- "Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts. Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned."
- ― Professor McGonagall’s introduction of the subject (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.)
The power to alter the forms/structure of matter/energy. Sub-power of Matter Manipulation, Nuclear Manipulation and Structure Manipulation. Lesser version of Total Conversion.
Also Called
- Conversion
- Matter/Molecular Magic
- Morphokinesis
- Polymorphing
- Transfiguration/Transformation (Harry Potter)
- Transmogrification
- Transmutagene
- Synergist (From Common Job Class to Strongest in the World)
- Transformation Inducement
- Transubstantiation
Capabilities
The user can alter or transform matter, energy, elements, objects, beings (animals, aliens, mythical beings, etc.), etc into anything else, either completely or partially, permanently or temporarily.
Applications
- Attribute Manipulation
- Adhesive Transmutation
- Amalgamation
- Anthropomorphism
- Antimatter Transmutation
- Artificial Element Transmutation
- Barrier Transmutation
- Biological Transmutation
- Block Transmutation
- Constellation Transmogrification
- Construct Creation
- Dark Matter Transmutation
- Data Conversion
- Essence Manipulation
- Elemental Transmutation
- Energy Conversion
- Energy Transduction
- Energy Transmutation
- Form Manipulation
- Gas Transmutation
- Inorganic Transmutation
- Matter Transmutation
- Multi-Transmutation
- Mutation Inducement
- Nature Transmutation
- Object Creation Touch
- Object Transmutation
- Organic Transmutation
- Partial Transformation
- Power Transmutation
- Property Manipulation
- Reconfiguration
- Remolding
- Reshaping
- Shapeshifting
- Space Rock Transmutation
- Technology Transmutation
- Transformation
- Transformation Attacks
Variations
- Digestive Transmutation
- Transformation Ball Projection
- Transformation Beam Emission
- Transformation Energy Manipulation
- Transformation Field Projection
- Transformation Strike
- Transformation Vision
- Transformation Weaponry
- Transmutation Magic
Associations
- Absolute Change
- Alchemy
- Alien Physiology
- Biological Manipulation
- Capability Retention
- Chemistry Manipulation
- Earth Manipulation
- Inorganic Manipulation
- Matter Manipulation
- Molecular Manipulation
- Object Manipulation
- Organic Manipulation
- Physical Change Manipulation
- Science Manipulation
- Shape Manipulation
- Superior Human Physiology
- Telekinesis
- Total Conversion
Limitations
- Immutability/Transmutation Immunity prevents transformation.
- May require use to know the "science" behind the target they are changing.
- Transmutation that associated with another ability like Reality Warping can be highly dangerous as it gives them more range to affect objects, including themselves.
- Transmutation Reversal, Restoration, Flawless Restoration or Absolute Restoration can undo the transmutation.
- May be able to change only certain target types.
Known Users
Comics/Cartoons
- Magic Man (Adventure Time)
- Genie (Aladdin)
- Jafar (Aladdin)
- Dr.Facilier (The Princess and the Frog)
- Ultra Sonic (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Anodites (Ben 10)
- Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes); via "Transmogrifier"
- Henry Mitchell (Charmed comic); temporarily
- Captain Atom (DC Comics)
- Doctor Alchemy (DC Comics)
- Firestorm (DC Comics)
- Goldface (DC Comics)
- Mister Mxyzptlk (DC Comics)
- Shimmer (DC Comics/Teen Titans)
- Downburst (The Incredibles)
- Cameo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Judgement
- Giorno Giovanna (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo); via Gold Experience and Gold Experience Requiem
- Melone (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo); via Baby Face's child
- Fangpyre (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Loki Laufeyson (Marvel Comics)
- Calvin Carr/Chemistro (Marvel Comics)
- Dormammu (Marvel Comics)
- Sersi (Marvel Comics)
- Esteban Corazón de Ablo/Diablo (Marvel Comics)
- Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
- Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- Adam Brashear/Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Norrin Radd/Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
