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Two separate characters merge to make one, usually more powerful, unified being, either willingly or via [[Applied Phlebotinum]] and/or [[Merging Machine]]. This can have a number of results:

* '''[[Super Empowering|Power Booster]]'''--Person B disappears, but the merging gives A powers or attributes he or she didn't have before. B may be able to speak to A in his or her mind. A still looks exactly the same as before, only has superficial changes (clothing, for example), or looks like a more powered-up version of A (and only of A). For example, Himeno and a Leafe Knight in ''[[Prétear]]''.

* '''Switcher'''--A and B merge; they both keep their traits but only one of them can be present at a time and they can now switch places as needed. If B is the powerful one but A lives the everyday life then B will act as a [[Super-Powered Alter Ego]]. May result in A or B occasionally controlling the other's body. For example, ''[[Birdy the Mighty]]'' or Yuugi Mutou and Yami Yuugi from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.

* '''[[Voluntary Shapeshifting|Mixed Form Shapeshifter]]'''--A and B merge and instead of choosing between two forms, they can combine them as they need, and can make a form with the advantages of both forms. For example, Fusion Evolve from ''[[Digimon Frontier]]''.

 

 

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* ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' provides the [[Trope Namer]] and many examples of character fusions. In several cases, fused characters even speak with both voices of their individual parts in unison. The series has several kinds of fusions:

** The [[Trope Namer|Trope Naming]] move itself is a Composite type (which requires two warriors of similar strength and size to perform), and it's also temporary. Three examples were shown: Goten and Trunks becoming Gotenks, Goku and Vegeta becoming Gogeta in the movie "Fusion Reborn", and Goku and Vegeta becoming Gogeta as Super Saiyan 4 in [[Dragon Ball GT]].

** The Namekians have their own form of fusion which is mostly a Power Booster; one Namekian will fuse his body with another, boosting the other Namekian's power level and giving them access to their memories and abilities, but doing relatively little to alter their personality or appearance.

** Cell absorbs Androids 17 and 18. They act as a Power Booster as they change Cell's appearance but not to mimic their own.

** Launch may not be the result of a fusion, but she definitely has the characteristics of a Switcher. Going from gentle hearted wide eyed, blue eyed, blue haired woman to angry, violent, gun toting blonde woman with green eyes with just a sneeze.

** While not canon, Goku and ''[[Fake Ultimate Hero|Hercule]]'' can fuse with Potara earrings to become Gokule and Tien and Yamcha can perform the Fusion Dance to become Tiencha in some games starting with the second Budokai game.

** In one [[What If]] nightmare, Cell absorbs Krillin instead of 18. Picture an orange Cell Jr. with Krillin's face.

** Juudai and Yubel's fusion are of the Power Booster variety; Yubel can still speak to Juudai in his mind (and appear as a spirit), and he can use her powers and when he does so, his eyes change colors to be just like hers.

* The ''[[Digimon]]'' [[The Verse|verse]] has examples of both the first and second types:

** ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' has War Greymon and Metal Garurumon fuse into Omegamon (aka Omnimon) in [[The Movie]]. Omegamon not only looks like both of them, but speaks with the voices of both at once. Composite.

** ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' gives the entire team the ability to form similar merges, under the name "Jogress Evolution" in the original and "DNA Digivolution" in the dub.

*** Note: Jogress Evolution is unique in that there's a certain instance of dominance - the anime only ever shows one outcome of these jogress evolutions, but in the cards, there is suggestion of multiple outcomes. For example, the anime introduces Paildramon, a [[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragon Man]] Digimon, who is largely [[Ex Veemon]] wearing Stingmon's armor (bar a few modifications), who evolves into Imperialdramon, at which point all bug-type characteristics have disappeared. By comparison, another result of Jogress with the same ingredients in another order yields [[Dino Beemon]], an insect digimon with some [[Ex Veemon]] traits, who in turn evolves into [[Gran Kuwagamon]], a complete insect. Another example is Gatomon's fusion evolution - she usually contributes to the form of Silphymon with Aquilamon, but multiple cards of her evolved form, Angewomon, can be used by DNA-digivolving Gatomon and Aquilamon as well (even earlier versions of the card would accept [[Older Than They Think|Birdramon]] in Aquilamon's place).

