History Main / BitByBitTransformation

** It carried on into ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'', where this would usually happen to anyone who sampled Ysma's potions.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BartokTheMagnificent'', Ludmilla drinks a potion that amplifies your inner self ten times and [[spoiler:slowly transforms into a dragon.]]

A type of transformation in which, most likely due to a curse, spell or potion, portions of your body start to turn into that of a creature until the whole body is changed. The order can vary depending on what animal or on the work. Often happens with a ForcedTransformation. Can lead to StumblingInTheNewForm if, for example, one leg gets changed but the other doesn't, leaving the victim with an uneven gait.

A type of transformation in which, most likely due to a curse, spell or potion, portions of your body start to turn into that of a creature until the whole body is changed. The order can vary depending on what animal or on the work. Often happens with a ForcedTransformation.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' - in "The Dark Age", Jenny Calendar is possessed by the demon Eyghon. At first the transformation is just in her attitude, becoming sexually forward (which an off-his-game Giles attributes to an earlier head injury), but quickly turns scornful, then growly-voiced with some forehead distortion. When she later returns, she's in full-on pointy-ear, big-forehead glowy-eyes mode.
* In an episode of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'', "Quality of Mercy", a human has been captured by aliens. He meets another captive, who is being subjected to numerous surgeries to gradually change her body into that of the aliens. [[spoiler:Turns out she was actually an alien spy being reverted out of her human disguise, [[CruelTwistEnding all the while playing on his sympathies to gain information]].]]

* ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes'': When Bruce Banner changes into the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, his chest expands first (looking like a distorted minifig body, rather then a "big minifig"), then his arms and legs, and then finally his shirt shreds completely as he goes into full "big minifig" mode. When "Hulking down", he gets Bruce's head first, then his torso and legs shrink down but he keeps the big minifig arms for a moment.

A type of transformation in which, most likely due to a curse, spell or potion, portions of your body start to turn into that of a creature until the whole body is changed. The order can vary depending on what animal or on the work. Often happens with a ForcedTransformstion.

A type of transformation in which, most likely due to a curse, spell or potion, portions of your body start to turn into that of a creature until the whole body is changed. The order can vary depending on what animal or on the work. Often happens to a BalefulPolymorph.

* Happens to [[spoiler:Scrappy when changing into giant form]] in the first live action ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' movie. One of the few to deal with ill-proportioned transformations.

See also PartialTransformation, when the transformation stops at just part of it.

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* Ang Lihim ni Annasandra, a Filipino fantasy TV series (fantaserye), has this when Annasandra turns into a boar and back.

* In the Music/{{Radiohead}} music video for the song "There There", Thom Yorke's transformation into a tree starts with his left foot, and progresses through his right foot, legs, torso, and arms. His face, [[AndIMustScream still frozen in a scream at the end of the video]], changes offscreen.

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* The picture image comes from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', in which bad boys turn into donkeys in this manner. The first sign of the transformation is a donkey bray replacing a normal laugh, than the ears change, followed by the tail sprouting from the back. This is followed by the head, arms and legs changing before the final stage of losing their ability to speak.

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* The picture image comes from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', in which bad boys turn into donkeys in this manner. The ears change first, followed by the tail sprouting from the back. This is followed by the head, arms and legs changing before the final stage of losing their ability to speak.

* Possibly a ShoutOut to the above, Kuzco's transformation into a llama in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. The ears change first, then his neck changes, followed by his right hand, face and left hand. We don't see anything below the waist, however.

* ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'': Happens at the end when the Beast returns to his human form. The hands change first, then the feet change, and his head changes too. We aren't shown anything else, though. ''The Enchanted Christmas'' shows a flashback showing the prince's transformation into a beast, where the only part that's completely shown are his hands.

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* The picture image comes from ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'', in which bad boys turn into donkeys in this manner. The ears change first, followed by the tail sprouting from the back. This is followed by the head, arms and legs changing before the final stage of losing their ability to speak.

* Like [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} the film it was adapted into]], ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' has this when Pinocchio and the other boys turn into donkeys.

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* Happens a lot in fetish FanArt with characters both original and existing. Unless you're into it or have a BileFascination, [[{{Squick}} you'll probably want to stay away from it]].

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* In ''WebVideo/TheCartoonMan'', Roy transforms into a humanoid cartoon character bit by bit, beginning with his gloves, then his hair, and finally his eyes.

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* Happens a lot in FanArt with characters both original and existing.

* ''WesternAnimation/PinocchioAndTheEmperorOfTheNight'' has the [[NightmareFuel infamous]] scene where Pinocchio is turned back into a puppet with different parts of his body become lifeless wood. Thankfully for little children, this scene had to be trimmed or cut from most TV airings.
* Possibly a ShoutOut to the above, Kuzco's transformation into a llama in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. The ears change first, then his neck changes, followed by his right hand, face and left hand. We don't see anything below the waist however.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'', this happens to [[spoiler:Wallace]].

* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio'' and most film/TV adaptations have this where Pinocchio and the other boys turn into donkeys, usually with the ears first.

* ''Literature/GooseBumps'': The book called ''Chicken, Chicken'' where two kids slowly transform into chickens over a long period.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short ''WesternAnimation/YankeeDoodIt'', whenever the Shoemaker says the word "Jehoshaphat", the elf gradually transforms into a mouse (which can be undone by saying the word "Rumpelstiltskin"). First he gains a mouse's tail, then mouse ears, and finally into a full mouse. At the end of the cartoon, when the elf king visits the Shoemaker to check on his business, the shoemaker decares his next line of shoes to be named "the Jehoshaphat Boots", and the King goes straight into the complete mouse form.

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* Happens a lot in FanArt with characters both original and existing.

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* Happens to [[spoiler:Scrappy when changing into giant form]] in the first live action ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' movie. One of the few to deal with ill-proportioned transformations.
* This happens to [[spoiler:Sex Machine]] in ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' after he's [[ZombieInfectee bit by a vampire]]. First his teeth start changing, then his hands...

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* ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'': In the Creator/MidwayGames-themed "Retro Wreckage" level, Gamer Kid becomes a ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}''-esque gorilla (and later, reverts back to a human minifigure) a piece or two at a time.

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* In an episode of ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'', a human has been captured by aliens. He meets another captive, who is being subjected to numerous surgeries to gradually change her body into that of the aliens. [[spoiler:Turns out she was actually an alien spy being reverted out of her human disguise, [[CruelTwistEnding all the while playing on his sympathies to gain information]].]]

* ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperheroes'': When Bruce Banner changes into the Comicbook/{{Hulk}}, his chest expands first (looking like a distorted minifig body, rather then a "big minifig"), then his arms and legs, and then finally his shirt shreds completely as he goes into full "big minifig" mode. When "Hulking down", he gets Bruce's head first, then his torso and legs shrink down but he keeps the big minifig arms for a moment.

* ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelComics'': When Bruce Banner changes into the Comicbook/{{Hulk}}, his chest expands first (looking like a distorted minifig body, rather then a "big minifig"), then his arms and legs, and then finally his shirt shreds completely as he goes into full "big minifig" mode. When "Hulking down", he gets Bruce's head first, then his torso and legs shrink down but he keeps the big minifig arms for a moment.