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| 5 | ->'''Sam Wilson:''' I have a feeling it might be part of the big three.\ |
| 6 | '''Bucky Barnes:''' What "big three"?\ |
| 7 | '''Sam:''' ''The'' big three. Androids, aliens, and wizards.\ |
| 8 | '''Bucky:''' That's not a thing.\ |
| 9 | '''Sam:''' That's definitely a thing. |
| 10 | -->-- ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' |
| 11 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | At some point in history somebody decided to make up some of their own animals and beings, and sometimes the particular creature they made up was interesting enough that others kept using the same made-up creatures in their stories. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | For organisms with an intelligence about equal to humans or otherwise sapient which usually don't get [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman wantonly slaughtered by heroes without moral repercussions]], see FantasticSapientSpeciesTropes. See also OurMonstersAreDifferent. See also the [[http://www.mythological-supernatural-and-fantasy-creatures.wikia.com Mythological, Supernatural, and Fantasy Creatures Wiki]]. |
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| 17 | !!Tropes: |
| 18 | [[index]] |
| 19 | [floatboxright: |
| 20 | '''General categories''' |
| 21 | + BenevolentMonsters |
| 22 | + EvilRaceTropes |
| 23 | + FantasticSapientSpeciesTropes |
| 24 | + InterracialAndInterspeciesLoveIndex |
| 25 | + NotQuiteHuman |
| 26 | + SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism |
| 27 | + OurMonstersAreDifferent |
| 28 | |
| 29 | '''Specific types''': |
| 30 | + AlienTropes |
| 31 | + AngelicTropes |
| 32 | + AnimalAnthropomorphismTropes (humanlike animals) |
| 33 | ++ BeastMan |
| 34 | ++ FunnyAnimalTropes |
| 35 | + DragonTropes |
| 36 | + EldritchAbomination (Lovecraftian monsters) |
| 37 | + ElfTropes |
| 38 | + FairyTropes (elves, fairies, pixies, etc.) |
| 39 | + FantasticFlora (bizarre, fantastical plant life) |
| 40 | + GenieTropes (genies) |
| 41 | + GodTropes (gods and goddesses) |
| 42 | + HauntedIndex (ghosts) |
| 43 | + InfernalTropes (demons) |
| 44 | + KaijuTropes (giant monsters) |
| 45 | + MerTropes (mermaids/mermen) |
| 46 | + MummyTropes (mummies) |
| 47 | + TropesOfTheLivingDead (zombies) |
| 48 | + ThisIndexHasHorns |
| 49 | + UndeadIndex |
| 50 | + VampireTropes (vampires) |
| 51 | + WerebeastTropes (werewolves and other theriantropes) |
| 52 | + WitchesAndWizards |
| 53 | + {{Youkai}} (Japanese mythical creatures) |
| 54 | ] |
| 55 | * AdorableAbomination |
| 56 | * AlchemicElementals |
| 57 | * AlienAnimals: Extraterrestrial creatures look exactly like Earth animals. |
| 58 | * AlienFairFolk: Extraterrestrials who look and act like mythical fairies. |
| 59 | * AllTrollsAreDifferent: Because trolls can vary so significantly across many different works of fiction. |
| 60 | * AmphibianAtLarge: Giant (bigger than average) frogs and other amphibians. |
| 61 | * AngelicAbomination |
| 62 | * AnimalVehicleHybrid: Animals that function as vehicles. |
| 63 | * AnimalisticAbomination |
| 64 | * AnimatedArmor: Living suits of armor. |
| 65 | * AnimateInanimateMatter: Living beings composed of a solid mass of normally nonliving matter. |
| 66 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: A humanlike sapient being (often a deity or spirit) that acts as a living embodiment of some sort of concept in human society or the natural world. |
| 67 | * AntlionMonster: A monster that waits for its prey at the bottom of a pit. |
| 68 | * ApparentlyHumanMerfolk: Someone who looks perfectly (or almost perfectly) human, but can breathe underwater. |
| 69 | * ArmlessBiped: A creature with a torso which naturally has two legs and no arms. |
| 70 | * ArtificialZombie: A zombie is intentionally brought to life through scientific means. |
| 71 | * AsianFoxSpirit: Fox spirits from East Asian folklore. Includes the Japanese ''kitsune'', the Chinese ''huli jing'', and the Korean ''kumiho''. |
| 72 | * AsianLionDogs: Feline and/or canine beings, usually guardians of people and places. |
| 73 | * AsteroidsMonster: A creature that divides into smaller versions of itself when defeated. |
