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A [['''Transformation Comic]]''' is centered around a magical or [[Applied Phlebotinum]] transformation of some sort. One variety transforms a main character for the long term, and follows the consequences of this incident; another involves repeated transformation of several characters, and a third variety mixes these. Since transformation as a primary theme tends to appeal to a niche market, most examples are [[Web Comics]], which can be published easily and cheaply, and usually with few or no editorial restrictions on content.

While a [['''Transformation Comic]]''' might have some [[Author Appeal]] or be slanted towards specific [[Fan Service]] and/or [[Fetish Fuel]], transformation can also be used to explore such themes as gender roles, racism, feelings of isolation/not belonging, and the maturation process.

Types of transformation seen in a [['''Transformation Comic]]''' include but are not limited to:

* [[Gender Bender]] - Male to female is most common ([[First Law of Gender Bending]] at work), but female to male or either to hermaphrodite are not unknown. This does not include characters who are realistic [[TranssexualTranssexualism|transsexuals]] or [[Transvestite|transvestitestransvestite]]s, though they may also appear in the strip.

Note that the vast majority of these comics focus on [[Involuntary Transformation|involuntary transformations]] -- either—either a [[Curse]] on a specific individual, or a few characters who transform others as a habit (or hobby).

* ''[[Ranma One Half½]]'' is probably the most successful example by far.

* ''[[Futaba -Kun Change (Manga)!|Futaba Kun Change]]'' has the main character change gender whenever aroused.

* ''[[Kämpfer (Light Novel)|Kämpfer]]'' features [[Gender Bender]], Mental Change, and inflated body proportions.

* ''[[Ichinensei Nini Nacchattara]]'': [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary (male) High School Student]] gets transformed into Ordinary [[Gender Bender|(female)]] [[Fountain of Youth|first grade student]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]]

* ''[[Nanaka Six Seventeen6/17]]'': The latter is her physical age, the former the one her mind changes to.

* ''[[Girl in My Dream (Webcomic)|Girl in My Dream]]'' is a Korean Manwa which starts as a [[Girl of My Dreams]] scenario but quickly turns into a [[Grand Theft Me]]

* Similar to Captain Marvel above, [[Amethyst Princess of Gemworld (Comic Book)|Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld]] ages up to an adult woman from a 12-year-old girl when she visits her home dimension, due to [[Year Inside, Hour Outside|time moving at different rates]] in the two universes.

* ''[[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]]'': Mild-mannered doctor transforms into monstrous creature whenever he gets angry.

* ''[[Billy the Cat (Comic Book)|Billy the Cat]]'': A boy who is [[Kick the Dog|cruel to animals]] is [[Karmic Transformation|punished]] by being (depending on the medium) transformed or put into the [[Animorphism|body of a cat]]. In the [[Animated Adaptation|animated series]] this is more of a [[Freaky Friday Flip]].

* ''[[Safe Havens (Comic Strip)|Safe Havens]]'': Samantha Argus is a grad student at Havens University who has unlocked the genetic code that allows her to transform anyone [[Lego Genetics|or anything]], including herself.

* [[Superboy]] actually ''was'' on the receiving end of a Silver Age [[Gender Bender]] once, and (also as [[Superman]]), went through quite a few transformations of his own during the Silver Age. Frequently caused by exposure to Red Kryptonite, here's a very partial list of transformations: [[Literal Split Personality|split into two people]], given the head of an ant, [[Attack of the Fifty 50-Foot Whatever|turned into a non-superpowered giant]], [[Fountain of Youth|turned into an infant with an adult mind]], and many, many more.

* ''[[Misfile (Webcomic)|Misfile]]''. Ash is a [[Gender Bender]] and Emily has been hit with a [[Fountain of Youth]]. The former is used to [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstruct]] most gender bender tropes and the latter is a very subtle use of the trope as she's only "lost" two years. They just happen to have been two very important years from her perspective.

