History Main / OurWerebeastsAreDifferent

* Zoan fruits in ''OnePiece'' turn the recipents into werebeasts. They tend to be dangerous mass of muscle even if the template creature was relatively harmless (this is also a general tendency among werebeast. A werehamster can be as dangerous as a werewolf).

* Curtis Jobling's ''WereWorld'' series of fantasy novels has all sorts of werecreatures, not limited to mammals.

** Unlike the books the show is based on, "wereism" is hereditary and cannot be transmitted by a bite. Despite this, Jason is abducted by a group of were-panthers and repeatedly bitten and [[RapeAsDrama raped]] in the hopes of producing viable were-children. Jason stays a human and gets over the rape pretty quickly, although the incident serves as a catalysm to his [[spoiler:relationship with Jessica]].

* ''{{Exalted}}'' features the Lunars, who are technically werebeasts in that they have one totem animal they strongly identify with and can easily shift to -- but then again, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting they can shift into anything if they drink its heart's blood]]. Two of the signature Lunars (Red Jaws and Ma-Ha-Suchi) are technically werewolves, but if you go by signature characters alone, you've got wereowls, werecats, werebulls, wereorcas...

* Ben 10 can turn into not one, but 10 (at least at the beginning, later he gets more) different aliens, each with a different super power. Part of the show involves him slowly learning how to better discern which alien's power best fits a given situation

* ''TheElderScrolls'' universe features a variety of therianthropic creatures, including werewolves, wereboars, and even weresharks.
** The validity of weresharks is not definite, however, as the character who mentioned them was "M'aiq the Liar"
** Weresharks were mentioned in the in-universe book "On Lycanthropy" in ''Daggerfall'' long before M'aiq mentioned them, and by professional scholars, no less.
** There's also werelions, werecrocodiles and werevultures.

** Similarly in Twilight Princess, Link turns into a wolf when exposed to Twilight, rather than become a ghost like everyone else, because of the shielding effects of the Triforce of Courage.

* "The Cat" in the MarvelUniverse was once just a costumed heroine, but a ritual was performed on her, transforming her into the werecat Tigra, who would go on to join The Avengers. Her costume was later inherited by Hellcat of TheDefenders. There's a tug-of-war between her human and feline instincts and which has the upper hand tends to depend on the writer. One day she's able to fly interstellar spacecraft, the next she's chasing and eating mice and unable to speak (except in cat noises).

* The ''Game/{{Munchkin}}'' card game gives us a werepenguin, a werehamster and a weremuskrat. They are all oversized and sharp-toothed - even the penguin has fangs.

* In ''SonicUnleashed'', [[SonicTheHedgehog the titular hero]] can turn into Sonic the ''Werehog'' at night. During his transformation, Sonic is a bigger, furrier, and werewolfish version of himself with huge stretchy arms. He's nowhere near as fast as he is in his normal form, but he is ''much'' stronger. Unlike most examples of lycanthropy, however, he's able to fully control himself.

* The Druid of ''{{Diablo}} II''.
* Pictured above are the animal forms of the Norn race from GuildWars2, they have a pantheon of animal spirits that they worship, but venerate four above all the rest for directly aiding them in an exodus from their homeland, besides the bear and wolf (they lack boar in-game, interestingly) pictured above, there's also the raven and snow leapord forms.

* In the book series ''SwordOfTruth'' by TerryGoodkind includes a werecat.

* Pictured above are the animal forms of the Norn race from GuildWars2, they have a pantheon of animal spirits that they worship, but venerate four above all the rest for directly aiding them in an exodus from their homeland, besides the three pictured above, there's also the owl/raven form.

* The manga ''Cowa!'' has the main character who is a werekoala and also part vampire.

Werebeasts are creatures that can [[{{Shapeshifting}} transform]] between a human (or at least humanoid) form and an animal or animal-like form. They are also known as "werecreatures" or "were-animals". The prefix "were" comes from the Old English word "wer", meaning "man". The technical term for this is ''therianthropy'', from the [[GratuitousGreek Greek words]] for "beast" and "man". The better known ''{{lycanthropy}}'' comes from the Greek words for "wolf" and "man", and should only be used for {{werewolves}}. Such creatures can be found [[OlderThanDirt in the mythology of many cultures]], and the myths have inspired the frequent use of werecreatures in modern SpeculativeFiction, particularly {{Fantasy}} and {{Horror}}.

