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9	[[quoteright:350:[[Film/MrStitch https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mix_and_match_man_2.png]]]]
10	[[caption-width-right:350: "I believe you have what we dermatologists call 'combination skin'."]]
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12	->''"You're gonna feel a little pinch, maybe some discomfort around the neck area. But don't worry. When you wake up, you'll have the body of a seventeen-year-old. In fact, you'll have the body of several."''
13	-->-- '''Eric''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E2SomeAssemblyRequired Some Assembly Required]]"
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15	This is an ArtificialHuman, usually but not always a clone, who is created from the combined DNA of multiple individuals. Sometimes the intent was to clone a single individual exactly, but extra genetic samples were added to the mix by accident. Other times, this is done on purpose to give the clone [[AllYourPowersCombined specific traits from each genetic donor]].
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17	Non-clone Mix-and-Match Men are [[FrankensteinsMonster physically built from parts of other people, literally stitched together]].
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19	Can be {{Half Human Hybrid}}s when at least one genetic donor is human and at least one isn't. Can be MixAndMatchCritters when all genetic donors are non-humans, such as HumanAliens. Both HalfHumanHybrid and MixAndMatchCritter examples of this trope occur when there is more than one species among the genetic donors. Obviously more likely to occur in settings where DesignerBabies are common. LegoGenetics are a prerequisite for making these out of vastly different species. PatchworkKids is when an individual produced by ''normal'' reproduction might as well be one of these, and ExtraParentConception is a variation of this trope where this occurs as part of a normal conception (or as normal as it gets for that particular species). Can overlap with TwoDonorClone, which is when clones are created from two or more sources of genetic material.
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26	* In ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'', the [[ArtificialHuman Bioroids]] were created with DNA from several donors, including the father of heroine Deunan.
27	* ''Manga/Fabricant100'': Fabricants can be identified by the stitches on their bodies that come from their Frankenstien-like creation. It's not helped by them continuing to upgrade their body parts.
28	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': Cell is made of the cells of at least five different humans from three different races. He's made of one Namekian (Piccolo), two Saiyans (Goku and Vegeta), and two from Freeza's race (Freeza and Great King Cold). The anime seems to have added some Earthling cells into the mix. The result is a tall creature with bug and lizard attributes, whose growth process is based on metamorphosis.
29	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
30	** While he's not a clone of anyone in particular, the [[GrandTheftMe strange circumstances]] around [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Giorno Giovanna]]'s conception gave him characteristics of both Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando. This is reflected in his name: [=JoJo + Dio = GioGio=]. It turns out that there's three other men created from these same circumstances -- they appear in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Part 6]].
31	** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion Part 8]]'s [[spoiler:Josuke]] is [[spoiler:the result of the [[FusionDance mix]] between two men, Yoshikage Kira and Josefumi Kujo. The two were buried near the Wall Eyes, where the soil caused an exchange between the two bodies. Josuke's Stand powers are a mixture of the two's own Stands, and Josuke has traits taken from both]].
32	* [[spoiler:Kirito Kamui]] from ''Anime/PsychoPass'' turns out to be this. He's got the parts of 184 other people grafted into him, and as a collective he became immune to the Sibyl System, which analyses [[{{Thoughtcrime}} Crime Coefficients]] on an individual basis.
33	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Rei is formed from the DNA of [[spoiler:Yui Ikari and the angel Lilith]].
34	* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The Seraphim are made of the DNA, blood and powers of three to four people. They are cloned from the people who held the title of the Seven Warlords of the Sea at the start of the series, they're partly made out of King's Lunarian DNA which gave them Lunarian attributes, they're equipped with Kizaru's Glint-Glint laser power which they can fire from their palms, and they're also infused with green blood from Devil Fruit users which gives them the same powers as the original blood owner. While S-Snake and S-Bear got their green blood from the people they're cloned from, S-Shark and S-Hawk got their green blood from other people.
35	* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'':
36	** Ryoko was made by [[spoiler:Washu, then a genetic researcher for the Jurai, hoping to create the daughter she could never have (and that could never be taken away from her like her son had been, sadly it did ''[[TearJerker not]]'' work out that way), mixed her own genes with genes from a microbe she'd been studying]].
