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** The Golden One transforms into a dragon and back in the ''TransformersGenerationOne'' episode "Madman's Paradise".

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie G.I. Joe: The Movie]]'', Cobra Commander, former leader of COBRA, is punished by his masters in Cobra-La for his repeated failures in conquering the world by being turned into a humanoid snake that eventually devolves into a full, but human-sized, snake, with limited speech capacity. This somewhat bites Golobulus and co. in the ass towards the end of the film, when a vengeful Cobra Commander attacks Serpentor, CC's usurper and Cobra-La's new favorite, just when the Cobra Emperor is about to finish off new hero Lt. Falcon.

* In ''Animation/G.I.Joe:TheMovie'', Cobra Commander, former leader of COBRA, is punished by his masters in Cobra-La for his repeated failures in conquering the world by being turned into a humanoid snake that eventually devolves into a full, but human-sized, snake, with limited speech capacity. This somewhat bites Golobulus and co. in the ass towards the end of the film, when a vengeful Cobra Commander attacks Serpentor, CC's usurper and Cobra-La's new favorite, just when the Cobra Emperor is about to finish off Lt. Falcon, the Hero.

* In ''Animation/G.I.Joe:TheMovie'', Cobra Commander, former leader of COBRA, is punished by his masters in Cobra-La for his repeated failures in conquering the world by being turned into a humanoid snake that eventually devolves into a full, but human-sized, snake, with limited speech capacity. This somewhat bites Golobulus and co. in the ass towards the end of the film, when a vengeful Cobra Commander attacks Serpentor, CC's usurper and Cobra-La's new favorite, just when the Cobra Emperor is about to finish off Lt. Falcon, the DesignatedHero.

* ''Manga/FairyTail:'' [[SubvertedTrope While it doesn't fully turn them into dragons,]] first-generation Dragon Slayers are capable of using an advanced magic ability called [[EleventhHourSuperpower Dragon Force,]] which ''immensely'' increases their magic power and gives them visible scales on their bodies. [[TheHero Natsu]] is first seen using it during his fight with [[ArcVillain Jellal,]] and [[spoiler: [[TagalongKid Wendy]] and [[ExtraOredinary Gajeel]] are seen using it against Ezel and Bloodman, respectively.]] However, the Dragon Slayer in question must consume ''A LOT'' of magical energy to enter this state. Second and third-generation Dragon Slayers, like [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Laxus,]] [[ThoseTwoGuys Sting and Rogue,]] are capable of using it at will, but it lacks a lot of "oomph" compared to the real deal.

* The universe of Creator/StevenErikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont, best known from the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' books, features the Soletaken, who can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting change ("veer") from humanoid to beast form]]. Some Soletaken veer into draconean forms, which is powerful, but also occasionally PlayedForLaughs or the RuleOfCool in order to underline the series's theme of ancient or powerful creatures being too long out of touch with the world and just as susceptible to a brick in the head as any mortal.

* The universe of Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont, best known from the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' books, features the Soletaken, who can change ("veer") from humanoid to beast form. Some Soletaken veer into draconean ''[sic]'' form, which is powerful, but somehow never seems to really work out in the story. Examples:
** ''Gardens of the Moon'' (book one): Silanah (a true dragon, not a shapeshifter) and four [[DarkIsNotEvil Tiste Andii]] Draconean Soletaken [[spoiler:face off against Raest, the Jaghut Tyrant. He chases them off.]]
** ''Gardens of the Moon'' (book one): [[AntiVillain Anomander Rake]] veers into draconean form and [[spoiler:flies over Darujhistan, but he doesn't accomplish anything, and sembles back to humanoid form to fight a Malazan demon]].
** ''Memories of Ice'' (book three): Anomander Rake veers into draconean form to harry a horde of humans, which should be a trivial task. But [[spoiler:one of them, Anaster, somehow poisons him, and Rake shies away. Then he takes humanoid form in order to kill some measly witches.]]
** ''Reaper's Gale'' (book seven): In the prologue, Scabandari Bloodeye, in draconean form, [[spoiler:fights two Elder Gods and is killed]].
** ''Reaper's Gale'' (book seven): Menandore, Sheltatha Lore and Sukul Ankhadu, in draconean form, face [[spoiler:two measly humans (Quick Ben and Hedge). All three end up badly wounded and getting killed soon after]].
** ''Reaper's Gale'' (book seven): In the ultimate anticlimax to this book, Silchas Ruin (Anomander Rake's brother) faces [[spoiler:(again) a bunch of measly humans and gets his butt handed to him]].
*** Apparently the only time this ability was used successfully was in ''House of Chains'' when Osseric veered into a dragon to [[spoiler: fly his son L'Oric out of the crumbling memory of Raraku]].

* This is the main character's signature ability in the BreathOfFire series. He usually starts out as a human from a LostTribe with the power to transform into dragons, and throughout the game he gradually acquires bigger and more powerful dragon forms to use. In the [[BreathOfFireVDragonQuarter fifth game]] he only has a single transformation and has to avoid overusing it.

