->''"[[AnthropomorphicPersonification Dream]] casts a human shadow when it occurs to him to do so."''
-->-- ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989''

->'''Cordo:''' I don't understand. Why was it necessary for him to make himself look human?\\
'''Doctor:''' Well, if you'd seen a Usurian you'd know what I mean. [[PlantAliens They look like sea kale with eyes]]. I mean, would ''you'' take orders from a lump of seaweed?
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E4TheSunMakers The Sun Makers]]"

->''"I don't like to brag, but if I appeared to you just as God -- how I really am -- what I really am -- your mind couldn't grasp it."''
-->-- '''{{God}}''', ''Film/OhGod''

->'''Alien:''' Oh, all right. Look, I'm not really your father, OK? I'm an alien who was sent here at this appointed time to kill that guy because he would have destroyed all life as you know it.\\
'''Rusty Venture:''' What?!\\
'''Alien:''' I took the form of your dad because I figured it would be easier to accept. I didn't want to stress you out. End of the world, life on other planets, blah blah blah.\\
'''Rusty Venture:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Why... you...]] SON OF A BITCH! Do you know what you just put me through? What the fuck were you thinking? What kind of fucked up planet are you from where you think showing up as my dead fucking father is supposed to make me feel any better?!\\
'''Alien:''' Okay, take it easy.\\
'''Rusty Venture:''' You prick!\\
'''Alien:''' Look, I just saved your entire planet.\\
'''Rusty Venture:''' PRICK!\\
'''Alien:''' All right, fine. You wanna see? Here! ''[[[TakeOurWordForIt Alien reveals his true form]]]'' There! That would've been better? If I'd shown up like that out of nowhere. Look at you! You practically crapped your pants. Except him, he crapped his pants!\\
'''Ned:''' Boom-boom.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''

->''"Actually, this is not Delta. We simply thought that you would be most comfortable speaking to Delta."''
-->-- '''[[spoiler:Epsilon-Delta]]''', ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''

->'''Ellimist:''' ''[taking the form of a young human girl]'' When the dinosaurs first walked, we... we had become much as I am today.\\
'''Marco:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint You'd become a girl with braces?]]
-->-- ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}: The Attack''

->''"I am not as I appear to you. This small body is but a manifestation I use to put visitors at ease."''
-->-- '''Avatar of the Tree''', ''VideoGame/GuildWars2''

->''"I suppose I am a bit too much for [Abis Maul]'s limited mind. ''[assumes human form]'' I trust you'll find me a little less overwhelming now?"''
-->-- '''Jafar''', ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar''

->''"See them now, the most beautiful forms humanity has to offer. No. That is an illusion. See how disturbingly gorgeous they are — [[UncannyValley features too perfect, too symmetrical]] — bodies too long, too muscular. You cannot look away. No. That is an illusion also. [[DivinelyAppearingDemons See their magnificence is revealed!]] See the exotic horns, tiny fangs, eyes of no colour found in this reality. Sense their primal, R-Complex sensuality. See their most amazing features — wings of rainbow haze of shifting shades sliding in prismatic displays that hypnotise and lure. No. This too is an illusion. [[GlamourFailure See their malevolence revealed!]] Pure angels of hell. [[BrokenAngel Tortured wings and burnt flesh and charnel bouquet]]. You still cannot look away. No. This is not their true from either. No one has ever actually seen an [[SuccubiAndIncubi incubus or succubus]], only the illusions.''"
-->-- '''The Buzzing''', ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

->'''Carlson:''' [[WhatTheHellAreYou What are you?]] Why are you so human, [[MsFanservice so perfect]]? What were the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent bird-creatures]] on the [space]ship?\\
'''Space Girl:''' Our bodies are unimportant. As you and your men approached in your ship, [[ShapeshiftingSeducer we changed them for you]]. We entered your minds, and found there new bodies. [[GirlOfMyDreams I took my shape from your mind]]. [[AliensSpeakingEnglish I took your language]]. I became the woman I found there, in your deepest thoughts, your deepest...[[YourHeartsDesire needs]].
-->-- ''Film/Lifeforce1985''

