- "Mutos are the scarred relics of ourselves. Monsters created by the chemical weapons used in the first century of this war. They were banished into the wastelands where they live and scavenge like animals."
- ― Nyder, explaining about the Mutos. (Doctor Who, "Genesis of the Daleks")
- "Hurt? We're better than ever. Our experiment worked. We were once Human, but now, we're something more."
- ― Simon Utrecht/Vector, after he and his crew have been mutated into monstrous individuals by cosmic radiation. (Marvel's Avengers Assemble)
- "We don't like the word 'mutants', Homer. We prefer 'freaks'. Or 'monsters'."
- ― Moe Szyslak (The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror)
The power to undergo mutation to have an altered physiology. Variation of Science Attuned and Monster Physiology.
Also Called[]
- Abomination/Deviant/Freak Mimicry/Physiology
- Corrupted/Infected Mimicry/Physiology
- Infestation/Malformation Mimicry/Physiology
- Malformed/Mutated Entity/Subject Mimicry/Physiology
- Mutant Mimicry
- Mutational Mimicry/Physiology
Capabilities[]
The user can undergo a mutation to receive heightened abilities, a mutated physiology, and/or various powers depending on the level/type of mutation, usually physical abilities. Alternatively, the user is born with unnatural features and abilities not common to their species.
Mutants can be either artificially created monsters, or various races like beings and animals, that have been heavily and genetically altered to the point they became physically and/or mentally unstable, resulting in horrific malformations and abnormalities that are purely grotesque.
Applications[]
Techniques[]
Traits[]
Mutation Variations[]
- Chaos
- Chemical
- Dimensional
- Digital
- Enhancing
- Electricity
- Esoteric
- Fusionism
- Genetic
- Quantum
- Radioactive
- Reality
Mutant Types[]
- Alpha Mutant
- Conjoined
- Cyborg Mutant
- Half Mutant
- Monster-Infused Mutant
- Mutant Alien
- Mutant Mage
- Mutated Demon
- Mutated Human
- Mutated Monster
- Mutated Beast
- Mutated Plant
- Superior Mutant
- Transcendent Mutant
Associations[]
- Body Manipulation
- Classic Monster Physiology
- Empowered Subject
- Evolution
- Half-Mutant Physiology
- Infestation
- Monster Physiology
- Mutation Empowerment
- Mutation Manipulation
- Mutant Manipulation
- Organic Abomination
- Scientifically Enhanced Physiology
- Unnatural Shape
- Unnatural Quality
Limitations[]
- May have unstable DNA.
- Regular to Absolute Restoration can cure those that have been mutated into monsters, especially Physical Restoration, Biological Manipulation, Conversion Negation, and finally, DNA Restoration.
- May be unable to revert to their original form.
- The user's mutated form may experience destabilization, and depending on how debilitating the malformations are, their sentient consciousness will disappear to become feral and mindless brutes.
Known Users[]
See Also: Mutants, Mutant Media and Body Horror.