37	** In the film, ''Daughter of Darkness'', the BigBad creates an artificial daughter for Tenchi using DNA from his hair and one of her own.
38	* In ''Manga/UQHolder'', [[spoiler:Touta Konoe]] is strongly implied to be one of these, being the result of a genetic experiment meant to combine [[spoiler:Negi Springfield's enormous magical power with Asuna's AntiMagic]].
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42	* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
43	** Damage is somewhere between this trope and DesignerBabies; his genes were taken from all the original ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica.
44	** In ''ComicBook/Superboy1994'', Conner Kent/Kon-El is a mix of Superman and Lex Luthor. This was decidedly ''not'' the original intention, but when a fan named Creator/GeoffJohns [[RunningTheAsylum became the book's writer]]...
45	** It's implied that [[ComicBook/SuperboyNew52 the New 52 version of Conner]] isn't just Kryptonian and human, but a ''mix'' of other alien species. According to Harvest in #19, [[spoiler:he's "the product of three unique genetic strands". Two of these are Superman and Lois Lane. The third being the son of an alternate Clark and Lois]].
46	** Depending which version you're talking about, the Composite ComicBook/{{Superman}} has the combined powers of Superman and ComicBook/{{Batman}} plus some ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica folks, or the combined powers of a buttload of ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes members.
47	** UsefulNotes/{{The Silver Age\|OfComicBooks}} hero ''Ultra, The Multi-Alien'' was a man (in the future) who was a victim of four alien criminals trying to create a means to replicate armies of themselves to conquer the universe. He ended up with a freaky composite body and each of the aliens' powers, which he then used to become a superhero. (He later finds a way to switch back-and-forth between human and multi-form.)
48	* Brianna from ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'' was created with the traits and [[GeneticMemory memories]] of her two "sisters" in a FreakLabAccident.
49	* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
50	** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} probably counts, but he was a normal human before the Mix-and-Match.
51	** ComicBook/{{X 23}} is a relatively mild case of this, being primarily an OppositeSexClone of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, but because the DNA sample used was damaged, they had to double up on the X chromosome, resulting in her being female. Some stories also try to HandWave Laura's resemblance to Dr. Sarah Kinney, the woman who carried her to term but was otherwise not related to her, by saying that Sarah used some of her own DNA in the stabilization process, which would give Laura genetic parents in the form of Logan's mother and father and Sarah.
52	** ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain Mr. Sinister, being an EvilutionaryBiologist, is fond of [[StalkerWithATestTube cataloguing stolen DNA]] to splice together and create the UltimateLifeForm. One of his notable products [[XMakesAnythingCool Xraven]] the Hunter, a clone of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Kraven]] spliced with the powers of the first five X-Men with some biomass from Carnage to help stitch the whole thing together.
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56	* ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'': School creations aren't born in the conventional sense, they're derived from numerous genetic sources from two or more people that are made into a template, and then formed from a machine that creates them from raw materials. Chiyo, an escaped Schoolchild, mentions that in a way their creation method gives them more in common with homunculi than conventional clones.
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60	* The BigBad of ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'', Sador of the Malmori, plans to live forever this way, using his torture-surgeon to sever limbs of enemies or incompetent henchman. [[spoiler:It backfires when a member of a HiveMind gets CapturedOnPurpose and his hand is implanted on Sador, only the rest of the HiveMind is still controlling the hand and tries to cut Sador's throat, who's only saved by the surgeon chainsawing off the limb on the spot.]]
61	-->'''Kalo:''' Remember Bilko? He disobeyed orders, and now Lord Sador's wearing his foot.
62	* The protagonist of ''Film/TheFly1986'' kidnapped his pregnant love interest in an attempt to merge himself, her, and their unborn child into this trope. It's unclear if this could possibly have worked, but at the time he was so desperate to suppress his transformation into a human/fly hybrid that he wasn't thinking straight.
63	* In ''Film/TheFlyII'', Seth's child has grown up, and [[spoiler:reverses his own transformation by using his father's teleporter to ''steal'' human genetic material from the CorruptCorporateExecutive who'd raised him as an unwitting laboratory experiment, replacing his hereditary fly genes with human ones]].
64	* The reason why the title villain in ''Film/MonsterMan'' is killing and amputating people is because he needs bodyparts to patch up his resurrected brother.
