- "This is not me. This is merely a form I must take to converse with you insignificant mortals."
- ― Ether, The Book of Deacon
- "As amazing as it seems, he can manipulate his body on the genetic level. The changes are instantaneous: everything, even the clothing is imitated. Tissue differentiated and transformed - on the fly. I want it on a slab. I need to know what makes it tick."
- ― Director McMullan on Alex Mercer, (PROTOTYPE)
- "I know I'm human. And if you were all these things, then you'd just attack me right now, so some of you are still human. This thing doesn't want to show itself, it wants to hide inside an imitation. It'll fight if it has to, but it's vulnerable out of the open. If it takes us over, then it has no more enemies, nobody left to kill it. And then it's won."
- ― R.J. MacReady (The Thing)
The power to reshape one's form. Sub power of Transmutation.
Also Called
- Biological Alteration
- Biomorphism
- Changing
- Copying
- Cyber-Cloaking/Cyber-Mask (Lab Rats/Lab Rats Elite Force)
- Image Induction (Supergirl)
- Megamorphing
- Metamorphing
- Metamorphosis
- Morfen (The Lorien Legacies)
- Morphing
- Morphological Being
- Nanomorphing
- Omni-Mimicry
- Polymorphing
- Self-Transmogrification/Transmutation
- Shape-Changing
- Shape-Shifting
- Shapeshifter Physiology
- Transforming
Capabilities
Users can shapeshift, changing their form and appearing at will, maybe even transforming and reshaping themselves down to their genetic and cellular structure. They can impersonate others or enhance their own body for combat, either by turning into animals, humanoids, monsters, etc. or by making the body stronger.
User with particularly flexible abilities can manipulate their form at will, combining abilities, traits, etc, even being able to form limbs into weapons and reforming after being blown apart by explosives.
Some more experienced users can even manipulate their DNA and completely change it on a molecular level.
Applications
- Adaptive Appearance: Transform based on adaptations.
- Bilocation Shifting
- Biomorphing: Transform into any living thing.
- Animal Morphing: Transform into animals
- Demon Morphing: Transform into demons.
- Human Morphing: Transform into humans.
- Mythic Morphing: Transform into mythical beings.
- Plant Morphing: Transform into plants.
- Body Manipulation: Manipulate any aspect of one's body.
- Appendage Generation: Shifting entirely new extremities out of oneself.
- Natural Weaponry: Form one's body into weapons.
- Unraveling: Transform into threads\ribbons.
- Self-Hole Forming: form holes in one’s body.
- Swarm Form: User can disperse their body into fragments of animals
- Clothing Generation: Take on any clothes of one's personal thoughts
- Desire Form: Take the form of others greatest desire.
- Digestive Shapeshifting: Take the appearance of other creatures by eating/consuming a part of them.
- Doppelgänger Morphing: Take the appearance of other beings.
- Perfect Doppelgänger: Take the powers, capabilities, memories, life-force, and personality of other beings.
- Disguise Mastery: Put on various numbers of disguises.
- Elasticity: Stretch, deform, expand, or contract one's body into any form imaginable.
- Limb Extension: Lengthen appendages.
- Lock-Picking: can transform parts of their body in to keys.
- Empathic Shapeshifting: Shapeshift in response to one's emotions.
- Environmental Transformation: Transform based on the environment.
- Dimensional Transformation: Transform based on the dimensions.
- Temporal Transformation: Transform based on points in history.
- Evolution: Enhance oneself permanently via accelerated evolution.
- Metamorphosis: Evolve naturally and permanently as one ages.
- Gender Transformation: Alter one's gender.
- God Morphing: To be able to morph into the deity.
- Inorganic Mimicry: Transform physically into an inorganic form.
- Inorganic Shapeshifting: Manipulate one's inorganic body.
- Inanimate Object Physiology: Transform into any objects.
- Malleable Anatomy: Rearrange the physiological features of oneself.
- Matter State Shift: Alter material state.
- Mechanical Morphing: Morph and change by mechanical means.
- Metaphoric Shapeshifting: Morph into something depending on the metaphorical situation.
- Mimicry Form: Mimic appearance and powers of other beings.
- Mixed Shapeshifting: Shapeshift into a form with different parts of different beings.
- Nemesis Form: Take the form of others worst fear.
- Object Morphing: Take the form of objects.
- Organic Mimicry: Transform physically into an organic form.
- Organic Shapeshifting: Manipulate one's organic body.
- Possessive Transformation: Transform the body of whoever the user is possessing.
- Post-Mortem Shapeshifting: Transform into anyone the user has killed.
- Power Physiology: Transform into power.
- Reactive Adaptation: Develop adaptation to combat threats or changes.
- Regenerative Healing Factor: Shape one's body/cells to their optimal state, healing rapidly from any physical injury, and even maintain eternal youth.
- Self-Particle Manipulation: Manipulate one's own particle structure.
- Self-Subatomic Manipulation: Manipulate one's own subatomic structure.
- Self-Atomic Manipulation: Manipulate one's own atomic structure.
- Self-Molecular Manipulation: Manipulate one's own molecular structure.
- Self-Atomic Manipulation: Manipulate one's own atomic structure.
- Self-Subatomic Manipulation: Manipulate one's own subatomic structure.
- Shapeshifting Combat
- Shapeshifting Defense
- Size Manipulation: Change the size of oneself or select parts. They can shrink or grow to huge size.
- Limb Expansion: Enlarge limbs size.
- Tentacle Manifestation: Use some of their body parts as tentacles.
- Soul Shapeshifting: Shapeshift one's soul into that of another.
