Line #17 PlayingWith/ShapeshifterModeLock


1	'''Basic Trope''': A character with ShapeShifting powers is suddenly unable to transform anymore -- they're stuck in one form.
2	* '''Straight''':
3	** Alice knows how to turn herself into a werecat. The BigBad shot her with some some AppliedPhlebotinum and now she's stuck in that form.
4	** Or, she's stuck in human form and can't transform.
5	* '''Exaggerated''': It's permanent -- Alice is stuck this way ''for the rest of her life''. And she’ll have the thoughts of this thing or person forever
6	* '''Downplayed''': Alice can shapeshift into any form, except after she's shot by the Applied Phlebotinum, then she can shapeshift into any form except for werecat.
7	* '''Justified''': Alice hasn't learned how to turn ''back'' into a human on her own yet.
8	* '''Inverted''': Alice is shot by a serum that causes her to constantly transform into different shapes without stop.
9	* '''Subverted''':
10	** Alice is shot by a serum, and can no longer shapeshift into a werecat, except it turns out that she still can shapeshift, only the trigger has changed.
11	** Or, Alice normally uses a TransformationTrinket, and because she can't change back she thinks it's broken. Instead, somebody swapped the real thing for a fake.
12	* '''Double Subverted''': Instead of transforming back, she transforms into ''another'' form, which she get's stuck.
13	* '''Parodied''': Alice gets stuck as a {{catgirl}}. She {{wangst}}s about this.
14	* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
15	* '''Averted''':
16	** Alice is never locked into one form.
17	** There are no shapeshifters portrayed.
18	* '''Enforced''':
19	** The writers decided that shapeshifting powers were too much of a GameBreaker, so decided to lock the shapeshifter in one form.
20	** Alice's actor was in an accident and while she could still do voice work, physical acting was out of the question for the time being so the writing staff wrote a ''Unlock-myself'' quest around it to keep production rolling.
21	* '''Lampshaded''': "My mom told me my face would freeze like this."
22	* '''Invoked''': Alice creates a PowerLimiter to keep her from shapeshifting out of control.
23	* '''Exploited''': ???
24	* '''Defied''': ???
25	* '''Discussed''': "Why can't you change back?" "If I knew that, maybe I could work on fixing it!"
26	* '''Conversed''': "That must be so inconvenient to be stuck in one form like that."
27	* '''Deconstructed''': This becomes a major blow to Alice's reputation. She [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten never lives it down]].
28	* '''Reconstructed''': Alternatively, She grows fond of her new form.
29	* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice is stuck in her werecat form, but she decides to continue living her normal life as a high school student. Unfortunately her appearance causes panic everywhere she goes and makes it difficult for her to accomplish mundane tasks.
30	* '''Played For Drama''': Alice is stuck in her werecat form. She goes into hiding, afraid that her friends won't accept her anymore.
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36	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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