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* ''[[Transformers]]'': Possible stretch, but when time permits, conversion to robot mode is accompanied by a transformer calling its own name, then saying, "Transform!"
** ''[[Beast Wars]]'' used this trope more extensively, with "Insert Name Here, Maximize!" for Maximals, "Insert Name Here, Terrorize!" for Predacons and "Beast Mode!" for reversing it. Later in ''Beast Wars'', some had vehicular modes with specialized names (at least once, Rattrap called his "Knieval Mode").
*** Specifically, this was ''required'' as a voice command in ''Beast Wars'' as a trade off for the much smaller, more power efficient bodies than their predecessors (i.e. G1 Transformers which were around three times larger). Another aspect was that the entire procedure was handled by a secondary computer, which also handled other processes such as
**** Actually, it wasn't required. The voice commands existed in the first place because Hasbro wanted viewers to be absolutely sure which character was which. The voice commands were extremely prevalent in Season 1, though were toned down by the end and almost never heard in 2 & 3 unless a new character appeared.
*** In ''[[Beast Wars]]'', Dinobot specifically changed his code whenever he switched sides.
** "I Am Transformed" for the ''[[Beast Machines]]'' Maximals (a plot point in the early episodes, as the characters needed to learn how to transform, as it had previously been handled by an onboard computer in them.).
* In ''[[Trollhunters]]'', Jim transforms into "battle mode" by holding his amulet and exclaiming "By the power of [[Big Good|Merlin]], Daylight is mine to command!" Many times, however, he doesn't have time to say it dramatically, blurting the words out quickly and haphazardly when there's a threat to deal with.
* The [[Centurions]] had the activation phrase, "Power-X-Treme!" (or rather "pow-ER ext-REEM!") to beam down their weapons.
* ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'': "[[Invocation|Let our powers combine]]! Earth!"
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