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A person is either part of a certain category (such as a certain species or gender) that they do not feel all right with, and so they want to be part of a different category, or the person was assigned a certain category (often against their will) that they never belonged to in the first place, or some combination of both. Because of this, the person may want or need to change their body or nature or both.
In fiction,
When a character is a fictional kind of
It can also work as an inversion of [[Internalized Categorism]]: Bob thinks men/humans are bad, but instead of denying himself the good things about being a man/human or doing bad things because he thinks that this is what being a "real" man/human means, he instead ''stop'' being a man/
Expect the character to be in a world of trouble if there is [[No Transhumanism Allowed]].
May be caused by [[Humanity Is Infectious]], or inversions thereof. In some cases,
Supertrope of [[Transsexualism]] and [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]. Sometimes a [[Sister Trope]] of [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]].
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* In [[Fables]], we have the fox Reynard who is attracted to female humans and want to become a human so he can seduce them. {{spoiler|This wish is eventually granted by the witches, making him a shapeshifter with a beautiful male human form.}}
** We also have some cases of regular [[Pinocchio Syndrome]], with Pinocchio himself and some of the wooden soldiers becoming human.
== [[Film]] ==
* In [[Avatar (film)|Avatar]], {{spoiler|our protagonist take [[Going Native]] to the logical conclusion, ending the movie with literally becoming a Na'vi}}.
* In ''Mammoth'', our [[Subverted Trope|failed]] [[Mighty Whitey]] protagonist falls in love witha thai woman and is quite shocked that she thinks men are better then women and that it's okay because she can be a man in her next life if she is good enough. His wannabe-feminist preaching fails to impress her.
== [[Literature]] ==
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** Trill must be trained and prepared for a long time before Joining, if they are good enough to be selected, or they may become a person that is far more like past host personalities than the current host's previous personality. Will Riker, who had no idea what symbiosis was like at all, was entirely submerged without realising that there was any alternative. Ezri Tigan, a humanoid Trill who was forced into Joining by circumstance, had at least grown up in a Trill culture and Ezri Dax kept most of her personality.
* In [[Star Trek: Voyager]], the AI called "The Doctor" as well as the former [[Hive Mind|Borg]] drone Seven Of Nine are both transitioning. Unlike their predecessor Data from TNG, however, they do not want to become humans. Instead, they are trying to grow into something new, despite the Captain's bias towards the concept of their "humanity" being developed.
* A general real life example: Otherkin. To quote [[Wiki Fur]], "Otherkin are those who believe that their physical forms do not define or fully encompass their mental states, personality, psychology, or spiritual nature." See the full article [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Otherkin here.]▼
** And some [[Furry Fandom|furries]] as well. These most often take the route of reincarnation much like the aforementioned religions.▼
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Reynard the Fox also appears in ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', and true to the myth, he fell in love with a human woman. Rather than shapeshifting, however, he convinced Coyote to grant him the power to possess anything with
** There is a Test that, if taken and passed, allows the test-ee to [[Metamorphosis|abandon their old nature and become something new]]. Humans can become animals and move to Gillitie (like the Kershaw family did), while animals and fantasy creatures can become humans and move to the Court (like Red and Blue did).
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' features regular genderswapping with the aid of magic and a superscience transformation gun.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* There are several versions. For example, [[
▲* A general real life example: Otherkin. To quote [[Wiki Fur]], "Otherkin are those who believe that their physical forms do not define or fully encompass their mental states, personality, psychology, or spiritual nature." See the full article [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Otherkin here.]
▲** And some [[Furry Fandom|furries]] as well. These most often take the route of reincarnation much like the aforementioned religions.
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