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* In ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion,'' as the Skrull goddess of change, Sl'gur't never stays in the same form for more than a few seconds.

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* In ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion,'' as ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'': As the Skrull goddess of change, Sl'gur't never stays in the same form for more than a few seconds.



* ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'' has Eris, the Goddess of Discord. She's a somewhat downplayed example in that she does stay looking like a purple-skinned human most of the time, but her hair, her dress, and sometimes even her fingertips are constantly drifting around like smoke, and she's very casual about changing her size, often shifting from human-sized to kaiju-sized and back mid-conversation.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'' has Eris, the [[GodOfChaos Goddess of Discord.Discord]]. She's a somewhat downplayed example in that she does stay looking like a purple-skinned human most of the time, but her hair, her dress, and sometimes even her fingertips are constantly drifting around like smoke, and she's very casual about changing her size, often shifting from human-sized to kaiju-sized and back mid-conversation.



* In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', the Haggunenons of Vicissitus Three possess the most impatient chromosomes in the galaxy, meaning that [[HollywoodEvolution evolve into new forms]] at the drop of a hat. [[BlessedWithSuck This is terribly inconvenient in their daily lives]]; if a Hagguenon can't reach their coffee mug, they will immediately mutate into a form with long enough limbs... but their new body will probably ''not'' be able to actually drink the coffee. Because of this, they harbor serious FantasticRacism towards those who do ''not'' shapeshift; it's mostly jealousy, but they justify it by saying that as they have personally experienced what it's like to be every race in the galaxy, leaving them in good positions to appreciate their worst points.
* A hallmark of Darklord Amon in ''Literature/TheNekropolisArchives'': as the king of the city's Shapeshifters, he can transform in ways that most [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werefolk]] can only dream of. His introductory scene features him transforming into a different shape on almost every page, each one concerned with hunting in some way -- an English foxhunter, a gun-toting redneck, a fur-trapper, a prehistoric hunter...
* The God of Animals in the ''Literature/RWBYFairyTalesOfRemnant'', "the Shallow Sea", is described as constantly shifting into a new animal or combination of animals every passing moment. The god ''can'' hold a shape for a long period of time, but it feels uncomfortable and unnatural to do so.
* Undercover police officers in ''Literature/AScannerDarkly'' are required to exist in an ''electronic'' version of this state: in order to protect their identities while on official business in public or at headquarters, they wear full-body "scramble suits" that constantly cycle their appearances through a million and a half fractal identities -- noses, eyes, mouths, etc. Consequently, the wearer is impossible to identify and is said to resemble a "vague blur."
* In the ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' books, shapeshifters end up spending more time in a state of transformation [[PowerDegeneration the older and more powerful they get]] -- to the point that they soon find themselves forced to spend less and less time in their natural form before they absolutely ''must'' turn into something else. And eventually, they always end up [[ShapeshifterModeLock stuck in one specific form]] and unable to ever change again; Septimus' own shapeshifter grandfather ended up stuck as a sentient tree, and his granduncle settled on being a storm petrel.

