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), parasitoid species that is the primary antagonist of the Alien franchise
 * Aparoid

B

 * Baby (Dragon Ball)
 * Bezoar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * Biollante
 * Blackrock (comics)
 * Brood (comics)
 * William Birkin

C

 * Ceti eel - terrifying creature in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, invading the human brain
 * Chimera Anima - blob-shaped parasitic aliens in manga Tokyo Mew Mew, infecting animals and changing them into monsters

D

 * D-Reaper
 * Destoroyah
 * DNAlien (Ben 10)

E

 * Eclipso
 * Edriss 562

F

 * Flood (Halo)
 * Flukeman

G

 * Goa'uld - the main antagonists in Stargate and SG-1
 * Gravemind

H

 * Headcrab
 * Heartless (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Hedorah

I

 * Illyria (Angel)

L

 * Left Hand (Vampire Hunter D)
 * Lavos
 * Las Plagas

M

 * Metroid (species)
 * Metroid Prime (character)
 * Mummudrai

N

 * Hinako Ninomiya
 * Nemesis (Resident Evil)
 * Cassandra Nova

P

 * Parallax (comics)
 * Parasimon
 * Parasite (comics)
 * Parasite - 1982 3-D film
 * Pod People (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)

R

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

S

 * Sublime (comics)

T

 * Thread (Pern)

U

 * Unity (Superman: The Animated Series)

V

 * Venom (comics) Spiderman'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

Y

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