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* ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'':
** [[http://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/jay.png Jay]], [[http://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/chip.png Chip]], and [[http://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/crash.png Crash]] are all subjected to a "Q-36 Procedure", which swaps their "cores" (essentially, their consciousnesses) between bodies; Jay is placed in Chip's body, and Chip in Crash's.[[note]]Crash's core was placed in a pocket dimension where he was neither alive nor dead, and Jay's body was left empty.[[/note]] [[http://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/coffeejoe.png Jay-as-Chip]] ('Joe') has Jay's lanky build and blue coloration, while [[http://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/computerchip2.png Chip-as-Crash]]'s computerized head retains Chip's coffee-mug head and apron.
** You can always tell which [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Slobs]] used to be instances of Fern by the fact that, no matter how severely they mutate, they'll [[https://bogleech.com/awfulhospital/youhorde.png always]] retain her iconic hairstyle. For some reason, though, that doesn't seem to be the case for Jayslobs.
* Each of the {{Mon}}s in ''Webcomic/ButImACatPerson'' has a few visual traits that stay consistent across all human and animal forms, if only for the convenience of the reader. Cybele's pink eyes, Patrick's brown-and-blond hair/fur, Reseda's sharp teeth and claws, and so on.
* Whenever Myan transforms in ''Webcomic/CatNine'', she gets to keep her magic collar, her facial markings and her eye and hair color.
* In ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' Tony does this on purpose seeing as the yellow eyes with split slit pupils he maintains across all of his transformations are not what his eyes actually look like when he's not transforming them. His tarnkappe on the other hand will always be on him when he transforms as he can't do so without it.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the artist Dan Shive often draws characters transformed into animals or anthropomorphic shapes (sometimes pertaining to the storyline and sometimes not), but they always retain their original hairstyles. Often, the fur will be the same color as their hair. As for Grace, well, her use of this trope is apparently down to the strange synergy of her mixed Uryuom and Lespuko genes, which enable her to instinctively blend the most desirable features of all her available forms -- such as maintaining the expressiveness and speech-ability of a human face while in an animal-form.
* ''Webcomic/{{Evilish}}'' features a character that can change into almost anything, but will always keep triangular facial markings under his eyes.
* In ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', when [[spoiler:the Kershaws]] undergo a {{Metamorphosis}} into birds, the feathers on their heads mimic the hairstyles they had as humans.
* ''Webcomic/TheHandbookOfHeroes'': As seen for example in [[https://www.handbookofheroes.com/archives/comic/tournament-arc-part-5-8 "Tournament Arc, Part 5/8"]], Druid can wild-shape, but she keeps her braided hair and color scheme whenever taking an animal form ([[https://www.handbookofheroes.com/archives/comic/the-outer-planes-part-8-8-whimsy or plant form]]), as well as a tell-tale green leaf on her head.
* In one of the more fantastical arcs of ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'', Thomas Milton gets turned into a camel for trying to take cursed gold out of the temple in the forest. His new form has a dark area along his snout that resembles his moustache.
* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'', Princess Voluptua's alien butterfly form retains her long red hair and has roughly the same silhouette as her human mask (except for the wings, of course).
* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' , where resident shapeshifter [[VideoGame/MetalGear Decoy Octopus]] creates such perfect copies of whoever he's imitating that it's impossible to tell apart. The trope comes full circle when it's revealed that his image of himself is just a trenchcoat and fedora without anybody inside them.
* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'' has this enforced on Alice, sort of; she can't change the color of her eyes. This would be more of an issue if her eyes hadn't already changed into the same red-pupils-in-black "Dead Eyes" that every Djinn seems to have, but among the limited cast, it's trouble enough.
* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom:'' Bridget keeps her barcode-like stripes when she shapeshifts.
* ''Webcomic/{{Maliki}}'' :
** Mnesic cristallisations physically mirror the cats they reincarnated from ; for instance, [=LadyBird=]'s clothes and hair bear the same spotted pattern as Lady's fur and both share the same yellow eyes and line mark on their cheeks, while [=ElectroCute=]'s clothes sport the same stripes as Flèche's fur and they both have large blue pupils and a lightning-like mark under their eyes.
** Fénimale can still be identified under her human form by her long red hair, her yellow and green eyes, and her plant-like green clothes.
** In [[https://maliki.com/en/strips/the-french-fry/ this strip]], Fénimale and Maliki are transformed into pigeons, which still sport the same hair as they did before. Fénimale's loincloth also morphs into a collar with a similar pattern.
* In ''Webcomic/MurphysLaw'', Tinder is a green dragon who takes a humanoid form, but he still has green hair, fangs and stunted wings, looking like a half-dragon. This is pointed out as unusual since a dragon's polymorph power is usually perfect, but Tinder is quite young and sucks at changing shape.
