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As the power of an evil creature increases, they become more of a [[One-Winged Angel|large, disfigured abomination]] -- ''until'' they cross the Bishonen Line, beyond which as they gain more power, they (re)gain humanoid form.
A possible [[In-Universe]] justification for this is that what's increasing is not only the creature's power, but also how much they ''control'' that
On some cases, this could also be viewed as the creature being [[Functional Genre Savvy]]. For example, a huge monstrous abomination cannot physically participate in the impressive martial arts stuff that a [[Fighting Series]] is built around, so if it's in one of those, it gains an advantage by reverting to a humanoid form that will fare better [[Kung Fu Fighting]].
This trope is also fueled by several out-of-universe factors. One, for example, is the [[Rule of Perception]]: You can only add so much [[Sculpted Physique|horrid detail]] to a monstrous creature before the design becomes busy and adding extra eyes, putrid tentacles, etc. just does not make that much of a visual impact any more. The only possible way left to get the audience's attention and signal "major change" is, paradoxically, to take all the monstrous features away. Also, drawing or rendering an ever-expanding monster is taxing in terms of resources; this is a particularly important consideration in animation or sequential art, where the same thing must be drawn over and over
See also [[Monstrosity Equals Weakness]], a [[Super-Trope]] of this, where more monstrous characters will be inherently weaker / less important than humanoid ones; [[Sculpted Physique]], which may be applied to "cosmetically" or grotesquely; [[Monster Lord]], where this trope divides leaders and [[
Compare [[The Man Behind the Monsters]] for an exogenous demonstration of this, and [[Crystal Spires and Togas]], which is more or less this trope applied to entire civilizations.
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** Saiyans initially reach their highest power by transforming into mindless giant apes, but later reach a power level where their hair just turns blonde and spikier (Super Saiyan 1). Super Saiyan 3 is a very mild subversion: the most prominent change is that a Saiyan's hair gets extremely long, but he also has his eyebrows vanish and his [[Forehead of Doom|forehead grow]], producing a Neanderthal-like look.
** Frieza's intermediate states are larger and more monstrous than his delicate-looking final form. His second form looks to a large extent like a much bigger version of his first, plus his horns become bull-like (allowing them to gore an opponent, which he does in fact do). His third form looks like an even freakier version of the [[Alien (franchise)|Queen Alien]], except in Frieza's standard two-tone purple color scheme. His final form, though, looks almost human (aside from the tail, reptilian/alien ears, and prehensile feet), and even seems downright unimpressive, even to the other characters, until he starts kicking ass. He bulks back up when powering up to 100%, though.
** Frieza's brother Cooler has a ''fifth'' form, which is bigger and muscular than any of Frieza's, but streamlined, sort of like a cross between Frieza's third and fourth.
** Cell's initial form looks like some kind of a reptile-insect hybrid. His second form is slightly more humanoid, but bulkier and even more monstrous. His ultimate form, shorter than the last one, looks a lot like a very chiseled bishounen wearing reptile/bug armor. This might be justified because Cell transforms by absorbing the Androids, who are made from and resemble normal humans.
** Majin Buu's final form is that of a boy ("Kid Buu"), as opposed to the hulking Fat Buu and the muscular Super Buu. Unlike most examples, Kid Buu isn't technically his ''strongest'' form, but it's still the most ''dangerous''. Fat Buu represented a fusion with the bulky and pacifistic Great Kai, which in turn tempered Buu's desire for destruction. Super Buu fused with a bunch of warriors, and put off [[Kill'Em All|wiping out humanity]] for as long as possible so he could [[Blood Knight|get a better fight out of the heroes]]. Kid Buu was weaker than any of the above, but he destroyed planets with the glee of a child destroying someone's sand castle.
