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7	->''"'It appears to be some kind of Spielberg Ray,' said one watcher. 'All our guns have been turned into walkie-talkies.'"''
8	-->-- ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'' (referencing the alternate cut of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'')
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10	Any {{Phlebotinum}} that transforms someone(s) into something weird, usually by shooting them with a ray. It's often a machine, produced by a MadScientist, but GreenRocks are also common. At the end of the episode the same {{Phlebotinum}} is used to reverse the effects, or it simply wears off (for example, the puppetising spell in ''Series/{{Angel}}'').
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12	Occasionally, it may be used in the first episode to set up the premise of the series, in which case, it doesn't wear off and/or [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup can't be found for reversion]].
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14	See also ForcedTransformation. For an exceptionally common specific ''type'' of Transformation Ray, see GenderBender.
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16	A SubTrope of RayGun. May be a type of ProjectileSpell.
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19	!!Examples
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22	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
23	* One episode of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' featured a gun that [[GenderBender switched its target's gender]].
24	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': The cursed spring waters may be considered an example of a transformation device used to establish a series' premise.
25	* In the series ''Manga/SgtFrog'', several {{Transformation Ray}}s appear, including the ''Oni Girl Gun'', which changes the target into a Japanese ''Oni'' or demon, the ''Age Transformation Ray'' which can de-age or age a person by around ten years, and the ''Animal Transformation Gun'', which changes animals into [[LittleBitBeastly humanized versions of themselves]].
26	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
27	** Majin Buu's signature technique is his Transfiguration Beam, which he fires from his antenna. He normally uses it to turn people into [[SweetTooth candy]] or other edible items, and eating them then grants him access to their DNA and abilities. He also used the beam to transform people into clay to build his house, and even to restore a blind boy's sight by healing his eyes.
28	** There's also Monster Carrot from the first saga, who can transform people he [[TheMagicTouch touches]] into carrots.
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31	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
32	* The ''Animation/MotuPatlu'' episode "Onions" features an alien camera that, when used on anyone, turns them into [[AnthropomorphicFood anthropomorphic onions]].
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35	[[folder:Comic Books]]
36	* Creator/DCComics:
37	** In ''ComicBook/TheAttackOfTheAnnihilator'', the BigBad builds an evolving raygun to transform other humans into psychic mutants.
38	** From the late 1950s through the early 1960s, due to ExecutiveMeddling prompted by the monster-movie craze, many ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' stories featured rays or other AppliedPhlebotinum that transformed the Caped Crusader into a fish-man, a human buzz saw, a giant genie and other bizarre creatures.
39	** One of the regular features of the 1960s ''Mystery in Space'' comic was the story of a space explorer who had been shot by four different {{Ray Gun}}s at the same time, each wielded by a different kind of alien. The result was that each ray changed the part of his body that it hit to be like that of the owner of the gun. Now a freak, the man decided to change his name by combining parts of the names of his assailants (whose motives were never made clear). Strangely enough, the letters made a perfectly pronounceable word and so was born ''Ultra, the Multi-Alien''. One arm (and the part of his torso it was attached to) had become super strong, the other could generate magnetic force, one leg could shoot lightning, and with the other he could fly, even though it had just one tiny wing on it. Naturally, he became a crime-fighter.
40	** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'', Kara swallows a Red Kryptonite pill and grows fiery flaming wings.
41	** ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} every so often encounter Red Kryptonite which has various transformative effects on Kryptonians. Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis\|OnInfiniteEarths}}, each 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.
42	** In ''ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl'', exposure to three different Red-Kryponite asteroids turned Kara into a wereworld, a balloon woman and a mermaid in the same story.
43	** In "ComicBook/TheUnknownLegionnaire", the Proteans are exposed to an evolution ray which changes their spherical bodies into humannoid blobs with the ability to shape-shifting.
44	* Creator/MarvelComics:
45	** Cosmic rays created the ComicBook/FantasticFour.
46	** The gamma radiation that turned Bruce Banner into ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk has repeatedly been weaponized or otherwise used as a transformation ray, usually to round out his supporting cast or give him someone new to fight for a big event. Walter Langkowski of ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' created one such gamma ray device to use on himself so he could give the nascent team some needed muscle... except he inadvertently tapped into the realm of the Great Beasts and was fused with one of them instead, creating Sasquatch.
