History ForcedTransformation / LiveActionTV

** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife It's a Good Life]]", [[RealityWarper Anthony Fremont]] turns a man into a jack-in-the-box before sending him to the [[PrisonDimension cornfield]].
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E109JessBelle Jess-Belle]]", the title character obtains a LovePotion from Granny Hart. As she does not have any money to pay for it, she has to pay a price of a different sort: she turns into a leopard [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve every night at twelve o'clock]].
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Cat and Mouse", Guillaume de Marchaux was [[{{Curse}} cursed]] by an angry husband to live forever in the form of a cat during the day, only being able to turn into a man again at night.

* ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'':
** In the first "Chillogy" episode, [[MonsterOfTheWeek Karl]] convinces Jessica to sell lemonade for exorbitant prices by artificially driving up demand. Then he exposes her and turns her into a PigMan for being a "greedy little pig".
** In "Be Careful What You Wish For", everyone in the world except Samantha is turned into a fly by the LiteralGenie witch when she blurts out "All of you just buzz off!". In the book, everyone simply vanished until she could [[{{Wishplosion}} correct the badly-worded wish]].

* The Season 4 premiere of ''Series/BeingHuman'' has werewolf George die from one of these (and the resulting kidney ''and'' heart failure it caused), though only doing this [[TearJerker after christening his just-newborn daughter as "Eve"]], [[PassingTheTorch to complete the transition to a new focal cast]].[[note]] The other members of the legacy cast were also deceased by this point, vampire Mitchell [[HeroicSacrifice willingly letting himself be staked]] at the end of Season 3 and ghost Nina succumbing off-screen to injuries sustained by a vampire attack at the end of the same season. [[/note]] What makes this death more impactful is that [[InvokedTrope he invoked it on himself.]]

* An episode of ''Series/LoveAndCurses'' opened with three obnoxious fratboys being turned into carp. Since the witches promptly [[ImAHumanitarian plopped them into a frying pan]], though, the "less lethal" part doesn't apply.

* Happens now and again in ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''. The sisters have both turned people into animals and been turned into other creatures themselves. Usually this is because a spell backfires or has unforeseen effects, but sometimes it's deliberate.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "True Q", Q briefly turns Doctor Crusher into an Irish Setter dog.
* In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'':
** Q turns his son into an amoeba for a short period to show him where he is going to end up if he keeps acting irresponsibly.
** While in the Fair Haven holodeck program, Tom Paris plays a prank on Harry Kim by changing a pretty Irish lass he's about to kiss into a cow. Unfortunately two holodeck charcters witness this and become convinced that Tom and Harry must be TheFairFolk (not the friendly kind).

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E109JessBelle Jess-Belle]]", the title character obtains a LovePotion from Granny Hart. As she does not have any money to pay for it, she has to pay a price of a different sort: she turns into a leopard [[WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve every night at twelve o'clock]].
** There's also "It's a Good Life", where [[RealityWarper Anthony Fremont]] turns a man into a jack-in-the-box, before sending him to the [[PrisonDimension cornfield]].
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Cat and Mouse", Guillaume de Marchaux was [[{{Curse}} cursed]] by an angry husband to live forever in the form of a cat during the day, only being able to turn into a man again at night.

* In ''Series/TheTenthKingdom'', the prince is turned into a dog almost from the beginning of the story but manages to escape and get help. He is helpless throughout most of the story but he does help the heroes when he can. The witch also turns a dog into a copy of him; the dog isn't happy about it either.

* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': In his arrogant younger form, Zedd turns a lovely young prostitute's customer into a mouse so he can have her for himself.

* Season 4 of ''Series/BeingHuman'' has werewolf George die from one of these (and the resulting kidney failure it caused) [[PassingTheTorch to complete the transition to a new focal cast]].[[note]] The other members of the legacy cast were also deceased by this point, vampire Mitchell [[HeroicSacrifice willingly letting himself be staked]] at the end of Season 3 and ghost Nina succumbing off-screen to injuries sustained by a vampire attack at the end of the same season. [[/note]] What makes this death more impactful is that [[InvokedTrope he invoked it on himself.]]