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** In ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'', the Super Saiyan 4 transformation initially turns Goku into a giant ''gold'' ape (the same as before but in Super Saiyan mode), but when he reaches full power, he reverts to a very buff humanoid with some fur. Arguably, SS4 could be considered the Bishounen Line of Super Saiyan transformations. Super Saiyan mostly gets spikier hair, Super Saiyan 2 gets really spiky hair and bigger muscles, SS3 gets bigger muscles, huge hair, and the face tends to get less human (emotionally, but it changes physically as well), then Super Saiyan 4 goes to the same as the normal Saiyan but with red body fur and marks under the eyes. Super Saiyan 2 also has a Bishounen Mode effect with False SS2: Vegeta and Trunks get more and more buff until they're too slow and can't quite focus their power, then {{spoiler|Gohan}} breaks through to true SS2, which is spiky hair and muscle tone instead of bulk.
* ''[[Bleach]]''
** Hollows start out as
** As of now, we have seen {{spoiler|three}} Vasto Lorde classes in full; [http://images.wikia.com/darknesswithinshadow/images/4/4c/Baraggan%27s_1st_Form_%28Vasto_Lorde_Form%29.jpg Barragan], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131023213610/http://images.wikia.com/bleach/en/images/4/43/Harribel_Hollow_Lorde_Form_2.png Harribel], and {{spoiler|[http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/Oceano_Seina/UNMASKED/unmaskedcomic7.jpg the disturbingly adorable Ulquiorra.]}} Surprisingly, all three have been docile in their own ways; Barragan did nothing, Harrible didn't like fighting, and {{spoiler|Ulquiorra couldn't eat others.}}
** Aizen does all kinds of bad things to this trope. He starts off as a bishonen, evolves into a featureless humanoid, evolves into a DIFFERENT bishonen with a hint of [[One-Winged Angel]], then goes properly OWA in the wrong order, starting with the 'angel' and finally ending in 'bizarro'. It's not so much the Bishonen Line as the Bishonen Scribble.
** Averted with Yammy, who never seems to cross the Bishonen Line. He just keeps getting bigger and bigger with each power level. This is probably the reason why {{spoiler|he's so weak even if he's deemed the strongest espada #0, as Byakuya and Kenpachi were able to beat him without too much effort, both of which were given quite a bit of trouble with espada #7 and #5.}}
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' has an interesting take on this trope. Most of the antagonists on the show are in a human form but the ones that are fought during the Saint Beast and Dark Tournament arc seem to follow this. During the Saint Beast arc, the four leads have to fight the Four Saint beasts and each one looks more human than the last going from Genbu (the giant talking rock), Byakko (the giant white tiger), Seiryu (the giant blue humanoid dragon) and finally their leader Suzaku the most human looking out of the four and the absolute strongest and most sadistic. Then in the Dark Tournament most of the more humaniod opponents are shown with varied levels of strength. Take the very first round against the Rokuyokai team. Roto who fought the Bishonen Kurama was the weakest and looked much less human than the stronger Rinku, Zeru and Chu who was the strongest. This is somewhat averted though with the Younger Togoro who gets less human as his power increases.
* ''[[Digimon]]'' does this quite often. In fact, a pretty good way to tell if a
** Palmon/Lilymon is a perfect example of the trope, going from short, cute plant-monster to giant cactus with boxing gloves to beautiful, pink humanoid.
** Or just compare either Agumon line (Small Dinosaur > Big Dinosaur > Even Bigger Cybernetic Dinosaur >
** Zig-Zagged in ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'', however. In this series, the characters turn into the
** More Zig-Zagging in ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', Agumon and Gaomon's ultimate/mega forms are by far their largest, but also most
** Most series will subvert this if villains have an evolved form.
** It's actually discussed in ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', as the Four Holy Beasts and the Devas, wanting to differentiate themselves from their human creators as much as possible, took on giant animal forms.
* The Akuma from ''[[D.Gray-man|D Gray Man]]'' start off looking like round things with cannons; by level two they could look like pretty much anything; by level 3, they resemble humanoid armored creatures. When they reach {{spoiler|level 4, they resemble a freaky angel-like child with three halos and fairy wings}}. Straight out of the [[Uncanny Valley]].
