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* In the RationalFic ''Fanfic/AnimorphsTheReckoning'', the morphing technology holds the user's original body in stasis with a mental link to the created morph. Late in the fic, this allows [[spoiler:the team to retrieve Cassie, who was killed in morph and assumed dead, but had actually been suspended in Z-space for months]].
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* Shapeshifting into a dragon form in ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' will have any damage taken only reduce the time you stay in that form, and usually, no matter how strong the attack is, the damage will only cause an immediate de-shift back to normal and being unable to transform again for a short amount of time.
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* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Matsuri seemingly dies when Sosuke [[VampiricDraining eats away]] his LifeEnergy. [[NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay With appropriate timing]], Matsuri returns to the fight, and has changed [[GenderBender from his female form to his original male one]]. Shirogane explains the technique displaces Matsuri's energy with his own to maintain the transformation. Sosuke actually ate Shirogane's energy, temporarily reverting the transformation, and letting Matsuri's energy return and revive him shortly after. (This presumably wouldn't provide any protection from a regular injury.)

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* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Matsuri is seemingly dies paralyzed and killed when Sosuke [[VampiricDraining eats away]] his LifeEnergy. [[NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay With appropriate timing]], Matsuri returns to the fight, and has changed [[GenderBender from his female form to his original male one]]. Shirogane explains the technique displaces Matsuri's energy with his own to maintain the transformation. Sosuke actually ate Shirogane's energy, temporarily reverting the transformation, and letting Matsuri's energy return and revive him shortly after. (This presumably wouldn't provide any protection from a regular injury.)) A few hours later, Matsuri returns to female form, the sustained damage completely undone.
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* In ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'', humans fight the monsters of New Wirral by using cassette tapes to turn into copies of them. Reducing a tape to 0 HP forces its user to revert to their natural form, but they can switch to a new tape after the current turn, and broken tapes can later be fixed. However, any excess damage that wasn't absorbed by the tape carries over -- it's possible to defeat human opponents outright (or be knocked out yourself) by dealing enough overkill damage.

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* In ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'', humans fight the monsters of New Wirral by using cassette tapes to turn into copies of them.record and assume monster forms. Reducing a tape to 0 HP forces its user to revert to their natural form, but they can switch to a new tape after the current turn, and broken tapes can later be fixed. However, any excess damage that wasn't absorbed by the tape carries over -- it's possible to defeat human opponents outright (or be knocked out yourself) by dealing enough overkill damage.
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* In ''VideoGame/CassetteBeasts'', humans fight the monsters of New Wirral by using cassette tapes to turn into copies of them. Reducing a tape to 0 HP forces its user to revert to their natural form, but they can switch to a new tape after the current turn, and broken tapes can later be fixed. However, any excess damage that wasn't absorbed by the tape carries over -- it's possible to defeat human opponents outright (or be knocked out yourself) by dealing enough overkill damage.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': Ben as Way Big gets hit by a blast of accelerated time from [[TimeMaster Eon]]. Way Big rapidly ages into [[ReducedToDust a pile of dust]], with Ben sitting unharmed in the centre.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': The Omnitrix has a feature that allows Ben to survive by rapidly changing to a different form if he's killed while in alien form. As a rule, Ben loses access to the form he was killed in until he gets a new DNA sample to restore it.
** In ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'', Chromastone is shattered by Vilgax, but the Omnitrix regenerates Diamondhead out of itself to save Ben's life.
** In ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'',
Ben as Way Big gets hit by a blast of accelerated time from [[TimeMaster Eon]]. Way Big rapidly ages into [[ReducedToDust a pile of dust]], with Ben sitting unharmed in the centre.center. Shortly afterward, Ultimate Swampfire gets killed in the same way.
** In another ''Ultimate Alien'' example, one of Charmcaster's magic rituals overloads Chromastone ability to absorb it, and he promptly disintegrates. Ben falls to the floor as a human... and then Charmcaster [[YourSoulIsMine steals his soul]].
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition'': Polymorph spells and Druids' {{Animorphism}} give the target the HitPoints of their new form; they revert if dropped to zero HP, but any extra damage is transferred to their original form. A few instant-death effects, like the spell [[ReducedToDust Disintegrate]], kill a polymorphed target outright.

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition'': Polymorph spells and Druids' {{Animorphism}} give the target the HitPoints of their new form; they revert if dropped to zero HP, but any extra damage is transferred to their original form.form (known as the "onion" strategy in fanspeak). A few instant-death effects, like the spell [[ReducedToDust Disintegrate]], kill a polymorphed target outright.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 5[[superscript:th]] Edition: Polymorph spells and Druids' {{Animorphism}} give the target the HitPoints of their new form; they revert if dropped to zero HP, but any extra damage is transferred to their original form. A few instant-death effects, like the [[ReducedToDust Disintegrate]] spell, kill a polymorphed target outright.

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 5[[superscript:th]] Edition: ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition'': Polymorph spells and Druids' {{Animorphism}} give the target the HitPoints of their new form; they revert if dropped to zero HP, but any extra damage is transferred to their original form. A few instant-death effects, like the spell [[ReducedToDust Disintegrate]] spell, Disintegrate]], kill a polymorphed target outright.
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* In ''VideoGame/Ben10ProtectorOfEarth'' if Ben suffers too much damage in alien form, he will revert to human form and must dodge enemy blows while waiting for the Omnitrix to recharge.

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