History Main / HybridPower

* ''Webcomic/DemonKingGF'': Zenith is the hybrid daughter of the [[DraconicHumanoid dragonborn]] Alvida and the human Hero, and one comic has her [[WereDragon transform into a dragon]] by complete accident. Considering Alvida was telling her husband how her fellow full-blooded dragonborns had lost that ability 500,000 years ago and how she currently can only make certain parts of her body more draconic, that makes her half-human daughter the first one to fully become a dragon in that time.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': In the third season, Tom Luctior, long known for being one of the most powerful if not the most powerful demon in existence, is revealed to actually be a half-demon with a Mewman for a father. It's then taken even further by [[spoiler:Meteora Butterfly, daughter of Eclipsa and her monster lover, who is so powerful magically that in the end only Eclipsa, mightiest queen in the Butterfly line, can take her down]]. In the case of the latter, [[spoiler:the High Commission]] explicitly feared their power and stole them away from their parents to suppress it.

** The titular character is half-human, half-Gem. At first, the human half mostly just seems to be inconvenient for him, if not ''life-threatening''; Steven's power grew slowly over his life, with some often dangerous PowerIncontinence, and he isn't TheNeedless. But he eventually shows he has a number of additional powers, such as dream-walking (which a full gem would be unlikely to discover because they don't usually sleep), and several episodes suggest that his abilities will grow to become stronger than even his mother's were. The Season 1 finale shows one ''vital'' benefit to having an organic body: [[spoiler:Steven is immune to advanced Gem technology that can instantly destroy the body of a regular gem]]. "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E37AloneTogether Alone Together]]" reveals another ability he has that the other Gems lack: [[spoiler:the ability to fuse with humans in addition to Gems]]. But probably the best thing about being a human/Gem hybrid is that since he was raised among both, he's the only person in the world who can ''easily'' [[TheHeart empathise with and understand both sides]].

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': In the third season, Tom Luctior, long known for being one of the most powerful if not the most powerful demons in existence, is revealed to actually be a half-demon with a Mewman for a father. It's then taken even further by [[spoiler:Meteora Butterfly, daughter of Eclipsa and her monster lover, who is so powerful magically that in the end only Eclipsa, mightiest queen in the Butterfly line, could take her down]]. In the case of the latter, [[spoiler:the High Commission]] explicitly feared their power and stole them away from their parents to suppress it.

** The titular character is half-human, half-Gem. At first, the human half mostly just seems to be inconvenient for him, if not ''life-threatening''; Steven's power grew slowly over his life, with some often dangerous PowerIncontinence, and he isn't TheNeedless. But he eventually shows he has a number of additional powers, such as dream-walking (which a full gem would be unlikely to discover because they don't usually sleep), and several episodes suggest that his abilities will grow to become stronger than even his mother's were. The Season 1 finale show one ''vital'' benefit to having an organic body: [[spoiler:Steven is immune to advanced Gem technology that can instantly destroy the body of a regular gem]]. "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E37AloneTogether Alone Together]]" reveals another ability he has that the other Gems lack: [[spoiler:the ability to fuse with humans in addition to Gems]]. But probably the best thing about being a human/Gem hybrid is that since he was raised among both, he's the only person in the world who can ''easily'' [[TheHeart empathise with and understand both sides]].
** [[FusionDance Fusion between Gems]] also has an element of this. Gems of the same type fusing just create a larger version of that gem with no more than the combined strength of their components. Fusions made of different gems become stronger that the sum of their parts, often possessing new abilities as a result of their components' powers working off each other.

* According to an anecdote told variously about Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw and Isadora Duncan/Sandra Bernhardt, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein and Creator/MarilynMonroe, etc., the woman says to the man, "You are the greatest brain in the world and I have the most beautiful body, so we ought to produce the most perfect child." He responds, "What if the child inherits my beauty and your brains?" [[note]] the joke is better when you're told that Isadora Duncan/Sandra Bernhardt found the reversal distasteful, but Marilyn Monroe thought it was ''hilarious''! [[/note]]
* Ligers, the offspring of a male lion and female tiger. They are massive mostly due to a defective growth inhibitor (up to 900 lbs, compared to an average 500 lb tiger) and much more powerful than either parent, while retaining their speed. That said, they are not well-suited for the wild due to their docile behavior. Also, their overabundance of size requires more food and may cause joint problems, though not universal. Male ligers are usually sterile.

* Invoked in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': after a MassSuperEmpoweringEvent, some people deliberately sought partners whose Quirks complemented their own in an attempt to create an even stronger child. The example we see in the story is Todoroki, whose father Endeavor arranged a marriage with a particular woman in order to combine his [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] with her [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] and have an offspring with both. As one might expect, the kind of man who would make such a cold decision proves a pretty undesirable father and husband. Partially subverted with Todoroki's older brothers and sister, who didn’t end up with half fire and half ice Quirks. In addition, some parents' quirks can combine to make entirely new powers, such as a nitros + glycerine pairing resulting in Bakugo's explosion Quirk.

** Legosi is 3/4 Wolf and 1/4 Komodo Dragon. He inherited the Wolf's super senses and the Komodo Dragon's monstrous strength and immunity to poison.
** Melon gets this as an 11th Hour Superpower. He's a Gazelle/Leopard hybrid who inherited precisely none of his mother's leopard strength, but still proves to be incredibly dangerous by having the gazelle's agility and charisma in spades. Right before his final confrontation with Legosi his mother's side starts to express itself a lot more forcefully and he suddenly gains like 30 kg of pure muscle.