* ''[[Abstract Gender (Webcomic)|Abstract Gender]]''. Brian and Ryan are both on a [[Gender Bender]]; Brian (who likes it) can go back to his original form, while Ryan (who doesn't) can't, a cause of considerable irritation on the latter's part.

* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'': From [[Gender Bender|Gender Benders]]s to [[Shape Shifter|shapeshifting]], magic to mad science, EGS showcases every form of transformation [[Incredibly Lame Pun|known to Dan.]]. Every major character has been transformed at least once. In fact, one could even argue that a character isn't truly a main character until they've been transformed at least once.

* ''[[Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki (Webcomic)|Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki]]''. Yuuki, of course, is a [[Gender Bender]] for the long haul. Hermod and Loki are both currently in [[Animorphism|Animal Transformation]], with Loki additionally being a plushie.

* ''[[Zebra Girl (Webcomic)|Zebra Girl]]''. The title character is permanently stuck with the body of a demon. Probably the least [[Fan Service]]-y example of the genre -- thegenre—the fact that Sandra's every bodily secretion is now incredibly acidic might have something to do with that.

* ''[[The Wotch (Webcomic)|The Wotch]]''. The title character and most other magic users in the strip tend to rely heavily on transformation spells. Interestingly, due to the nature of her powers, Anne is unable to be a [[Gender Bender]] herself. But she and her friends have undergone many transformations, some voluntarily. A number of supporting characters are permanently genderbent, with a special mention going to Mingmei, who has a trifecta of [[Gender Bender]], [[Fountain of Youth]] and [[Asian Like Me]]. She used to have [[Not Himself]] as well, but her personality seems to have reintegrated. There are also a [[Werewolf]], a [[Were Cat|werecat]] , a couple who swap bodies every so often as a [[Running Gag]] (and, amusingly enough, ''she'' enjoys it and wants to keep it up), and a formerly-human centaur, just in case the gender games weren't enough.

* ''[[Cheer (Webcomic)|Cheer]]''. A spin-off of ''[[The Wotch (Webcomic)|The Wotch]]'', featuring a quartet of [[Gender Bender]] cheerleaders, as well as an additional [[White Like Me]] [[Gender Bender]] (Peter Hall) who (unlike three of the other four) knows exactly what's happened to her. All of the ''Wotch'' regulars make appearances as well. One of the cheerleaders {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Stupidity|is fully aware of what happened,]] but likes herself and her friends better when they don't have excuses to be jerks.}}

* ''[[MSF High (Webcomic)|MSF High]]'' features frequent transformations (in which the victim always, ''always'' [[Mandys Law of Anime Gender Bending|winds up female]]), mostly at the hands of the nurse, or occasionally [[Lovable Rogue]] Rainer. The victims have the option of reversing them at the end of the day, but [[First Law of Gender Bending|seldom do, for various reasons]]. The artist of its predecessor, ''High School Changed Me'', quit over, ahem, [[Creative Differences]] and later put a [[Take That]] in his own strip when a familiar-looking [[Spear Carrier]] wishes to be turned into a woman.

* ''[[Panthera (Webcomic)|Panthera]]'': A webcomic about a group of high school teens who transform into Big Cats in order to help their chemistry teacher wage war on some kind of "Evil Organization".

* ''[[Sailor Sun (Webcomic)|Sailor Sun]]'' is about an actor permanently stuck as an actr''ess'', who [[First Law of Gender Bending|always manages to just miss]] [[Those Two Guys]] switching each others' genders as a prank, and the "[[Animated Actors|actress]]" playing [[The Wotch (Webcomic)|The Wotch]] using [[Gender Bender]] powers. Not to mention that [[Mr. Exposition|authorities on the subject]] have claimed it too risky for [[Hand Wave|some reason]].

* ''[[I Dream of a Jeanie Bottle (Webcomic)|I Dream of a Jeanie Bottle]]'' by the same author is about a guy permanently stuck as an ''[[I DreamofDream of Jeannie]]''-style genie with her best friend being her master.

