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** One of them, Door (the male one) in the New Blood series became the tyrant of a people of humans. One way of killing servants that displeased him was making stone from the floor flow up over their skin until they were completely encased in it, effectively creating a statue with a corpse inside.
* Grey Gargoyle from the [[Marvel Universe]] has the power to turn anyone into an immobile statue for one hour (or himself into a very mobile rock bruiser.) He has to touch the target with his right hand.
* Once while fighting the ''[[X-Men]]'', [[
** Doom actually counted on Storm being incapacitated due to panic. The extremely dire gathering of storm clouds outside couldn't possibly be related to her, could it? [[Tempting Fate|No, I'll prop her up by the window and go about my plans]]. Who cares there's no other possible explanation? Because it is a perfectly natural storm, surely there's no way the window could be in danger.
** This was also one of Doom's earliest plots while facing the Fantastic Four themselves. "I'll turn you all to statues, with ''liquid titanium steel''!"
* At the end of [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]], the vastly-powerful Spectre, DC's Spirit of Vengeance was abruptly forbidden to kill anyone by the [[Moral Guardians|Comics Code Authority]]. DC's response was to have the Spectre inflict massive [[Transformation Trauma]] on his victims instead—the text about the subject mentioned him turning one villain into a burning candle, then snuffing the flame, while accompanying panels depicted him turning another into inanimate sand. Just kill me, please!!!
** That said, the Spectre himself died in a manner that resembles this somewhat, being thrown in a barrel full of cement and tossed into a river.
* [[Tom Strong]] once wondered why his archenemy Paul Saveen had a collection of statues of other supervillains. One of them was [[Those Wacky Nazis|Ingrid Weiss]].
* This happens to
* In ''[[Asterix]] and Obelix All at Sea'' this is revealed to be the effect of magic potion overdose. Bonus points for the resulting statue being ''actually made'' of granite.
* The Phantom Blot did this to Minnie's village in ''[[Wizards of Mickey]]'', which is what set her off on her own quest. {{spoiler|She eventually suffers the same fate in the second arc.}}
* One of the wizards' more often used powers in ''[[Douwe Dabbert]]''.
* [[Supergirl]] did this to her ex
** Bizarro Supergirl has [[Eye Beams]] that cover the victims with a stone shell. Because that's the opposite of [[X-Ray Vision]]. Apparently.
* The Fearmaster in ''[[Marvel 2099|Punisher 2099]]'' had a whole collection of women turned to statues with his molecular engineering powers. Each of them is a different material, you know, so it doesn't get boring. Gold, diamond, that sort of thing. He calls it the "Endymion Room", after a poem by John Keats about eternal youth and beauty (more or less).
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** Brittany had been turned into a statue before, but on that occasion she was animate... a super-strong, super-fast granite statue under the magical control of Atlantean sorceror Gyphon.
* In ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'', Brian's character is turned to stone by a medusa in "The Stone Menagerie", leading to a [[Literally Shattered Lives]] scenario.
== [[Fairy Tales]] ==
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** And in an inversion, Brox discovered a spell that turns inanimate objects into living creatures.
== [[Film]]
* In ''The Snow Queen's Revenge'', the Snow Queen [[Disney Villain Death|falls into lava]]. The ending of the movie shows her body to be intact, but completely turned to stone along with her staff. Her eyes glow before the credits roll, hinting that she is still alive. Given that no sequels have been made since, and that she is the SNOW queen fallen into LAVA, however, we can assume she doesn't survive for much longer, and even if she does, her staff (which unfroze her at the film's beginning) isn't doing anything this time, so it's safe to assume she's not going anywhere.
* The fate of the villain Saluk in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin: The King Of Thieves]]'', when he grabs the movie's [[MacGuffin]], The Hand of Midas, with his bare hands during the climax, accidentally transforming himself into a statue of gold.
* It's okay, everyone. Admit that it happens in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''. C'mon—that movie's practically a historical landmark of culture now anyway.
** Okay. After Frank-n-Furter turns Colombia, Janet, Rocky and Brad into statues, he dresses them up in makeup and corsets, turns them back to normal, forces them to do a floor show, then makes them join him in a synchronized pool orgy. You asked for it.
** And they find themselves enjoying it.
* In ''[[Hellraiser III Hell On Earth]]'', Pinhead is trapped as a statue, but frees himself after a certain amount of blood.
* In
* In ''[[Ernest Scared Stupid]]'', the troll Trantor's signature power is to turn kids into little wooden dolls that give him his power.