| 74 | * AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: An object or animal not normally thought of as dangerous becomes deadly in some way. |
| 75 | * BakenekoAndNekomata: Cat-like youkai. |
| 76 | * {{Baku}}: A tapir-like creature that eats bad dreams. |
| 77 | * BasiliskAndCockatrice: A bird/reptile creature with a deadly or petrifying gaze. |
| 78 | * BatPeople: Humanoids with bat traits. |
| 79 | * BeastWithAHumanFace: A non-humanoid creature has a humanoid face. |
| 80 | * BeePeople: Fantastic races with a eusocial hive-like society similar to real-life bees and ants. |
| 81 | * BigCreepyCrawlies: Giant arthropods. |
| 82 | * BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Various big, hairy ape-like creatures who live in seclusion. Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and the Yeti (or Abominable Snowman) are the three most common varieties. |
| 83 | * BigHeartedBigfoot: Bigfoot is portrayed as a kind-hearted figure, especially when contrasted with most other cryptids. |
| 84 | * BigRedDevil: The classic stereotypical demon that resembles a humanoid with red skin, horns, bat-like wings, goat-like legs, and a pointed tail. Often what one thinks of when "[[{{Satan}} the Devil]]" is named. |
| 85 | * BioweaponBeast: An artificially created creature made to be a living weapon. |
| 86 | * BirdPeople: Avian humanoids. |
| 87 | * BlobMonster: A living creature made of amorphous slime. |
| 88 | * BodyOfBodies: A monster compiled of a mass of bodies. |
| 89 | * BondCreatures: A creature that spiritually bonds with a human. Either the human or the creature can gain extra power from this bond. |
| 90 | * BotanicalAbomination |
| 91 | * BrainMonster: A creature that consists mostly or entirely of a big, exposed brain. |
| 92 | * BrownNoteBeing: A creature whose sight, sound, smell, touch, or vibe triggers significant harm to people. |
| 93 | * CactusPerson: An anthropomorphic cactus creature. |
| 94 | * {{Calacas}}: Skeletons who represent (un)dead people in Mexican culture, especially during the holiday of ''Dia de los Muertos'' (Day of the Dead). |
| 95 | * CallAPegasusAHippogriff: A mythical creature is given the name of a different mythical creature. |
| 96 | * CanisMajor: Giant dogs. |
| 97 | * CarbuncleCreature: A magical (and usually mammalian) creature that has a gemstone in its forehead. |
| 98 | * CatGirl |
| 99 | * CatFolk: Feline humanoids. |
| 100 | * CatlikeDragons: Dragons with feline traits. |
| 101 | * CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: Powerful angels who run heavenly affairs, directly reporting to God Himself. |
| 102 | * {{Cephalothorax}}: A creature which, rather than having a head and a torso, is basically a head with limbs. |
| 103 | * ChestMonster: A monster that is disguised as a box or chest, luring in victims under the pretense of containing treasure or other valuable items. |
| 104 | * ChineseVampire: The Jiangshi, a Chinese equivalent to Western vampire myths. |
| 105 | * {{Chupacabra}}: A strange beast that is said to prey on goats and other livestock. |
| 106 | * ClassicalChimera: A monster made up of a lion, goat and snake. |
| 107 | * ClassicalCyclops: A one-eyed, monstrous man-eating giant. |
| 108 | * ClassicalMovieVampire: Aristocratic and charismatic vampires with sophisticated dark clothes and widow's peaks. |
| 109 | * ClockRoaches: Things that try to kill you if you mess around with time. |
| 110 | * ClockworkCreature: A mechanical creature with clockwork in its design. |
| 111 | * TheCorruption: A force of evil that gives its victim(s) superpowers. |
| 112 | * CosmicEntity: Any being so great its mere existence can affect space itself. Alternatively, could be made of space itself. |
| 113 | * CrystallineCreature: Living beings composed entirely of crystals or precious stones. |
| 114 | * {{Cthulhumanoid}}: A humanoid creature with squid-like features, reminiscent of {{Franchise/Cthulhu|Mythos}}. |
| 115 | * CuteMonster: A creature that is obviously monstrous yet at the same time adorable. |
| 116 | * CuteMonsterGirl: Female monsters who look prettier than their male counterparts. |
| 117 | * {{Cyclops}}: A creature with only one eye. |
| 118 | * DemBones: Living skeletons. |