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* In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', the ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': The Haggunenons of Vicissitus Three possess the most impatient chromosomes in the galaxy, meaning that [[HollywoodEvolution evolve into new forms]] at the drop of a hat. [[BlessedWithSuck This is terribly inconvenient in their daily lives]]; if a Hagguenon can't reach their coffee mug, they will immediately mutate into a form with long enough limbs... but their new body will probably ''not'' be able to actually drink the coffee. Because of this, they harbor serious FantasticRacism towards those who do ''not'' shapeshift; it's mostly jealousy, but they justify it by saying that as they have personally experienced what it's like to be every race in the galaxy, leaving them in good positions to appreciate their worst points.
* A hallmark of Darklord Amon in ''Literature/TheNekropolisArchives'': as This is a hallmark of Darklord Amon. As the king of the city's Shapeshifters, he can transform in ways that most [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werefolk]] can only dream of. His introductory scene features him transforming into a different shape on almost every page, each one concerned with hunting in some way -- an English foxhunter, a gun-toting redneck, a fur-trapper, a prehistoric hunter...
* ''Literature/RWBYFairyTalesOfRemnant'': The God of Animals in the ''Literature/RWBYFairyTalesOfRemnant'', "the Shallow Sea", Sea" is described as constantly shifting into a new animal or combination of animals every passing moment. The god ''can'' hold a shape for a long period of time, but it feels uncomfortable and unnatural to do so.
* ''Literature/AScannerDarkly'': Undercover police officers in ''Literature/AScannerDarkly'' are required to exist in an ''electronic'' version of this state: in order to protect their identities while on official business in public or at headquarters, they wear full-body "scramble suits" that constantly cycle their appearances through a million and a half fractal identities -- noses, eyes, mouths, etc. Consequently, the wearer is impossible to identify and is said to resemble a "vague blur."
* In the ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' books, shapeshifters ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'': Shapeshifters end up spending more time in a state of transformation [[PowerDegeneration the older and more powerful they get]] -- to the point that they soon find themselves forced to spend less and less time in their natural form before they absolutely ''must'' turn into something else. And eventually, they always end up [[ShapeshifterModeLock stuck in one specific form]] and unable to ever change again; Septimus' own shapeshifter grandfather ended up stuck as a sentient tree, and his granduncle settled on being a storm petrel.



* In the ''Literature/ThievesWorld'' series, arch-wizard Enas Yorl is under a curse that makes him shape-change without any control at all. In some stories he changes shape all at once and then holds each new shape for a while; in others, his shape is ''always'' changing, a little bit at a time.

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* In the ''Literature/ThievesWorld'' series, ''Literature/ThievesWorld'': The arch-wizard Enas Yorl is under a curse that makes him shape-change without any control at all. In some stories he changes shape all at once and then holds each new shape for a while; in others, his shape is ''always'' changing, a little bit at a time.
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* ''TabletopGame/OdysseyOfTheDragonlords'': Legends disagree on the exact height of the titan Kentimane because his form is always shifting.

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* ''TabletopGame/OdysseyOfTheDragonlords'': Legends disagree on the exact height of the titan Kentimane because his form is always shifting. While his gameplay classification is gargantuan, he can be as large as he wants.
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* ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'': Quizmalia, the Lady of Fate and Fortune, is ChaoticNeutral {{Trickster God}}dess that appears in Julie's dream. She has a basic shape, that a tall woman with "palm tree hair" (granting her the nickname of "Palm Tree Ghost" when all that could be seen of her was her darkened silhouette), but beyond that her appearance never stay the same from panel to panel. All of her colors keep switching, including gaining multicolored hair at times, and her skin goes through all coloration ([[https://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0682.html even turning transparent one time]). The details of her garments varies greatly too, often asymmetrically, her clothes even disappearing once (and she uses her hat as a HandOrObjectUnderwear). Not to mention other physical attributes, like suddenly growing a tail or a second pair of arms, or her face momentarily replacing her midriff.

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* ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'': Quizmalia, the Lady of Fate and Fortune, is ChaoticNeutral {{Trickster God}}dess that appears in Julie's dream. She has a basic shape, that a tall woman with "palm tree hair" (granting her the nickname of "Palm Tree Ghost" when all that could be seen of her was her darkened silhouette), but beyond that her appearance never stay the same from panel to panel. All of her colors keep switching, including gaining multicolored hair at times, and her skin goes through all coloration ([[https://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0682.html even turning transparent one time]).time]]). The details of her garments varies greatly too, often asymmetrically, her clothes even disappearing once (and she uses her hat as a HandOrObjectUnderwear). Not to mention other physical attributes, like suddenly growing a tail or a second pair of arms, or her face momentarily replacing her midriff.

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* ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'': Quizmalia, the Lady of Fate and Fortune, is ChaoticNeutral {{Trickster God}}dess that appears in Julie's dream. She has a basic shape, that a tall woman with "palm tree hair" (granting her the nickname of "Palm Tree Ghost" when all that could be seen of her was her darkened silhouette, but beyond that her appearance never stay the same from panel to panel. All of her colors keep switching, including gaining multicolored hair at times, and her skin goes through all coloration ([[https://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0682.html even turning transparent one time]). The details of her garments varies greatly too, often asymmetrically, her clothes even disappearing once (and she uses her hat as a HandOrObjectUnderwear). Not to mention other physical attributes, like suddenly growing a tail or a second pair of arms, or her face momentarily replacing her midriff.