- Species-Shifting: Transform into different species.
- Transformation
- Vehicle Morphing: Transform into vehicles.
- Voice Manipulation: Can change their voice when they shapeshift into a person.
- Wing Manifestation: Can manifest wings to fly on command.
Techniques
- Elemental Shapeshifting: Shapeshift via elemental manipulation.
- Symbiotic Shapeshifting: Manipulate one's symbiotic form.
- Telekinetic Shapeshifting: Shapeshift via Telekinesis.
Variations
- Mixed Shapeshifting
- Multi-ShapeShifting
- Omnifarious
- Shapeshifting Awareness
- Shapeshifting Inducement
- Shapeshifting Negation
- Shapeshifting Weaponry
Associations
- Amalgamorphing
- Amorphous Physiology
- Biological Manipulation
- Body Part Switching
- Capability Retention
- Camouflage
- Feign Damage
- Formlessness
- Mass Manipulation
- Morphamerge
- Multi-Shapeshifting
- Omnifarious
- Organic Constructs
- Organic Manipulation
- Remaking
- Scattering/Reforming
- Shape Defiance
- Shapeshifting Inducement
- Shiftmorphing
- Transformation Energy Manipulation
- Transmutation
Limitations
- Due to shapeshifters favoring certain forms for certain activities (e.g. bird-flying, fish-swimming), shapeshifters may be trapped and contained in places where only certain forms are feasible.
- May revert back to original form when unconscious or asleep.
- May require visual or genetic source material for a copy to be made.
- May be limited on how long transformation can last.
- May be unable to add/reduce mass, thus maintaining the physical capabilities of its original form.
- May have to stay near their own size.
- May have trouble with returning to original form.
- May be limited to humanoid shapes (human, werebeasts, etc).
- May be limited to organic lifeforms (animals, humans, etc.).
- May be limited to assuming the form of another person or creature sharing the same true gender as the shapeshifter.
- May be limited to assuming the likeness of lifeforms with or without gender.
- May be unable to transform into complex machinery (vehicles, projectile weapons, etc.), being limited to only simple tools and melee weapons.
- May retain characteristics of their original form in their new shape (i.e., color scheme, markings, voice, smell, etc.).
- May only be able to partially imitate personality traits, thus people acquainted with the person being impersonated may get suspicious.
- May not be able to change genetic coding (meaning blood type, gender, and DNA coding), though this does not limit the user from changing into an animal, liquid form, and such.
- May be able to change DNA coding only partially.
- Staying extended periods in single form may start affecting the users' behavior or even make them forget their true self.
- Some users may be able to change forms (categorized as humans, cats, weapons, a body of water, etc.), but cannot shape that form into their own customization; instead, it must match their original form's shape.
- Such shape that cannot be altered include genetic coding (gender, hair color, blood type), physical appearance (such as a girl cannot change her facial or body structure to resemble another girl's, and while she can change into a cat her fur pattern is based on her own form) and design (such as the girl changing her body into a sword but cannot customize its design for decorative effects).
- This may not include the user's age, as it is an aspect of their original form.
- Users of Shapeshifting Awareness will see their real forms.
- Users of Shapeshifting Negation may forcefully revert the user to their real form.
- Users of Mind Reading may read the user's mind and know who they truly are.
- If the user dies while standing in the form of the person or creature he is taking, he eventually returns to his original appearance.
- The process may be painful.
- May be involuntary; the user has no control over their transformations.
- Unless the user can absorb/modify their clothing during the transformation, they have to deal with it afterward.
- Clothing may be damaged during transformation unless it is part of the wearer's body or made of durable material.
- Some may have to touch a certain body part.
Known Users
See Also: ShapeShifting and Voluntary Shapeshifting.
Comics
- Tanya (Batman & Dracula: Red Rain)
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Burning Martians
- Green Martians
- White Martians
- Durlans (DC Comics)
- Reep Daggle/Chameleon Boy
- Plastic Man (DC Comics)
- The Presence (DC Comics)
- Orca (DC Comics)
- Madame Rouge (DC Comics)
- Zeus (DC Comics)
- Gemini (DC Comics)
- Clayface (DC Comics)
- Icon (DC Comics)
- Helspont (DC Comics)
- Everyman (DC Comics)
- Despero (DC Comics)
- Grail (DC Comics)
- Metamorphae (DC Comics)
- Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
- Proteus (DC Comics)
- Swamp Thing (DC Comics)
- Element Girl (DC Comics)
- Black Orchid (DC Comics)
- Comet (DC Comics)
- Insect Queen (DC Comics)
- Sven Larsen/Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man (DC Comics)
- Joseph Meach/Composite Superman (DC Comics)
- Dream of the Endless (DC Comics/Vertigo)
- Beast Boy (DC Comics)
- Aspen Matthews (Fathom)
- Shifty (The Incredibles comic book series)
- Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- African American mutants
- Asian mutants
- Hispanic mutants
- Native American mutants
- White mutants
- Mystique (Marvel Comics)
- Fury (Marvel Comics)
- Raze (Marvel Comics)
- Madman (Marvel Comics)
- Copycat (Marvel Comics)
- Jade Dragon (Marvel Comics)
- Dracula (Marvel Comics)
- Freakshow (Marvel Comics)
- Morph (Marvel Comics)
- Meggan (Marvel Comics)
- Skin (Marvel Comics)
- Mercury (Marvel Comics)
- Sandman (Marvel Comics)
- Rubbermaid (Marvel Comics)
- Dust (Marvel Comics)
- Mimic (Marvel Comics)
- Hybrid (Marvel Comics)
- Magus (Marvel Comics)
- Spanner (Marvel Comics)
- Symbiotes (Marvel Comics)
- Skrulls (Marvel Comics)
- Super Skrulls
- Hulkling
- Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
- Evan Sabahnur/Genesis (Marvel Comics)
- Loki (Marvel Comics)
- Zeus (Marvel Comics)
- The Chitauri (Marvel Comics)
- Terrance Ward/Trauma (Marvel Comics)
- Gorgeous George (Marvel Comics)
- Athena (Marvel Comics)
