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1	A list of fictional works centered around [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werebeasts]]: people that can [[{{Shapeshifting}} turn into]] an animal/partially-animal humanoid and vice-versa, whether [[VoluntaryShapeshifting voluntarily]] or [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting not]]. To qualify the werebeasts must have a central role in the plot, such as being the main protagonists or the main threat, rather than just simply being there.
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3	Werewolves are common enough to get their own index over at WerewolfWorks and should be listed there, though there can be overlap if stories with werewolves also prominently feature other types of werebeast.
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5	Expect WerebeastTropes to show up a lot. See also VampireFiction and WitchWorks.
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15	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
16	* ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'' is about an alternate version of Earth where werebeasts, known as BeastMen, live alongside humans.
17	* ''Manga/BungoStrayDogs'': The main protagonist is referred to as a weretiger and can transform into a half-tiger, half-human creature.
18	* ''Anime/DinoGirlGauko'' is about a girl who turns into a dinosaur whenever she gets angry.
19	* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The superpowers in this setting are divided into three categories, and one of those categories is Zoanthropy, aka the ability to turn into animals and in-between forms. One of the protagonists is also a werebeast... a ''human'' werebeast (in that the original creature is a reindeer who obtained the ability to transform into a human). This category also comes with several subcategories: Ancient Zoans (who can transform into extinct animals) and Mythical Zoans (who can transform into mythical creatures, including humanoids with supernatural powers like Buddha or a god). Chapter 1044 reveals that [[spoiler:even the ''main'' protagonist Luffy is a Zoan user, who also has a human werebeast ability that turns him into a sun god.]] Several arcs focus on characters with these powers (typically as the main antagonists), and the [[WorldsStrongestMan strongest creature in the world]] is not only a werebeast, but leads an entire army of werebeasts.
20	* ''Manga/PurpleEyesInTheDark'' revolves around humans who can turn into beasts, who are distinguished by a birthmark and purple eyes. The protagonist is one of them, and can turn into a leopard.
21	* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': Focuses on a group of {{Magical Girl}}s who have the DNA of animals (including a cat, bird, porpoise, monkey and wolf) and can transform into a [[LittleBitBeastly partially-animal form]] and use abilities related to their specific animal.
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24	[[folder:Art]]
25	* ''Art/BeastFables'' is set in a fantasy world populated by werebeasts instead of humans.
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28	[[folder:Comic Books]]
29	* ''ComicBook/AngelCatbird'': The main antagonist is a wererat who is plotting to create an army of RatPeople. The main protagonist gains the ability to turn into a human-owl-cat hybrid (essentially a humanoid cat with feathery wings).
30	* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'': Features ''a lot'' of were-creatures, starting with one of the main characters, [[MeaningfulName Cheetah]], an adopted member of the Diggers family who was found by Gina's father after her clan were wiped out.
31	* ''ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers'': One of the main heroes is ComicBook/{{Tigra}}, a woman who can transform into a weretiger.
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34	[[folder:Fan Works]]
35	* ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy'': The main character Smaug gains the ability to change from [[{{Weredragon}} dragon to human]] and vice versa; as does [[spoiler:Kathryn, the other main character]].
36	* The [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160610070726/http://shiloh.tvheaven.com/hall.html Shiloh series]] (an ''{{Series/Emergency}}'' fic series) has John and Chet as werecats.
37	* ''Fanfic/WhyAndWere'' deals with [[DarkestAfrica Howondalandian]] were-leopards arriving in Ankh-Morpork. Sure enough, on encountering werewolves, they do indeed fight like cats and dogs.
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40	[[folder:Film - Animation]]
41	* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'': Based on the ''Swan Lake'' ballet. The protagonist is turned into a swan via a curse and can only become human at night; the villains can turn into large birds at will.
42	* ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'': The plot revolves around a wererabbit terrorising a vegetable competition.
43	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'': The main antagonists are revealed to be werecats, or more specifically "cat creatures" as they're called here.
44	** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooReturnToZombieIsland'': Features cat creature antagonists. [[spoiler: Most of these cat creatures are [[ScoobyDooHoax fakes]], although one is implied to be the real thing]].
45	* ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'': One of the main characters, Saoirse, is a selkie [[spoiler:and it's revealed her mother is a selkie too]].