->''"[[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels can take many forms]], [[OurGodsAreDifferent just as goddesses can]]. Take [[PhysicalGod Palutena]] for instance... Her current appearance is something humans can comprehend, but it's not her true form."''
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Viridi]]''', ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''

->I figured out as a toddler that my parents were happier if I kept a normal human shape. And I'm nothing if not eager to please. By the time I started school, I'd perfected the all-American boy next-door look. But at home, alone with my folks, I'd relax and be me. I wasn't being a phony or ashamed of who I was. It was simply less awkward that way.
-->-- '''Morph''', ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' #80, "World Tour - Future Imperfect Part 2"

->''"IHaveManyNames. The Sovereign of Pestilence, The Warden of Decay, The Mistress of Flies, The... Wait, where are my manners? I have a guest, I should make myself more presentable. Here. I think you will find [[CuteMonsterGirl this form]] a little more comfortable to converse with."''
-->-- '''{{Beelzebub}}''', ''VideoGame/{{Helltaker}}''

->'''John:''' What do you look like?\\
'''Indrid Cold:''' It depends on who's looking.
-->-- ''Film/TheMothmanProphecies''

->'''The Dark Overlord:''' I have disguised my true form, which would be considered... hideous and revolting, here.\\
'''Beverly Switzler:''' Lucky for the people eating.
-->-- ''Film/HowardTheDuck''

->''"The last time I appeared without warning in this form someone died of fright. Perhaps I should take a friendlier appearance."''
-->-- '''J'onn J'onzz''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheNewFrontier''

->'''Sanakan:''' You're... you said you turned into something else.\\
'''Kyril:''' Indeed. If I had decided to show you what I really look like, it would do very bad things to your head.
-->-- ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''

->'''[[GeniusLoci Anima mundi]]:''' This is your psyche seeking comfort in my manifestation.\\
'''Rose:''' Like people assuming [[GrandpaGod God's a white dude who looks sort of like decaffeinated Santa]].
-->-- ''[[Literature/GhostRoads Angel of the Overpass]]''

->''"Easy- easy, Chosen. You trusted me [[LightIsGood as the light]]; will you not trust me now?"''
-->-- '''[[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Vanyel]]''', ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4948807/10/Of-Heralds-and-Demons Of Heralds and Demons]]''

->'''Mikey:''' Any questions?\\
'''[[PlayerCharacter Neon White]]:''' Yeah, actually...why are you a cat?\\
'''Mikey:''' OK, you're just sayin' whatever to me now. Honestly, the disrespect.\\
'''[[FemmeFatale Neon Red]]:''' I was actually wondering the same thing. Why ''ARE'' you a hilarious cartoon cat?\\
'''Mikey:''' You Neons are all the same! Always tellin' me what moronic imagery your pea brains invented in an effort to comprehend us [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]]. Oh, 'You're a cat!', 'You're a horse', 'You're a sexy Art/StatueOfLiberty'. How about a 'Hey Mikey. How is your day, Mikey? You must work so hard, Mikey!'\\
'''[[TheDitz Neon Yellow]]:''' Uh, excuse me. I'm here for my appointment? Oh hey, White! Isn't it freaking crazy that [[Wrestling/JohnCena JOHN CENA]] is here in HEAVEN giving us missions?!\\
'''Mikey:''' That's it! EVERYBODY OUT!
-->-- ''VideoGame/NeonWhite''

->'''Sarah:''' How can you be so ''inhuman!?''\\
'''[[TheDragon Tragan]]:''' No, but that's exactly what... I ''am.'' [[HumanAliens I'm not]] ''[[HumanAliens remotely]]'' [[HumanAliens human]]. To be precise, I'm barely human''oid,'' unlike my friend [[BigBad Chairman Freeth]] and his compatriots. Would you like to see what my face really looks like, underneath... ''this?''
-->-- ''Radio/TheParadiseOfDeath''
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