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* {{Objectshifting}}: Transforming into an inanimate object - voluntarily or otherwise.
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* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: If you can't control when/where your shapeshifting powers kick in.
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* ShapeshiftingTrickster: A trickster character who change form.
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* MasterOfDisguise: When instead of using artificial means the character can actually change their facial features or even their body type.
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-->-- An eight word {{drabble}} by Colin Greenland
'''Colin Greenland'''
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* ShapeshiftingHealsWounds: Going from one shape to another fixes the damage taken by one form (although it may still be there on returning to the original form).
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* LiteralTransformativeExperience: A transformation and the experiences that follow leads to a change in personality and character.
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* ShapeDiesShifterSurvives: A shapeshifted form dies, but the shifter [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm goes back to normal]] instead of dying for real.
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* AgeDownRomance: Magically becoming younger or older results in romance with another character who was previously too young or old for you.
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* PlotRelevantAgeUp: An OvernightgeUp so that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
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* PlotRelevantAgeUp: An OvernightgeUp OvernightAgeUp so that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
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* MagicPants: What happens to all your clothing when you transform (or more importantly, transform ''back'')?
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* MagicPants: What happens to all your clothing when you transform (or more importantly, transform ''back'')?Clothes don't get destroyed during a transformation.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Some werewolves turn completely into wolves...
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Some The specific traits of werewolves turn completely into wolves...vary from work to work.
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* SelkiesAndWereseals: Or terrestrial animals...
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* SelkiesAndWereseals: Or terrestrial animals...People that can turn into seals.
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* {{Weredragon}}: Or even actual existing creatures!
* WolfMan: Others just acquire wolf-like characteristics...
* WolfMan: Others just acquire wolf-like characteristics...
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* {{Weredragon}}: Or even actual existing creatures!
Someone that can turn into a dragon.
* WolfMan:Others just acquire wolf-like characteristics...A canine-like humanoid, often a kind of werewolf.
* WolfMan:
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* AndYourRewardIsInfancy: ...All the way back to being a baby again...
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* AndYourRewardIsInfancy: ...All the way back to being AndYourRewardIsInfancy: Someone is turned into or reincarneted as a baby again...to give them a new life.
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* AttractiveBentGender: People start asking your new self out on dates.
* BabyMorphEpisode: ...And it takes a whole episode before they grow up again.
* BabyMorphEpisode: ...And it takes a whole episode before they grow up again.
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* AttractiveBentGender: People start asking your new self out on dates.
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*BabyMorphEpisode: ...And it takes a whole BabyMorphEpisode: An episode before they grow up again.where characters turn into babies.
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* BecomeARealBoy: When they set achieving literal humanity as a goal.
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* BecomeARealBoy: When they set achieving literal humanity as a goal.A non-human character whose goal is to become one.
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* FountainOfYouth: A character spontaneously becomes younger...
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* FountainOfYouth: A character spontaneously becomes younger...younger.
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* HumanityEnsues: An animal (or other non-human) is transformed into a human. They usually aren't happy about the change...
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* HumanityEnsues: An animal (or other non-human) is transformed into a human. They usually aren't happy about the change...change.
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* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Hey, free boobs!
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* OvernightAgeUp: Or instead, a character spontaneously becomes older...
* PinocchioSyndrome: ...unless they already ''wanted'' to become human.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...So that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
* PinocchioSyndrome: ...unless they already ''wanted'' to become human.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...So that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
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* OvernightAgeUp: Or instead, a A character spontaneously becomes older...
older.
*PinocchioSyndrome: ...unless they already ''wanted'' PinocchioSyndrome: A non-human wants to become human.
*PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...So PlotRelevantAgeUp: An OvernightgeUp so that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
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* SenseFreak: If they go wild over senses that we humans take for granted.
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* SenseFreak: If When a non-human becomes human, they will go wild over senses that we humans take for granted.
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* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: And it comes with cool new clothes!
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* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: And it comes Any gender bent character will either embrace or be subject to all of the stereotypes associated with cool their new clothes!gender.
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* TransformationComic: The above in comic form.
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* TransformationComic: The above TransformationFiction in comic form.
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* VoicesAreMental: But for some strange reason, their ''voices'' also get switched along with their minds.
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* VoicesAreMental: But for For some strange reason, when two people undergo a FreakyFridayFlip, their ''voices'' also get switched along with their minds.
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* ClippedWingAngel: But it proves anti-climactic
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* ClippedWingAngel: But it proves anti-climacticA being's supposed ultimate form actually makes them weaker.
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* MiracleGroMonster: But you don't have time to wait for it.
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* MiracleGroMonster: But you don't have time to wait for it.A creature grows larger and larger until it becomes titanic.
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* OneWingedAngel: When the villain shouts "Behold my true form!" before the final battle...
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Turning into a half-human/half-animal monster, usually due to some sort of {{curse}} or [[TheVirus infection]].
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Turning into a half-human/half-animal monster, usually due to some sort of {{curse}} or [[TheVirus infection]].
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* OneWingedAngel: When the villain shouts "Behold my true form!" before the final battle...
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Turning into a half-human/half-animal monster, usually due to some sort of {{curse}} or [[TheVirus infection]].battle.
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Turning into a half-human/half-animal monster, usually due to some sort of {{curse}} or [[TheVirus infection]].
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* LegoGenetics: Genetic engineering can be used to transform an ordinary organism into some sort of mutant.[[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid being]] after getting their DNA fused with that of another species.
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* LegoGenetics: Genetic engineering can be used to transform an ordinary organism into some sort of mutant.[[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid mutant being]] after getting their DNA fused with that of another species.
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* TransferredTransformation: A specific transformation gets passed from one person to another.
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* BallOfLightTransformation: Transformation into a luminous form shaped as a flame, orb, star, mote, etc.
* BeastMan: They don't have to be based on wolves...
* ChangelingTale: When [[TheFairFolk fairy]] [[OurFairiesAreDifferent creatures]] pretend to be human infants, usually after abducting the real babies and switching places with them.
* BeastMan: They don't have to be based on wolves...
* ChangelingTale: When [[TheFairFolk fairy]] [[OurFairiesAreDifferent creatures]] pretend to be human infants, usually after abducting the real babies and switching places with them.
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** OlderAlterEgo: Someone's superpower is to turn older.
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** BallOfLightTransformation: Transformation into a luminous form shaped as a flame, orb, star, mote, etc.
** RideTheLightning: Turning oneself into lightning for quick transportation.
** SuperSmoke: Transformation into a gaseous form like smoke, air, mist, etc.
** RideTheLightning: Turning oneself into lightning for quick transportation.
** SuperSmoke: Transformation into a gaseous form like smoke, air, mist, etc.
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** RideTheLightning: Turning oneself into lightning for quick transportation.
** SuperSmoke: Transformation into a gaseous form like smoke, air, mist, etc.
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** KaleidoscopeHair: Or change your hair color repeatedly.