* Season 3 of ''Series/BeingHuman'' has werewolf George die from one of these (and the resulting kidney failure it caused) [[PassingTheTorch to complete the transition to a new focal cast]].[[note]] The other members of the legacy cast were also deceased by this point, vampire Wendell [[HeroicSacrifice willingly letting himself be staked]] at the end of Season 2 and ghost Nina succumbing to injuries sustained by a vampire attack in between seasons. [[/note]] What makes this death more impactful is that [[InvokedTrope he invoked it on himself.]]

* Season 3 of ''Series/BeingHuman'' has werewolf George die from one of these (and the resulting kidney failure it caused) [[PassingTheTorch to complete the transition to a new focal cast]].[[note]] The other members of the legacy cast were also deceased by this point, vampire Wendell [[HeroicSacrifice willingly letting himself be staked]] at the end of Season 2 and ghost Nina succumbing to injuries sustained by a vampire attack in between seasons. [[/note]]

** Zelda has a date with a man named Ron. However, Hilda is having [[MagicMishap trouble]] with her powers and she unintentionally turns him into a deer. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Whether Ron is later turned back into a man, or has to spend the rest of his life as a deer is never revealed.]]

** Zelda has a date with a man named Ron. However, Hilda is having [[MagicalMishap trouble]] with her powers and she unintentionally turns him into a deer. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Whether Ron is later turned back into a man, or has to spend the rest of his life as a deer is never revealed.]]

** Zelda has a date with a man named Ron, but due to Hilda having a mishap with her powers she unintentionally turns him into a deer. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Whether Ron is later turned back into a man, or has to spend the rest of his life as a deer is never revealed.]]

** Zelda has a date with a man named Ron, but due to Hilda having a mishap with her powers she unintentionally turns him into a deer. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Whether Ron is later turned back into a man, or is forced to spend the rest of his life as a deer is never revealed.]]

** Zelda has a date with a man named Ron but due to Hilda having a mishap with her powers he gets turned into a deer. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Whether Ron is later turned back into a man, or is forced to spend the rest of his life as a deer is never revealed.]]

* Salem from ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' is changed into a cat for one hundred years as punishment for trying to take over the world. This punishment is fairly standard among witches, as other characters suffer or nearly suffer similar fates. (In one episode, an old member of Salem's gang who's had his sentence commuted visits, and he's still just getting the hang of being human again.)

* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the witch Rowena confronts Olivette, who had her kicked out of the Grand Coven. She's about to kill Olivette but decides that would be too merciful, so instead turns her into a mouse. After Sam barges into her presence, she threatens to turn him into a moose. "A real moose!" ("Moose" being the nickname given to Sam by her son Crowley.)

* It's a semi-recurring thing in ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' for villains to nab innocent bystanders and turn ''them'' into the MonsterOfTheWeek. The Rangers usually just make the monster go boom as usual and [[NoOntologicalInertia the person would be back to normal]]. Either that, or the MOTW would just as often transform civilians into whatever for the scheme of the week, which is dealt with the same way.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Cat and Mouse", Guillaume de Marchaux was [[{{Curse}} cursed]] by an angry husband to live forever in the form of a cat during the day, only being able to turn into a man again at night.
* In the ''Literature/Gameknight999Series'', at the end of ''Last Stand on the Ocean Shore'', [[spoiler:Herobrine is trapped in the body of a pig, putting an end to his evil plans since a pig has no way to attack]].

* ''Series/{{Jessie}}'': In "The Princess and the Pea Brain", the humble peasant in Zuri's story takes a potion that would make him irresistible. Instead, he gets turned into a hamburger, as "everybody loves hamburgers".

* ''Series/Jessie'': In "The Princess and the Pea Brain", the humble peasant in Zuri's story takes a potion that would make him irresistible. Instead, he gets turned into a hamburger, as "everybody loves hamburgers".