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In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', when Mario grabs a Boo Mushroom and transforms into a mustachoid ghost, other Boos will follow him around with hearts appearing above their heads.

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* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Captain Ginyu accidentally does a [[FreakyFridayFlip body swap]] with a frog. One of the first thing that happens to him when left to his own devices is a female frog having the hots for him. She chases Ginyu for the rest of the series -- interestingly enough, following Ginyu to different planets when needed.
* In an anime-only episode of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Ryōga Hibiki (who turns into a small black pig when wet) saves an adorable, pink female pig who falls for him. Even after witnessing Ryōga turn back into a human, she still pursues him.
* Inverted in ''Anime/AnimalDetectivesKiruminzoo'', where a CatGirl transformed into a real cat to reject the courting of an AbhorrentAdmirer cat. Realizing his love interest was much younger than him, he immediately lost interest in her. [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe She was not amused.]]
* Played with in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. Kyo is possessed by the spirit of [[EasternZodiac the Cat]], and thus [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting sometimes turns into one]] (and can [[SpeaksFluentAnimal understand their speech]]). During the main characters' field trip to Kyoto, a female cat starts "hitting" on him while he's in his human form, and she gets jealous, scratches him, and leaves when he doesn't pay her any attention. It might very well happen to the other Members of the Zodiac, as well, considering that their respective animals are always attracted to their presence (albeit in a spiritual sense rather than a physical/romantic one).

* ''FanFic/TheDresdenFillies'': When Twilight turns Harry into a unicorn in the second book, his unicorn form turns out to be an absolute stunner, to the point where he cannot go out in Ponyville without being swarmed by adoring mares. He's not sure whether this just means that his features happen to match equine standards of attractiveness when mapped onto a unicorn, or whether Twilight has a crush on him and her feelings leaked into the spell.

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', female squirrels show attraction to Arthur and Merlin while they are transformed.

* In the Hungarian animated film ''Animation/WillyTheSparrow'', there's a mild version: one of the female sparrows seems to be attracted to Willy.

* This is how Belgarath met Poledra in the ''Literature/{{Belgariad}}'' with both in wolf form -- she was an actual wolf, who later learned to shapeshift into a human and other animals from him.

* In ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'', the eponymous djinni is hit-on at one point by a pigeon while in that form.

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'':
** Tobias, having been [[ShapeshifterModeLock trapped in hawk form]], is aproached by a female hawk at one point. PlayedForDrama rather than for laughs, as Tobias is distressed about retaining his humanity in his new permanent form, and actually considers running away with the female to live as a normal hawk.
** An instance that is more PlayedForLaughs is when Ax morphs a female monkey, and is apparently attractive enough to easily get some male monkeys to approach for the other Animorphs to acquire.
** Ax's human morph (a male composite of all five of the human Animorphs' DNA) has also been described as being attractive, though nothing much ever comes of this in the story.

* In ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'' when Laverne disguises herself as a tentacle a guard starts flirting with her. Not enough to neglect his duties, unfortunately.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', when Mario grabs a Boo Mushroom and transforms into a mustachoid ghost, other Boos will follow him around with hearts appearing above their heads.

* There's an interesting "turnabout" in ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'': a seer is using a stray cat as a medium for spying on the heroes (by [[AnimalEyeSpy 'borrowing' the cats eyes]]), and a friendly (female) dragon decides to lend the heroes a hand... by transforming herself into a cat and 'distracting' the cat long enough for them to get away by boat. The (young, male) seer is suitably flustered by the resulting sensory feedback.
* In ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', after Tip is bitten by a werewolf, he turns into a small wolf that Sweetheart and the other female talking dogs find very attractive. [[EvenTheGuysWantHim And some of the males.]] Apparently his [[ThePornomancer utterly ridiculous degree of sexual magnetism]] transfers over.
* Marena from ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'' has a few instances of this in her past, being a lunar Exalted.

* And continued in ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' with Fifi Le Fume, who mistakes both Sylvester {{Expy}} Furball and Wile E. equivalent Calamity for skunks at some point and pursues them.
** In "Aroma Amore", when Furball first saw Fifi, he briefly mistook her for a cat and eagerly returned her affections- up until he smelled her [[SmellySkunk "distinct" aroma]] and saw that skunk stripe.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'': At one point, Ben meets a group of alien heroes, among which is a female Tetraman, the species of his "Fourarms" form. She is clearly attracted to "Fourarms", and while disappointed to find he's really a 10-year-old human, is eager to see him transform into Fourarms again.
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'': Ben gets this from Princess Attea when he turns into the incursean (humanoid frog alien) named Bullfrag. To his own displeasure, [[TheMindIsAPlayThingOfTheBody the attraction is mutual when he is Bullfrag]].
** One episode in fact was centered around Ben having an UnwantedHarem consisting of Princess Attea pining for his Bullfrag form as a consort, and another Tetramand (this one a princess) seeking to court Fourarms while at the same time a villainess who can [[TheBeastmaster command cats]] has control over him in his Rath form. The former two being warrior princesses they quickly come to blows over the right to have him.
* A weird inversion in the ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'' episode "Party Animals". The sheep have gatecrashed the Farmer's fancy dress party in various costumes. Well, except Shirley, since she couldn't find anything that fit, so she [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself went as herself]]. The Farmer, dressed as a sheep, starts flirting with her under the impression she's a woman in a matching sheep costume.
* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolForVampires'': Happens in "Zoo Time" when the Count is mistaken for a rare bat and captured by a zoo; an actual bat tries to hit on him while he was thinking how to escape.
* ''WesternAnimation/RubikTheAmazingCube'': In one episode, one of the kids needs to distract his pet dog to reclaim Rubik. [[GenderBender So he gets turned into a female dog]]. He then flirts with his own pet dog, and to his horror finds that [[AttractiveBentGender his own dog gets interested in THAT way.]]