*** A curious aspect is that the incantation for Biomerging is the same as the one for digivolving to Ultimate, ''"Matrix Evolution,"'' in the original Japanese version.

** ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'': Susanoomon is the result of what would have been called DNA Digivolution if this was [[Digimon Adventure 02|02]]: Emperor Greymon and Magna Garurumon become one, speaking with the voices of both in unison. However, the form doesn't change when the other members of the [[Five-Man Band]] join in. Sometimes you get [[Digimon Tamers|Tamers]]-style naked spirit scenes, but when Susanoomon is seen from the outside, the standard Grey/Garuru combined voice is still used.

*** Digimon Frontier might have a 'Switcher' where the Digidestined use the spirits of digimon to fuse. It's not just a [[Transformation Trinket]], but the ''spirit'' combining with any human and digimon, and they transform into a new digimon, and they personalities combined. In the series finale, the Digidestined are talking with their very own spirits.

** ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'' draws from multiple categories. The human characters with "Xros Loader" devices can temporarily fuse together Digimon into new forms: some are in the "composite" category, while others become inanimate weapons to be wielded by the remaining characters. Some opponents are shown to absorb their subordinates, falling under "biological mash-up" (minus the blending personalities).

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' also provides a number of examples:

** The Power Booster and Switcher varieties also comes courtesy of the Homunculi. It appears to be a common hubris for them: they think of things they've eaten as food, but their "food" often retains an independent will.

* ''[[Naruto]]'' has [[Beast Man]] [[Hot-Blooded|Kiba]], who can merge with his [[Precious Puppies|dog Akamaru]] into a massive [[Big Badass Wolf|two-headed wolf]] [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|of doom.]] The body counts as a third form over which both participants have control, but the two of them are typically so in sync that there is no squabbling about a course of action. They just kick ass.

** There's also {{spoiler|[[Dragon Ascendant|Kabuto]]}}, who integrated {{spoiler|his former boss Orochimaru}}'s body into his own to gain vastly increased power and special abilities.

* The Guardians also pull it off in the ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' manga, becoming that series' "Copy X". Interestingly enough, they beat the heck out of Rockman Zero, but they lose to the cowardly Zero. That's embarrassing.

* Unison Devices in ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' are, ostensibly, Power Boosters. A form of [[Living Weapon]] designed by the ancient Belkans, they take the "living" aspect to a greater extent than Mid-Childa's [[Empathic Weapon|Intelligent Devices]]. These "sentient magical programs" (powerful offensive mages in their own right) can unison with a mage (or knight, as Belkans called them) to boost their abilities. Usually this comes with some form of change in the color of one's hair, eyes, or even clothes and armor ...

** ... ''However'', Unison Devices can also act as a Switcher. As weapons with egos, they can overwhelm their users, practically absorbing them; this is known as a "Unison Accident," where the subsumed user's body transforms into the Unison Device's own, and the Unison Device is the dominant personality.

** The lesser version of this, the Chara Change, results in a change in hairpin and a violent personality shift as Amu's Chara basically ''possesses'' her, often without thinking to seek her consent, good intentions or not.

* ''[[Scrapped Princess]]'' uses a mix of the Power Booster and Composite variety. When Shannon (a regular knight) and Zefiris (a dragoon) fuse together, her human-like body disappears, but Shannon is covered by her dragoon form, which in its incomplete form just looks like some sort of fearsome aura, making it look like his powers are just boosted.

* In ''[[Berserk]]'', Schierke has merged with Guts several times, but not to power him up- she did it to prevent him from killing the rest of the party due to the effects of the cursed Armor he wears.

* About the [[Gender Bender]]-ness above mentioned, in ''[[Maze Megaburst Space Maze]]'' is a switcher-class fusion of [[Handsome Lech|Otoko-Maze]] ({{spoiler|Akira}}) and [[The Unwanted Harem|Onna-Maze]] ({{spoiler|Mei}})

** Also has elements of a Composite type since when temporarily separated it become clear that its not a one-to-one correspondence and Onna-Maze has picked up some of ({{spoiler|Akira's}}) and Otoko-Maze has picked up some of ({{spoiler|Mei's}}).