47	** A radioactive spider gave Peter Parker his ComicBook/SpiderMan powers.
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50	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
51	* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin turned his water pistol into a Transmogrifier Gun. Calvin and Hobbes end up getting into a ShapeshifterShowdown of sorts with the gun, which goes on until neither can remember which they originally were.
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54	[[folder:Fan Works]]
55	* As in [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes the comic it was based on,]] the Transmogrifier Gun in ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse''.
56	** In a more specific example, the aliens in the original version of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie'' use one to "kill" Hobbes (turning him into his stuffed animal form).
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59	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
60	* The movie ''Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' employs a ray as its central premise. The [[Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids eventual TV show]] had a smorgasbord of them.
61	* The Transmutatron in ''Film/TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra'' and its sequel is used to create Animala (aka "Pammy Yaber") -- part woman, part four different forest/jungle animals.
62	* Inverted in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', in which the curative syringes and ammunition turn mutants into something ''not'' weird, namely ordinary humans.
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65	[[folder:Literature]]
66	* The aptly-named Anti-Morphing Ray in the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' series is a variant (it's actually an ''un''-transformation ray), but the same logic applies: stick the "Andalite bandit" in a box, hit the button, and they turn back into their true form. It's never shown whether the thing works or not, because the Animorphs arrange for the Yeerks to "test" it on Tobias; the Yeerks have no way of knowing that hawk ''is'' [[ShapeshifterModeLock his true form]].
67	* In ''Literature/{{Below}}'', Brenish regards polymorphosis as AwesomeButImpractical because there's no way to control what the target creature will transform into, and the result could be an even worse threat. Gareth brings along a polymorph wand anyway for [[RuleOfCool a better tale]] to tell when they get back, believing he can handle it. He's ''mostly'' correct about that, but one shot [[GoneHorriblyRight goes horribly right]] enough to land the party in even worse trouble.
68	* If you add eagle wings to a griffin's chariot, the chariot will grow seven heads, ten horns, a giant, and a whore. Well, that's what we learn about ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' penultimate story from Purgatory, which is more concerned with visualizing the corruption power brought into the one true Church.
69	* Not a RayGun, but a side-effect of technology: In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1'', after Ford and Arthur are picked up by the ''Heart of Gold'', the ship's Infinite Improbability Drive briefly turns Ford into a penguin and causes Arthur's limbs to temporarily separate from his body. Later, the Infinite Improbability Drive turns two nuclear missiles into a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias respectively.
70	** [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005 The film version]] of Ford and Arthur being picked up be the Heart of Gold has them turned into sofas.
71	--> '''Arthur''': ''Ford?''
72	--> '''Ford''': ''Yeah?''
73	--> '''Arthur''': ''I think I'm a sofa.''
74	--> '''Ford''': ''I know how you feel.''
75	* The title character of Creator/TamoraPierce's third ''Literature/TheImmortals'' book, ''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.\
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77	Unfortunately, he escapes and is [[ThePunishment even more powerful]] because of his transformation. Even the Stormwings are surprised at how quickly he learns to use magic in that form.
78	* In Stanley Kiesel's young adult book ''Literature/TheWarBetweenThePitifulTeachersAndTheSplendidKids'', 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.]]
79	* The ''Literature/WellWorld'' series by Creator/{{Jack Chalker}}: ''The Well of Souls'' provides a one-way (and usually Karmic) transformation for anyone who winds up there.
80	* In ''Literature/AScholarOfMagics'', [[spoiler:the secret Agincourt Project turns out to be working on a weapon that turns people into animals]].
81	* ''Literature/XanaduStoryverse'': In "Against Type", the MadScientist Max creates a flying ray gun whose blasts can transform victims into whatever the weapon is set to produce. In his case, he mainly uses it to turn humans into FoxFolk like himself.
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84	[[folder:Live Action TV]]
85	* Both ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' use this a few times, for example Xander being split into two in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E3TheReplacement The Replacement]]" and Angel being memorably turned into a two-foot tall {{muppet}} in "[[Recap/AngelS05E14SmileTime Smile Time]]".