| 119 | * {{Demihuman}}: Fantastical beings that resemble humans, except for some sort of physical trait that distinguishes them. |
| 120 | * DemonLordsAndArchdevils: {{Satan}} and other powerful demons who rule over Hell. |
| 121 | * {{Dhampyr}}: A [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid being]] born from the sexual union of a human and a vampire. |
| 122 | * DifferentlyPoweredIndividual: A subcategory of the human species, consisting of people who have [[MagicAndPowers superhuman abilities]]. |
| 123 | * DivineBirds |
| 124 | * {{Dracolich}}: Undead dragons. |
| 125 | * DraconicAbomination |
| 126 | * TheDragonsComeBack: Dragons were gone from the world but are now returning. |
| 127 | * EerieAnatomyModel |
| 128 | * EggFolk: Characters who are living, ambulant eggs. |
| 129 | * ElementalEmbodiment: Spirit beings that represent the NaturalElements or ElementalPowers. |
| 130 | * EnergyBeings: Creatures that are not made of physical matter. |
| 131 | * ExtremophileLifeforms: Creatures that inhabit extreme environments inimical to more ordinary life. |
| 132 | * FaerieCourt: Rulers amongst the fae. |
| 133 | * TheFairFolk: Fairies as strange, dangerous beings who like to mess with humans. |
| 134 | * FairyDragons: Dragon/Fairy hybrids. |
| 135 | * FantasticFaunaCounterpart |
| 136 | * FantasticFoxes: Magical creatures who resemble fox-like humanoids. |
| 137 | * FantasticLivestock: Magical, alien, or otherwise otherworldly livestock. |
| 138 | * FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct |
| 139 | * FantasticNatureReserve: A park or reserve where magical, alien, or otherwise fictional creatures live. |
| 140 | * FantasticVermin: Magical, alien, or otherwise otherworldly everyday pests. |
| 141 | * FaunsAndSatyrs: Humanoid creatures with goat-like legs. |
| 142 | * FearsomeCrittersOfAmericanFolklore: Various creatures from non-indigenous American folktales and legends. |
| 143 | * FeatheredDragons: Dragons with avian traits. |
| 144 | * FeatheredSerpent: A snake or snake-like creature with feathers and/or avian wings. |
| 145 | * FemaleMonsterSurprise: A creature turns out to be female. |
| 146 | * FierySalamander |
| 147 | * FishPeople: Aquatic humanoids with fishlike traits. |
| 148 | * TheFlatwoodsMonster: A red-faced, spade-headed alien creature that was allegedly seen near the town of Flatwoods, West Virginia in the 1950s. |
| 149 | * FleshGolem: A monstrous organism crafted out of spare body parts. |
| 150 | * FleshEatingZombie: Zombies usually crave the flesh of living humans (especially their {{brain|Food}}s). |
| 151 | * FormerlySapientSpecies: A sapient species that has regressed to an animalistic state. |
| 152 | * FoxFolk: Humanoids with foxlike anatomy. |
| 153 | * FrankensteinsMonster: A being made up of dead body parts sewn together, who has been brought to life through mad science. |
| 154 | * FrogMen: Frog-like humanoids. |
| 155 | * {{Gashadokuro}}: Giant skeletons made of the souls of mass death. |
| 156 | * GeneticAbomination |
| 157 | * GeniusLoci: A physical location with a mind of its own. |
| 158 | * GhostPirate: Undead {{pirate}}s who have returned from DavyJones' Locker to continue pillaging the high seas. |
| 159 | * GiantEnemyCrab: An enormous crab, lobster, or other crustacean. |
| 160 | * GiantFlyer: A big flying creature. |
| 161 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: A video game features a boss fight where the boss shows up out of the blue without any prior foreshadowing, has no bearing on the plot and is never brought up again once defeated. |
| 162 | * GiantSpider: A giant spider. |
| 163 | * {{Golem}}: A human-shaped clay sculpture brought to life. |
| 164 | * GorgeousGorgon: A supposedly terrifying monster is revealed to be quite attractive (and usually female). |
| 165 | * TheGreys: The common depiction of extraterrestrials as short, bald beings with gray skin and large, black eyes shaped like almonds. |
| 166 | * TheGrimReaper: A hood-wearing, skeletal being who personifies Death in Western folklore. |
| 167 | * GripingAboutGremlins: Little creatures that tamper with machines. |
| 168 | * HalfHumanHybrid: A being who is one-half human and one-half something that isn't human. |
