[Splinter is confronted with the newly mutated Super-Shredder]
Splinter: Saki... what have you done?!
Super-Shredder: I have molded myself into perfection, rat-man! Look upon me... and know fear!
Splinter: You must be proud. You are finally a monster both inside and out.
Splinter: Saki... what have you done?!
Super-Shredder: I have molded myself into perfection, rat-man! Look upon me... and know fear!
Splinter: You must be proud. You are finally a monster both inside and out.
"Charlie was always a monster. Only now his outsides match his insides."
—Maxine "Max" Gibson, Batman Beyond, "Betrayal"
Those Beastmen who do great and terrible deeds in the name of their bloodthirsty deities sometimes earn physical rewards for their service. Such gifts commonly exaggerate the bestial form of the recipient, making him all the more deadly a predator and proving his right to lead beyond doubt. Spectacular twisting horns grow from the warrior's brow, hands sprout long razored talons that bleed poison, teeth enlarge into vicious swords of bone, skin secrets acidic mucous, and hair clogs into an impenetrable hide. Still stranger transmutations included bodies of living flame, fang-studded appendages that grow from the recipient's gut, coal-black skin that draws in the dark shadows, limbs that end in the gnashing heads of the bearer's victims, bodies that swell into monstrously obese shapes, and a thousand other sickening forms besides.
—Warhammer: Beastmen Army Book (8th edition)
We see the Bestial Filth. Some minds are more open to the Black Worm Jism than others - sociopaths and those already disassociated from identity. The Filth makes rapid change, it syncs with this sort of mind, there is less resistance, less ripping, the metamorphosis flows smoothly. Filth and human form a symbiosis. It's like dancing. They accept the dream with more horrible grace.
—The Buzzing, The Secret World
The lifestyle that forced them into the dark corners of the world has also driven them deeper and deeper into their own dark natures. The more they dwell in the shadows and the bowels of the earth, the more they come to resemble shades and beasts. All pretence of their humanity has fallen away, leaving only the Vampire hunger and the pure essence of the predator, shaping their flesh to better hunt, kill, and feed. Their bodies curve and bend, their claws become harder and sharper than steel, their fangs grow longer and far more deadly. The most distorted fall onto all fours, their legs and spine twisted, and spikes protrude from their backs. Their ears become pointed like a bat’s, and their mouths extend out like that of some sort of daemonic wolf. As time passes, they no longer resemble anything remotely Human; instead, they are creatures of some deformed nightmare.
—The descent of the Strigoi, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Night's Dark Masters - A Guide To Vampires
"You turned yourself into a monster just for power."
—Raven Branwen to Cinder Fall, RWBY
He-Man: Grayskull doesn't want you.
Keldor: And so it chose to-to ruin me out of spite?!
He-Man: You did that to yourself. You know how Grayskull brought out the best in my friends? I think it brought out the worst in you!
Keldor: And so it chose to-to ruin me out of spite?!
He-Man: You did that to yourself. You know how Grayskull brought out the best in my friends? I think it brought out the worst in you!
Beast Man: Beast Man make kitty afraid?
Battle Cat: Why should I be afraid? The monster you've become is the monster I always knew you were.
Battle Cat: Why should I be afraid? The monster you've become is the monster I always knew you were.
"Fafnir slew his father and murdered him, [...] and so evil he grew, that he fell to lying abroad, and begrudged any share in the wealth to any man, and so became the worst of all worms, and ever now lies brooding upon that treasure."
Belos: Please, I don't want to see another human life destroyed by this place.
Luz: You're such a hypocrite. You talk big about protecting humanity, but after everything you've done... [Belos's disfigurement reveals itself] You're barely human yourself!
Luz: You're such a hypocrite. You talk big about protecting humanity, but after everything you've done... [Belos's disfigurement reveals itself] You're barely human yourself!
"Dammit... You keep... getting... uglier."
