List of fictional parasites
This list encompasses fictional characters and species who are parasites and/or parasitoids.
A
- Alien (sometimes referred to as a xenomorph),[1] parasitoid species that is the primary antagonist of the Alien franchise
- Aparoid
B
- Baby (Dragon Ball)
- Bellum (The Legend of Zelda)
- Bezoar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Biollante
- Blackrock (comics)
- Brood (comics)
- William Birkin
- Bokor (Andromeda)
C
- Carnage (comics)
- Ceti eel - terrifying creature in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, invading the human brain[2]
- Chimera Anima - blob-shaped parasitic aliens in manga Tokyo Mew Mew, infecting animals and changing them into monsters
D
E
F
G
H
I
L
M
N
- Hinako Ninomiya
- Nemesis (Resident Evil)
- Neurax Worm (Plague Inc.)
- Cassandra Nova
- N'Tal ("Second Soul", 1995 episode of The Outer Limits)
P
- Parallax (comics)
- Parasite (comics)
- Parasite - 1982 3-D film
- The Parasites, from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episode Swarm of the Century.
- Pod People (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
- Parasytes (manga)
R
- Regulan bloodworm - mentioned in various episodes of Star Trek, sometimes causing sickness but also medically useful
S
T
- Thread, filaments of a space-borne spore that devours organic matter in Dragonriders of Pern
- Trill symbiont in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a symbiotic life form that gives its host all the memories of its previous hosts
U
V
- Venom (Marvel Comics character) Spider-Man's archenemy from outer space
- Visser Three, the main antagonist character in the Animorphs book and television series
- Jason Voorhees (See Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
X
Y
- Yeerk, the main antagonist race in book and television series Animorphs
See also
References
- ^ James Cameron (writer and director) (1986). Aliens (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Antlions in popular culture