| 169 | * HarpingOnAboutHarpies: A monstrous bird/woman hybrid. |
| 170 | * HaveIMentionedIAmADwarfToday: Bragging about and being proud of belonging to a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior race]]. |
| 171 | * HeadlessHorseman: A ghostly man without a head who rides a horse. |
| 172 | * TheHeartless: Monsters born from negative emotions. |
| 173 | * {{Hellhound}}: Demonic beasts that resemble monstrous dogs. |
| 174 | * HellishHorse: Demonic beasts that resemble [[StealthPun nightmarish]] horses. |
| 175 | * {{Hobbits}}: A race of short, simple folk who usually act as an AudienceSurrogate for modern-day humans. |
| 176 | * HolidayPersonification: An AnthropomorphicPersonification of a holiday. |
| 177 | * HomeOfMonsters: The place where monsters and/or other fantastic beings come from. |
| 178 | * HordeOfAlienLocusts |
| 179 | * HornedHumanoid: A humanoid creature with horns. |
| 180 | * HouseFey: Supernatural creatures, sometimes mischievous, who live in houses and help families to do domestic chores. |
| 181 | * HuMons: {{Mon}}s that resemble human beings. |
| 182 | * HumanoidAbomination |
| 183 | * HybridMonster: A monster with traits of two or more otherwise independent monster species. |
| 184 | * HybridOverkillAvoidance |
| 185 | * HypnoticCreature: A creature that has the natural talent of mind-controlling its prey/adversaries. |
| 186 | * ImprovisedGolems: Golems created from other materials in the surrounding environment. |
| 187 | * InsectoidAliens: Aliens that look like insects, arachnids, or arthropods from Earth. |
| 188 | * InterspeciesAdoption: A being adopts a child that is a different species. |
| 189 | * InterspeciesFriendship: Friendship between beings of different species. |
| 190 | * InterspeciesRomance: Romance between beings of different species. |
| 191 | * InvisibleMonsters: A monster that cannot be seen. |
| 192 | * TheJerseyDevil: A demonic creature that is said to live in the wilderness of New Jersey. |
| 193 | * {{Kaiju}}: [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Gigantic monsters]] capable of demolishing an entire city, made popular by Japanese films such as ''{{Franchise/Godzilla}}''. |
| 194 | * {{Kamaitachi}}: A weasel-like creature with sickle-like claws that rides wind currents and cuts people. |
| 195 | * {{Kappa}}: A "river goblin" resembling a cross between a monkey and a turtle. |
| 196 | * {{Karakasa}}: An old umbrella come to life. |
| 197 | * KillerSpaceMonkey: Monstrous aliens resembling monkeys/primates. |
| 198 | * AKindOfOne: Something that is a single, one-off entity in its original myth but becomes an entire species of similar creatures in fiction. |
| 199 | * {{Kirin}}: Unicorn of various East Asian mythologies. |
| 200 | * KrakenAndLeviathan: Humongous cephalopods that are capable of bringing down ships and sailors with [[CombatTentacles their tentacles]]. |
| 201 | * TheKrampus: A hairy, horned being who is believed to punish naughty children during Christmas. |
| 202 | * LandShark: Shark-like creatures that live or appear out of the water. |
| 203 | * {{Leprechaun}}: An Irish fairy that resembles a short man with red hair. Often associated with pots of gold and rainbows. |
| 204 | * LilliputianWarriors: Tiny but violent people. |
| 205 | * {{Lilliputians}}: People whose height can be measured in inches (or centimeters). |
| 206 | * LiminalBeing |
| 207 | * LittleBitBeastly: People who, apart from a few animal traits like ears, wings, and/or a tail, look perfectly human. |
| 208 | * LiteralBookworm: Wormly bugs that eat books, read books, or read books by eating them. |
| 209 | * LittleGreenMen: Short green aliens. |
| 210 | * LivingClothes |
| 211 | * LivingDrawing: Artwork that has a mind of its own. |
| 212 | * LivingFigurehead |
| 213 | * LivingGasbag: Creatures that float by using organic sacs filled with lighter-than-air gases. |
| 214 | * LivingLava: A creature made out of molten rock. |
| 215 | * LivingMotionDetector: A creature that can only see things when they're moving. |
| 216 | * LivingShadow: A being made of literal darkness. |
| 217 | * LivingShip |
| 218 | * LivingStatue |
| 219 | * LivingStructureMonster |
| 220 | * LivingProgram |