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* GodInHumanForm: A [[OurGodsAreDifferent deity]] pretends to be a mere mortal.
* HulkingOut: The YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry version.
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** ChangelingTale: When [[TheFairFolk fairy]] [[OurFairiesAreDifferent creatures]] pretend to be human infants, usually after abducting the real babies and switching places with them.
** GodInHumanForm: A [[OurGodsAreDifferent deity]] pretends to be a mere mortal.
** {{Humanshifting}}: Some shapeshifters only have the ability to transform into humanoids.
** TheyLookLikeUsNow: When evil creatures figure out a way to look like humans.
** GodInHumanForm: A [[OurGodsAreDifferent deity]] pretends to be a mere mortal.
** {{Humanshifting}}: Some shapeshifters only have the ability to transform into humanoids.
** TheyLookLikeUsNow: When evil creatures figure out a way to look like humans.
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** GodInHumanForm: A [[OurGodsAreDifferent deity]] pretends to be a mere mortal.
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** TheyLookLikeUsNow: When evil creatures figure out a way to look like humans.
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** EmpathicShapeshifter: If other people dictate what you transform into.
** HulkingOut: The YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry version.
** ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: Mental instability causing you to transform into whatever identity/persona is currently dominant in your mind.
** ShapeshifterSwanSong: Uncontrolled transformations triggered by a critical (or fatal) injury to the shapeshifter.
** HulkingOut: The YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry version.
** ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: Mental instability causing you to transform into whatever identity/persona is currently dominant in your mind.
** ShapeshifterSwanSong: Uncontrolled transformations triggered by a critical (or fatal) injury to the shapeshifter.
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** HulkingOut: The YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry version.
** ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: Mental instability causing you to transform into whatever identity/persona is currently dominant in
** ShapeshifterSwanSong: Uncontrolled transformations triggered by a critical (or fatal) injury to the shapeshifter.
* KibblesAndBits: Why does that car have sections that look like fists? Why does that robot have pieces of car dangling from its back?
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** EyesAreMental: Their eyes stay the same even if the rest of their bodies don't.
* OlderAlterEgo: Someone's superpower is to turn older.
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** OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Some werewolves turn completely into wolves...
*** WolfMan: Others just acquire wolf-like characteristics...
** BeastMan: They don't have to be based on wolves...
** SelkiesAndWereseals: Or terrestrial animals...
** {{Weredragon}}: Or even actual existing creatures!
*** WolfMan: Others just acquire wolf-like characteristics...
** BeastMan: They don't have to be based on wolves...
** SelkiesAndWereseals: Or terrestrial animals...
** {{Weredragon}}: Or even actual existing creatures!
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** BeastMan: They don't have
** SelkiesAndWereseals: Or terrestrial animals...
** {{Weredragon}}: Or even actual existing creatures!
* RideTheLightning: Turning oneself into lightning for quick transportation.
* SelkiesAndWereseals: Or terrestrial animals...
* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Whatever form they're usually seen in when not actively using their powers.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment Impersonating the form of an opponent's friend or teammate]] during battle, to mentally break the opponent down.
* ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: Mental instability causing you to transform into whatever identity/persona is currently dominant in your mind.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment Impersonating the form of an opponent's friend or teammate]] during battle, to mentally break the opponent down.
* ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: Mental instability causing you to transform into whatever identity/persona is currently dominant in your mind.
* ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange: The sexuality of a shapeshifter.
* ShapeshifterSwanSong: Uncontrolled transformations triggered by a critical (or fatal) injury to the shapeshifter.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Using your shapeshifter powers to create weapons from your own body.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Using your shapeshifter powers to create weapons from your own body.
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** ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange: The sexuality of a shapeshifter.
* SuperSmoke: Transformation into a gaseous form like smoke, air, mist, etc.
* TheyLookLikeUsNow: When evil creatures figure out a way to look like humans.
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** KibblesAndBits: Why does that car have sections that look like fists? Why does that robot have pieces of car dangling from its back?
* UnstableGeneticCode: A more scientific explanation for shapeshifting.
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** PartialTransformation: Mix-and-match shapeshifting to create one sleek HybridMonster.
** ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Whatever form they're usually seen in when not actively using their powers.
** ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment Impersonating the form of an opponent's friend or teammate]] during battle, to mentally break the opponent down.
** ShapeshifterWeapon: Using your shapeshifter powers to create weapons from your own body.
** UnstableGeneticCode: A more scientific explanation for shapeshifting.
** ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Whatever form they're usually seen in when not actively using their powers.
** ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment Impersonating the form of an opponent's friend or teammate]] during battle, to mentally break the opponent down.
** ShapeshifterWeapon: Using your shapeshifter powers to create weapons from your own body.
** UnstableGeneticCode: A more scientific explanation for shapeshifting.
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** ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Whatever form they're usually seen in when not actively using their powers.
** ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment Impersonating the form of an opponent's friend or teammate]] during battle, to mentally break the opponent down.
** ShapeshifterWeapon: Using your shapeshifter powers to create weapons from your own body.
** UnstableGeneticCode: A more scientific explanation for shapeshifting.
* WolfMan: Others just acquire wolf-like characteristics...
* AndYourRewardIsInfancy: ...All the way back to being a baby again...
* AttractiveBentGender: People start asking your new self out on dates.
* BabyMorphEpisode: ...And it takes a whole episode before they grow up again.
* BabyMorphEpisode: ...And it takes a whole episode before they grow up again.
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** BewitchedAmphibians: For whatever reason, frogs and toads are very popular animals for wizards and witches to turn people into.
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* BewitchedAmphibians: For whatever reason, frogs and toads are very popular animals for wizards and witches to turn people into.
* ColorMeBlack: A bigot turns into another member of a group that they hate.
* TheCorruption: When one's mind and/or body is twisted into evil and villainy.
* TheCorruption: When one's mind and/or body is twisted into evil and villainy.
* FirstLawOfGenderBending: It's easier to change into a female than it is to change back.
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** AndYourRewardIsInfancy: ...All the way back to being a baby again...
*** BabyMorphEpisode: ...And it takes a whole episode before they grow up again.
** OvernightAgeUp: Or instead, a character spontaneously becomes older...
*** PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...So that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
*** BabyMorphEpisode: ...And it takes a whole episode before they grow up again.
** OvernightAgeUp: Or instead, a character spontaneously becomes older...
*** PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...So that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
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** FreakyFridaySabotage: Sometimes the switch backfires. Badly.
** VoicesAreMental: But for some strange reason, their ''voices'' also get switched along with their minds.
*** VoicesAreNotMental: Though of course, sometimes voices do remain with the original body.
** VoicesAreMental: But for some strange reason, their ''voices'' also get switched along with their minds.
*** VoicesAreNotMental: Though of course, sometimes voices do remain with the original body.
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** VoicesAreMental: But for some strange reason, their ''voices'' also get switched along with their minds.
