History Main / MonstrousGerms

* ''VideoGame/ProjectRemedium'' is an FPS where you're a nanobot shooting virus infections inside a human body, with several gigantic germs as enemies.

* ''VideoGame/ProjectRemedium'' is an FPS where you're a white blood cell shooting virus infections inside a human body, with several gigantic germs as enemies.

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* ''VideoGame/ProjectRemedium'' is an FPS where you're a white blood cell shooting enemy germs inside a human body, with several gigantic germs as enemies.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The evil space virus in the episode "The Invisible Enemy" looks like the front end of a lobster. At first it is microscopic size and clones of the Doctor and Leela are shrunk to microscopic size to fight it. Then, after they escape and are enlarged to their proper size the virus follows them and is enlarged as well.

* ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' is about AnthropomorphicPersonification applied to the human body at the cellular level. While the body cells all look human, bacteria are depicted more like monstrous, but humanoid aliens. Their designs are somewhat accurate, though, such as ''Staphylococcus'' bacteria having a skirt looking like a bunch of grapes. Viruses, on the other hand, are depicted as looking like hats that attach themselves to cells and turn them into basically zombies (as is seen in the influenza arc). The larger parasitic organisms look like exaggerated versions of the real parasites, and as the series continues, the pathogens become more monstrous in appearance. The DarkerAndEdgier {{spinoff}} ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'' continues with this tradition - gonorrhea is depicted as a tentacle monster, and a deadly strain of Streptococcus is depicted as a swarm of ''[[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Hormagaunt]]''-like beasts.

-->--'''Staph Sargent''', "Protect, Don't Infect"

Bacteria, viruses and other pathogens -- invisible little organisms that make our lives miserable by causing diseases. Before the invention of microscopes, we did not know what they looked like. Now we know that both [[https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/virus-shapes-illustration-monica-schroeder.jpg viruses]] and [[https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-c2a164aea96f79769f299353e15ccacb-c bacteria]] can have various geometrical forms that look [[StarfishAliens vastly different]] from multicellular organisms.

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* ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' is about AnthropomorphicPersonification applied to the human body at the cellular level. While the body cells all look human, bacteria are depicted more like monstrous, but humanoid aliens. Their designs is somewhat accurate, though, such as ''Staphylococcus'' bacteria having a skirt looking like a bunch of grapes. Viruses, on the other hand, are depicted as looking like hats that attach themselves to cells and turn them into basically zombies (as is seen in the influenza arc). The larger parasitic organisms look like exaggerated versions of the real parasites, and as the series continues, the pathogens become more monstrous in appearance. The DarkerAndEdgier {{spinoff}} ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'' continues with this tradition - gonorrhea is depicted as a tentacle monster, and a deadly strain of Streptococcus is depicted as a swarm of [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Hormagaunt]]-like beasts.

* In the Creator/DonRosa [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]] comic "The Incredible Shrinking Tightwad", Scrooge and Donald are shrunk down to microscopic size due to the effects of a malfunctioning ShrinkRay, and are menaced by a horde of microbes, some of which have eyes, mouths or crab-like pincers.

* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'': Before starting the ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar, Kyle Rayner's mother died by a strange and incurable disease, which makes him depressed, specially because he couldn't be there when she died. When he's kidnapped by Sinestro, he revealed that that the sentient virus Despotellis was responsible for the death of his mother, which also was part of Sinestro Corps. Broken and overcome with fear, Kyle is sent to the Central Battery of Qward where he is possessed by Parallax, becoming its new host. Despotellis is depicted as similar in shape to a bacteriophage, but with tentacle-like appendages.
* Generally averted in Marvel Comics with all the face to face shrinking heroes get with microorganisms but a sentient virus from the microverse in an arc of Wolverine is depicted as having a whole lot of eyes and tentacles.

* In ''Film/OsmosisJones'', germs are portrayed as humanoid creatures with mismatched body parts and often reptilian features. The BigBad Thrax is a red-skinned humanoid with tentacle-like dreadlocks and a large burning claw on one of his hands. The SeekerWhiteBloodCells who fight against them look much more human-like apart from their blue skin. This trope is PlayedWith, however, in that while most germs in the movie are criminals of various sorts, germs and body cells can be seen hanging around with each other in some of the more run-down districts, like The Liver.

* ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' is about AnthropomorphicPersonification applied to the human body at the cellular level. While the body cells all look human, bacteria are depicted more like monstrous, but humanoid aliens. Their designs is somewhat accurate, though, such as ''Staphylococcus'' bacteria having a skirt looking like a bunch of grapes. Viruses, on the other hand, are depicted as looking like hats that attach themselves to cells and turn them into basically zombies (as is seen in the influenza arc). The larger parasitic organisms look like exaggerated versions of the real parasites, and as the series continues, the pathogens become more monstrous in appearance. The DarkerAndEdgier {{spinoff}} ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'' continues with this tradition - gonorrhea is depicted as a tentacle monster, and a deadly strain of Streptococcus is depicted as a swarm of hormigaunts.

* ''Manga/CellsAtWork'':
** The manga and anime are about AnthropomorphicPersonification applied to the human body at the cellular level. While the body cells all look human, bacterias are depicted more like monstrous, but humanoid aliens. Their designs is somewhat accurate, though, such as ''Staphylococcus'' bacteria having a skirt looking like a bunch of grapes. Viruses, on the other hand, are depicted as hats that attach themselves to cells and turn them to to basically zombies. The larger parasitic organisms look like exaggerated versions of the real parasites, and as the series continues, the pathogens become more monstrous in appearance.
** ''Cells at Work!'''s {{spinoff}} ''Manga/CellsAtWorkCodeBlack'' continues with this tradition; gonorrhea is depicted as a tentacle monster, and a deadly strain of Streptococcus is depicted as a swarm of hormigaunts.

* In ''Film/OsmosisJones'', germs are portrayed as humanoid creatures with mismatched body parts and often reptilian features. The BigBad Thrax is a red-skinned humanoid with tentacle-like dreadlocks and a large burning claw on one of his hands. The SeekerWhiteBloodCells who fight against them look much more human-like apart from their blue skin.

* ''VideoGame/DrMario'' has the ever present trio of viruses, one blue, one red and one yellow {{Cephalothorax}} creature with eyes, mouth, hands and feet. ''Dr. Luigi'' introduces cyan and magenta variants.

** The manga and anime are about AnthropomorphicPersonification applied to the human body at the cellular level. While the body cells all look human, bacterias are depicted more like monstrous, but humanoid aliens. Their designs is somewhat accurate, though, such as ''Staphylococcus'' bacteria having a skirt looking like a bunch of grapes. Viruses, on the other hand, are depicted as hats that attach themselves to cells and turn them to to basically zombies.

** ''Cells at Work!'''s {{spinoff}} ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBlack'' continues with this tradition; gonorrhea is depicted as a tentacle monster, and a deadly strain of Strepptococcus is depicted as a swarm of hormigaunts.

** ''Cells at Work!'''s {{spinoff}} ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBlack'' continues with this tradition; gonorrhea is depicted as a tentacle monster.