* Played with in the 2001 anime adaptation of ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. Kyo is possessed by the spirit of [[EasternZodiac the Cat]], and thus [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting sometimes turns into one]] (and can [[SpeaksFluentAnimal understand their speech]]). In one scene, a female cat starts "hitting" on him while he's in his human form, and she gets jealous, scratches him, and leaves when he doesn't pay her any attention. It might very well happen to the other Members of the Zodiac, as well, considering that their respective animals are always attracted to their presence (albeit in a spiritual sense rather than a physical/romantic one).

When a character shapeshifts into an animal, {{voluntar|yShapeshifting}}ily [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting or otherwise]], there is a high likelihood that an ''actual'' animal will try to hit on them.

Contrast ShapeshiftingLover, InterspeciesRomance.

* Played with in ''Manga/FruitsBasket''. Kyo is possessed by the spirit of [[EasternZodiac the Cat]], and thus [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting sometimes turns into one]] (and can [[SpeaksFluentAnimal understand their speech]]). In one scene, a female cat starts "hitting" on him while he's in his human form, and she gets jealous, scratches him, and leaves when he doesn't pay her any attention. It might very well happen to the other Members of the Zodiac, as well, considering that their respective animals are always attracted to their presence (albeit in a spiritual sense rather than a physical/romantic one).

* In ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', after Tip is bitten by a werewolf, he turns into a small wolf that Sweetheart and the other female talking dogs find very attractive. [[EvenTheGuysWantHim And some of the males.]]

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* In Disney's ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'', female squirrels show attraction to Arthur and Merlin while they are transformed.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'', Suave Superspy Lance Sterling is transformed into a Pigeon by Walter Beckett, the Socially Inept Scientific Genius who designs his gadgets, in order to give him “The most Perfect form a spy can take”. Lance hates his new form, but a female Pigeon in Walter’s home finds it very attractive, & Lance finds himself having to fend off her advances.

* In Disney's ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'', female squirrels show attraction to Arthur and Merlin while they are transformed. Which results in a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when Merlin reveals his true self, and a huge TearJerker when Arthur's admirer finds out he's really a human.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'', Suave Superspy Lance Sterling is transformed into a Pigeon by Walter Beckett, the Socially Inept Scientific Genius who designs his gadgets, in order to give him the “The most Perfect form a spy can take”. Lance hates his new form, but a female Pigeon in Walter’s home finds it very attractive, & Lance finds himself having to fend off her advances.

* The Childe Ballad ''The Two Magicians'' combines this trope with ShapeshifterShowdown as well as LovingForce. The male character basically makes sexual advances towards the female one in all of the forms they turn into, both animals and [[SerialEscalation inanimate objects]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiesinDisguise'', Suave Superspy Lance Sterling is transformed into a Pigeon by Walter Beckett, the Socially Inept Scientific Genius who designs his gadgets, in order to give him the “The most Perfect form a spy can take”. Lance hates his new form, but a female Pigeon in Walter’s home finds it very attractive, & Lance finds himself having to fend off her advances.

* In ''Film/SpiesinDisguise'', Suave Superspy Lance Sterling is transformed into a Pigeon by Walter Beckett, the Socially Inept Scientific Genius who designs his gadgets, in order to give him the “The most Perfect form a spy can take”. Lance hates his new form, but a female Pigeon in Walter’s home finds it very attractive, & Lance finds himself having to fend off her advances.

* In ''Film/SpiesinDisguise'', Suave Superspy Lance Sterling is transformed into a Pigeon by Walter Beckett, the Socially Inept Scientific Genius who designs his gadgets, in order to give him the “The most Perfect form a spy can take”. Walter hates his new form, but a female Pigeon in Walter’s home finds it very attractive, & Lance finds himself having to fend off her advances.

* A weird inversion in the ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'' episode "Party Animals". The sheep have gatecrashed the Farmer's fancy dress party in various costumes, except Shirley, since nothing fitted her, so she's [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself gone as herself]]. The Farmer, dressed as a sheep, starts flirting with he under the impression she's a woman in a matching sheep costume.

* In Disney's ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'', female squirrels show attraction to Arthur and Merlin while they are transformed. Which results in a CrowningMomentOfFunny when Merlin reveals his true self, and a huge TearJerker when Arthur's admirer finds out he's really a human.

* [[DownplayedTrope It doesn't involve]] [[DownplayedTrope ''actual'']] [[DownplayedTrope species change,]] but ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''' Pepe le Pew's pursuit of a female cat who looks like a skunk following a run-in with some white paint has aspects of this.

* It doesn't involve a human, but ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''' Pepe le Pew's pursuit of a female cat who looks like a skunk following a run-in with some white paint has aspects of this.