*** VoicesAreNotMental: Though of course, sometimes voices do remain with the original body.
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** AttractiveBentGender: People start asking your new self out on dates.
** FirstLawOfGenderBending: It's easier to change into a female than it is to change back.
*** SecondLawOfGenderBending: Your new gender is ''always'' more enjoyable than your old one.
*** ThirdLawOfGenderBending: And it comes with cool new clothes!
** ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Hey, free boobs!
** FirstLawOfGenderBending: It's easier to change into a female than it is to change back.
*** SecondLawOfGenderBending: Your new gender is ''always'' more enjoyable than your old one.
*** ThirdLawOfGenderBending: And it comes with cool new clothes!
** ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Hey, free boobs!
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** PinocchioSyndrome: ...unless they already ''wanted'' to become human.
*** BecomeARealBoy: When they set achieving literal humanity as a goal.
** SenseFreak: If they go wild over senses that we humans take for granted.
*** BecomeARealBoy: When they set achieving literal humanity as a goal.
** SenseFreak: If they go wild over senses that we humans take for granted.
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** ShrinkRay: A device or magic spell that can make people smaller.
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** ColorMeBlack: A bigot turns into another member of a group that they hate.
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* OvernightAgeUp: Or instead, a character spontaneously becomes older...
* PinocchioSyndrome: ...unless they already ''wanted'' to become human.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...So that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
* SecondLawOfGenderBending: Your new gender is ''always'' more enjoyable than your old one.
* SenseFreak: If they go wild over senses that we humans take for granted.
* PinocchioSyndrome: ...unless they already ''wanted'' to become human.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...So that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
* SecondLawOfGenderBending: Your new gender is ''always'' more enjoyable than your old one.
* SenseFreak: If they go wild over senses that we humans take for granted.
* ShrinkRay: A device or magic spell that can make people smaller.
* ThirdLawOfGenderBending: And it comes with cool new clothes!
* TransformationComic: The above in comic form.
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** TransformationComic: The above in comic form.
* TranshumanTreachery: A human transformed into a monster loses their original personality and betrays their former species.
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** TheVirus: A monster that infects people and turns them into another member of its kind.
*** TheCorruption: When one's mind and/or body is twisted into evil and villainy.
*** TranshumanTreachery: A human transformed into a monster loses their original personality and betrays their former species.
*** VirusVictimSymptoms: Signs and symptoms of an [[SlowTransformation impending metamorphosis]] into a monstrous creature.
*** TheCorruption: When one's mind and/or body is twisted into evil and villainy.
*** TranshumanTreachery: A human transformed into a monster loses their original personality and betrays their former species.
*** VirusVictimSymptoms: Signs and symptoms of an [[SlowTransformation impending metamorphosis]] into a monstrous creature.
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*** TranshumanTreachery: A human transformed into a monster loses their original personality and betrays their former species.
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* VoicesAreMental: But for some strange reason, their ''voices'' also get switched along with their minds.
* VoicesAreNotMental: Though of course, sometimes voices do remain with the original body.
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** AttractiveBentSpecies: When other animals think your new form looks sexy!
** BewitchedAmphibians: They could be a prince, they could be a lying frog...
** OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Turning into a half-human/half-animal monster, usually due to some sort of {{curse}} or [[TheVirus infection]].
** ScaledUp: Is turning yourself into a giant snake ''ever'' a good idea?
** BewitchedAmphibians: They could be a prince, they could be a lying frog...
** OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Turning into a half-human/half-animal monster, usually due to some sort of {{curse}} or [[TheVirus infection]].
** ScaledUp: Is turning yourself into a giant snake ''ever'' a good idea?
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** BewitchedAmphibians: They could be a prince, they could be a lying frog...
** OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Turning into a half-human/half-animal monster, usually due to some sort
** ScaledUp: Is turning yourself into a giant snake ''ever'' a good idea?
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** MiracleGroMonster: But you don't have time to wait for it.
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* BewitchedAmphibians: They could be a prince, they could be a lying frog...
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** PainfulTransformation: If it ''looks'' painful, what must it ''feel'' like?
** TransformationHorror: Disturbing shapeshifting at its finest.
** TransformationHorror: Disturbing shapeshifting at its finest.
* ClippedWingAngel: But it proves anti-climactic
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: A [[OurGodsAreDifferent god]] that was once a mere mortal.
* DemonOfHumanOrigin: A [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] who used to be a human.
* DeityOfHumanOrigin: A [[OurGodsAreDifferent god]] that was once a mere mortal.
* DemonOfHumanOrigin: A [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] who used to be a human.
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** EvilMakesYouMonstrous: A villain turns into an inhuman monster.
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** TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Reflective surfaces can reveal what a shapeshifter's real form looks like.
** TheShadowKnows: A particular kind of GlamourFailure hinting that a character has a dark secret or shapeshifting prowess.
** TheShadowKnows: A particular kind of GlamourFailure hinting that a character has a dark secret or shapeshifting prowess.
* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Getting rather ''intimately acquainted'' with the new you.
* MiracleGroMonster: But you don't have time to wait for it.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Reflective surfaces can reveal what a shapeshifter's real form looks like.
* MiracleGroMonster: But you don't have time to wait for it.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Reflective surfaces can reveal what a shapeshifter's real form looks like.
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** ClippedWingAngel: But it proves anti-climactic
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* PainfulTransformation: If it
* ScaledUp: Is turning yourself into a giant snake ''ever'' a good idea?
* TheShadowKnows: A particular kind of GlamourFailure hinting that a character has a dark secret or shapeshifting prowess.
* TheShadowKnows: A particular kind of GlamourFailure hinting that a character has a dark secret or shapeshifting prowess.
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** ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Getting rather ''intimately acquainted'' with the new you.
* TragicMonster: They were forced to become something inhuman against their will, and that's sad.
* TransformationHorror: Disturbing shapeshifting at its finest.
* TurningBackHuman: When someone's transformation is finally reversed, allowing them to regain their humanity (or otherwise revert back to their original form).
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** AngelicTransformation: An [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]] of human origin.
** DeityOfHumanOrigin: A [[OurGodsAreDifferent god]] that was once a mere mortal.
** DemonOfHumanOrigin: A [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] who used to be a human.
** TragicMonster: They were forced to become something inhuman against their will, and that's sad.
** TurningBackHuman: When someone's transformation is finally reversed, allowing them to regain their humanity (or otherwise revert back to their original form).
** DeityOfHumanOrigin: A [[OurGodsAreDifferent god]] that was once a mere mortal.
** DemonOfHumanOrigin: A [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] who used to be a human.
** TragicMonster: They were forced to become something inhuman against their will, and that's sad.
** TurningBackHuman: When someone's transformation is finally reversed, allowing them to regain their humanity (or otherwise revert back to their original form).
