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10	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the main character Mei discovers that she has inherited a magical superpower passed down through the generations of her family that allows her to transform into a giant red panda whenever she feels strong emotions:
11	** Mei demonstrates that with the right thoughts, the transformation can be controlled.
12	** There ''are'' connections to the full moon. Sun Yee was given the ability under a red moon, and the form can be sealed during the first red moon after the transformation manifests.
13	** The size seems to depend on [[spoiler:how much emotions have been bottled, as when Ming's panda form shows up after years of suppressed emotions, she's a ''{{Kaiju}}''.]]
14	* In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'', [[spoiler:Lena Dupree, Simone Lenoir, and Jacques ([[EvilAllAlong the movie's true villains]])]] turn out to be [[CatFolk werecats]] (also referred to as "cat creatures"). According to the backstory, [[spoiler:they were members of a pagan cult that worshiped a [[OddJobGods cat god]]. They prayed to this deity, granting them the ability to transform into horrifying feline-humanoid monsters with the power to [[LifeDrinker drain the life-energy out of other people]], allowing them to [[ImmortalityImmorality indefinitely extend their own lifespans]] while turning their victims into [[OurZombiesAreDifferent undead ghouls]].]]
15	* ''WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit: WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'' featured the eponymous creature. [[spoiler:The were-rabbit turns out to actually be [[TomatoInTheMirror Wallace himself]] after an experiment gone awry.]]
16	* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Zootopia}}'', the "[[BrainwashedAndCrazy savage]]" animals are evocative of this trope, especially in the scene where Judy and Nick watch Manchas going savage. However since [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals all the characters are already anthropomorphic animals]], there is no physical transformation; but the victims lose their humanlike sapience, reverting to a four-legged primal stance (reminiscent of their non-anthropomorphic ancestors) and displaying extremely feral, [[AxCrazy aggressive]] behavior. [[spoiler:The cause of all these mental transformations turns out to be each victim having been individually drugged with a [[PsychoSerum potent neurotoxin]] extracted from a rare flower, all as part of [[BigBad the villain]]'s {{evil plan}} to cause chaos and mass hysteria in the film's eponymous city.]]
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19	* ''Film/BlackSheep2007'' has two characters becoming weresheep after being bitten by the titular killer ovines.
20	* ''Film/TheBloodBeastTerror'' has weremoths created by mad science. Both forms are a natural part of their being, with the human part being used as bait to attract prey. They also have a remarkably fast transformation, depicted as almost instantaneous.
21	* ''Film/CatPeople'' involved people that could turn into black panthers in sexual situations. The 1982 film makes them ancestrally incestuous -- only sex with another werecat prevents the transformation, and if a werecat has sex with a human, the only way they can change back from their panther form is to kill a human.
22	* ''Film/TheHideousSunDemon'' (1959) features the rare were-lizard man. This one is caused by exposure to intense radiation, but unlike lunar-controlled were-creatures, this one transforms when he is hit by the light of the SUN.
23	* ''Film/TheHobbit'' has Beorn, a mighty werebear who lives far from civilized lands, and - naturally - [[StockAnimalDiet keeps bees]]. He's grouchy and untrusting at first, but basically a good guy, and shows up at the climactic battle fighting on the heroes' side.
24	* ''Film/HowlingIIITheMarsupials'' features were-thylacines. Thylacines are an extinct marsupial predator more commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger. They're portrayed as quite sympathetic, but also more disgusting than standard werewolves when it comes to bodily functions. For one thing, they have pouches, even in otherwise fully human form.
25	* ''Film/ItLivesByNight'' is about a man turning into a were-bat.
26	* ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'' features a couple of young lovers cursed to take on animal form at different times, as to keep them apart; the man turns into a wolf at night, and the lady into a... guess what.
27	* ''Film/ScaryOrDie'' features were-clowns with an insatiable desire to eat children.
28	* In the film ''Film/TheSecretOfRoanInish'' the eponymous secret involves a selkie.
29	* ''Film/StingOfDeath'' was a 1965 B-Movie Horror that dealt with a were-''jellyfish''.
30	* ''Film/TrackOfTheMoonBeast'' (1976) is the other were-lizard movie, and has quite possibly one of the most bizarre explanations of lycanthropy ever. Apparently when the Native American spirits created humanity, they used lizard essence to give humans hands. A fragment of moon rock fallen to Earth is infused with radioactivity (despite moon rocks not containing any radioactive elements) which reacts with the leftover lizard DNA to turn the title character into a were-lizard under the light of the full moon.
31	* ''Film/TheWhiteReindeer'' (1952) has a woman turn into what for all intents and purposes is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampiric]] were-reindeer.
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