| 221 | * LivingToys: Toys that are alive. |
| 222 | * LizardFolk: Humanoid reptiles. |
| 223 | * LooksLikeOrlok: Vampires who resemble [[{{Film/Nosferatu}} Count Orlok]]. |
| 224 | * {{Lunarians}}: Space aliens from the Earth's Moon. |
| 225 | * MacGuffinGuardian |
| 226 | * MageHuntingMonster: A creature that either targets or specializes in hunting down people who either use magic or have supernatural powers. |
| 227 | * MageSpecies: People who have the natural ability to use magic and sorcery. |
| 228 | * {{Makara}}: A sea monster from Myth/HinduMythology. |
| 229 | * MakerOfMonsters: A character, usually a villain, who creates monstrous creatures. |
| 230 | * TheManBehindTheMonsters: An army of monsters are led by a relatively more human-looking figure. |
| 231 | * ManEatingPlant: A plant that eats people. |
| 232 | * {{Martians}}: Space aliens from the planet UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}. |
| 233 | * MechanicalAbomination |
| 234 | * MechanicalLifeforms: Robotic creatures that act like natural wildlife. |
| 235 | * MechanicalMonster |
| 236 | * {{Medusa}}: Snake-haired women with a petrifying gaze. |
| 237 | * MegaMicrobes: Microbes large enough to be visible to the naked eye. |
| 238 | * MegaNeko: A giant cat. |
| 239 | * MesopotamianMonstrosity: A demon or other villainous, supernatural character that originates from or is closely linked to Myth/MesopotamianMythology. |
| 240 | * MetamorphosisMonster |
| 241 | * MimicSpecies: A creature which mimics another species' characteristics. |
| 242 | * {{Miraj}}: Unicorn-rabbit from Myth/ArabMythology. |
| 243 | * MixAndMatchCritters |
| 244 | * MokeleMbembe: An aquatic dinosaur said to live deep within isolated jungles. |
| 245 | * MoleMen |
| 246 | * {{Mon}} |
| 247 | * MonsterInTheMoat: Both the monster and usage are fictional in this case. |
| 248 | * MonsterKnight |
| 249 | * MonsterLord: The betitled leader or leaders of a race of monsters. |
| 250 | * MonsterProgenitor: This monster originally created its own bloodline. |
| 251 | * MonsterRoommate: A nonhuman being who lives in a human's home. |
| 252 | * MonstrousHumanoid: A being shaped like a human but with very obviously inhuman traits. |
| 253 | * MoonRabbit: There are certain craters on the moon that look a bit like a rabbit, which folklore has seized upon |
| 254 | * TheMorlocks: Subterranean, subhuman degenerates. |
| 255 | * MotherOfAThousandYoung: A monster who spawns numerous other monsters which are different from them. |
| 256 | * TheMothman: A bizarre WingedHumanoid creature that was allegedly seen near the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the 1960s. |
| 257 | * MuckMonster: A living, moving mass of filth, poison and refuse. |
| 258 | * {{Mummy}}: A preserved corpse wrapped in bandages that has come back to life. |
| 259 | * MushroomMan: Intelligent, humanoid fungi. |
| 260 | * {{Mutants}}: Genetically abnormal organisms that look significantly different from normal members of their species. |
| 261 | * NatureSpirit: A spirit or deity associated with some aspect of the natural wilderness. |
| 262 | * NaziZombies: The deceased [[ThoseWackyNazis soldiers of Nazi Germany]] who have returned to continue fighting UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
| 263 | * {{Nephilim}}: A hybrid being that is often some mixture of angel, demon, and/or [[HalfHumanHybrid human]]. |
| 264 | * NonHumanHead |
| 265 | * NonHumanHumanoidHybrid: A being who is a mixture of two different non-human species. |
| 266 | * NonHumanUndead: Undead creatures that were not human when alive. |
| 267 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Some monsters don't ''mean'' to cause trouble |
| 268 | * {{Nuckelavee}}: A monster resembling the torso of a man merged to the body of a horse, without skin. |
| 269 | * NuclearMutant: A monster created from exposure to radiation. |
| 270 | * {{Nue}}: A monstrous chimera/manticore-like beast that brings ill omen with it. |
| 271 | * {{Nurikabe}}: A living obstructive wall. |
| 272 | * {{Oculothorax}}: A creature whose body is primarily an eyeball. |
| 273 | * OneGenderRace: An entire species that only has one biological sex. |
| 274 | * {{Oni}}: Horned ogre-like humanoids. |