* ''[[Accidental Centaurs (Webcomic)|Accidental Centaurs]]'' is [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]] - two scientists become centaurs after an exploding teleporter sends them to a world where centaurs are real and humans are mythical. Other transformations ensue, usually at the behest of a tame genie, and a crossover with ''[[The Wotch (Webcomic)|The Wotch]]'' ended with one of the main characters getting some of her powers...[[Gender Bender|and the same basic move]].

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131101050214/http://www.crossworlds.ws/ Crossworlds]'' began as a side story to ''[[Accidental Centaurs (Webcomic)|Accidental Centaurs]]'' and is tied to ''[[The Wotch (Webcomic)|The Wotch]]'' through it. While its plot isn't ''entirely'' tied into transformation, the artist uses it often enough that it seems to qualify. (That, and the artist draws [[Rule 34|transformation art]] on his other website seems to help.)

* ''[[Exiern (Webcomic)|Exiern]]'' is the story of a barbarian adventurer turned into a woman by a sorcerer's spell gone awry. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity]] and [[Fan Service]] ensue in equal measure, as well as other characters transforming in various ways. The sub-comic ''Dark Reflections'' takes the same plot and spins it around as a [[What If]] the hero didn't save the princess in time. In this version the gender-changed hero/heroine ends up mind-controlled by the [[Big Bad]] and becomes his bimbo [[The Dragon|Dragon]].

* The fancomic ''[[Char Cole (Webcomic)|Char Cole]]'' details a ''Pokémon'' journey from the perspective of a human-turned-Charmander.

* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090403205814/http://www.drunkduck.com/Synthea/index.php?p=16928 Syn][http://kingmonster.deviantart.com/gallery/#Synthea-Comic thea] is a trope-filled comic about a [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|amnesiac woman]] ending up in a Stasis pod right before death being woken up in the distant future by a good [[Mad Scientist]] using experimental [[After the End|ancient]] biotech that gave her a body with the consistency of lime jello -- ajello—a so called [[Blob Monster|Slime-Girl]]. Synthea gains some powers from the shift -- sheshift—she can change shape at will, stretching, punching, creating mallets, etc, but her control over her body is very limited, as she oozes and drips all over the place. She even has to sleep in a barrel as when unconscious she reverts to a big puddle. She's also apparently physically immortal -- sheimmortal—she's been cut up, blown up, and vacuumed up by a sapient humanoid vacuum with little more than a headache.

* ''[[The Dragon Doctors (Webcomic)|The Dragon Doctors]]'' - Four magical doctors, a shaman/therapist, a surgeon, a magical scientist, and a wizard all get their respective genders reversed in the first chapter while trying to cure a cursed valley that causes everything within it to be female. They wind up stuck that way, and deal with that as they continue to diagnose and cure unusual diseases, curses and other problems -- theirproblems—their methods often involving additional transformations -- intransformations—in a [[Schizo-Tech]] fantasy setting.

* ''[[Demon Eater (Webcomic)|Demon Eater]]'' has demons that change form every time they eat another demon. [[I'm a Humanitarian|It's a dog eat dog world for reals.]] Saturno the main character has so far been in 30 different forms and counting.

* ''[[The Key to Her Heart (Webcomic)|The Key to Her Heart]]'' follows a part-time [[Gender Bender]]'s relationship with a closeted lesbian, and occasionally features further one-off transformations, especially in dreams. Since it's marketed as an adult comic and has a graphic sex scene at least [[Once an Episode|per chapter]], any [[Fetish Fuel]] is purely intentional.

* ''[[Gender Swapped (Webcomic)|Gender Swapped]]'' is similar to ''[[Misfile]]'' and ''[[Abstract Gender (Webcomic)|Abstract Gender]]'' in that the main characters have to deal with a form of permanent [[Gender Bender]]. There's also some age regression involved.

