History Main / AnthropomorphicTransformation

* Lotion the Cat of ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' was once a normal cat until he was fed a full box of $#!+, an alien foodstuff peddled by Terry None, and gained a humanoid form.
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': In the Postboot continuity, Sensor was a sapient but non-anthropomorphic giant snake. As a result of exposure to [[AppliedPhlebotinum Hypertaxis energy]] later on, she was transformed into a lamia-like form.

** This is the High Evolutionary's specialty ever since he debuted in the pages of ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' -- since the start, he had to deal with [[SatanicArchetype the Man-Beast]], a wolf he turned into a BeastMan with mental powers that eclipsed his own.
** This shows up in the background origin of the superheroine Tigra (later a member of ComicBook/TheAvengers). The Cat People were originally ordinary cats uplifted by a wizard in order to be companions for mankind. [[SarcasmMode Naturally]], [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters this went off without a hitch]].
** One of the litter-mates of Comicbook/TheInhumans' dog Lockjaw was sent to Comicbook/SpiderHam's WorldOfFunnyAnimals as a puppy, where the "anthropomorphic field" led to her growing up as a FunnyAnimal named Doc Jaw.
* In the original Fawcett Comics/DC Earth-S ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' contunuity, Mr Tawny was a tiger cub who was befriended by a boy in India, who just happened to wish he could talk at the same time as a mysterious hermit randomly showed up with a serum that could do exactly that. When Mr Tawny travelled to civilisation, he began walking on his hind legs and acquired a suit, apparently purely out of a desire to fit in.
* In ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the titular reptiles started out as ordinary pet store turtles that were mutated by a chemical that turned them human-sized and anthropomorphic. In [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage the original comics]], this also happened to Master Splinter, being an ordinary rat who was turned into an anthropomorphic one, but most later adaptations had him be [[{{Animorphism}} a human who was transformed into a giant rat]] instead.

* In the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Oh, No It Isn't!'', Benny and her friends get transported to a world based on {{Panto}} tropes. Wolsey, an ordinary cat in the real world, becomes an anthropomorphic character similar to Puss-in-Boots. In the AudioAdaptation by Creator/BigFinish, he's voiced by Nicholas Courtney.

** The Zoan-type Devil Fruits give their eater the ability to [[{{Animorphism}} transform into a specific animal]], wholly or [[PartialTransformation partially]]. Animals that eat variants of the Human Human fruit [[UpliftedAnimal gain sapience]] and multiple humanoid transformations. Most notable is Straw Hat member Tony Tony Chopper, a reindeer who ate the standard version.

* In ''Anime/KemonoFriends'', exposure to [[GreenRocks Sandstar]] transforms animals into LittleBitBeastly [[AlwaysFemale girls]].

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', this regularly happens with the Homies of the Big Mom pirates. Homies are anthropomorphized animals and inanimate objects given life by Big Mom's Devil Fruit, the ''Soru Soru no mii''.(Soul Soul fruit) When an inanimate object like a cake or a tree is turned into a homie, they usually maintain their original form just with a mouth and eyes, but when an animal becomes a homie, not only do they become intelligent, they also change shape, with many quadruped animals like rabbits and crocodiles walking as upright bipeds, along with their forelegs turning into hands.

* In ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the titular reptiles started out as ordinary pet store turtles that were mutated by a chemical that turned them human-sized and anthropomorphic. In [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage the original comics]], this also happened to Master Splinter, being an ordinary rat who was turned into an anthropomorphic one, but later adaptations had him be [[{{Animorphism}} a human who was transformed into a giant rat]] instead.

* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': In the Postboot continuity, Sensor was a sapient but non-anthropomorphic giant snake. As a result of exposure to [[AppliedPhlebotinum Hypertaxis energy]] later on, she was transformed into a lamia-like form.
* Lotion the Cat of ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'' was once a normal cat until he was fed a full box of $#!+, an alien foodstuff peddled by Terry None, and gained a humanoid form.
* In the original Fawcett Comics/DC Earth-S ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' contunuity, Mr Tawny was a tiger cub who was befriended by a boy in India, who just happened to wish he could talk at the same time as a mysterious hermit randomly showed up with a serum that could do exactly that. When Mr Tawny travelled to civilisation, he began walking on his hind legs and acquired a suit, apparently purely out of a desire to fit in.