* The demons of ''[[Inuyasha]]'' don't transform in stages, but there is a visible progression in power; small demons, larger demons, monstrously huge demons, and then the most powerful, who can generally assume a human-like form, much as the title half-demon hero's father (as shown in the third movie), as well as his full-demon brother. Another example would be the referenced father of a monstrous-looking half-demon named Jinenji, a horse-demon, who was said to be a handsome man. Exceptions exist, but size is a general indicator of power, with the most powerful obviously able to hop the Bishonen Line at will. One character notes that while many demons are huge and horrific, the ones that take human form are often far more dangerous.
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** Of course the 18th Angel is {{spoiler|humanity as a whole.}} You don't get any more humanoid than that.
** ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' subverts this with {{spoiler|Zeruel. It eats Eva-00, and mutates into a humanoid form that's even bigger than he was in its monstrous form.}}
* The Bishonen Line in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' works similarly to the one in ''InuYasha''
* Rob Lucci in ''[[One Piece]]'' uses his devil's fruit ability to turn into a giant leopard-man, but one of his [[Charles Atlas Superpower|kung-fu techniques]] is the ability to shrink himself down to normal proportions, making him much more agile.
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', the [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|[http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/SanCerulean/Homuncurus.jpg Father] first appeared in the form of Hohenheim, a handsome [http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/SanCerulean/462px-Father1.jpg older man]. He then reverted to a formless blob with too many eyeballs, until Chapter 104 where he finally settled for [http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a271/SanCerulean/806px-Brotherhood61.jpg a teenage Hohenheim]}}.
* Followed by ''[[Zatch Bell]]'', save for the fact that very few characters actually transform there. Weakest mamodo opponents encountered at the beginning mostly look like humans with cosmetic differences, then much less human-like mamodo, up to and including gigantic dragons, make their entry, yet the first two [[Big Bad
* An heroic example in ''[[Naruto]]'': Both Naruto and Killerbee are [[Sealed Inside a Person
** Another heroic example is Sage Mode. Jiraiya's imperfect Sage Mode gives him a goatey, warts, webbed fingers and other toad-like features. The only physical changes Naruto gains from perfect Sage Mode are toad-eyes.
== Films -- Animation ==
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== Literature ==
* In ''Master of the Five Magics'' by [[Lyndon Hardy]], the Demons have a hierarchy of power. The least powerful are near human, but they grow larger and more bizarrely monstrous as they become more potent. The Archdemon, however, has the form of a lightly built human male. Interestingly enough, a demon's physical power has very little to do with his rank: a demon's rank is based on his ability to make others submit to his will. Each demon has a different method, some inflicting pain on others, others use pleasure, or despair, or any number of other emotions. The Archdemon, however, can use ALL of these abilities, drowning his opponent in an ocean of conflicting emotions.
* ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'': Souls become less and less human in appearance as Dante makes his tour of the afterlife, going from Hell to
* In [[Lois McMaster Bujold|Lois McMaster Bujold's]] ''[[The Sharing Knife]]'' series, the monsters of the series are known as "malices," creatures of sentient destructive energy which drain the life force of all surrounding creatures in order to build horrific, misshapen forms, and which grow geometrically stronger the more they feed. Over the series we see several different monstrous forms of malices: a werewolf malice that fed on wolves, a flying malice that fed on bats...but the most advanced and most dangerous of the malices they fight is one that has consumed so many human lives that it has developed a stunningly beautiful, superhuman form.
* ''[[Codex Alera]]'' has a Bishoujo Line example: The Vord queens start out fairly insectile, then go through a marginally more human look before eventually graduating to a {{spoiler|"green Kitai"}} form that tries for [[Cute Monster Girl]] but [[Uncanny Valley|falls a little flat]].
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]''
** The Gruffs follow a Bishonen Line. The first ones we
** The Denarians play around with this trope. Nicodemus, the most powerful, is always in human form, while the second most powerful, Tessa, can become a praying mantis. The other Denarians take a variety of forms, with [[Cute Monster Girl|Rosanna and Deirdre]] among the most humanoid.
