History Main / MonstrousHumanoid

* Whenever {{Spider-Man}}'s "Spider" part overtakes over the "Man" part he transforms into a feral arachnoid monstrosity, as seen during the "Man-Spider" and ''The Other'' arcs. [[spoiler: His clone Kaine underwent a similar metamorphosis a la ''The Other'' after being killed by the Lobos siblings.]]
** 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.

* Grendel in ''Film/{{Beowulf}}'', he is depicted as a misshapen humanoid that is tall and lean and parts of him are inside out.

* The monster from the Upside Down in ''Series/StrangerThings'' definitely qualifies -- too tall and powerfully-built to be human, with disturbingly long arms and hands, a mouth like a five-petalled carnivorous flower, and MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.

* The monster from the Upside Down in ''Series/Stranger Things'' definitely qualifies -- too tall and powerfully-built to be human, with disturbingly long arms and hands, a mouth like a five-petalled carnivorous flower, and MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.

* There are so many examples from the ''{{Digimon}}'' franchise that to list them all would require its own page.

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.

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 LiminalBeing. That this form is so common is partly due to MostWritersAreHuman, as the monsters become more comprehensible and identifiable as advanced and cunning beings as their anthropomorphism increases, but ceasing it before they become ''too'' human and progressing into UncannyValley.

In fantasy and horror, monstrous features can be used as an outward indicator of the evil within, marking the character as villainous. Such examples are listed under RedRightHand .

A SuperTrope to:

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.

Examples on this page are only those which qualify but do not fit properly into any of the {{Sub Trope}}s.

* ”Literature/TheIronTeeth” web serial’s forests are haunted by many different types of dangerous monsters. They are incredibly dangerous and a lot of people perish within them.

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* Grendel in ''{{Film/Beowulf}}'', he is depicted as a misshapen humanoid that is tall and lean and parts of him are inside out.

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* ''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).
** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1293 SCP-1293 ("Squeedle Deedle Dee!")]]. They look like human beings wearing costumes, but the costumes are actually part of their bodies. The female versions bear their young live through their mouths, and the young are born fully mature in intelligence and size.

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* The antagonist of ''Pinball/{{Varkon}}'', who has small fangs and a rounded, brutish face filled with wrinkles.

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* An actual creature type in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', differentiated from normal humanoids by their monstrous or animalistic features. Examples include ogres, hags, gnolls, centaurs, and yuan-ti.
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* ''Literature/{{Eclipse}}'' really enjoys coming up with distinctly... well, inhuman humanoids. Most notably, we have Nyurei Arihiku, who has jet-black skin with a red outline that flares up whenever angry or excited, along with an elongated skull, skin-less lips, an EyelessFace, and an ability to devour Hellhounds via absorption.

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It can be their original form, but they may also be the result of a monster that starts undergoing transformations [[BishonenLine that make it more human instead of yet more monstrous]], or a human [[TransformationHorror transforming into a monster]] but only going there halfway, or [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous doing so much evil that they gradually become monsters]].

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1007 SCP-1007 ("Mr. Life and Mr. Death)]]. SCP-1007 has the form of a human male, but its RapidAging and lack of need to eat and drink show otherwise.

* The Hecatonchires of [[ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]] were a trio of [[OurGiantsAreBigger giants]] with [[MultiArmedAndDangerous 100 hands]] and [[MultipleHeadCase 50 heads]]. They helped the gods overthrow the Titans, and were stationed as the guards of Tartarus.
* Many types of {{Yokai}} in JapaneseMythology‎ have a form that is somewhat human, but definitely monstrous.

In fantasy and horror, monstrous features can be used as an outward indicator of the evil within, marking the character as villainous. Such examples are listed under RedRightHand (and oftentimes UnfortunateImplications).

Compare and contrast HumanoidAbomination, where the reason of inhumanity is more difficult to state as the creature is not a humanoid.

Compare and contrast HumanoidAbomination.

** 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, his facial skin splitting apart to reveal a black skull, and his right hand completely fused to his Zanpakuto.
** Vasto Lorde-class Menos and Arrancar qualify; the former being immensely powerful Hollows that have assumed a humanoid form after devouring thousands, if not millions, of other Hollows; and the latter being Hollows that have broken their WhiteMaskOfDoom to attain a humanoid form and Soul Reaper-like powers.
** 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. It doesn't help that it takes over when Ichigo is technically dead (and brings him back to life afterwards) and can NoSell everything Ulquiorra throws at it. Both of them are horrifyingly strong.
** White, [[spoiler:the Hollow that Ichigo's powers are derived from]], was initially assumed to be a Vasto Lorde in-universe due to its humanoid appearance - possessing digitigrade feet, a horned mask [[spoiler:almost identical to the one worn by Ichigo's second Hollow form]], sword-like appendages instead of hands, and being covered from head to toe in a jet-black exoskeleton - but was actually a Hollowfied Soul Reaper.

It can be their original form, but they may also be the result of a monster that starts undergoing transformations [[BishonenLine that make it more human instead of yet more monstrous]], or a human [[TransformationHorror transforming into a monster]] but only going there halfway, or [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous doing so much evil that they gradually become monsters]]. 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.

It can be their original form, but they may also 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, or [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous doing so much evil that they gradually become monsters]]. 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.

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]]. That this form is so common is partly due to MostWritersAreHuman, as the monsters become more comprehensible and identifiable as advanced and cunning beings as their anthropomorphism increases, but ceasing it before they become ''too'' human and progressing into UncannyValley.

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** 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. It doesn't help that it takes over when Ichigo is technically dead (and brings him back to life afterwards) and can NoSell everything Ulquiorra throws at it.
*** 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 [[TheStoic Uruyu and Ulquiorra]] too.

*** 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 [[TheStoic Uruyu and lquiorra]] too.

** 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. It doesn't help that it takes over when Ichigo is technically dead (and brings him back to life afterwards) and can NoSell everything Ulqiuora throws at it.
*** 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.
** White, [[spoiler:the Hollow that Ichigo's powers are derived from]], was initially assumed to be a Vasto Lorde due to its humanoid appearance - possessing digitigrade feet, a horned mask [[spoiler:almost identical to the one worn by Ichigo's second Hollow form]], sword-like appendages instead of hands, and being covered from head to toe in a jet-black exoskeleton - but was actually a Hollowfied Soul Reaper.

** Any of the Jinchuriki, by virtue of being [[SealedEvilInACan sealed evil in a human]]. When they get suffciently upset or angry the [[EldritchAbomination Tailed Beast]] they house starts to try to take over, in stages varying from a simple power up, a BattleAura (with a mind of its own), becoming a feral miniture of the Beast until finally the Beast breaks free and rampages once more. Each new level starts doing more and more damage to the Jinchuriki [[spoiler:though Killer B and later Naruto are able to use these states without dying/loosing control]]

* [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Trollocs]] from ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' are bulky humanoids with a variety of bestial features mixed in (individual trollocs might have goat, wolf, eagle or some twisted combination thereof, and as such are wildly diverse, but always monstrous). They're magically-engineered footsoldiers for the Shadow, and have high aggression but subhuman intelligence. Their more intelligent and humanlike cousins/offshoots, the myrddraal, fall more into UncannyValley with a dash of HumanoidAbomination, though they share some of the trollocs bestial habits, including cannibalism.

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

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