* ArtificialHybrid: Someone gets mutated and turned into some sort of [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid]].
* BeingHumanSucks: Not everyone likes being a boring, ordinary human being. This motivates them to try and become something else.
* BeingHumanSucks: Not everyone likes being a boring, ordinary human being. This motivates them to try and become something else.
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* LegoGenetics: Genetic engineering can be used to transform an ordinary organism into some sort of mutant.
** ArtificialHybrid: Someone gets mutated and turned into some sort of [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid]] [[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid being]] after getting their DNA fused with that of another species.
** ArtificialHybrid: Someone gets mutated and turned into some sort of [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid]] [[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid being]] after getting their DNA fused with that of another species.
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* LegoGenetics: Genetic engineering can be used to transform an ordinary organism into some sort of mutant.
** ArtificialHybrid: Someone gets mutated and turned into some sort of [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid]]mutant.[[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid being]] after getting their DNA fused with that of another species.
** ArtificialHybrid: Someone gets mutated and turned into some sort of [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid]]
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** MasterOfDisguise: Some shapeshifters can look like anyone.
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** BeingHumanSucks: Not everyone likes being a boring, ordinary human being. This motivates them to try and become something else.
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* MasterOfDisguise: Some shapeshifters can look like anyone.
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* FusionDance: When two or more individuals merge their bodies together to become one being.
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** GodInHumanForm: A [[OurGodsAreDifferent deity]] pretends to be a mere mortal.
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* SkinWalker: A magical shapeshifter who can change from human to animal forms at will, originating from [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Navajo Indian legends]].
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* SkinWalker: A magical shapeshifter who can change from human to animal forms at will, originating from [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Navajo Indian legends]].folklore]].
* EvilMakesYouUgly: A villain's actions lead them to becoming hideous.
** EvilMakesYouMonstrous: A villain turns into an inhuman monster.
** EvilMakesYouMonstrous: A villain turns into an inhuman monster.
* GlamourFailure: When a shapeshifter's disguise starts to malfunction.
** TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Reflective surfaces can reveal what a shapeshifter's real form looks like.
** TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Reflective surfaces can reveal what a shapeshifter's real form looks like.
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** AngelicTransformation: An angel of human origin.
** DeityOfHumanOrigin: A god that was once a mere mortal.
** DemonOfHumanOrigin: A demon who used to be a human.
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** DemonOfHumanOrigin: A demon who used to be a human.
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** AngelicTransformation: An angel [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]] of human origin.
** DeityOfHumanOrigin: Agod [[OurGodsAreDifferent god]] that was once a mere mortal.
** DemonOfHumanOrigin: Ademon [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] who used to be a human.
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* FountainOfYouth: Character spontaneously becomes younger.
** BabyMorphEpisode: All the way to being a baby, and it takes a whole episode before they change back.
** OvernightAgeUp: Character spontaneously becomes older...
*** PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...so that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Switching bodies with another person.
** BabyMorphEpisode: All the way to being a baby, and it takes a whole episode before they change back.
** OvernightAgeUp: Character spontaneously becomes older...
*** PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...so that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
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* BecomingTheCostume: Particularly popular around UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve, a curse that transforms the individual into whatever their costume resembles.
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* LegoGenetics: Genetic engineering/splicing can be used to turn an ordinary organism into a hybrid or other mutant.
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* LegoGenetics: Genetic engineering/splicing engineering can be used to turn transform an ordinary organism into a hybrid or other mutant.some sort of mutant.
** ArtificialHybrid: Someone gets mutated and turned into some sort of [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid]] [[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid being]] after getting their DNA fused with that of another species.
** ArtificialHybrid: Someone gets mutated and turned into some sort of [[HalfHumanHybrid hybrid]] [[NonhumanHumanoidHybrid being]] after getting their DNA fused with that of another species.
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* FreakyFridayFlip: Switching bodies with another person...
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* FreakyFridayFlip: Switching bodies with another person...
** VoicesAreMental: ...but not switching voices.
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[[caption-width-right:280:Not depicted: [[DeadlyGas Refried Bean]] [[SuperSmoke Gas Cloud]].]]
Shapeshifting or transformation is the ability to completely change one's body from one form to another, usually by magic or AppliedPhlebotinum. Common in SpeculativeFiction, and folklore and myths are replete with tales of princes transformed into frogs, gods turning themselves into animals, and so on. Several of these tropes are OlderThanFeudalism.
There are a ''wide'' variety of ways that this can occur, but thematically it can be sorted into two broad classes:
* '''Shapeshifting''': A character can transform their own body as a special power or ability. Obviously enough, they are called [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifters]], and often ply their powers for fun and profit (whether good or evil), or simply to trick or play practical jokes on normal folks.
* '''Transformation''': An otherwise non-shapeshifting character has a transformation cast upon them from an outside source (again, usually by magic or AppliedPhlebotinum). This is typically PlayedForDrama; it may be part of a character's backstory, or even form the central conflict within the work. {{Curse}}s are a popular source here, as it requires the character to go on a {{Quest}} to satisfy the CurseEscapeClause. A list of possible causes for transformations can be found [[TransformationCauses here]].
See also the AutonomousAndArtificialAppendageIndex, DisguiseTropes, and WerebeastTropes indexes.
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[[folder:Tropes related to shapeshifting as a power or ability]]
* DualAgeModes: The ability to change between an "older" and "younger" form.
** OlderAlterEgo: Someone's superpower is to turn older.
* ElementalShapeshifter: Transforming oneself (in whole or part) into one of the ElementsOfNature.
** BallOfLightTransformation: Transformation into a luminous form shaped as a flame, orb, star, mote, etc.
** RideTheLightning: Turning oneself into lightning for quick transportation.
** SuperSmoke: Transformation into a gaseous form like smoke, air, mist, etc.
* EyeColorChange: Some forms, where you can change your eye color repeatedly.
** KaleidoscopeHair: Or change your hair color repeatedly.
* GrowingMusclesSequence: Bulking up as you transform.
* HenshinHero: A character who gains superpowers by transforming.
* HumanDisguise: When non-human beings somehow change their appearance to look more human.
** ChangelingTale: When [[TheFairFolk fairy]] [[OurFairiesAreDifferent creatures]] pretend to be human infants, usually after abducting the real babies and switching places with them.
** {{Humanshifting}}: Some shapeshifters only have the ability to transform into humanoids.
** TheyLookLikeUsNow: When evil creatures figure out a way to look like humans.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: If you can't control when/where your shapeshifting powers kick in.
** EmpathicShapeshifter: If other people dictate what you transform into.
** HulkingOut: The YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry version.
** ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: Mental instability causing you to transform into whatever identity/persona is currently dominant in your mind.
** ShapeshifterSwanSong: Uncontrolled transformations triggered by a critical (or fatal) injury to the shapeshifter.
* LimbSensationFascination: So ''that's'' what a tentacle feels like.