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* In the series finale of ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'', the restored Pai Zhua masters summon a higher level of the powers that the Rangers use. It turns them into furries. At the climax, however, the Rangers summon the ''highest'' level of power, reaching a level never seen before. This involves unmorphing and throwing CGI fireballs.
* The series ''[[Super Sentai]]'' counterpart subverted this, the series [[Big Bad]] Long's true form is a giant quadrapedle-multiheaded dragon, one of the franchise few non-humanoid monsters.
* Anubis on ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' does this. For most of the series, his appearance is that of a cloaked figure, revealed to be a dark, shadowy form of energy. When said shadow-being loses the forcefield containing it, Anubis then takes to possessing various human hosts (seemingly "burning them out" in the process). His "final form" (at least, the last time we see him) is a creepy fat guy in a wafflehouse.
* Lucifer on ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''. Now, all his forms are human, but he rules over the world in Sam's body in the [[Bad Future]] episode.
* Mayor Wilkins on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' became totally invincible while still human, but with a 100-day time
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** Asmodeus, king of the Nine Hells and most powerful Archdevil of all, is most commonly encountered looking like "an unprepossessing humanoid with red eyes, horns, and well-tailored robes." Recent sourcebooks have increased his height to thirteen feet, though. (But it is mentioned in a few books that his true form is some kind of monstrous, serpent-like beast.) This example is pretty clearly based on certain depictions of Satan. Lucifer was traditionally both the most powerful and the most beautiful of angels, at least prior to his Fall. (And, in some versions, he retains both qualities even afterward.)
** D&D also has the slaadi, extradimensional spirits of Chaos which, as they get more powerful, get bigger and
** Many lines of extraplanar beings follow this rule. for example the [[Lawful Neutral]] Modrons: the lowest have basic geometric shapes with eyes and arms; the higher you rise in their ranks, the more humanoids they are.
** Daelkyr of ''[[Eberron]]'', the ultimate rulers of the plane of madness, lords and creators of monstrosities such as beholders and mind flayers, resemble "perfectly formed athletic human males, possessing unearthly beauty."
* Shows up occasionally in the ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer
** Generally proceeds like this: the weakest or stupidest daemons are entirely inhuman and animalistic. Daemonic foot-soldiers are bestial humanoids, but lack intelligence beyond basic tactics. Greater daemons are gigantic bestial humanoids that are basically avatars of their respective god and can lead entire armies of their ilk - depending on the god they might also be dangerously intelligent. Daemon princes are humans raised up to daemonic level - they're on par with greater daemons, but generally more humanoid and more dangerously intelligent. Finally in Warhammer 40,000 there are the Daemon Primarchs, who were demigods before they were raised to daemonhood and are now some of the most dangerous beings in existence. They can assume human or indeed any form seemingly at will, and will kill almost anything that gets in their way.
** Daemonic possession usually inverts the line - as the daemonhost becomes more dangerous, its form becomes less and less human until it reaches [[One-Winged Angel]] status. If the host is destroyed the wrong way, though, the daemon proper might emerge crossing the
** Larger Tyranid creatures become bipedal, but never cross the
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* Played straight and averted at the same time for all the dragons' Super forms in ''Dragon Seeds''. They evolve from Baby, to Adult, and to Senior, gradually becoming more complex and massive each time, with one dragon type even becoming a ''harrier''! From there, they can branch off into two categories: Old, where they retain their Senior form, but lose a bunch of stats and only live for a few more days (dragon years), and Super, which plays the trope straight, and they revert into a more humanoid form that looks relatively small, but becomes biologically immortal and ungodly powerful. So powerful, in fact, that you can't do anything else with the dragon but defend the title of World Dragon Champion (assuming you did get to that point) and duel against another player.
