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== Anime & Manga ==

* In ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', Goku was subject to transforming into a giant ape-like creature with [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser breath]] when gazing at a full moon. In ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', Goku's son, Gohan had the same "issues". Cutting off their Saiyan tails reversed the transformation. Vegeta, having had the proper training, was in full control of his Oozaru form.

 

== Comics ==

* Naturally, the [[Trope Namer]] and [[Trope Codifier|Codifier]] is the [[Incredible Hulk]].

** The writers of ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' Live Action TV series offically called it "Hulking Out."

 

== Fanfic ==

* A side-effect of Fauna's abilities in [[DC Nation]]. In human form? [[Technical Pacifist]] (downgraded a bit from [[Actual Pacifist]]) [[Granola Girl]] or [[New Age Retro Hippie]], and more support staff than combatant. [http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower/707845.html Push her] past [http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower/423725.html the limit], [http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower/550149.html though...]

 

== Film ==

* ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''. [[Jekyll and Hyde|Dr. Jekyll does this when he turns into Mr. Hyde.]]

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]: New Moon'', Jacob and the other werewolves sometimes change into wolf form because of anger. The pack leader Sam's fiancee has disfiguring scars because Sam "lost control for a split-second."

 

== Live Action TV ==

* A prize fighter in the ''[[Lost Girl]]'' episode "Raging Fae" keeps beating stronger foes because a Fae is secretly dosing him with a [[Hulk Out]]-inducing substance.

* While werewolves in the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffyverse]] usually transform the day before, of, and after the full moon, when Oz learns to control the transformations he is then subject to [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]] when he feels strong emotions (like jealousy over Tara's relationship with Willow.)

* This is how werewolves in [[Sanctuary]] work. Henry seems to be the first person to figure out how to control the changes (without drugs.)

* Yet another werewolf example. In ''[[Big Wolf on Campus]]'', Tommy would not only transform during a full moon, but also during times of extreme emotional stress...or arousal.

 

== Mythology ==

 

== Newspaper Comics ==

* ''[[Doonesbury]]'': When [[Cloudcuckoolander]] [[Granola Girl]] Boopsie channels Hunk-Ra, this tends to be what results.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[Werewolf: The Forsaken]]'' has Death Rage, where a werewolf will automatically transform to his "war form" and go on an unstoppable rampage. It's either triggered through pain or anger (and depending on your [[Karma Meter]], that anger can range from "one of your packmates just got killed" to "someone talked sass to you").

** Similarly, [[Vampire: The Requiem|vampires]] have Frenzy, which is triggered by stimuli such as anger, fear or hunger. And unlike in the above example, getting sassed at ''is'' a perfectly normal stimulus for Frenzy. There's a reason everyone stays polite at Elysium...

** And [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse|their]] [[Vampire: The Masquerade|predecessors]] in the [[Old World of Darkness]] can also frenzy in many of the same situations.

 

== Video Games ==

* In ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'', Ryu first transforms into his [[Game Breaker|Kaiser form]] after he witnesses [[Complete Monster|Captain Rosso]] kill some innocent children and send an [[Hopeless Boss Fight|invincible monster]] after him and his friends. Ryu then proceeds to brutally murder both the monster and Rosso, and it takes a [[Cooldown Hug]] from Nina for him to regain his senses. Afterward, he can transform into Kaiser at will, but it cannot be controlled until you finish a certain sidequest.

* Bowser only reaches [[Make My Monster Grow|his most epic level of power]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' after being (otherwise fatally) crushed, with a little help from the Mario Bros.

 

== Western Animation ==

* In the ''[[Word Girl]]'' episode introducing Eileen (The Birthday Girl), the more she was selfish the bigger she grew and the greener she got; once she gave somebody something she returned to normal size and color.

* [[The Venture Brothers|Doctor Venture]] once thought Hank to be blessed with "retard strength" but was mistaken.