* LongNeck: What happens when your head needs to be way over there but the rest of you stays put, without detaching.
* MagicPants: What happens to all your clothing when you transform (or more importantly, transform ''back'')?
* MetamorphosisMonster: It may be cute and cuddly now, but just wait...
* MorphicResonance: When a shapeshifter's forms all have some common feature that the audience can identify them by.
** EyesAreMental: Their eyes stay the same even if the rest of their bodies don't.
* MultiformBalance: When there are trade-offs between various forms.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Behavior is frequently influenced by another form's instincts, during or after the morph.
* NarrativeShapeshifting: A [[TheSpeechless silent]] character recounts a story by playing shapeshifting charades.
* NewBodyOldAbilities: Regardless of the body's physical abilities, the new owner can use all their former abilities.
* OneToMillionToOne: Shifting into multiple separate creatures, possibly to avoid an impact.
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Not all of them are wolves with a lunar trigger.
** OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Some werewolves turn completely into wolves...
*** WolfMan: Others just acquire wolf-like characteristics...
** BeastMan: They don't have to be based on wolves...
** SelkiesAndWereseals: Or terrestrial animals...
** {{Weredragon}}: Or even actual existing creatures!
* RubberMan: They can stretch and flex themselves into almost any needed shape.
* SexierAlterEgo: Transform into a more attractive or otherwise sexually appealing form.
* SexShifter: The ability to alter one's sex, male, female or other, rather than shape: a non-permanent GenderBender.
* ShapeshifterBaggage: Some forms are smaller/larger or lighter/heavier than others.
* ShapeshifterMashup: When attempting to mix-and-match multiple forms [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes horribly wrong]].
* ShapeshifterModeLock: A PhlebotinumBreakdown that leaves a shapeshifter BroughtDownToNormal and/or trapped in one form.
* ShapeshifterShowdown: Shapeshifter vs. shapeshifter! [[RuleOfCool Awesomeness ensues]].
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: Shapeshifter trying to get in your bed? It'll just turn into the most desirable person you've ever seen.
* ShapeshiftingSquick: Shapeshifters must have a ''very'' interesting love life...
** ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange: The sexuality of a shapeshifter.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: The ability to alter one's size, rather than shape.
* SkinWalker: A magical shapeshifter who can change from human to animal forms at will, originating from [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Navajo Indian legends]].
* SproutingEars: A little extra number and type of ears when SuperDeformed.
* SwissArmyHero: Shapeshifting where each form has some kind of exclusive ability. A popular manifestation for VideoGames.
* TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter: A shapeshifter whose clothes are part of their body.
* TotallyNotAWerewolf: A shapeshifter becomes mistaken for whatever creature or monster they appear as.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Because it would be a vulnerability if it wasn't.
* TransformationSequence: Activating one's superpowers may also induce a physical transformation. May become StockFootage in serial works.
* TransformingMecha: Shapeshifting for robots!
** KibblesAndBits: Why does that car have sections that look like fists? Why does that robot have pieces of car dangling from its back?
* TransformingVehicle: Normal cars (and other vehicles) can shapeshift too.
* TrickingTheShapeshifter: If you can't defeat a shapeshifter in one of their forms, convince them to transform into something you can.
* VoiceChangeling: The ability to imitate anyone's voice, rather than their shape.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The "standard" shapeshifter package.
** PartialTransformation: Mix-and-match shapeshifting to create one sleek HybridMonster.
** ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Whatever form they're usually seen in when not actively using their powers.
** ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment Impersonating the form of an opponent's friend or teammate]] during battle, to mentally break the opponent down.
** ShapeshifterWeapon: Using your shapeshifter powers to create weapons from your own body.
** UnstableGeneticCode: A more scientific explanation for shapeshifting.
* YouSexyBeast: For cases where a less human form is considered more attractive.
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[[folder:Tropes related to transformations as an event]]
* AndYourRewardIsInfancy: When a person is transformed back into an infant.
* AnthropomorphicTransformation: A normal animal is turned into a more anthropomorphic form.
* BalefulPolymorph: Transformation used as a weapon or punishment, to disable or dispose of an individual.
** BewitchedAmphibians: For whatever reason, frogs and toads are very popular animals for wizards and witches to turn people into.
* BecomeYourWeapon: When simple mastery is not enough.
* BecomingTheCostume: Particularly popular around AllHallowsEve, a curse that transforms the individual into whatever their costume resembles.
* BecomingTheGenie: [[ThreeWishes My third wish]], make me an all-powerful genie! ([[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Wait a second...]])
* {{Biomanipulation}}: The superpower of mutating and transforming ''other'' living beings besides oneself.
* BishonenLine: Transformation from a monstrous form into a much more elegant and human-like one.
* BitByBitTransformation: Transforming into a creature body part by body part.
* CloneByConversion: Someone is turned into a copy of another person.
* DifferentForGirls: When a new form subjects you to new social norms
* EmergencyTransformation: When the only way to save your dying body is to have it transformed into something else. Whether or not you'd be better off dead is [[{{Angst}} up to you]].
* FisherKingdom: A world or setting that transforms your mind, mood, and/or physical form to match its expectations or requirements.
* FountainOfYouth: Character spontaneously becomes younger.
** BabyMorphEpisode: All the way to being a baby, and it takes a whole episode before they change back.
** OvernightAgeUp: Character spontaneously becomes older...
*** PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...so that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Switching bodies with another person...
** VoicesAreMental: ...but not switching voices.
** VoicesAreNotMental: Of course, sometimes voices do remain with the original body.
* GenderBender: Being transformed into a member of the opposite sex.
** AttractiveBentGender: People start asking your new self out on dates.
** FirstLawOfGenderBending: It's easier to change into a female than it is to change back.
*** SecondLawOfGenderBending: Your new gender is ''always'' more enjoyable than your old one.
*** ThirdLawOfGenderBending: And it comes with cool new clothes!
** ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Hey, free boobs!
* HumanityEnsues: An animal (or other non-human) is transformed into a human. They usually aren't happy about the change...
** PinocchioSyndrome: ...unless they already ''wanted'' to become human.
*** BecomeARealBoy: When they set achieving literal humanity as a goal.
** SenseFreak: If they go wild over senses that we humans take for granted.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Somebody shrinks down in size.
** ShrinkRay: A device or magic spell that can make people smaller.
* JustWokeUpThatWay: And avoided a bunch of {{Phlebotinum}}, [[ItRunsOnNonsenseoleum Nonsenseoleum]], or FunctionalMagic by skipping straight to the results.
* KarmicTransformation: Getting transformed into something you despise or that is otherwise ironic; often caused by LaserGuidedKarma.
** ColorMeBlack: A bigot turns into another member of a group that they hate.
* {{Metamorphosis}}: A permanent, one-time transformation that occurs over the long term, and you may know about it well in advance.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Your thoughts and instincts transform to match whatever new form you have.
