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== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[With Strings Attached]]'', it happens to George thanks to a flaw in the ring that normally allows him to [[Voluntary Shapeshifter|shape change at will]]. He gets stuck as a pigeon in New Zork and is ''not'' happy about it; he uses his ring more cautiously for a time after it happens.
* Because of the multiple shape-changers that make up the [[Love Dodecahedron]] at the heart of its plot, most of whom are looking for cures for their conditions, this is a persistent theme/device in ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fanfiction, in contexts that range from light farce to horror.
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* Occurs in ''[[The Secret of Kells]]''. After {{spoiler|allowing Crom Cruach to hurt her so she can let Brendan sneak past safely, [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Aisling is stuck in her white wolf form]], unable to speak to Brendan anymore. In the [[Distant Finale]] of the movie, however, we ''briefly'' see her in her human appearance, implying the lock is starting to wear off, or possibly already has.}}
* In ''[[The Return of Hanuman]]'', one of the conditions for Hanuman to be reincarnated as a human on Earth is that when he turns back into the original Hanuman, he could not turn back into human form.
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** Also used more conventionally within the series: Angua frequently worries about the psychological effects of becoming a wolf, fearing that if she stays in wolf form too long, she will forget how to be human.
** Shown with her father, in particular, who is slowly forgetting how to be human. Mentioned also that the human/reasoning side becomes less powerful the longer they're in Werewolf form, while the senses fade in human form.
** Angua becomes mode-locked in wolf form while directly exposed to the light of the full moon. A curtain is shown to prevent this, but she makes a comment about having to sleep in a dog basket for a week every month, suggesting that keeping the curtains closed might not work all the time.
** Borrowing can also cause this, in a way; if a witch borrows an animal's mind and stays there for too long, she'll forget she was ever human and it'll take a powerful witch to bring her back.
* An unusual variation occurs in the ''[[Switchers]]'' series. The titular shapeshifters [[Growing Up Sucks|lose their powers at 15]] (which is to say, Midnight on the morning of their fifteenth birthday) and are stuck as whatever they happen to be at the time. This issue is directly and pointedly addressed in the second book, appropriately entitled ''Midnight's Choice''.
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* The title villain of ''[[IT]]'' by [[Stephen King]] can be forced into one form if several people all think of it that way at once. {{spoiler|Like a [[Giant Spider]].}}
* There's a German children's book (main character's named Agathe) which involves witches, shapeshifting into cats and a "stay-a-cat-powder".
* In [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[The Magic Goes Away]]'' series, werebeasts become mode-locked whenever the [[mana]] runs out (but recover their power if they enter another mana-rich area).
** In ''What Good is a Glass Dagger?'', a werewolf is surprised to learn that {{Spoiler|he reverts to wolf-shape in the absence of mana, losing the human part of his intelligence in the process. This has huge implications for his descendants.}}
** ''The Lion in His Attic'' strongly implies that the above applies to all werebeasts.
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