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A [[Voluntary Shapeshifter]] is never without a weapon, because they ''are'' a weapon. When nothing else is within reach, they can form their body or [[Artificial Limbs]] into [[Wolverine Claws|claws]], [[Blade Below the Shoulder|blades]], [[Cool Guns|guns]], [[Drop the Hammer|hammers]]... their arsenal is limited only by their [[Green Lantern Ring|imagination]]! (And possibly the story's [[Magic
Some Shapeshifters use this as their primary [[Weapon of Choice]], while others favor conventional weapons and only [[I Am Not Left Handed|reveal this power after being otherwise disarmed]].
Part of what makes the [[Shapeshifter Showdown]] so spectacular. Compare with the [[Morph Weapon]], which has similar powers but isn't part of the wielder's body, and [[Retractable Weapon]]. Not to be confused with the [[Calvin and Hobbes|Transmogrifier]] [[Transformation Ray|gun]]. See [[Equippable Ally]] for when they still need a little help from an ally to take advantage of this.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* Mystique did this in the first ''[[X Men (Film)|X Men]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] with Wolverine's claws (which failed miserably against the real ones).
* ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'': Pretty much every weapon used by the titular species is formed from their limbs (except, for some reason, Optimus's gun). Other exceptions include [[Fan Nickname|Brawlvastator]]'s over-shoulder missile launchers (his tank [[Kibbles and Bits|kibble]]) and Blackout's [[Chest Blaster]].
* The [[Eldritch Abomination|Harvesters]] in ''[[The Deaths of Ian Stone]]'' use a [[Blade Below the Shoulder]] version of this [[Dual
* Limb removed? The "engineers" in ''[[Tokyo Gore Police]]'' grow a chainsaw or some other weapon out of there.
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