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"YOU'RE A KID NOW, YOU'RE A SQUID NOW"
― Infamous line from a North American Splatoon commercial
"Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."
― Arthur Dent, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The power to shapeshift into animals. The reflexive form of Animal Transmutation. Variation of Biomorphing. Not to be confused with Animal Imitation or Animal Physiology.

Also Called[]

  • Animal Megamorphing/Metamorphosis/Metamorphing
  • Animal Shapeshifting/Shifting
  • Animorph/Animorphing/Animorphism
  • Faunal Mimicry/Shapeshifting/Shifting
  • Self-Animal Transmutation/Transmogrification
  • Skinwalker Effect
  • Therianthropic Shapeshifting (Relating to werebeasts only)
  • Therianthropy (Relating to werebeasts only)
  • Theriomorphosis
  • Wildlife Form/Mimicry/Metamorphosis/Shapeshifting/Shifting
  • Zoanthropic Shapeshifting
  • Zoology Shapeshifting/Form/Mimicry
  • Zoological Metamorphosis/Shifting
  • Zoomorphosis

Fiction-Specific Terms[]

  • Animality (Mortal Kombat)
  • Beast Within (Bayonetta)
  • Protean (Vampire: The Masquerade)
  • Wild Shape (Dungeons & Dragons)

Capabilities[]

The user with this ability can transform into any animal they want whether partially or completely, as well as use the abilities, traits and appearance/physiology of animals by rearranging their own DNA structure. They are able to transform into animals that exist, alien animals, animals that are extinct, such as dinosaurs, or a combination of different animals.

The user may have this ability from an empty genetic code, allowing them to accept any form from which they have a DNA sample, others may be able to alter their form mentally and change just by seeing and mimicking animal features. The user may even turn into a unique animal from their wild imagination.

Applications[]

Variations[]

Species[]

Other[]

Associations[]

Limitations[]

  • Above all else, for users of this ability, all living things, including animals, must abide by the laws of the shape they inhabit.
  • May have a limited selection of predetermined animal forms to take (i.e., non-extinct animals or those too advanced in evolution).
  • May require a visual memory or genetic sample of target animal through touch or assimilation.
  • Incapable to transform into inanimate objects, or anything else other than animals.
  • May be constrained by thermodynamic laws on conservation of mass.
  • May take on memories or characteristics of morphed or assimilated animals.
  • May not maintain human mentality.
    • Staying too long in an animal form may affect users' mind/thought processes and/or make it harder to return into original form.
  • May not be able to combine several animal forms.
  • May not be able to morph directly from one animal to another.
  • May take some time to transition.
  • The user might be in pain while transitioning into something.
  • May not be able to completely change one's DNA.
  • May be vulnerable to Taming, Animal Manipulation and Shapeshifting Negation.
  • May not be able to speak in a human language, unless they’re a species of bird which technically can talk or (if possible) telepathic speaking.
  • The user might gain the flaws of some animals such as:
    • Color blindness, eyeless, poor vision, near deaf hearing.
    • Possess the fears of other animals, (for example, horses fear snakes, elephants fear rodents and bees, snakes fear birds and mongoose, insects fear birds etc.)
    • Bugs are easily squashed to death, bees die after stinging, most sharks must move perpetually or they die, birds can’t see glass, marine and semi-aquatic creatures need water to survive, certain animals won’t survive outside of their proper habitat, most animals are cannibalistic, reptiles need heat to survive, most venomous animals lack immunity to their own venom, most animal venom has no cure leading to death, horns, beaks, fins and flippers don’t grow back if damaged, insects drown from waters etc.
    • Animals dislike noises.
    • Specialized poison for animals such as rat poison or pesticide can probably have an effect on the user.
    • Human food is bad for animals, which could have an effect on the user.
    • Disease for animals can probably affect the user.
    • Users forms will probably force them based on sexual dimorphism, male users become male animals and vice versa.
    • Unless user can change back to their original form, such as human, in time, may be mistaken for real animal, especially if user is and remains in the form of a dangerous animal, (lion, tiger, bear, wolf, venomous snake, spider, venomous frog, venomous lizard, etc.) may cause fear, terror, and panic among the public, and therefore may result in being wrangled and captured, held as a captive in a cage, kennel, etc. , tranquilized, or even, in extreme cases, killed or euthanized in various ways, essentially being treated just like a dangerous animal on the loose.

