History Main / MixAndMatchCritters

* Muut from ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' is shown as a human with the head and feet of an owl (the original character from Cahuilla Native American myth was just [[OwlBeDamned a giant owl]]). ''Gunnerkrigg Court'' has also featured the classical Minotaur as a character.

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* {{Marsupilami}}, from ''SpirouAndFantasio'' and the eponymous title, are vaguely monkey-like creatures, oviparous but with a belly button, with a leopard coat and the occasional melanistic individual.

*** [[CuteKitten Regular cats]] appear to be quite common and socially accepted. They also seem to eat regular chicken instead of this trope.

* Furthermore, the Greeks and Romans believed the spotted leopard itself was born from a mating of a lion, or "leo" and a black panther, or "pard". Yeah, as wise as the Classical civilizations were, they knew squat about zoology.
** Speaking of the Greeks, in the unknown land, anything goes. People with dogs' heads, people walking on their hands...

* Looking closer at a [[http://blog.webosaurs.com/2010/11/18/weekly-dino-fact-mighty-mosasaur/ mososaur]], you'd think someone finally managed to take the badass qualities of a shark and a crocodile and combine into one badass dominant marine predator of the Cretacious period.

* The original {{Filmation}} version of ''He-Man'' was full of these. Some examples:

* In "The Camping Episode" of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', Spongebob and Patrick are wary of sea-bears, which are a mix of piranha and bear. Squidward doesn't believe they exist and tempts fate by doing everything Spongebob and Patrick believe attracts sea-bears. [[ButtMonkey Naturally]] this attracts a sea-bear who spends the rest of the episode mauling Squidward. Just when Squidward thinks he's safe after he gets inside Spongebob and Patrick's protective dirt circle (the sea-bear leaves after making a threatening gesture to Squidward -- it ''really'' hates Squidward), a sea-''rhino'' appears. And Squidward isn't wearing anti-sea-rhino underwear...

* Most of the animals on Skeeve's home dimension of Klah, from the MythAdventures series, appear to be this trope, at least to judge by their names (e.g. 'spider-bear').

* ''Webcomic/DragonMango'': One of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many]] main characters summoned [[http://dragon-mango.com/comic/chapter02/dm02-29.htm a hippogryff -- half-hippopotamus, half-griffin.]]

* The ''[[KatamariDamacy Katamari]]'' series (specifically ''We ♥ Katamari'' and ''Katamari Forever'') has the Cowbear (infamous for being one of the harder items to roll up) which consists of the upper half of a bear and the lower half of a cow.

* ''QTheWingedSerpent'' has the head of a vulture, feathered wings, a snake-like tail, and four limbs sort of like an iguana. On top of that, Q is meant to be the dragon-god Quetzelcoatl... and doesn't really look like him either.

* ''{{Sharktopus}}''! Heck, Sci-Fi Channel original movies tend to run on these, to the point where there almost appears to be a competition as to which movie features the most ludicrous monster. (Mansquito, Sharkodile, ad infinitum.)

** Hippogriffs have appeared in ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'', ''DungeonsAndDragons'', ''{{Warcraft}}'' and, of course, ''HarryPotter''.

* Numerous Iranian mythological creatures were in this style. Their gryphon was quite popular (and likely originated from Aryan aka Iranian peoples), but one of the main ones was the senmurv, or Simurgh, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Saena.jpg a bird with the head of a dog and the claws of a lion]].

* The inhabitants of Tulgey Wood from ''Disney/AliceinWonderland'', which include Bread-and-Butterflies, Rocking-Horseflies, Dog-and-Caterpillars, pencil birds, hammer birds, [[VisualPun umbrella birds]], cage birds, mirror birds, glasses birds, accordion owls, honker ducks, cymbal frogs, timpani frogs, and a broom dog.

* ''{{Dune}}'' has the Bene Tleilaxu's Sligs - slugs and pigs genetically mashed together. Apparently it makes the meat tender and succulent.
* MargaretAtwood's ''OryxAndCrake'' has quite a few including wolvogs (genetically modified wolf/dogs designed for home defense), the spoat/gider (a goat with spider genes, used for the production of high-strength fiber), and the snat, described as "an unfortunate combination of snake and rat" (apparently both lethal and testy).

** The TeamPet, Momo, is a flying lemur (it has flaps of skin like a flying squirrel).

* ''TheDarkTower'' had several: Billy-bumblers combined traits of a raccoon, a badger, and a dog. Taheen looked like humans with the heads of birds. The Low Men looked like humans with rodent-like heads -- they usually wore masks and tried to pass as humans. Then there's the "lobstrosities", who were half-frog, half-lobster humanoids.