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Quite a few Shifters boast [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|elemental powers]], with [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|water-based powers]] being particularly popular. A potent [[Healing Factor]] is also often packaged in, considering they can restructure their body at will.
Exactly where their extra body mass comes from (or goes) when a shapeshifter transforms from one ''size'' to another is known as [[
Can be used for [[Narrative Shapeshifting]]. The [[Shapeshifting Seducer]] finds picking up partners at bars is fairly easy.
Sooner or later, a [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]] may leave the character suffering [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]] or [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock]], if only temporarily. If badly beaten or near death, they may have a [[Superpower Meltdown]] and lose control of their power, resulting in a [[
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* The [[DCU]] is positively lousy with shapeshifters: Beast Boy, [[Plastic Man]], Offspring, all Martians (including resident superheroes [[Martian Manhunter]] and Miss Martian), Madame Rouge, Gemini, Everyman, [[Metamorpho (Comic Book)|Metamorpho]], and [[Elongated Man]], among many others. Shapeshifting may well surpass ''flight'' on their list of ubiquitous superpowers, at least among the younger generation.
** Plastic Man is regarded as the most powerful shapeshifter in the modern setting, with the ability to take virtually any shape, change color, and survive numerous attacks that seem tailor-made to hurt shapeshifters, such as [[Terminator (Film)|being frozen and shattered]].
** Beast Boy from the ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'': any animal [[
** Martian Manhunter from ''[[Justice League]]'' had blob-form powers and disguise forms, as well as a few other notable abilities.
*** Like the ability to survive being [[Nightmare Fuel|ripped in half]].
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* ''[[Metal Heroes]]'': Space Sheriff Gavan's partner Mimi had shapeshifting powers through a device around her neck, but she only used it to turn into a bird and occasionally alter her clothing.
** Likewise, Sharivan's partner Lily was able to perfectly impersonate one of the female villains down to voice and face though that might have been due to makeup.
* Most Time Lords from ''[[
* [[Raven]] from the kids TV game show of the same name. Guess what he transforms into?
* Meego, from the short-lived TV series of the same name, possesses shape-shifting abilities, although they were only seen in the first episode. To prove to one of the main characters that he was an alien, Meego transformed from his normal, humanoid form into a bug-eyed furry monster, a sumo wrestler, then into an attractive blonde in a bathing suit before changing back to normal.
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** And those are just some of the ''mutants''. The universe also features lycanthropes (like the tribe whose land the school itself stands on) and shapeshifting spirits and demons. For example, Carmilla's father Gothmog is normally an [[Eldritch Abomination]]...but he's also quite capable of taking human form when interacting with humans.
* Facsimile of ''[[The Descendants]]'' has no known limits on her powers, and has been implied to have given up on 'real' clothing in favor of creating it all with her shapeshifting.
* Shapeshifting is surprisingly not all that common in the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]. Menagerie and Manimal turn into various animal species; Pseudo ''says'' that all he can do is replicate any human appearance (in reality, he's a plasmoidal alien who "went native" and pretends to be human... but he keeps that a secret); Mu Shu (a member of the Disney World-sponsored hero team Imagination) can shapeshift into a small, red, firebreathing dragon; Indian hero Bagha can turn into a tiger; Chameleon, a student at the [[Super
** Silly Putty is technically this. He can assume pretty much any shape, but his outward appearance doesn't change, and his flesh has to be manually manipulated into the desired shape (usually by other people).
* Many Nanocyborgs in ''[[Orions Arm]]'' are capable of shapeshifting, but like everything else in that universe they're limited by the laws of physics.
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