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Werebeasts often have variations and characteristics similar to those listed on the [[Our Werewolves Are Different/Analysis|Werewolf Analysis Page]]. For more information see [[The Other Wiki]] [[wikipedia:Therianthropy|Therianthropy page]].
This page is the [[Super-Trope]] for all therianthropes, including [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]. The preference for examples on this trope is for creatures explicity called "were", however very similar cases of human-animal transformation can also be listed, if the nature of the character or creature is strongly linked to a specific animal species. Creatures that can turn into any sort of creature or multiple types of creatures should not be listed here, but on the pages for [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]] or [[Animorphism]].
'''Related Tropes'''
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* Freya on ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' was a Druid girl cursed to turn into a winged werepanther at the stroke of midnight.
* In ''[[Grimm]]'' there are many people that have both a human form and a "creature" form, which have so far included werewolves, werebears, wereboars, wererats, satyrs, ogres, weresnakes, and weremice. There has been no indication of any limit to what "creatures" [[All Myths Are True|could be out there]]. And it is awesome.
* In ''[[Wednesday]]'', the title anti-heroine’s friend Enid is a werewolf who cannot “wolf out”; the most she can manage even under a full moon are claws, and even they tend to be of little use, getting in the way more often than they are useful. This causes her no end of distress, as a werewolf who cannot transform would be ostracized by her pack, likely never be able to mate, and would disappoint her parents on top of it. {{spoiler|In the season one finale, even [[Bad Moon Rising|a blood moon]] seems unable to help her do so… until the sociopathic [[Big Bad]] is about to kill Wednesday, and [[Die or Fly| she finally manages to fully transform]], pulling a [[Big Damn Heroes]] as a result.}}
== Music ==
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*** [[Big Bad]] of the ''Threat from the Sea'' trilogy was an ancient were-[[Megalodon]]. As nasty as it sounds, and then some, since he was closely acquainted with several gods, had a habit of collecting artifacts and took the whole "sea world conquest" thing seriously. Known to most underwater races simply as "The Taker".
*** Selûne's divine portfolio includes good shapeshifters. ''Finder's Stone'' trilogy had a werebear Selunite high priestess.
*** The surges of [[Wild Magic]] during the Time of Troubles caused the creation of [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|were dragons.]] Usually human, they transform into either dragons or half-dragon humanoids at night, and can be as varied as actual dragons. Song dragons, on the other hand, are also called were-dragons by humans, but they are not, they are in fact [[Non-Indicative Name|a race of true dragons]] who can assume human form.
** ''Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts'' is
*** Van Richten himself states that he does not believe it is possible for a lycanthrope to exist where the animal stock was not at least partially carnivorous, although the anthology module ''Children of the Night: Werebeasts'' includes a were-gorilla in one of its stories. Of course, this was not the only time Van Richten made an error.<ref>Some sources have [[Retcon]]ed this, making Professor Arcanus' beast form a [https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Carnivorous%20ape carnivorous ape].</ref>
** ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine introduced a few extra types. The tibbits, reprinted in the ''Dragon Compendium'' book, has humanoid form small, with [[Pointy Ears]] and [[Animal Eyes|cat eyes]], somewhat resembling [[Hobbits|halflings]]. They can turn cats at will. Sillier variants included the werehare. Among other things, the creature could only be harmed by magic weapons and [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|holy hand grenades]].
* [[Warhammer Fantasy]] has Werebears living in the [[Grim Up North|Northlands]].
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* In the ''[[GURPS Supers]]'' supplement ''Wild Cards'', Sewer Jack is a were-alligator.
* ''[[Exalted]]'' features the Lunars, who are technically werebeasts in that they have one totem animal they strongly identify with and can easily shift to—but then again, [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|they can shift into anything if they drink its heart's blood]]. Two of the signature Lunars (Red Jaws and Ma-Ha-Suchi) are technically werewolves, but if you go by signature characters alone, you've got wereowls, werecats, werebulls, wereorcas...
== Toys ==
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* ''[[Peter Is the Wolf]]'': About one in every 1000 people in the world is some sort of were; werewolves are most common and have the most developed social structure, but there are plenty of other were species with their own idiosyncracies (werebears are antisocial, werelions are arrogant and lazy, etc.)