86	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The "chameleon arch" turns a Time Lord into a human, altering their biology and filling their mind with a false identity and memories, storing the real them in a pocket watch for later retrieval. It's been used by [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E8HumanNature the Doctor]] [[spoiler:[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E5FugitiveOfTheJudoon twice]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E11Utopia the Master]] once as of series 12]].
87	* ''Series/FamilyMatters'' showed these sometimes:
88	** Urkel's transformation booth thing.
89	** There was another episode with a shrink ray.
90	* ''KrofftSupershow'' features an episodic adventure series called [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147761/maindetails ''Dr. Shrinker'']], where every episode (as well as the premise of the show) featured the effects of the mad scientist's ''laser ray''.
91	* In the ''Series/RedDwarf'' episode "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVDNA DNA]]", a DNA transmogrifier turns Kryten human, turns Lister into a chicken (and later, a pint-sized Franchise/{{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".
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94	[[folder:Pinball]]
95	* The E'''X'''cellent Ray from [[Creator/MidwayGames Bally]]'s ''Pinball/DrDude'', which turns dweebs and losers into totally cool dudes.
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98	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
99	* ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' has one of the eight super-sciences being about this. If it's in ShapeShifting, you can probably put it in hand-held ray gun format, or dispense it with an injection.
100	* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Magic'' : The Wraith spell from creates a trinket that turns the target into a undead horror.
101	* ''TabletopGame/TeenagersFromOuterSpace'' includes a 'Boy/Girl Gun'. As the name suggests, it causes awkward GenderBender situations.
102	* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': Chaos sorcerers, particularly sorcerers of the Tzeentch persuasion, have access to a transformation ray as a psychic power. The results turn the victim into a [[BodyHorror Chaos Spawn]].
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105	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
106	* In the ''Ride/DespicableMeMinionMayhem'' ride at Ride/UniversalStudios, Gru uses his own "Minion Gun" to transform the riders into Minions.
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109	[[folder:Toys]]
110	* ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'':
111	** Roodaka's Rhotuka Spinner permanently mutating the target into whatever shape she wants. She can also use it to reverse those same mutations, as seen with [[spoiler:the Toa Hagah/Rahaga]].
112	** The Spear of Fusion has the power to fuse two or more beings together into any kind of monstrosity. It also works in reverse - directing it at only one being causes them to be split into two, as seen with Vezok and Vezon.
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115	[[folder:Video Games]]
116	* In ''VideoGame/SiN1998'', lead character and badass police officer John Blade is turned into a mutant by Elexis 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.
117	* ''VideoGame/SecretOfEvermore'''s sidekick, the dog, has this happen early in the game as a side effect of chewing on the wires to the world creation device. This causes it to change form in the different realms of Evermore, taking a shape appropriate to the world its in. The dog is fine once the hero and dog eventually escape Evermore at the end of the game.
118	* In ''VideoGame/{{Singularity}}'', the time device the character wears on his arm can either advance an object or person along its "personal timeline" and either powder them, or drag it back along same and create a horrific alternate timeline where they never [[NightmareFuel matured past month four in the womb before being born, and thus never developed eyes or skin.]]
119	* Sudoku's Transformation Ray in the Flash game for ''WebAnimation/BananaNanaNinja'' can turn characters into pies, as well as generally being a SwissArmyWeapon.
120	* The ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series contains various weapons which transform enemies into either [[ForcedTransformation useless animals]] or [[HeelFaceTurn makeshift animal allies]].
121	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'''s [[GadgeteerGenius gnomes]] bring us the [[http://www.wowhead.com/item=23835 Gnomish Poultryizer]].
122	* In ''VideoGame/AttackOfTheMutantPenguins'', the alien penguins will take tickets for the Mutation Station, then walk in and get zapped, which changes them to their true form: mean green mutants from outer space.
123	* ''VideoGame/TheDungeonOfDoom'' has "polymorph wands" that will change a monster into a randomly selected other monster, letting you avoid prolonged fights with DemonicSpiders.