| 275 | * OracularHead |
| 276 | * {{Orochi}}: A giant, multi-headed snake or dragon. |
| 277 | * OurAngelsAreDifferent: Holy spirit beings from {{Heaven}} who serve {{God}}. |
| 278 | * OurArchonsAreDifferent: Gnostic supernatural ruling powers of the world. |
| 279 | * OurBansheesAreLouder |
| 280 | * OurCentaursAreDifferent: Creatures with a human-like upper body on top of a horse-like lower body. |
| 281 | * OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: Various creatures originating from (relatively modern) folklore and {{urban legend}}s. |
| 282 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: Evil spirits and monsters, usually from {{Hell}} or a similar bad place. |
| 283 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: Giant flying reptilian beasts, which usually resemble overgrown lizards and snakes. |
| 284 | * OurFairiesAreDifferent: A wide variety of magical humanoid beings, usually associated with European folklore. |
| 285 | * OurGargoylesRock: Not all gargoyles are just ugly statues on old buildings. Some of them are actually alive. |
| 286 | * OurGeniesAreDifferent: The jinn are magical spirit beings originating from Arab/Muslim folklore. For some reason, they're usually trapped in lamps and forced to grant wishes for humans. |
| 287 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: Disembodied souls or spirits of dead people. |
| 288 | * OurGhoulsAreCreepier |
| 289 | * OurGiantsAreBigger: But what they all have in common are being much taller than humans. |
| 290 | * OurGnomesAreWeirder |
| 291 | * OurGoblinsAreDifferent |
| 292 | * OurGodsAreDifferent: Deities and other divine spirit beings, who are generally far more powerful than any human or other mortal creature. |
| 293 | * OurGryphonsAreDifferent |
| 294 | * OurHippocampsAreDifferent |
| 295 | * OurHomunculiAreDifferent |
| 296 | * OurHydrasAreDifferent: A [[MultipleHeadCase multi-headed]] dragon-like monster originating from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], known for its [[HealingFactor impressive regenerative abilities]]. |
| 297 | * OurImpsAreDifferent |
| 298 | * OurKelpiesAreDifferent |
| 299 | * OurKoboldsAreDifferent |
| 300 | * OurLichesAreDifferent |
| 301 | * OurManticoresAreSpinier |
| 302 | * OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Aquatic creatures with a half-human/half-fish appearance. |
| 303 | * OurMinotaursAreDifferent: A half-man half-bull creature. |
| 304 | * OurMonstersAreWeird: Some creatures are ''very'' bizarre. |
| 305 | * OurNymphsAreDifferent |
| 306 | * OurOgresAreHungrier |
| 307 | * OurOrcsAreDifferent |
| 308 | * OurPerytonsAreDifferent |
| 309 | * OurPixiesAreDifferent: A tiny, winged fairy. |
| 310 | * OurSirensAreDifferent |
| 311 | * OurSphinxesAreDifferent |
| 312 | * OurSpiritsAreDifferent: Spiritual entities can differ greatly from one another, depending on the type of spirit and the story they're in. |
| 313 | * OurTitansAreDifferent |
| 314 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: Intelligent revenant/zombie-like beings with a literal thirst for blood. |
| 315 | * OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Someone turns into a different kind of were-animal besides a werewolf. |
| 316 | * OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Depictions of werewolves that differ from how fiction usually portrays them. |
| 317 | * OurWightsAreDifferent |
| 318 | * OurWyvernsAreDifferent: Two-winged, two-legged, often poisonous dragons of limited intelligence. |
| 319 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: Walking corpses, which (usually) aren't very bright. |
| 320 | * {{Ouroboros}}: A snake eating its own tail. |
| 321 | * ParadoxPerson: An entity whose existence does not conform to the natural laws of the world. |
| 322 | * ParasiteZombie: A [[PuppeteerParasite parasitic organism]] that can turn people into zombie puppets. |
| 323 | * PatternCodedEggs: A fictional animal's egg matches the color and pattern of the animal inside it. |
| 324 | * PeeveGoblins: Creatures who exist to pester humanity with mundane inconveniences. |
| 325 | * {{Pegasus}}: A winged horse. |