** Ichigo is the offspring of a human and a shinigami. Thanks to the quirks of his parentage, he therefore possesses all the known power types in his world. Ginjou does claim Ichigo is not the first human/shinigami offspring to exist. [[spoiler: His mother was an Echt Quincy whose soul was affected forever by one of Aizen's Hollow experiments, and to save her life, his father underwent a procedure to change him from a pure shinigami into a shinigami/human hybrid. As such, Ichigo was born with Quincy, Hollow, Human (Fullbringer) and Shinigami power, all of which have awakened at different speeds throughout the events of the series.]]

* This trope is the entire basis of Rikuo and Rihan's ability, ''Matoi'' in ''Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan''. Being part human they can be possessed by their youkai subordinates but because they're also part youkai they have the ability to control the "fear" aura of the one possessing them, resulting in a FusionDance type situation.
* Invoked in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': after a MassSuperEmpoweringEvent, some people deliberately sought partners whose Quirks complemented their own in an attempt to create an even stronger child. The example we see in the story is Todoroki, whose father Endeavor arranged a marriage with a particular woman in order to combine his [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]] with her [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] and have an offspring with both. As one might expect, the kind of man who would make such a cold decision proves a pretty undesirable father and husband. Partially subverted with Todoroki’s older brothers and sister, who didn’t end up with half fire and half ice Quirks. In addition, some parents' quirks can combine to make entirely new powers, such as a nitros + glycerine pairing resulting in Bakugo's explosion Quirk.
* [[spoiler:Yusuke]] of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is revealed to be the descendant of a very powerful demon who had fallen in love with a human. After his demon genes become active, he gains the ability to use both Demon Energy and his original human-based Spirit Energy, eventually creating something akin to Sensui's Sacred Energy by [[YinYangBomb combining the two]].
* One-Eyed Ghouls in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' are rumored to be the result of matings between a male Ghoul and a female Human, and far more powerful than a full-blooded Ghoul due to Hybrid Vigor. Ken Kaneki is an Artificially-created hybrid, and proves to be exceptionally powerful once he actually begins using his abilities. The only other case on record, the legendary [[HeroKiller One-Eyed]] [[LivingMacGuffin Owl]] [[spoiler: (aka Eto Yoshimura/Sen Takatsuki)]], is believed to be the most powerful Ghoul [[HunterOfMonsters CCG]] has ever encountered.
* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'' has a number of hybrids through the story, both naturally born and artificially created, and in this story human ancestry actually comes with its own inherent power benefits. While angels and devils possess a wide range of magical powers, only humans can be born with the power of Sacred Gears, all of which have the potential of outstripping even the strongest pureblood. For example, Issei combines the magical potential of an artificially empowered devil with the human-born draconic power of Boosted Gear, while his rival Vali goes further by being a natural HumanDemonHybrid descended from the immensely powerful Lucifer and possessing the rivalling draconic Divine Dividing, both cases resulting in them possessing greater potential than any pureblood demon or angel.

* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers:'' Teddy Altman is half Skrull and half Kree, inheriting both super strength and shapeshifting/healing factor. The Skrull half also comes with an immunity to mutagenic gases that can mutate Kree.

* [[ComicBook/{{Exiles}} Magnus]], an alternate son of Magneto and Rogue, has the power of magnetism from his father, and a variation of his mother's deadly touch; in this case skin to skin contact will cause the victim to turn to pure metal.
* In ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'', the platinum dragon D'bra is actually a hybrid between two differing tribes of dragons, platinum on her mother's side and iron on her father's. This is notable as full dragons are rare enough between two partners of the same tribe (most eggs hatch into less drakes or wyrms), and hybrids are thus extremely powerful. However, not only are they extremely rare (six have been recorded in the entirety of draconic history), but also card carrying demonstrations that WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity. D'bra's own explosive temper is a considerable worry to the other dragons who are afraid of her snapping like all the others.
* The ComicBook/{{Witchblade}} is a living weapon that has been used by females, and some males, over the generations. It was the offspring of the Darkness and Angelus. It has the power to create a blade, fire energy beams, create wings for flight, and can cover the host in body armor, most of the time. It also doesn't have any of its parents' weaknesses; The Darkness can't function in light, while the Angelus can't fight in the dark.
* Ruby Summers, the daughter of Scott Summers and Emma Frost from a BadFuture seen in ''Comicbook/XFactor'' has her dad's EyeBeams, and her mother's jewel form, only instead of turning to diamond, she turns to ruby quartz (the only thing that can control Cyclops's optic blast). The only downside is her powers are weaker than her dad's, needing to recharge.
* The French comic ''Zombillenium'' (about monsters running their horror-themed amusement park) has a new employee get repeatedly bitten by a werewolf and a vampire due to each being shortstaffed in their department. This ends up turning him into a BigRedDevil and the park's newest attraction.
* Comicbook/RomSpaceknight's enemy Hybrid is half human, half Dire Wraith... and all evil, having a particularly {{Squick}}y obsession with [[MarsNeedsWomen collecting superpowered women to bear his children]]. Not only can he shape-shift like a Wraith, but he's an ''incredibly'' powerful psychic, enough to prove a problem for a young ComicBook/XMan (who's arguably the most powerful psychic in the Marvel Universe). Oh, and his [[VoluntaryShapeshifting true form]] is even more hideous than a normal Wraith's. The most tragic thing? His Wraith father was a DefectorFromDecadence and pretty much the only sympathetic Wraith we ever met - Hybrid himself was UsedToBeASweetKid until he was found and corrupted by other Wraiths.

* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' suggests this will be the case with Harry. Thanks to his parentage (James was Thor) not only will he have the advantage of being a living magical reactor that all Asgardians do and develop his father's SuperStrength, he's also a relative of Jean Grey on his mother's side and inherited the vast psychic powers which, on top of everything else, will be stronger in that he can channel more energy. Unfortunately, it's more a case of BlessedWithSuck. The SuperStrength comes through only in intermittent bursts meaning that he lives in mortal fear of shaking someone's hand and [[{{Fingore}} squashing it]], the PsychicPowers come through violently, are initially dangerously uncontrollable and nearly get him, Ron and Hermione killed, and WordOfGod says that he'll never be as strong as Jean is (on the other hand, as WordOfGod also admits, this is not saying much) and he lacks the skills and abilities to use those powers effectively. Oh, and Doctor [=McCoy=] theorises that the steady altering of his body and brain chemistry by his Asgardian genes could mean that his PsychicPowers will eventually shortcircuit his brain.
* The "Let's make {{VideoGame/Touhou}} kids" [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pools/323?page=1 meme]] churns out kids with characteristics (appearance, clothes, powers and personality) of both parents. As Touhou characters cover damn near every slot in the SuperpowerLottery (in addition to flight and BulletHell as standard), this ends up creating drunkards who can create portals to anywhere, a CloudCuckoolander with power over ice and nukes, a girl throwing out {{Kamehame Hadoken}}s at supersonic speeds...
* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'':
** The SuperSoldier project that created [[BigBad General-Admiral Makarov]] was invoking this by creating unicorn/deer hybrids, with Makarov being the only surviving and most successful one. [[spoiler:It turns out this is a complete lie: while the experiment DID happen, it was an utter failure as genetics don't work that way. Makarov's powers [[EldritchAbomination are something else entirely]].]]
** Demi Gods have some unique powers due to their hybrid nature. While full Gods can be detected, Demi-Gods' mortal halves hide their divine half (which seems to be why Fluttercruel has gone mostly unnoticed as being one, even to beings that can sense she's in there). While full deities either need to cause a large distortion or create an Avatar to manifest into the mortal world, Demi-Gods have the ability to go back and forth between the mortal and spirit worlds at will. [[spoiler:These abilities are why in LooseCanon (and later AscendedCanon), Venus helps a pegasus named Lovestruck merge with the Shadow of Existence of her demi-god son Cupid to become a Demi-God herself: it makes her rather ideal for rescuing ponies cause in Discord's endgame because she can use her full Demi-God power to protect ponies without being detected and can flee into the spirit world for quick escapes.]]
* In ''[[Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil The Stronger Evil]]'', it's established that since Drago is a [[HalfHumanHybrid dragon/human hybrid]] -- specifically one born from [[spoiler: [[YinYangBomb a merged pair of Others]]]] -- he's more capable of absorbing and using the Demon Sorcerer chi than anyone else, as his already balanced chi can take it without being warped or overwhelmed. He's also immune against spells that should ward off beings who are fully composed of dark chi.

* Inverted in ''Fanfic/CuckooBird''. Izuku is half-puca and half-elf, but his powers (i.e. some {{Shapeshifting}}, DreamingOfThingsToCome, and {{Glamour}}) are extremely limited compared to a pure-blooded elf like Beck, who can effortlessly teleport and make things appear out of thin air.

* ''Fanfic/HalfPastAdventure:'' Rather than a unique ability (a “pup power” as [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Steve Wolfhard]] likes to call them), Robin appears to have all the powers of a shapeshifter mixed with all the problems of a rainicorn, albeit both to a far more limited degree --  zhe can't get larger than zhir normal form and zhe has trouble projecting light out past zhir own body.
* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': [[spoiler: Page Turner is the tenth in her line to be a mix of unicorn and changeling, and refers to herself as a halfling or halfbreed after it comes out, though the exact percentage isn't certain at this point (her maternal ancestors have alternated between mating with full unicorns or full changelings ever since Lamella Armor the First was born to a unicorn and changeling pair). This mixed blood allows she and other changeling hybrids like her to gain Cutie Marks, and also renders them immune to the effects of the changeling detector lights.]]

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* In ''Film/HangmansCurse'', [[spoiler:The spiders somehow keep both the size of the wolf spiders and the deadly venom of the brown recluse and are stated as getting larger and more prolific with each generation]].
* Film/LittleNicky, being the offspring of Satan and an angel, can perform both good and evil miracles, and can even get into Heaven with a sufficiently good deed.

* The overarching story arc of the ''Film/Underworld2003'' series is pretty much driven by this trope, though only the fourth movie features a child inheriting both parents' powers--other hybridization instances are carried out via vampiric blood absorption/transmission. While originally hybrids are thought to be hard to create, and a lot of research went into finding one way it may be possible, the series features the following examples:

** The third film proves the possibility of [[spoiler:a vampire-werewolf hybrid child by ''birth.'' Sonja, a vampire and Viktor's daughter, is pregnant by Lucien, the above-mentioned werewolf.]] We never learn of the attributes of this particular hybrid, though, [[spoiler:because Viktor kills Sonja long before it can be born.]]