* ''Webcomic/{{Nimona}}'': Nimona the shapeshifter is a redhead, and thus about all her alternate forms have red or pink tones. She actually {{exploit|edTrope}}s it once by using a rat painted pink as a diversion.
* Also seen in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', where shapeshifters keep their overall color scheme.
** Like with [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0353.html Leeky Windstaff]] the druid using Wild Shape to turn into a bear. His skin color become the brown fur of the bear, except for the underbelly which is the same tan as his robe, his grey bread and hair reflect over the claws and fangs, and even the green of his holy symbol ends up as the bear's eye color.
** Vaarsuvius the wizard, whether they [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0638.html shapechange voluntarily]] or are victim of a ''[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0176.html baleful polymorph]]'', keep a pink and/or violet scheme, matching their hair and [[MagicalSensoryEffect magical aura]].
** As for Sabine the succubus, when she takes [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0057.html various]] [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0356.html human]] forms, she tends to retain her black hair and dusky skin tone (as well as showing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] from time to time).
** Bloodfeast the Extreme-inator is an ''Allosaurus''; when turned into a lizard by BalefulPolymorph, he's still stocky and with the same brown-and-red stripes.
** When Durkon [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0932.html turns into a bat]] as [[spoiler:a vampire]], he's a bald, bearded bat.
* The Aces (animals turned human) in ''Webcomic/{{Pandect}}'' have morphic resonance with their animal forms and frequently increase the effect with their clothing and hairstyle.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Runewriters}}'', whenever Sev shapeshifts his new form tends to have greenish skin or fur to match his hair.
* In ''Webcomic/TheSanityCircus'', an Instruman's human form resembles their instrument form. Luther (the cello) has a long brown coat with a long black division down the centre and black embellishments on the sleeves resembling string instrument sound holes. Steven (the flute) has a long silver outfit with many band and buttons for the buttons on the flute. Their WeaponOfChoice resembles their instrumental form too -- Luther has a bow cutlass, and Steven carries a shotgun. Steven's heterochromia in human form is apparently a carry-over from the damage he sustained as a flute before being brought to life.
* In ''Webcomic/SatanAndMe'', Satan and the Archangel Zadkiel both shapeshift fairly regularly. They both keep their eyes and eyebrows no matter what their form looks like, and Zadkiel always has a lip piercing.
* In ''Webcomic/TheSelfishBeastAndTheSelflessMaiden'', the Maiden is transformed into a dragon with red scales, the same colour as her hair when she was a human.
* Danny, the title character in ''Webcomic/{{Shifter}}'', has eyes and a mouth that appear on whatever form he takes, identical to the eyes and mouth on his human face.
* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': A character seen in spirit-bird form retains the haircut they had as a human.
* Khut of ''Webcomic/StarTrip'' can change into any creature they can imagine, but they always have a horn in the middle of their head.
* ''Webcomic/WildeLife'':
** [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Cliff]] is a ginger teenager who can turn into a red wolf.[[note]][[Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog Get it?]][[/note]] Seems to be common among the wolf-based [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent animal people]] whom we see. Cliff also has SupernaturalGoldEyes that look more like a wolf's than an average human's.
** Raven is capable of HumanShifting as well as human-to-animal, but each form looks basically the same, just with different ages and genders. He also has black hair, presumably to match his raven form.
* The students in ''Webcomic/WizardSchool'' [[http://www.meetmyminion.com/?p=1423 keep their glasses when shapeshifting]] to play Transmogritus.
* An unusual variation in ''Webcomic/TheWotch'': there's a RunningGag that every time Jason is [[GenderBender turned into a girl]], he [[http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2006-12-25 gets red hair]] (unless the spellcaster specifically wishes otherwise), even though his normal form has blond hair. For him, even [[http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2003-09-10 transformations unrelated]] [[http://www.thewotch.com/?epDate=2005-03-25 to gender-swapping]] tend to produce forms based on that redheaded female form rather than his normal form.
* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Copycat can copy the appearance, [[PowerCopying abilities, and languages]] of another person, but always retains his purple eyes. Mao has [[GlamourFailure used this to identify him and distinguish him]] from who he's previously copied.
* [[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga&illust_id=29801005 Genome-Heritor]] in ''Webcomic/YuGiOhCardGameGustoFanComic''. When he shapeshifts into another [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal number]], he always wears the mask.
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* MorphicResonance/AnimeAndMang

