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* The Ninja Mask in WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja is this as it grants its wearer the mystical ninja suit which provides an abundance of ninja weapons, tools, and supernatural abilities.

%%** ''The Lay of Melion'' has the same basic plot, except the title character's wife transforms him with a magic ring.
* ''Come On Ossie'', a book by the same author as ''Flossie'', main character Oswald uses his grandfather's medal to turn into an 18-year-old.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': ''Literature/FoolMoon'' has fur belts that turn FBI agents into rampaging werewolves. Also double as [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts Of Doom]] thanks to the demon that comes attached.

* ''Literature/InterstellarPig'' by William Sleator features this in the form of the equipment chosen by Barney that allows him to transform into any of the aliens he is battling; he becomes a carnivorous lichen.

* The young adult novel ''[[Literature/MagicShop The Monster's Ring]]'' by Creator/BruceCoville is about a ring that turns the wearer into a monster.

* In ''Literature/TheShapeChanger'', O'Leary receives a device just called a "Mark III" from his old friend, the semi-retired highwayman Red Bull, which changes his shape to that of a sneak thief called Zorro, and he promptly ends up getting arrested.
* In the second book of the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' Series, Kit has to use a whalesark, or the essence of a deceased whale's nervous system, to transform into that whale.

* ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'': [[MagicalGirl The Battle Lovers]] use their Lovracelets—later [[GirlinessUpgrade True Lovracelets]]—to transform while [[TakeOverTheWorld Caerula Adamas use finger rings and the [[PolarOppositeTwins VEPPer]] either use their microphones or the rings circling their neckwears.

* ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi'' uses a dead fish. It's [[GagSeries that kind of show]].
* ''Anime/RoninWarriors'' used crystal marbles. This element wasn't added until around episode 20.

* Used in the TV adaptation of ''Manga/SkullMan''. Coupled with BodyHorror and NightmareFuel.

* ''Anime/PrettySammy'': a baton.

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': 'Soul Gems'. Kept as a ring most of the time, turned into a Fabergé egg-like trinket when transforming or using magic untransformed, then becomes a PowerCrystal of some sort when transformed. [[spoiler: And the name is [[AndIMustScream quite]] [[SoulJar literal]] In fact, the Soul Gem IS the magical girl, and her human body is merely a remotely controlled husk. When she becomes a witch, the Soul Gem turns into a Grief Seed which is then harvested and used by other magical girls to clean ''their'' Soul Gems. Lather, rinse, repeat...]]

* ''Anime/PersiaTheMagicFairy'' uses a magic baton.
* The Burst Hearts of ''Manga/PokemonReBurst''.
* ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' has rings and belt buckles.

* ''Anime/MagicalEmiTheMagicStar'' uses a magic bracelet.

* The two sisters in ''Anime/MakerunaMakendo'' use an elephant wand and a striped baton.

* In ''Anime/MyOtome'', the [[MagicalGirl Otome]] have [=GEMs=], which are magical earrings that run on AppliedPhlebotinum.

* ''Anime/FloralMagicianMaryBell'' uses a pink tambourine.

* ''Anime/GatchamanCrowds'' uses ''notebooks''. That triple as communication devices and a way of becoming InvisibleToNormals.

* ''Anime/HurricanePolymar'' has a special helemt made of a new artificial polymer, a polymet, that allow Takeshi to transform in Polymar, an invincible costumed hero.
* Lime's choker in ''Anime/JewelBEMHunterLime''.
* ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'' used what appeared to be a pendant on a chain, but it's an incense holder.

* ''Anime/CorrectorYui'' had a wrist-mounted device.
* ''Anime/CreamyMamiTheMagicAngel'' has a magic wand in the early episodes; and then a star-shaped ring when the wand is lost.

* ''Anime/DevilHunterYohko'': Finger rings.

* ''Manga/ButsuZone'' - Sannju's armring.

* ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'': [[TheHero The]] [[MagicalGirl Battle]] [[GenderFlipped Lovers]] use their Lovracelets—later [[GirlinessUpgrade True Lovracelets]]—to transform while [[TakeOverTheWorld Caerula]] [[HeelFaceTurn Adamas]] use finger rings and the [[PolarOppositeTwins VEPPer]] either use their microphones or the rings circling their neckwears.
** The sequel, ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubHappyKiss'' use Happybraces for [[TheHero Ma]][[MagicalGirl gic]] [[GenderFlipped Knights]], and finger rings for Edelstein. Unlike its predecessors, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting their mascots]] need to become human to activate.

* ''Series/AikatsuPlanet'' has [=AiPlaPhone=] and Idol License for the idols to summon the mirror portal and enter their avatar form in Aikatsu Planet world. How the non-idol characters entered that world are left unexplained, however.

* ''Series/AikatsuPlanet'' has [=AiPlaPhone=] and Idol License for the idols to summon the mirror portal and enter their avatar form in Aikatsu Planet world. How non-idol characters entered that world were left unexplained, however.

* ''Series/AikatsuPlanet'' has AiPlaPhone and Idol License for the idols to summon the mirror portal and enter their avatar form in Aikatsu Planet world. How non-idol characters entered that world were left unexplained, however.

* ''Anime/CreamyMamiTheMagicAngel'' has a magic wand in the early shows; and then a star-shaped ring when the wand is lost.

* ''Anime/FlipFlappers'': Cocona, Papika and [[spoiler:Yayaka]] use the Armorphous shards to access their magical girl states with a wand-esque stick and a bracelet serving as window-dressing for the former two. They evoke their henshins through the phrase [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull "Flip Flapping!"]]

* Tee Yang of ''Animation/KungFuWa'' puts on the titular character (a kung fu master who was turned into an anthromorphic sock when he arrived in the modern day) to turn into her into her superheroine alter-ego, Kung Fu Girl.

* Tee Yang of ''Animation/KungFuWa'' uses the titular character (a kunhg fu master who underwent a ForcedTransfformation into an anthromorphic sock when he time-traveled to the present day) which imbues her with his mystical powers and changes her into her superheroine alter ego Kung Fu Girl.

* Karin Kokubu from ''Manga/SuperPig'' uses a pink compact to transform into the pig [[AnimalSuperheroes Justice Buurin]]. The compact stores a pig's snout which is called by the phrase [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull "BA BI BU BE BOorin!"]], the compact then opens and the snout comes out and attaches to her face in one of the oddest [[TransformationSequence transformation sequences]] in anime. It also apparently is a form of communication of a king of a planet of [[AlienAnimals alien pigs]]. This is definitely one of the [[WidgetSeries more interesting trinkets]].

** ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'' uses batons with the mascots embedded in it. Said batons are also what they use in their moves. [[SixthRanger Asumi]] uses her mascots itself to transform.