* In the ''Celestial Wars'' setting, celestials draw their power from mortal belief. Within their own realm, a celestial who is worshipped as a god has whatever powers (and whatever flaws) their mortal worshippers believe they have, but the instant they step outside their own realm they lose everything except their innate celestial abilities. Celestial-human hybrids, however, can believe in ''themselves'' and carry their power with them into foreign realms. [[BlessedWithSuck For this reason, almost all celestial pantheons consider hybrids too dangerous to let live, and will murder any they find on sight.]]
* ''Literature/ADealWithADemon:'' The offspring of humans and demons are granted immense magical ability and power. It's for this reason that Sol asks the Bargainer Demon Azazel for a human bride, as their child can be very helpful in keeping his people safe in the future.

* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' universe, many half-blood wizards like Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, and Lord Voldemort become known for their particularly potent powers. Muggle-born wizards are also a type of hybrid, albeit more diluted, and many of them are shown to be extremely talented. The irony of course is that Magical Society is highly discriminatory against half-blood and muggle-born wizards despite many being more powerful than purebloods (who on top of being weaker are also highly inbred). Pure-Blooded wizards make up only 10% of the magical population. So statistically, there will probably be more wizards of all levels among mixed and muggle-born.
* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', this is one hypothetical explanation mentioned for the new breeds of Orcs commanded by Saruman, though a detailed, canonical explanation is never given. (Note that the images from the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings film]] of Uruk-hai being "birthed" from gelatinous sacs don't appear in the book.) It's speculated that the wizard may have cross-bred Orcs and humans, resulting in creatures that are larger and stronger than Orcs and are not bothered by sunlight. In some cases, they may even be able to pass as human, as with the sinister stranger the Hobbits saw in Bree, who "looked more than half like a Goblin".
* In ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'', there are two hereditary magic systems: Allomancy allows the user to ingest certain metals and "burn" them in their stomach to gain certain powers, and Feruchemy uses the same metals as storage devices, sacrificing attributes like strength and health and putting them into the metal to retrieve later. In the second era, the two bloodlines have mixed to create Twinborn, who can use one Allomantic metal and one Feruchemical metal. Depending on which two metals they have, they'll gain access to a unique "resonance" between the two powers (for example, Wax can use Allomantic steel to telekinetically push on metal and Feruchemical iron to store his weight; the two combined allows him to constantly press his weight against every nearby metal object, which makes bullets less accurate when shot at him). Having both powers for the same metal doesn't grant a resonance, but instead an ability called Compounding; by Allomantically burning your Feruchemical storages, instead of the normal Allomantic effect you get back the Feruchemical attribute stored in the metal, multiplied by ten. That can be immeidately stored again and potentially burned again for a hundred times the initial investment, creating an infinite loop that generates an endless supply of your Feruchemical attribute. Miles Hundredlives, a gold Compounder, demonstrates his [[HealingFactor infinite health]] by regenerating from shotgun blasts to the face and dynamite exploding while he was holding it.

* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': The offspring of Beren [a Man] and Lúthien [an Elf with Maiar heredity] have the ability to choose which race they belong to, which determines their ultimate fate. Even if they choose the human side, they can expect to live [[LongLived hundreds of years]].[[note]]When Aragorn first meets Frodo in Bree he's nearly ''ninety'', but by that time the Elven/Maiar blood is pretty dilute; he "only" lives another 120 years after the War of the Ring.[[/note]]
* In one of the ''Literature/ImmortalsAfterDark'' books, the female protagonist is a vampire[=/=]phantom hybrid. Vampires can teleport and gain people's memories and abilities by drinking their blood, but are vulnerable to burning up in sunlight. Phantoms have telekinesis and the handy ability to go insubstantial, whereupon they can't be killed. The hybrid in question has all of these strengths ''and'' doesn't burn in the sun.
** The protagonist couple from one book, a demon and Valkyrie, appear in later books having had twin girls. Demons can teleport only with training, and Valkyries can't teleport at all, but their daughters can teleport from infancy.
* ''Literature/NightHuntress'': Main character Cat is a {{Dhampyr}}. When the first book starts, she's said to be weaker than a new vampire, but after a few weeks of TrainingFromHell, her strength increases dramatically, and Bones once states that she is a master vampire who happens to have a pulse. On a couple of occasions, she briefly manifests the ability to fly, something that takes vampires decades or centuries to become strong enough to do, and she's in her late twenties. When Cat becomes a full vampire, her strength increases a good deal further, and she drinks undead blood instead of human, temporarily gaining any special abilities possessed by whoever she drinks from.
* ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'': The child of the dragons [[spoiler:Temeraire and Iskierka]] inherits the former's MakeMeWannaShout power and the latter's fiery BreathWeapon and can [[AbilityMixing combine the two]] into an even more deadly attack. She develops these abilities far faster than her parents, grows faster than them, and shows [[WiseBeyondTheirYears exceptional intelligence and cunning]] even as a hatchling.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}''
** Connor is the {{Dhampyr}} version...he has the strength and enhanced senses of the vampire with none of the drawbacks. However, he is not as resistant as a vampire. Because his body is alive and not undead, he can come to harm, for example by modern firearms.