- Anelle (Marvel Comics)
- Mr. Sinister (Marvel Comics)
- Wolfsbane (Marvel Comics)
- Quasar (Marvel Comics)
- Spidercide (Marvel Comics)
- Doctor Voodoo (Marvel Comics)
- Spiral (Marvel Comics)
- Hydro-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Mysterio (Marvel Comics); via holograms
- Impossible Man (Marvel Comics)
- Crusader (Marvel Comics)
- Chameleon (Marvel Comics)
- Amatsu-Mikaboshi (Marvel Comics)
- Kamala Khan (Marvel Comics)
- Mangog (Marvel Comics)
- Erin (Nightschool)
- Nimona (Nimona)
- Horror (Skywald Publications)
- Walter Naugus (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- E.V.E (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Mimic (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Chaos (Sonic the Comic)
- Metamorphia (Sonic the Comic)
- Golani (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures)
- Catilin Fairchild (WildStorm)
- Immortal Enemy (Valiant Entertainment Comics)
- Maggie Nelson/Mosaic (Stan Lee's Mosaic)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- The Clown/Violator (Image Comics)
- The Ferryman (Little Nightmares comic series)
Cartoons
- Tagabantay (100 Days To Heaven)
- Bunnicula (Bunnicula)
- Adamai (Wakfu)
- Otomai (Wakfu)
- Sipho (Wakfu)
- Jake (Adventure Time)
- Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
- Warren Ampersand (Adventure Time)
- The Hierophant (Adventure Time)
- Mirage (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
- Eden (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
- Barbapapas (Barbapapa)
- Belladonna (All Dogs Go To Heaven TV series)
- Clayton (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Penny Fitzgerald (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Scooby-Doo (Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!)
- Kelpie (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Chameleon (Mighty Ducks: The Series)
- D.U.F.U.S (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Meatwad (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
- Skrulls (The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes)
- Algebraliens (Battle For Dream Island)
- Four
- X
- Inque (Batman Beyond)
- Gwen 10 (Ben 10)
- Ben 10 (Ben 10)
- Charmcaster (Ben 10); via Magic
- Kevin Levin (Ben 10)
- Kevin 11,000 and Devlin Levin (Ben 10)
- Galvanic Mechamorphs (Ben 10)
- Limaxes (Ben 10)
- Polymorphs (Ben 10: Alien Force/Ben 10: Ultimate Alien/Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Goop
- Lenopans (Ben 10/Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Segmentasapiens (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Bloxx
- X.A.N.A. (Code Lyoko); via polymorphic specters
- Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
- Terra (Cybersix)
- Animan (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Chameleon (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Animaestro (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Shapeshifting users (Danny Phantom)
- Jenny Wakeman (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
- Fairies (The Fairly OddParents)
- Cosmo
- Wanda
- Poof
- Jorgen Von Strangle
- Anti-Fairies (The Fairly OddParents)
- Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
- Alcazar (Futurama)
- Were-Cars (Futurama)
- Proteus (Gargoyles)
- Rex Salazar (Generator Rex)
- Van Kleiss (Generator Rex)
- Circe (Generator Rex)
- Skalamander (Generator Rex)
- John Scarecrow (Generator Rex)
- The Shapeshifter (Gravity Falls)
- Summerween Trickster (Gravity Falls)
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
- Nergal (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- Blandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- Irwin (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- Nergal Jr. (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- The Boogeyman (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- Eris (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- The Blue Star of Rocklympus (Grojband)
- Galatea (Hercules: The Animated Series)
- Whitney Stane/Madame Mask (Iron Man: Armored Adventures); via holographic disguise mask
- Johnny Test (Johnny Test)
- Kat (Kid vs. Kat)
- Grumbles (Abby Hatcher)
- Camille Leon (Kim Possible)
- Stretch-O-Mutt (Krypto the Superdog)
- Hsi Wu (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Xiao Fung (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Ming (Legend of the Dragon)
- Yin Wi (Legend of the Dragon)
- Chamille (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Oni (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Mistaké (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Bombat (The Life & Times of Juniper Lee)
- Magica De Spell (Ducktales)
- Stitch (Lilo & Stitch)
- Experiment 300 Spooky (Lilo & Stitch)
- Zhan Tiri (Tangled: The Series)
- Putty Thing (The Mask: The Animated Series)
- Gogo Dodo (Tiny Toon Adventures)
- Morphle (My Magic Pet Morphle)
- Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Changelings (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Penmas (My Little Pony)
- Rep (My Little Pony)
- Casey (Phantom Investigators)
- The Dark Dweller (Pirates of Dark Water)
- Plasmo (Plasmo)
- Plonsters (Plonsters)
- Octobella (PJ Masks)
- Him (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Megabyte (ReBoot)
- Doug (Regular Show)
- Morty Smith (Rick and Morty); only into a car
- Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty); via Transformatron
- Scary Terry (Rick and Morty)
- Parasites (Rick and Morty)
- Aku (Samurai Jack)
- Double Trouble (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Marco William Lake (The Warrior of the Quest)
- Sofia the First (Sofia the First); via Amulet of Avalor
- Zinessa (Sofia the First)
- Twitch (Sofia the First)
- Morpho (Sonic Boom)
- Spongebob Squarepants (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Flying Dutchman (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- The Son (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
- The Daughter (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
- Replikon (Static Shock)
- Gems (Steven Universe)
- Amethyst
- Garnet
- Pearl
- Steven
- Pink Diamond
- The Warden (Superjail!)