* Medusa in ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'' (1981) turns a few of Perseus' soldiers into stone statues before being killed and beheaded by Perseus. After she's dead Perseus uses her head (and eyes) to petrify the Kraken.
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* In ''[[7 Faces of Dr. Lao]]'', Medusa turns a disbelieving townswoman to stone. (She gets better.)
* In ''[[Hellboy 2: The Golden Army]]'', when elves die, their bodies turn to yellow stone.
* Used several times as an ending in the [[Choose Your Own Adventure]] style "Give Yourself [[Goosebumps]]" books. In ''The Curse of the Creeping Coffin'' you are turned into a statue and ghosts 'tease you and pinch your stone nose' until the end of time. In ''Shop Till You Drop... Dead!'' two endings turn you into a mannequin and a cardboard cutout.▼
* Used in the ''[[Choose Your Own Adventure]]'' book about being sent back in time to the Ancient Greek Olympics. If you successfully win the Olympics, you will travel to the temple of Zeus and pray for your trip to Ancient Greece to never end. [[Jerkass Genie|Yeah...]]▼
* In one of the ''[[Grail Quest]]'' books you can encounter the legendary Medusa herself. Though she has a relatively low chance of actually hitting you, a successful hit means that she has managed to turn you stone and that's it. Game over, go to 14. She also has ''100'' Life Points, meaning she will have plenty of chances to hit you. On the bright side, if you do manage to defeat her you can walk away with a fortune in gold.▼
== [[Literature]] ==
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** In ''[[The Marvelous Land of Oz]]'', Tip escapes the clutches of the pseudo-witch Mombi before she can turn him into a statue.
** In ''The Patchwork Girl of Oz'', Unc Nunkie and Dame Margolotte are turned into marble by the Liquid of Petrifaction.
* In ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (novel)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', people "fortunate" enough to not
* In [[Ray Bradbury]]'s ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes]]'', Jim and Will are at one point under a spell that renders them walking statues. When they are left motionless in the [[Hall of Mirrors|Mirror Maze]], visitors mistake them for more of the wax figures there, not noticing the wetness in one "statue"'s eyes.
* Trolls in [[The Lord of the Rings|Middle-earth]] are petrified if they're exposed to sunlight. In ''[[The Hobbit]]'', Bilbo and his dwarven friends are captured by trolls, but Gandalf provokes an argument between them so that they won't notice the sun rising. In ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', Aragorn, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin stumble upon
** The trolls of the ''[[Discworld]]'' series are a variant of this: trolls cannot be turned to stone, because as silicon-based life forms, they are essentially ''already'' living rock. It's just that their brains work better in cold temperatures, so if they leave their mountain homelands, they get stupid, and if it gets too hot, their brains shut down entirely and they go inert until nightfall.
** Also in ''Valiant'', the second book in Holly Black's ''[[Modern Faerie Tales]]'', wherein the protagonist actually uses this to {{spoiler|her troll-friend/love-interest's advantage when he is dying from injuries. Val exposes him to sunlight, turning him into stone and buying him some time.}} Notably, the effect is temporary and only lasts until nightfall.
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* In ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'', people who have their [[Life Energy]] drained by [[Our Vampires Are Different|Fangire]] become glass-like and translucent. Only once do we see anyone actually shattering because of this, however. On the other hand, the show completely averts [[No Ontological Inertia]] since once somebody's been drained, they're effectively dead.
** ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]'' had a [[Monster of the Week]], modeled on [[Greek Mythology|Perseus]], whose left arm was an armored gauntlet with a relief of Medusa's head on it. Initially it only worked with physical contact, but his [[One-Winged Angel]] form upgraded it to [[Eye Beams]]. {{spoiler|However, when he used it on the main character it wore off after some time, apparently since he was in the middle of a [[Heel Face Turn]] and his heart wasn't in it.}}
* There's a [[Star Trek:
* Queen Admira from ''[[The Hugga Bunch]]'' special has the power to freeze people in place, which she uses on Bridget after the girl accidentally insults her. Later, Bridget's friends from the Hugga Bunch are able to restore her to normal through [[The Power of Love|The Power Of Hugs]].
* In an episode of ''[[Are You Afraid of the Dark?]]'', a villain put on a ring that was purported to make one immortal. It "immortalized" him in a way he hadn't bargained for. Removing the ring did not restore him.
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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* [[Classical Mythology]]:
** This was the trademark of the Gorgon Medusa, cursed by the Greek gods such that whomever looked ''at her'' became turned to stone (Medusa'a own gaze was actually harmless). This goes back at least to Pherecydes and Pindar, Greek writers of the 5th century BCE.
