This list encompasses fictional characters and species who are

parasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...

s and/or parasitoids.

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Alien Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...

(sometimes referred to as a xenomorph), parasitoid species that is the primary antagonist of the ''Alien'' franchise * Aparoid

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* Baby (Dragon Ball) * Bellum (The Legend of Zelda) * Bezoar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) *

Biollante is a rose, human and dinosaur hybrid kaiju who first appeared in Toho's 1989 film '' Godzilla vs. Biollante'', and has since appeared in numerous licensed video games and comic books. The creature is portrayed as a genetically engineered clone o ...

* Blackrock (comics) *

Brood (comics) The Brood are a fictional race of insectoid, parasitic, extraterrestrial beings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, especially ''Uncanny X-Men.'' Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum, they first app ...

* William Birkin

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Carnage (character) Carnage is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually depicted as an adversary of Spider-Man and the archenemy of Venom. The character made its first appearance in '' The Amazing Spider-Man'' #361 (A ...

*Ceti eel - creature in the film '' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'', invading the human brainAntlions in popular culture
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Tokyo Mew Mew is a Japanese manga series created and written by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi. It was originally serialized in Kodansha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Nakayoshi'' from September 2000 to February 2003, with its chapters co ...

'', infecting animals and changing them into monsters

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*Deathspiral Butterfly - parasitoid butterfly in

Shadowrun ''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic in fiction, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime fiction, crime, with ...

Destoroyah is a crustacean kaiju who first appeared in Toho's 1995 film ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'', as its titular main antagonist. Overview Destoroyah originated as a colony of microscopic Precambrian crustaceans that had been awakened and mutated in ...

* DNAlien (Ben 10)

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* Eclipso *

Edriss 562 ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of children's books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all ...

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Flood (Halo) The Flood is a fictional parasitic alien lifeform and one of the primary antagonists in the ''Halo'' multimedia franchise. First introduced in the 2001 video game '' Halo: Combat Evolved'', it returns in later entries in the series such as '' Ha ...

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Goa'uld The mythology of the ''Stargate'' franchise is the historical backstory of the ''Stargate'' premise, which centers around xeno-mythology as experienced by humans during episodic contact. In the fictional universe of the franchise, the people of ...

- the main antagonists in ''Stargate'' and ''Stargate SG-1'' * Gravemind * Gregor Samson (Skullgirls) * Gae Bolga (Skullgirls)

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Headcrab A headcrab is a fictional alien parasitoid first appearing as an enemy in Valve's 1998 video game ''Half-Life'', as well as in subsequent games in the ''Half-Life'' series. Attributes Depiction In-universe, headcrabs are parasitic life f ...

Heartless (Kingdom Hearts) The ''Kingdom Hearts'' video game series, developed by Square Enix in collaboration with The Walt Disney Company, Disney, is set in a universe consisting of numerous self-contained worlds based on intellectual property, intellectual properties fr ...

Hedorah , also known as the Smog Monster, is a kaiju monster who first appeared in Toho's 1971 film '' Godzilla vs. Hedorah''. The huge monster was named for , the Japanese word for sludge, slime, vomit or chemical ooze. Overview Whereas Godzilla was a s ...

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Illyria (Angel) Illyria is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series ''Angel''. The character is portrayed by Amy Acker. She is a regular during the last third of season five. Plot summary The character is introduced in a stor ...

Imhotep (character) Imhotep is the main antagonist of the 1932 film ''The Mummy''. He is also the main antagonist in the 1999 remake and its 2001 sequel ''The Mummy Returns''. Sofia Boutella plays a female version of this character named Ahmanet in the 2017 reb ...

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Left Hand (Vampire Hunter D) is a series of novels written by Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano since 1983. As of April 2022, 40 novels have been published in the main series, with some novels comprising as many as four volumes. They hav ...

* Lavos * Las Plagas *Leviathan (Skullgirls)

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Metroid (species) is a series of nonlinear science fiction action games published by Nintendo, featuring side-scrolling, metroidvania, and first-person shooter elements. The player character and protagonist of the series is Samus Aran, a space-faring bounty hunt ...

* Metroid Prime (character) * Mummudrai * MUTO

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* Hinako Ninomiya *

Nemesis (Resident Evil) The Nemesis, also called the Nemesis-T Type, the Pursuer or the , is a character in ''Resident Evil'' (''Biohazard'' in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. Although smaller than other Tyrant models, t ...

*Neurax Worm ( Plague Inc.) *

Cassandra Nova Cassandra Nova is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, Cassandra first appeared in '' New X-Men'' #1 ...

*N'Tal (" Second Soul", 1995 episode of ''The Outer Limits'')

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Parallax (comics) Parallax is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Publication history Created by writer Ron Marz and artist Darryl Banks for ''Green Lantern (comic book), Green Lantern'' vol. 3 #48 (January 1994), Parallax was ...

Parasite (comics) Parasite is the name of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Each version of the character has the ability to temporarily absorb the life-energy, superpowers, and knowledge of others. The most recurring ...

Parasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...

- 1982 3-D film *The Parasprites, from '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' episode ''Swarm of the Century''. *

Pod People (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) Pod people (also known as body snatchers) is the colloquial term for a species of plant-like aliens featured in the 1954 novel '' The Body Snatchers'' by Jack Finney, the 1956 film ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'', the 1978 remake of the same na ...

* Parasytes (manga)

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* Regulan bloodworm - mentioned in various episodes of ''Star Trek'', sometimes causing sickness but also medically useful

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Sublime (Marvel Comics) Sabra Sabreclaw Sabreclaw is a character in the Marvel Comics 2, MC2 universe who first appeared in ''J2 (comics), J2'' #8 (May 1999). He is the half-brother of Wild Thing (comics), Wild Thing and the son of Wolverine (character), Wolverine. ...

* Symbiote (comics) * Silents (Doctor Who) * Sekhmet (Skullgirls)

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*Thread, filaments of a space-borne spore that devours organic matter in the ''

Dragonriders of Pern ''Dragonriders of Pern'' is a science fantasy series written primarily by American author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne. ...

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Trill TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) is an Internet Standard implemented by devices called TRILL switches. TRILL combines techniques from bridging and routing, and is the application of link-state routing to the VLAN-aware cus ...

symbiont in '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', a symbiotic life form that gives its host all the memories of its previous hosts

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* Unity (Superman: The Animated Series)

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Venom (Marvel Comics character) Venom is a Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a sentient alien Symbiote (comics), symbiote with an amorphous, liquid-like form, who survives by bonding with a host, usuall ...

Spider-Man's

archenemy In literature, an archenemy (sometimes spelled as arch-enemy) is the main enemy of someone. In fiction, it is a character who is the protagonist's, commonly a hero A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional cha ...

from outer space *

Visser Three ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of children's books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all ...

, the main antagonist character in the ''

Animorphs ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of children's books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all ...

'' book and television series *

Jason Voorhees Jason Voorhees () is a character from the ''Friday the 13th'' series. He first appeared in '' Friday the 13th'' (1980) as the young son of camp-cook-turned-killer Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Mi ...

(See '' Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday'')

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* X Parasite

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*Yeerk, the main antagonist race in book and television series ''

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