* ''[[Paradigm Shift (Webcomic)|Paradigm Shift]]'' is a [[Buddy Cop Show|Buddy Cop Comic]] centered around werecreatures being real.

* ''[[The Good Witch (Webcomic)|The Good Witch]]'' begins with the former holder of the title passing it on to a [[TranssexualTranssexualism|transgirl]] named Angel, fulfilling her wish to be a genetic girl (and retconning everyone's memory that this had always been the case.) As the Good Witch, Angel has amazing transformation powers...that she's severely abusing.

* ''[[Spinnerette (Webcomic)|Spinnerette]]'': A [[Freak Lab Accident]] leaves a mild-mannered grad student [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]; any resemblence to [[The Spectacular Spider -Man|another costumed webslinger]] is purely intentional - and hilarious.

* ''[[Jet Dream (Webcomicwebcomic)|Jet Dream]]'' concerns the adventures of a [[Blackhawk]] style [[Multinational Team]] of aviators, the Thunderbird Squadron, after being transformed [[Gender Bender|from T-Birds to T-Girls]].

* ''[[The Beast Legion (Webcomic)|The Beast Legion]]'' is completely built on the concept of transformation & magic. Most of the characters have their own pieces of armore called 'Beast Transfers' that allow them to turn into Mystical beasts with Awesome powers.

* ''[[Somewhere Different (Webcomic)|Somewhere Different]]'', about a boy who is run over by some scientists, who bring him to their lab to heal him but also take the opportunity to experiment on him

* ''[[T Random/R-andom Watch (Webcomic)|T Random Watch]]'' has Grant and Amy both experience transformations, as well as one of the government agents.

* ''[[Type Trainer (Webcomic)|Type Trainer]]'', a [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]] fancomic about Ash getting turned into a Pikachu.

* ''[[Jill Trent Science Sleuth (Webcomicwebcomic)|Jill Trent Science Sleuth]]'', the [[Remix Comic]] version, features a male hero [[Gender Bender|transformed]] by the wonder element [[Applied Phlebotinum|Femavium]] into a woman with the proportional brain cells of 58 girls.

* 1-600 is a comic about a boy who finds a mysterious number that allows you to turn into an animal once called. Read it here https://web.archive.org/web/20130725221634/http://www.1-600.net/

* ''[[Witchprickers (Webcomic)|Witchprickers]]'': Ilemauzer, a timid familiar bat, asks the cheery [[Satan|Old Scratch]] to turn her into a human, only to turn into a [[Humanoid Animals|Humanoid Animal]] instead.

* ''[[High School Changed Me (Webcomic)|High School Changed Me]]'': the predecessor to MSF High. While not the premise of the web comic, transformations into other species or genderbending were quite common.

* ''[[Skin Deep (Webcomic)|Skin Deep]]'' reverses the usual take on this subject since the main characters are all mythological creatures transformed into humans. In this case human is the transformation.

* The website [http://www.tgcomics.com TGComics.com] (mostly NSFW) is devoted to gender transformation comics, many of which are less pornographic than you'd think. While TGComics.com focuses on original art (including a large number of works created with Poser and similar programs), sister site [http://tgcaps.com/caps/ TGCaps.com] is devoted to TG [[Remix Comic|Remix Comics]]s.

* ''[[Wereworld (Webcomicwebcomic)|Wereworld]]'': revolves around Steve, a cyborg who comes to the eponymous planet looking to make his body stop rejecting the implants. The planet, Sidra, is inhabited by several species of human-animal transforming hybrids.

* ''[[Ruby's World (Webcomic)|Rubys World]]'' has the main character turned into a nine foot tall giantess, though this soon becomes the least of her problems.

* ''[[Ruby Nation (Webcomic)|Ruby Nation]]'' continues Ruby's story, as well as introducing Elise, a girl who has apparently sprouted large metal wings.

* ''[[Shifters (Webcomic)|Shifters]]'' is a [[Web Comic]] heavily involved with [[Our Werebeasts Are Different|Werecreatures]].