* On ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'', a common witch power is telekinesis and a common power for [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Whitelighters]] is a kind of FlashyTeleportation called "orbing". Paige, Chris and Wyatt are all half-witch, half-whitelighter, and therefore have a mixture of powers inherited from both sides. Paige and Wyatt have a combined "orb-telekinesis" where using telekinesis manifests like orbing. However, Chris has the witch form of telekinesis, which allows him to hide his witch-heritage until he's ready to reveal it because he can use his whitelighter powers without it looking "witchy". While whitelighters can be frozen by witch-magic, the trio are as immune to this power as any witch; they can also cast spells like a witch, orb up to the Elders like a whitelighter, and take responsibility for nurturing charges like a whitelighter and protecting innocents like a witch.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd "Journey's End"]], [[spoiler:the Doctor undergoes a "biological meta-crisis" in which he uses regeneration energy to form a clone which has some of Donna's personality.]] More importantly, the same process gives Donna the Doctor's mental prowess, which, combined with her "gut instinct" as a human, makes her a hypergenius capable of things even the Doctor would never think to do. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:the human-Time Lord meta-crisis proves to be unstable, and would kill her if she didn't have her [[LaserGuidedAmnesia memory erased]].]]
* Inverted in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' by [[MagnificentBastard Scorpius]], the offspring of a Sebacean and a Scarran. He inherited both the Scarran bodily trait of massive internal heat generation, and the Sebacean inability to regulate body temperature easily -- requiring him to use cooling rods inserted in his head to survive, which created a certain vulnerability. Other than that, he was quite badass, however, both physically and mentally. His hybrid physiology does allow him to distinguish heat signatures, however, which allows him to distinguish species and tell when someone is lying.

** Jesse TheAntichrist was the offspring of a human and a demon, and for some reason possessed immensely powerful RealityWarper abilities that neither parent had.
** Jane the {{Nephilim}} was physically stronger than Castiel or Metatron and tosses them around in the fight.

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* ''ComicBook/BeastWarsUprising:'' In the backstory, there were the Triple-Threat Masters, a combination of Headmaster, Targetmaster and Powermaster. As a fusion of four different beings, three of them living {{Amplifier Artifact}}s, the Triple-Threat Masters were essentially invincible. However, there was the severe drawback of depleting the lifespan of anyone who underwent the process. Only two existed; Galvatron and Optimus Prime.

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** The other half of the Barista's lineage isn't stated, but [[spoiler:being a hybrid with an alien parent technically makes them, as Freya describes it, "a superhero." The end of the game reveals them to have TimeTravel powers, represented by the game's feature to allow you load and replay any day on the calendar after one playthrough.]]

---> '''Dante to Sid:''' "[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech It's about souls]]. ... Basically, here's the story, Sid. Someone like you who's let a soul rot can't measure up by just getting some power, not to someone with a real soul. That's not how it works down here."\\
'''Dante to Agnus:''' "You surrendered your humanity. It's that simple."\\
'''Dante to Urizen:''' "It's not about loss... Strength is a choice! Fighting like hell to protect what matters! You threw away everything you ever had! No wonder you have no true power!"

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'' provide players with the ability to pair units in marriage, and allows their offspring to inherit certain skills from their parents, plus letting their base stats be influenced by the stats of the respective parents. Children inherit the Holy Blood of both parents and two parents with minor blood will result in a child with Major. [[spoiler: A fact the BigBad takes advantage of... via branwashing two half-siblings into marrying.]]
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' bring back the marriage system, only now the children inherit both parents' class options and stat {{Cap}} modifiers too. Fitting for this trope, the two HalfHumanHybrid kids ([[LittleBitBeastly Yarne]] and [[WereDragon Nah]]) have the potential to become some of the strongest characters in the game.
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'', the offspring of Beorc and Laguz are known as the Branded (from the marks they have somewhere on their bodies, [[MarkOfShame usually kept hidden]]) or Parentless. They often have special abilities, but it's generally considered a great stigma, until ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' when it turns out [[spoiler: the Apostle and Empress of the Begnion Empire is a Branded, the descendant of the Laguz Heron Lehran and the Beorc woman Altina, which enables them to hear the voice of the Goddess Yune]]. Also, aside from Ike's army, most of those unaffected by [[spoiler: Ashera [[TakenForGranite turning the entire population to stone]]]] are Branded [[spoiler: due to her having no idea that they exist]].
* A variant in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games via HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Breeding two mons together produces a mon of the females' species, that will learn some of the male's moves. So in theory the new mon might have some more powerful moves (sometimes at level 5, meaning just-hatched) without any drawbacks except that hatching it takes longer.
* ''Franchise/StarCraft'':
** Two alien races were uplifted by the [[{{Precursors}} Xel'Naga]]: The protoss, who with their powerful bodies and PsychicPowers, are deemed to have "purity of form", and the Zerg, which with their mutative adaptability, HiveMind and resultant singularity of purpose, have "purity of essence". These species are ''supposed'' to meet naturally one day and physically merge to become a new generation of Xel'Naga, with all the power that entails. However, agents of a renegade Xel'Naga interfere to create an artificial hybrid species as EliteMooks [[spoiler:and eventually a CustomBuiltHost]], making monsters that are certainly far stronger than any individual Zerg or Protoss.
** [[spoiler:Kerrigan]]'s ultimate form involves combining purity of form and purity of essence with pure Xel'Naga essence, turning them into a Xel'Naga who can kill all of the above.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': Half-Homs High Entia, despite their usually smaller [[MercurysWings head wings]] and lack of PointyEars, are just as [[Really700YearsOld long-lived]] and capable of manipulating [[MagicByAnyOtherName ether]] as their pure-blooded cousins. What really sets them apart is [[spoiler: that they are cured of the genetic "curse" that can eventually turn pure High Entia into mindless Telethia]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'', Sunburn is a dragon-phoenix, which grants him rare powers like teleportation. This actually turns out to be a mixed blessing, as his abilities make him a target for unscrupulous wizards; part of the reason he joined the Skylanders is for protection.
* In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', when visiting the Labyrinth of Amala, a Loa comments demons sacrificed their ability to change and grow in exchange for a form of immortality, while humanity kept it at the cost of remaining mortal. He passingly wonders what this means for the PlayerCharacter, the Demi-Fiend, who has the body of a demon and a human heart and soul, thus combining the best attributes of ''both''...
* In ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier''. Humans increase their stats by [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower developing their bodies and minds through training and battle]], and can learn [[MasterSwordsman Sword]], [[GunFu Gun]] and [[SupernaturalMartialArts Fighting]] skills by using the requisite weapons in combat; they can also use nearly any equipment. By contrast, Mystics grow in power by absorbing monsters into their Mystic Weapons, gaining increases to stats and skills based on the monsters they have in their gear at any point, and many Mystics have equipment slots permanently occupied by mystical armor (which is often less useful than top-tier gear by a long shot); both species can learn Magic. Half-Mystic Asellus normally develops as a human, but can use Mystic Weapons, absorb monsters, and change into a Mystic form to boost her human abilities, yet lacks the problematic Mystic Armor. OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce doesn't even begin to describe it; this combination possibly makes her the most powerful being in the world, period.
* Subverted in ''{{VideoGame/Bayonetta}}''; [[spoiler:Despite being the daughter of an Umbra Witch and an Lumen Sage, Bayonetta only has Umbra Witch powers.]]
** [[spoiler:Double subverted in that an Umbra witch and Lumen sage having a child seems to have caused her to inherit both their spiritual power, making a witch far more powerful than a witch mating with a human.]]
* In ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'', both Sabata and Django are essentially half-immortal on their mother's side and as a result are mostly immune to Klorofolun: while it saps their strength on contact, a normal human would instantly turn undead if they so much as touched it. It's also implied to be the reason Django was able to become a half-vampire (though he ''still'' would have turned completely had they not used the Pile Driver on him first), and the reason why Sabata was able to be imbued with Dark Matter.