* The gaze of the [[The Basilisk|basilisk]] can petrify a victim. Depending on accounts, the mythical cockatrice could either kill or transform victims into stone by looking, touching, pecking, or breathing at people. And as if that was not enough, both monsters can also spread lethal poison.▼
** The Catoblepas was a bull-like creature whose gaze could petrify instantly. However, it was [[Cursed with Awesome|cursed further]] with [[Weaksauce Weakness|horns so heavy]], it was forced to look down upon the ground all its life.▼
** Inverted in the Classical myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. Pygmalion carves a statue based on Aphrodite and falls in love with it; Aphrodite sympathizes with him, and brings the statue to life so he can marry her.▼
▲* The Catoblepas was a bull-like creature whose gaze could petrify instantly. However, it was [[Cursed with Awesome|cursed further]] with [[Weaksauce Weakness|horns so heavy]] it was forced to look down upon the ground all its life.
** King Midas' Golden Touch turned his daughter (and in some versions, his wife as well) into a golden statue
* In [[The Bible]], Lot's wife is turned into a "[[Cool and Unusual Punishment|pillar of salt]]" after [[Curiosity Killed the Cast|looking back]] [[Above the Ruins|upon the destruction]] of Sodom and Gomorrah. Whether this line was meant metaphorically or literally is, like many things of the Bible, a matter of debate.▼
** Niobe, after [[Disproportionate Retribution|her children were killed]] by Apollo and Artemis, was turned into a weeping rock.▼
▲* Inverted in the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. Pygmalion carves a statue based on Aphrodite and falls in love with it; Aphrodite sympathizes with him and brings the statue to life so he can marry her.
▲* The gaze of
▲* King Midas' Golden Touch turned his daughter (and in some versions, his wife as well) into a golden statue. Not Stone, but pretty much the same idea.
▲* In [[The Bible]], Lot's wife is turned into a "[[Cool and Unusual Punishment|pillar of salt]]" after [[Curiosity Killed the Cast|looking back]] [[Above the Ruins|upon the destruction]] of Sodom and Gomorrah against God's instructions. Whether this line was meant metaphorically or literally is, like many things of the Bible, a matter of debate.
* Many stories claim that trolls could only come out after dark, as sunlight turned them to stone. Strange-looking rock formations were said to be trolls that missed this curfew.
* The Russian folk hero Ilya Muromets and his band of invincible ''bogatyrs'' (knights errant) are turned to stone for their audacity to challenge the gods
▲* Niobe, after [[Disproportionate Retribution|her children were killed]] by Apollo and Artemis, was turned into a weeping rock.
== [[Puppet Shows]] ==
* In ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', guest star Tony Randall accidentally turns Miss Piggy to stone. Of course, the rest of the gang can't resist cracking jokes in her face about "being taken for granite" since she is in no position to retaliate.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Common in [[RPG]]s of all sorts, usually as one of the [[Standard Status Effects]], but also occasionally as a plot element.
* In ''[[Promethean: The Created]]'', this is an inherent problem of the villainous Pandorans. Without the innate alchemical energy of a Promethean, they're stuck as inanimate objects—they thus hunt Prometheans for this energy. Additionally, the innate human reaction to seeing a Pandoran is disbelieving horror that forces them back into this state. Unusually for this trope, they normally ''don't'' appear as just a statue of themselves. This does happen sometimes... but more typically, they become something more innocuous—an "ordinary" statue, a piece of driftwood, a rock, or similar.
* In the ''[[Shadowrun]]'' game setting:
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*** Another B-series module, "Palace of the Silver Princess", takes place in a cursed palace where the rightful inhabitants have all succumbed to this trope.
*** Going into Strahd's crypt in "I6: Ravenloft" without neutralizing or avoiding a magical trap can get you turned into a statue, not of granite (which is relatively easy to fix in D&D), but of several metals layered on top of one another.
** One of the archdevils, Dispater can even turn people to iron; he also has a power that instantly rusts metal, and likes to render his enemies [[Deader Than Dead]] by turning them into iron and then rusting them to pieces.
* In ''[[GURPS]]'' magic there are a two versions. Flesh to Stone turns the target entirely into stone or metal and Partial Petrification works piece by piece, specifically so that the target can be tortured.
* In the ''[[Champions]]'' adventure ''The Great Supervillain Contest'', one contestant was Brother Basilisk, who had the superpower of (temporarily) turning creatures to stone.
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* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', the Chaos Dwarfs can use magic, unlike regular dwarves, but at a price. They begin slowly turning to stone, from the feet up, once they begin the path of a spellcaster, and it cannot be reversed. Eventually, the completely petrified sorcerers are placed along the roadway to the Tower of Zharr-Naggrund.