| 326 | * PetMonstrosity: A character keeps as a pet what would normally be considered a highly dangerous monster. |
| 327 | * ThePhoenix: A mystical bird that ends its life by combusting into flames, before being reborn from its own ashes. |
| 328 | * PiousMonster: a monster or other fantastical creature that follows a religion. |
| 329 | * PlagueZombie: An [[TheVirus infectious disease]] that can turn people into zombies. |
| 330 | * {{Planimal}}: A hybrid creature that's both a plant and an animal. |
| 331 | * PlantAliens: Extraterrestrial organisms similar to the plants of Earth. |
| 332 | * PlantPerson: A sapient or anthropomorphic plant being. |
| 333 | * {{Poltergeist}}: Ghosts that haunt inanimate objects and cause them to move on their own. |
| 334 | * PrehistoricAnimalAnalogue: A fictional species inspired by extinct prehistoric animals. |
| 335 | * PrehistoricMonster: An ancient, gigantic creature that is (presumably) extinct. |
| 336 | * ProportionatelyPonderousParasites |
| 337 | * {{Psychopomp}}: A being who guides the souls of the dead to the afterlife. |
| 338 | * PumpkinPerson: An anthropomorphic pumpkin creature. |
| 339 | * PunBasedCreature: Creatures based off of wordplay. |
| 340 | * PuppeteerParasite: An entity that invades and takes control over another's body. |
| 341 | * PureMagicBeing: A being made purely of magic. |
| 342 | * {{Raiju}}: The tiger/wolf/dog/racoon-dog personification of lightning. |
| 343 | * RaisingTheSteaks: Undead animals. |
| 344 | * RatMen: Humanoid rodents. |
| 345 | * RevenantZombie: A zombie that isn't just a mindless beast and remembers who they were when they were alive. |
| 346 | * RiddlingSphinx |
| 347 | * {{Robeast}} |
| 348 | * RocBirds: Predatory birds of immense size, originating in Arabic folklore. |
| 349 | * RockMonster: A living creature made of stone. |
| 350 | * RodentsOfUnusualSize: Giant rats, mice, and other rodents. |
| 351 | * SandWorm |
| 352 | * {{Santabomination}} |
| 353 | * ScorpionPeople |
| 354 | * SeaMonster: Gigantic aquatic creatures that lurk around in lakes, rivers, seas, and oceans. |
| 355 | * SeaSerpents: Large aquatic creatures with snakelike bodies, including overgrown eels. |
| 356 | * SelkiesAndWereseals: A magical seal than can turn into a human after shedding its seal skin. |
| 357 | * SenseImpairedMonster: A monster that lacks some form of perception in one sense, while being very perceptive in the other senses. |
| 358 | * SheduAndLammasu: Bulls or lions with human heads and bird wings, originally from Mesopotamian myth. |
| 359 | * {{Shinigami}}: A [[{{Youkai}} Japanese version]] of the Grim Reaper. |
| 360 | * ShortLivedOrganism: A type of organism who only lives during a short timespan. |
| 361 | * ShoulderSizedDragon: A dragon around the size of a cat. |
| 362 | * SiliconBasedLife: Alien organisms that have a radically different biochemistry from Earth organisms (unlike us, they're not carbon-based). |
| 363 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: A truly unique individual, there's no other organism of its kind. |
| 364 | * SkinWalker: A shapeshifting sorcerer from [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Navajo folklore]] who can change between human and animal forms at will. |
| 365 | * SleepParalysisCreature: A shadowy being associated with sleep paralysis and nightmares, who often sits on its victim's chest. |
| 366 | * SlimeGirl |
| 367 | * SnakePeople: Snakelike humanoids, usually depicted as a humanoid torso, head, and pair of arms on the lower body of a snake. |
| 368 | * {{Snowlems}}: Snowmen that have been brought to life. |
| 369 | * SolarSystemNeighbors: Extraterrestrial organisms which live on the moons and planets surrounding Earth within the same solar system. |
| 370 | * SpaceWhale: A whale-like creature that lives in outer space. |
| 371 | * SpiderPeople: Chimeric beings with the physical characteristics of both humanoids and spiders. |
| 372 | * SpringHeeledJack: A strange humanoid being from 19th century British folktales who is capable of jumping great heights. |
| 373 | * StarfishAliens: Extraterrestrial species that are [[OurMonstersAreWeird far more bizarre]] than anything from Earth. |
| 374 | * StockNessMonster: The legendary Loch Ness Monster and similar lake creatures. |
