History Main / HeinzHybrid

** In a variation, Marceline is genetically half-demon, half-human. The vampire part resulted from when she was bitten as an older teen during a fight with the Vampire King.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': There are four souls, representing four races (Shinigami, Hollow, Quincy, Human), each with their own set of special powers that defines them (Zanpakuto, Hollow Masks, Spirit Weapons, Fullbring). Ichigo is a natural hybrid of all four souls, due to his parents experiencing unnatural events before he was born. He is a "substitute shinigami" because his Shinigami power seemingly manifested first. [[spoiler:His Quincy power manifested first, masquerading as Shinigami power; Aizen hollowfied his Quincy mother, whose life was stabilised by Isshin's Shinigami power. Ichigo inherited Quincy, Hollow and Fullbring power from Masaki, and Shinigami power from Isshin (both directly as his son, and indirectly via Isshin's power being used inside Masaki's soul).]]

In science fiction and fantasy, there are lot of different species. Often they interbreed, however implausible this is (for [[NoBiochemicalBarriers multiple]] [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction reasons]]). One result of this is HalfHumanHybrids, but in other cases things get [[MixAndMatchCritters a little more complicated]]. For some characters, not being too fussy about species runs in the family, with the end result being a sort of multi-species grab bag. (One common definition of "species" is a group in which interbreeding can produce ''fertile'' offspring -- try not to think too hard about it.)

* Since before the Internet, various amusing snippets of poorly-written homework assignments have circulated throughout the world. One of these boasts a claim that Music/GeorgeFredericHandel was half-German, half-Italian and half-English. [[http://english-zone.com/language/ss-blooper.html "He was very large/"]]

* ''Literature/{{Vurt}}'' does it in fives--most of the FiveRaces can have sex with the others, but there are only five combinations that produce viable offspring. Some of those can interbreed to produce five possible three-way combinations, and those can interbreed to produce five possible four-way combinations. Of course, there's only one five-way combination, but so far one of those has never been born. (This makes no sense from a genetic standpoint, of course, but a): cyborgs apparently pass down their robotic limbs to their children, and b): human plus ''dog'' is a viable two-way pairing.)

* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', Harry's father is Thor (who was incarnated as James). This means that he's half Asgardian. So far, so simple. Except that he was conceived his father was a human wizard, leaving him with three sets of biological grandparents. Furthermore, Thor is one quarter [[Myth/GreekMythology Titan]] thanks to Bor, Odin's father, marrying Theia. Lily, meanwhile, was a witch and a latent mutant, and, to complicate matters further, it's implied that the Asgardian side of the family intermarried with the House of El a very long way back. No one's quite sure, and in any case, the genetic influence would be minimal. And, as it turns out, all this confluence of heritages really seems to succeed in doing is giving Harry a few PsychoActivePowers that, at best, he has limited control over, and a headache when it comes to trying to figure out his family tree.

* Fans of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' have produced quite a few. Most common are [[https://derpibooru.org/tags/satyr Satyrs,]] the offspring of a human and any character from the franchise[[note]]Ponies are most common but there are also changelings, dragons, gryphons, and even diamond dogs and breezies[[/note]] which are basically human from the waist up and pony from the waist down. There are also [[https://derpibooru.org/tags/kirin Kirins]] the offspring of a pony and a dragon, [[https://derpibooru.org/tags/hippogriff Hippogriffs,]] the offspring of a pony and a gryphons(which are in fact canon), and strangest of all, the [[CreepyCute eerily cute]] [[https://derpibooru.org/tags/tatzlpony Tatzlpony,]] a hybrid of a pony and that huge worm thing from ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd Three's A Crowd]]''. Basically if there are two different species in this show, you'd better believe a hybrid has been made of them. Naturally, [[https://derpibooru.org/tags/centaur centaurs]] are also a thing.

* ''Literature/{{Touch}}'' gives this a darker twist--Caleb and his fellow "assets" fulfill this trope because their owners have captured various HalfHumanHybrids and selectively bred them to create slaves with a wide variety of different powers.

** Taken to its ''LogicalExtreme'' on one of the moons of Ida, where ''only'' interspecies pairings are fertile- combinations encountered there include a Goblin-Harpy-Dragon-Sphinx...thats the part of his pedigree that he remembers anyway.