- Mumm-Ra (ThunderCats)
- Pretender (Transformers)
- Makeshift (Transformers Prime)
- Pseudo (Transformers: Robots in Disguise)
- Widget (Widget the World Watcher)
- The Chameleon (T.U.F.F. Puppy)
- Black Hat (Villainous)
- Wizgiz (Winx Club)
- Darkar (Winx Club)
- Duman (Winx Club)
- Shadow Monsters (Winx Club)
- Chameleon Bot (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Dojo Kanojo Cho (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Bird of Paradise (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Raksha (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Carl, the Evil Cockroach Wizard (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Saranoia (Yin Yang Yo!)
- G.P. (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Molecu-Lars (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Octalians (Milo Murphy's Law)
- Jonathan Rook/Stretch Monster (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
- The Mimic (Godzilla: The Series)
- Globby (Big Hero 6: the Series)
- Nega-Globby (Big Hero 6: the Series)
- Troy Winter/Extroyer (Max Steel)
- Jade Chan/Amazing T-Girl (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Misterioso Grande (Mucha Lucha)
- Magical Jellyfish (Zig and Sharko)
- Groundskeeper Willie (The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror)
- Changerella (Supernormal)
- Polymorph (Tales of Arcadia)
- Otto Scaarbach
- Morgana (Tales of Arcadia)
- Double Trouble (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018))
- School Bus (The Magic School/The Magic School Rides Again)
- Beast Boy (Teen Titans)
Video Games
- Impostors (Among Us)
- Blanca (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)
- Wisp (Animal Crossing: New Leaf)
- Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
- Umbra Witches (Bayonetta)
- Delirium (The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth)
- Clonus (Bio FREAKS)
- Arakune (BlazBlue)
- Arturo Plateado (Bleach: Shattered Blade)
- Mizrabel (Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse)
- Alucard (Castlevania)
- Dracula (Castlevania)
- The Doppelganger (Castlevania)
- Roin'esh (Champions)
- Iparu (Chaotic)
- Hilda Berg (Cuphead)
- The Devil (Cuphead)
- Jedah (Darkstalkers)
- Jon Talbain (Darkstalkers)
- Felicia (Darkstalkers)
- Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
- Alpha-152 (Dead or Alive)
- Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong)
- Morrigan (Dragon Age)
- Flemeth (Dragon Age)
- Slime (Dragon Quest)
- Poo (Earthbound); via Mirror Ability
- Bad Ash (Evil Dead: Hail to the King)
- Jenova (Final Fantasy)
- Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy)
- ExDeath (Final Fantasy)
- Kid Chameleon (Kid Chameleon)
- The Props (Garry's Mod: Prop Hunt)
- Gods (God of War)
- Eddie (Guilty Gear)
- Dizzy (Guilty Gear)
- Herrscher of the Ocean (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Dracula (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Kameo (Kameo: Elements of Power)
- Thanatos (Kid Icarus)
- Orochi (The King of Fighters)
- Saiki (The King of Fighters)
- Magaki (The King of Fighters)
- Dark Matter (Kirby series)
- Kirby (Kirby series)
- Vastaya Tribe (League of Legends)
- Neeko
- Nidalee (Human-Vastaya hybrid)
- Ursine Tribe (League of Legends)
- Udyr
- Elise (League of Legends)
- Gnar (League of Legends)
- Kain (Legacy of Kain)
- Melbu Frahma (The Legend of Dragoon); as the Virage Embryo
- Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
- Vaati (The Legend of Zelda)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask") as Wolf Link and the Mask Transformations
- Midna (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
- Baroq (MapleStory)
- Animas (MapleStory); via Shapeshift skill
- Abyss (Marvel vs. Capcom)
- Axl (Mega Man X)
- Colonel Redips (Mega Man X)
- Sigma (Mega Man X)
- Master Albert (Mega Man ZX Advent); via Model A
- Grey and Ashe (Mega Man ZX Advent); via Model A
- La Clown (Metal Gear Acid)
- Gandrayda (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption)
- Mi Ru (Monster Hunter)
- Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
- Shinnok (Mortal Kombat)
- Reptile (Mortal Kombat)
- Smoke (Mortal Kombat)
- Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat)
- Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat)
- Nyx (Nexus Wars)
- NiGHTS (NiGHTS Journey into Dreams)
- Duplighost (Paper Mario)
- Koopa Bros (Paper Mario)