- Thomas Jones/Alchemy (Marvel Comics)
- Nico Minoru (Marvel Comics)
- Magnus Lehnsherr (Marvel Comics)
- Protege (Marvel Comics); after witnessing a hand getting transmutated into water vapor
- Interface (Marvel Comics)
- Discord (My Little Pony series); via Chaos Magic
- Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony Series)
- Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony Series)
- Trixie Lulamoon (My Little Pony Series)
- Proxina Starfall (Mysticons)
- Numbertaker (Numberjacks)
- Dendy (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
- The Coachman (Pinocchio)
- Abracadaver (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Queen Regina (Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarves)
- The Road Rovers (Road Rovers); via transdogrifer
- Flora, Fauna, Merryweather (Sleeping Beauty)
- Morpholomew/Experiment 316 (Lilo & Stitch: The Animated Series)
- Mumbo (Teen Titans)
- Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)
- Fairies and Witches (Winx Club)
- Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Yin (Yin Yang Yo)
- Yang (Yin Yang Yo)
- Master Yo (Yin Yang Yo)
Anime/Manga
- Astaroth (666 Satan/O-Parts Hunter)
- The Alchemy Army and Human Homunculi (Busou Renkin)
- Natsumi Kyouno (Date A Live)
- Barbamon X (Digimon); via "Seventh Jewelrize"
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball series)
- Many Sorcerers (Dorohedoro)
- Kain Hikaru (Fairy Tail)
- Alchemists (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Guido-Hyun (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Transmuters (Hunter x Hunter)
- Muzan Kibutsuji ("Kimetsu No Yaiba")
- Users of Transformation Spell (Little Witch Academia)
- Ghost ÄRM users (MÄR)
- Donquixote Doflamino (One Piece); only into threads
Live Television/Movies
- Charlie (Arrowverse/DC Comics)
- Brandon Marshall (Arrowverse/Black Lightning)
- Mega Doyle (The 4400)
- Fiona Goode (American Horror Story: Coven)
- Duna (Ángel o Demonio)
- Amy Madison (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Alchemists (Charmed)
- The Alchemist/H.P. Wollstonecraft (COVEN)
- Diego Forlan (Grachi)
- Bob Bishop (Heroes)
- Sylar (Heroes)
- Sorcerers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- The Ancient One
- Dormmammu's Zealots
- Doctor Strange
- Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe); via Reality Stone
- Agatha Harkness (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Sersi (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Jafar (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
- Amara (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
- Rumplestiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
- Djinn (Wishmaster); via Wish Granting
- Edward Coventry (The Order)
- Royal 4 (Rosewell); via Molecular Manipulation
- Sorcerers (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
- Sith Alchemists (Star Wars)
- Snow Miser (The Year Without A Santa Clause)
- Maleficent (Maleficent)
- Vlad (Hotel Transylvania)
- David Haller (Legion)
- Amahl Farouk (Legion)
Literature
- Natsumi (Date A Live)
- Witches and Wizards (Harry Potter)
- Dragons's Heirs (Los Hechiceros del Dragon)
- Sun Wukong (Journey to the West)
- Chloe the Topaz Fairy (Rainbow Magic); via Topaz
- Nicholas Flamel (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)
- Libby (Star Darlings)
- Elsecallers (The Stormlight Archive)
- Lightweavers (The Stormlight Archive)
- Derek Marvin (The Young Guardians)
Video Games
- Terumi Yuuki (BlazBlue)
- Eggplant Wizard (Kid Icarus)
- Dejoule the Energist (Legacy of Kain)
- Kain, Scion of Balance (Legacy of Kain)
- Zant (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
- SonSon (Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes)
- Tremor (Mortal Kombat)
- Sims born with the hidden Pyromaniac trait (The Sims 3)
- Fairies (Skylanders)
- Brain (Skylanders)
- Kaos (Skylanders); via Mind Magic
- Chompy Mage (Skylanders); only into Chompies
- Sheep Mage (Skylanders) via sheep staff
- Magikoopas (Super Mario)
- Kamek (Super Mario)
- The Koopaling (Super Mario)
- Bowser (Super Mario)
- The Fighters (Tattoo Assassins)
- Mamizou Futatsuiwa (Touhou Project)
- Master Alchemist (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Ao Oni (Ao Oni)