Comics/Cartoons[]
- Inhabitants of the Land of OOO (Adventure Time)
- Wild Mike (Barnyard)
- Otto Von Furth/Plasmus (DC Comics)
- Waylon Jones/Killer Croc (DC Comics)
- Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat (DC Comics)
- Tusk (DC Comics)
- Cinderblock (Teen Titans)
- Blockbuster (Young Justice)
- Mark Desmond
- Roland Desmond
- Sewer Mutants (Futurama)
- Turanga Leela
- Turanga Morris
- Turanga Munda
- E.V.O.s (Generator Rex)
- Vicious Circle (Image Comics)
- Sea Mutants (Martian Mystery)
- Mutants (Judge Dredd)
- Gil Moss (Kim Possible)
- Deviants/Homo Descendus (Marvel Comics)
- Deviant Mutates
- Curtis Connors/Lizard (Marvel Comics)
- Henry Philip McCoy/Beast (Marvel Comics)
- Itsy Bitsy (Marvel Comics)
- Triton (Marvel Comics)
- Cronenbergs (Rick and Morty)
- Mantis-People (Rick and Morty)
- Corrupted Gems (Steven Universe)
- Mutants (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Aqua Agua (The Boys Presents: Diabolical)
- Boobie Face (The Boys Presents: Diabolical)
- Human Tongue (The Boys Presents: Diabolical)
- Toxic Crusaders (Toxic Crusaders)
- Mu-Team (A.T.O.M. Alpha Teens On Machines)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Frieza (Dragon Ball series)
- Broly (Dragon Ball Super)
- Drakken Joe (Edens Zero)
- Kaibutsu (Ginga)
- Chimera Ants (Hunter x Hunter)
- Ghost ÄRM users (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Innsmouth (My Hero Academia)
- Nomu (My Hero Academia)
- High End
- Kurogiri
- Some Mutant Type Quirk Users (My Hero Academia)
- Gigantomachia
- Nezu
- Hidden Sound Ninja (Naruto)
- Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One-Piece)
- Mutants (One-Punch Man)
- Curtis Miller (Resident Evil: Degeneration); via Golgotha/G-Virus
- Mutants (The SoulTaker)
Live Television/Movies[]
- The Mother (Barbarian)
- Dwellers (The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay)
- Mutos (Doctor Who)
- Godzilla (Godzilla)
- Biollante (Godzilla)
- Spacegodzilla (Godzilla)
- Mutants (The Hills Have Eyes)
- Neil Gunzenhauser/The Annihilator (Mighty Med)
- Fifield (Prometheus)
- Shin Godzilla (Shin Godzilla)
- Superfly (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem)
- Oroku Saki Super Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)
- Mutants (The Toxic Avenger)
- Kuato (Total Recall)
- Eugene Tooms (The X-Files)
- Leonard (The X-Files)
- Peacock Family (The X-Files)
- Rob Roberts (The X-Files)
- Albert Tanner (The X-Files)
Video Games[]
- The Infected (The Amazing Spider Man)
- Splicers (Bioshock series)
- Mutants (Chernobylite)
- Mira (Dragon Ball Xenoverse)
- Mutants (Fallout)
- Abominations (F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin)
- Makonoids (Complication of Final Fantasy VII)
- Lambent (Gears of War series); via Imulsion
- Queen Myrrah (Gears of War)
- Locust Horde (Gears of War)
- Sires (Gears of War 2)
- Formers (Gears of War 3)
- Mutant Monsters (Godzilla Unleashed)
- Joseph Bertrand III (InFAMOUS 2)
- The Corrupted (InFAMOUS 2)
- Specimens/Zeds (Killing Floor series)
- Joy Mutants (Lisa the Painful)
- Abominations (Madness: Project Nexus)
- Lamenters
- Mag Agent: Gestalt/Project Gestalt
- Odiums
- Wild Landers (Madness: Project Nexus)
- Mutates (Prey)
- Elizabeth Greene (PROTOTYPE)
- Alex Mercer (PROTOTYPE)
- Evolved (PROTOTYPE 2)
- Bio Organic Weapons/B.O.W.s (Resident Evil)
- G-Creatures (Resident Evil)
- Ganados (Resident Evil)
- Bitores Mendez (Resident Evil 4)
- Osmund Saddler (Resident Evil 4)
- Irregular mutants (Resident Evil series)
- Lisa Trevor
- William Birkin; via Golgotha/G-Virus
- Albert Wesker; via Uroboros
- Carla Radames; via C-virus
- Piers Nivans; via C-virus
- Deborah Harper
- Rachel Foley
- Glenn Arias; after merging with Diego
- Mother Miranda
- Jack Baker
- Lucas Baker
- Alcina Dimitrescu; via Cadou
- Karl Heisenberg; via Cadou
- Donna Beneviento; via Cadou
- Lopers (Return to Castle Wolfenstein)
- Fishface (Roblox: Survive and Kill the Killers in Area 51)
- Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog series)
- Mutants (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series)
- Infested Terrans (StarCraft)
- Alexie Stukov
- Mutants (System Shock series)
- Hybrid Mutants (TimeSpitters 2)
- Freaks (TimeSplitters: Future Perfect)
- Cultists (TREPANG2); except The Patriarch
- Moth Minions/Jiggly Bois (TREPANG2)
- Stalkers (TREPANG2); Cut
- Subject 97-01/Mothman (TREPANG2)
- Mutants (VLADiK BRUTAL)
Web Original[]
- Charles Flemming (The GREYLOCK Tapes)
- Charlotte Melgren (The GREYLOCK Tapes)
- John Rafferty (The GREYLOCK Tapes)
- Paul Morelli (The GREYLOCK Tapes)
- Ramón Herrera (The GREYLOCK Tapes)
- Samuel Washington (The GREYLOCK Tapes)
- Scott M. Oakhurst (The GREYLOCK Tapes)
- Thomas Rockford (The GREYLOCK Tapes)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Frieza (Dragon Ball series) is a mutant amongst his species, accounting for his unnatural strength & potential as well as his excessive cruelty.