46	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'': Loosely based upon the ballet ''Swan Lake''. The titular protagonist gets turned into a swan and can only turn back if she's on a lake when the moon appears; the villain of the first movie can voluntarily turn into a monstrous chimera.
47	* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': The main protagonist finds herself under a HereditaryCurse that has her shift into a large, bipedal red panda when experiencing strong emotions.
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50	[[folder:Film - Live Action]]
51	* ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2014'': In this version, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the Beast's first wife was a fairy who could take the form of a golden doe; he unwittingly killed her in this form and thus was cursed]], kicking off the whole plot.
52	* ''Film/BlackSheep2007'': Features weresheep as major threats alongside carnivorous sheep.
53	* ''Film/TheBloodBeastTerror'': A weremoth is the main antagonist.
54	* ''Film/CaptiveWildWoman'': A gorilla is turned into a human with science, gradually changes back, and then is set for another dose of science.
55	** ''Film/{{Jungle Woman\|1944}}'': The gorilla can now change into a human at will and back.
56	** ''Film/JungleCaptive'': After being brought back from death, the gorilla is stuck in a transitional state, but gets made human again with science. She reverts back before the result can be made permanent.
57	* ''Film/CatPeople'': Both the 1942 and 1982 versions revolve around werepanthers.
58	* ''Film/GodsOfEgypt'': The eponymous gods from Myth/EgyptianMythology have both a human form and a humanoid-with-animal-head form.
59	* ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'': TheFilmOfTheBook; the plot heavily features wizards who can take an animal form.
60	* ''Film/HowlingIIITheMarsupials'': Revolves around werethylacines - thylacines, also known as Tasmanian tigers, are an extinct species of marsupial.
61	* ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'': One of the main characters has been cursed to turn into a hawk when the sun rises, turning human again at sunset; while the other is cursed to turn into a wolf during the night, so they can never be human at the same time.
62	* ''Film/ScaryOrDie'': One segment features a wereclown.
63	* ''Film/{{Sleepwalkers}}'': Vampire-like werecats are the main villains.
64	* ''Film/TheWaspWoman'': A woman finds herself occasionally turning into a bloodthirsty humanoid wasp due to a side-effect of an experimental anti-aging serum.
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67	[[folder:Literature]]
68	* ''Literature/AnitaBlakeVampireHunter'': All sorts of werebeasts - including leopards, tigers and hyenas - show up and sometimes have important roles in the books.
69	* Lora Leigh's ''The Breeds'' series focuses on werecats.
70	* ''Literature/TheBrightFallsMysteries'': The main character is a weredeer.
71	* ''Literature/DarkestPowers'': Maya, the protagonist of the second trilogy, is revealed to be a skinwalker, depicted here as a person who can transform into an animal (in Maya's case a cougar). Several other characters are skinwalkers too.
72	* ''Literature/DenOfShadows'': Shapeshifters (people who can turn into a specific animal) show up throughout the series, though they're particularly important in ''Art/ThePersistenceOfMemory''; the heroine's close friend and eventual love interest is a hyena shapeshifter [[spoiler:and after he helps save her she's turned into a hyena shapeshifter as well]].
73	* ''Literature/FireAndRescueShifters'': The protagonists are "mythic" shifters that transform into inherently magical animals (pegasus, dragon, phoenix, etc).
74	* ''Literature/GhostsOfFearStreet'': Specifically book twelve ''Night of the Werecat'', in which the main character accidentally turns herself into a werecat.
75	* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'': Animagi - wizards who can turn into a specific animal - show up throughout the series, but they are central to the plot of the third book.
76	* ''Literature/HowlOfTheWerewolf'': A ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' book; whilst (as the title suggests) it focuses on werewolves and the player character's transformation into one, it also features multiple encounters with humans afflicted with other wereforms, including the Werebat, Werebear, Wererat and the Werebeast (described as "part wolf, part bear"). It also features Were-Wargs (lycanthropes who died in their wolf form and were resurrected as undead, "trapped in a decaying semi-lupine form").
77	* ''Literature/IntoTheBloodredWoods'' is set in a land of were beasts. The primary protagonist is a were bear.
