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[[caption-width-right:350:A [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E02Wendigo wendigo]] who was once human, but was transformed by eating human flesh.]]

* Some of the monsters in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' fall into this category including ghosts, zombies, golem, rawheads, and wendigo.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-974 SCP-974 ("Treehouse Predator")]]. SCP-974 is a meat-eating creature that looks like a young human child. It prefers to kill and eat prepubescent children (ages 6-12 years old).

* MonsterLord

* MonsterKnight

*** Both of them are horrifyingly strong and scare the crap out everyone present, the first going toe to toe with each of the Visored (who are also Hollow-Shinigami hybrids) and the second scaring not just Orihime but [[TheStotic Uruyu and Ulquiora]] too
*** The Hollow then goes ahead and merges with Tensa Zangetsu when Ichigo tries to complete [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Jinzen]]

** Orochimaru appears to be a tall, thin man with long black hair. However, he also has HellishPupils, fangs, insane regenerative capabilities, and a variety of snake-themed powers. His true form, after years of self-experimentation, is a giant snake-like monstrosity composed of hundreds of smaller snakes, and he can take over other peoples' bodies and use them as his own until his power burns them out.
** Kabuto Yakushi, Orochimaru's righthand man, becomes one after he infuses himself with Orochimaru's, [[spoiler: Juugo's, Suigetsu's, Karin's, and the Sound Four's]] DNA, gaining HellishPupils, scales all over his body, all of Orochimaru's [[spoiler: and the others']] powers, a massive snake where his navel used to be, [[spoiler: and the ability to turn himself into a humanoid dragon of sorts.]]

** Comicbook/{{Venom}}, Carnage, and the other [[TheSymbiote symbiotes]] can turn their hosts into creatures with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily,{{Overly Long Tongue}}s, and {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s to boot.

** Ichigo's Hollow forms. The first is a bipedal reptilian creature with a mane of hair, a long tail protruding from its back, three clawed toes, and spikes jutting from its shoulders. His second form is more humanoid but has retractable claws, tufts of red fur on its wrist and clavicles, and a horned mask that covers its entire head. Both of them are horrifyingly strong, the first form scaring the crap out of Hiyori and going toe to toe with each of the Visored (who all have their own hollow powers) and the second NoSells everything Ulquiora throws at it completely turning the tables of their fight
*** The Hollow then goes ahead and merges with Tensa Zangetsu when Ichigo tries to complete [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Jinzin]]

** Ichigo's Hollow forms. The first is a bipedal reptilian creature with a mane of hair, a long tail protruding from its back, three clawed toes, and spikes jutting from its shoulders. His second form is more humanoid but has retractable claws, tufts of red fur on its wrist and clavicles, and a horned mask that covers its entire head.

** Sosuke Aizen, post merging with the Hogyoku. He undergoes four OneWingedAngel transformations, each more monstrous than the last, culminating as a Hollow-like monster with three MilkyWhiteEyes, six wings with Hollow masks and eyes with [[HellishPupils horizontally slitted pupils]], three huge holes in his body, facial skin splitting apart to reveal a black skull, and his right hand completely fused to his Zanpakuto.

* The Parshendi in ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' are of roughly human shape [[spoiler: in their base forms, at any rate]] and can in fact speak Alethi (the language of the protagonists). However, they have red-and-black marbled skin, can grow armor if they desire, and [[spoiler: might be the larval form of this world's demons]]. They also are noted for killing King Gavilar of Alethekar ''on the same night they signed a peace treaty with him'', for no reason anyone's been able to figure out.

A SuperTrope to BeastMan, CuteMonsterGirl, WingedHumanoid, HornedHumanoid, DraconicHumanoid, FaunsAndSatyrs, MonsterKnight, and MonsterLord. More monstrous examples of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]] and WolfMan/bipedal wolf forms of [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolves]] may qualify as well. Many [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent Spirits]] are often depicted this way.

* TheRake is a wiry human figure, pale and hairless with [[LooksLikeCesare cavernous eyes]]. It is [[DependingOnTheWriter often depicted]] as an unnaturally vicious predator, whether of human intelligence or animal cunning; however, it is also related to the [[TheFairFolk mara]] of folklore, as it is described as slipping into bedrooms at night and watching the sleepers or leaving inexplicable slashes on their arms.

* [[CreepyPasta The Rake]] is a wiry human figure, pale and hairless with [[LooksLikeCesare cavernous eyes]]. It is [[DependingOnTheWriter often depicted]] as an unnaturally vicious predator, whether of human intelligence or animal cunning; however, it is also related to the [[TheFairFolk mara]] of folklore, as it is described as slipping into bedrooms at night and watching the sleepers or leaving inexplicable slashes on their arms.

A SuperTrope to BeastMan, CuteMonsterGirl, WingedHumanoid, HornedHumanoid, FaunsAndSatyrs, MonsterKnight, and MonsterLord. More monstrous examples of [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]] and WolfMan/bipedal wolf forms of [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolves]] may qualify as well. Many [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent Spirits]] are often depicted this way.

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* The Pale Man from ''PansLabyrinth'' is a pale, skeletal, humanoid [[TheFairFolk creature]] with [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyes on the palms of its hands]] that usually sits at the head of a table laden with an [[FoodChains enchanted feast]]. Anyone who eats the food wakes him up and, [[IAmAHumanitarian well...]]

They may be the result of a monster that starts undergoing transformations [[BishonenLine that make it more human instead of yet more monstrous]], or a human [[OneWingedAngel transforming into a monster]] but only going there halfway. Expect the more "human" of them to [[GameFace show their true monstrous features]] at some point. While {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s can act as a qualification, they aren't a requirement, and be careful the example doesn't qualify for HumanoidAbomination instead, as {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in human form rarely qualify for this trope.

UncannyValley is related, but distinct from this trope, as monstrous humanoids, while human-looking, are still ''recognizably monstrous'', while UncannyValley creeps people out because the monster looks almost indistinguishable from humans except for the one thing that is "off" about them.

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They may be the result of a monster that starts undergoing transformations [[BishonenLine that make it more human instead of yet more monstrous]], or a human [[OneWingedAngel transforming into a monster]] but only going there halfway. Expect a GameFace from the more "human" of them. While {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s can act as a qualification, they aren't a requirement, and be careful the example doesn't qualify for HumanoidAbomination instead, as {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in human form rarely qualify for this trope.

They may be the result of a monster that starts undergoing transformations [[BishonenLine that make it more human instead of more monstrous]], or a human [[OneWingedAngel transforming into a monster]]. Expect a GameFace from the more "human" of them. While {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s can act as a qualification, they aren't a requirement, and be careful the example doesn't qualify for HumanoidAbomination instead, as {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in human form rarely qualify for this trope.

Many mythological beings often take this form - as a physical manifestation of intelligence and civilization in the human form and assorted forces of wilderness in the monster, the result being a supernatural [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminal_being liminal being]].