Shapeshifter Weapon: Difference between revisions

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 A Is Magic A|internal logic]].) Others who are "limited" to only one alternate shape will use a [[Partial Transformation]] to unsheathe their claws (or [[Combat Tentacles|tentacles!]]) while still in human form.

 

 

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.

* ''[[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.

* 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).

 

* 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.

* ''[[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 (Video Game)|Prototype]]'', is a good example. Whips, blades, claws, spikes that shoot up from the ground, tentacles, all this and more! Plus he can fly and [[I'm a Humanitarian|''eat'' people]]! The same goes for [[Prototype 2 (Video Game)|James Heller]].

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