Shapeshifting Squick: Difference between revisions

If a shapeshifter is ''loyally'' dating, or if the shapeshifter is the hero, this trope is played humorously for that character.

See also [[Shapeshifting Lover]], which has a cleaner history in folklore.

== Comic Books ==

* Mystique is pretty much the embodiment of this trope. She is well aware of the implications of her powers and often [[Lampshade Hanging|happily acknowledges them.]]

*** In an issue of ''Wolverine'', Logan and Mystique apparently sleep together. Logan knew it was Mystique the whole time by her smell, but played along because Mystique was acting WAY out of character and he figured something was seriously bothering her.

** In a comic book story titled "Bizarre Love Triangle", Mystique takes an exotic female form and attempts to seduce Gambit in order to prove to Rogue (her adopted daughter) that he can't be trusted. When this fails, she takes the form of ''Rogue''.

** Okay, that is just letting Xavin off the hook. S/he knows perfectly well that Karolina has a pile of unrequited feelings for Nico, chooses to morph into Nico and come on to Karoline ''without mentioning that she is Xavin.'' It is the meanest kind of fidility-test you can think off.

** But later, during an unrelated argument, Xavin becomes female without thinking about it--which promptly ends the argument. Karolina's so pleased, she starts talking about that instead.

** ... including [[Foe Yay|Spider-Man]]...

** ... If [[Fridge Logic|we knew then what we know now]]...

** Other characters who have plenty of fanfiction invoking this trope include but are certainly not limited to [[Batman|Clayface]] and [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Beast Boy]].

*** Lampshaded in the [[DC Nation]] fan-verse when the characters are taking the 5000 question "internet purity test." Gar's girlfriend (an OC with similar shapeshifting abilities) asks, tongue-in-cheek, [[But You Screw One Goat!|"Honey, just how DO we answer those bestiality questions?"]]

== Film ==

{{quote| '''Kirk''': ''I can't believe I kissed you!''<br />

'''Not Kirk''': ''Must've been your lifelong ambition.'' }}

* The movie ''Legend'' has the fairy turning into the heroine to tempt the hero, but he refuses. It almost causes a problem (because the fairy is insulted and almost doesn't help them), and the hero's allies reprimand him for not playing along and kissing her.

* And we can't forget the scene in ''[[Mallrats]]'' where Brody asks Stan Lee about [[Power Perversion Potential|the implications]] of [[Fantastic Four|Reed and Sue Richard's]] relationship...

*** Also in one of the comics. "Did I ever mention what a ''wonderful'' power that cosmic cloud gave you?"

* In ''The Muppets Wizard Of Oz'' there's a scene where it's Tin Thing (Gonzo)'s turn to see the wizard. The wizard first appears as this very beautiful [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|green skinned woman]]... but when Gonzo fails to react to this, she turns into a ''chicken'' just like Camilla!

* As in the standard folklore, in the film ''Excalibur'' [[King Arthur]] is son of Igraine and Uther Pendragon. He is shapeshifted by Merlin as Igraine's husband (that, at the moment, is painfully dying on the battlefield for extra drama); because [[Squick]] was not already hitting the eleven, Uther is in full metal plate armor, with the queen laying under him. Ouch. No time to undress?

'''Trip:''' Not at first! }}

* Honourable mention must be made of the original [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]] from the first ''[[Star Trek]]'' pilot, "The Cage". She was, in reality, a human, but she was able to use the aliens' telepathic abilities to change the way she appeared to Captain Pike. It essentially played out as the first type.

* In Season 7 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Willow has finally healed emotionally enough from {{spoiler|Tara's death}} to kiss her new prospective girlfriend, Kennedy. Much to the astonishment of her lesbian partner, Willow promptly turns into a man. Much to Willow's astonishment, it happens to be the man she {{spoiler|skinned alive last season}}. Hilarity Ensues.

* An episode of ''The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'' featured a fake advert for something called For Men Only (a parody of men's haircare products) which was a liquid that turns men into women. There are several male to female morphs in it including Jay himself using the product. Another episode had Jay in drag (a supermodel with his voice). And on the episode where Pam Anderson was the guest- Jay asked several questions about implants and then asked her... "If you could be a man, who would it be?" Pam responds "I could be you!" Jay then exclaims "That's perfect. Why?" Pam's answer is "So I could sit there, torturing you, asking about your implants."

