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* There was an episode of ''[[Pokémon]]'' involving a Ditto that eventually turned into a cannon for a [[Fastball Special]]. Now if it could only turn into an actual cannon in the games...
* The [[Night of the Living Mooks|Mariages]] in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] StrikerS [[All There in the Manual|Sound Stage X]]'' do battle by converting their arms into weapons such as swords, lances, or [[Arm Cannon|artillery]].
* ''[[Soul Eater]]'' has a few [[Equippable Ally|shapeshifters]] able to transform parts of their bodies.
** In the chapter 63, Marie said that the ability of manipulate their form is one of the basical traits of the Death Scythes. Indeed, Spirit, Marie and {{spoiler|Soul Eater}}
** Crona has the ability to use Ragnarok the Demon Sword. Although Ragnarok has its own soul and own personality, it was born of and lives in Crona's blood, effectively meaning that it is a part of Crona.
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* On ''[[Blood Plus]]'', Solomon often uses his chevalier powers to turn his right hand into a sword blade.
* , Eve Neuschwanstein from [[NEEDLESS]] is a shapeshifter and likes to change costumes along with her arms into weapons.
* [[Miko|Arashi Kishuu]], from ''[[X 1999]]'', can draw a sword out of her hand whenever she needs it. There's also [[Genki Girl|Yuzariha's]] dog/[[His Dark Materials|daemon]] Innuki, who can transform into a sword at
* The titular characters of ''[[Karakuridouji Ultimo]]''.
* Alissa Southerncross from ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' fights aliens with the help of her shape-shifting "daddy", Nebula.
* The titular [[Parasyte
* Kanade from ''[[Angel Beats!]]'' had the abilities to change her [[Blade Below the Shoulder|arm]] into four different types of weapons.
* Gajeel from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' can change his limbs into a club, a spear or a sword. And a chainsaw.
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* The [[Marvel Universe]] has several:
** [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] villain Apocalypse can make anything from [[Battering Ram
** The X-Men's own Random can also turn his arms into guns. Like, [[BFG|really huge ones]]. It's pretty weird-looking when he does it.
** Also in X-Men, Cessily Kincaid, Mercury III, forms blades, maces, and hammers among other things. At least once, she's also done a variant where she's acted as armor for another character.
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== [[Film]] ==
* The liquid-metal T-1000 from ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator 2]]'' could turn its arms into
{{quote|'''T-8000:''' Guns and explosives have chemicals, moving parts. It doesn't work that way. But it can form solid metal shapes.
'''John:''' Like what?
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Obliterators in ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''. These are genetically-engineered supermen who've caught a daemonic contagion that fuses them to their armour and gives them the ability to form a wide variety of guns from their
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''
** 3.5 ed. has a Prestige Class, the Warshaper, basically devoted to this, allowing a character to use his extant shapechanging ability (gained from another class or racial feature) to give himself natural weapons and superstrength, along with a few other perks.
** ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' has
** The Keepers, creepy [[The Men in Black|Men in Black]] with malleable bodies, such that they can reshape their hands into clubs or knives.
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