Chimera Ants (Hunter x Hunter) are a dangerous species of mutant ants with the ability to develop traits from other species
Meruem (Hunter x Hunter) is the king of the Chimera Ants, being the most powerful offspring of the Chimera Ant Queen.
Due to Orochimaru's obsession with science, Hidden Sound Ninja (Naruto) were each altered to possess a unique mutation, from Kidomaru's spider physiology to Kimimaro's rapidly regenerating bone structure.
Despite being conceived from regular human parents, Charlotte Linlin (One Piece) was born abnormally large and strong, to the point that as a child she could kill Giants by accident.
Comics/Cartoons[]
While successfully regenerating his lost arm via Lizard DNA, Curtis Connors/Lizard (Marvel Comics) became a humanoid reptile in the process.
Deviant Mutates (Marvel Comics) are severely mutated Deviants with greater genetic instability than normal Deviants.
By far the strongest and most powerful Eternal from Titan, Thanos (Marvel Comics) is a superhuman mutant whose massive, heavy-bodied form was born with the capacity to synthesize cosmic energy for certain personal uses
Henry Philip McCoy/Beast's (Marvel Comics) secondary mutation from experimentation gives him a humanoid feline appearance.
While he used to be a normal Inhuman, Triton (Marvel Comics) gained an aquatic, monstrous appearance due to the Terrigen Mist.
After Rick had failed to restore humanity, people have become Cronenbergs (Rick and Morty) due to another faulty antidote being spilled over all populations.
Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), were regular turtles before they came into contact with mutagen and mutated into anthropomorphic turtles.
Mutagen (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), alien substance that is the key explanation for the mutations. When the exposed to the mutagen, the affected person may experience a change in form, an increase in both size and strength, and may even experience a development in special powers.
Takeshi/Tiger Claw (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series) became mutated with tiger DNA, gaining the strength and claws of a tiger, nightvision, and a keen sense of hearing and smell.
Xever Montes/Fishface (Teenage Mutant Turtles 2012 TV series), touched a snakehead and came in contact with mutagen, gaining ability to breathe and swim underwater, powerful jaws and venomous fangs.
Chris Bradford/Akita Dogound (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series), was bitten by the Shredder's Akita and came in contact with mutagen, gaining a keen sense of hearing and smell, and superhuman strength with his left arm…
… when he came in contact with a second dosage of mutagen, he mutated into the skeletal werewolf Rahzar. In his new form retains his strength, regains his speed and agility and possesses razor sharp claws that he can project.
Movies[]
Destoroyah (Godzilla) is a Kaiju that started as a colony of prehistoric crustaceans mutated by the Oxygen Destroyer.
Live-Action[]
Eugene Tooms (The X-Files) was a semi-immortal parasitic mutant that could extend his life via eating human livers.
Leonard (The X-Files) was a mutant parasitic-twin capable of detaching from his brother and seeking out new hosts.
Dylan Lokensgard (The X-Files) was a mutant with control over insects, theorized by Scully to be a human-insect hybrid.
Albert Tanner (The X-Files) was a semi-immortal mutant with amazing regenerative abilities but also a requirement to eat cancerous tissue from humans.
