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'''Basic Trope''': Physical transformations are not a pleasant experience.
* '''Straight''': When [[Meaningful Name|Luna]] the [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werewolf]] transforms, she goes through agony.
* '''Exaggerated''': The change is slow, [[Body Horror|her body distorts horribly]], and [[Squick|we hear all the squishing and crunching that goes with it]].
* '''Downplayed''': Luna's transformation leaves her with a mild chestache.
* '''Justified''': Her muscles, bones, and organs shifting around have got to affect her nerves somewhat.
* '''Inverted''': Luna's transformations [[Evil Feels Good|feel good]].
* '''Subverted''': Luna braces herself for her first transformation, but when it happens, it doesn't hurt at all.
* '''Double Subverted''': That's only the first stage. The next is pure [[Body Horror]].
* '''Parodied''': By the time she reaches wolf form, she limps away with her tail between her legs, whimpering like a sad puppy, as her transformation has left her incapable of being any danger to anyone. Her friends decide to take her to a vet.
* '''Deconstructed''': Luna slowly goes crazy from her transformations.
** Luna passes out in mid-transformation, and is killed while unconscious.
* '''Reconstructed''': Luna is a hero, and her transformations, though painful, are worth it because they let her fight evil.
** Luna and her friends are being pursued by another werewolf, and her friends hide her as best they can until she can reawaken and hand the other werewolf's ass on a silver platter. 
* '''Zig Zagged''': While Luna's transformations are painful, other werewolves in the story appear to shapeshift painlessly.
* '''Averted''': Luna can change from human to wolf and vice versa with no pain.
* '''Enforced''': "This show needs as much [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]] as possible."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Whenever werewolves evolve to transform without pain,it'll be a miracle..."
* '''Invoked''': The villain keeps Luna in a confined space too small for her werewolf form as she transforms in order to cause as much pain as possible.
* '''Exploited''': One of Luna's potential victims takes advantage of Luna's crippling agony in order to get away safely.
* '''Defied''': Luna takes a large dose of painkillers every full moon before the transformation.
* '''Discussed''': "Oh, God, I am not looking forward to seeing the full moon tonight."
* '''Conversed''': ???
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