65	* "Lazarus" from ''Film/MrStitch'' is a sort of FrankensteinsMonster made from the corpses of eighty-eight people of every race, age and lifestyle, split evenly among gender and given an identity of his own. Things go wrong when it turns out he has GeneticMemory.
66	* The protagonist of ''Film/{{Patchwork}}'' is the result of three different girls being stitched into one body.
67	* The creations in ''Film/ScreamAndScreamAgain'' are a physically superior master race of humans built by a MadDoctor from limbs, organs, and miscellaneous body parts [[HumanResources harvested from unwilling patients]].
68	* Julius and Vincent Benedict from ''Film/Twins1988'' are DesignerBabies with combined DNA from six athletic and scholarly fathers, though the traits were obviously not distributed fairly.
69	* Sid 6.7 from ''Film/{{Virtuosity}}'' is sort of like this -- he was a computer program created from the personalities of 183 criminals ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and an orchestra director]]), which tricked a programmer into placing him in an android body so he could do damage in the real world.
70	* The version of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} used in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' fits the trope even more so than his comics counterpart, having Wolverine's [[HealingFactor regeneration]], [[UnbreakableBones adamantium skeleton]], and [[BladeBelowTheShoulder adamantium katanas protruding from each wrist]], in addition to Cyclops's EyeBeams, Kestrel's {{Teleportation}}, and his own superhuman hand-eye-coordination.
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75	* Creator/RobertAHeinlein:
76	** The title character of ''Literature/{{Friday}}'' was designed with the genes of Dr. Baldwin and many of his friends and fellow agents.
77	** Minerva's WetwareBody in ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove'' is a synthetic clone combining one chromosome pair each from twenty-three parents, including Lazarus.
78	** Also Minerva's twin sister, Pallas Athena, who finally gets a body with the exact same DNA as Minerva in ''Literature/ToSailBeyondTheSunset''.
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80	* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', [[TokenNonHuman Ax]]'s human form is one of these. He took DNA from four of the other Animorphs to create his human form, so he wouldn't look like a copy of anybody. He's AmbiguouslyBrown due to mixing genes from Jake and Rachel (white), Marco (at least half Hispanic) and Cassie (black); he's also described as "[[PrettyBoy disturbingly pretty]]," which characters attribute to half of his DNA coming from girls. ([[FridgeLogic This seems to ignore the fact that EVERYBODY has half-female DNA]], but whatever.)
81	* {{The Igor}}s in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' typically have parts from multiple people, and can replace someone else's missing parts as well. (There is also a mention of a Mix-and-Match ''Horse'' in ''Literature/GoingPostal'', as well as Thcrapth the dog from ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'' and Patcheth the cat in the 2015 ''Discworld Diary''.)
82	* In Moffitt's ''Genesis'' series, all humans created by the Nar use this as their preferred reproductive method, as the human gene pool is still too limited to allow random breeding.
83	* Flinx from the ''Literature/HumanxCommonwealth'' series was conceived via this trope by criminal scientists, who spliced together DNA from dozens of [[PsychicPowers psychically inclined]] sources.
84	* The title character of the ''Literature/KnownSpace'' story ''The Patchwork Girl'' qualifies as the second type. The widespread use of organ banks, OrganTheft, and capital punishment by disassembly for organs in the setting results in many people technically fitting this trope to some extent. [[spoiler:She becomes a Patchwork Girl after being partly disassembled for spare parts due to an emergency after being found guilty of a capital crime, then being reassembled from other spare parts when she's cleared of the crime]].
85	* Invoked from an alien POV in ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'' when an insect-headed khepri describes humans as "khepri bodies with the heads of shaved apes".
86	* Creator/StanislawLem's ''Przekładaniec'' explores this: in traffic accidents, doctors aim to save as many lives as possible, even if this results in having to mix working part of people (or even animals).
87	* The ''Literature/ReplicaMarilynKaye'' series of novels has one of these as the main character, created deliberately to be an {{Ubermensch}}.
88	* In Creator/VondaNMcIntyre's sci-fi novella ''Literature/{{Screwtop}}'', one of the inmates of a prison camp is a mixed-race human "tetraparental", which means his genes have been spliced together from four parents, resulting in black-and-beige marbled skin and patches of black and blond hair of different textures.
