for everyone, Jenova was not a real Ancient, but what had destroyed the Ancients, a malevolent StarfishAlien become HumanoidAbomination. During the main timeline in the game, Sephiroth returns after having figured this all out and seems to have AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, but a totally psychopathic one where the only other subject he kind of acknowledges is "mother" Jenova. His plan is to [[OmnicidalManiac wound the Planet fatally]] so that he can absorb TheLifestream into himself and [[DeityOfHumanOrigin become a god]].

* ''Fanfic/TotalUndeadDrama'': Seen as early as when Sadie and Katie are turned. While still retaining their valley girl personalities, they likewise have no qualms in hunting and feeding blood, are devoted to their master, Storm, and gleefully capturing others to present to him to add more to the ranks. Other notables are Anne-Maria who ''let'' herself be turned, Ella, still retaining her princess demenor while hunting [[spoiler: (she cites the turning as a blessing since she can let loose her wild side without the stresses of holding it back while still keeping her personality)]], Sugar who, despite loathing that Ella turned her, loves the power. [[spoiler: And Gwen, who was resistant at first but came around, claiming it the "ultimate darkness nirvana".]]