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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''Logan:''' What do you want, an apology?<br />
'''Mystique:''' You know what I want. ''(transforms from one woman to another)'' The question is, what do ''you'' want?|''[[X -Men (Filmfilm)|X2: X-Men United]]''}}
 
{{quote|''"I can assume any form I wish. Any form ''you'' wish."''|'''The Beast''', ''[[Krull]]''}}
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One of the quickest ways for this tactic to fail is for the shapeshifter not to do ''any'' research on the seducee or badly botch said research. This can happen if they take the form of a lost love, an ex, or their anti-type, the form likeliest to turn them off and make them run screaming.
 
Compare [[You Sexy Beast]]. See also [[Power Perversion Potential]]. Not to be confused with [[Shapeshifting Lover]], where they only have one alternate form (and it's animal to human). Might be related to [[Shapeshifters Do It for Aa Change]], however.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The [[Hentai]] ''Cosplay Sex Machine'' is based around this.
* Tomoe, a [[Kitsune]] from ''[[Kamisama Kiss (Manga)|Kamisama Kiss]],'' does this for fun and profit.
* ''[[Gantz]]'' has a particulary [[Squick|squicky]] example of this: Koki Inaba ended up having sex with a [[Ho Yay|male alien]] disguised as [[Idol Singer|Reika]] [[Buxom Is Better|Shimohira.]]
 
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== Comic Books ==
* [[Eldritch Abomination|Mary Shelley Lovecraft]] tried this in a ''[[Hack Slash]]'' story, morphing into a number of Cassie's past love interests while saying [[We Can Rule Together]].
* ''[[Runaways (Comic Book)|Runaways]]'': Xavin is in love with Karolina, but [[You're Not My Type|he's not her type]]. Fortunately Xavin is a Skrull, with the ability to change his shape - including into a her.
* There was a ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'' comic where The Chameleon tried to seduce Mary Jane by turning into different handsome men. [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|It didn't go over well.]]
** Another comic had Electro visiting a [[Power Perversion Potential|shape-shifting prostitute]], who offered to turn into Namorita, Sue Storm or the Scarlet Witch, among others. Spidey interrupted before we found out who Electro "fancied a crack at" this time...
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== Film ==
* ''[[Epic Movie]]'' has a scene where the Mystique [[Expy]] seduces a character...and he asks her to [[Chubby Chaser|get fatter]].
* ''[[Legend (Filmfilm)|Legend]]''. While the protagonists are trapped in Darkness' jail, the fairy Oona tries to get Jack to kiss her by creating an illusion that she's Jack's girlfriend Lili.
* Mystique in ''[[X-Men (Filmfilm)|X-Men]] 2'' and ''X-Men: First Class'', which didn't really work for her either time until {{spoiler|Magneto in ''First Class'' told her he preferred her ''[[You Sexy Beast|without]]'' the shapeshifted appearance}}.
* ''[[Excalibur (Filmfilm)|Excalibur]]''. Merlin using his magic to change Uther Pendragon into the form of the Duke he's fighting in order to sleep with his wife.
 
 
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* The reluctant, eponymous succubus in Richelle Mead's ''Georgina Kincaid'' series relies on this power to seduce (mainly) men in order to get the life energy her kind need. Much is made of the fact that the seduction of morally upstanding individuals is made easier by simple groundwork, plus a lot of skill in 'seductive techniques'. Brand-new succubi apparently often lack this carefully-cultivated skill, instead relying on their physical attributes. When Georgina is assigned an apprentice to supervise, she is horrified that the newbie considers 6ft blonde bombshells with breasts that defy physics to be every man's ideal. Said apprentice later reveals that she has much success with college boys, but can't understand why she can't snare moral men.
** Also, none of the several people Georgina - which isn't her actual name - has romantic entanglements with are attracted through any deliberate act of hers; they fall for her because of who she is. Whenever it is mentioned, none of them ''seem'' interested in the uses the shape-shifting ability might have in the bedroom. This is made more complicated by the fact that Georgina's 'default' form is not her original one either, and hasn't been for about 1500 years.
* In ''[[A Night in Thethe Lonesome October]]'', the Thing In The Circle tries this on the protagonist-narrator in an attempt to get free of the Circle that imprisons it. It never quite succeeds in making him forget what it really is, and all it gets for its trouble is a series of deadpan snarker demurrals.
* Iris in the first ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]]'' novel does this. She never hid her capacity for [[Superpower Lottery|Magician-level]] illusions (although the more deceptive particulars are another matter), and, this being a ''[[Xanth (Literature)|Xanth]]'' novel, where every able-bodied male is horny as hell, it very nearly works.
* What Saiman attempts with [[Kate Daniels]], but never succeeds. His never-changing eyes make it [[Uncanny Valley]] for her.
* Surprisingly averted in ''[[Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince]]''. Ron points out that Tonks is nowhere as pretty as Fleur. Hello? Tonks is a shapeshifter, she can be the girl of anyone's dream.
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== Mythology ==
* In [[Classical Mythology]], Zeus is depicted doing this several times when he wants to have an affair with a mortal woman, and often with little apparent regard for what a woman would find attractive. He carried off Europa in the form of a bull and met Danae disguised as a "shower of gold." He was in swan form when he chased ''and'' raped Leda (or Nemesis, [[Depending Onon the Writer]]). He used the trope's more usual form with Alcmene, though, by taking the shape of her husband so well she was totally fooled. The story that he (initially) hid his true form from Semele presumably includes him taking an attractive mortal human form with her, as well, although unlike Alcmene she wasn't married.
* In one of the [[Norse Mythology|Norse myths]], Loki talked the gods into letting a Giant rebuild the ruined Wall of Asgard -- and promising him the Sun, the Moon, and Freyja if he finished before the deadline. The idea was to cheat him, except he looked ready to finish on time with the help of his super-strong stallion Svadilfari. The gods demanded that Loki get rid of that horse, so he transformed into a mare and ... distracted ... Svadilfari. Some months later, Loki gave birth to Sleipnir.
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* At the start of Season 2 of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', the illusionist Candace tried to seduce Sylar with, among other forms, [[Les Yay|hot]] [[Twincest|twins]], and ''[[Screw Yourself|himself]]''. He kills her to try to steal the power for himself.
* In ''[[The X -Files]]'' episode "Small Potatoes", Eddie Van Blundht used his shapeshifting abilities to seduce women, generally by posing as their husbands. In one case, he took advantage of a woman crazed about [[Star Wars]] by appearing to her as Luke Skywalker. {{spoiler|This tripped him up. He knew about her obsession from years ago, and her social circle was pretty small.}}
 
 
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