* In [[D.Gray-man]], twin brothers Jasdero and Devit shoot each other in the head to merge into one single entity... Jasdevi. However, it has been hinted that Jasdevi might have split into the twins ... but the twins are always seen as separate entities in both the manga and anime.

** Don't forget PatchBobo, (Don Patch + Bo-Bobo) when Don Patch switched his name to top billing. (This would arguably be a type D fusion. The fusions have nothing to do with whomever fused to become them.)

* Early on in ''[[Shaman King]]'', the shamans tended to use their own bodies as vessels for their spirit partners. Later, they learned to use inanimate objects instead for greater effectiveness.

* Cross Fusion in ''[[Mega Man NT Warrior]]'' essentially results in Lan in a Mega Man suit. Mega can communicate with Lan (and they have to be in sync with each other or the fusion falls apart), but otherwise Lan is the one in control. (The same goes for most other Cross Fusion cases, unless the human has a very different body type than the Net Navi. The human's body type wins.) Power Booster disguised as Composite.

* Episode 21 of the [[Soul Eater]] anime: Blair is fighting the (remaining) 5 Mizune sisters. She [[Curb Stomp Battle|smashes four of the sisters]] with one spell...but the fifth sister behind her starts [[Giggling Villain|giggling madly.]] Activating the hivemind within the sisters (accompanied by speaking in sync and rhythmic finger-snapping), Create a [[Totem Pole Trench]] the five combine to form... a [[Hot Witch]]. [[It Makes Sense in Context]]... I guess.

** Though the 5-Mizune witch has yet to do anything but provide [[Fan Service]], in the manga two or three Mizune can combine together to form a teenage-looking girl (the one made from three looks a bit older) actually capable of fighting.

* Pluster world is a [[Mon]] anime where the mons transform by fusing with humans.

* [[Beelzebub]] {{spoiler|Oga and Be'el}} can fuse through {{spoiler|Super milk time.}}

* [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]] has a villainous example: {{spoiler|Walpurgisnight, the most powerful witch (aside from Madoka's witch form), is a conglomerate of many witches fused together.}}

 

* For the record, the picture above is "the Amazing [[Captain Ersatz|Copyright Infringement Man]]", a parody created for [[Mad Magazine]] by Jim Lee.

* Jean Grey/Phoenix of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' alternates between being a case of Switcher and [[Touched by Vorlons]], depending on the story.

* ''[[Generation X]]'' features the St. Croix siblings: Gen-X member Monet proves to be a fusion of her little sisters, twins Claudette and Nicole, who had merged to replace the original Monet when she went missing (the twins being 8 years old, their apparent age was doubled to 16 and convincingly passed as Monet in their merged form). Later on, they fuse with their older brother, Marius/Emplate, to become the androgynous M-Plate. The St. Croixs' fusion can be called Composites, but there's more to it than that. The fused forms are more than the sum of their parts, entirely different from the siblings they came from, and with powers that don't always involve those of the source individuals (but then again, the twins' powers have never been fully explored). This means M-Plate was composed of 3 people rather than two, on top of his/her own self, and considered the actions of all before deciding to go with his/her own plan (which is something neither the twins, nor Emplate would have approved). Confused yet? Thankfully M-Plate didn't have long to act before being shattered by Gen-X. It is unknown if the real Monet can fuse with her siblings the way Emplate and the twins can.

* The various versions of Captain Marvel usually are Switchers; the one owned by [[DC Comics]] goes between his powered-form and Billy Batson by shouting [[Shazam]]!, and several of the ones owned by [[Marvel Comics]] switch between [[Captain Mar-Vell|themselves]] and Rick Jones by hitting together the Nega-bands (as an homage to the Batson switch).

** Likewise, [[Miracleman]]/Marvelman (and cohorts) do their transformations in the same way; the super-powered body is stored in a sort of nullspace until the transformation occurs, and the normal body is there until the superhero changes back.