** Over the course of many generations however, this is played straight. Fore example, the Bretons were born of a [[BreedingSlave eugenics program]] which mated the Direnni Altmer of High Rock with the Nedes, one of Tamriel's indigenous human tribes (or a collective name for those tribes) who are the common ancestors of most of the modern races of men (except for the Redguards). As a result, the Bretons have a greater [[MageSpecies natural magical prowess]] than their fellow races of men, while having [[HumansAreWarriors hardier constitutions]] (especially in terms of inherent magical defenses) than their Altmeri ancestors. The Bretons make for exceptional MageKiller {{Magic Knight}}s.
*** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', Bretons are practically {{Game Breaker}}s thanks to their racial trait, a 50% resistance to all magic, which can be stacked with a single item which ''also'' grants 50% resistance to magic as well as 35% chance to reflect spells, creating a character who is completely invincible to all magical and elemental attacks.
* Half-elves in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' have the [[LongLived longevity]] and magical capabilities of full elves, and one bit of dialogue suggests cross-breeding with humans made their magic power ''stronger'' than elves'. Most of the notably powerful individuals in the story are half-elves, though that could just because [[TrueBreedingHybrid half-elves have grown to out-populate the full elves]].

* In the ''{{Franchise/Nasuverse}}'', this crops up fairly often, mostly in ''{{VisualNovel/Tsukihime}}'', since it has the most focus on it. Descendants of oni and humans are regularly shown as having supernatural powers that don't seem to originate from either side and the distinct advantage of being solidly grounded in reality, as opposed to regular oni, which are considered to be 'demons,' formless forces of nature with incomprehensible minds, morality, and ''physics'' that are given shape by human thought and aren't good at maintaining physical form (although, oni hybrids also have severe disadvantages that pure oni and pure humans ''don't'', most notably that they are at constant risk of degenerating into feral, animalistic madmen). The powers held by oni hybrids are pretty much random: Akiha has PrehensileHair, the ability to 'Plunder' heat and life force from things simply by looking at them, and an innate ability to create shikigami; SHIKI has his [[DecapitationRequired 'Death Resistive Body']], the ability to heal his own wounds by eating human flesh, and the ability to control, shape, and solidify his shed blood; Kouma has SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, SuperToughness, and pyrokinesis; and Miyako has very mild SuperStrength. The only ability common to all half-breeds is magic resistance, which is apparently simply a natural quality of any human/supernatural creature hybrid.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Uryuoms frequently have several parents adding their genes to an egg, as they don't have typical genders. This ultimately results in a character being a hybrid of four different creatures, conserving many of their powers.
** And Grace is actually an example of this even by Uryuom standards, since two of her DNA sources were Uryuom and lespuko (a non-sapient species related to Uryuoms roughly as gorillas are related to humans). Adding lespuko DNA amplifies Uryuom shapeshifting, including giving Grace the ability to combine traits from different forms.
* ''Barbie The Barbarienne'' has [[PunnyName Kymchi,]] an experimental hybrid between magically UnskilledButStrong [[LizardFolk Imps]] and [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]] with the result essentially being a [[TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson pop culture-spouting,]] [[MostCommonSuperPower big-boobed,]] white-haired, [[RealityWarper reality-warping]] [[WildCard Mad Goddess that nobody trusts and everyone who knows her fears due to her unpredictability and invincibility.]] In short, [[GoneHorriblyRight the project to harness the power of the imps succeeded.]]
* Gods in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' cooperated to create the world because they discovered that the more pantheons that are involved in the creation of a thing, the stronger and "more real" it is. Ironically this makes the gods themselves uniquely vulnerable, as they are each formed from only one pantheon. [[spoiler:And following its destruction of the Eastern Pantheon, the Snarl is the only thing in existence created by all four pantheons.]]

