Category:Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting and transformation are the ability to completely change one's body from one form to another, usually by magic or Applied Phlebotinum. Common in Speculative Fiction, and folklore and myths are replete with tales of princes transformed into frogs, gods turning themselves into animals, and so on. Several of these tropes are Older Than Feudalism.
There are a wide variety of ways that this can occur, but thematically it can be sorted into two broad classes:
- Shapeshifting: A character can transform their own body as a special power or ability. Obviously enough, they are called shapeshifters, and often ply their powers for fun and profit (whether good or evil), or simply to trick or play practical jokes on normal folks.
- Transformation: An otherwise non-shapeshifting character has a transformation cast upon them from an outside source (again, usually by magic or Applied Phlebotinum). This is typically Played for Drama; it may be part of a character's backstory, or even form the central conflict within the work. Curses are a popular source here, as it requires the character to go on a Quest to satisfy the Curse Escape Clause. A list of possible causes for transformations can be found here.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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- Werebeast Tropes (16 P)
Pages in category "Shapeshifting"
The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total.
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- Scaled Up
- Second Law of Gender Bending
- Selkies and Wereseals
- Sense Freak
- Sexier Alter Ego
- Shapeshifter Baggage
- Shapeshifter Default Form
- Shapeshifter Guilt Trip
- Shapeshifter Identity Crisis
- Shapeshifter Mode Lock
- Shapeshifter Showdown
- Shapeshifter Weapon
- Shapeshifters Do It for a Change
- Shapeshifting Lover
- Shapeshifting Seducer
- Shapeshifting Squick
- Shapeshifting/Analysis
- Shapeshifting/Laconic
- Showing Off the New Body
- Sizeshifter
- Skin Walker
- Slow Transformation
- Super Smoke
- Swiss Army Hero
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- They Look Like Us Now
- Third Law of Gender Bending
- This Was His True Form
- Toon Transformation
- Totally Not a Werewolf
- Transformation Comic
- Transformation Conventions
- Transformation Is a Free Action
- Transformation of the Possessed
- Transformation Ray
- Transformation Sequence
- Transformation Trinket
- Transforming Mecha
- Tricking the Shapeshifter
Media in category "Shapeshifting"
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