* ''[[Witchblade (Comic Book)|Witchblade]]'' uses all 3 main variants at once: when it's time for a little shredding, the symbiont (Witchblade) [[Shapeshifting|transforms]] the body ([[Magic Pants|and clothing, optionally]]) of its host ("wielder") into an absurdly powerful ''composite'' form (including a sort of [[Breast Plate|Lingerie Armor]] and in the process [[The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body|provoking emotional and mental changes]] that emphasize [[Unstoppable Rage|destructive]] and [[Stripperiffic]] qualities). The Witchblade is at least semi-sentient, and in the anime it subjected its completely unaware host to the first transformations on its own initiative, which qualifies it as a ''switcher'' variant too. Mostly the host just carries it as an inert and [[Superweapon Surprise|innocuous]] ornament (''power booster'') (moreover, in the anime it's shown implanted but knocked out for years, inactive and near invisible).

* In ''[[Bionicle]]'', any three Toa of different [[Elemental Powers|elements]] can merge and form a Toa Kaita. The only exception is a Toa of Light and an evil Toa of Shadow (technically not a Toa anymore, as Toa means "hero"), since the two elements cancel each other out. The Kaita fusion merges the three minds into one, creating a new being wielding their powers along with a boost in strength. Other creatures have also shown the ability to form a Kaita, most notably the [[Combining Mecha|mechanical Bohrok]], Bohrok-Kal and [[Elite Mooks|Rahkshi]]. So far, only the Rahkshi have gained new powers from merging. If a Kaita's mind lose concentration, it will split into the individual beings again. In addition to Kaita there are also a Matoran Nui and Turaga Nui, which combines six beings instead of three. However, these tend to last shorter, as the concentration required to maintain it is immense. Legend has it that a Toa Nui could be formed, rivaling even the power of the [[Physical God|Great Spirit]] [[Humongous Mecha|Mata Nui]]. However, [[Word of God]] says that it is not possible.

** And of course, all these are represented by using the instructions put together from the individual Bionicle instruction manuals to build a new, bigger model from all their parts combined. The spiritual predecessors of the Bionicle, the Slizers and [[Robo Riders]], also had this feature.

* The main versions of [[Ghost Rider]] are usually composites. Whether or not they're stronger together depends on the ingredients.

* Another Switcher example was the late 80's-early 90's [[Thor]]. The Bearded One had befriended a human named Eric Masterson, but when Eric was almost killed on the fringe of one of Thor's battles, Thor used Asgardian magic to merge their forms and save his buddy's life. Thus you had Eric living his everyday life, but [[Secret Identity Change Trick|running off at any sign of trouble to stamp his cane on the ground and ta-da!]] Thor.

* In ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic Universe's]]'' "30 Years Later" storyline, we find that Tikal and Chaos have fused into one Composite, Tikhaos. It seems to have some semblance of Tikal's personality, but Chaos' hunger for chaos energy.

* In ''[[Elf Quest]]'' after Winnowill's body is killed Rayek absorbs her spirit to prevent it becoming a force of destruction. Since then the two have been vying for control of Rayek's body; on those rare occasions when Winnowill succeeds she can re-shape it into an exact replica of her own. They're not exactly a composite since their personalities remain separate, though it's implied that this may change if ever Winnowill ever renounces her evil ambitions.

* Cypher and Warlock of the [[New Mutants]] could merge into a [[Biological Mashup]], which usually looked like Cypher covered in circuitry. In fact, Warlock could do this with ''anyone'', except that he risked transforming them permanently.

* Jitterjack from ''[[Astro City]]'' is a villainous composite. He appears as two bisected men joined together lengthwise, with more than double the speed, reflxes, and agility of a normal person.

* The [[Metal Men]] can merge into a composite form called Alloy. This ability first appeared in ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', then migrated into the main continuity during the ''[[DC One Million]]'' event.

 

* High Octane Nightmare Fuel example of the shapeshifting type in ''Winter War''. Aizen's Hollowification experiments fuse shinigami with their [[Weapon as Familiar|zanpakuto]], the results being Tortured Abominations who still retain enough awareness of their situation to make the whole matter ''even more'' horrific.

 

* In ''[[Robo Geisha]]'', {{spoiler|cyborg assassin sisters Yoshie and Kikuyakko merge together, using their combined powers and weapons to defeat Hikaru and foil his plans.}}

* The Station aliens in ''[[Bill and Teds Bogus Journey]]'' can body-slam into each other to form a larger, muscular alien.

* At the end of ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'', the surviving urRu and Skeksis are rejoined into their original [[Precursors|Urskek]] forms.