Video Games[]
Created from humans exposed to various strains of the Forced Evolutionary Virus (FEV), Super Mutants (Fallout) are far stronger and tougher than any ordinary human, alongside an immunity to radiation and disease, but also have modified intelligence, and are more aggressive and completely sterile.
Frank Horrigan (Fallout) is an exceptionally strong Super Mutant whose body is fused to a modified Enclave Power Armor that acts as his life support system.
After being kidnapped by Neo-Umbrella, Deborah Harper (Resident Evil 6), was forcibly injected with a mixture of different viruses and mutated into a spider-like monster.
After being killed by a gang of T-Abyss Virus Oozes, Rachel Foley (Resident Evil: Revelations), was revived by the T-Abyss Virus as an Ooze.
The Tyrant/T-Virus (Resident Evil series) normally infects humans into mindless zombies, though a small percentage of the population has the required genetic makeup for drastic mutations...
The Nemesis-T Type (Resident Evil series) is a further mutation of the "Tyrants", created by implanting one with the mutagenic NE-α Parasite.
The Golgotha/G-Virus (Resident Evil series) is a highly advanced strain of the Progenitor Virus created by William Birkin. The virus possesses fierce-regenerative abilities that revitalize the body but also mutates its host into a horrible monster.
William Birkin (Resident Evil 2) was the creator the Golgotha/G-Virus. After being mortally wounded, he infected himself with the virus, becoming a mutated creature of incredible strength, but slowly began to lose his humanity afterwards…
…as William became increasingly injured during his fights with Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, the Golgotha/G-Virus rapidly healed and evolved his body to that a clawed juggernaut…
…In his third form, the Golgotha/G-Virus mutated William in a hulking, multi-armed brute with his humanity all but lost…
…At this point in his fourth form, William lost any resemblance to that of a rational being, transforming into a ferocious bipedal monster…
…In his fifth and final form, William has sustained significant damage to the point where the Golgotha/G-Virus was unable to fully heal him, leaving him to become nothing more than a mindless mass of flesh and teeth.
Thanks to her implanted Cadou parasite, Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil: Village) is enormous in size, much stronger and more durable than any Human, and has razor-sharp claws.
Thanks to his implanted Cadou parasite, Karl Heisenberg (Resident Evil: Village) uniquely developed a specialized organ that can generate magnetic fields.
Miranda (Resident Evil: Village) experimented significantly with a mutagenic Mold species, both changing herself into something superhuman and engineering the Cadou parasite.
Chimeras (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat) are Mutants that both behave like and resemble Panthers, having great running speed and leaping.
While their origin is a mystery on how they exactly came to be, the Pseudogiants (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series) are the most feared and most powerful Mutants within the zone, appearing as nothing more but bloated abdomens with limbs.
Being former Humans that have been exposed to radiation as well as the existing anomalies found throughout the zone, what they are supposed to be physiology wise, has been stripped away clean, turning them into monstrous Snorks (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series). Beyond that however is their increased muscle power and reflexes.
The Avian Mutants (System Shock) used to be normal infant Lizards inside eggs that had been affected by reverse-breeding the reptiles with the use of the Squamata order, combined with the use of exposing them to UV radiation.
Humanoid Mutants (System Shock) are the result of Humans being exposed to mutagenic viruses. Even though they are weak, they can be dangerous if there was a horde of them.
Plant Mutants (System Shock) used to be regular plants that have been exposed to viral mutagens within the groves of citadel station.
Created by S.H.O.D.A.N.’s V-5 Mutagen Virus, the Virus Mutants (System Shock) are a tad more powerful than the Humanoid Mutants and are presumably former Humans as well.
Makonoids (Complication of Final Fantasy VII) are former humans who were heavily mutated by exposure to concentrated Mako energy.
Abominations (Madness: Project Nexus) are a race of mutated Nevadeans due to too many S-3LF data from Subject 1v02P_6's memories that drive them insane.
Wild Landers (Madness: Project Nexus) are another race of mutated Nevadeans through an unknown mean.
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