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{{quote| '''Tai:''' "Well that only took, like, '''five hours'''. You '''do''' realise that we could all be dead right now."<br />

'''Agumon:''' Tai, if you don't shut up, I'm gonna '''eat your parents.''' }}

* In the second season of ''[[Darker Than Black]]'', Suoh has a very traditional [[Magical Girl]] transformation sequence which so far has been played straight, to the extent no one comments on her being defenseless during the transformation period (she hasn't been in combat yet though). On the other hand, there is something of an aversion of the trope in the times where Hei, the [[Anti-Hero]] has killed Contractors before they could complete their Remumeration and "recharge" their powers.

* ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' has justified this in two different ways. The [[Futari wa Pretty Cure|original series]] had the transformation take place inside what seemed to be a barrier of light, [[Yes Precure 5|while]] [[Fresh Pretty Cure|later]] [[Heartcatch Pretty Cure|casts]] have had scenes where the transformation is seen as nothing but a brief flash of light, implying that (like in ''Sailor Moon'') it isn't ''really'' as time-consuming as what we're shown.

* Averted in ''[[Naruto]]'' where most transformations are almost instantaneous, and the few that aren't (Gaara's partial Shukaku transformation) happen gradually and clearly in real time.

** Also, even though Naruto using his [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] is pretty quick, Sasuke was able to put him under a genjutsu that forced him out of it right as he was using it.

* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'': Played straight. While they rarely ever have transformation sequences during battles, no one ever attacks them while they put on their Cloths.

* Averted in ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'', when Kisshu knocks Ichigo's pendant out of her hand before she can transform in Episode 45.

* Played painfully straight in the original ''[[Giant Robo|Giant Robo/Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot]]'' toku. Before he performs any attack, Giant Robo has to first go through a variety of stances, yet remains unmolested by the [[Monster of the Week]]. This is most evident during Robo's missile attack, which features [[Stock Footage]] of him swinging his forearms side-to-side and up-and-down, then holding out his hands while missiles sprout from his fingertips -- all while the monster waits for the routine to finish.

* ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' has an interesting version of this. The Gokaiger's transformations do take time, but they're [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] enough to know they're safe while transforming and use it to protect themselves from attacks. In fact, Gokai-Oh's first formation happens while inside a huge explosion and leads to a pretty [[Badass]] [[Out of the Inferno]] moment.

* ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' brings the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' example above to its logical extreme: during her first ever transformation, Sailor Mercury manages to [[By the Power of Greyskull|chant the invocation phrase]] and go through the entire flashy sequence ''in midair'', while falling from roughly five stories high. Again, it's hinted that the transformation is actually instant and the flashy sequences are just a symbolic representation.

* ''[[Space Sheriff Gavan]]'' plays around with this. Gavan's actual transformation [[Instant Armor|only takes 0.05 seconds]], as we're told by the narrator [[Once an Episode|each time it happens]], but then they go back and show the whole sequence in slow-motion so we can see the details, like the Gavan suit being beamed down from its spaceship.

== Webcomics ==

* Done in [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=010723 this] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' strip. Part of the whole anime theme the Punyverse has going on.

* ''[[Angel Moxie]]'' lampshades this.

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