* The new Halloween episode of ''PhineasAndFerb'' features Doofensmirtz turning into a werecow.

* The OldWorldOfDarkness' ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', in addition to the titular werewolves, has 10 other breeds of shapeshifters, described in their own {{Splat}} books. Some examples include the Corax (were-ravens), Gurahl (were-bears), Bastet (were-cats), Rokea (were-sharks), Mokole (were-lizards), Kitsune (were-foxes), and Ananasi (were-spiders).

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' as a big FantasyKitchenSink, collected a lot of variants. Generally, there are were-beasts and beast-weres ([[ShapeshifterDefaultForm default form]] is humanoid and beast respectively) who don't like each other. Many of them even have their own gods.

* The OldWorldOfDarkness' ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', in addition to the titular werewolves, has 10 other breeds of shapeshifters, described in their own {{Splat}} books. Some examples include the Corax (were-ravens), Gurahl (were-bears), Bastet (were-cats), Rokea (were-sharks), Mokole (were-lizards), Kitsune {were-foxes}, and Ananasi {were-spiders}.

* The new halloween episode of ''PhineasandFerb'' features Doofensmirtz turning into a werecow.

* PoulAnderson's ''OperationChaos'' has a weretiger. Because Anderson's [[MagicAIsMagicA laws of magic]] insist that mass remains constant, he is a very large, fat man in human form.

* In ''[[TheMuppets Muppet Monster Adventure]]'' Fozzie Bear is turned into a Wocka Wocka Werebear.

* Evangelion Unit-02 from RebuildOfEvangelion, can "shed its human form" when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7NZESmjjJM given the secret password]] "The Beast".
* Blair from ''SoulEater'' is cat that frequently takes a CatGirl form that looks mostly human except for her cat ears and tail.

* Mary Janice Davidson's ''Jennifer Scales'' series has [[OurDragonsAreDifferent were''dragons'']].

** The Native American Skin Walker is a either a human sorcerer who can take animal form, or a spirit being of incredible power that can take various animal forms. The details vary, but they are considered to be one of the most evil of all monsters.

* ''DungeonsAndDragons'' as a big FantasyKitchenSink, collected a lot of variants. Generally, there are were-beasts and beast-weres ([[ShapeshifterDefaultForm default form]] is humanoid and beast respectively) who don't like each other. Many of them even has their own gods.

** ''Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts'' is an AD&D 2nd Edition, {{Ravenloft}} book with host of rules on werebeasts.
** The tibbits, introduced originally in ''Dragon'' magazine and reprinted in the ''Dragon Compendium'' book, qualify. They're humanoid form is small, with PointyEars and [[AnimalEyes cat eyes]], somewhat resembling [[{{hobbits}} halflings]]. They can turn cats at will.

* The ''Vampire The Masquade: Blood Lines'' game, includes werebatlike creatures and weresharks which come as GiantFleaFromOuterSpace event.
* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' from ''TheWorldOfDarkness'' series, in addition to the titular werewolves, has 11 other breeds of shapeshifters, described in their own {{Splat}} books. Some examples include the Corax (were-ravens), Gurahl (were-bears) and Bastet (were-cats), Rokea (were-sharks), Simba (were-lions), Ajaba (were-hyenas), Mokole (were-lizards), Kitsune {were-foxes}, and Ananasi {were-spiders}.
* In ''ArsMagica'' includes were-bears and were-lynxes.

* While not called werebeasts or werecreatures, the game ''FireEmblemTellius'', has Laguz: a race of people who can shift from human-like forms into animal forms. When in human form, they still have certain animal-like physical traits, such as tails, wings, ears, and colored stripes on their faces. Varieties include cat, tiger, lion, [[WereWolf wolf]], hawk, raven, heron, and [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon]]