- Moreso (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- Morgana (Persona 5)
- Mew (Pokémon)
- Ditto (Pokémon)
- Zorua and Zoroak (Pokémon)
- Rotom (Pokémon)
- Cherrim (Pokémon)
- Castform (Pokémon)
- Morgan Yu (Prey); via Mimic Matter
- Mimics (Prey)
- Jennifer Tate (Primal)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Mr. Dark (Rayman series)
- Miranda (Resident Evil: Village)
- Salvatore Moreau (Resident Evil: Village)
- Shantae (Shantae series); via belly-dancing
- Lucifer/Louis Cyphre/Louisa Ferre (Shin Megami Tensei)
- Seraph/Schrodinger (Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga)
- Double (Skullgirls)
- Luminous (Skylanders)
- Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Iblis (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Inklings (Splatoon)
- Octolings (Splatoon)
- Nightmare (Soulcalibur series)
- Narud (StarCraft)
- Seth (Street Fighter)
- Twelve (Street Fighter)
- Mimi (Super Paper Mario)
- Super Mario (Super Mario Bros); via Power-Ups
- Lumas (Super Mario Galaxy)
- Bowser (Super Smash Bros. series); becomes Giga Bowser
- Wario (Super Smash Bros. series); becomes Wario-Man
- Shadow Bugs (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
- The Spy (Team Fortress 2); changes into a class of the opposing team via the Disguise Kit
- The Shadow Man (Hello Neighbor)
- Flowey the Flower (Undertale)
- Jevil (Deltarune); only into a Devilsknife
- Shapeshifter (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Little Witch (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Druids (World of Warcraft)
- Vampire Wario (Wario Land 3)
Literature
- Shi'ido (Star Wars Expanded Universe)
- Clawdites (Star Wars Expanded Universe)
- Caterpillar (Alice in Wonderland)
- Animorphs (Animorphs)
- Ether (The Book of Deacon)
- Yorath Yewbeam (Charlie Bone)
- Yolanda Yewbeam (Charlie Bone)
- Dworkin (Chronicles of Amber)
- Oberon (Chronicles of Amber)
- People from the courts of Chaos (Chronicles of Amber)
- Some demons (Chronicles of Amber)
- Gryll
- Kergma (Chronicles of Amber)
- Terrans (The Crystal Chronicles)
- Nyarlathotep (Cthulhu Mythos)
- Daniel X (The Dangerous Days of Daniel X)
- Selena Izzard (The House with a Clock in its Walls)
- Eidolons (The Eidolon Saga)
- Elias (Engelsfors)
- Max Rosenqvist (Engelsfors)
- Nebula (Geronimo Stilton: The Kingdom of Fantasy)
- Nanny (Glass Sword)
- Boggart (Harry Potter)
- Metamorphamagi (Harry Potter)
- Nymphadora Tonks
- Teddy Lupin
- Animagi (Harry Potter)
- Minerva McGonagall
- Falco Aesalon
- Morrigan
- Morgan le Fay
- Babbity Rabbity
- Maledictus (Harry Potter/Fantastic Beast)
- Nagini
- Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
- Frank Zhang (The Heroes of Olympus)
- Beorn (The Hobbit)
- Sauron (The Lord of the Rings)
- Morgoth/Melkor (The Silmarillion)
- Nyarlathotep (Cthulhu Mythos)
- Dragons (I Became the Chef of the Dragon King)
- Berkis
- Kaisertooth
- Tessa Gray (The Infernal Devices)
- Invisible Dragon (Invisible Dragon)
- Dragons (Kalsearin)
- Kalsearin
- Kalsenian
- Kiadris
- The Tenebrous (Knights of the Borrowed Dark series)
- Number Eight (The Lorien Legacies)
- Samirah al-Abbas (Magnus Chase)
- Alex Fierro (Magnus Chase)
- Angel (Maximum Ride)
- Clay mane (Mane-online)
- Amy (The Medusa Project)
- Saint Dane (Pendragon)
- Shape-shifters and shape-shifter-chameleons (Shadow Falls)
- Dax Jones (The Shapeshifter)
- Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
- Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Stephen King's It)
- Lysandra (Throne of Glass)
- Rowan Whitethorn (Throne of Glass)
- Fenrys Moonbeam (Throne of Glass)
- Connall Moonbeam (Throne of Glass)
- Gavriel (Throne of Glass)
- Vaughan (Throne of Glass)
- Falkan Ennar (Throne of Glass)
- Erawan's Bloodhound (Throne of Glass)
- Feyre Archeron (A Court of Thorns and Roses)
- Sun Wukong (Journey to the West)
- Mr. Nobody (Wild Cards)
- Bran Gardiner/Loki (Witches of East End Universe: Beauchamp Family Series)
- Alberich (Witches of East End Universe: Triple Moon)
- Setr (Wizard Knight)
- Gylf (Wizard Knight)
- Demons (I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level)
- Dragons (I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level)
- Fanoxean (The Young Guardians)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Chelsea (Akame Ga Kill); via Gaea Foundation
- Rodem (Babel II: Beyond Infinity)
- Devils (Bastard!!)
- Satan (Bastard!!)