 

* Michael Moorcock's Elric temporarily merges with two of his Eternal Champion alter egos from different worlds in order to save the multiverse. They become a three-headed, six-armed superbeing. An another opportunity, he merges with three of them.

* At the end of [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''[[Apprentice Adept|Unicorn Point]]'', after merging the worlds of Photon and Phaze together, The entire sentient population of Phaze became Switchers, merging with their opposite number from Photon. The only exceptions were Photon residents who hadn't been on the planet long enough to have gained an "other self," or those whose alternate selves happen to have died.

* In the [[Whateley Universe]], the twins Phobos and Deimos sometimes fuse into a more powerful being that has the heads and limbs and tails of both of them, along with a fear aura so powerful that it rips up reality around itself.

* The Composite happens during a battle with Lucifer in the book [[Magnus]] by Matthew Dickens.

* ''[[Codex Seraphinianus]]'' has a page or two (which usually also doubles as cover art) of a human man and woman fusing together to form an ''alligator'', and provides a very detailed and somewhat unsettling series of images of their bodies merging into a single creature.

* In ''City of Illusions'' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], two minds who have lived sequentially in the same body (after one was erased and the other grew in its place, then the first one was restored) end up in joint control. Since their enemies have told a different story to each of them, they are able to see through the lies by working together.

* In [[Storm Constantine]]'s ''[[Burying the Shadow]]'', the eloim naturally have sex through fusion dance. Occasionally the fusion will be permanent, resulting in a creature called a Harkasite. The practice is largely taboo by the beginning of the book in favor of more human sexual behaviors.

 

* ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'': Darkonda can force Ecliptor (and possibly others, though we've never seen it) to fuse with him, becoming Darkliptor. Darkliptor has the design and weapons of both, but the voice and will of Darkonda only. (Ecliptor has been able to force a separation, but not control the combined form.) Another case of a Power Booster that looks like a Composite.

** ''[[Power Rangers Mystic Force]]'' has Nick gaining his "battlized" form from fusing with a dragon, Fireheart. Again, Power Booster disguised as Composite.

** Even the individual imprints are, since they are usually composites of different people made into one personality.

* ''[[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger]]''; After being reduced to puddles of goo, the three Highness Duke Orgs are combined into the Ultimate Org Senki, who possesses elements of all their bodies.

** He does it again later with the GokaiRed and GokaiGreen keys, in a one-time fusion to create GokaiChristmas.

 

** The background fluff also has a Power Booster example: The plane of [[Qurac|Rabiah]] was split into 1001 individual versions, each with a counterpart for each resident of the original, except for one man, Taysir, who was reflected only five times (one for each colour of mana). The black Taysir was manipulated into fusing with each other Taysir, which resulted in him becoming the most powerful planeswalker in the multiverse until Urza ascended.

** Planes tend to merge and split a bit. This can be quite jarring to the inhabitants, as in Alara or Kamigawa, and it was actually the entire point of the creation of Rath.<ref>Yawgmoth couldn't attack Dominaria directly for some reason, so he created Rath to send his troops to, and when Rath merged with Dominaria, yeah.</ref>

** Mechanics-wise, Rath has a race called Spikes, 0/0 creatures (in other words, too weak to live) who come into play with +1/+1 counters (making them strong enough to live), but you can remove them to put them on other creatures, or for other effects. You can also equip one living weapon on another living weapon.

** Alchemicals have a version known as Synthesis of Divine Affiliation, which can affect six instead. However, the only way that you'll be using it to fuse one of each caste of Alchemical is when everything has gone to hell, because the sixth caste are supposed to go completely unseen until at least four varieties of brown gooey substance have hit the fan.

** And in the [[Old World of Darkness]], the Blood Brother bloodline of vampires naturally came in packs that could fuse together into a grotesque [[Biological Mashup]].

* In ''[[Deadlands]]'', a Harrowed is formed by fusing a deceased man and a demon. It's a Switcher, because only one of the two is in control at any time, but they share the powers pool. In case of the good Harrowed, it's also [[Enemy Within]].

