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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]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[
* Edward Elric in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' frequently uses his abilities to turn his [[Artificial Limbs|prosthetic arm]] into a sword. In the manga, Envy can turn into literally ''anything''. During a fight with Lin Yao, he turns his limbs into a sword and a ''snake''. In the anime, Envy turns his arm into a black spike near the end. At another time, he copies Ed's arm and the sword trick. Wrath in the 1st animé had the ability to transmute ''his own body''.
** Greed can make his skin hard as diamond and uses this for defense and offense in battle.
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* Naraku of [[Inuyasha]] spontaneusly sprouts [[Combat Tentacles]] whenever he needs them, or morphs his hands into those to impale his enemies.
* Elder Toguro of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' loves turning his body parts into pointy things to stab people with.
* Eve from ''[[Black Cat (
* Chachamaru in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' can transform her forearms into blades or even guns. Judging from his ability to mimic other people exactly, Albireo can likely use his pactio item on his larynx. Evangeline also enjoys a good shape-shift here and there (claws are her favorite).
* A subtrope is when someone bleeds themselves, and then morphs the blood into weapons. Seen in ''Flame of Recca'' and [[Black Cat (
* 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]].
* ''[[
** 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.
* Nube's Oni Hand in ''[[Hell Teacher Nube]]''. He has to be careful when doing this, though, lest the hand overpower him and consume his entire body.
* On ''[[Blood Plus]]'', Solomon often uses his chevalier powers to turn his right hand into a sword blade.
* , Eve Neuschwanstein from [[
* [[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 will--and that's not even getting into the women who give birth to the holy swords... this series [[Cool Sword|likes its swords]].
* 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|Parasytes]] - human cuisinarts who can strike ''faster than the eye can see''.
* Kanade from ''[[
* Gajeel from ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' can change his limbs into a club, a spear or a sword. And a chainsaw.
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** The Engineer from ''[[The Authority]]''.
** Warblade of WildCATS.
** [[
** [[Plastic Man]] uses his stretching power for shapeshifting more often than not, though he only ''rarely'' turns his limbs into weapons or anything like that. He's too creative. When Plas does make weapons, they're usually unconventional. In his famous battle against Fernus, he made his body into several hilarious weapons like sharks and cymbal monkeys. The kicker is that he transformed into these things all at the same time.
** [[Martian Manhunter]] occasionally does this, as do his White Martian rivals. In fact, Manhunter is most likely to do this when fighting White Martians.
** [[
== [[Film]] ==
* The liquid-metal T-1000 from ''[[Terminator (
{{quote| '''T-8000:''' Guns and explosives have chemicals, moving parts. It doesn't work that way. But it can form solid metal shapes.<br />
'''John:''' Like what?<br />
'''T-800:''' Knives and stabbing weapons. }}
* John Carpenter's ''The Thing'' could spontaneously grow teeth, claws, arms, mouths, etc. anywhere on its body.
* In the climactic battle on ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', {{spoiler|Judge Doom, who is a toon in disguise,}} turns his hand first into an anvil and then a buzzsaw to attack Eddie Valiant.
* Mystique did this in the first ''[[X
* ''[[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-Wielding|with both arms]]. Antagonists go full-on [[One-Winged Angel]], but {{spoiler|[[Tomato in
* Limb removed? The "engineers" in ''[[Tokyo Gore Police]]'' grow a chainsaw or some other weapon out of there.
== Literature ==
* Visser Three does this in at least one ''[[
* In Quantum Gravity, Lila Black is implied to be capable of this from book four onwards. In fact, book five heavily implies that she could turn her body parts into anything.
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* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': RepliCarter has the same bladed arm as the T-1000 as a homage to ''[[Terminator|Terminator 2]]''.
* Odo from ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'': his shapeshifting powers are his main tool in keeping the peace.
* Auton Mickey, in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Rose," morphs his hands into, well, crude clubs. The other Autons get more prep time, and create much more effective weapons.
* All the Final Form Rides in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' are Shapeshifter Weapons, with the exception of Den-O Momotaros and Double. The list includes independent creatures (Kuuga Gouram, Ryuki Dragreder, Hibiki Akanetaka, Zecter Kabuto) vehicles (Agito Tornader), and weapons (Faiz Blaster, Blade Blade, Kiva Arrow).
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Huitzil in ''[[
* The MMO ''Warhammer Online'' features a Chaos class called the Marauder, who can turn his arms into giant blades, maces, and claws. Too bad they removed the female version, which would had have so much [[Fetish Fuel]] (let's see: an evil, muscular woman that can turn her arm into stuff)
** The official explaination for male-only marauders is that they wanted them all to be bare-chested. Yes, ''all'' of them. But they wanted to avoid an explicit Mature rating; same reason Slaaneshi daemons (notoriously naked) are in short supply and covered up more-than-usual.
* Emeralda of ''[[
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' features Jax, who has a fatality that involves changing his cybernetic arms to blades and chopping up his foe.
* Alex Mercer, protagonist of ''[[Prototype (
* Algol, the final boss of ''[[Soul Calibur|Soulcalibur IV]]'' fights merged with Soul Edge and Soulcalibur, and can manifest blades or shields from both at will.
* While Axl of ''[[Mega Man X]]'' doesn't literally change his limbs to turn into weapons, the same process and visual effects he uses to shapeshift is also used to create his arsenal of firearms, including his default Axl Bullets, which have the same color scheme as he does.
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** The eponymous weapon itself is this. While this was shown in II and III, it's in full force in Soulcalibur V by {{spoiler|Elysium, Soul Calibur's will}}.
* Vectorman's whole "orbot" schtick involved transforming his whole body into jets and drills and such.
* Haudrale of ''[[
* Twelve of [[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Ysengrin from ''[[
* The [[Exactly What It Says
* ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'': According to creationist horror films, [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1695#comic this is how evolution works].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Diamondhead from ''[[
** [[Punny Name|Kevin E. Levin,]] {{spoiler|after another Omnitrix-induced mega-mutation,}} is capable of turning his limbs into weapons, a la [[
* The animated version of the ''[[Teen Titans (
** Madam Rouge, a member of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] in the final season, also uses this- her powers are a combination [[Rubber Man|rubber woman]] and more general [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]], so doing things like turning her fingers into talons or elongating her whole body like a snake to strangle enemies are well-documented techniques.
* In ''[[Static Shock]]'', there is a recurring minor minion named Shiv, who can turn his arms into almost anything he can imagine, almost like a [[Green Lantern]] (but without the need for a ring.) As per his name, he prefers sharp things.
* [[Generator Rex]] can do this, as he's full of [[Nanomachines]].
* Yaksha from [[Hero 108]].
* Jake of ''[[
* In [[Justice League Unlimited]] several characters use this, including Martian Manhunter, Clayface, and Metamorpho
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