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There's also an increasingly common [[Wrong Genre Savvy|subversion]]: because of personal issues between the hero and the character the shape shifter takes the form of, the hero actually becomes ''more'' willing to attack. Also, all the shape shifter may do is succeed in pushing the [[Relative Button]].
Also see [[
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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|Body Surfing]] 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
* Parodied in ''[[Ranma One Half]]'', 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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* During ''[[Secret Invasion]]'', several Skrulls shapeshift into corpses and claim to be victims of [[Civil War (Comic Book)|the Stamford Incident]]. Although it works on Penance at first, [[Wangst|he remembers the faces of everyone who really perished]] and attacks.
* ''[[Astonishing X Men]]'': Subverted (and inverted?) in [[Joss Whedon]]'s run. Kitty Pryde is confronted with Colossus (the genuine article); not believing it's really Colossus, back from the dead, she tells him that if he's a robot or a clone, she'll understand, but if he's a shapeshifter or illusionist, he's in for a new meaning of pain.
* In ''[[Nodwick]]'', the party encounters an undead monstrosity that uses magic to make whoever is looking at it see a dead mentor or parental figure they would trust implicitly (Nodwick sees his former guildmaster, Arthax sees the man who trained him to be a wizard, Piffany sees the head priest who raised her and Rowan sees her adventurer father). All of them can only stare dead-eyed at it and mumble "I thought you were dead". Fortunately, while the magic also affected [[Our Dragons Are Different|Orville]], his species of dragon instinctually try to [[Self
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'''Illyria''': Yet you strike at her form without sentiment.<br />
'''Spike''': You ain't her. I can see it. ''Lord'' knows I can smell it. And I got no problem hitting it. }}
* Also done in the ''[[
* On ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'', Candace (who can actually cast illusions, but used it in a way equivalent to shapeshifting) as Simone to Isaac.
* Notably averted on ''[[Alias (TV)|Alias]]''. The heroes want to kill her ''extra''.
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** In the beginning of the sequel, Darth Vader orders Starkiller to destroy a droid that looks like Juno Eclipse, but he can't. The game's novelization includes a scene where Starkiller is confronted by a Juno droid again, as well as droids of his friends and father, but this time he declares that dreams and memories have no power over him anymore and destroys them all. {{spoiler|[[Evil Knockoff|The Dark Apprentice]] destroyed his Juno droid and declared that he felt ''nothing.''}}
* Completely averted in ''[[Prototype (Video Game)|Prototype]]''. If Alex is discovered by the military, while shape shifted, the military will not hesitate to fire on him -- even if you're in the guise of a respected commander, unarmed woman, or someone they wouldn't dare think about hurting otherwise. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilariously]], if you use the Patsy ability to accuse someone of being Alex, the poor sod gets gunned down with an equal lack of restraint.
* In ''[[Metroid]]'' {{spoiler|Gandrayda}} pulls one of these once you [[
* ''[[Dantes Inferno (Video Game)|Dantes Inferno]]'': Lucifer takes the shape of Dante, along with his form massacring innocent people in his grand illusions, to break the will of Dante's wife's soul, Beatrice.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'', the final totema attempts this in a cut scene. It changes from Ritz, to Doned, to Mewt (all characters with a close relation to the main character), and then finally to the main character himself, each one trying a different tactic to try to get him to {{spoiler|stay in the world and not destroy the final crystal}}. None of it works, though it does succeed in briefly mind fucking the main character.
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