* MorphicResonance/AnimeAndManga

[[folder:Video Games]]
* Luke in ''Project VideoGame/AlteredBeast'' keeps his Cross shaped scar in all his forms except the [[spoiler:UWH]].
* In Version 6 onward of ''VideoGame/AoOni'', your friends will transform into an Oni if they are killed... but retain their human hairstyle.
* In ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', Banjo always has his yellow shorts and blue backpack.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'':
** The titular character can transform into a {{Panther|aAwesome}}, a [[CleverCrows Crow]], a [[BatOutOfHell swarm of Bats]], or a [[ScaledUp giant Snake]], all of which keep a bit of morphic resonance with her normal appearance, usually through the shared color of black and similar accessories. These even change between games, with her transformations being more black and red in the first game, while in the [[VideoGame/Bayonetta2 sequel]] they are black and blue, following her new color scheme. [[SecretCharacter Unlockable characters]] keep this same motif going, with Jeanne's transformations all being red, Rosa's all being dark like her daughter's but more regal-looking, and Balder's being white and gold, all similar to their default appearances.
** In the first game, there are one species of [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] called Joy, which act as a MirrorBoss to Bayonetta right down to copying her appearance if they choose to. They actually do this in an attempt to trick Cereza into following them; however, once the real Bayonetta steps in, it's obvious the Joys suffer one crucial bit of Morphic Resonance, the glowing HolyHalo above their head.
* ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'': The TrueFinalBoss for the Afterbirth+ DLC, [[spoiler:Delirium]], is a prolific shapeshifter, but always keeps his bone-white coloring and melted-looking mouth no matter the form he takes, which helps distinguish him from the enemies he summons.
* The status effect Ovum from ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'' turns the affected into an egg. Your party members keep their primary color scheme as eggs (and, in weretiger Rei's case, his ''tail'').
* Whenever Alucard uses his bat transformation in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', the wings will match the color of his currently equipped cape (including if said cape is translucent).
* In ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', all the characters that appeared in both the Nightmare and Stray Sheep retained elements of their design in the Nightmare, despite being sheep. Even Vincent, although we don't see him as a Sheep, is referenced to be a sheep with a fro.
* ''VideoGame/TheDeadCase'': Ghosts' spiritual forms are influenced by how they died, so their forms give a clue as to the circumstances of their deaths.
** The hospital ghost [[spoiler:died due to doctor error, likely being poisoned by the wrong drugs. His form is that of a green, dripping, humanoid blob.]]
** The church ghost [[spoiler:was killed in a fire, and appears as a woman formed entirely from raging flames.]]
** The schoolyard ghost [[spoiler:hanged herself after her daughter died of SIDS. Since she constantly talks about how sad she was, her watery appearance is likely due to constantly shedding tears.]]
** The protagonist [[spoiler:was shot in the head. His form is bloody and he's missing an eye, suggesting that's where he was shot.]]
** The library ghost [[spoiler:is a former police detective that was forced to quit due to health problems. He died from heart failure, so his spiritual form is mostly unmarred.]]
* In ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', the Demon Lord Belial appears at several points disguised as a human,[[spoiler:Hakan the child-emperor of Caldeum]]. As part of this disguise, he appears to be wearing an oddly shaped and ornate hat that mimics the horns of his true form.
* ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERGiantFist'': When Blackberry transforms herself into a mouse, either as her form of combat dodging or for infiltration, she is exactly a mouse in size and shape except her fur is dark blue like her normal hair. As shown in her dialogue portrait while in mouse form, she even keeps mouse-sized versions of her hair decorations.
* A rare occurrence in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': Both of Regent Cid's BalefulPolymorph-induced forms -- an oglop and a frog -- retain his characteristic crescent-shaped moustache.
** In the remake of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' -- characters [[BalefulPolymorph turned into frogs or pigs]] will bear a resemblance to their original selves. In the original, you just turn into a generic looking pig/frog/tiny person.
** In ''VideoGame/WorldOfFinalFantasy'', Lann and Reynn meet distressed ribbiting toad with this trait. It has grey skin, a distinctive tuft of blond hair, and a bandana -- an early tip-off that it's actually [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Snow]] when you cure him of his Toad status shortly afterward, since they have the same color palette and bandana.
* During the Shannon boss fight in ''VideoGame/GodHand'', Shannon can turn Gene into a chihuahua with one attack. His fur keeps the skull pattern from his jacket.
* ''VideoGame/TheGoodLife'': Naomi's [[{{Animorphism}} dog and cat forms]] translate her blonde hair into golden fur and keep her green eyes as well as the CoolShades she wears on her head.
* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonLightOfHope'': The blue-haired Harvest Goddess can turn into a Blue Bird at will.
* Shows up in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series from time to time.
** In the first game, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Goofy change into a half-octopus (cecaelia) and sea-turtle respectively in the Atlantica level, though they still have their distinctive faces.
** In ''Kingdom Hearts II'', in addition to the Atlantica level, there's also the Pride Lands level. Donald is a bird, and Goofy is a tortoise, both with their own faces. Sora is also transformed for the Pride Lands level; he's a lion cub, with his blue eyes, crown pendant, and distinctive AnimeHair.
** Furthermore, abuse of his SuperMode can randomly transform Sora into a Heartless version of himself, completely black and with glowing eyes. Which is funny because [[spoiler:he actually ''became'' a Heartless in the first game, and he looked like a small basic enemy indistinguishable from any other Heartless]].
* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVI'', the genie appears throughout the game, spying on or trying to trick Alexander. His glinting SupernaturalGoldEyes are always a dead giveaway.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': Early on, you could encounter a "bully and his friend" within the Dark World. The bully's friend takes on a form of a spherical creature due to him "not being able to make up his mind". By sheer coincidence, his human form face happens to be just as round.