* MutagenicFood: You are what you eat... literally.
* MutagenicGoo: Gooey AppliedPhlebotinum that can mutate and transform living beings into monsters.
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: When a transformation leaves residual effects on the individual even after being turned back to their previous form.
* ObliviousTransformation: When the victim is initially unaware of their changes.
* ScaledUp: Is turning yourself into a giant snake ''ever'' a good idea?
* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: You may have changed, but your clothing sure didn't.
* SlowTransformation: The change happens gradually.
* TransformationCauses: Lists the number of ways a character can wind up transformed.
* TransformationFiction: When a work revolves around transformation and/or shapeshifting.
** TransformationComic: The above in comic form.
* TransformationOfThePossessed: When the new tenant [[DemonicPossession in your body]] decides to do a little remodeling.
* TransformationRay: An energy beam that can instantaneously alter people.
* ViralTransformation: Spreading a transformation from one person to another.
** TheVirus: A monster that infects people and turns them into another member of its kind.
*** TheCorruption: When one's mind and/or body is twisted into evil and villainy.
*** TranshumanTreachery: A human transformed into a monster loses their original personality and betrays their former species.
*** VirusVictimSymptoms: Signs and symptoms of an [[SlowTransformation impending metamorphosis]] into a monstrous creature.
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* {{Animorphism}}: Transformation into an animal, either as a special power or a one-time event...
** AttractiveBentSpecies: When other animals think your new form looks sexy!
** BewitchedAmphibians: They could be a prince, they could be a lying frog...
** OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Turning into a half-human/half-animal monster, usually due to some sort of {{curse}} or [[TheVirus infection]].
* AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: How you look varies depending on who's looking at you.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Because bigger is better...
** MiracleGroMonster: But you don't have time to wait for it.
* BodyHorror: Sometimes changing shape ain't pretty.
** PainfulTransformation: If it ''looks'' painful, what must it ''feel'' like?
** TransformationHorror: Disturbing shapeshifting at its finest.
* BreastExpansion: A character's bosom grows a few cup sizes.
* CapeWings: For when a cape mysteriously transforms into fully-functional wings and then back into a cape, or wings to cape and then back.
* ChestMonster: A predatory creature that disguises itself as a seemingly innocuous object.
* FaceStealer: For when you have to harm the target to assume their appearance.
* GameFace: Revealing the true face of evil.
* LieToTheBeholder: A psychic illusion that makes you look/sound like someone else, without involving a physical transformation or shapeshifting.
* MistakenForOwnMurderer: Shapeshifting can make someone think you're a monster and killed "yourself".
* MorphWeapon: A transforming weapon.
* OneWingedAngel: When the villain shouts "Behold my true form!" before the final battle...
** ClippedWingAngel: But it proves anti-climactic
* PuppetPermutation: Transformation into a puppet doll.
* ShapeshiftingFailure: When shapeshifting doesn't quite work properly.
* ShapeshiftingLover: Females are usually a VoluntaryShapeshifter; males are usually victim of a BalefulPolymorph {{Curse}}.
* ShowingOffTheNewBody: The individual closely inspects their new body, giving free {{Fanservice}} for everyone!
** ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Getting rather ''intimately acquainted'' with the new you.
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: A reveal occurring after a shapeshifter has been killed or defeated.
* ToonTransformation: [[ToonPhysics Toon world physics]], meet toon world biology.
* {{Transflormation}}: When a character transforms into a tree, plant, or other type of flora.
* TransformationConventions: PersonalityPowers applied to shapeshifting and transformations, often involving AnimalStereotypes.
* TransformationTrinket: When the transformation power resides in or relies on an amulet or similar token.
* WasOnceAMan: It turns out that there's a monster or other strange creature, who used to be an ordinary human being.
** AngelicTransformation: An angel of human origin.
** DeityOfHumanOrigin: A god that was once a mere mortal.
** DemonOfHumanOrigin: A demon who used to be a human.
** TragicMonster: They were forced to become something inhuman against their will, and that's sad.
** TurningBackHuman: When someone's transformation is finally reversed, allowing them to regain their humanity (or otherwise revert back to their original form).
* YouAreWhoYouEat: [[ImAHumanitarian Eating]] [[ToServeMan people]] allows certain kinds of shapeshifters to look like whomever they ate.
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[[folder:Related tropes]]
* AdaptiveAbility: Often involves shifting, sometimes involves shapes.
* BeingHumanSucks: Not everyone likes being a boring, ordinary human being. This motivates them to try and become something else.
* FaceMonsterTurn: When a mental and/or physical transformation turns someone evil.
* InstantArmor: The ability to summon protective armor from nowhere. May be part of a SuperMode.
* KillAndReplace: A tactic sometimes performed by shapeshifters using their natural abilities.
* LegoGenetics: Genetic engineering/splicing can be used to turn an ordinary organism into a hybrid or other mutant.
* MasterActor: Often a {{Required Secondary Power|s}} for shapeshifters.
* MasterOfDisguise: Some shapeshifters can look like anyone.
* TheShadowKnows: A particular kind of GlamourFailure hinting that a character has a dark secret or shapeshifting prowess.
* SuperMode: Sometimes involves a physical transformation.
* {{Transhuman}}ism: The (artificial) evolution of humans into something different.
* WerebeastTropes: Everything regarding people who turn into [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent animalistic monsters]].
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[[caption-width-right:280:Not depicted: [[DeadlyGas Refried Bean]] [[SuperSmoke Gas Cloud]].]]
Shapeshifting or transformation is the ability to completely change one's body from one form to another, usually by magic or AppliedPhlebotinum. Common in SpeculativeFiction, and folklore and myths are replete with tales of princes transformed into frogs, gods turning themselves into animals, and so on. Several of these tropes are OlderThanFeudalism.
There are a ''wide'' variety of ways that this can occur, but thematically it can be sorted into two broad classes:
* '''Shapeshifting''': A character can transform their own body as a special power or ability. Obviously enough, they are called [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifters]], and often ply their powers for fun and profit (whether good or evil), or simply to trick or play practical jokes on normal folks.
* '''Transformation''': An otherwise non-shapeshifting character has a transformation cast upon them from an outside source (again, usually by magic or AppliedPhlebotinum). This is typically PlayedForDrama; it may be part of a character's backstory, or even form the central conflict within the work. {{Curse}}s are a popular source here, as it requires the character to go on a {{Quest}} to satisfy the CurseEscapeClause. A list of possible causes for transformations can be found [[TransformationCauses here]].
See also the AutonomousAndArtificialAppendageIndex, DisguiseTropes, and WerebeastTropes indexes.
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[[folder:Tropes related to shapeshifting as a power or ability]]
* DualAgeModes: The ability to change between an "older" and "younger" form.
** OlderAlterEgo: Someone's superpower is to turn older.
* ElementalShapeshifter: Transforming oneself (in whole or part) into one of the ElementsOfNature.