* ''[[Arkham Horror]]'' features the petrifying solution from ''the King in Yellow'', used as a powerful one-shot magic weapon, one that also negates the endless ability and removes the victim from play. Amusing given the source material.
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'':
**
** Mechanically, creatures like basilisks and gorgons usually have deathtouch, which destroys creatures outright and is often flavored as petrification (see the card [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=146053 Mass Calcify] for a spell example).
**
** Story-wise, there's also Lord Konda, the villain of the ''Kamigawa'' block. He became immortal when he captured the daughter of the ruler of the Kami, but was eventually defeated when he was turned to stone and shattered (it's implied that he's still alive, just...i n pieces).
* In the ''[[Magi Nation]]'' storyline, Tuku is a character who was petrified for a thousand years. In an interesting twist, he is aware of everything that he can see, and still feels things like itching and lack of sleep. A short story, from his petrified point of view, can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20100701202427/http://dukenostalgia.com/mnd/story/glimpses3.html here].
* In the CCG-meets-Monopoly game ''[[Culdcept|Culdcept Saga]]'', there are several monster cards including a Medusa and a Cockatrice that can turn a monster they attack into a Statue. Depending on your strategy this can be either a good or bad thing. Statues do not recover HP during a Lap Bonus, but they do have a pretty good chunk of HP to start off with. Of course, if you give your Medusa an effect that lets it attack first while defending its territory, turning the opposing monster into a Statue means it can't attack the Medusa at all.
▲* Used several times as an ending in the [[Choose Your Own Adventure]] style "Give Yourself [[Goosebumps]]"
▲* Used in the ''[[Choose Your Own Adventure]]'' book about being sent back in time to the Ancient Greek Olympics. If you successfully win the Olympics, you will travel to the temple of Zeus and pray for your trip to Ancient Greece to never end. [[Jerkass Genie|Yeah...]]
▲* In one of the ''[[Grail Quest Solo Fantasy]]'' books you can encounter the legendary Medusa herself. Though she has a relatively low chance of actually hitting you, a successful hit means that she has managed to turn you stone and that's it. Game over, go to 14. She also has ''100'' Life Points, meaning she will have plenty of chances to hit you. On the bright side, if you do manage to defeat her you can walk away with a fortune in gold.
== [[Theater]] ==
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** In ''[[King's Quest III to Heir Is Human]]'', the hero must defeat a Medusa-like creature that lives in the desert. {{spoiler|He takes his cue from Perseus, and shows the monster her own reflection (though in a hand mirror, and not a polished shield).}}
** Also, near the end of ''[[King's Quest V Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder]]'', {{spoiler|Cedric the Owl}} gets turned to stone by accident {{spoiler|via Mordack's weakened wand magic (don't worry, he gets better)}}. {{spoiler|Graham ends up like this too if he didn't save Cedric from the [[Harping on About Harpies|harpies]], as the owl is the only reason for [[Taking the Bullet]].}} Of course, this only happens on the MS-DOS PC version and any other adaptation ''except'' the PC CD-ROM adaptation, where {{spoiler|he}} is just killed by {{spoiler|Mordack's}} magic.
* In ''[[Tomb Raider]]'', Lara can be turned to gold by standing on the hand of a giant statue of King Midas. This also happens in the remake, ''Tomb Raider: Anniversary''; Lara is also encased in stone in a boss battle (which she can somehow break out of).
* Happens temporarily in ''[[Legend of Mana]]'' during one of the three main plots. Here, "temporarily" means about 5 seconds of cutscene.▼
▲* Happens temporarily in ''[[Legend of Mana]]'' during one of the three main plots. Here "temporarily" means about 5 seconds of cutscene.
** Also, one of the questlines has this happen to [[Casanova Wannabe]] Gilbert, who got "hard" on a [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-basilisk woman]]. When he pushed her too far, he got ''hard'', indeed.
** {{spoiler|Palom and Porom}} do it to themselves in ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' to stop a deathtrap.
▲** Also, "Stone" is a status effect in nearly all the games in the series, most of which treat it similarly to Death; since it never wears off through time, if all party members are petrified, the fight's over. Later games in the series have it so that if a petrified character is struck with a physical attack, they shatter and can't be revived until the battle's over.
** {{spoiler|Red XIII's father}} from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' ended up
** Early on in ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'', Blank is turned into stone to protect the heroes from the {{spoiler|Evil Forest}}. He is eventually {{spoiler|cured}} much later in the game.