* The Ritual of Union in ''[[Unknown Armies]]'' is a power-booster version, with a few twists.<ref>Neither participant knows in advance which personality becomes dominant, the "winner" can choose which body's form to use, and the whole process is extremely mentally stressful.</ref>

 

 

* Several occurrences of this appear in the ''[[Breath of Fire]]'' series:

** The first game has Karn, whose only "power" is his ability to fuse with other party members to create powerful fused forms. The power is [[Lost Forever|entirely missable]], which can make Karn entirely useless. Not to mention he gets a form which can only be used underwater [[Power-Up Letdown|after the only underwater section in the entire game has finished]].

** Ryu's [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Dragon]] in the first game also allows him to absorb all his partners to form one giant dragon with physical features from all of them. It always does maximum damage with every attack, making most bosses a breeze.

*** There's also a Miracle gene and Tiamat form in ''BoF3'', which allows replaces the party with one gigantic dragon. (The Fusion gene might seem like an example, but Ryu never absorbs other party members when using it; he just [[Mega Manning|copies their attributes]].)

** In ''Breath of Fire 2'', powering up your teammates takes the form of fusing them with different elemental Shamans. This can have minor effects (turning Sten's fur red) to major effects (changing the nigh-[[Joke Character]] Jean into one of the game's most powerful characters).

* At the end of ''[[Darkstalkers]] 3'', Lilith fuses with Morrigan as a Power Booster. Lilith was originally part of Morrigan, split off precisely because their combined form was strong enough to threaten dimensions and the established order. Due to the time they spent apart, they ''still'' got more powerful, by being able to split in order to do two-pronged attacks.

* In the ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' series, Mega Man and Bass can perform a Power Booster fusion with their respective canine companions (far more often for Bass, Mega Man only did it in 6 and 7).

** Soul Unison (DoubleSoul) in ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]''. It allows MegaMan.EXE to (composite) fuse with other Navis and gain some of their abilities.

** ''[[Mega Man X]]'' had a few characters who could join together as Composites; for example, Bit and Byte of ''X3,'' who become Godkarmamachine O Inary.

** ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'' has Biometals (Livemetals in the Japanese version), {{spoiler|which contain the souls of characters from ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' and ''X''}}. The Biometals act as a Power Booster for humans and Reploids, turning them into "Mega Men" and granting them armored forms and abilities.

* Every ''[[Golden Sun]]'' game ends with one of these as the final boss.

** The Fusion Dragon is a fusion of Saturos and Menardi.

** The Doom Dragon uses {{spoiler|Felix's parents and Isaac's dad. The player character shows remarkably little grief over it... Must be a [[Heroic Mime]] thing. }}

** The Chaos Chimera uses {{spoiler|Blados, Chalis, and the Chaos Hound as its components. [[Tear Jerker]] ensues as the latter turns out to be Volechek, and forcibly fights his sister and her companions again.}}

** In Starcraft 2, both the Dark Archons and the announced Twilight Archons were ditched and now any combination of templars results in a conventional Archon.

* In ''[[Persona 3]]'', the Main Character can create new Personae by fusing two or more existing Personae together. The new Persona can inherit attacks from any or all of its "parents" (including some that it wouldn't learn naturally).

** The original ''Persona'' allows the main character to do something similar, but using cards containing the essence of demons.

** Dream, or Doreen, merges with them in ''[[Chrono Cross]]''. They all inhabit the ''Grand Dream'', or [[Translation Train Wreck|Mastermune]].

** The Time Devourer of ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' is a Composite fusion of {{spoiler|Lavos and Schala, whose disapproval at the notion of Might Makes Right Evolutionary theory has her tell the entire space-time continuum/multiverse that it had better find some other way of defeating Lavos, or she'll erase everything. Granted, she's affected by Lavos' destructive intent.}}

* Some Slimes in the ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' series can band together to form a King Slime. You can tell right away that they're different from garden-variety Slimes because they take slightly more damage than normal, and they always call for help.

* [[Gaia Online]] had an entire subplot where Gino had, unbeknownst to everybody (possibly including himself), fused with his "[[No One Could Survive That|dead]]" father, making him into the badass superhero The Masque at the expense of making him unpredictable and violent, particularly towards Ian (who felt likewise about him/them). The reveal came when the local [[Mad Scientist]] injected him/them with a catalyst that caused them to split, ending that plotline and setting up the next with an [[Earthshattering Kaboom]].

* ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]]'' gives us an example with two non-physical characters. Near the end of ''Infinity'', the player character merges his [[Voice with an Internet Connection|AI With An Internet Connection]] Durandal with the ancient alien AI Thoth. The resulting character is a Composite of the two, although thankfully he doesn't seem to posess some of the traits of [[Magnificent Bastard|Dura]][[Jerkass|ndal]] or [[Gratuitous Iambic Pentameter|Thoth]].

* In ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] II'', Sora can use his party members as Power Boosters using the Drive System. For example, Sora's [http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/Valor_Form Valor Form] involves absorbing Goofy.

* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', the Twinrova witches merge into a composite form for the second half of their [[Boss Battle]].

** The Touhou fandom seems to like making Utsuho ''herself'' an unwitting Power Booster for others, such as [http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz253/NoNumbersPlz/safebooruomaemonapixiv566453.jpg?1282419312 Mokou Fujiwara], [http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz253/NoNumbersPlz/danboorushushio394062.jpg?1282419311 Nitori Kawashiro], and [http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz253/NoNumbersPlz/gelboorufalketto833215.jpg?1282419313 Tenshi Hinanai]. Becoming a part of someone else, rather than them becoming a part of her, is probably not what Utsuho had in mind ...

** And then there's Utsuho's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOKfaD7cSdE actual Fusion Dance.]

* This is how each of the power-ups work in ''[[Sonic Colors]]'' — Sonic merges with the Wisp to gain its powers.

* The final boss of ''Tron 2.0'' is a monster formed from the three main antagonists after their botched attempt to digitalize themselves.

* Using Baton Pass in Pokémon can transfer [[Status Buff|stat boosts]] from one Pokemon to another.

* In ''[[Freedom Force]]'', a blind female witness and an idealistic rookie cop get hit by [[Super Serum|Energy X]] and merge into a switchable superhero named Law and Order. The witness becomes Law, who is appropriately blind, and is armed with a sword. The cop becomes Order and is armed with a massive gavel. Only one can exist at any given time.

* In ''[[Pocky and Rocky|Pocky & Rocky 2]]'', Pocky can use Magic to fuse with his partners as a Power Booster (though there are a couple she just rides instead).

* In ''[[Dragon Age]]'' non-demonic spirits who possess a mortal seem to be Switcher/incomplete Composite types. They're always present in mind, and their personalities do influence the other, but the spirit can also take over. In Wynne's case, the spirit of Faith only takes over briefly to protect her with healing and buffs. Anders is a gifted healer who switches mode to deal the more powerful offensive magic that only Vengeance is capable of. Sometimes Vengeance appears to seize control against Anders' will.

* The obscure 1989 Namco shmup ''Dangerous Seed'' has an example in the last three bosses before the final stage. Allowing the st. 5 or st. 6 bosses to escape leads you to a different planetary orbit, with a boss consisting of a mashup of the boss who escaped and the boss who you'd normally fight there. What makes this really interesting is that if you allow Multi-Squid (st. 5) to escape, then let its fusion with Shark-Mouth, Monster-Head, escape the next boss fight, the new seventh boss, Ultimate-Tiger, is a Monster-Head/Twin-Claw fusion. In other words, it's basically ''three'' bosses fused together. Have fun!

 

 

* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' explores all three examples. Project Freelancer was a military experiment that implanted AI partners in the minds of their top soldiers, intending to get the "Power Booster" result. However, some Agents instead became "Composites" as the personalities and desires of the human and AI became intermingled. And in at least one case, a powerful and dangerous AI is able to hide within a host as a "Switcher," eventually taking over the body to wreck some havoc. Some AIs even adopt a new title based on a fusion between their partner's name and their original Greek letter designation.

* ''[[Eskimo Bob]]'' In the special, "Return of the girl", Bob and Alfonzo (or rather there clones) can do the Composite example by doing the animation the originals do in the beginning of each episode. The Penguin and Sams can do the power booster example with the help of the alien business men. And The Fish in a space ship can do this with the Fishticons.

