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{{quote|'''Alina:''' Probability distribution of... electron cloud!

'''Dmitri:''' Density with mass reaching boundaries of... the Chandrasekhar limit! }}

* In ''Cheer,'' Jo tries to activate the mysterious (and thus far useless) wand she's found [http://cheer.thewotch.com/index.php?date=20060706 via Grayskull phrases], similar to Peter Parker trying to [[How Do I Shot Web?|use his weblines]] in the first ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' movie. She even starts to try the original, but doesn't get to finish.

* In ''Cheer,'' Jo tries to activate the mysterious (and thus far useless) wand she's found [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522040457/http://cheer.thewotch.com/index.php?date=20060706 via Grayskull phrases], similar to Peter Parker trying to [[How Do I Shot Web?|use his weblines]] in the first ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]'' movie. She even starts to try the original, but doesn't get to finish.

* Parodied in ''Tales of Mynarski Forest''; when the delusional Heywood raises his "magic sword" to the sky with a call of "By the Powers of Numbskull!" he gets struck by lightning with [http://mynarskiforest.purrsia.com/xsl06_21.htm predictable results].

* Played with in one ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' [[Filler Strips|filler comic]]: Ellen, having nicknamed her boobs "The Wonder Twins", yells "Wonder Twin powers... ACTIVATE!"

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* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', Zoe's transformation powers are enacted by the words "shupid" and "kwi". However, this works whether said by her or somebody else. (Kind of has to, since her alternate form is that of a camel... which can't talk.)

* In ''[http://www.wcihigh.com/?p=259 WCI High]'', plain-looking Blossom Pearl transforms into sexy Awesome Girl by using her magic word, which is actually "MAGIC WORD", {{spoiler|an acronym which stands for "Mighty Awesome Girl I Call, With Outstanding Rackage, Doll!"}}

* In ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100716054603/http://www.wcihigh.com/?p=259 WCI High]'', plain-looking Blossom Pearl transforms into sexy Awesome Girl by using her magic word, which is actually "MAGIC WORD", {{spoiler|an acronym which stands for "Mighty Awesome Girl I Call, With Outstanding Rackage, Doll!"}}

* ''[[PvP]]'' featured a comic about the minor random character Lolbat, who is shown to be a child who activates the power of ancient memes with the phrase, "It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!"

* Averted in ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'': while V does say "Shapechange" before transforming into {{spoiler|a pink dragon}} for the first time, this is not what actually triggers the transformation. Rather, virtually all spellcasting in ''OotS'' has ''the name of the spell'' as a verbal component. The next time V transforms, no verbal statement is necessary, as the ''Shapechange'' spell's duration has not expired.

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** The sister series ''[[Silverhawks]]'' also had a villain with a transformation speech: "Moon Star of Limbo! Give me the might! The muscle! The menace! Of MON...STARR!!"

* ''[[Winx Club]]'': Before 4Kids edited it, Bloom says "Bloom Magic Winx!" some of the time before transforming, with the other fairies substituting their names instead. Around season 2, it got reduced to just "Magic Winx!" When the girls earned [[Frilly Upgrade|new outfits]], 4Kids did have the girls saying "Go Enchantix!" for a while.

** [http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2184092&postcount=116 Not everyone] likes transformation phrases.

** [http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showpost.php?p=2184092&postcount=116 Not everyone]{{Dead link}} likes transformation phrases.

* Possibly similar to ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'s'' "Go, Go, Gadget ''X!''", a phrase that was used to activate the required gadget 80% of the time.

** You mean the wrong one 80% of the time.

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** There was also an equivalent "power down" phrase: "Show's over, Synergy."

* The segment "Arabian Knights" from ''[[The Banana Splits]]'' had the sorcerer Bez transform into a different creature by proclaiming, "Size of a... (dog, elephant, cow, what-have-you)!"

* ''[[Teamo Supremo]]'''s transformation sequence, which had all three of the kids jumping with Brenda's skipping rope, was always triggered by Crandall saying, "Rope me, Brenda!" (obviously not in the way shown [http://outcastsproductions.deviantart.com/art/WHAPPAH-13099854 here], though one wonders if he ever wanted it that way).

* ''[[Teamo Supremo]]'''s transformation sequence, which had all three of the kids jumping with Brenda's skipping rope, was always triggered by Crandall saying, "Rope me, Brenda!" (obviously not in the way shown [http://outcastsproductions.deviantart.com/art/WHAPPAH-13099854 here]{{Dead link}}, though one wonders if he ever wanted it that way).

* 90's toon, ''[[Mummies Alive]]'' had the four titular mummies proclaim "With the strength of Ra!" before going [[Stock Footage|going trough their transformation sequence]].

* In ''[[Defenders of the Earth]]'', the Phantom would activate his super-strength by chanting "By jungle law, the Ghost Who Walks calls forth the power of ten tigers." His transformation sequence would then show... varying numbers of tiger heads passing into his body.