78	* ''Literature/KieshaRa'': The prequel series to ''Den of Shadows'', which revolves around conflict and the quest for peace between serpent shapeshifters and avian shapeshifters; other types of shapeshifter show up as well.
79	* ''Literature/KittyNorville'': While Kitty and her husband [[spoiler:Ben]] are both werewolves, there are several other species of were in the series, including were-jaguars, were-seals, and werelions (in particular, Kitty's love interest in book 2 is a were-jaguar). One caller to Kitty's radio show believes he might be a were-alpaca, but Kitty has her doubts.
80	* "Literature/LususNaturae": A short story by Creator/MargaretAtwood in which the protagonist is a werecat (or [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane possibly]] just has the medical disorder porphyria, believed to be the basis of some vampire and werebeast legends).
81	* ''Literature/MercyThompson'': The titular main protagonist is a "walker", a shapeshifter who can turn into a coyote.
82	* ''Literature/NightWorld'': One of the main types of Night People are shapeshifters, depicted here as creatures who look human and can turn into a specific animal.
83	** ''Literature/BlackDawn'' has shapeshifter antagonists (including a werebear, werefalcon and werehound) [[spoiler:and reveals the heroine's missing brother is now a falcon shapeshifter]].
84	** Two of the main protagonists and the main antagonist of ''Witchlight'' are shapeshifters.
85	* ''Owl in Love'': A young adult novel that centers on a girl who's an owl shifter.
86	* ''Literature/ShiftersSeries'': Revolves around werecats.
87	* ''Literature/Twisted2010'': The main characters are wererides, the protagonist being a werecoaster.
88	* ''Literature/{{Wereworld}}'': The setting includes many varieties of werecreatures; the main antagonists are werecats.
89	* ''Literature/{{Woodwalkers}}''
90	** ''Literature/WoodwalkersAndFriends''
91	** ''Literature/{{Seawalkers}}''
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94	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
95	* ''Series/TeenWolf'': In addition to werewolves, the show also prominently features other animal shapeshifter species such as werejaguars and [[LizardFolk kanimas]].
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98	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
99	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' features multiple types of werebeasts. As of 5th edition, The connecting factors being that they have the ability to assume hybrid or animal forms, come with a massive stat boost of some sort and usually shift the alignment of the cursed character. The more common types include wererats, werebears, and werewolves.
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102	[[folder:Theatre]]
103	* ''Theatre/SwanLake'': The heroine has been cursed to turn into a swan by day and human by night.
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106	[[folder:Video Games]]
107	* ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast1988'' has the main goal of each stage being to collect a set of spirit orbs to power up the player's centurion, the final power up being the transformation into a werebeast. The four beasts that appear in the game are a werewolf (stage 1 and 5), weredragon (stage 2), werebear (stage 3), and weretiger (stage 4).
108	** ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast2005''
109	* ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar'': The game revolves around people called zoanthropes who have the ability to transform into humanoid animals.
110	* ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'': Dr. Eggman's plan to awaken Dark Gaia results in Sonic getting stuck with some of the being's energy, causing him to transform into the "Werehog" when the sun goes down. ''Unleashed'''s gameplay is split between the standard fast platforming day stages and the slower-paced beat 'em up style night stages.
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113	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
114	* ''VideoGame/DarkNights'': [[spoiler: Kurato]] is cursed to transform into a rabbit-like creature from time to time.
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117	[[folder:Webcomics]]
118	* ''Webcomic/ClanOfTheCats'': Main protagonist Chelsea discovers she's a werecat, which is hereditary amongst the women in her family.
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121	[[folder:Web Video]]
122	* ''WebVideo/{{Oxventure}}'': [[spoiler: Prudence]] becomes a werebear after an encounter with one in "Fast and the Furious". After several adventures of this being alluded to by her demonstrating the massive strength boost it brings, she finally transforms in "High Moon", helpfully after meeting a community of other werebears.
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125	[[folder:Western Animation]]
126	* ''WesternAnimation/SupernaturalAcademy'': Shifters (who can turn into different animals) are one of many prominently featured supernatural beings; an evil dragon-shifter is one of the main villains, one of the protagonists is a dragon-shifter [[spoiler:and a wolf-shifter protagonist discovers she can turn into a dragon too]].
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