89	* Damsel in ''Literature/SoonIWillBeInvincible'' is a mix of human and alien DNA. [[spoiler:She suffers from medical problems from [[HybridsAreACrapshoot the incompatible systems working against each other]].]]
90	* Darci, the protagonist of the sci-fi novel ''Literature/StarSplit'', is eventually revealed to be a chimera, or someone made of multiple strands of DNA. This itself isn't unusual in the far future world where genetic engineering is the norm, but she's a special case.
91	* ''Literature/TakeshiKovacs'': The Patchwork Man is an in-universe urban legend on Harlan's World, the story goes that a witch killed her three lazy sons, stitched their bodies together, and summoned a {{Tengu}} to possess the amalgamation. Eventually it escaped but needed to find replacement parts as they rotted, so it stalks the alleys looking for children to use for parts. Kovacs uses the story as a metaphor for frequent re-sleeving and the toll it takes on one's self-identity.
92	* In ''Literature/{{Unwind}}'', Cameron is made entirely from parts harvested from other teenagers, including his brain. He's called a "Rewind", as opposed to the "Unwinds" who lost their lives to create him. [[spoiler:He finds out that his creators don't intend him to be the last. He's meant to be the first in a line of Rewinds, to be used as child soldiers.]]
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96	* Adam from Season 4 of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' was an amalgam of several of the monsters that the Initiative had captured (plus a deceased human soldier) and was taken out by an amalgam of the main characters.
97	-->'''Spike:''' So I help you, and you get this chip out of my head?\
98	'''Adam:''' Scout's honor.\
99	'''Spike:''' You were a boy scout?\
100	'''Adam:''' Parts of me.
101	* The ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS7E7TheresNoPlaceLikeHome There's No Place Like Home]]" has an [=UnSub=] attempting to bring his brother back to life by building him a new body out of parts from murdered boys. Obviously, nothing comes of it.
102	* All the transgenics from ''Series/DarkAngel'' have DNA culled from various humans and animals (which animal depends on the type; for example, X5s are part feline) so that they have peak physical and mental abilities. As far as is known, none looks exactly like any human donor.
103	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
104	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius Morbius']] second body, being a tribute to [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's monster]].
105	** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd Journey's End]]": "Handy"/the Metacrisis Doctor, a Tenth Doctor clone with some of Donna's DNA.
106	** "Auntie" and "Uncle" from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife The Doctor's Wife]]" are kept alive with parts from murdered Time Lords.
107	** Nardole is a {{Human Alien\|s}} whose body has been "rebuilt" at least once; this includes various robot parts and human lungs. He also mentions that his current left hand isn't the original -- he won it in a game at some point.
108	* In the third season of ''Series/{{Haven}}'', Audrey suspects that the Bolt Gun Killer is collecting his victims' body parts in order to build a Mix-And-Match Woman. [[spoiler:The killer is actually a {{Skinwalker}} and building a customized suit.]]
109	* ''Series/{{House}}'' has a patient like this. A boy has a few groups of cells throughout his body that are the result of two fertilized eggs fusing together immediately after fusing to the uterine wall.
110	* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' has Curio, who was created from spare monster parts to be friends with Poisandra.
111	* Luke Smith from ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' has the combined intelligence and genetic information culled from thousands of human specimens.
112	* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
113	** It's implied that Mr. Spock of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' was conceived in this way. The ExpandedUniverse novels outright say he was, but as always, there are {{canon}} issues with those.
114	** The Vidians on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' are a race of these. A plague has swept through their entire species, forcing them to cannibalize parts from other aliens. The disease adapts so quickly that the Vidians can never stop looking for new parts.
115	** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' has baby Elizabeth, created from human and Vulcan DNA with [[HybridsAreACrapshoot a fatal flaw]] deliberately introduced by a [[FantasticRacism hate group]] to make her a StrawLoser of a particularly heartbreaking kind.
116	* In ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters'', it's eventually revealed that Messiah created his CoDragons, Enter and Escape, from data on physical characteristics and personality traits that he got from the scientists that were beamed into Hyperspace with him.