** Inverted in an episode of [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} the original series]] where the [[TransformationTrinket Omnitrix]] is damaged, causing Ben to assume hybrids of his normal forms. In all cases, these new forms are worse than his normal ones.

* Played straight in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' with two versions:
** A downplayed example is when Ben is bonded with Skurd, a Slimebiote. A unicellular creature, he can take DNA and mix it up. He sticks around with Ben and can combine the DNA of the various aliens Ben has in the Omnitrix to form weapons or extensions for Ben to use while in alien form (including a sword made out of ''Celestialsapien matter'').
** A more direct example and likely inspired by his time with Skurd is with Omniverse's Ben 10,000 who invented the Biomentrix. Two gauntlets that when he smashes together, he can create a powerful hybrid alien. One very notable example was Atomic-X, a fusion of ''Atomix'' and ''Alien X'' (as in the two most powerful aliens in the Omnitrix.) The only downside is that it appears to be somewhat randomized and doesn't "save" any of the transformations.
* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', it’s repeatedly shown that half dead humans are far more powerful than full ghosts in most cases. And not only can they shift to human to bypass a lot of ghost weaknesses, but when they do this in the Ghost Zone they [[HumansAreCthulhu basically invert the dynamic]].
* Played ''very'' straight in ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' by the third season. Tom Luctior, long known for being one of the most powerful if not the most powerful demons in existence, is revealed to actually be a half-demon with a Mewman for a father. It's then taken even further by [[spoiler: Meteora Butterfly, daughter of Eclipsa and her monster lover, who is so powerful magically that in the end only Eclipsa, mightiest queen in the Butterfly line, could take her down.]] In the case of the latter, [[spoiler:the High Commission]] explicitly feared their power and stole them away from their parents to suppress it.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
** The titular character is half-human, half-Gem. At first, the human half mostly just seems to be inconvenient for him, if not ''life-threatening''; Steven's power grew slowly over his life, with some often dangerous PowerIncontinence, and he isn't TheNeedless. But he eventually shows he has a number of additional powers, such as dream-walking (which a full gem would be unlikely to discover because they don't usually sleep), and several episodes suggest that his abilities will grow to become stronger than even his mother's were. The Season 1 finale show one ''vital'' benefit to having an organic body: [[spoiler:Steven is immune to advanced Gem technology that can instantly destroy the body of a regular gem]]. "Alone Together" reveals another ability he has that the other Gems lack: [[spoiler:the ability to fuse with humans in addition to Gems.]] But probably the best thing about being a human/Gem hybrid is that since he was raised among both, he's the only person in the world who can ''easily'' [[TheHeart empathise with and understand both sides]].

* ''WebOriginal/HamstersParadise'':

* According to an anecdote told variously about Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw and Isadora Duncan/Sandra Bernhardt, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein and Creator/MarilynMonroe, etc., the woman says to the man, "You are the greatest brain in the world and I have the most beautiful body, so we ought to produce the most perfect child." He responds, "What if the child inherits my beauty and your brains?" [[note]] the joke is better when you're told that Isadora Duncan/Sandra Bernhardt found the reversal distasteful, but Marilyn Monroe thought it was ''hilarious''!

* According to an anecdote told variously about Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw and Isadora Duncan/Sandra Bernhardt, UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein and Creator/MarilynMonroe, etc., the woman says to the man, "You are the greatest brain in the world and I have the most beautiful body, so we ought to produce the most perfect child." He responds, "What if the child inherits my beauty and your brains?"

** Saiyan-Earthling hybrids have far more inherent power than pure members of either race. The effect seems to get stronger with successive generations. At age five, Gohan could flatten mountains and stagger [[BigBad Freeza]] if he got angry enough. Around the same age, Goten and Trunks could go Super Saiyan without even trying. At age one, Pan learn to fly by herself. There's some variation too- WordOfGod confirms that hybrids born without tails (Goten, Trunks, and Pan) are stronger than those born with tails (Gohan). However, an important downside for all the hybrids compared to pure-blooded Saiyans is that hybrids do not [[BloodKnight lust for battle]], so they do not naturally develop their inherent fighting powers as much as pure Saiyans do.

** Two alien races were uplifted by the [[{{Precursors}} Xel'Naga]]: The protoss, who with their powerful bodies and PsychicPowers, are deemed to have "purity of form", and the Zerg, which with their mutative adaptability, HiveMind and resultant singularity of purpose, have "purity of essence". Eventually agents of a renegade Xel'Naga create a hybrid species, which have the strengths of each, supposedly making them the UltimateLifeForm.
** [[spoiler:Kerrighan]]'s ultimate form involves combining purity of form and purity of essence with pure Xel'Naga essence, turning them into a Xel'Naga who can kill all of the above.

* ''ComicBook/BeastWarsUprising:'' In the backstory, there were the Triple-Threat Masters, a combination of Headmaster, Targetmaster and Powermaster. Incorporating three different types of (living, symbiotic) AmplifierArtifact into their bodies meant that the Triple-Threat Masters were essentially invincible. However, there was the severe drawback of depleting the lifespan of anyone who underwent the process. Only two existed; Galvatron and Optimus Prime.