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* ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'': Quizmalia, the Lady of Fate and Fortune, is ChaoticNeutral {{Trickster God}}dess that appears in Julie's dream. She has a basic shape, that a tall woman with "palm tree hair" (granting her the nickname of "Palm Tree Ghost" when all that could be seen of her was her darkened silhouette, silhouette), but beyond that her appearance never stay the same from panel to panel. All of her colors keep switching, including gaining multicolored hair at times, and her skin goes through all coloration ([[https://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0682.html even turning transparent one time]). The details of her garments varies greatly too, often asymmetrically, her clothes even disappearing once (and she uses her hat as a HandOrObjectUnderwear). Not to mention other physical attributes, like suddenly growing a tail or a second pair of arms, or her face momentarily replacing her midriff.



* ''Website/{{Mortasheen}}'':
** The garbage-type [[https://bogleech.com/mortasheen/decompoglob.htm Decompoglob]] never stops mutating, sometimes to the point of spontaneously decaying into a heap of mush and regenerating back to normal. Less pleasantly, it's prone to cause mutation in ''others'' as well: its tissues are highly infectious and often cause those around it to [[BodyHorror sprout fish heads]].
** The [[https://bogleech.com/mortasheen/ectozyme.htm Ectozyme]]'s body is constantly shapeshifting and is prone to [[TheAssimilator absorbing anyone or anything it makes contact with]]; consequently, mimicries of past victims may occasionally be seen emerging from its body, though they are quickly reabsorbed and replaced by new appendages. Its only consistent features are its udders -- which leak a noxious fluid that causes instant random mutation in anyone touching it.



* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7955 SCP-7955]] is a shapeshifter who is gradually losing control of his powers thanks to dementia. Consequently, the final stage of his condition features him being unable to hold a single shape at any time, leaving him constantly shifting from form to form even when he's asleep. It's so bad that Foundation staff have given up on trying to dress him, because [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing he'll just grow or shrink out of whatever he's wearing]], and in order to feed him, they have to aim a spoon into one of the many mouths he continuously sprouts and ''hope'' that he has enough of a stomach to digest it.


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* ''Website/{{Mortasheen}}'':
** The garbage-type [[https://bogleech.com/mortasheen/decompoglob.htm Decompoglob]] never stops mutating, sometimes to the point of spontaneously decaying into a heap of mush and regenerating back to normal. Less pleasantly, it's prone to cause mutation in ''others'' as well: its tissues are highly infectious and often cause those around it to [[BodyHorror sprout fish heads]].
** The [[https://bogleech.com/mortasheen/ectozyme.htm Ectozyme]]'s body is constantly shapeshifting and is prone to [[TheAssimilator absorbing anyone or anything it makes contact with]]; consequently, mimicries of past victims may occasionally be seen emerging from its body, though they are quickly reabsorbed and replaced by new appendages. Its only consistent features are its udders -- which leak a noxious fluid that causes instant random mutation in anyone touching it.
* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7955 SCP-7955]] is a shapeshifter who is gradually losing control of his powers thanks to dementia. Consequently, the final stage of his condition features him being unable to hold a single shape at any time, leaving him constantly shifting from form to form even when he's asleep. It's so bad that Foundation staff have given up on trying to dress him, because [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing he'll just grow or shrink out of whatever he's wearing]], and in order to feed him, they have to aim a spoon into one of the many mouths he continuously sprouts and ''hope'' that he has enough of a stomach to digest it.
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* ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'': Quizmalia, the Lady of Fate and Fortune, is ChaoticNeutral {{Trickster God}}dess that appears in Julie's dream. She has a basic shape, that a tall woman with "palm tree hair" (granting her the nickname of "Palm Tree Ghost" when all that could be seen of her was her darkened silhouette, but beyond that her appearance never stay the same from panel to panel. All of her colors keep switching, including gaining multicolored hair at times, and her skin goes through all coloration ([[https://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0682.html even turning transparent one time]). The details of her garments varies greatly too, often asymmetrically, her clothes even disappearing once (and she uses her hat as a HandOrObjectUnderwear). Not to mention other physical attributes, like suddenly growing a tail or a second pair of arms, or her face momentarily replacing her midriff.
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* Glowing shapeshifters in ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawlStoneSoup'', which are shapeshifters that have lost control of their abilities and constantly shift forms every few turns or so.