- Shirayuki (Meiji Tokyo Renka)
- Eve (Black Cat)
- Loyd Lloyd (Bleach)
- Royd Lloyd (Bleach)
- Nakajima Atsushi (Bungo Stray Dogs)
- Natsume Souseki (Bungo Stray Dogs)
- Follow (Corrector Yui)
- Honey Kisaragi (Cutie Honey)
- Great Britain/Cyborg 007 (Cyborg 009)
- Lulu Bell (D.Gray-Man)
- Alma (Darker than Black)
- Natsumi (Date A Live)
- Sir Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott (Date A Live)
- Mimicry-Species (Denma)
- Users of Shapeshifting Quanx ability (Denma)
- Nyarlathotep (Demonbane)
- De Marigny's Clock (Demonbane)
- Lance (Doki Doki Precure)
- Charles (Doki Doki Precure)
- Raquel (Doki Doki Precure)
- Dabyi (Doki Doki Precure)
- Mineha (Noragami Aragoto)
- Kunimi (Noragami Aragoto)
- Izanami (Noragami Aragoto)
- Shapeshifters (Dragon Ball series)
- Demons (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Greater Doppelgangers (Overlord)
- Pandora's Actor
- Erich String Orchestra
- Truth (Eureka Seven AO)
- Transformation Magic Users (Fairy Tail)
- Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Darius (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Berg Katze (Gatchaman Crowds)
- Makora (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
- Kitsune (Gugure! Kokkuri-san)
- Inugami (Gugure! Kokkuri-san)
- Himeko Nonohara (Hime-chan's Ribbon); via Magic Ribbon
- Menthuthuyoupi (Hunter x Hunter)
- Rubber Soul (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Yellow Temperance
- Zenyatta/Oingo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Khnum
- Mikitaka Hazekura (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable); via Terra Ventus/Earth Wind and Fire
- Coup (HeartCatch PreCure)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Rayuka (Gokudo)
- Shikinka (Gokudo)
- Inari Fushimi (Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha)
- Naraku (InuYasha)
- The Master (InuYasha)
- Maimakterion (The Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer)
- Minael and Yunael (Magical Girl Raising Project: Unmarked)
- Kurumi Isoshima (Mahou Sensou)
- Pluto (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Ghost ÄRM Users (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Various Shinobi (Naruto); via Transformation Technique
- Albireo Imma; (Negima! Magister Negi Magi); via "To Fyuron To Biographiconis"
- Witches (Ojamajo Doremi)
- Witches' Apprentices (Ojamajo Doremi)
- Wizards (Ojamajo Doremi)
- Bentham/Mr. 2, Bon Kurei (One Piece); via the Clone-Clone/Mane Mane Fruit
- Catarina Devon (One Piece); via the Dog-Dog/Inu Inu Fruit, Model: Nine-Tailed Fox/Kyubi no Kitsune
- Kurozumi Higurashi (One Piece); via Clone-Clone/Mane Mane Fruit
- Parasites (Parastye)
- Him (Powerpuff Girls Z)
- Coco (Precure 5!/Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!!)
- Nutts (PreCure 5!/Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!!)
- Capella Emerada Lugnica (Re:Zero)
- Grey (Black Clover)
- Kusuo Saiki (Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan)
- Fairies (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- King
- Helbram
- Grayroad (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Vivian (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Pop (Smile Precure)
- Candy (Smile Precure)
- Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater)
- Arachne (Soul Eater)
- Soul Eater (Soul Eater)
- Eruka Frog (Soul Eater)
- Mizune(s) (Soul Eater)
- Free (Soul Eater)
- Patricia Thompson (Soul Eater)
- Marie Mjolnir (Soul Eater)
- Blair (Soul Eater)
- Mosquito (Soul Eater)
- Siren/Ellen Kurokawa (Suite PreCure); until she became Cure Beat
- Orochi (One Punch Man)
- Scarecrow (Super Doll Licca-chan)
- Ivan Karelin/Origami Cyclone (Tiger & Bunny)
- Golden Darkness (To Love-Ru)
- Gi Buri (To Love-Ru)
- Mea Kurosaki (To Love-Ru Darkness)
- Nemesis (To Love-Ru Darkness)
- Don Slime (Toriko)
- Kuromi (Onegai My Melody)
- Tanuki (The Eccentric Family)
- Milk (Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!)
- Syrup (Yes! PreCure 5 GoGo!)
- Elder Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Melona (Queen's Blade)
- Kanchomé (Zatch Bell!)
- Metarex Deserd (Sonic X)
- Kon (Kemono Jihen)
- Godzilla (Godzilla: Singular Point)
Live Television
- Image inducers users (Arrowverse/Supergirl)
- Charlie (Arrowverse/DC Comics)
- Grace Choi (Arrowverse/Black Lightning)
- Ambar (Aliados)
- Demons (Shadowhunters)
- Demons and Fallens (Ángel o Demonio)
- Zeek (The New Legends of Monkey)
- Tsumori (The New Legends of Monkey)
- First Evil (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Toru (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Dracula (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Shapeshifters (Charmed)
- Chameleon Demons (Charmed)
- Eames (Charmed)
- Dracula BlackMerMoon (Chica Vampiro)
- Boneless (Doctor Who)
- Zygons (Doctor Who)
- Rutans (Doctor Who)
- Draks (Doctor Who)
- Krillitanes (Doctor Who)
- Gallifreyans (Doctor Who)
- Axos (Doctor Who)
- Solonians (Doctor Who)
- Plasmavores (Doctor Who)
- Carrionites (Doctor Who)
- The Flesh (Doctor Who)
- Gangers
- Amy Pond Ganger
- Eleventh Doctor Ganger
- Jenny (Doctor Who)
- Sentient Oil (Doctor Who)
- Vardan (Doctor Who)
- Kamelion (Doctor Who)
- Teselecta (Doctor Who)
- Glass Avatar (Doctor Who)
- Prisoner Zero (Doctor Who)
- Ivan Hernandez (Dream Team); Lycan
- Billy Joe Cobra (Dude, That's My Ghost)
- Bobby (Dude, That's My Ghost)
- Clifford DeVoe/The Thinker (Arrowverse/The Flash 2014)
- Wesen (Grimm)
- Ghost (The Haunted Hathaways)
- Ray Preston
- Miles Preston
- Louie Preston
- Glenda
- Chameleons (Haven)
- James Martin (Heroes)
- Sylar (Heroes)
- Shapeshifters (Jekyll and Hyde)
- Neo Organism (Kamen Rider)
- Marcus Davenport (Lab Rats: Bionic Island)
- Users of the Cyber-Mask/Cloak (Lab Rats)
- Douglas Davenport
- Donald Davenport
- Victor Krane
- Bree Davenport
- Chase Davenport
- Terry Perry
- Rodissius' 13 Children (Lab Rats: Elite Force)
- Roman
- Riker
- Reese
- Kaz (Lab Rats Elite Force); temporary
- Ming (Legend of the Dragon)
- Yin Wi (Legend of the Dragon)
- Lucas (Los Protegidos)
- Lucy (MisFits)
- Brian (My Parents Are Aliens)
- Sophie (My Parents Are Aliens)
- Leo Pierce (Mutant X)
- Victoria Morrow (No Ordinary Family)
- Pilgrim Boy (The Aquabats! Super Show!)