** The Fayth in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' are people who are turned into statues so that their souls can be used to summon large beasts. It's unclear if they become the summon themselves (all we know is that a summoning "draws energy from them"), but they are shown being able to manifest as spirits within the chambers that hold their statue.
*** Given in battles where you're fighting specific Fayth you can't call them in yourself... this troper thinks it's pretty much as good as said that the Fayth are the summons themselves.
** {{spoiler|Llednar Twem}} in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]''. What's worse? {{spoiler|He [[Literally Shattered Lives|crumbled]]}} shortly after that.
** In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'',
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' franchise:
** This
**
▲*** And in ''Ages'', when Veran starts fucking around with the past, some people disappear and some turn to stone. Including a little kid, whose grandmother spends most of the game crying over.
* Elaine in ''[[The Curse of Monkey Island]]'' was turned into a gold statue by a cursed ring. And Guybrush set off to cure her while leaving the statue in the beach of an island inhabited by pirates. Obviously, it was promptly stolen and he had to go and search for them afterwards.
* The PC in ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]: Shadows of Undrentide'' goes through this, for a blessedly short time. You do get to see the effects of the other people/creatures who stood in the way of Medusa, and can restore them; unfortunately, all but one (a sphinx) will attack you the instant they are freed.
** Poked fun at in the sequel: you can hear a tale about an elf whose stare can turn people into a stone. [[Baleful Polymorph|Not into stone, but
▲** Poked fun at in the sequel: you can hear a tale about an elf whose stare can turn people into a stone. Not into stone, but into '''a''' [[Baleful Polymorph|stone]].
* Philia of ''[[Tales of Destiny]]'' is first discovered by the heroes in a petrified state.
* In ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'', it shows up a status effect that immobilizes the affected characters until cured, and results in a game over if everyone is affected by it.
* In ''[[Tales of Graces]]'', the effect is temporary and curable by taking damage, but the hit that frees you from it will deal a ''lot'' more damage.
* ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise:
**
**
* ''[[Nethack]]'':
▲** In the Nintendo Power ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' comic, Bowser gave Peach the ultimatum that if she didn't marry him, he'd turn all her subjects into stone. To prove he was serious, he turned all her subjects at the castle to stone. Mario was hit with the blast. Fortunately, Luigi and Toad found the world's greatest Masseuse who manages to - after 3 hours of chiropracticy - loosen Mario's tension back to flesh.
** The [[Basilitrice|cockatrice]] can turn you to stone, either instantaneously through bare skin contact, or gradually through a series of attacks: after a bite attack, the cockatrice will attempt a touch attack; if it lands, there is a 1 in 3 chance that the cockatrice will hiss at you. Following this, there is a 10% chance that you will begin slowing down and turning to stone, losing any intrinsic speed you have in the process. {{spoiler|(On a new moon, this becomes 100% unless you are carrying a lizard corpse.)}} This delayed action petrification can only be cured by {{spoiler|eating a lizard or drinking something acidic}}.
***
*** With the right equipment, you can obtain a pet cockatrice that can petrify most non-acidic enemies (that aren't [[golem]]s, anyway) - be mindful you don't deprive yourself of corpses to eat, though! You can also even turn yourself into one, lay a few dozen eggs, and throw them at your enemies for instant petrification.
** ''Nethack'' also contains
* This happens at the end of the climactic fight between Martin Septim and Mehrunes Dagon in ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion]]''.▼
▲** Nethack also contains the Medusa as a unique monster. Just like the mythological version, it possesses a petrifying gaze attack.
* From ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' on, characters are animated from trophies instead of dolls.
▲* This happens at the end of the climactic fight between Martin Septim and Mehrunes Dagon in ''The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion''.
* In a pretty solid mimicry of the Dragon Tails example at the top, ''Mage Knight: Apocalypse'' allows Sarus, a biped dragon, to turn himself to crystal, making himself completely immobile for 10 seconds. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqR35rsmddk See it here].
* ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'':
** In
** In ''[[God of War II]]'', Kratos does the same with Medusa's sister Euryale; her severed head is more powerful, and can even petrify other Gorgons. You can also reflect a Gorgon Flash to turn surrounding enemies to stone.
** In ''[[God of War III]]'', rather than a dedicated item, Kratos can perform a [[Quick Time Event]] kill on a Gorgon or Gorgon Serpent to freeze every nearby enemy. Upgrading Hades's Claws to level three also grants access to the Gorgon Serpent spirit, which has the same effect.