- Robloxians (ROBLOX); via Evil Green Science Goo, Wizards of the Astral Isles Frog Transformer, The 8-Bit Sword, etc
Other
- Taako (The Adventure Zone)
- King Midas (Greek Mythology)
- Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
- The Fragmented One/WAN/he Eternal Network/Fuxi/The Maker of Machines/Hakhama/The Great Voice/Sophia/Mekhane/SCP-001 - TwistedGears/Kaktus Proposal - The Broken God (SCP Foundation)
- A bunch of horror writers/swn001-1/SCP-001 - S Andrew Swann's Proposal - The Database (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-217 - The Clockwork Virus (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-239 - The Witch Child (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-795 - Reality-Bending Cat- (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-956 - The Child-Breaker (SCP Foundation); upon eating SCP-956-1
- SCP-2845 - THE DEER (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-3396 - The Empyrean Parasite (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-3813 - The Fall of Hyperion (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-4028 - La Historia de Don Quixote de la Mancha (SCP Foundation)
- Marion Wheeler (SCP Foundation); via SCP-7381
- Robert Bumaro (SCP Foundation)
- Archons of Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
- Grand Karcist Ion (SCP Foundation)
- Allah/God/Yahweh (Abrahamic Religions)
- Siren Head (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
- The Earth (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
- Entity 33 - "The King" (The Backrooms)
Known Objects
- Old Blood (Bloodborne)
- Transmogrifier (Calvin and Hobbes)
- Reality Gauntlet (Danny Phantom)
- Reality Gem of Form (Danny Phantom)
- Locacaca (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VIII: Jojolion)
- Transdogrfier (Road Rovers)
- Pontiff's Left Eye & Pontiff's Right Eye (Dark Souls III)
- Ghost ÄRMs (MÄR/Marchen Awaken Romance)
- Reality Gem (Marvel Comics)
- DNA Ship (Red Dwarf)
- Mayflower (Red Dwarf:Last Human)
- SCP-914 - The Clockworks (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-826 - Draws You into the Book (SCP Foundation)
Known Powers
- Transformation Spell (Little Witch Academia)
Gallery
When the yellow Gem of Form is inserted in the Reality Gauntlet (Danny Phantom) it can turn things into anything the wearer desires.
Giorno Giovanna's Stand, Gold Experience Requiem (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
Kain as Scion of Balance has the powers of the Energy guardian, that was able to create a dome of energy that: "Absorbing and recreating, consuming life, and leave behind only a twisted parody".
Kain Hikaru (Fairy Tail) can use Ushi no Koku Mairi to transmute his body based on the structure of his voodoo dolls.
Firestorm (DC Comics) can manipulate and rearrange matter on a molecular level, allowing him to transform objects into other things such as a bomb into a balloon or water into cola.
Pontiff's Left Eye (Dark Souls III) is a type of ring created by Pontiff Sulyvahn to be given to his Outrider Knights, transforming them into frenzied beasts...
Discord (My Little Pony series) changes a Squirrel's appearance via Chaos Magic.
Mr. Mxyzptlk (DC Comics) uses Gesturify in order to transmogrify.
The Mirror Dimension (Marvel Cinematic Universe) is a parallel dimension that allows the user to practice their magical abilities and fight their enemies without the public's knowledge. It is known for rapidly distorting space and landscape, which sorcerers that visit it can control to an extent.
Powered by Dormammu and the Dark Dimension, the Ancient One's (Marvel Cinematic Universe) magical power exceeds that of most other sorcerers, allowing her to manipulate matter in and out of the Mirror Dimension.
Dormmammu's Zealots (Marvel Cinematic Universe), powered by the Dark Dimension and its ruler Dormammu...
Using the Reality Stone Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe) changes reality, using it to turn Drax into blocks...
When activated, the forbidden and horrendous Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance) alter the body they're attached to.
Majin Buu (Dragon Ball series) using his signature Transfiguration Beam to turn Dabura into a cookie...