** BallOfLightTransformation: Transformation into a luminous form shaped as a flame, orb, star, mote, etc.
** RideTheLightning: Turning oneself into lightning for quick transportation.
** SuperSmoke: Transformation into a gaseous form like smoke, air, mist, etc.
* EyeColorChange: Some forms, where you can change your eye color repeatedly.
** KaleidoscopeHair: Or change your hair color repeatedly.
* GrowingMusclesSequence: Bulking up as you transform.
* HenshinHero: A character who gains superpowers by transforming.
* HumanDisguise: When non-human beings somehow change their appearance to look more human.
** ChangelingTale: When [[TheFairFolk fairy]] [[OurFairiesAreDifferent creatures]] pretend to be human infants, usually after abducting the real babies and switching places with them.
** {{Humanshifting}}: Some shapeshifters only have the ability to transform into humanoids.
** TheyLookLikeUsNow: When evil creatures figure out a way to look like humans.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifter: If you can't control when/where your shapeshifting powers kick in.
** EmpathicShapeshifter: If other people dictate what you transform into.
** HulkingOut: The YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry version.
** ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: Mental instability causing you to transform into whatever identity/persona is currently dominant in your mind.
** ShapeshifterSwanSong: Uncontrolled transformations triggered by a critical (or fatal) injury to the shapeshifter.
* LimbSensationFascination: So ''that's'' what a tentacle feels like.
* LongNeck: What happens when your head needs to be way over there but the rest of you stays put, without detaching.
* MagicPants: What happens to all your clothing when you transform (or more importantly, transform ''back'')?
* MetamorphosisMonster: It may be cute and cuddly now, but just wait...
* MorphicResonance: When a shapeshifter's forms all have some common feature that the audience can identify them by.
** EyesAreMental: Their eyes stay the same even if the rest of their bodies don't.
* MultiformBalance: When there are trade-offs between various forms.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Behavior is frequently influenced by another form's instincts, during or after the morph.
* NarrativeShapeshifting: A [[TheSpeechless silent]] character recounts a story by playing shapeshifting charades.
* NewBodyOldAbilities: Regardless of the body's physical abilities, the new owner can use all their former abilities.
* OneToMillionToOne: Shifting into multiple separate creatures, possibly to avoid an impact.
* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Not all of them are wolves with a lunar trigger.
** OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Some werewolves turn completely into wolves...
*** WolfMan: Others just acquire wolf-like characteristics...
** BeastMan: They don't have to be based on wolves...
** SelkiesAndWereseals: Or terrestrial animals...
** {{Weredragon}}: Or even actual existing creatures!
* RubberMan: They can stretch and flex themselves into almost any needed shape.
* SexierAlterEgo: Transform into a more attractive or otherwise sexually appealing form.
* SexShifter: The ability to alter one's sex, male, female or other, rather than shape: a non-permanent GenderBender.
* ShapeshifterBaggage: Some forms are smaller/larger or lighter/heavier than others.
* ShapeshifterMashup: When attempting to mix-and-match multiple forms [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes horribly wrong]].
* ShapeshifterModeLock: A PhlebotinumBreakdown that leaves a shapeshifter BroughtDownToNormal and/or trapped in one form.
* ShapeshifterShowdown: Shapeshifter vs. shapeshifter! [[RuleOfCool Awesomeness ensues]].
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: Shapeshifter trying to get in your bed? It'll just turn into the most desirable person you've ever seen.
* ShapeshiftingSquick: Shapeshifters must have a ''very'' interesting love life...
** ShapeshiftersDoItForAChange: The sexuality of a shapeshifter.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: The ability to alter one's size, rather than shape.
* SkinWalker: A magical shapeshifter who can change from human to animal forms at will, originating from [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Navajo Indian legends]].
* SproutingEars: A little extra number and type of ears when SuperDeformed.
* SwissArmyHero: Shapeshifting where each form has some kind of exclusive ability. A popular manifestation for VideoGames.
* TechnicallyNakedShapeshifter: A shapeshifter whose clothes are part of their body.
* TotallyNotAWerewolf: A shapeshifter becomes mistaken for whatever creature or monster they appear as.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Because it would be a vulnerability if it wasn't.
* TransformationSequence: Activating one's superpowers may also induce a physical transformation. May become StockFootage in serial works.
* TransformingMecha: Shapeshifting for robots!
** KibblesAndBits: Why does that car have sections that look like fists? Why does that robot have pieces of car dangling from its back?
* TransformingVehicle: Normal cars (and other vehicles) can shapeshift too.
* TrickingTheShapeshifter: If you can't defeat a shapeshifter in one of their forms, convince them to transform into something you can.
* VoiceChangeling: The ability to imitate anyone's voice, rather than their shape.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The "standard" shapeshifter package.
** PartialTransformation: Mix-and-match shapeshifting to create one sleek HybridMonster.
** ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Whatever form they're usually seen in when not actively using their powers.
** ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment Impersonating the form of an opponent's friend or teammate]] during battle, to mentally break the opponent down.
** ShapeshifterWeapon: Using your shapeshifter powers to create weapons from your own body.
** UnstableGeneticCode: A more scientific explanation for shapeshifting.
* YouSexyBeast: For cases where a less human form is considered more attractive.
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* AndYourRewardIsInfancy: When a person is transformed back into an infant.
* AnthropomorphicTransformation: A normal animal is turned into a more anthropomorphic form.
* BalefulPolymorph: Transformation used as a weapon or punishment, to disable or dispose of an individual.
** BewitchedAmphibians: For whatever reason, frogs and toads are very popular animals for wizards and witches to turn people into.
* BecomeYourWeapon: When simple mastery is not enough.
* BecomingTheCostume: Particularly popular around AllHallowsEve, a curse that transforms the individual into whatever their costume resembles.
* BecomingTheGenie: [[ThreeWishes My third wish]], make me an all-powerful genie! ([[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Wait a second...]])
* {{Biomanipulation}}: The superpower of mutating and transforming ''other'' living beings besides oneself.
* BishonenLine: Transformation from a monstrous form into a much more elegant and human-like one.
* BitByBitTransformation: Transforming into a creature body part by body part.
* CloneByConversion: Someone is turned into a copy of another person.
* DifferentForGirls: When a new form subjects you to new social norms
* EmergencyTransformation: When the only way to save your dying body is to have it transformed into something else. Whether or not you'd be better off dead is [[{{Angst}} up to you]].
* FisherKingdom: A world or setting that transforms your mind, mood, and/or physical form to match its expectations or requirements.
* FountainOfYouth: Character spontaneously becomes younger.
** BabyMorphEpisode: All the way to being a baby, and it takes a whole episode before they change back.
** OvernightAgeUp: Character spontaneously becomes older...
*** PlotRelevantAgeUp: ...so that a young character can quickly become old enough to have a legitimate role in the story's events.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Switching bodies with another person...