** In ''[[God of War: Ascension]]'', the third Gorgon sister Stheno is encased in stone within the Bog of the Forgotten in multiplayer; she can still unleashing her petrifying gaze onto those unlucky enough to stand too close. Obtaining a golden shield (the same one that Perseus had in ''God of War II'') and reflecting her gaze back will shatter the stone and free her, also petrifying enemy players nearby. The player who freed her gains the ability to use her magic to petrify and kill enemies within a certain radius.
* In Part IV of ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius|Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]'', the order goddess Ashera lets out bursts of energy which were intended to have this effect on the warring humans and laguz. Everybody who is not indoors, sufficiently strong, Branded, or fighting for Ashera is Taken for Granite, Part IV accordingly concerns itself with stopping her before she can do it again and reversing the effect.
** In ''[[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
* ''[[Total Annihilation Kingdoms]]'' features the Basilisk and the Acolyte's Turn To Stone spell, which does [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. The expansion pack introduced the Creonite freeze weapons, which have a similar visual effect but are supposedly turning the target into frozen ice statues.
* Happens for about five seconds in ''[[Jade Empire]]''.
* Seen in Sailor Venus's subplot of ''[[Sailor Moon: Another Story]]''.
* ''[[EarthBound]]'' has the Diamondized status effect, forcing you to lug the perma-paralyzed body
* The Nashkel Carnaval in
* ''[[Castlevania III]]''
▲* ''[[Castlevania III]]'''s Sypha Belnades is first discovered as a petrified statue, as an effect of the Cyclops' [[Evil Eye]]. Strangely, you (Trevor) are never in danger of any petrifying [[Evil Eye]].
** Medusa makes an appearance in ''Lament of Innocence,'' along with a shot of the many soldiers who've tried to kill her that she's turned to stone. Leon can only be petrified as a status ailment, though.
** Many of the Post-SotN games add Gold [[Goddamned Bats|Medusa Heads]], which can petrify you on contact.
*** See also the Cockatrice card in ''[[Circle of the Moon]]'', which can add a petrification effect to your weapons or abilities.
* In ''[[Fate/stay night
* ''[[Kirby]]''
* Malcolm, the evil jester in the original ''[[Legend of Kyrandia]]'' game absolutely loved doing this to whoever crossed him, including Brandon at the end if the player wasn't careful.
** In particular, Kallak, the royal wizard, was turned to stone at the beginning of the game, but his eyes were left alive so that he could watch his homeland being destroyed. {{spoiler|At the end of the game Malcolm himself is petrified, only to be revived and become the protagonist in the third installment.}}
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* In ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', the Engineer has a weapon called the Golden Wrench that was given to 100 users during the Engineer update. The only difference between it and his regular wrench is that when you kill someone with it, they turn into a <s>gold</s> Australium statue instead of a ragdoll.
* The final boss of ''[[Monster World IV]]'' has an undodgeable attack that temporarily petrifies you. {{spoiler|Your pet Pepelagoo then [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifices himself]] to block the boss's petrifying gaze.}}
* The Hippogriff boss in ''[[
* This seems to be part of the reason the Patapon empire falls again in the soon to come [[Patapon]] 3 (as one of the side effects of opening the Pandora Box.)
* ''[[Neopets]]'' love doing this to their faeries.
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* Getting Cursed in ''[[Dark Souls]]'' will cause this for you.
* [[Mr. Exposition|Franklin]] in ''[[Drawn (series)|Drawn]]: The Painted Tower'' is turned to stone by a curse. {{spoiler|In the sequel, you can free him from the spell.}}
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
** In the the Deepholm area, there is a group of [[Basilitrice|basilisks]] that petrify their enemies. Their work is scattered around them. It's worth noting that their targets were already made of stone, but now they're made of stone and can't move.
** In Val'sharah, there is a group of harpies that can curse victims and turn them to stone, keeping them as macabre trophies. It's possible to restore them, something you have to do for one quest. Their leader, Seersei, can do this to the player if her Stoneblood Embrace attack hits enough times, although she also claims, [[Bad News in a Good Way|"Pah! You're too ugly for my collection. Better to kill you!"]]
* Happens to both
* At the beginning of ''[[Dishonored|Dishonored 2]]'', when Corvo (the protagonist of the first game) and Emily (his daughter) first confronts [[Big Bad|Deliah]], she does this to one of them - [[Sadistic Choice|the player has to choose]], a very important decision, as the one who escapes is the player's avatar for most of the game, with the goal of saving the other.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* Lampshaded in [https://web.archive.org/web/20100907074252/http://www.triquetracats.com/?date=2008-03-10 this] page of ''[[Triquetra Cats]]'', Petra gets turned into a statue, but because she's an earth mage she can still move.