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120	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
121	** Cell from ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. As the name suggests, he was created from the DNA of the strongest fighters to ever set foot on Earth. Which gives him the best traits of [[HumansAreWarriors humans]], [[HealingFactor Namekians]], [[CameBackStrong Saiyans]], and... [[NoNameGiven whatever Freeza's race is called]].
122	** Android 21, the new character of tie-in game ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterZ'', is revealed to be a similar genetically engineered lifeform, being a human woman augmented with Cell's collective DNA, plus further augmented with DNA taken from countless Warriors and Researchers including Majin Buu, Cell himself, as well as possibly the other Z Fighters who weren't included in Cell and maybe even the [[OurGodsAreGreater Supreme Kai or Kibito]], [[DemonlordsAndArchdevils Dabura]] based on when one confirmed sample woudld have been obtained or possible even [[DestroyerDeity Beerus]] and [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Whis]] based on the shape of of Android 21's tail. Not to mention that it's possible that her individual samples were taken from a point in time where the donors were stronger than they were when they were taken for Cell.
123	* In pretty much every iteration of the ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}'' franchise ([[Film/Frankenstein1931 the 1931 movie]], ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'', etc.), FrankensteinsMonster is made up of various spare parts from corpses. The [[Film/Frankenstein2004 Dean Koontz version]] goes so far as to identify what sort of people his parts came from. The [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} novel]] gives almost ''no'' details about its creation.
124	* Serpentor from ''Franchise/GIJoe'' was created from the combined DNA of twelve historical figures: UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar, UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, Philip II of Macedon and his son UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible, UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler, [[UsefulNotes/PunicWars Hannibal]], UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, Montazuma, Aemon Talk, and UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin. Dr. Mindbender tried to get Creator/SunTzu as well, but was stopped by the Joes. [[ImperfectRitual Fortunately]], that was apparently enough to throw his military competence out of whack. ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'' justifies all this by stating that the DNA is largely symbolic -- Serpentor's mind and memories are created by Dr. Venom's brainwashing machine.
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128	* Appropriately enough, the Creature in ''Pinball/MaryShelleysFrankenstein'' is this, complete with big, visible scars.
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132	* The ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRolePlayingGame'' features the "Patchwork Man" advantage, primarily so it can handle the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels' Igors.
133	* Patchwork in ''TabletopGame/GURPSSupers: International Super Teams'' is a Frankenstein monster made from multiple metahumans. A thoughtful and philosophical being, he spends a lot of time wondering if he has a soul... and if so, whose?
134	* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
135	** [[http://magiccards.info/fe/en/111.html Goblin Chirurgeon]]'s art depicts one of his patients, who appears to include bits of at least four humanoid species.
136	** Phyrexians, who do this... and a bunch of other BodyHorror. [[http://magiccards.info/query?q=phyrexian+rebirth&v=card&s=cname Phyrexian Rebirth]] [[AssimilationPlot turns all creatures in play into this]].
137	** Innistrad uses this as the distinction between black zombies, which apply the rotting-reanimated-corpse model, and blue zombies, which are the product of blasphemous Frankenstein-style experimentation rather than blasphemous rituals.
138	* In ''TabletopGame/PrometheanTheCreated'', all Frankensteins are made from pieces of at least two separate corpses. It's in the name -- the first one was ''that'' Frankenstein's Monster. Theoretically, any Promethean can be a mix-and-match, but a Frankenstein ''has'' to be.
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142	* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has a subplot about a SerialKiller who is trying to build a Mix-And-Match Woman to [[{{Necromantic}} replace his lost love]]. [[spoiler:He eventually [[PlayerPunch kills the protagonist's mother]] and uses her face for his creation.]]
143	* Agent 47 from ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' has Austrian, Chinese, Colombian, German and Kazakh fathers.
144	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': Xion was created as a replica of Sora and wields the Kingdom Key as her personal Keyblade. However, since Sora's heart is tied to many, she inherits not only his traits but also people close to him. Her default form is Kairi with black hair, because she was mostly based off of Sora's memories of Kairi. She is sometimes seen as Riku in dreams, and when her heart joins Roxas upon her defeat, the latter ends up gaining the ability to dual wield Oathkeeper and Oblivion, Keyblades that originally represented Sora's relationship with Kairi and Riku, respectively. Meanwhile, Xigbar sees her as Ventus, whose heart resides in Sora.