** The masks in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''. Link always has his green hat, though it becomes the size of his entire body in Deku form for some reason, and in Zora form it's the tail-like head extension colored green.
** Also in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', Link retains his blue eyes and earrings in his wolf form.
* Gandrayda always has the same pink spark effects left behind no matter what she turns into in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3Corruption'', although this is pretty easy for her to hide when she actually cares about blending in.
* In the ''Deluxe'' port of ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'', Toadette's Peachette form retains her GirlishPigtails, gray eyes, mushroom-like spots on her dress, and brown shoes despite otherwise looking just like Princess Peach. The [[https://www.mariowiki.com/images/6/6a/ToadettePeachette.png artwork]] showing the before and after of the transformation even gives her the exact same pose in both forms.
* ''VideoGame/NobodySavesTheWorld'': No matter what form Nobody takes, that form always has black, hollow eyes.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', the Oina tribe can shapeshift to and from wolf or dog forms. They all wear masks in their humanoid forms, while their canine forms have faces closely resembling those masks as well as fur coats the same color as their clothes.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'', Olivia can transform into any of the [[TheFourGods four Vellumentals]] after Mario defeats them. Her versions of the Vellumentals have her eyes (the originals don't have eyes at all) and her crown. [[spoiler:[[BigBad Olly]] does the same thing with his Vellumental transformations, which all share his purple color, eyes, crown, and PeekABangs]].
* In ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'', the Imitater will turn into any non-upgrade plant, but will stay in grayscale after transformation.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** At least in early generations, any Ditto who used Transform would become a perfect copy of the enemy sprite, but would retain its purple palette.
** As in the anime, the Ditto in ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' also have a problem with their faces not changing. In fact, it's the only way to tell them from normal Bulbasaur (which they will register as) until you hit them with a Pester Ball to make them change back.
*** The Clefairy that appeared for Bonus Rounds on the Slot Machines in ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' occasionally had a similar Ditto face.
*** In ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers of Sky'', one of the side stories involves a Ditto who is attempting to protect a Time Gear. In doing so, it poses as a Bellossom and a Sentret, and in both cases it retains the traditional Ditto face in its character images.
* In ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask'', one of the earlier "miracles" by the Masked Gentleman had him turning random townspeople into horses, with the victims retaining a few items of clothing. [[spoiler: In reality, this was just an invoked trope. The Masked Gentlemen had accomplices hidden in the crowd, who (whilst the crowd were distracted) slipped away, replaced by horses (wearing the same clothing items) which were sent out from their hiding places in alleyways, tricking people into thinking that a transformation had occurred.]]
* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', apart from the crown and medallion he wears in his two forms, several physical traits of the Ocean Prince's fishy form match his appearance as a human: the color pattern of his fishy form's underbelly matches with the clothes he wears, his limbs are of the same color as his gloves, and they have the same ExoticEyeDesigns.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Scaler}}'', after being turned into a [[LizardFolk lizard]], Scaler retains the blue-and-yellow colour scheme of his clothes, and also a sort of scaly, spiky version of his blonde hair. Likewise, when transformed into [[PowerCopying other types of lizard-y creatures]], Scaler still keeps a blue-and-yellow colour scheme.
* The titular protagonist of the ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' games can transform into several animals and all of them have something in common with her human form. All of them have her normal eyes and her tiara, the monkey shares her hair color, and the mermaid and spider have her body shape.
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
** You can always anticipate who "LouisCypher" will be because he (or she, [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney as the case may be]]) will always have intensely golden hair and blue eyes, regardless of the setting of the game. [[spoiler: Except ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV''.]] And in all but one case, he will also have long hair. Especially notable in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', where he assumes two different forms to mess with you.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', after [[spoiler:Jimenez]] fuses with [[spoiler:Bugaboo]], [[spoiler:the resulting half-demon looks exactly like half-Jimenez, half Bugaboo, with half of the latter's face acting as a mask to cover Jimenez']]. This is a very unique transformation because fused demons always result in a completely different kind of demon.
** In ''VideoGame/Persona3'', the Ultimate Persona of the Death Arcana, Thanatos, wears a mask that is like a highly stylized version of the [[spoiler:Nyx Avatar]]'s head, as both are basically the same being. Additionally, when fusing Thanatos and Orpheus, the resulting [[spoiler:Messiah]] shares traits from both, retaining Orpheus's facial features but carrying Thanatos's coffins.
** In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', most of the Personas earned by the protagonists look like the Shadows they originally were, with minor differences to make them less nightmarish and more heroic, not to mention generally more humanoid. Amusingly, although Take-Mikazuchi looks little like Shadow Kanji, he DOES have the skull-and-bones-on-black motif that Kanji's ''clothes'' have.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'':
*** Morgana shares his fur color and patterns between his humanoid and house cat forms. Less noticeably, his house cat collar is the same yellow as the bandana he wears in his other form.
*** When party members are turned into mice via either a status effect or a dungeon gimmick, they retain their masks and their eye colors.
** In ''Nocturne'', Noah, the demonic sponsor for Isamu's Reason, eventually [[spoiler:grows a face like Isamu's. And his HAT]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'', Double's attacks generally involve her transforming into another character and using one of their attacks. No matter what form she takes, she retains the color palette that the player selected.