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* In the ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel ''Oh, No It Isn't!'', Benny and her friends get transported to a world based on {{Panto}} tropes. Wolsey, an ordinary cat in the real world, becomes an anthropomorphic character similar to Puss-in-Boots. In the AudioAdaptation by Creator/BigFinish, he's voiced by Nicholas Courtney.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'': The Vargr are an intelligent race descended from Earth canines that were genetically manipulated by the [[{{Precursors}} Ancients]]. They were adapted to stand upright on their back feet and their forepaws were altered into hands so they can manipulate objects.

* VideoGame/CrashBandicoot and the other anthropomorphic members of his cast were transformed from normal Australian fauna to FunnyAnimal characters thanks to [[MadScientist Dr. Neo Cortex]] and his experiments with the Evolvo-Ray.

* In an ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' filler strip, Jeremy the cat with hedgehog spines is [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2004-05-30 shown]] as a humanoid.

* The premise of ''WesternAnimation/WildWestCOWBoysOfMooMesa'' is that most of the main characters were ordinary animals (most notably cows) that were transformed into {{Funny Animal}}s by a random meteor.

* Darwin from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' started off as a regular pet fish for Gumball, but soon learned to talk after bonding with him, although it's implied that he was intelligent even before this. Eventually, he developed legs and lungs through sheer [[TheDeterminator determination]] to make his way back to Gumball after they were separated.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperMansion'': Cooch was an ordinary cat until she was evolved by an "evo-ray". She has retained a very feline personality and attention span.
** Happens temporarily to Robobot, too; while in the world of mythology, a magic potion turns him human, and he [[SenseFreak delights in every sensation]] -- even defecating.
* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk1cNT3UBmE live-action music video]] for the song "Party Tonight" from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', Rigby is briefly played by a real raccoon before going behind a trash can and coming out as a human actor in a raccoon costume.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' episode "Double-O Duck in: You Only Crash Twice!" firing an intelligence ray at an ordinary non-anthro white mouse makes her humanoid, and [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers start wearing a purple jumpsuit]]. Her equally familiar-looking friends are similarly affected.
* ''WesternAnimation/LegendsOfChima'': The various tribes of Chima were once normal animals until exposure to Chi made them evolve into sapient creatures.

* This is The High Evolutionary's specialty ever since he debuted in the pages of ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', also since the start he had to deal with the [[SatanticArchtype Man-Beast]] a wolf he turned into a BeastMan with mental powers that eclipsed his own.
* In ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', the titular reptiles started out as ordinary pet store turtles that were mutated by a chemical that turned them human-sized and anthropomorphic. In the original comic, this also happened to Master Splinter, being an ordinary rat who was turned into an anthropomorphic one, but later adaptations had him be [[{{Animorphism}} a human who was transformed into a giant rat instead]].

* This shows up in the background origin of Marvel Superheroine ComicBook/{{Tigra}}. The Cat People were originally ordinary cats uplifted by a wizard in order to be companions for mankind. [[SarcasmMode Naturally]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters this went off without a hitch]].
* Also in Marvel, one of the litter-mates of Comicbook/TheInhumans' dog Lockjaw was sent to Comicbook/SpiderHam's WorldOfFunnyAnimals as a puppy, where the "anthropomorphic field" led to her growing up as a FunnyAnimal; Doc Jaw.
* Lotion the Cat of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol was once a normal cat until he was fed a full box of $#!+, an alien foodstuff peddled by Terry None, and gained a humanoid form.
* In the original Fawcett Comics/DC Earth-S ''Comicbook/{{Shazam}}'' contunuity, Mr Tawny was a tiger cub who was befriended by a boy in India, who just happened to wish he could talk at the same time as a mysterious hermit randomly showed up with a serum that could do exactly that. When Mr Tawny travelled to civilisation, he began walking on his hind legs and acquired a suit, apparently purely out of a desire to fit in.