145	* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': Liquid and Solid Snake (being twins) are confirmed to be part-American (their main DNA donor being Big Boss) and part-Japanese (mitochondrial DNA from the Japanese woman who donated the eggs). They also inherit some from [[spoiler:EVA]], who was their surrogate mother.
146	* A non-genetic example is Ermac from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', who is made up of the [[MergerOfSouls souls]] of hundreds of dead warriors bound into a humanoid body.
147	* Emerl from ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' is designed to combine the movesets and personalities of the people he meets. When the only people he's met are Sonic and Tails, others can't tell if he's being rude or polite.
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151	* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'''s arc "Why a Gorilla?" has the Doctor face off against a three headed 4 armed ''Gorilla'' "Frankenstein".
152	* Quilt from ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' is a FleshGolem made from the pieces of a bunch of mages in an attempt to create a golem with their combined powers. It didn't work as intended.
153	* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': Rik the half-dragon is something of a genetic experiment, and is ostracized by a society as a result.
154	* Grace from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is human and also part squirrel, with alien DNA from an Uryuom and a Lespuko (sort of like an Uryuom, long story).
155	* Baron Wulfenbach from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' is probably one of these. The family originally had three sons, but following a horrific lab accident two of them disappeared. It's commonly believed that the Baron is a construct made of the salvageable parts of all three. Even more explicitly, Agatha's foster parents Adam and Lilith, AKA Punch and Judy.
156	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': [[spoiler:The four main protagonists are all examples, all being made from the combined DNA of their guardians.]]
157	* Molly in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' was grown using genetic material from many different animals--and some human DNA, taken from her "mother", Jean Poule.
158	* Nicole from ''Webcomic/QuantumVibe'' is an "osmotic clone" created from the genes of her mother and eleven anonymous donors. Her mom intended to use genes from ''2400'' people but couldn't get a viable fetus until [[spoiler:Seamus (one of the donors and Nicole's employer)]] suggested using whole chromosomes instead of pieces of them.
159	* Unity of ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' is sewn together Frankenstein-style from mismatched parts. It's later revealed that Unity is actually a {{nanomachine\|s}} swarm inhabiting a Frankenstein body because it was designed not to reject her. She can possess other bodies, but only temporarily.
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163	* Count Driscol, Captain Cedric and Bernard the Guard in ''Literature/DragomirsDiary'' were all originally separate people. But when all three were killed (two of them torn in half!), they were secured by a MadDoctor and cobbled together into a single, hideous creature. (Which, to be fair, can still split into three individuals, and even when they're together the three heads retain their distinct personalities.)
164	* Gordon of ''Literature/{{Twig}}'' describes himself as a "chimera", a stitched-together child made from approximately twenty-six different people in order to give him the best body possible. He experiences severe phantom pain episodes when his body tries to reject its own limbs.
165	* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Blasto is apparently capable of creating these, and he attempts to make one out of [[spoiler:Myrddin and ''[[EldritchAbomination the Simurgh]]''. Luckily, he fails; the result is nonviable due to the Simurgh's lack of conventional biology]].
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169	* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS4E9PrincessMonsterWife Princess Monster Wife]]", [[AnIcePerson the Ice King]] gives up on kidnapping princesses... and instead just steals a bit from a bunch of them, stitching them together into a horrific-looking female abomination, the episode's titular Princess Monster Wife. Their relationship is oddly sweet, but she is so freakish that [[KidHero Finn]] and [[NonHumanSidekick Jake]] are unable to fight her, and she is so distraught over her appearance (and origin, when she discovers it) that she [[spoiler:pulls a HeroicSacrifice by returning her parts to their original owners]].
170	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': D.A.V.E. from the episode "[[Recap/TheBatmanS3E13GothamsUltimateCriminalMastermind Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind]]" is this with the ''brainwaves'' of Batman's RoguesGallery, like Joker's acrobatic feats and Penguin's mastery of martial arts. He also has the brainwaves of Hugo Strange and Riddler, making him intelligent.
171	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBotsMaster'': It's implied that many of the BOYZZ bots get their skills from the [[GeneticMemory DNA/memories]] of famous and talented individuals. [[RobotAthlete Batzz]] in particular is revealed to have the skills of many famous baseball stars.