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' the protagonists are the Inklings, characters who can shift between humanoid form and squid form. Their humanoid form shares several elements with their squid forms, including gel-like "hair" with two strands that look like big tentacles, PointyEars that look like squid fins, and the 10 limbs real squids have [[http://splatoonus.tumblr.com/post/106516679194/you-may-already-know-this-but-squids-have-a-total being fully represented in their humanoid form]].
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'': Boo Mario or Luigi]] both keep their respective hats and mustaches of their true human form. The star-shaped ears of the Lumas' star bunny form keep the same coloring as the body of the Lumas' true form.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'', anything that Mario manages to Capture with his hat will gain Mario's cap(regardless of what his current hat is), his mustache and blue eyes. This ranges from Goombas to tanks and even realistic-looking dinosaurs.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'', transformed Mimit keep their cyan (or pink, if [[PaletteSwap Luma]]) colour scheme and resemble holograms.
* In the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 CD version of ''VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter'', Adol retains his red hair after Dalles [[BalefulPolymorph turns him into a monster]].
* In ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'', the {{Voluntary Shapeshift|ing}}er Dudu is missing an eye, and as a result every form he takes also has a closed eye with a scar over it.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
** Druids: Elves keep their long eyebrows and PointyEars (even if this makes their bird forms rather silly-looking), and Tauren keep their horns. In ''Cataclysm'', with the addition of Troll and Worgen druids, Trolls keep their tusks and mohawks, while Worgen's forms have glowing eyes and manes.
** [[OurWereWolvesAreDifferent Worgen]] ''in general'' play this trope straight. Every aspect of a worgen's human form has an equivalent in worgen form. For example, darker skin in human form results in darker fur in worgen form; braided hair in human form equals braided hair in worgen form, and so on.
** Also, Alexstrasza still has her horns, glowing eyes, and necklace in humanoid form as in her dragon form, along with a wing-like cape. Her sister Ysera gets similar treatment. Black dragons also always have humanoid form as humans or elves with black hair.
* While not a "transformation" in the traditional sense, ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' has [[spoiler:the Face Mechons, which are revealed to be mechs piloted by brainwashed and cybernetically altered Homs. They are given weaponized appendages similar to the tools or weapons they used before being turned into Faces. Thus, Mumkhar has his metal claws, Xord has his smithing hammer, Fiora has her twin blades, and Gadolt has his gun.]]. A more traditional example would be [[spoiler:the Telethia; any High Entia turned into one sports frills, appendages, and other features resembling the clothing and armor they wore before their transformation.]]
* All of the transformations in ''VideoGame/YookaLaylee'' keeps the duo's green and purple color scheme, and every one except the piranha transformation keeps Yooka's frills.
* The vehicles in ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' are all Yoshi-colored and resemble Yoshi's face with a few vehicular embellishments.
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* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', this is the case for [[spoiler: most Titans, who retain at least some of their looks from before they were transformed. Notably, the Kawaii/Peering Titan looks almost exactly like his human self (an Eldian restorationist), and Connie holds up a picture showing the eerie resemblance between the House Titan and his mother.]]
** This is also used as {{Foreshadowing}} for the identities of [[spoiler:the Titan Shifters. The Rogue/Attack Titan retains Eren's hair and eye color, the Armored Titan has Reiner's short blonde hair and distinctive HeroicBuild, the Colossal Titan has Bertholt's eye color, and the Female Titan looks pretty much exactly like Annie would if she were 15 meters tall, had her hair down, and didn't have any skin.]]
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'':
** [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Apostles]] tend to carry signs of their humanoid form into their demonic form, and vice versa. Typically, their humanoid form [[RedRightHand has a few tells]] (sharp teeth, strange proportions, animal parts, wings), while their demon form maintains their human face somewhere on its body (for instance, Grunbeld, who turns into a dragon, has his human face on the tip of his nose).
** When [[spoiler:Griffith]] incarnates as Femto, one of his primary features is the demonic hood he wears, which is very similar to the helm that he wore as [[spoiler:the leader of the Band of the Hawks]]. Explained in the deleted chapter, where [[spoiler: he specifically asks to the [[GodIsEvil Idea of Evil]] to "give him wings", implying that he chose exactly his demonic form]].
* ''Manga/BlackClover'': In both her human and bird forms, Nero/Secre Swallowtail has her horns and slanted eyes. Even her black dress in her human form resembles feathers.
* ''Manga/Cyborg009'': 007 can turn himself into anyone, but he always retains his decided pronounced belly button, and reverts to his original form if it is pressed.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** ''Manga/CMonDigimon'': Deathmon always keeps the same face no matter what it transforms into. Metamorphmon's eyes are always off compared to whatever it turns into in Manga/DigimonVTamer01.
** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' has [[AllYourPowersCombined Susanoomon]], the combined form and MindHive of all ten [[ElementalPowers Legendary]] [[HenshinHero Warriors]]. It has [[PlayingWithFire Agun]][[TheHero imon]]'s blue eyes and red FacialMarkings. [[MakingASplash Splashmon]] of ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' can transform into anyone, but all of his disguises have his purple eyeliner.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Played with. Envy shapeshifts for missions in order to instigate conflicts and gain intel, so they only appear as other characters. When their [[spoiler:true form is revealed, it turns out they were doing this the whole time. Envy actually looks like a monster with black hair, an alchemic pattern on their forehead, and no discernible gender -- all traits they have in their preferred form (albeit in a more attractive way)]].
** Subverted in the 2003 anime, where they [[spoiler:actually closely resemble Hohenheim, their father whom they hate. As such, they create a preferred form that looks nothing like their real body]].
* The Manga/{{Doraemon}} OVA, ''Anime/WhatAmIForMomotaro'' have Nobita's friends Shizuka, Suneo and Gian turning into animals by eating Doraemon's Animal Transformation Crackers, respectively as a pheasant, ape and dog. Their animal forms still shares facial features as their human forms though, with dog!Suneo having Suneo's iconic pointy-mouthed design, while pheasant!Shizuka keeps her ponytails.
* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'': Chichiri does an impeccable impersonation of cold, calculating [[BigBad Nakago]]...except he brings his own propensity for going SuperDeformed. HilarityEnsues.
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': A story arc has Gintoki transformed into a cat by a curse, but he retains his curly silver hair, dull eyes, and voice. Katsura suffers the same fate, but it's downplayed in his case, as he only retains his hair color and eye color and isn't readily identifiable until he uses his {{Catchphrase}}.
* ''Manga/GundamSousei'': In a meta example, this {{Dramatization}} of the creation of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' depicts the show's voice actors as looking like their characters. This varies between people: Creator/ShuichiIkeda looks like an older, black-haired Char, while Creator/ToruFuruya looks '''exactly''' like Amuro.
* ''Manga/HellTeacherNube'':
** An accident with a magical artifact temporarily shoves Miss Minako's soul into Miss Ritsuko's body, resulting in a mishmash that calls herself "Miss Rinako". Her appearance is a combination of both women right down to the outfit and hairstyle.
** Whenever Nube is [[spoiler:completely taken over by the [[RedRightHand Oni Hand]], he looks nothing like Baki, the actual Oni sealed in his hand, but as Nube himself with monstrous features]].
** Hayame the mermaid, who has [[CuteMonsterGirl several distinguishing features]] in her true form (such as webbed hands, large gills on her ribcage, and fin-like ears,) keeps her exact same face and hairstyle as a human.
** Subverted with Tamamo, the [[{{Youkai}} yohko]]. This type of kitsune ''steals human skulls'' for his own use, which grants him the exact appearance of whoever the previous owner was (up to and including hairstyle.) This causes some discomfort when [[spoiler:the fiancée of his last victim shows up, thinking that her missing fiancée has finally come back from his hiking accident]].
** A mystic tree in the school's playground releases insects that have a heavy resemblance to whoever sticks their finger in a knot and gives it some blood. As in, when the girls tried it, they got [[CuteMonsterGirl butterflies and moths that looked exactly like them but with wings]]. However, these insects quickly degenerated into horrifying "halfway" states. Nube settled the commotion down by producing Nube-faced Hercules beetles complete with gloved {{Red Right Hand}}s that subdued the monstrous bugs.
** The spirit of bedridden IllGirl Ayumi, who attends school via astral projection, still wears her glasses even though a projection wouldn't need them. She clearly does this to preserve her self-image, since she, Tamamo, and Nube (who taught her how to project) can modify their projections at will, to the point they could be blobs of ectoplasm if they wanted.
** The Oni Siblings are all over the place: Baki's human form is heavily muscled, has wild hair, and prefers intimidating clothes like biker jackets and chains, and he closely resembles his original shape. Zekki's human form is a wispy bishonen that is ''nothing'' like the huge and horrific monstrosity of his Oni appearance. Minki looks exactly the same whether human or Oni, just minus the horn and the monstrous right hand from the latter form.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'':
** Shippo always keeps his tail. See the mention of the kitsune in the Myths folder below.
** Naraku, much to his frustration, retains the spider-shaped burn scar that marks him as part-human. The latter is so persistent that ripping the skin from his back or burning it off (which his HealingFactor enables him to do without any long-term consequences) will only result in his skin growing back with the mark intact. The same applies to all of his detachments.
* ''Anime/JewelpetMagicalChange'': The Jewelpets can [[HumanityEnsues turn into humans]] by using their Jewelwatches while Airi's pendant gives them a boost in magical power. Their human forms all retain some features from their pet forms, primarily relating to their color schemes, but they do keep some other physical features as well; for example, Ruby as a human wears a ribbon in her hair similar to her animal form's rabbit ears, Labra wears her bear ears as an accessory, Peridot has tufts of hair on the sides of her head that look like her EarWings, and she and Sapphie both keep their dog tails.
* ''Manga/KaijuGirlCaramelise'': Whenever Kuroe Akaishi transforms into [[{{Kaiju}} Harugon]], not only do her [[EyesAreMental eyes]] stay the same, the horns she sprouts resemble two spiky tufts of hair she has as a human.
* '' Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'': Akko's signature spell is one that transforms her into various animals. They all retain her top knot.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': PlayedForLaughs in the HotSpringsEpisode when everyone imagines what Kobayashi would look like if she was a dragon and all their {{Imagine Spot}}s keep her head unchanged.
* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'': Regardless of whether she's in blob, child, or adult form, or mimicking another person or object, [[SlimeGirl Suu]] always has her antenna, though she can at least conceal it when forming a perfect imitation of someone else.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': Graf Herrmann keeps his horns when he's pretending to be a human. To be more accurate, his horns turn into a strange, curving hairstyle that look like his horns.
* ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'': As witch apprentices, the main characters can turn into pretty much any animal they want. However, no matter what form they assumed, their fur will always be of the girls' [[ColorCodedCharacters signature colors]] and Doremi will ''always'' end up with her trademark OdangoHair somehow, even if the animal in question ''doesn't even have hair.'' Likewise, Hazuki somehow never loses her glasses upon transforming.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': This rule holds true for all characters who have eaten Zoan-type Devil Fruits, which allow them to turn into specific animals. Usually, they keep their headgear, if any, and often their hair. The most prominent example is Kaku, who has a long, rectangular nose, and whose giraffe form has a long, rectangular snout (and whose body is even more box-like).
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** There was an episode with a Ditto owned by Duplica who had this problem -- it could turn into anything, but it always kept its own face, which usually looked downright ''ridiculous''. It is eventually stolen by Team Rocket, who flat out threatened the poor thing, [[StolenGoodReturnedBetter eventually teaching it to make a perfect transformation]]. Duplica returned in Johto with a second Ditto with yet another transformation issue -- it could transform perfectly... just [[ShapeshifterBaggage not its size]] when it came to big {{Mons}}. Duplica eventually decides that she'll make it her goal to try and capture an entire team of Ditto with various transformation quirks.