- Queen Regina (Once Upon A Time)
- Cora (Once Upon A Time)
- Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon A Time)
- The Dragon (Once Upon a Time)
- Ariel (Once Upon A Time)
- Ursula (Once Upon A Time)
- The Wicked Witch of the West (Once Upon A Time); via Emerald Necklace
- Various villains (Power Rangers series)
- Vida Rocca (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
- Slate (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
- Geeker (Project G.K.R.)
- Jeggorabax Energy Entity (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
- Alex Mack (The Secret World of Alex Mack)
- Tina Greer (Smallville)
- Brainiac (Smallville)
- Eva Greer (Smallville)
- The Q (Star Trek)
- Changelings (Star Trek)
- Tyler Jessop (Strange Days at Blake Holsey High); one off
- M'gann M'orzz (Supergirl)
- Ghouls (Supernatural)
- Leviathans (Supernatural)
- Dragons (Supernatural)
- Shapeshifters (Supernatural)
- Demons (Supernatural); While in Hell.
- Asmodeus; Outside Hell.
- Gabriel (Supernatural)
- Jefferson Starships (Supernatural)
- Souls (Supernatural)
- The Shadow (Supernatural)
- Qareens (Supernatural)
- Rakshasas (Supernatural)
- Tricksters (Supernatural)
- Whore of Babylon (Supernatural)
- Lucifer (Supernatural)
- War/Red Horseman (Supernatural)
- Leshi (Supernatural)
- Changerella (Supernormal)
- Tom Turbo (Tom Turbo)
- Sam Merlotte (True Blood)
- Tommy Micken (True Blood)
- Melinda Micken (True Blood)
- Daphanne (True Blood)
- Luna (True Blood)
- Ben (The Twilight Zone)
- Penelope Gardiner (Witches of East End)
- Vidar (Witches of East End)
- Nikolaus (Witches of East End)
- Colonist (The X-Files)
- Eddie Van Blundht (The X-Files)
- Masked Mutant (Goosebumps)
- Gor-Mons (Gabby Duran & the Unsittables)
- Franis “Jeremy”
- Granis “Principle Swift“
- Dranis
- Other Gor-Mons
- Duplicon (Power Rangers Dino Charge)
- Various Seijins ("Ultraman")
- Alien Zarab
- Alien Babarue
- Alien Mefilas
- Most aliens but limited to human disguise
- Vannain ("Gokaiger")
- Dragon (Legacies)
- Werewolves (Teen Wolf)
- Kanimas (Teen Wolf)
- Darachs (Teen Wolf)
- Werecoyotes (Teen Wolf)
- Kitsunes (Teen Wolf)
- Werejaguars (Teen Wolf)
- Wendigos (Teen Wolf)
- Hellhounds (Teen Wolf)
- Chimeras (Teen Wolf)
- Garudas (Teen Wolf)
- Girtablilus (Teen Wolf)
- Lamprey (Teen Wolf)
- Sluagh (Teen Wolf)
- Electrophorus (Teen Wolf)
- Skinwalkers (Teen Wolf)
- Ghost Rider (Teen Wolf)
- Lowenmensches (Teen Wolf)
- Anuk-ites (Teen Wolf)
Movies
- Genie (Aladdin)
- Jafar (Aladdin)
- Red (All Dogs Go To Heaven 2)
- Enchantress (Beauty and the Beast)
- Serleena Xath (Men in Black II)
- Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice)
- La Muerte (The Book of Life)
- Xibalba (The Book of Life)
- Other Mother (Coraline)
- Rotten Robots (SCOOB!)
