History Main / IAmBecomingSong

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[[caption-width-right:350:''♫ Let it go! Let it go!\\
And I'll rise like the break of dawn!\\
Let it go! Let it go!\\
That perfect girl is gone! ♫'']]

* An example of the "both inner and external metamorphosis" type: if his boss battle is won with paint instead of thinner, the Mad Doctor from ''VideoGame/EpicMickey2ThePowerOfTwo'' will survive his fall in the thinner pit, and finally understanding what heroism is about for having saved by Mickey and Oswald, he sings ''That's what heroes do'' (also known as ''I'm a toon again''), where he vows to become good, in answer to which the magical Guardians change him into a real toon[[note]] (he was a {{Cyborg}} for much of the game, much to his dismay.)[[/note]]
--> '''Mad Doctor''' (singing): "I'm a toon again !? I'm a toon again ! Can it be, I'm a toon again ?! Thank you thank you my dear friends ! Now on this you can depend: from here on in, I'll be good again !"

--> ''Steven: "I can make a promise.\\

--> ''Pearl: "Nothing is holding me back now.\\

* ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'' has "Look at the Sky" for Bobby Strong, who is no longer willing to be complicit in the surveillance and terrorizing of the poor for the [[JustForPun Urine Good]] [[MegaCorp Company]].

* ''Theatre/{{Company}}'' has "Being Alive" for Bobby/Bobbi's shedding of his/her commitment phobia. Doubles as a late-in-the-game IWantSong.

* In ''Film/{{Disenchanted}}'', Giselle sings about how her family are becoming suburbanites in "Even More Enchanted".

* In ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' the movie, Buffy's ''entire career'' kicks off with an I Am Becoming song: "Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore."

* ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'' has "Look at the Sky" for Bobby Strong, who is no longer willing to be complicit in the surveillance and terrorizing of the poor for the [[JustForPun Urine Good Company]].

* ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'', has "Look at the Sky" for Bobby Strong, who is no longer willing to be complicit in the surveillance and terrorizing of the poor for the [[JustForPun Urine Good Company]].

* ''Theatre/{{Company}}'' has "Being Alive" for Bobby/Bobbi's shedding of his/her commitment phobia.

* In ''Theatre/NatashaPierreAndTheGreatCometOf1812'', "Dust and Ashes" is about Pierre realizing he is ready to experience real love, not the artificial lust he once held for his wife Hélène.

* The titular song "Six" from Theatre/SixTheMusical has each of Henry VIII's ex-wives have come into their own as a person and pursued new dreams outside of being defined by the King.

** "I Know Things Now" shows how much more street-wise Little Red Riding Hood is after her run-in with the Wolf.

* ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' has "It Takes Two" for The Baker and The Baker's Wife.

I'm loving you in the woods!''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': Elsa sings [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFlvxnbgk "Let It Go"]] when she goes into a self-imposed exile after her powers are exposed in public, and now she can use her powers to her full potential and build an ice palace in total solitude.

* "I See The Light" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' doubles as both a LetsDuet and this for both Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, as they realize their feelings for each other are changing them as people.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' has two.
** The first is "What Else Can I Do?" is one for Isabela as it's [[spoiler:about her embracing her newfound ability to make "imperfect" plant life and finally shedding the facade of her being TheAce.]]
** "All of You" is one for the Madrigal family as a whole, due to it being about them [[spoiler:moving past their unhealthy perfectionist attitude and becoming a closer, more mentally healthy family.]]

* ''Film/TheMuppets'' has "Man or Muppet" in which Gary and Walter [[DistantDuet both realise]] they need to move beyond their sibling relationship (Gary by choosing Mary over his brother, Walter by joining the Muppets).

** During ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF9wZR3m8m8 Show Yourself]]'' in ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2'', Elsa comes to term with her powers and learns that the answers she wanted were inside her all along.

Related to an IAmSong, this isn't about what the singer ''is'', but what he or she is ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin becoming]]''. This can be expressed [[LookWhatICanDoNow positively]] or [[WhatHaveIBecome negatively]].

This is meant to describe CharacterDevelopment, and ''[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant not]]'' a literal transformation or {{Metamorphosis}}, though the two may overlap if the metamorphosis ''causes'' the character's development. Don't let the progressive tense fool you either; it can also be an a character explaining how s/he's ''already'' changed--and might only just be realizing it now.

* The titular song "Six" from Theatre/{{Six}} has each of Henry VIII's ex-wives have come into their own as a person and pursued new dreams outside of being defined by the King.