** The un-transformed face, however, has since gone on to become a characteristic of ''all'' Ditto in the anime and other adaptations.
** In the Johto-arc episode "Hocus Pokémon!", Ash is transformed into a Pikachu [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot for a few minutes]]. As a Pikachu, he [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ashachu still had the same eyes and hairstyle.]]
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'': Ahiru's duck form has a sometimes disturbingly human face and retains her trademark hair-style. Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that her human form retains the trademark feather-style of her duck form.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Most of the transforming characters retain some of their regular characteristics.
** Some are minor and make sense, like Ranma retaining his hairstyle because there's nothing in the transformation that would require undoing his braid.
** Genma's panda form has round black circles around the eyes, looking very much like the glasses he never part with in human form. Of course, [[https://www.google.es/search?q=panda&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=4pp4VJK4GobkavLcgagG&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=955 it's not like real pandas have such markings]], ranging from bead-like to perfectly round.
** Ryōga retains his CuteLittleFangs as P-chan, though that's nowhere surprising for a piglet. His trademark bandanna also almost always end up tied around P-chan's neck, and then returns to his head when changing back. Which made the "Charlotte" collar that was put on his pig form unusual, because it stayed on his neck ([[MagicPants despite the collar being small and, unlike the bandanna, very tight]]) when he reverted to human.
** Shampoo's cat-form markings match the [[LimitedWardrobe clothes she wears most of the time]], and her fur is an unusual shade of pink and purple in the anime. She also always keeps the bell-like, round hair decs tied to her bangs.
** Mousse keeps his fringe of hair as a duck, as well as his OpaqueNerdGlasses. The glasses don't shrink, however -- he owns a second pair sized for his duck form (this can be seen clearly in the manga, book 10 chapter 5).
** An ImagineSpot where the characters envision Happōsai changing into a tiger, a monkey, or a snake, has them all imagining animals that clearly have Happōsai's features.
** Rakkyōsai's tiny ponytail and swirly spiral markings on his cheeks remain in place whether he's a child or a [[MiniatureSeniorCitizen tiny old man]].
** A monkey thrown into Nyannichuan, which had a very unique and nearly-human look compared to the rest of Takahashi's monkeys, retains her basic facial appearance as a human.
** Weirdly, Rouge's translucent pants disappear whenever she becomes Asura and come back when she reverts, even though her lower body (and the rest of her wardrobe) doesn't change at all. Her waist-length hair also disappears, though that may simply be due to how hard it would be to draw long hair for one head with three faces.
** This has also caused no end of controversy as to what the extent of curses' transformation really is. The common consensus is that cursed characters transform into "what they would look like" in the alternate form, and this is proven right by the Musk Dynasty saga (wherein another GenderBender victim of Nyannichuan looks ''nothing'' like female Ranma, but like a female version of himself, and various animals thrown into the spring also have unique appearances and the similarity between two Nyannichuan victims is described as so ''rare'' it's actually a plot point), but muddled by the Phoenix saga (where the Phoenix people "somehow" manage to create a spring which ''does'' turn you into an exact duplicate of the original).
* ''Anime/{{Sarazanmai}}'': Whenever the three main characters turn into {{Kappa}}, they still retain their hairstyles and Enta still wears his glasses. [[spoiler:Reo and Mabu still have their hair and eyes as well, along with Reo keeping his sharp teeth and Mabu keeping his own glasses.]]
* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'':
** Filia's human and dragon forms share a similar hairdo and a pink bow.
** This is actually true of both dragons and mazoku who transform into humans. Xellos, for example, keeps the color scheme of black and purple between human and swirling cone forms.
* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'': As per usual the Transformers' keep their existing colors when they scan new modes. Additionally, their weapons and their Cyber Key slots and components impose themselves on the new form.
* ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'': Kitsune transforms into the other characters by essentially becoming slightly more human-like, putting on the same outfit and hairstyle as the person he wants to turn into. It never fools anyone (since he often doesn't lose the tail), but everyone plays along since he's so cute.
* ''Anime/WolfsRain'': Played with. It would have made perfect sense for the wolves' fur color to match the hair of their human forms, but the colors are reversed for Kiba. Having black hair in his human form actually makes a lot of sense -- it makes his skin and eyes stand out a lot, so it's not too much of a stretch that the guy with light eyes and pale skin is really a white wolf.
* ''Anime/TheWonderfulWorldOfPussNBoots'': Lucifer the ogre sorcerer keeps his crown, necklace, and beard whenever he [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifts]]. Though not always, sometimes the [[MagicPants color of his clothes]] appear as the fur color of whatever animal form he takes, such as a purple cat or a large mouse with green-tinted fur.
* ''Manga/{{Yaiba}}'': Averted with Yaiba, as some of his transformations made with the Gold Orb are complete, but played straight by [[EvilSorcerer Shiro Amakusa]] who retains his whiskers and sometimes his collar while transforming.
* ''Anime/YokaiWatchJamTheMovieYokaiAcademyYCanACatBeAHero'' (and its spinoff series ''Anime/YokaiWatchJamYokaiAcademyYCloseEncountersOfTheNKind'') features human versions of several ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' yo-kai. They still look a lot like their yo-kai versions, such as Jibanyan's red AnimeHair resembling cat ears.
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Named after a not-so-popular hypothesis by biologist Rupert Sheldrake, in which the forms of organisms are imprinted upon "morphic fields", which in turn influence the forms of subsequent organisms (at least, before the term was hijacked by science-fiction authors to name this trope's concept), and for that see LamarckWasRight. May be brought upon by being subject to a BalefulPolymorph. If the retained traits are indicative of an evil nature, see also RedRightHand. See also ShapeshifterDefaultForm, and ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing. Contrast FisherKingdom.

