History Main / TransformationRay

* The ''WellWorld'' series by {{Jack Chalker}}: ''The Well of Souls'' provides a one-way (and usually Kharmic) transformation for anyone who winds up there.

* ''KimPossible'' had about thirty of these, most actual ray guns. (Others were superglue bombs, exploding ticks on face, emotion manipulating microchips, amulet that changed her into a monkey...) Most often, they were used on her (and her sidekick) on a mission in the first five minutes, then Act Two was spent facing the wacky challenges it posed to her school life.

* ''TotallySpies'' makes use of the TransformationRay central to a good number of plots. The girls have encountered ray devices that turned them into everything from [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giants]] to street mimes to cat girls.

* ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'': The concept was revisted in where it turns out Gorilla Grodd's big plan is to use an amped up transformation ray to turn the entire world into apes like him. After the plan fails, Luthor just shoots Grodd and takes over the Injustice Society weeks earlier than he'd planned.

* ''TheTick'': A villain held Tick captive and used a transformation ray gun to turn the hero into a small two headed bird who speaks only high school French. There was also a mindswitching gun in a later episode.

* ''SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': The spider that grants Spidey his powers wasn't infused with the generic "[[ILoveNuclearPower radiation]]" that seems nigh-magical in the comics, but with a zap from a somehow-radiation-involving TransformationRay that would show up again in many subsequent episodes.

* In one episode of ''GadgetBoyAndHeather'', BigBad Spydra used one to impersonate Heather.

* The Transmutatron in ''TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra'' and its sequel is used to create Animala (aka "Pammy Yaber") -- part woman, part four different forest/jungle animals.

* The Transmutatron in ''{{The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra}}'' is used to create Animala (aka "Pammy Yaber") -- part woman, part four different forest animals.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': Chaos sorcerers use transformation rays as a staple tool, particularly sorcerers of the Tzeentch persuasion. The results are horrifying.

* In ''GirlsInSpace'', the girls' VW Bus was converted into a spaceship in the first story, when the Universal Upgrader (a prototype made by an intergalactic electronics company) fired a transformation ray at it. The Protoype also transformed character Fergus Macrumble from a fat gambler into a muscular hunk and a horse called Asthmatic George into Athletic George.

* ''SailorSun'': The "fanfiction studio" (don't ask) has a GenderBender ray, which they used on an unsuspecting male actor to replace a diva. They're much too expensive for "normal" people to rent, though, and her KidFromTheFuture not knowing she was ever male [[FirstLawOfGenderBending is not a good omen]]...
* In ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob,'' the aliens Princess Voluptua and Fructose Riboflavin both use "shapeshifter units" to appear human, instead of their normal insectoid appearance. Galatea also invented a hat with a holographic projector which can disguise the wearer's identity.

->''"It appears to be some kind of [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] Ray," said one watcher. "All our guns have been turned into [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial walkie-talkies]]."''

* ''[[ErikasNewPerfume Erika's New Perfume]]'': The perfume works a lot like this on the unsuspecting, though if you know what spraying in each given place causes then you can make it voluntary.

* ''TransformersGenerationOne'' has the "Well of Transformation", which turned someone into whatever they were thinking of at the time. This was used, amoung other things, to trick Rumble into turning himself into a tree.

* In Stanley Kiesel's young adult book ''The War Between The Pitiful Teachers And The Splendid Kids'', the adults utilize a sinister device called the [[StatusQuoIsGod Status Quo Solidifier machine]], which [[spoiler:turns the defeated kids into well-behaved and well-dressed Perfect Young People.]]

* The title character of TamoraPierce's ''[[TortallUniverse Emperor Mage]]'' is a dictator whose time is up. At the end of the book, he's been hunted down by the protagonists, whereupon he plays what he thinks is his trump card, announcing, "I have Stormwing magic!" and sticking a sharp metal feather from a Stormwing (half-human, half-bird immortal) into his arm. To his unhappy surprise, the effect is to turn him ''into'' a Stormwing -- and once you've shapeshifted into immortal form, you can't go back. He's whisked away to be subjected to some Stormwing justice -- it's not clear what exactly this will entail, but he's done a lot to piss off the Stormwings in the past, and they're not known for being soft touches.\\

->''"'It appears to be some kind of [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Spielberg]] Ray,' said one watcher. 'All our guns have been turned into [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial walkie-talkies]].'"''

* ''CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin turned his water pistol into a Transmogrifier Gun.

* As in [[CalvinAndHobbes the comic it was based on,]] the Transmogrifier Gun in ''[[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]''.

* The movie ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' employs a TransformationRay as its central premise. The eventual TV show had a smorgasbord of them.

->''"It appears to be some kind of Spielberg Ray," said one watcher. "All our guns have been turned into walkie-talkies."''

* Franchise/{{Superman}} encounters Red Kryptonite which has various tranformative effects on him. PreCrisis, each random chunk of red kryptonite had a different effect on Superman which lasted for 24 hours before wearing off and then he would be immune to the effects of that one chunk. PostCrisis and subsequent media adaptations have been a little more meta about it. [[hottip:*:Each time it pops up, it was made in a different way or in some cases is being used in a different way, often with effects outside the trope.]]

** There's also Monster Carrot from very early on, who can transform people he [[MagicTouch touches]] into carrots.

* {{Superman}} encounters Red Kryptonite which has various tranformative effects on him. PreCrisis, each random chunk of red kryptonite had a different effect on Superman which lasted for 24 hours before wearing off and then he would be immune to the effects of that one chunk. PostCrisis and subsequent media adaptations have been a little more meta about it. [[hottip:*:Each time it pops up, it was made in a different way or in some cases is being used in a different way, often with effects outside the trope.]]

* ''{{Batman}}'': From the late 1950s through the early 1960s, due to ExecutiveMeddling prompted by the monster-movie craze, many stories featured rays or other {{Phlebotinum}} that transformed the Caped Crusader into a fish-man, a human buzz saw, a giant genie and other bizarre creatures. This was pretty much a staple of SilverAge plots, especially in DCComics.

* In ''Series/RedDwarf'', a [[TransformationRay DNA transmogrifier]] turns Kryten human, turns Lister into a chicken (and later, a pint-sized {{Robocop}}), and makes a giant bug-eyed monster out of, erm, vindaloo. Said monster would later be killed by lager - "the only thing that can kill a vindaloo".

* ''TeenagersFromOuterSpace'' includes a 'Boy/Girl Gun'. As the name suggests, it causes awkward GenderBender situations.

* ''{{Bionicle}}'': Roodaka's Rhotuka Spinner permanently mutating the target into whatever shape the user wants.

* The Transmutatron in ''{{The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra}}'' used to create Animala-part woman, part four different forest animals. Also known as "Pammy."

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* In ''SiN'', lead character and BadAss police officer John Blade is turned into a mutant by Alexis Sinclaire, the head of a pharmaceutical company marketing a dangerous designer drug. After surviving through a number of tests you are forced into completing by Sinclaire's private security force, you find the magic machine that transforms you back into a human again (making this a transformation needle, not a ray). Coincidentally, you also get your gun, your uniform and your wireless communication with your sidekick back once you've gone through the process.

A SubTrope of RayGun. May be a type of MagicMissile.