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Also see [[Shapeshifter Swan Song]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Envy of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' positively ''loves'' this. In a pivotal moment, he uses this to {{spoiler|kill Hughes by transforming into a replica of the wife he adores, which makes poor old Hughes hesitate just long enough to get shot}}. And given Envy's regenerative powers, it wasn't really necessary either, it was just [[For the Evulz]].
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* In ''[[Bleach]]'', the hollow Grand Fisher has a lure on his head. By reading his target's psyche, he can transform that lure into the person the target cares about the most. He impersonates Ichigo's dead mother early on in the series.
** {{spoiler|Later on, an Arrancar also impersonates Kaien Shiba, Rukia's mentor, to great effect. This particular one happened to be the 9th Espada, Aaroniero Arruruerie}}. In both cases, the impersonator had eaten the impersonate-ee.
* The ''[[Sorcerer Hunters]]'' manga had a variation: We eventually learn that [[Body Surf]]ing demon Almond Rassel had been trapped in the body of Apricot, the [[Missing Mom]] of Carrot and Marron. In the final battle, Almond has to fight Onion Glace (Carrot's [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Crouching Moron Hidden]] [[Retired Badass]] father), and plays his current body for all it's worth. Onion has no problem attacking [[Doppelganger Spin|Almond's clones]], but can't bring himself to attack the real body of his wife. His solution: grab on to Almond and [[Taking You with Me|stab them both]] with his [[Precision-Guided Boomerang|boomeranging]] [[
* Parodied in ''[[Ranma ½]]'', when the Cat Demon possessed {{spoiler|Genma}}, thinking that Ranma wouldn't attack {{spoiler|him}}. Ranma's response: IT'S EXORCISM TIME!
** To explain further, it really didn't help that {{spoiler|Genma forced Ramna to fight [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|a giant cat]] since, no matter how weak a demon it was, Ranma is utterly ''terrified'' of cats. Right before booting his son towards said terror, Genma says that it's a martial artist's job to defeat demons, no matter what. Ranma repeats that right before beating up his old man.}}
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== Fan
* In the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' fanfic, ''A Match made in Hell'', the [[Big Bad]] tried this separately on Sora, Roxas, and Pete, transforming into everyone they knew, including Organization XIII.
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* In Juliet Marillier's ''[[The Sevenwaters Trilogy|Child of the Prophecy]]'', the [[Evil Matriarch]] Oonagh does this during the middle of the climactic showdown: {{spoiler|while facing off her son and granddaughter, she takes on the appearance of the son's dead wife. Made worse by the fact that she killed the wife in the first place. This throws her son off-balance long enough that she would have killed him, had his half-brother not intervened.}}
* ''[[Harry Potter]]''
** A spell in ''[[Harry Potter and
** A Boggart does this to Mrs. Weasley in ''Order of the Phoenix'', tormenting her by transforming into an image of her children, dead. {{spoiler|Comes true in ''Deathly Hallows.''}}
* In ''[[The Space Trilogy|Perelandra]]'', Ransom is fighting the Un-man (the demon-possessed undead corpse of Weston, the previous book's villain) when it suddenly reverts to Weston's actual personality and begs for mercy. Ransom ignores it, and the narration points out that Weston's actual soul had most likely been completely subsumed long before.
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== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Drowtales]]'' [[Eldritch Abomination|Khaless]] does this to Lulianne [https://web.archive.org/web/20100315185709/http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1286 using the face of her niece Sael], who Khaless may have killed and/or absorbed.
* A half-example appeared in everybody's favorite [[Trope Overdosed]] work, ''[[Order of the Stick]]'', when [[Spoony Bard|Elan]]'s [[Evil Twin]], [[Sdrawkcab Name|Nale]], faces off against [[The Leader|Roy]]. If he was hoping that Roy would be reluctant to attack someone who looks identical to one of his party-members, he was [[Berserk Button|DEAD WRONG]].
{{quote|'''Roy''': I've been suppressing the urge to beat the crap out of someone who looks EXACTLY like you for a long, long time.}}
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