* Nintendo realized in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' that the humanoid Ganondorf was a far more compelling character and thus a better arch-enemy than his boarlike bestial form Ganon, so they saved the duel with Ganondorf for ''last'', following a battle with a giant transforming puppet version of Ganon. In ''[[Twilight Princess]]'' {{spoiler|they did it all over again, giving the big man ''two'' human phases ''after'' you'd already dealt with his bestial form.}}
** Tingle's as well. Compare [
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'''s [[Bigger Bad|The Imprisoned]] starts off as a giant [[Armless Biped]] covered in black-red scales with only a mouth and legs. Its second form grows arms, and its third form grows a tail, as well as the ability to levitate. {{spoiler|Once it absorbs the Goddess Hylia's soul, it achieves its true form Demon King Demise, which pretty much resembles [[X Meets Y|a cross between]] Ganondorf and [[Street Fighter|Akuma]].}}
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]''
** In ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', mad scientist Hojo seems mostly normal in his weakest form, except for strange movements and a slightly greenish tint to his skin. Defeating him in this form allows you to fight Helletic Hojo, a huge and ugly mutant. When Hellectic Hojo is defeated, he becomes Lifeform Hojo N/A, an eerily-beautiful humanlike creature draped in white.
** ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' did it again, with the iconic
** ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]: [[Crisis Core]]'' does this too, with {{spoiler|Genesis Avatar, a hundred-foot-tall [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]]-esque monster knight, as the first form, and the final battle with Genesis being a straight sword duel after he's [[This Was His True Form|inexplicably reverted]] to his normal and non-decayed form.}} Gameplay-wise this may or may not be an example. The Avatar is going to be a [[Marathon Boss|long and tedious]], if not difficult, fight regardless of what you do. The human form can and will mess you up...provided you go into melee. It can be [[Weaksauce Weakness|stunlocked by magic]], making the fight something of a joke.
** ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]: [[Dirge of Cerberus]]'' is also guilty, with Nero. He transforms into the huge and malformed Arachnero, and then into the human-sized and pretty Gorgonero.
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* In ''[[Treasure of the Rudra]]'', {{spoiler|Mitra fits the theme, as she starts as a statue-like being, then a giant half-human, half-serpent monster, and then assumes a smaller, more humanoid form for the final battle.}}
* ''[[Castlevania]]''
** In the original PC Engine version of ''[[Castlevania: Rondo of Blood]]'' (and the prologue sequence to its sequel, ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]''), Dracula's
** In ''Symphony of the Night'' and ''[[Castlevania: Harmony of Despair|Harmony of Despair]]'', Dracula's final form is a massive dragon, but Dracula's human form is visible slouching in the center of it.
** Graham in ''[[Castlevania Aria of Sorrow]]'' has a [[One-Winged Angel]] transformation, with him sitting comfortably within what appears to be two giant pale women ''joined at the eyes and ribs''. Dracula in general, with Dracula's incaration here as Soma Cruz, later in the series, being by far the bishiest.
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* Hunters from ''[[Prototype (video game)|Prototype]]'' are massive, ugly hulks. Leader Hunters are even larger, even uglier and even more powerful. {{spoiler|The Supreme Hunter}}, on the other hand, while impossible to call handsome, is still slightly better-looking than the previous two, not that much bigger than Alex, and predictably even more powerful than Leader Hunters. Alex himself is also bordering on physical godhood by endgame, though he usually looks like a normal human. {{spoiler|PARIAH looks completely human, and as far as the Web of Intrigue can say, is capable of single-handedly wiping out all life on Earth.}}
* Many ''[[Pokémon]]'' get more humanoid as they evolve; Abra to Alakazam, Torchic to Blaziken, Mareep to Ampharos, just to name a few examples. Some subvert this, such as Togepi.
* ''MS Saga'', the failed ''[[Gundam]]'' RPG, exhibits this with the final boss's [[Humongous Mecha]]. He starts the fight in the [http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/cca/nz-333.htm Alpha Azieru] from ''[[Chars Counterattack]]'' and, when that's destroyed, uses the [[Lost Technology|G-System]] to turn it into a black version of [https://web.archive.org/web/20121230193220/http://mahq.net/mecha/gundam/endlesswaltz/xxxg-00w0.htm Wing Zero Custom] from ''[[Gundam Wing]]''.