** VoicesAreMental: ...but not switching voices.
** VoicesAreNotMental: Of course, sometimes voices do remain with the original body.
* GenderBender: Being transformed into a member of the opposite sex.
** AttractiveBentGender: People start asking your new self out on dates.
** FirstLawOfGenderBending: It's easier to change into a female than it is to change back.
*** SecondLawOfGenderBending: Your new gender is ''always'' more enjoyable than your old one.
*** ThirdLawOfGenderBending: And it comes with cool new clothes!
** ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Hey, free boobs!
* HumanityEnsues: An animal (or other non-human) is transformed into a human. They usually aren't happy about the change...
** PinocchioSyndrome: ...unless they already ''wanted'' to become human.
*** BecomeARealBoy: When they set achieving literal humanity as a goal.
** SenseFreak: If they go wild over senses that we humans take for granted.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Somebody shrinks down in size.
** ShrinkRay: A device or magic spell that can make people smaller.
* JustWokeUpThatWay: And avoided a bunch of {{Phlebotinum}}, [[ItRunsOnNonsenseoleum Nonsenseoleum]], or FunctionalMagic by skipping straight to the results.
* KarmicTransformation: Getting transformed into something you despise or that is otherwise ironic; often caused by LaserGuidedKarma.
** ColorMeBlack: A bigot turns into another member of a group that they hate.
* {{Metamorphosis}}: A permanent, one-time transformation that occurs over the long term, and you may know about it well in advance.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Your thoughts and instincts transform to match whatever new form you have.
* MutagenicFood: You are what you eat... literally.
* MutagenicGoo: Gooey AppliedPhlebotinum that can mutate and transform living beings into monsters.
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: When a transformation leaves residual effects on the individual even after being turned back to their previous form.
* ObliviousTransformation: When the victim is initially unaware of their changes.
* ScaledUp: Is turning yourself into a giant snake ''ever'' a good idea?
* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: You may have changed, but your clothing sure didn't.
* SlowTransformation: The change happens gradually.
* TransformationCauses: Lists the number of ways a character can wind up transformed.
* TransformationFiction: When a work revolves around transformation and/or shapeshifting.
** TransformationComic: The above in comic form.
* TransformationOfThePossessed: When the new tenant [[DemonicPossession in your body]] decides to do a little remodeling.
* TransformationRay: An energy beam that can instantaneously alter people.
* ViralTransformation: Spreading a transformation from one person to another.
** TheVirus: A monster that infects people and turns them into another member of its kind.
*** TheCorruption: When one's mind and/or body is twisted into evil and villainy.
*** TranshumanTreachery: A human transformed into a monster loses their original personality and betrays their former species.
*** VirusVictimSymptoms: Signs and symptoms of an [[SlowTransformation impending metamorphosis]] into a monstrous creature.
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[[folder:Other shapeshifting tropes]]
* {{Animorphism}}: Transformation into an animal, either as a special power or a one-time event...
** AttractiveBentSpecies: When other animals think your new form looks sexy!
** BewitchedAmphibians: They could be a prince, they could be a lying frog...
** OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Turning into a half-human/half-animal monster, usually due to some sort of {{curse}} or [[TheVirus infection]].
* AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: How you look varies depending on who's looking at you.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Because bigger is better...
** MiracleGroMonster: But you don't have time to wait for it.
* BodyHorror: Sometimes changing shape ain't pretty.
** PainfulTransformation: If it ''looks'' painful, what must it ''feel'' like?
** TransformationHorror: Disturbing shapeshifting at its finest.
* BreastExpansion: A character's bosom grows a few cup sizes.
* CapeWings: For when a cape mysteriously transforms into fully-functional wings and then back into a cape, or wings to cape and then back.
* ChestMonster: A predatory creature that disguises itself as a seemingly innocuous object.
* FaceStealer: For when you have to harm the target to assume their appearance.
* GameFace: Revealing the true face of evil.
* LieToTheBeholder: A psychic illusion that makes you look/sound like someone else, without involving a physical transformation or shapeshifting.
* MistakenForOwnMurderer: Shapeshifting can make someone think you're a monster and killed "yourself".
* MorphWeapon: A transforming weapon.
* OneWingedAngel: When the villain shouts "Behold my true form!" before the final battle...
** ClippedWingAngel: But it proves anti-climactic
* PuppetPermutation: Transformation into a puppet doll.
* ShapeshiftingFailure: When shapeshifting doesn't quite work properly.
* ShapeshiftingLover: Females are usually a VoluntaryShapeshifter; males are usually victim of a BalefulPolymorph {{Curse}}.
* ShowingOffTheNewBody: The individual closely inspects their new body, giving free {{Fanservice}} for everyone!
** ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Getting rather ''intimately acquainted'' with the new you.
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: A reveal occurring after a shapeshifter has been killed or defeated.
* ToonTransformation: [[ToonPhysics Toon world physics]], meet toon world biology.
* {{Transflormation}}: When a character transforms into a tree, plant, or other type of flora.
* TransformationConventions: PersonalityPowers applied to shapeshifting and transformations, often involving AnimalStereotypes.
* TransformationTrinket: When the transformation power resides in or relies on an amulet or similar token.
* WasOnceAMan: It turns out that there's a monster or other strange creature, who used to be an ordinary human being.
** AngelicTransformation: An angel of human origin.
** DeityOfHumanOrigin: A god that was once a mere mortal.
** DemonOfHumanOrigin: A demon who used to be a human.
** TragicMonster: They were forced to become something inhuman against their will, and that's sad.
** TurningBackHuman: When someone's transformation is finally reversed, allowing them to regain their humanity (or otherwise revert back to their original form).
* YouAreWhoYouEat: [[ImAHumanitarian Eating]] [[ToServeMan people]] allows certain kinds of shapeshifters to look like whomever they ate.
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[[folder:Related tropes]]
* AdaptiveAbility: Often involves shifting, sometimes involves shapes.
* BeingHumanSucks: Not everyone likes being a boring, ordinary human being. This motivates them to try and become something else.
* FaceMonsterTurn: When a mental and/or physical transformation turns someone evil.
* InstantArmor: The ability to summon protective armor from nowhere. May be part of a SuperMode.
* KillAndReplace: A tactic sometimes performed by shapeshifters using their natural abilities.
* LegoGenetics: Genetic engineering/splicing can be used to turn an ordinary organism into a hybrid or other mutant.
* MasterActor: Often a {{Required Secondary Power|s}} for shapeshifters.
* MasterOfDisguise: Some shapeshifters can look like anyone.
* TheShadowKnows: A particular kind of GlamourFailure hinting that a character has a dark secret or shapeshifting prowess.
* SuperMode: Sometimes involves a physical transformation.
* {{Transhuman}}ism: The (artificial) evolution of humans into something different.
* WerebeastTropes: Everything regarding people who turn into [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent animalistic monsters]].
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