* ''ComicBook/BeastWarsUprising:'' In the backstory, there were the Triple-Threat Masters, a combination of Headmaster, Targetmaster and Powermaster which as a combination of three different forms of (living) {{Power Amplifier}}s were essentially invincible. However, there was the severe drawback of depleting the lifespan of anyone who underwent the process. Only two existed; Galvatron and Optimus Prime.

* ''ComicBook/BeastWarsUprising:'' In the backstory, there were the Triple-Threat Masters, a combination of Headmaster, Targetmaster and Powermaster which was essentially invincible. However, there was the severe drawback of depleting the lifespan of anyone who underwent the process. Only two existed; Galvatron and Optimus Prime.

* In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' universe, many half-blood wizards like Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, and Lord Voldemort become known for their particularly potent powers. Muggle-born wizards are also a type of hybrid, albeit more diluted, and any of them are shown to be extremely talented. The irony of course is that Magical Society is highly discriminatory against half-blood and muggle-born wizards despite many being more powerful than purebloods (who on top of being weaker are also highly inbred). Pure-Blooded wizards make up only 10% of the magical population. So statistically, there will probably be more wizards of all levels among mixed and muggle-born.

* In ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', two alien races were uplifted by the [[{{Precursors}} Xel'Naga]]: The protoss, who with their powerful bodies and PsychicPowers, are deemed to have "purity of form", and the Zerg, which with their mutative adaptibility, HiveMind and resultant singularity of purpose, have "purity of essence". Eventually agents of a renegade Xel'Naga create a hybrid species, which have the strengths of each, supposedly making them the UltimateLifeForm.

** There are the half-faeries, children of the Fair Folk and humans. But with them it depends on whether to grow up among humans or in the faerie kingdom. Half-fairies that have grown among mankinds hardly differ from humans except that they have some "elvish" facial features and body traits, and sometimes also one or two special powers. Half-fairies, however, who grow up in the fairy kingdom, qualify themselves completely for this trope. They can be as powerful as pure [[TheFairFolk fairies]], but have less weaknesses. [[ColdIron Cold iron]] is painful to them, but they are much less harmful than pure fairies. Pure fairies can not lie, but must always tell the truth, but half-fairies can lie like everyone else. This is the reason why the Fair Folk choose to nominate Meliorn as their representative to the Clave, because he is a half-faerie and therefore can lie, even though the Shadowhunters expect him not to.

** Ash Morgernstern. His father is the aforementioned half-Shadowhunter half-demon Jonathan. His mother if the Seelie Queen. He is a CharmPerson, capable of attracting people to care for him. Also, he somehow has wings, meaning he is probably next to angel in terms of power. They seem to be a reference to Clary's visions of Jonathan possessing wings, except this time, they are not in a vision but very much real (and usable).

* ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'': The child of the dragons [[spoiler:Temeraire and Iskierka]] inherits the former's MakeMeWannaShout power and the latter's fiery BreathWeapon and can [[AbilityMixing combine the two]] into an even more deadly attack. She develops these abilities far faster than her parents, grows faster than them, and shows [[WiseBeyondTheirYEars exceptional intelligence and cunning]] even as a hatchling.
* In the [[https://www.amazon.com/Ties-That-Bind-Celestial-Wars/dp/1925814653 Celestial Wars]] setting, celestials draw their power from mortal belief. Within their own realm, a celestial who is worshipped as a god has whatever powers (and whatever flaws) their mortal worshippers believe they have, but the instant they step outside their own realm they lose everything except their innate celestial abilities. Celestial-human hybrids, however, can believe in ''themselves'' and carry their power with them into foreign realms. [[BlessedWithSuck For this reason, almost all celestial pantheons consider hybrids too dangerous to let live, and will murder any they find on sight.]]
* Unique among the MixAndMatchCritters of the ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' series, the mating of any centaur with any non-avian winged creature (such as a Pegasus or a hippogriff) results in a winged centaur (also known as "alicentaurs"). In addition to the size, strength and intellect of the centaur side and the wings of the non-centaur, winged centaurs have a shared magic talent: The ability to [[GravityMaster make things progressively lighter]] with a flick of their tails, which allows their massive centaur bodies to fly.

** The two [[http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Half-demon half-demons]] Nash and Pearl say that demons are strong but also archaic, while humans are modern, but also weak. They believe that they are the new evolution of demons and humans alike, because they combine the best of both species in themselves. The veracity of their claim is questionable, give a number of demons have adapted perfectly well to modern society. Something similar was claimed by Adam, who was an artificially created [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot hybrid of humans and demons and machinery.]]

** In Episode 2, [[spoiler:Amanda calls the Barista "Café Offspring", to Baileys' confusion. The Barista just exchanges knowing glances with Silver (formerly Neil) as a CallBack to TheReveal in the previous game's stinger. When Baileys leaves the café, he calls the Barista a "guardian angel", and once he's gone, they say to themself, "More like a guardian hive mind".]]

** In Episode 2, [[spoiler:Amanda calls the Barista "Café Offspring", to Baileys' confusion. The Barista just exchanges knowing glances with Silver (formerly Neil) as a CallBack to TheReveal in the previous game's stinger.]]

* Teddy Altman is half Skrull and half Kree, inheriting both super strength and shapeshifting/healing factor.

* Ruby Summers, the daughter of Scott Summers and Emma Frost from a BadFuture seen in ''Comicbook/XFactor'' has her dad's EyeBeams, and her mother's jewel form, only instead of turning to diamond, she turns to ruby quartz (the only thing that can control Cyclops's optic blast).