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If ''painful'' doesn't begin to describe the transformation, see [[Body Horror]].
Usually not associated with [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]], where the user generally knows enough to pick a quick and painless method of transformation. [[Involuntary Shapeshifter
In cases where the shapeshifter will, once fully transformed, pose a threat to all others present, [[Transformation Is a Free Action|no one takes advantage of their temporary incapacitation]] in an attempt to flee or subdue them.
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* The first transformation sequence in ''[[The Company of Wolves]]'', wherein a werewolf, having disappeared for several years, flies into a rage over being forgotten by his lover. He begins to tear his own face off before his flesh splits open by itself, revealing the intricate details of the human anatomy for a few moments before the muscles and bones begin to twist into the shape of a wolf's, the visceral display traumatizing the woman's children all the while. Then his former lover's husband returns to the house and beheads him. His head goes flying into a vat of milk, then resurfaces as a human head, his blood staining the milk pink. Delicious!
* In ''[[Dog Soldiers]]'', the transformation into a werewolf is apparently very painful, as the unfortunate lycanthrope-to-come begins screaming and grunting as they stagger around the room, tripping over random objects, as fur begins to grow and they generally display more wolf-like characteristics as the change continues, growling instead of crying for example. This occurs is a surprisingly dramatic sequence towards the end of the film, where the infected character of Sergeant Wells is writhing around the kitchen as his accomplice Cooper makes his escape. Eventually, towards the end of his change, he attracts the attention of the remaining werewolves, looks at a picture of his wife, roars and blows the fuck out of everything in the house, including him, with the faulty gas cooker he was leaning against.
* Johnny Blaze's first transformation into the [[Ghost Rider]] has his skin burning and melting off. He goes beyond the point of screaming in pain and winds up laughing maniacally before the process finishes. Subsequent transformation are instantaneous and seemingly
* Sebastian becoming invisible in ''[[Hollow Man]]'', as well as making the previous test subject visible again.
* Ron Howard wanted something like this originally for the bathtub scene in ''[[Splash]]'' where Madison the mermaid turns into her mermaid form in the bath. But he feared that it would ruin the appeal of the character. But the part where her lower torso bubbles and turns scaly would probably count- seeing as the bath tub scene in general was intense.
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** "Planet of the Ood" has the [[Karmic Transformation]] of the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]. It starts as simple hair loss, and ends in him ripping his own face off to expose his newly transformed self and coughing up part of his brain.
** The Doctor's forced aging in "The Sound of Drums" and again in "Last of the Time Lords" certainly sounds painful, judging by the screaming.
** When the Doctor becomes (temporarily) human the process is only seen during a few extremely brief
** When the Eleventh Doctor shows up in ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', Sarah asks him if it hurt the last time changed. "It always hurts," is his reply.
* [[Played for Laughs]] in ''[[Babylon 5]]''. Delenn undergoes her Minbari-to-human transformation unconscious and cocooned; several episodes later, she finds herself completely unable to cope with having hair, and complains about her first menstrual cramps.
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== Webcomics ==
* This is a problem for [[Half-Human Hybrid|chimera]] in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]''; it figures prominently in the character of [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-04-07 Vlad], who could not change form with risking his life. Part of what makes Grace (Shade Tail) unique is that transforming doesn't hurt her as much as it does others (by design, she naturally releases painkillers when transforming). Interestingly, the transformation gun doesn't have this effect, even on normal humans (though it is implied that it did before Tedd perfected it; when Elliot uses the transformation belt, which is based on an earlier version of the TFG, he is incapacitated for several minutes - and his later cat-hybrid transformations reflect this as well). "Ok, I need an aspirin, a ball of yarn, and thirty-seven pounds of catnip, stat!"
** Later [[exposition]] revealed that depending on the parents, [[
* ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]'', [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_691.php here].
{{quote|''"Wait, painful? This is going to hurt?"''
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