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By far the most common form of werebeast depicted in fiction inspired by European folklore is the [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Werewolf]], but many stories use other animals as the basis of their werebeasts. Some of these are inspired by real world mythologies and others are purely the invention of the authors. Other than wolves, potentially dangerous predatory mammals such as cats, panthers, lions and bears are the most frequently depicted werebeasts (due to their [[Rule of Cool]]). However, many other types of creature has been used as the basis of a werebeast. Sometimes authors use normally harmless creatures as the basis of a werecreature for the sake of [[Rule of Cute]] or [[Rule of Funny]]. Some works will even use extremely unconventional ideas such as were''cars''. It should also be noted that while werebeasts normally have humanoid shapes as their default form, sometimes a work will reverse the order and make a werebeast an animal that [[Humanity Ensues|transforms into a human]]. The wolf version of this is sometimes called a "wolfwere".

 

 

 

== Related Tropes ==

* [[Werebeast Tropes]] lists tropes related to werebeasts, including werewolves.

* [[Skin Walker]] is a Native American multi-animal shape-shifter capable of taking other human forms.

* ''[[In the Blood (Literature)|In the Blood]]'' features werecats.

* ''[[Silicon Wolfpack (Literature)|Silicon Wolfpack]]'' includes multiple types of hereditary werebeasts. Including [[Scaled Up|weresnakes]].

* Fred Saberhagen's novel ''Dancing Bears'' features, guess what, ursanthropes.

* Curtis Jobling's series of fantasy novels ''[[Wereworld]]'' has all sorts of werecreatures, not limited to mammals.

* The main gimmick of ''[[Bloody Roar]]'' is that every character is some sort of werebeast. There's a weretiger, werebear, werelion, wererabbit, werefox, werecat, wereboar, weremole, werebat, werechameleon...

* [[Dwarf Fortress]] includes were-everythings, including weresheep and werekoalas.

* ''[[Nethack]]'' has wererats and werejackals in addition to the usual werewolves. All three types can infect you with their flavor of lycanthropy.

* ''[[Dragon Age|Dragon Age: Origins]]'' a variety of werebeasts. Most werebeasts are actually humans or animals possessed by demons from [[Spirit World|the Fade]] and subsequently mutated.

* The ''[[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]'' have had a number of were-somethings, in include [[Werewolves]], [[Everything's Better With Penguins|werepenguins]], weretigers, werehawks, and even a were-sea-anemone.

* ''[[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.

* Nathan, the Author Avatar in the Monster World series by [http://monstermaster13.deviantart.com/\] is a weregrinch.

 

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