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{{quote|'''Gnarl''': Yeah, but don't forget: '''I''' can transform into the Gnarlborg!<br />

<nowiki>*</nowiki>[[Beat Panel]]*<br />

'''Gnarl''': <small>Well, I can...</small><br />

* Arguably the first battle between [[Inuyasha]] and his full yokai half-brother Sesshomaru when he transforms into his true form (a giant demonic dog). Rather than rely on his tact, sword fighting prowess, and [[Dissonant Serenity]] in human form, the transformed Sesshomaru is much more blunt as he basically growls, stomps and bites like a dumb beast, including leaping headfirst into [[Inuyasha]]'s transformed blade which destroys his left arm. There are hints that Sesshomaru apparently learned his lesson not to go [[One-Winged Angel]] on his opponents unless absolutely necessary, as his true form is seldom seen after that.

* In ''[[Nightmare On Elm Street]]: Wes Craven's New Nightmare'' when the archetype behind Freddy is defeated--indefeated—in the humiliating way it had already been once before as the witch in the story of Hansel and Gretel--asGretel—as it burns away it briefly turns into its demonic-looking true form, and a fat load of good that does it.

* In [[The Movie]] version of ''[[My Favorite Martian (film)|My Favorite Martian]]'', the [[Big Bad]], Elliot Coleye (the head of SETI), tastes some [[Applied Phlebotinum|nerplex]] and undergoes a typical [[One-Winged Angel]] transformation sequence, complete with monologue, [[Evil Laugh]], and [[Skyward Scream|spinning downwards camera]]. Not only does the end result look pretty goofy, but he gets [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] as SETI officials suddenly appear and mistake him for a genuine martian.

{{quote| "And as the Captains gazed south to the Land of Mordor, it seemed to them that, black against the pall of cloud, there rose a huge shape of shadow, impenetrable, lightning-crowned, filling all the sky. Enormous it reared above the world, and stretched out towards them a vast threatening hand, terrible but impotent: for even as it leaned over them, a great wind took it, and it was all blown away, and passed; and then a hush fell."}}

*** Zig-Zagged in ''[[Resident Evil Code: Veronica]]'' Alexia's first form is an agile human who can create fire, then her second form is a giant pulsating mass that is relatively easy to destroy, but when you do her top half breaks off and she becomes a smaller, fast, and agile dragonfly-like boss, which dies to a single shot from a linear rifle, but her final form is still more [[One-Winged Angel]] than other final bosses in [[Resident Evil]].

** The final form of {{spoiler|Mithos Yggdrassil}} in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' is the encapsulation of his broken body inside the physical manifestations of his own sins, weaknesses and fears -- afears—a form that is far weaker than his second, 'normal' appearance. Although it's still stronger than his first form as leader of Cruxis, thanks to its arsenal of powerful attacks-- someattacks—some of which can [[One-Hit Kill]] you-- heyou—he's a large target and doesn't get overlimits so he can easily be pinned down and combo'd to death. His low defense doesn't help either. This isn't really that odd, [[Fridge Brilliance|once you start thinking about it.]]

* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' has the demon emperor Mundus as a final boss. In the opening portion of the boss battle, he flies into space and Dante pursues him, afterwards, he knocks Dante down into a lava-filled arena. Then, after being beaten, he seemingly kicks the bucket; however, as Dante attempts to escape the crumbling castle, Mundus rises again; the statuesque facade he had used to fight you earlier is crumbling, revealing a grotesque blob of flesh and eyeballs. It's actually a lot easier to beat this form than when he was standing waist deep in lava. Additionally, in the first two battles, Dante stood a chance only because [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|the Sparda sword's full power was finally unlocked]]; it was the only sword you could use against Mundus. In the last battle, Dante's able to hold his own with his weaker melee weapons -- inweapons—in fact, Alastor's Vortex can rip him apart with the greatest of ease.

** How about an unusual heroic version at the end of ''Twilight Princess''? {{spoiler|Midna finally uses the game's previous [[Plot Coupons]] to transform into some sort of giant Twilight spider creature}} to put an end to Ganon once and for all. Ganon is seen shortly afterward, crushing {{spoiler|her Fused Shadow helmet in his hands. [[Unexplained Recovery|She gets better]].}}

* At the end of ''[[Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis]]'', Indy convinces the evil Colonel Kerner to try the ascension machine in lieu of using him as a guinea pig. As it activates, he becomes taller and taller, his eyes glow, and he can feel the power of godhood surging through him when-- hewhen—he suddenly crumples into a misshapen little imp. Horrified by his appearance, he kills himself by jumping into the lava. Par for the course in an [[Indiana Jones|Indy]] climax, of course.

* The final [[Final Boss]] of ''[[Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair]]''. After destroying the dragon the [[Big Bad]] is riding, which is a [[That One Boss]], he morphs into a [[Nightmare Fuel|Nightmare Fueling]]ing green ghoul-type monster. This form, however, is more bark than bite.

* ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]'': The first time you fight Xehanort he's slow, predictable, easy to dodge and goes down fast. Then you fight him again, he's fast, has loads of incredibly powerful attacks (a long, devastating combo, and METEOR SHOWER (not the Shotlock, but a variation of Meteor instead) which is pretty much an auto gameover if you don't have the right abilities, a ridiculous amount of health and the ability to easily kill you if you screw up. Then in the epilogue you fight that version again before he changes form gaining even more health!.... and trading Meteor Shower and a lot of his more annoying moves for a bunch of slow, easy to dodge attacks, and going from constantly pressuring you, to always giving you enough time to heal.

* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20130603221044/http://www.lifeinagame.com/pages/episode62.html final form of Lollerskates] in ''[[Life in A Game]]'' is...himself, with a mask, an [[Attack Its Weak Point|incredibly obvious weak point]], and the moves of [[Street Fighter|Dan]].

* In an episode of [[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby -Doo]], the villian gets frustrated as Scooby uses the [[McGuffin]] to counter all of his spells. Having enough of this, he makes himself really huge, where he inadvertently gives Scooby turns himself into a fly to evade him. Malidoor turns himself into a toad to catch scooby, but in this form the tag along just walks up behind him and puts him back in the Demon Chest, the can that was sealing his evil.

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