 

* In the animated webcomic ''[[Kid Radd]]'', the [[Damsel in Distress]] love-interest Sheena (who subverts her assigned role at every turn) winds up merging with what was, essentially, a dying, future version of herself. In her normal form, she's an NPC--[[Invulnerable Civilians|Invulnerable Civilian]], but incapable of attacking... her future self is a Hero, however, and thus capable of powerful attacks, while sacrificing the inherent invulnerability of the NPC. Thus, this is a Switcher type.

** There is also Gnarl and Kobayashi, two minor villains who end up {{spoiler|accidentally fusing themselves by the same method as the [[Big Bad]]. They are eventually separated, but they learn to fuse themselves again whenever necessary, becoming the Composite.}}

*** Also resulting in one of the better lines from the comic: {{spoiler|I'm... we. I mean, us are me.}}

* In [[Ansem Retort]], {{spoiler|Axel and Zexion were somehow able to fuse into ''[[Andrew Jackson]]''}}.

* Parodied in ''[[Problem Sleuth]]'', in which Ace Dick uses Belly Of The Whale to absorb his alternate form clones, Zombie Ace Dick and Fiesta Ace Dick, gaining their powers. This results in Ace Dick becoming {{spoiler|himself, since he doesn't have the imagination to come up with a suitable combined form.}}

* In ''[[Jack (webcomic)|Jack]]'' the twin demonic personifications of Gluttony share the same body with one in control of it and the other's face sticking out of the crotch, switching seemingly at random.

* In ''[[Homestuck]]'', during Act 6, Gamzee forcibly prototypes a Kernelsprite with the bodies of {{spoiler|Tavros and Vriska}}, creating the unholy abomination known as {{spoiler|Tavri}}sprite.

* In the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' fanimation ''[[Nazo Unleashed]]'', {{spoiler|Sonic and Shadow fuse into Shadic after assuming their [[Sonic 3 and Knuckles|Hyper forms]].}}

 

* The 2000s ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' animated series features an involuntary fusion of two villains, Drako and The Ultimate Ninja, into a powerful but [[Nightmare Fuel]]-inducing form.

* ''[[Transformers]]'' ''loves'' this. You've got the gestalts like Devastator; Optimus Prime and, well, ''lots'' of things; and the "Spark of Combination" pairs.

* An episode of ''[[Superfriends|The Superfriends]]'' had Green Lantern using his ring to fuse himself and Superman to deal with the day's [[Negative Space Wedgie]].

* The second [[Season Finale]]/last episode ever of ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'' featured a Composite of [[Superman]] and his clone-from-the-future (er, ''further'' into the future), Superman X. It was accomplished with Saturn Girl's [[Psychic Powers]], as it was technically a [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]].

* In the short-lived ''[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm|Mortal Kombat Defenders of the Realm]],'' Nightwolf was the team [[Smart Guy]] and seldom joined the others in battle, preferring to stay back with his pet wolf and man the computer systems. When important missions did require him to accompany the team, he would merge with the wolf as a Power Boost when kombat got thick and open a can of whoop-ass on the [[Mooks]]. It was quite awesome to see and helped to break the monotony of the show, though he only did it like three times over the course of the series.

* An episode of ''[[ReBoot]]'' had main villain viruses Megabyte and Hexadecimal merge (via a third component, a Web Virus) to make an even more powerful hybrid called Gigabyte, who is specifically said to have both Megabyte's strength and Hexadecimal's special powers.

** Season 4 revealed that this fusion was more of a recombination; Megabyte and Hexadecimal used to be a single virus, [[Punny Name|Killabyte]], who upgraded into Gigabyte and then split into Megabyte and Hexadecimal shortly after being portaled into Mainframe.

* In ''[[Ben 10]]'', Ben unintentionally does the Mixed Form variant in "Dr. Animo and the Mutant Ray". Additionally, there was a promotion where Bandai sold Ben 10 toys that had codes. Typing two of the codes on the Bandai Ben 10 (now classic) website to see what two of Ben's aliens would look like fused together. With the absence of Grey matter and Ripjaws's codes, Stinkarms was the only form from the episode that could be recreated, though many fusions created separately could be made.

* In the ''[[Gargoyles]]'' episode "Grief", a magic scroll fuses an avatar with Anubis, god of death. Pack member Jackal interrupts the ritual for it and combines with him, causing some prime [[Nightmare Fuel]] in the process.

 

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