* The Master briefly turns into a sort of gelatinous cobra thing in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' MadeForTVMovie, and proceeded to slither down a man's throat to [[BodySnatcher possess him]]. Based on the SlashFic that has resulted, it seems some people saw it as FetishFuel.
** On that note, in the "Kinda" serial of the 5th Doctor's reign, "The Mara" reveals its long-awaited true form to be a giant, laughable blow-up snake, which flails about for a few minutes before being defeated.

* Near the end of [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', [[spoiler:Envy turns into a giant serpent in order to cross the Gate and kill his father, Hohenheim. He ends up getting stuck in [[WeimarRepublic Germany]], where he's captured by the Thule Society and used as a giant Ouroboros to activate their transmutation circle and open a portal to Amestris]]. However, this process does accomplish the one thing he really wanted: [[spoiler:killing Hohenheim.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': When [[EldritchAbomination cherubs]] [[BizarreAlienReproduction mate]], they each grow into a serpentine form that is ''one astronomical unit'' (149,597,871 km, the distance between the Sun and Earth) in length. Then, in great [[TheMasochismTango hatred]], they wage an epic battle around a black hole, and they conclude this battle with a position shaped like AURYN from TheNeverendingStory. It is implied, then, that this form is at least incorporated into Lord English's OneWingedAngel.

* In ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', the second to final book, The Answer, sees Jake morphing an anaconda on the cover. [[spoiler: He uses it to convince the Taxxons to turn on their Yeerk overlord and go [[ShapeshifterModeLock nothlit]] ]]

* Webcomic/SlightlyDamned: [[spoiler:Moonshade transforms into a giant cobra with [[DishingOutDirt earth powers]] (which he [[VictorGainsLosersPowers acquired]] by killing his [[DivineParentage ancestor]] [[PhysicalGod Moku the Snake]]) to kill the guardians Melli the fire bee and Meeros the mortori bird and unlike most villainous versions, he succeeds slaying Melli and seemingly driving away Meeros.]]

* The classic ''BettyBoop'' cartoon "Snow White" ends with the Evil Queen turning into a dragon after her magic mirror blows up, and promptly being taken down by Betty, Koko the Clown and Bimbo the Dog. Considering that the highlight of the cartoon involves Koko being turned into a ghost-like creature singing "St. James Infirmary Blues" with the voice of Cab Calloway, this can be seen as [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs the least bizarre moment in this cartoon]].

** This also occurs in [[Film/{{Maleficent}} her movie]], [[spoiler: except that her raven Diaval does so instead.]]

* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' lore, the Ka Po'Tun, [[PettingZooPeople a race of humanoid tigers]], ultimately desire to become dragons. Their emperor, Tosh Raka the tiger-dragon, is the first and only one to succeed.
** [[spoiler:Martin Septim]] does a heroic version of this in ''Oblivion'', although it's possible that he may actually have been ''summoning'' the Dragon-god's avatar rather than ''transforming'' into it.
** This trope is one of the reasons Argonians are subjected to FantasticRacism by other races.

* In ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'', there is a giant snake that can wrap around Lance and eat him up at the maze if you're not quick enough.

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* There's a ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' card for everything: [[http://ww2.wizards.com/Gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?name=Form%20of%20the%20Dragon Form of the Dragon]]. The card has found a home in at least one successful combo deck (Enduring Ideal) as a powerful finisher.
** The ''Eventide'' set gave us [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=157401 Snakeform]], which has the (temporary) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obvious effect]] on the affected creature...which in the process [[BalefulPolymorph loses all its special abilities for the duration and generally becomes much weaker as well.]] So you obviously shouldn't be using it on ''your'' creatures...

* In Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', [[BigBad Jafar]] transforms into a humongous snake after gaining sorcerer powers from the Genie. He actually has Aladdin and company on the ropes for quite a while until Al tricks him into trying to gain even more power by using his last wish to [[BecomingTheGenie become a Genie, and Jafar is sealed inside a new lamp]]. In hindsight, Jafar should have stuck to the reptile form.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': When [[EldritchAbomination cherubs]] [[BizarreAlienReproduction mate]], they each grow into a serpentine form that is ''one astronomical unit'' (149,597,871 km, or the distance between the Sun and Earth) in length. Then, in great [[TheMasochismTango hatred]], they wage an epic battle around a black hole, and they conclude this battle with a position shaped like AURYN from TheNeverendingStory. It is implied, then, that this form is at least incorporated into Lord English's OneWingedAngel.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': When [[EldritchAbomination cherubs]] [[BizarreAlienReproduction mate]], they each grow into a serpentine form that is ''one astronomical unit'' (149 ,597,871 km) in length. Then, in great [[TheMasochismTango hatred]], they wage an epic battle around a black hole, and they conclude this battle with a position shaped like AURYN from TheNeverendingStory. It is implied, then, that this form is at least incorporated into Lord English's OneWingedAngel.