** Taken to extremes in one novel when the characters pass through a number of alternate Xanths in search of one particular alternate, basing their assessment of whether or not they've made it on who Jenny Elf married and the resulting "species" of her daughter. In one universe, she was half-''[[DemBones skeleton]]''. (its a long story...)

** Beefalo: the offspring of cattle and bison produces a meat machine that would give WebVideo/EpicMealTime a run for its money. Best of all they're fertile. Unfortunately this also means that those interested in conserving the American Bison population are having problems since cattle are so prevalent in America.

* This is the official explanation in the MegaCrossover FanWebcomic ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' for supernatural abilities. One extremity is pure human (no magic at all) the other pure FairFolk ("made of magic", extremely rare) anything between is a Heinz Hybrid (so most of the people considered TheFairFolk, the WitchSpecies and probably even a part of humanity). Every character can try to do the genealogical research himself if he cares what percentage fae he is (they normally don't because the [[TangledFamilyTree magic family tree]] makes "1+1=<><" sense at times).

* In ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'', the [https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Nightmare_Amalgam Nightmare Amalgam] has the "All" minion tribe, which is treated as every minion tribes: Beast, Murloc, Demon, Pirate, Dragon, Totem, Mech, and Elemental. Every tribe synergy (or [[WeaponOfXSlaying anti-tribe]]) effects works on it.

* Bair from ''Literature/{{Mithgar}}'' is one of these, known as "the impossible child". His bloodline is a mix of [[OurElvesAreBetter elf]], human, [[WitchSpecies Mage]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]], and probably one of the various breeds of [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Spawn]], though this is never confirmed and if so which kind is never stated. Bair's dad, Urus, from whom he gets most of these bloodlines, is a less extreme example. It's explicitly stated by [[BigGood Dalavar the Wolfmage]] that it's the contribution of the demon and its inherently magical blood that permits all this hybridization; in most cases the different races in this 'verse are infertile with each other.

* ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'': Zelgadis is 1/3rd human, 1/3rd golem, and 1/3rd "blue demon" (whatever that is, often [[{{Fanon}} identified as Mazoku]]). This is the result of FunctionalMagic. [[note]]It's translated "blow demon" in the novels, if that helps any. Also, WordOfGod states that Blow Demons aren't Mazoku any more than a Black Dragon is one of the Shinzoku.[[/note]]

* In the ''Literature/HollowKingdomTrilogy'', goblins choose their mates by who will provide them with the strongest children, regardless of species or consent, and their offspring inherit whatever the parents like most about each other, along with random body parts from other ancestors. Consequently, they tend to be a disfigured mashup of wildly different body parts, and most can't even travel in human lands without heavy disguising. For example, the royal family is prone to MismatchedEyes, ExtraDigits, and [[BestialityIsDepraved animal paws]].

* Legion in ''{{Literature/Tasakeru}}'' is a hybrid of eight sentient species.

** Wolfdog: Like its name suggests, this is the child of a grey wolf and a common Dog. And since dogs and wolves are currently considered to be the same species, they have no fertility problems whatsoever. Breeding one carries all the pluses and minuses that must have plagued our ancient ancestors when they first domesticated Wolves, because these animals can vary between shy and submissive to as cunning and vicious as a regular wolf. However their strength makes them a promising means of immediately breeding out common weaknesses in purebred dogs, allowing their children to regain some of their durability and versatility at the cost of extreme variability.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld "The End of the World"]] has Lady Cassandra, "the last human" (who at this point is a sheet of skin with a face). When Rose gets a moment to talk to her, Cassandra explains that humans haven't gone extinct but at this point the entire rest of what would be called "human" have aliens in their ancestry, and thus she's only "the last human" by her FantasticRacism standards. Rose [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech doesn't stand for it]].

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld "The End of the World"]] has Lady Cassandra, "the last human" (who at this point is a sheet of skin with a face). When Rose gets a moment to talk to her, Cassandra explains that at this point the entirety of what would be called "human" has one alien or another in their ancestry, and thus she's only "the last human" by her FantasticRacism standards. Rose [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech doesn't stand for it]].