| 375 | * StringyHairedGhostGirl: An angry female ghost out for revenge. Mostly inspired by the [[{{Youkai}} Japanese]] ''onryō'' spirit. |
| 376 | * SuccubiAndIncubi: The incubus and succubus, which are (respectively) male and female demons that are usually portrayed as sexually seducing female and male humans for nefarious purposes. |
| 377 | * SwampMonster: A monstrous creature that resides in a swamp. |
| 378 | * TheSymbiote: An organism that lives in symbiosis with another organism. |
| 379 | * TRexpy: A monster based on ''UsefulNotes/TyrannosaurusRex''. |
| 380 | * TalkingPoo: A living being made of ''feces''. |
| 381 | * {{Tanuki}}: A real animal also known as the "raccoon dog", treated in mythology as a shapeshifting trickster. |
| 382 | * TechnicallyLivingVampire: It looks and acts like a vampire but isn't actually undead. |
| 383 | * TechnicallyLivingZombie: It looks and acts like a zombie but isn't actually undead. |
| 384 | * {{Tengu}}: Mountain-dwelling humanoids which either have long noses or resemble crows. |
| 385 | * TerrifyingTiki |
| 386 | * ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Monsters hiding under your bed or in the closet. |
| 387 | * ThunderBeetle: Beetles associated with electricity. |
| 388 | * {{Thunderbird}}: A giant bird connected with storms, usually drawn from Myth/NativeAmericanMythology. |
| 389 | * {{Transhuman}}: A person that's enhanced in some way/moved past their "natural" limitations. |
| 390 | * TranshumanAbomination |
| 391 | * TransplantedAliens: A species originated on one world, but a population was moved to another. |
| 392 | * {{Treants}}: A tree-like humanoid creature. |
| 393 | * TsuchigumoAndJorogumo: Spider-youkai. |
| 394 | * {{Tsuchinoko}}: A stout little snake cryptid. |
| 395 | * {{Tulpa}}: A being or entity that can come into existence [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve through the power of human imagination]]. |
| 396 | * TurtleIsland: A huge sea turtle that is big enough that its shell is mistaken for an island. |
| 397 | * UltimateLifeForm |
| 398 | * TheUndead: Dead people who have (sort of) come back to life, but not perfectly. |
| 399 | * UndeadAbomination: An EldritchAbomination that is undead in nature. |
| 400 | * UndeadChild: Dead children who have been turned into ghosts, vampires, or zombies. |
| 401 | * {{Unicorn}}: Fabled one-horned horses. |
| 402 | * UnscaledMerfolk: Merfolk whose nonhuman half is an aquatic animal besides a scaled fish. |
| 403 | * {{Valkyries}}: Female angel-like beings from Myth/NorseMythology. |
| 404 | * VampiricWerewolf: A vampire with lycanthropy, or perhaps a werewolf with vampirism. Either way, it's the result of a YinYangBomb combining [[FurAgainstFang fur and fang]]. |
| 405 | * TheVirus: A creature causes other beings to turn into creatures like itself. |
| 406 | * VoodooZombie: A zombie that has been [[{{Necromancer}} reanimated and controlled by a sorcerer]] through [[HollywoodVoodoo voodoo magic]]. |
| 407 | * {{Wendigo}}: A [[WasOnceAMan formerly human monster]] that has been transformed after engaging in [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalism]], which has cursed them with an [[ToServeMan endless appetite for human flesh]]. They originated from [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Algonquin folklore]]. |
| 408 | * WerewolvesAreDogs: Werewolves that behave like domestic dogs. |
| 409 | * WhenTreesAttack: The trees are alive and want you dead. |
| 410 | * WingedHumanoid: A humanlike being with a pair of wings. |
| 411 | * WingedUnicorn: A {{unicorn}} with wings (or a {{pegasus}} with a horn). |
| 412 | * WolfMan: A wolf-like humanoid. |
| 413 | * TheWormThatWalks: An organism made up of tinier organisms. |
| 414 | * XenomorphXerox: A creature partially or completely based on the Xenomorphs from ''Franchise/{{Alien}}''. |
| 415 | * YowiesAndBunyipsAndDropBearsOhMy: The assorted critters of Australian folklore and mythology. |
| 416 | * {{Yukionna}}: A pale, snow spirit lady. |
| 417 | * ZashikiWarashi: A childlike spirit that should be cared for to keep the one's house in good fortune. |
| 418 | [[/index]] |
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