* Happened to Black Belt from ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'' [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2002/04/10/episode-137-quick-decisive-action here] after Black Mage attempted to stop a temporal paradox. There was an extremely popular [[Epileptic Trees|theory]] which suggested that the statue would be revived to bring BB back after his [[Plotline Death]]. That theory was quite decisively disproven in a [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/11/10/episode-622-now-shut-up/ later strip], intended to shut up those fans who [[He's Just Hiding|refused to accept that Black Belt was dead]].
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'':
** In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0053.html her first appearance]
** Part of O-Chul's torture regimen
** There's also [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0591.html a greater devil] turned to stone by Vaarsuvius with a Prismatic Spray. He certainly makes a kickass tombstone.
** The ''Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tails'' book has a bonus comic involving a medusa who's unable to practice her hobby (sculpture) because everyone keeps taking it for this. {{spoiler|She ends up getting a job at [[Cryogenic Sleep|Applied Lithogenics Inc]].}}
** Watch out for Medusa [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0087.html while visiting the women's restroom].
* ''[http://www.kdingo.net/champ/pics/main.php?g2_itemId=2344&g2_highlightId=2345 Idle Minds]'' is a comic about a woman turned into a (fully aware) statue for a week for spying purposes and must keep herself sane. [[Better Than It Sounds]].
* In ''[[The KAMics]]'', Nikki was on the wrong end of a [https://web.archive.org/web/20121019103434/http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4820482/ Petrifacto spell] (it was later reversed).▼
▲* In ''[[The KAMics]]'', Nikki was on the wrong end of a [http://www.drunkduck.com/The_KAMics/4820482/ Petrifacto spell] (it was later reversed).
* ''[[The Dragon Doctors]]'' uses it a lot, both offensively and defensively:
** In the "last victim" arc, a [[Complete Monster]]
** Earlier, the whole team<ref>minus Kili, who was busy elsewhere</ref> is petrified when accidentally looking at a gorgon. Sarin, the [[Catch Phrase|total magical badass]], immediately de-petrifies herself and solves the problem.
** In the "Thieves of life" arc, the bad guys use petrification for "crowd control"
** Early in the comic, it's shown that Sarin tends to stoneskin herself when under attack, allowing her to shrug off daggers while keeping a freedom of movement.
** Also used in
** And of course, there's an inversion with the crystal people
* Used rather horrifically in [http://www.oglaf.com/porkchisel/ this] ''[[Oglaf]]'' comic. ([[NSFW]])
* One ''[[Johnny Wander]]'' [http://www.johnnywander.com/comics/123 story] involves a [[Kid with the Leash|small
* ''[[Hitmen for Destiny]]'' has a [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/thorsby/destiny/series.php?view=archive&chapter=27061 trantoros] which can turn themselves into rocks for extended periods of time, but can't move during that period. A few strips later, they're used as projectiles and as a perpetual motion machine.
* One wizard in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has a [http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?arcid=58 habit of gaining too much weight while sitting in a dramatic pose]. Placing him in a museum led to minor property damage. (
* Happens to the Jones family in ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'', thanks to an [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2773.html encounter with Gorgons]. Complete with [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2766.html trope referencing pun].
* Happens to a customer in ''[[Mike: Bookseller]]'' [http://www.krrobar.com/mikebookseller/comics/297.html here] when Mike smiles.
* Tepoztecal's first appearance in ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' had one of these being reversed. He had been turned into a statue using unexplained methods for unexplained reasons, and Monica accidentally released him by reading an incantation. Fortunately, he did not seem to be conscious throughout.
** In another strip, Monica startles a gorgon, and immediately gets turned into stone by her. Luckily, the gorgon is friendly (and also happens to be a [[Fan Boy|big fan of Monica]]), and reverses the process.
* In the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' parody of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' "Torg Potter and the Chamberpot of Secretions", characters start turning mysteriously into chocolate. It's suspected to be the work of
** Note that turning into chocolate is considered death here, not a magical condition that can be cured, but Torg manages to turn everyone back with a wish of his own after he gets past the first wish by wishing that Torg Potter be turned into chocolate. The villain controlling the genie takes to be reverse psychology and commands the genie to obey exactly... which doesn't bother Torg since contrary to what almost everyone thinks, [[Exact Words|he's not Torg Potter]].
* Ashley Madder in ''[[Tales Of Gnosis College]]'' steals a mysterious chemical from Professor Corwin's laboratory and assumes that it is "perfume
* In ''[[American Barbarian]]'', [http://www.ambarb.com/?p=348 the god turns to stone -- and then to ash].
