Chimera in Popular Culture - Television

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  • 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, one of the main villains, 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.
  • 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.
  • In "Ben 10, Kevin Levin (a human/Osmosian hybrid) can 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 permanently 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 creators of the show 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 episodes 224-226 of the Japanese anime Bleach, a Chimera-like creature 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) is an apparent battle tactic of the Current 3rd espada Harribel's Faccion Apache, Mila-Rose, and Sun-Sun.
  • 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 Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood a chimera is any combination of animals (and in some cases humans and animals) that have been transmuted (an alchemy term) to form one being.
  • In Code Geass a chimera is in heraldic bagde of Holy Empire of Britannia.
  • Although there were no affiliation to this creature,Kamen Rider OOO has chimera-like motif, where his "combos" are formed by combining various "O Medals" which give him powers almost similar to the animal represented by each medals
  • In Once Upon A Time season 2 episode 3, 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".

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