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{{quote|''"I will not turn into a snake. It never helps."'' |'''[[Evil Overlord List]]''', '[[Unfortunate Implications|Rule]] [[Rule 34|34]]'}}

* Orochimaru from ''[[Naruto]]'' probably takes inspiration from his namesake [[Orochi]] and does this in the series. {{spoiler|He gets taken out by a certain [[Ineffectual Loner]] after said loner's [[Face Heel Turn]]}}. Lame-n noodles, especially since it means he can't perform any of the jutsu that were his goal in life to learn. Though {{spoiler|his chances as a snake were probably better than a drugged-up old man who was near-dying, and he apparently didn't have a choice in the matter}}.

** Rather, Orochimaru takes his inspiration from the original Orochimaru, who likely gets it from ''his'' namesake Orochi.

** In contrast to the above, {{spoiler|Kabuto/[[Fan Nickname|Kabuchimaru]]}} turning into a snake let him escape a trap and kidnap someone on his way out.

* A [[Monster of the Week]] from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' does this. Notable as he actually put up a pretty decent fight while in humanoid form, (thanks to a magic trident) but got carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey post transformation. Beyond lame.

* Used and averted in Disney's ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]''. Merlin and Madam Mim have a wizard's duel. Madam Mim, [[Loophole Abuse|who announces the rules at the start, breaks them]] in an attempt to beat Merlin, only to have Merlin go in exactly the opposite direction. He makes her sick, which pushes her to bed rest.

** In [[The Once and Future King|the original novel]], she died of it on the spot.

{{quote|At the first gong Madam Mim immediately turned herself into a dragon. It was the accepted opening move...}}

* An unintentional example in the [[Running Gag|otherwise forgettable]] ''[[Bartok the Magnificent]]'': the villainess is turned into a dragon after downing a potion.

** On that note, in the "Kinda" serial of the 5th Doctor's reign, "The Mara" reveals its long-awaited true form to be a giant, laughable blow-up snake, which flails about for a few minutes before being defeated.

* Inverted in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': The Goa'uld are actually snakes that turn into humanoids (sort of).

* In the final battle of the ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki|Ryuki]]'' arc of ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'', Decade uses the Final Form Ride to force Ryuki into changing into a leaner version of his own contract monster, Dragredder. Ryuki as Dragredder tears the enemy's shark contract monster to pieces before they use Ryuki's finisher, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|with Decade taking Ryuki's part and Ryuki-as-Dragredder taking Dragredder's part]], to temporarily blow up the enemy himself. Naturally what makes it work in this instance is that the good guys did it.

** [[Kamen Rider Kiva]] had his own heroic example one year earlier - [[Super Mode|Emperor Form]]: Flight Style turns him into a winged dragon with an impressive [[Breath Weapon]]. There are two accounts of how he got it - in the [[Non-Serial Movie]], it's forced on him by the villain, and he's unable to control it until he gets a cooldown-hug from Otoya. He reverts to normal until the villain uses his ''own'' [[One-Winged Angel]] form. In the actual series, it's just an extension of Emperor Form that he unlocks late in the series and has no problem controlling.

* ''[[King's Quest V]]''. The showdown with Mordack involves him shapeshifting into various forms, which Graham must counter with some spells he learnt very conveniently about five minutes earlier. One of which is a dragon (defeated by turning into a rabbit, too nimble for the dragon to hit). Straight after, it's a snake (obviously countered by a mongoose).

* ''[[Simon the Sorcerer]]''. At one point, you partake in a "wizard's duel" (read: magical rock-paper-scissors) with a witch. Upon winning three rounds, the witch transforms into a dragon (breaking the rule she set at the start). This is completely innefective, of course - you just transform into a mouse and escape through the small mousehole in the wall.

* After being thrashed sufficiently by Isaac's team in ''[[Golden Sun]]'', antagonists Saturos and Menardi transform {{spoiler|into a single two-headed dragon. While the Fusion Dragon is a more powerful boss than either opponent separately}}, team Isaac still wins. In the sequel, the final boss is actually {{spoiler|another fused dragon comprised of three of the heroes' parents.}}

** In all these cases, the dragon shape really ''is'' far more powerful (especially in the case of the [[That One Boss|Doom Dragon]]), but results in a ''nasty'' case of [[Heroic RROD|Antagonist RROD]] when it wears off. A line of Saturos's before his transformation suggests he knew about this {{spoiler|which would explain why he and Menardi were [[Driven to Suicide]] after their defeat as the Fusion Dragon}}. In TLA, everyone who transformed was explicitly stated afterwards to be too weak to withstand Mars Lighthouse's environmental hazards {{spoiler|which is how Agatio and Karst died. The heroes' parents were saved by [[Deus Ex Machina]]}}.

* Avaritia, the leader of the Black Knights in ''[[11eyes]]'', stays on the sidelines for most of the game. Come the final fight, he transforms into a gigantic black dragon. Kukuri and Shiori face him down, and, though it takes a hell of a lot of power from Shiori, they just barely end up victorious.