* The Manga/{{Doraemon}} OVA, ''Anime/WhatAmIForMomotaro'' have Nobita's friends Shizuka, Suneo and Gian disguising into animals by eating Doraemon's Animal Transformation Crackers, respectively into a pheasant, ape and dog. Their animal forms still shares facial features as their human forms though, with dog!Suneo having Suneo's iconic pointy-mouthed design, while pheasant!Shizuka keeps her ponytails.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** There was an episode with a Ditto owned by Duplica who had this problem -- it could turn into anything, but it always kept its own face, which usually looked downright RIDICULOUS. It is eventually stolen by Team Rocket, who flat out threatened the poor thing, [[StolenGoodReturnedBetter eventually teaching it to make a perfect transformation]]. Duplica returned in Johto with a second Ditto with yet another transformation issue -- it could transform perfectly... just [[ShapeshifterBaggage not its size]] when it came to big {{Mons}}. Duplica eventually decides that she'll make it her goal to try and capture an entire team of Ditto with various transformation quirks.

* Film/SkyHigh2005: Magenta has black hair and wears purple clothing in human form. Her guinea pig form is black with purple streaks, and a high, squeaky voice.

* ''[[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Journey into Imagination with Figment]]'': The titular dragon turns into a skunk during the scene in the smell lab, but retains his wings and horns.

* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', Apart from the crown and medallion he wears in his two forms, several physical traits of the Ocean Prince's fishy form match his appearance as a human: the color pattern of his fishy form's underbelly matches with the clothes he wears, his limbs are of the same color as his gloves, and they have the same ExoticEyeDesigns.

* ''Literature/TheWitchesOfEileanan'': People transformed by [[spoiler:Maya's]] {{Baleful Polymorph}}ism occasionally retain some of their physical traits: [[spoiler:Lachlan]] kept his [[spoiler:hereditary SkunkStripe]] as a blackbird, and [[spoiler:Khan'gharad still had his red hair as a horse]].

* In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'', Polgara the Sorceress keeps her SkunkStripe in any animal form she assumes. Justified in that the mark is supernatural and she can't remove or dye it as a human either.

** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials'': In ''Escape from Catrina'', Rep can turn himself into a variety of other creatures such as a bird, a bull, a pony or a dragon, but always retains his dark green color scheme and his hat.

*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E8Frenemies Frenemies]]", Queen Chrysalis retains her distinctive blue-green eye color when in her cragadile, goat and ophiotaurus forms. While this is absent in her ursa form, several of its [[CelestialBody component stars]] shine the same color as her eyes. Only her {{roc|Birds}} form doesn't bear any signs of her usual appearance.
*** In general, it seems that [=MLPFiM=] changelings can decide how much Morphic Resonance they want to use. Ocellus, for example, could create more complete disguises, but she keeps her color scheme because she's with her friends, and not trying to fool anyone. When she turns into a dragon, none of her characteristics show through. Queen Chrysalis also retains some characteristics when there is no need to hide (cragadile) or the one being fooled is too dumb to know (ophiotaurus). The Roc was just a copy of another creature she had seen once (real reason: reusing assets). Lastly, Thorax almost never makes use of Morphic Resonance, though he could, and his brother Pharynx transforms into a large bug monster with the same coloration at one point.

* ''Anime/TheWonderfulWorldOfPussInBoots'': Lucifer the ogre sorcerer keeps his crown, necklace, and beard whenever he [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifts]]. Though not always, sometimes the [[MagicPants color of his clothes]] appear as the fur color of whatever animal form he takes, such as a purple cat or a large mouse with green-tinted fur.

* VideoGame/{{Shantae}} can transform into several animals and all of them have something in common with her human form. All of them have her normal eyes, the monkey shares her hair color, and the mermaid and spider have her body shape.

* A majority of the titular ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'''s transformations keep her tiara when turning into other creatures. Most notably her signature monkey and elephant forms, which also retain the purple colouring of her hair.

* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonLightOfHope'': The [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue-haired]] Harvest Goddess can turn into a Blue Bird at will.

** Jake Long has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair spiked green hair]] and [[LimitedWardrobe always wears a red jacket]]; he turns into a red dragon with green spines down his back.

** Gems are capable of VoluntaryShapeshifting, but all their different forms maintain the same unusual [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation skin]] and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair hair]] colors. Their [[HeartDrive gems]] do not shapeshift, and will often be visible when they change form. [[JustifiedTrope This makes sense]] given that their shapeshifting powers stem from their bodies being HardLight projections produced by their gems. Gems also [[FusionDance fuse with one another]], creating larger forms that will generally borrow features from both of their components to differing degrees. For example, every single one of Garnet's fusions seen thus far has kept her CoolShades, albeit in different shapes.

* Spouxls G. Kaardton from ''Fanfic/NoHiddenContractsTaxesOrFees'' has [[MulticoloredHair both of his components' hair colors]], Rouxls's blue skin, Spamton's eyes, glasses, and BlushStickers, and an outfit, nose, and hair style that combine traits of both characters.

*** In general, it seems that MLPFiM changelings can decide how much Morphic Resonance they want to use. Ocellus, for example, could create more complete disguises, but she keeps her color scheme because she's with her friends, and not trying to fool anyone. When she turns into a dragon, none of her characteristics show through. Queen Chrysalis also retains some characteristics when there is no need to hide (cragadile) or the one being fooled is too dumb to know (ophiotaurus). The Roc was just a copy of another creature she had seen once (real reason: reusing assets). Lastly, Thorax almost never makes use of Morphic Resonance, though he could, and his brother Pharynx transforms into a large bug monster with the same coloration at one point.