* ''TabletopGame/AdvancedDungeonsAndDragonsSecondEdition'': This edition has a supplement, ''Pages from the Mages'', which features a spell called Evolve, which will change an animal to make it look more humanoid. This can include giving it an upright humanoid shape, two arms and two legs (adding or subtracting as necessary), hands (so it can manipulate objects), and a human-like face.

* "Feral to anthro" (or vice versa) is a common theme in [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry art]], some of them even having one species turning into another (for instance, an anthro wolf turning into a feral gazelle). Non-anthro animals sprouting [[NonMammalMammaries breasts]] can be either {{Fanservice}} or {{Squick}} depending on who you ask.

* This is The High Evolutionary's specialty ever since he debuted in the pages of ComicBook/{{Thor}}, also since the start he had to deal with the [[SatanticArchtype Man-Beast]] a wolf he turned into a BeastMan with mental powers that eclipsed his own.

* This shows up in the background origin of Marvel Superheroine Tygra. Her people were originally ordinary cats uplifted by a wizard in order to be companions for mankind. [[SarcasmMode Naturally]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters this went off without a hitch]].

* Also in Marvel, one of the litter-mates of the Comicbook/{{Inhumans}}' dog Lockjaw was sent to Comicbook/SpiderHam's WorldOfFunnyAnimals as a puppy, where the "anthropomorphic field" led to her growing up as a FunnyAnimal; Doc Jaw.

* Captain Neweyes from ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory'' has a magic cereal called Brain Grain that turns dinosaurs from savage unintelligent beasts with a more realistic design to stylized big-eyed talking cartoon characters. His evil brother Professor Screweyes has a pill that can reverse this effect, but [[spoiler:the human child characters manage to turn the dinosaurs back into their cartoony selves simply by ''hugging them''.]] Yeah, it's ''[[TastesLikeDiabetes that]]'' kind of film.

* ''TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness'': The player characters are formally normal animals that were mutated just like the Ninja Turtles and Splinter.

* ''TabletopGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness'' has you playing formally normal animals that were mutated just like the Ninja Turtles and Splinter.

* ''Tabletop Game/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAndOtherStrangeness'' has you playing formally normal animals that were mutated just like the Ninja Turtles and Splinter.

See also AnthropomorphicShift (when an animal gradually becomes more anthropomorphic as a series goes on), HumanityEnsues (when a non-human fully transforms into a human instead of merely gaining human-like traits), UpliftedAnimal, BishonenLine, and ArtificialAnimalPeople (when they are transformed via super science).

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''

** In ''Anime/DigimonSavers'', Gaogamon becomes more humanoid when transforming into [=MachGaogamon=].

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', this regulary happens with the Homies of the Big Mom pirates. Homies are anthropomorphized animals and inanimate objects given life by Big Mom's Devil Fruit, the ''Soru Soru no mii''.(Soul Soul fruit) When an inanimate object like a cake or a tree is turned into a homie, they usually maintain their original form just with a mouth and eyes, but when an animal becomes a homie, not only do they become intelligent, they also change shape, with many quadruped animals like rabbits and crocodiles walking as upright bipeds, along with their forelegs turning into hands.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' this regulary happens with the Homies of the Big Mom pirates. Homies are anthropomorphized animals and inanimate objects given life by Big Mom's Devil Fruit, the ''Soru Soru no mii''.(Soul Soul fruit) When an inanimate object like a cake or a tree is turned into a homie, they usually maintain their original form just with a mouth and eyes, but when an animal becomes a homie, not only do they become intelligent, they also change shape, with many quadruped animals like rabbits and crocodiles walking as upright bipeds, along with their forelegs turning into hands.