* ''[[The Wotch]]'' has a few lycanthropic minor characters (a hereditary werewolf (Samantha "Wolfie" Wolfe) and an inflicted werecat (Katie McBride). Transformations occur involuntarily under a full moon (or a spell capable of duplicating those conditions), and victims lose their normal personalities while transformed (though both above characters can overcome this thanks to a magic amulet). There's even a case of a "were-woman", a man who turns into a woman with an independant personality of her own (this is apparently super-rare even among weres, probably because most women don't go around biting people.)
* [[Living with Insanity]] has a cat that used a spell on herself and can now [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103131107/http://www.livingwithinsanity.com/index/?p=507 transform into a human at will].
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has Shapeshifting is one of main themes. A traditional curse-based [[Werewolf]] appeared only in the backstory, but there are shapeshifting [[Little Green Men|Uryuoms]] and their hybrid offspring running around. A chimera typically is born able to shift between the [[Shapeshifter Default Form|default hybrid form]] and forms of parent species (other than Uryuom) while retaining some traits.
** Grace is sometimes referred to as a "were-squirrel", since she morphs between human, squirrel and squirrel/human (she does mix in the third base form, especially when upset, but early on this was rather subtle), due to genes of human, squirrel, and two different shape-shifting aliens.
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* ''[[Dork Tower]]'' has Nibbler, the Were-Vole Cheese Slayer, in a game played by the cats Pookie and Fernslayer.
* ''[[Shifters]]'' includes a werecat, a werebear, a werecrow and various weredogs.
* ''B-Movie Comic'' had to find something unusual to use when [//bmoviecomic.com/lon-chaney-iii-chap-6-act-1-strip-21/ Snuka transforms].
== Web Original ==
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* ''[[Above Ground]]'' also features all kinds of werebeasts, although the predominant one remains werewolves. Whatever their animal type, their bite is not infectious: it is a trait inherited genetically. Furthermore, the weres are [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|Voluntary Shapeshifters]] who learn how to control their change as they grow older. To be able to fully control the change back and forth is their passage into adulthood.
* [http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/253/a/d/nsa_files__terrordactyl_by_shadow_aspect-d3jrbr5.png Adam Squall], the [[Author Avatar]] in ''[[The Incredibles]]'' crossover fanfiction ''[http://fav.me/d3jaeor Rise of the Galeforces]'', is a were-''[[Ptero-Soarer|Pteranodon]]''.
* Nathan, the Author Avatar in the Monster World series by [
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* Egon got turned into a were-chicken in ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''.
* In the 1998 animated film ''[[Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island]]'', Lena DuPrais, Simone Lenoir and Jacques (the film's antagonist) were werecats. They were referred to as "cat creatures" several times. Other occurrences of "cat creatures" have appeared on ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]?'' and ''The Scooby-Doo Show''.
* In ''[[She-Ra: Princess of Power|She Ra Princess of Power]]'', the villainess Catra can change into a panther, due to a magical mask that was stolen from the queen of a race of cat-people.
** This is changed in the remake, ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'' - Catra is a [[Cat Girl]] by birth in this version and has no other form.
* On ''[[Regular Show]]'', Rigby is attacked by a Were-skunk.
* Also, in the ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' episode, "Operation H.O.U.N.D.", Numbuh Five confronted her rival, Valerie, who was revealed to have the power to transform into a were-poodle. {{spoiler|Earlier in the episode, Numbuh Five was attacked by a vicious dog who ate her homework, who was later revealed to have been Valerie in her were-poodle form.}}
** Then in the Sequel Episode “Operation: D.O.G.H.O.U.S.E.”, it’s revealed that all the school’s Honor Roll students are also weredogs, {{spoiler|and their teacher is the Head Weredog due to a cursed necklace given to her by her vindictive ex-husband.}}
* An episode of ''[[Mona the Vampire]]'' has a wereclown.
** A Halloween episode of ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexters Laboratory]]'' also had a wereclown concept where Dexter gets bitten by a pair of clown dentures and turns into a [[Monster Clown]] whenever he laughs.
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