Known Users[]

See Also: Animorphism.

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa[]

  • Secre Swallowtail/Nero (Black Clover)
  • Yoruichi Shihōin (Bleach); black cat
  • Various Arrancar (Bleach)
  • Beastmen (BNA: Brand New Animal)
  • Atsushi Nakajima (Bungou Stray Dogs); via Beast Beneath The Moonlight
  • Sōseki Natsume (Bungou Stay Dogs); via I am a Cat
  • Sister Jill (Cutey Honey)
  • Beast Tamers (The Beginning After the End); Beast Will
  • Lisanna Strauss (Fairy Tail)
  • Darius (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  • Heinkel (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  • Jerso (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  • Roa (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  • Zampano (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  • Heewon (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
  • Kars (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency)
  • Diego Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VII: Steel Ball Run); via Scary Monster
  • Sablé Prince (Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru); Snake or frog
  • Therianthropes (Killing Bites)
  • Babbo (Marchen Awakens Romance)
  • Tamaki Amajiki (My Hero Academia)
  • Zoan Devil Fruit Users (One Piece)
  • Users of Pactio's (Negima)
  • Genma Saotome (Ranma 1/2); panda
  • Shampoo (Ranma 1/2); cat
  • Mousse (Ranma 1/2); duck
  • Ryoga Hibiki (Ranma 1/2); black pig
  • Kusuo Saiki (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan)
  • Regina Olympia Folnar (Swordsman of Magic Technique School and Summoned Vasreus)
  • Baek Yoonho (Solo Leveling)
  • Beast (Undead Unluck)
  • Zoo Dopant(Kamen Rider W)
  • Ai (Mission: Yozakura Family)

Comics[]

Literature[]

  • Andalites (Animorphs)
  • Animorphs (Animorphs)
  • Tom Berenson (Animorphs)
  • Some Controllers (Animorphs)
  • Mythic Animal Clans (Geronimo Stilton: The Dragon of Fortune)
  • Marcus Edge (Half Bad)
  • Nathan Byrn (Half Bad)
  • Animagus (Harry Potter); only one animal species per person
  • Artemis (Percy Jackson Novels)
  • Frank Zhang (Heroes of Olympus)
  • Beorn (The Hobbit)
  • Samirah Al-abbas (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)
  • Alex Fierro (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)
  • Angel (Maximum Ride)
  • Users of the Animorfum Spell (Ology Series)
  • Ymbrynes (Peculiar Children Series); only able to turn into one kind of bird per person
  • Artemis/Diana (Greco-Roman Mythology)
  • Dionysus/Bacchus (Greco-Roman Mythology)
  • Achelous (Greek Mythology)
  • Periclymenus (Greek Mythology)
  • The Ogre (Puss in Boots)
  • Shapeshifters and Shapeshifter-Chameleons (Shadow Falls)
    • Perry Gomez
    • Kevin
    • Roberto Esparza
    • Steve
    • Nikki
  • Shifters, Werewolves, Werepanthers (The Southern Vampire Mysteries; True Blood)
  • Shifters (Supernatural Prison)
  • Fluxers (Upside-Down Magic)
    • Elinor "Nory" Boxwood-Horace; hybrid-animals only

Live Television/Movies[]

  • Grace Choi/Wylde (Arrowverse/Black Lightning)
  • Garfield Logan/Beast Boy (Titans)
  • Hus (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Dracula (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Kumiko Ishihara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
  • New Vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten)
  • Shifters, Werewolves, and Werepanthers (HBO's True Blood)
  • Hannah Webster (Charmed)
  • Pain and Panic (Disney’s Hercules)
  • Dracula (Dracula)
  • John McKenna (Forest Warrior)
  • Vamp (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths)
  • Werewolf (Lost Tapes)
  • Skinwalker (Lost Tapes)
  • Alan Diaz (Mighty Med)
  • Maui (Moana); via Maui's Fish Hook
  • The Shadow Master (Round the Twist); only able to turn into a black cat.
  • Magenta (Sky High); only able to turn into a black/purple guinea pig.
  • Ralph (Twice Upon a Time)
  • Cara Cruz (Wansapanataym)
  • Wendy Beauchamp (Witches of East End); black cat.
  • Mei Lee (and the other females in her family) (Turning Red); red panda
  • Isis (Witches of East End); rat
  • Doric (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves)
  • Tetlapanquetzal (The League of 5)
  • Zoraida Zorga (Detetives do Prédio Azul)