172	-->'''Larry:''' What are you?\
173	'''Batzz:''' Joe [=DiMaggio=]. Babe Ruth. Mickey Mantle. Ted Williams. [...] Ty Cobb. Reggie Jackson. Lou Gehrig. Carl Yastrzemski...
174	* ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' has the Super Freaks from Season 3, who are ArtificialHumans created from the combined DNA of previous fighters on the show. Said freaks are Cousin Grimm (a DumbMuscle redneck created from the combined DNA of Creator/RoseanneBarr, UsefulNotes/BillClinton, and [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]]), Pierce [=McCrack=] (a tattooed, skateboarding {{Delinquent}} created from the combined DNA of [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]], Dennis Rodman, and [[Music/TheProdigy Keith Flint]]), Beni Trauma (a [[MultiArmedAndDangerous four-armed]] ChefOfIron created from the combined DNA of Emeril Lagasse and Creator/JackieChan), and Potato Khan (a [[TheNapoleon small but hot-tempered]] [[PlantPerson potato-human hybrid]] created from the combined DNA of Creator/JoePesci, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, and a French fry that accidentally fell into the genetic mixture).
175	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'':
176	** Coldstone is a {{Cyborg}} whose "organic" (so to speak) parts came from three different gargoyles, and the body has all three souls fighting for control. Just to complicate matters, they're in a LoveTriangle: a HappilyMarried couple and an evil male who wants the female for himself.
177	** Delilah is a combination of Goliath's current and former love interests, Elisa Maza and Demona -- and the point where her creator Thailog's [[ChildSupplantsParent oedipus complex]] officially becomes creepy.
178	** Later still, Dr. Sevarius' creation Little Anton is a behemoth gargoyle created from the amalgamated genetic samples of the Manhattan Clan.
179	* Romy from the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "[[Recap/PinkyAndTheBrainS2E11 Brinky]]" was supposed to be a normal clone of Brain, but DNA from Pinky was accidentally included in his creation, causing him to inherit traits from both mice.
180	* The ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E11RicksyBusiness Ricksy Business]]" introduces Abradolf Lincler, a failed experiment by Rick to create a [[TrueNeutral morally neutral]] super-leader by combining the DNA of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln. What he ended up being was an emotionally stunted, morally ambiguous jerk tormented by the duality of his being.
181	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' brings us the horror of Composite Santa: genetically/visually one-half SantaClaus, one-half WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman. [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]] doesn't know what his powers are, "but he freaks me right the fuck out".
182	* This happens in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' when Zak and his pet komodo dragon and gorilla-cat are combined into one being.
183	* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
184	** The ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' incarnation of the Rat King (a.k.a. "The Slayer") is made from DNA from Bishop and Splinter, among other possible sources.
185	** In ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the turtles themselves turn out to have been created deliberately by using MutagenicGoo to combine regular turtles with the DNA of a great human warrior, [[spoiler:Lou Jitsu (a.k.a. Splinter)]].
186	* [[spoiler:Superboy]] from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' is a clone created from the DNA of [[spoiler:Superman and Lex Luthor]].
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190	* Chimera of this type can occur naturally when two embryo fuse in the womb. One case resulted in a woman whose apparent genome did not match her children's because her salivary glands and ovaries actually had two different genotypes.
191	** Recently it's been shown that everyone has a slightly different version of Chimeraism occurring from cellular interchanges during pregnancy. Babies pick up a few from mom and mom from the child. However, these are very few.
192	* In addition to sexual reproduction blending the DNA of two individuals, much of our DNA is in fact viral in origin. These viruses began somewhere else, often in another species.
193	** Probably most impressive is the DNA responsible for mitochondria, which are a necessary part of all multicellular organisms (and a fair bit of unicellular ones, too), and which is theorized to have its origins in some far prehistoric creature, now long-extinct on its own.
194	* Cloned animals are typically a Mix-and-Match of two parents: the animal from which they are cloned (which provides the nucleus of the lab-generated zygote), and the animal that provided an unfertilized egg (which provides the other cellular components). They have the chromosomes of their cloned parent, and the mitochondrial DNA -- what little of it there is -- of the egg-donor. Averted if the same female animal is used for both.
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