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Chimera, originally found in Greek mythology, is a monstrous fire-breathing creature composed of the parts of multiple animals. The term, and often the general concept, has since been adopted by various works of popular culture, and ''chimeras'' of differing description can be found in contemporary works of fantasy and science fiction. ==Television== * The Chimera was adapted as different monsters in the ''Super Sentai''/''Power Rangers'' franchise: * * ''Kyoryuu Sentai Zyuranger'' feature a Chimera-based monster named Dora Chimera with a lion head and torso, a goat head on the chest and goat legs, and a snake-like tail. In ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers'', the monster was added into the series as Goatan. * * In ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger'', Meemy creates a Chimera monster by fusing together the spirits of dead monsters. This act is repeated in the shows American counterpart ''Power Rangers: Mystic Force'' by Meemy's counterpart Imperious who uses a forbidden spell to fuse the spirots of the monsters that Daggeron has slain into the Chimera. * In ''Mon Colle Knights'', the Chimera is depicted as having three heads (a lion head, a goat head, and a hawk head), the body of a lion, and the wings of a dragon. * There are different Chimeras in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise: * * The Bandai card of the Chimera depicted it as a lion with the wings and tail of a dragon. * * Little Chimera is a monster that enables all Fire Monsters to get 500 attack points while all Water Monsters lose 400 attack points. It is the counterpart of the fusion monster Fusionist (a fusion of Petite Angel and Mystical Sheep #2). * * Dark Chimera is a fire-breathing monster that lives in the Netherworld. * * Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast is a fusion of Berphomet and Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts. * * Doll Chimera is a doll monster that gains 400 attack points for every Doll Part monsters in the graveyard. * * Scrap Chimera is a Scrap monster that has the head of a lion, the body of a pegasus, and a snake-headed tail. It is based on the Alchemical Chimera. * * Gladiator Beast Heraklinos is a humanoid Chimera who is the fusion of Gladiator Beast Laquari (a humanoid tiger) and any two Gladiator Beasts. Besides sporting the face, shoulders, and waist armor pieces of Gladiator Beast Laquari, Guardian Beast Heraklion sports the wings and hair of Guardian Beast Alexander (a humanoid winged lion), the lower body, tail, bone fragments, and halbred of Gladiator Beast Spartacus (a humanoid dinosaur), the upper waist armor pierce of Gladiator Beast Murmillo (a humanoid carp), the plates of Guardian Beast Hoplomus (a humanoid rhinoceros) for a shield, the upper body of Gladiator Beast Dimacari (a humanoid African buffalo) with his accessories as leg guards, the chest armor piece and winged armguards of Gladiator Beast Bestiari (a humanoid bird) with the spearhead attached to the halberd, the waist armor piece of Gladiator Beast Secutor (a humanoid lizard) with the cannons mounted on the shield, the upper legs of Gladiator Beast Darius (a humanoid horse), and the upper wings of Gladiator Beast Samnite (a humanoid smilodon). * * Chimaera, the Master of Beasts is more accurate to the mythical Chimera where it is a two-headed lion-like creature with different horns on its head, the wings of a bird, and the tail of a snake. It can only be summoned by sacrificing 3 beast-type monsters. * In ''Ben 10'', besides inorganic matter, Kevin Levin's Osmosian ability allow him to modify his own genetic structure by absorbing the energy of other aliens (which allows him to simultaneously scan, absorb, and infuse himself their DNA) acquiring 1/10 of that creature's powers (this is the biological limit for Osmosians) as well as the mutations needed for him to gain that creature's powers. If he were to attempt to absorb the energy and DNA of several aliens at once, or the transformative, gene-altering energy of the Omnitrix/Ultimatrix, he will mutate into a chimeric fusion of most, if not all of the aliens he has absorbed. His human DNA restores itself over time and will eventually overwrite the alien DNA completely, thus allowing him to return to his human form. * In ''American Dragon: Jake Long'', Jake and his friends battle a Chimera in a dreamrealm. It has three heads (all of the animals its parts are based on), the body of a humanoid lion, the legs of a goat, and the tail of a snake. The series creators list the Chimera as one of the 13 Greatest Threats of the magical world. * In ''Digimon Adventure 02'', the DigiDestined face a Digimon called Kimeramon, which had the following body parts - Kabuterimon's head, Angemon and Airdramon's wings, Garurumon's legs, Monochromon's tail, Kuwagamon's, SkullGreymon's and Devimon's arms, Greymon's body, and MetalGreymon's hair. * The ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' episode "Bloodlines" used a Chimera as an allegory for genetic chimerism, a condition from which one person may have two distinct DNA patterns. * In ''MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance'', Chimera was the name of a member of the Chess Pieces. * In the Japanese series Bleach, Harribel's Facciones Apache, Mila-Rose, and Sun-Sun can sacrifice their arms as a last resort to create a Chimera-like enforcer called Ayon (shown with a deer's head and legs, a long lion-like mane, and a classic tail with a snake at the end). * In ''The X-Files'', there is an episode titled 'Chimera', which takes place in Vermont. * The NCIS season 5 episode 6 was titled "Chimera" and took place on the USNS Chimera, a top-secret naval research ship sailing in the middle of the ocean. On a related note, Ziva also mentions to Tony about what the mythical Chimera was. * In the television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' "Chimera" was the name of episode 714 in which Odo meets one of "The Hundred" changelings sent abroad in the universe by The Founders to learn more about other cultures and eventually return home. * In Ultraman Taro Episode 40, the Ultra Brothers fought against a chimera monster named Tyrant, all the older brothers are overpowered until Ace managed to fire an Ultra Sign warning Taro and the earthlings of Tyrant. Taro would eventually defeat this monster with ease when the latter arrives on earth. * Chimera (TV series), a 1991 British science fiction miniseries (in the US it was released as Monkey Boy). *In ''The Godzilla Power Hour'', Godzilla fought a chimera. * In the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' series, a chimera is any combination of animals, including humans, that have been alchemically transmuted to form one organism. * In ''Code Geass'' a chimera is in heraldic badge of Holy Empire of Britannia. * Although there were no affiliation to this creature,''Kamen Rider OOO'' has chimera-like motif in the protagonist using "combos" with animal-themed "O Medals" and in hybrid Yummies. * In ''Once Upon a Time'' episode "Lady of the Lake", Snow White, Emma and Lancelot have a meal at which Chimera meat is served. The animal is described as "one part lion, one part serpent, one part goat". * In ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'', a chimera appears in the episode "Somepony to Watch Over Me" but it was part tiger with saberteeth, part goat and part snake. The character Discord is also a chimera-like creature, called a "draconequus" in the show, possessing a goat-like face, a lion paw, and a dragon-like body, among several other animal features. * In Beyblade G-Revolution, the blader, Brooklyn, owns a bey called Zeus. Despite the name, it has more relation to the chimera due to its bit-beast, as the beast resembles a centaur-shaped chimera with a horse's body and legs, a raven's wings, and the upper torso of a lion with a white mane. * In Hunter x Hunter there is a species of ant known as the Chimera Ant which can take on the many traits of other creatures through its reproductive eating process. * In ''Duel Masters'' (and it's reimaged counterpart ''Kaijudo''), the Chimeras are Darkness Civilization creature that are the creations of the Dark Lords. *In "Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)" season 5, the Dread Doctors 'make' Chimeras (like a werwolf/-coyote and werwolf-wendigo) to create some kind of monster. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chimera in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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