124	* ''VideoGame/NetHack'' has Wands of Polymorph, which have this effect. The transformation, however, is random, unless the target has some method of Polymorph Control.
125	* The accidental release of an evil sorcerer in ''Revived Legends: Road of the Kings'' was accompanied by a spooky fog that turned people into trees.
126	* ''VideoGame/FlightOfTheAmazonQueen'' has [[MadScientist Doctor Ironstein]]'s Dino Ray, which he plans on using to transform a tribe of Amazons into dinosaur warriors who will TakeOverTheWorld.
127	* ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' has Bolts of Polymorphing, which are enchanted crossbow ammo that have a chance to turn whatever you shoot with them into a [[ForcedTransformation harmless squirrel]].
128	* In ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot4ItsAboutTime'', Dr. Cortex's unique gimmick is that he can turn enemies into platforms with his ray gun. He can turn them into solid ones to stand on or gelatinous ones to bounce off of.
129	* ''VideoGame/SpaceAce'' had the "Infanto Ray", wielded by the evil alien Borf, which could turn people (usually Dexter/Ace) into children.
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132	[[folder:Webcomics]]
133	* ''Webcomic/AddictiveScience'': Celia (and many other {{Mad Scientist}}s) specializes in rayguns that transform people into anthropomorphic animals of various species. Though she's also used chemical mutagens, black magic, and technomagic.
134	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
135	** The Transformation Gun appears early on, which can reshape any humanoid into any number of pre-programmed forms ([[AuthorAppeal most often]] [[GenderBender men into women]]). It was originally built by a race of shapeshifting aliens, and was repaired and modified by resident TeenGenius MadScientist Tedd. He often tests the gun on himself or uses it for recreational purposes, which he assumes was just PowerPerversionPotential, but he eventually figures out that he's gender fluid.
136	** Due to the convoluted series of events that lead to her creation, Ellen can fire beams similar to the TF gun from her hands. At first these are limited to turning the target into a busty woman, but after Awakening she's gained other beams like being able to copy someone's appearance, alter specific things about her target, or even her personal favourite: [[MundaneUtility flashlight hands!]]
137	* In ''Webcomic/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.
138	* In ''Webcomic/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.
139	* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' had one. Originally it could only turn people into other people, leading to a bizarre arc where there were three Daves running around on the moon. Later Helen adjusted the transmogrifier for cross-species transformation, leading to HumanityEnsues when Artie is stuck shifting between human and gerbil forms.
140	* ''Webcomic/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]]...
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144	* ''Platform/GoAnimate'': Troublemaking kids have this for [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands for seemingly no reason]] and use it to turn characters into other characters, resulting in, [[YouAreGrounded well, you guessed it.]]
145	* The ''{{Website/Neopets}}'' website has a Lab Ray that does random things to the pets, like changing their stats, species, or color. The Petpet Lab Ray preforms similarly; it changes petpets' levels, species, color, or [[BreakingTheFourthWall name]].
146	* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': MadScientist Dr. Pygmalion used this on the deviser Delta Spike, who got transformed into a brunette bombshell while trying to capture Dr. Pygmalion. (Delta Spike actually wanted both things to happen, and is extremely happy now.)
147	** In the "Gen 2" stories, Lapin (Lucretia del Bosque, formerly Lucas) was turned into a watered-down duplicate of the [[AnimalThemedSuperbeing rabbit]]-[[LittleBitBeastly like]] {{superhero}}ine Iron Bunny with one by his insanely jealous (soon to be ex-)girlfriend while she was in the middle of a ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder meltdown.
148	* ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'': The aptly-named Disguise Generator is used to set continuum-appropriate disguises for the Agents before they go on a mission. Going without a disguise makes it much more difficult to blend into the canon, and causes the Agents to be more likely to be noticed by the Sue, meaning that going without is very dangerous. However, it is not entirely necessary for Bad Slash missions or other departments that don't directly deal with Sues, simply making those jobs easier to carry out. The Disguise Generator/Disguise Outfitting Ryticular Kostume System ([[FunWithAcronyms DORKS]]) has a similar purpose for the agents while they're already inside the continuum, allowing them to change disguises on the fly (including, in one case, disguising the Agent as a ''chair'').