Cartoons[]

  • Huntress Wizard (Adventure Time)
  • Transformers (Beast Wars/Beast Machines)
    • Maximals
    • Predacons
  • Dark Heart (The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation)
  • No Heart (The Care Bears Family)
  • Merlock (Ducktales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp)
  • Beast Boy (Young Justice)
  • Jackie Frost and Northwind (Ever After High)
  • Bunny Blanc (Ever After High); rabbit
  • Hopper Croakington II (Ever After High); frog
  • Fairies (Fairly Odd Parents)
  • Lucifer Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel)
  • Haiku (Jackie Chan Adventures)
  • Jade Chan/Amazing T-Girl (Jackie Chan Adventures)
  • Johnny Test/Johnny X (Johnny Test)
  • Shifter (Justice League Unlimited/DC Animated Universe/DCAU)
  • Kipo Oak (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)
  • Song Oak (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)
  • Fara Maku & Tea Gora (Gargoyles); panther
  • Tetlepanquetzal (The League of 5)
  • Formlings (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
  • Troy Winter/Extroyer (Max Steel 2013 TV series)
  • Animan (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
  • Fei Wu (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir); via Prodigious
  • Maui (Moana)
  • Nimona (Netflix Nimona)
  • Koala Princess (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes); koala
  • Joy Lefrog (Regal Academy)
  • Dinobots (Robots in Disguise); dinosaurs
  • Catra (She-Ra: Princess of Power); panther
  • Orm (The Snow Queen)
  • Twitch (Sofia the First)
  • Zinessa (Sofia the First); Siamese cat only
  • Maggie Nelson/Mosaic (Stan Lee's Mosaic)
  • The Changeling (Rugrats)
  • Changing Baby (Rugrats)
  • Spirit Rangers (Spirit Rangers)
  • Jayna (Super Friends)
  • Astraea (Space Sentinels)
  • Shifters (Supernatural Academy)
  • Kevin Reynolds (Supernoobs)
  • Changerella (Supernormal)
  • Madam Mim (The Sword in the Stone)
  • Merlin (The Sword in the Stone)
  • Mystique (X-Men Evolution)
  • Garfield Logan/Beast Boy (Teen Titans 2003)
  • Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls Reboot)
  • Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series); only in the game "Super Quest".
  • Dinobots (Transformers G1); dinosaurs
  • Predacons (Transformers Prime)
    • Predaking
    • Darksteel
    • Skylinx
  • Shifter (Ultimen)
  • Kratt Brothers (Wild Kratts); via Creature Power Suits
  • Kalshara (Winx Club)

Tabletop Games[]

Video Games[]

  • Luke Custer (Altered Beast 2005)
  • Umbra Witches (Bayonetta); via Beast Within
  • Druid class (Diablo II: Lord of Destruction)
  • Morrigan (Dragon Age)
  • Atreus (God of War)
  • Kameo (Kameo: Elements of Power)
  • The Fighters (all versions of Mortal Kombat 3); via Animality
  • Kotal Kahn (Mortal Kombat 11)
  • Shantae (Shantae)
  • Bat Spin (Skylanders); giant bat
  • Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Inklings (Splatoon); squids
    • Agent 3
    • Agent 4
  • Octolings (Splatoon); octopuses
    • Agent 8
  • Rin Kaenbyou (Touhou Project)
  • Spectral Knights and Darkling Lords (Visionaries)
  • Leo (WarioWare)
  • Druid Class (World of Warcraft)

Web Animation/Original/Series

Folklore/Mythology[]

  • Phooka (Irish and Scottish Mythology)
  • La Lechuza (Mexican Mythology); owl only
  • Nycticorax Bird (Medieval European Mythology); only into other nocturnal bird species
  • Naguals (Mesoamerican Mythology)

Known Objects[]

Gallery[]

Videos[]

Music[]

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