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{{trope}}
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▲[[File:onewingedangel-sleepbeauty02_3279.png|link=Sleeping Beauty (Disney)|right|Maleficent [[A Worldwide Punomenon|scales]] [[Scaled Up|up]].]]
{{quote|''"I've avoided showing you this form! You'll wish you never crossed Veran, Sorceress of Shadows!"''|'''Veran''', ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games|Zelda: Oracle of Ages]]''}}
(For extra effect, try listening to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=736Ed0Fc8zg this] while reading this page.)
Classic [[Big Bad
This shows the villain means business and it's time for the heroes to end it. And for those with firmer morals, this qualifies the villain as a monster, [[What Measure Is a Non
Usually accompanied by the stock phrases ''[[Badass Boast|"No one who has seen me in this form has lived to tell about it!!!"]]'', ''"I have only '''begun''' to fight!"'', or ''"Now you'll face my '''true''' power!"''
If there's one ''final'' final form after the heroes beat the bad guy, and it loses handily, it was a [[Clipped
Named in honor of Sephiroth, [[Big Bad]] of the video game ''[[
Sometimes you never even fight their human form at all and they immediately turn into a monster. Can count as [[The Unfought]] if they showed fighting ability in their human form. This is more popular among minor video game villains who will often transform into [[Underground Monkey|tougher]] [[Palette Swap|versions]] of earlier monsters like in the ''[[Breath of Fire]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games, as it takes time to create a unique battle sprite for them.
Interestingly, heroes, particularly [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|transforming characters]], have been [[Super Mode|known to use this "turn into a big scary monster" tactic]] as well. It's extremely rare for it not to cross into [[Super
Sadly, this transformation can often be anti-climactic, as it telegraphs to the audience that the villain will most likely face his final defeat soon. Outside of video games, it is quite rare for a bad guy to invoke this trope and actually WIN. This might be because the less human a character looks, the more "acceptable" it is to kill them.
[[Scaled Up]] and [[Make My Monster Grow]] are major subtropes. See also [[I Am Not Left
For those looking for actual winged people, see [[Winged Humanoid]] and [[Our Angels Are Different]].
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[[Category:Otherness Tropes]]
[[Category:Tropes of Legend]]
[[Category:Power At a Price]]
[[Category:Transformation Causes]]
▲[[Category:Wizard 101]]
[[Category:Power Makeover]]
[[Category:Shapeshifting]]
[[Category:Villains]]
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