* In ''[[Spectrobes]]'' the [[The Heartless|Krawl]] start off as relatively small monsters, growing in size slowly with each passing boss until the final boss who is relatively large, basically the largest enemy of all (to say nothing of your ally Tindera). Immediately in the second game you are introduced to the {{spoiler|high Krawl}} who are human shaped Krawl. but then this trope is subverted as the {{spoiler|high Krawl}} all {{spoiler|go [[One-Winged Angel]]}}. but then this is [[Doubly Subverted]] with {{spoiler|the final boss[[Sequential Boss|(s)]]}} who are all massive and only grow larger until {{spoiler|you face the ultimate Spectrobe, whom you ''cant'' defeat. then this trope is [[Playing with a Trope|somethinged]] by the [[True Final Boss]] being [[Fallen Hero|Krux]], a human.}}
* In ''[[The World Ends With You]]'', when {{spoiler|Sho Minamimoto becomes part Taboo Noise}}, he basically just loses his [[Nice Hat]] and gains another [[Red Right Hand|black hand]]; much more human than his original [[One-Winged Angel|noise form]], and he becomes, in his own words, strong enough to rival the Conductor.
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* ''[[Adventurers!]]'' is the Trope Namer, as seen above. Khrima goes from a human sorcerer, through two progressively monstrous forms, and then takes on his final form, which is far more human.
* ''[[Homestuck]]'': This is seen with the prototyping of the Black Queen's Ring in the Kid's Sburb session. The Black Queen starts as a carapaced humanoid, until John enters the Medium. As he prototyped his Kernelsprite with a maimed harlequin doll, she loses most of her left arm, gets a scar over her right eye, and has a jester's hat sprout from her head. Then, Rose's dual prototyping gives her cat cheeks and [[Combat Tentacles]]. Then Dave's prototyping gives her crow wings and a sword ([[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|it starts out in her torso]], but she can remove it at will). {{spoiler|Then Jack kills her and takes the ring, and all this applies to him. Then, with the final prototyping of Becquerel, Jack loses the "hat", cat cheeks, and tentacles, in exchange for a canine head and [[Reality Warper|god-like powers]]. He can bring back all the other stuff at will, though.}} This would seem to be a side effect of prototyping {{spoiler|a First Guardian}}; when the trolls prototype with dead monsters and a frog statue, the Black King and Queen of their session retained features from all 12 prototypings and wind up looking completely monstrous.
* ''[[Spacetrawler]]'': After Yuri becomes a cyborg, she starts constantly upgrading
== Western Animation ==
* In the fourth season of ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]]'', [[Lex Luthor]] is [[Grand Theft Me|possessed]] by the intelligent supercomputer Brainiac, who turns his body into a hulking, half-machine, betentacled monstrosity with a robotic "face" on its abdomen, containers sticking out of his back, and tentacles coming out of his arms. Then they "merge completely" into one being with the power to remake matter with a thought, and become...green-skinned Lex Luthor wearing gold armor and a Brainiac tattoo on his forehead. This "complete merger" {{spoiler|just gets broken off and then phased out by [[The Flash]]}}.
* Shows up in ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', of all places. In "The Two Faces of Squidward", Squidward receives plastic [http://sharetv.org/images/guide/357687.jpg surgery]{{Dead link}} and after trying (and failing) to undo it, he comes out like [http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcr54eXoyE1qcucbpo1_500.gif this.]
* In ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien|Ben 10 Ultimate Alien]]'', Ben 10,000's most powerful form just happens to be{{spoiler|...himself, not having any alien features. In this form (called "Ultimate Ben"), he can use the powers of all the aliens in the Ultimatrix without having to transform into them.}}
* In ''[[Wakfu]]'', Rushu at first looks huge, demonic-looking, and brimming with fire. His ''true'' form is a much smaller cyclopean humanoid demon that is actually even more powerful than his giant form. The only opponent strong enough to force him to fight in this form is {{spoiler|Goultard, the demigod son of Iop himself.}}
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