** In "Tapestry," Picard relives the days leading up to when he lost his original heart. Although everyone in his dream/memory/time-travel/thing sees him as a 19-year-old, he is still played by Patrick Stewart, so the audience sees him as a bald 40-something. Approaches this trope when he sleeps with one of his friends, who is of course an actual 19-year-old.

*** Who then turns into Q, much to Picard's chagrin.

* In ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'', Odo has a sexual life using this, that is until he starts to MERGE with other changelings, an act which is portrayed as being far more intimate than mere coitus (and much more natural for an amorphous and sexless race). At first he seems to think of it in sexual terms; the writers have fun with this, as when a "male" changeling wants to merge with him in public.

** By the way, how do we define a gender of a shapeshifter that can take ANY form, male AND female?

* In the last episode of the first series of ''[[Jekyll]]'', Hyde teases Jackman's (his Jekyll-side's) wife about how he might want to come out when the two were having sex. She responds, 'I might let you'.

** ...excuse me, I have to go write some Fan Fiction now.

** Somewhat justified in canon; the Lunars were originally created not just as counsellors and stewards to the Solars, but as their mates. When you're an immortal god-king and you live in a setting where [[Everyone Is Bi|a good chunk of the population swings both ways]], you're going to need some variety.

* Changelings in ''[[Eberron]]'' are probably masters of this trope. Even gender is merely a guideline to them, provided they stay within general humanoid appearance and [[Shout-Out|don't change gender]] [[Ranma One Half|while pregnant]].

*** Celebi's pokedex entries from its first appearance in the 2nd Gen onwards mentioned that while it time travels, [[Delivery Stork|it sometimes brings back an egg from the future]], so until another stork pokemon comes, Celebi is pretty close to the stork-type, for now.

** In 4th Gen, a well-known breeding trick is to give the mother poke an Everstone, so the offspring has a better chance of inheriting the mother's nature. If something is being bred with a Ditto, the trick only works if the Ditto is the one holding the Everstone and passing on the nature. Conclusion: Ditto is the mother, even if the other poke is female.

** It's more of a surprise that the Realms apparently ''have'' chinchillas than that the god of ''murder'' of all things doesn't squick as easily as mere mortals.

* In ''[[Dragon Age]]'', [[Anything That Moves|Zevran]] asks [[Hot Witch|Morrigan]] if she's ever had sex in non-human form. She's [[Squick|squicked]] by the idea and finds his interest in it unhealthy.

'''Sabine:''' ''"Honey, I am a shapechanger, it's not like we never tried-"''<br />

'''Nale:''' ''"Not! Helping!"'' }}

* In ''[[The Perry Bible Fellowship]]'' In the comic "Eden" , God {{spoiler|takes the form of Adam and engages in sex with Eve, who does not know that she is not doing it with Adam. Adam calls out "Honey?" upon seeing what is happening.}}

* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' Princess Voluptua revealed to Bob early on that her [[Hello, Nurse!]] appearance was an illusion and that she was actually a [[Starfish Aliens|Starfish Alien]]. Consequently, they have never pursued a relationship, although his girlfriend Jean still dislikes her hanging around him in all her [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]] glory.

** Even worse (almost), was a re-enactment of said rape by some [[LARP|LARPers]] who got ''way'' into the role, and had costumes that would be... er, "fully functional". Mike was just barely saved, and the rescuer ({{spoiler|1=PeeJee}}) immediately regretted the action.

*** He gets better [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap|later. ...Much later.]]

{{quote| '''Casey:''' "If either of us has abnormal sex, I'm sure it's you. Your girlfriend 'has many forms'."<br />

'''Andy:''' "It's not like that at all."<br />

'''Andy (to Casey):''' "That's probably not good." }}

* In ''[[Wapsi Square]]'', Justin [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/fringe-paranormals/ once dated a werewolf] who liked to change in the middle of sex. Justin wasn't really into it.

== Western Animation ==

{{quote| '''Wildcat''': He got in my mouth!}}

* The ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two" has Leela meeting [[Actor Allusion|Alkazar]], whom she believes to be the other [[Last of His Kind|last of her kind]]. Turns out he was really a shapeshifting cricket who tried to seduce five women to keep his five castles clean.

** She does, however, later try to encourage him to turn back into Fourarms...[[Squick|Cue Ben's reaction.]]

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