List of fictional parasites

This list encompasses fictional characters and species who are parasites or parasitoids.

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Film

• Xenomorph (Alien) - The primary antagonists of the Alien franchise. Xenomorphs reproduce by infesting the bodies of others and assume some of their host's characteristics upon being born.^[1]

Literature

• Brood (Marvel Comics) - An insect-like species who reproduce by laying their eggs in other organisms' bodies and assimilating them.^[2]
• Chimera Anima (Tokyo Mew Mew) - Blob-shaped parasitic aliens who infect animals and transform them into monstrous forms.
• Eclipso (DC Comics) - A powerful mystical entity who can possess others via the Heart of Darkness.^[3]
• Mummudrai (Marvel Comics) - A species from another dimension who have no physical form and parasitize the bodies of others to form a body. Cassandra Nova, a recurring enemy of the X-Men, is a mummudrai who formed her body by absorbing Charles Xavier's DNA.^[4]
• Parallax (DC Comics) - An insect-like entity who embodies fear and can possess the bodies of others.^[5]
• Sublime (Marvel Comics) - A sentient bacterial colony created by the Threshold that can possess the bodies of others, though mutants are immune to its control.^[6]
• Symbiote (Marvel Comics) - A slime-like species who can bond with other organisms, giving them superhuman abilities. Some symbiotes influence the minds of their hosts, driving them to commit actions that they otherwise would not.^[7]
• Yeerk (Animorphs) - A blind, slug-like alien species who can possess organisms by entering their body and wrapping around their brain.^[8]

Video games

• Aparoid (Star Fox: Assault) - Cybernetic insect-like aliens who can infect and control the bodies of others.
• Headcrab (Half-Life) - A crab-like alien that latches on to the host's head and zombifies them.^[9][10]
• Metroid (Metroid) - A jellyfish-like species created by the Chozo to combat the X Parasites.^[11]
• X Parasite (Metroid) - An alien species resembling the letter "X" who can assimilate the DNA and abilities of their hosts.^[11]

Television

• Baby (Dragon Ball GT) - A parasitic alien created using the DNA of the Tuffle king.^[12]
• Bezoar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) - An insect-like species that can control the bodies of others by attaching to their necks.^[13]
• Slime-Biot (Ben 10) - A squid-like species created by the Contumelia at the beginning of the universe to spread DNA and enable the evolution of life. Skurd, one of the Slime-Biots, bonds with Ben Tennyson, giving him the ability to create weapons based on his alien transformations.
• Unity (Superman: The Animated Series) - An alien that can assimilate humans into its hive mind.^[14]
• Xenocite (Ben 10) - A squid-like species created by the Highbreed to infect others and transform them into creatures known as DNAliens.