- Dracula (Dracula)
- Harvey (Harvey)
- Pain and Panic (Hercules)
- Jack-Jack (The Incredibles)
- Elastigirl (The Incredibles)
- Zartan (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra/G.I. Joe: Retaliation)
- Gruagach (Hellboy (2019))
- Jareth, the Goblin King (Labyrinth)
- Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
- D'Bari (X-Men: Dark Phoenix)
- Vuk
- Mystique (X-Men Movies)
- Ego (The Guardians Of Galaxy vol.2)
- Loki Laufeyson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Skrulls (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Talos
- Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi (The Lego Movie 2)
- Unnamed Protagonist (Lifechanger)
- Max Steel (Max Steel)
- Loki (Son of the Mask)
- Bubble (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets)
- Barron (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children)
- Princess Fiona (Shrek); Human form to Ogre Form
- Maui (Moana); via his Fishhook
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street series)
- The Kid (Demonic Toys)
- Cleopatra VII (Paradox Saga)
- Khan (Paradox Saga)
- Various Head Archangels (Paradox Saga)
- The Tall Man (Phantasm)
- Blue Fairy (Pinocchio)
- Reverend Henry Kane/The Beast (Poltergeist series)
- Principal Powers (Sky High); only into a comet of astral energy
- Putna (Krishna Aur Kans)
- Carbon Copy Kid (Sky High)
- Magenta (Sky High)
- Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
- Clawdites (Star Wars)
- Madam Mim (The Sword in the Stone)
- Merlin (The Sword in the Stone)
- Merlock (Ducktales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp)
- Pink Elephants (Dumbo)
- Rev-9 (Terminator: Dark Fate)
- T-1000 (Terminator 2)
- T-3000 (Terminator Genisys)
- T-X (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
- The Thing (The Thing)
- 22 (Soul)
- The Creators (Transformers film series)
- Morph (Treasure Planet)
- Facilier's Shadow (The Princess and the Frog)
- Reptilian Shapeshifters (Wolfcop)
- Kayako Saeki (The Grudge film series)
- Wild Card (We Can Be Heroes)
Tabletop Games
- Doppelgangers (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Changelings (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Druids (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Creatures with the subtype: ShapeShifter (Magic The Gathering)
- Mages (Mage: The Ascension)
Web Original
- Nobody (The Fear Mythos)
- The Unnamed Child (The Fear Mythos)
- Red (NES Godzilla Creepypasta)
- Sonic.exe (Creepypasta)
- The Demiurge/The God of Flesh/Važjuma/Saklas/Samael/God-Eater/Devourer/His Undulating Vastness/The Great Winnower/The God of Flesh/Nüwa/The Dragon in the Great Brass Cage/Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
- Khahrahk/Harak/Khnith-hgor/Shormaush Urdal/Son of the Third Brood/The Devourer of Worlds/The Dread/Devourer/The Crimson Monarch/The King who Rose from the Bleeding/Lord of the Throne of Despair/Defiler of Worlds/Rapist King/Proskellion/SCP-001 - Tufto's Proposal - The Scarlet King (SCP Foundation)
- Yulü, Yama and Kshitigarbha/The All-Death/The Great Death/The Small Death/The Three Lords of Death/The Brothers Death (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1384 - Taker of Turns (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-959- The Bogeyman (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1848 - ACCESS DENIED (SCP Foundation)
- SCP 953 - Polymorpher Humanoid (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-137 - The Real Toy (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-239 - The Witch Child (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-343 - God (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-682-J - THE BESTEST LIZERD EVER! (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2006 - Too Spooky (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-610 - The Flesh that Hates (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-040 - 1 - Evolution's Child (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-056 - A Beautiful Person (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-424 - Nanomimes (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-523 - The Most Unhelpful Object On Earth (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-682 - Hard-To-Destroy Reptile (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-784-ARC (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1237 - The Epsilon Wave (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2301 - Slayer's Song (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1536 - Doppelgängers (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1537-A - Akul'hil (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2670-1 - Somebody Else's God (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1961-1 - Transformation Booth (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2675 - The Cradle (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-3999 - I Am At The Center of Everything That Happens To Me (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2950 - Just A Chair (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-3145 - The Giving Man (SCP Foundation)
- Sam Howell/SCP-3812 - A Voice Behind Me (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-4007-5 - Kagemusha (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-4486 - Happy Is Relative (SCP Foundation)
- Olympia (SCP Foundation)
- Doctor Wondertainment (SCP Foundation)
- Isabel Helga Anastasia Parvati Wondertainment V (SCP Foundation)
- Robert Bumaro (SCP Foundation)
- Archons of Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
- Grand Karcist Ion (SCP Foundation)
- Siren Head (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
- Cartoon Cat (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
- Country Road Creature (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
- Jaza (The Chimera Bazaar)
- Alix (Running with Rats)
- Gel-Mo (Scrub Club)
Other
- PringleTheOne (Planet Dolan)
- Bluehog (Bluehog Gaming Studio)
- The Imposter (SMG4's Mario Bloopers)
- Mister F. Maskeering (Salviamo Loquendo City!)
- Matau (Bionicle); via Mask of Shapeshifting
- Chunt (Hello from the Magic Tavern)
- Josh Davis (Heroes History: Slow Burn)
- Night (Worm); Transforms into an abomination when not seen.
- Various Gods (Greek Mythology)
- Loki (Norse Mythology)
- Púca (Irish Folklore)
- Bakeneko (Japanese Folklore)
- Rakshasas (Hindu Mythology)
- Vampires (Folklore/Mythology)
- Demons (Folklore/Mythology)
- Changelings (Folklore/Mythology)
- Kelpies (Folklore/Mythology)
- Skin-Walkers (Folklore/Mythology)
- Doppelgangers (Folklore)
- Thriller (Michael Jackson's Thriller)
- Lah (Sonic: Night of the Werehog)
- Neo Metallix (Sonic the Comic Online)
- Jib Janeen (Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars)
Known Objects
- ID Mask (Ben 10)
- Omnitrixes/Ultimatrixes (Ben 10); alien forms only
- Polyjuice Potion (Harry Potter)
- Mask of Shapeshifting (Bionicle)
- Shift Stone (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness)
- The Mask of many faces (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Cyber-Cloak/Mask (Lab Rats)
- Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- MECH-Link (Mech-X4)
- Maui's fishhook (Moana)
- Trickster's Glass (League of Legends)
- SCP-342 - A Ticket to Ride (SCP Foundation); limited to transforming into a transit ticket.
- Amulet of Avalor (Sofia the First)
- Shapeshift Remote (Sonic Underground)
- Chameleon's Belt (Spider-Man: The Animated Series)
- Transmogrifier (Spy Kids)
- Moby Morpher (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Munki-Gu statue (PJ Masks)
- Monkey Talisman (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Transformation Masks (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
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