* ''[[Modest Medusa]]
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Variants appear in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]''. The mutant Gorgon is a psi with the knack of making you think you have been petrified, which of course petrifies you. The mutant Michelangelo (also known as Stoner) does something nastier. He literally causes nearby stone to flow over your body in a thin coating, turning you into a living (but not for long) statue.
* A gorgon is found among the students of Harlowe Hall in ''[[Tales of MU]]''. Though normally a background character, she got [http://www.talesofmu.com/story/book0x/balancing-scales a spotlight story] where she described her culture. She has the traditional [[Evil Eye|Medusa gaze]], which is normally restrained by a shimmery membrane over her eyes. The effect wears off, though one seeing her own uncovered eyes in a mirror could lead to an endless cycle of petrifying and thawing - racial [[Nightmare Fuel]].
* Basilisx of ''[[Super Mario Bros Z.]]'' can do this with a simple stare.
* In ''[[Arcana Magi Zero]]'', everyone and every object, including the museum walls, are turned to stone by a shadow-shaped basilisk. Alysia Perez [[And I Must Scream|experiences the pain]] first hand.
* ''[[SCP Foundation]]'':
** [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-409 SCP-409] is a quartz crystal that crystallizes anything organic it makes contact with, without fail - said object will inevitably burst into thousands of fragments, which all have the same effect. Inorganic material only crystalizes a few centimeters around the point of contact - ironically, granite is completely immune.
** There's also [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-
** [http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1013 SCP-1013] is a classic cockatrice in all but name. It calcifies the outer layer of your body, then happily pecks a hole in you and eats what's inside.
* Medusa, from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' is the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of the gorgon myth, and shares all the powers of her mythical namesake, including the ability to turn people who meet her eyes to stone.
** Gorgon can turn people's skin into a layer of stone that is just thick enough to keep them from moving. The effect wears off after a while. Anyone who is strong enough can break through this thin stone shell... if they don't mind [[Squick|being flayed alive]] when their petrified skin shatters.
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** [[Sealed Evil in a Can|Discord was imprisoned in a statue]] by Celestia and Luna for being a evil tyrant that ruled Equestria in everlasting chaos and suffering. [[And I Must Scream|He found it quite lonely being encased in stone]] (bonus points for said imprisonment [[Fridge Horror|having lasted well over one thousand years at the very least]]), but then again they wouldn't know that, would they? [[Even Evil Has Standards|Because ''he'' doesn't turn ponies into stone.]]
* ''[[The Smurfs]]''
** In an early episode, Gargamel turns himself into a Baby Smurf to infiltrate the village. (This would be long before the real Baby Smurf appeared.) While there, he uses Papa Smurf's "cactus petrificus" plant to make a potion to use on the Smurfs that petrifies them, although he eventually realizes it's too slow and decides to try something else.
** In one episode, the Smurfs were a victim to a spell that petrified them and half their forest, and would have stayed that way had Peewit not been able to convince two feuding sorcerers to stop fighting with each other and recite the incantation together that reverses the condition
** Gargamel himself was a victim of a potion he devised (possibly the same one as before) that turned him and his cat Azrael into stone. Papa Smurf [[Save the Villain|restored him to normal]].
** One episode had an evil wizard turn [[The Archmage| Homnibus]] into ice; Papa Smurf used a spell that surrounded his house in chilling wind so he wouldn't melt while they tried to find the cure. Unfortunately, they left Greedy to watch him, who carelessly started cooking - with a fire. They barely got back in time.
** Another episode had a weird variation. Smurfette becomes so addicted to Greedy's annual smurfberry candy, that after eating her whole allowance, she uses one of Papa Smurf's spell books to give herself a "smurfy touch" and turn anything into more candy. Naturally, it leads to an accident with Brainy. Worse, Smurfette panics, and while she runs to find help the other smurfs find him and think he's just a sculpture made by Greedy. She fortunately get back in time before they try to eat him.
* In the [[Grand Finale|series finale]] of ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'', the Golden Goose has the ability to turn anything it touches to gold...then it's revealed that it also works on people. The episode revolves around trying to reverse the effects of the touch affecting everything on earth... {{spoiler|They manage it, but not before everyone on earth is briefly turned to gold}}.
* An episode of ''[[Beetlejuice (animation)|Beetlejuice]]'' has Delia, Lydia's mom, enter a Neitherworld art contest where it turns out if they win they must agree to become a part of the art museum by being turned to stone. Eventually, Lydia and Beetlejuice are able to rescue her and turn her back to normal.
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