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{{quote|'''Kevin''': [[Discussed Trope|What's with the shouting names thing anyway]]? <br />

'''Ben''': It strikes fear into my enemies. <br />

'''Kevin''': . . . You go right on believing that, bud. |''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]''}}

What's the most stylish way to end a [[Transformation Sequence]], a shapeshift, or a mode change? For some heroes, it's simply to shout the name of their new form right as the [[Stock Footage]] ends. [[Humongous Mecha]] of the [[Transforming Mecha|transforming]] or [[Combining Mecha|combining]] variety are susceptible to this habit, as are [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]]s with long, sparkly transformations (roughly all the modern ones).

Alternatively, the name of the form can be [[By the Power of Greyskull|the activation word]] for the transformation, or at least part of it. Again, [[Super Robot|Super Robots]]s do this often, simply because it's easy to [[Hand Wave]] or at least (if you're more current) [[Lampshade Hanging|poke fun at]] it, and because it's ''style''.

=== [[Magical Girl]] [[Anime]] ===

=== [[Humongous Mecha|Mecha]] [[Anime]] ===

* ''[[Voltron]]''. Also the original: "Let's [[Go LionGoLion]]!"

* The Commandos in ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' always cap off their combination sequence with "Ruination, '''awaken!'''"

=== Other [[Anime]] ===

* ''[[Bleach]]'': A [[Empathic Weapon|zanpakutou]] releases into shikai as a result of the shinigami calling out a [[By the Power of Grayskull|release activation phrase]] that ends with the [[Transformation Name Announcement|announcement]] of the zanpakutou's true name, at which point the zanpakutou [[Transformation Sequence|transforms]] into its true form.

** When a zanpakutou releases into bankai, the shinigami simply announces "Bankai" and then enters the [[Transformation Sequence]]. Once the transformation has ended, the shinigami [[Transformation Name Announcement|concludes with the zanpakutou's new name]] which sums up the nature their weapon (and any changes that have occurred to the shinigami's own appearance) has revealed as a result of entering bankai. Shinigami who have achieved bankai are also able to activate their shikai silently (but rarely do). With bankai, silent activation seems to be impossible, but announcing the name of the transformed zanpakutou is entirely optional.

** And they don't just do this for their mecha. In about half of the seasons, the team has a habit of doing individual [[Transformation Name Announcement|Transformation Name Announcements]] and ending with a group [[In the Name of the Moon]] (and the other half still have at least one or two roll calls, even without the group ending).

** ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm|Ninja Storm]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder|Dino Thunder]]'' didn't have one for the whole teams, but it did have each Ranger yelling "Power of *element here!*" or "*Dinosaur here* Power!" after the morph stock footage ended. This is the sort of bit of Ranger ceremony that's different from season to season - which shouted phrases are [[In the Name of the Moon|for coolness' sake]] and which are [[By the Power of Greyskull|necessary to activate gear]], and whether the just-because yells come [[Invocation|before]] or [[Transformation Name Announcement|while posing after]].

* In [[Kamen Rider Den-O]], [[Kamen Rider Decade]],[[Kamen Rider Double|and every]] [[Kamen Rider OOO|series after]], the [[Transformation Trinket|Transformation Trinkets]]s announce the names of the forms the Riders take. In ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'', this even goes for the [[Monsters of the Week]]. In ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' it's only for single color combos.