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Lots of [[Phlebotinum]] is voice activated: [[Star Trek|Kirk]] talked to the computer, [[Knight Rider|Michael talked to KITT]], [[Automan]] talked to Cursor. But there is no place where a voice activation is more universally required than when triggering a [[Transformation Sequence]].
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A common [[Anime]] phenomenon, where it may be a form of [[Calling Your Attacks]]. In the Japanese dialog of [[Sentai]] and [[Anime]], the word "Henshin"
Differs from [[In the Name of the Moon]] in that By The Power Of Grayskull is the activation password for the [[Applied Phlebotinum]], while [[In the Name of the Moon]] is a harangue directed at the opposition.
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This is the magic [[Catch Phrase]] that actually causes or facilitates the transformation. For one that is simply a cool kind of rallying cry or way to get the adrenaline pumping ("Flame On!", for example), see [[Invocation]]. When either of these contains (or is) the ''name'' of the hero's new form, it's [[Transformation Name Announcement]].
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** The dub changed it to "Power Pendant, Mew-tamorphosis!"
* ''[[Trinity Blood]]'': "[[Nanomachines|Nano-machine]] Crusnik 02, starting operation at X percent level!". Every time Abel says that, he transforms from a big [[The Ditz|ditz]] into an incredibly badass killer.
* The [[Empathic Weapon
** It's also parodied. Urahara tells Ichigo that the only way to activate some "magic armor" is to yell "TAKE THIS! THE POWER OF JUSTICE! JUSTICE ARMOR! JUSTICE HACHIMAKI! EQUIP!" at the top of his lungs. Ichigo eventually figures out it's useless, but not before humiliating himself. It later shows up as an actually useful item in a filler arc, leading to much outrage from Ichigo.
** While fighting Starrk, the two with the longest release 'phrases' - Kyoraku and Ukitake - activate the first release simply with the names of their swords and without fanfare (contrast with Stark's rather more showy transformation). Helpful given the potential for such lengthy verses getting interrupted by the Genre Savvy.
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* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Western mages have personal "key" phrases to say before reciting spells. (For example, Negi's is "Ras tel ma scrir magister") There's also a 'training' key phrase for novice mages who don't have a personal one yet.
** And Pactio cards, which summon a magical artifact for the user with the activation key "Adeat".
* Modified in the ''[[Karas]]'' [[OAV
* ''[[Wedding Peach]]'' had two for each hero, because they each had two [[Transformation Sequence|transformations]].
** Spoofed in ''[[Wedding Peach Abridged]]'' with, "Bridal Striptease, Go!"
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* 1970s [[Wonder Woman]] rip-off ''[[The Secrets of Isis|Isis]]'' forced the titular character to recite a full-sentence incantation to activate her powers. Also, she apparently had to activate powers in a certain order (i.e. she couldn't skip around on her spell list) or an incantation wouldn't work.
** Thankfully, not so much when she entered [[The DCU]].
* ''[[Family Matters]]'': Urkel would transform into one of his alter
** The machine worked in reverse, often to switch Urkel's alter-ego back to his nerdy self, but several times, it was
* Every ''[[Power Rangers]]'' series. Ever.
** Although in ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]'' there were double-figure instant morphs. Still needed words for everything else, but when there was emotion involved, woohoo baby, they went for the silent approach.
** They weren't afraid to spoof it from time to time. Whenever [[The Smart Guy|Billy]] did the call, he would often say it in technobabble, i.e. "It's time for molecular transmutation!"
** It is not entirely clear in which cases the phrase is
*** ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'' justifies the catchphrase as a voice lock for the morphers.
*** Other series have it weird, for example those Rangers (like ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]'') whose morpher has a password keypad and is used as such, still have team call (and intricate hand gestures before typing their codes).
** ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' ''completely skipped'' the morphing sequence and the catchphrase in "Countdown To Destruction Part 2".
** And just for fun, let's list them all in order!
*** "It's Morphin' Time!" (''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]''. Then followed with their original dinosaur/animal symbol (for ''Mighty Morphin'' Season 1 to 2) or '(insert color here) Ranger Power' (for Season 3) or Ranger designation (for ''Zeo'')).
*** "Shift Into Turbo!" (''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]'')
*** "Let's Rocket!" (''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'')
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* ''[[Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad]]'' had "Let's Samurize, Guys!" (for Sam, [[The Hero]]), "Let's kick some Giga-butt!" (for Tanker, [[The Big Guy]]), "Pump up the Power!" (for Sydney, [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]]), and a random non sequitur (for Amp, the [[Plucky Comic Relief]]) that essentially lampshaded the whole pointlessness of the henshin phrases (at least, until he was replaced: Lucky London, the second comic-relief guy, just said "Surf's up!")
** In the episode where everyone's personalities changed, Tanker and Sydney actually switched phrases.
* [[Kamen Rider
** The two ''Kamen Rider'' productions to completely avoid this trope are the [[Deconstruction]] film ''[[Shin Kamen Rider Prologue]]'' (whose protagonist bore more similiarity to [[Incredible Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]] than a typical Rider), and ''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]'' (except for some goof-ups slipping by ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'''s endgame).
** [[Kamen Rider X]] said "Setup!" instead of "Henshin!" for most of his series, and switched to "Dai Henshin!" towards the end.
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