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151	[[folder:Western Animation]]
152	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'':
153	** The Brother Eye, an AI-driven satellite, can deliver a ray that turns an ordinary janitor into OMAC, the One-Man Army Corps.
154	** Gorrila Grodd has a device that turns people into Apes, and in "Mitefall", turn people into bananas.
155	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', Ben pops off the Omnitrix's faceplate, which gets found by Doctor Animo. Doctor Animo then uses it to create a "Mutant Ray", which turns whatever it hit with it into a hybrid of whatever it was before and one of the Omnitrix aliens. Using it on a bat creates a winged version of Heatblast, and when Grandpa Max get hit with it he turns into a giant larva version of Stinkfly. Gwen turns him back to normal by putting the faceplate into the ray backwards in the hope that it would make it work in reverse.
156	* ''WesternAnimation/BionicSix''. The overweight villain Doc Scarab loved to use rays to transform the heck out of things.
157	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' lived and breathed this -- if the hero wasn't having his work wrecked by, say, turning into whoever he saw or getting split into two people, then someone ''else'' (like his daughter) was going through this and the plot would deal with him rescuing them. A few villains had this concept as the center of their origin story as well.
158	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaucers}}'' featured a weapon that could transform whatever Dinosaucer (the good guys) or Tyranno (the bad guys) it hit back into the non-anthropomorphic dinosaur they evolved from. While transforming to their dinosaur form (called 'dinovolving') was something that the Dinosaucers could do themselves without the weapon, the catch was that the victim's intelligence also regressed, whereas it stayed the same for the Dinosaucers when they did it themselves.
159	* ''WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne'': In the two-part episode "Devolver", General Skarr gets hit by Dr. Ghastly's de-evolution ray, causing him to progressively turn into lower life forms.
160	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/GadgetBoyAndHeather'', BigBad Spydra used one to impersonate Heather.
161	* On ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'', zapping their brother to turn him into various bizarre things is Susan and Mary Test's main hobby.
162	* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E6DeadReckoning Dead Reckoning]]", it turns out that 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.
163	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' had about thirty of these, most actual ray guns. (Others were superglue bombs, exploding ticks on the face, emotion manipulating microchips, an 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.
164	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'' a ray is sometimes seen transforming the bus and, occasionally, the children. It always occurs with a flash of light or the bus swirling around.
165	* In the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS4E4ClawAndHoarderSpecialRicktimsMorty Claw And Hoarder Special Ricktims Morty]]", after Rick finds out that his gadgets don't work in the fantasy world, he builds a {{Magitek}} ray gun that transforms Summer into an archer and inflicts mass {{Forced Transformation}}s into random things on the wizard's orc army.
166	* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': The spider that grants Spidey his powers wasn't infused with the generic "[[RadiationInducedSuperpowers radiation]]" that seems nigh-magical in the comics, but with a zap from a somehow-radiation-involving ray that would show up again in many subsequent episodes.
167	%%* Mermaid Man's belt from ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''.
168	* The ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' episode "Child's Play" featured a boy who could telekinetically invoke this effect on anything, thus being a practically {{Omnipotent}} MookMaker and the show's arguably biggest SuperpowerLottery-winner.
169	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'':
170	** A villain kidnaps people for his twisted circus and shoots them with a ray gun that turns them into anthropomorphic animals he uses it on Wonder Woman and turns her into an ugly rhinobeast. And with their usual amount of intelligence, The Wonder Twins manage to hold the gun backwards and turn themselves into a tree and centauress.
171	** An earlier episode with a very similar plot had Wonder Woman and Superman turned into an anthro zebra and lion, respectively. The Wonder Twins also manage to be sort of useful. Almost.
172	%%* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': Shredder's retromutagen gun.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/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.
174	* ''[[http://www.toonarific.com/show.php?show_id=3710 Tom of T.H.U.M.B.]]'': The premise behind this 60s cartoon show is that the eponymous character was transformed by a "shrinking laser beam ray gun".
175	* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' makes use of the ray 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.
176	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' has the "Well of Transformation", which turned someone into whatever they were thinking of at the time. This was used, among other things, to trick Rumble into turning himself into a tree.
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