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* In the first ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'', one of the bosses of the Warrens is the aptly named Formless Flesh. It's a big pile of semi-living demon-possessed pig bodies that's constantly shifting and mutating -- in game terms, it's a set of four body parts that share a life bar and shift into one of several different forms at the start of every round.
* Glowing shapeshifters in ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawlStoneSoup'', which are shapeshifters that have lost control of their abilities and constantly shift forms every few turns or so. They heal every time they shift, too, making them surprisingly difficult to kill even if they don't manage to turn into anything dangerous.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'': The titular character shapeshifts almost constantly, at least once it's revealed that she's a shapeshifter. As she later reveals, ''not'' shapeshifting makes her uncomfortable, comparing it to holding in a sneeze.
* In ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure'' one of the stranger characters featured is the Greedy, a huge [[BlobMonster shapeshifting blob]] of [[AnthropomorphicFood taffy and other confections]] so massive he counts as a landscape unto himself. Always hungry, the Greedy is constantly shaping his mass into new desserts and [[ITasteDelicious eating himself]], or sculpting himself into an almost-human body before melting back into the ooze -- usually while eating something.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'': ''WesternAnimation/{{NIMONA|2023}}'': The titular character shapeshifts almost constantly, at least once it's revealed that she's a shapeshifter. As she later reveals, ''not'' shapeshifting makes her uncomfortable, comparing it to holding in a sneeze.
* In ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure'' one ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure'': One of the stranger characters featured is the Greedy, a huge [[BlobMonster shapeshifting blob]] of [[AnthropomorphicFood taffy and other confections]] so massive he counts as a landscape unto himself. Always hungry, the Greedy is constantly shaping his mass into new desserts and [[ITasteDelicious eating himself]], or sculpting himself into an almost-human body before melting back into the ooze -- usually while eating something.



** The changelings of ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' shapeshift as instinctively as breathing, and might shift their appearance multiple times in the span of a single conversation in order to punctuate their statements, or simply on a whim.
* ''TabletopGame/OdysseyOfTheDragonlords:'' Legends disagree on the exact height of the titan Kentimane because his form is always shifting.

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** The changelings of ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' shapeshift as instinctively as breathing, and some might shift their appearance multiple times in the span of a single conversation in order to punctuate their statements, or simply on a whim.
* ''TabletopGame/OdysseyOfTheDragonlords:'' ''TabletopGame/OdysseyOfTheDragonlords'': Legends disagree on the exact height of the titan Kentimane because his form is always shifting.
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'' [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7955 SCP-7955]] is a shapeshifter who is gradually losing control of his powers thanks to dementia. Consequently, the final stage of his condition features him being unable to hold a single shape at any time, leaving him constantly shifting from form to form even when he's asleep. It's so bad that Foundation staff have given up on trying to dress him, because [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing he'll just grow or shrink out of whatever he's wearing]], and in order to feed him, they have to aim a spoon into one of the many mouths he continuously sprouts and ''hope'' that he has enough of a stomach to digest it.

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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'' ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7955 SCP-7955]] is a shapeshifter who is gradually losing control of his powers thanks to dementia. Consequently, the final stage of his condition features him being unable to hold a single shape at any time, leaving him constantly shifting from form to form even when he's asleep. It's so bad that Foundation staff have given up on trying to dress him, because [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing he'll just grow or shrink out of whatever he's wearing]], and in order to feed him, they have to aim a spoon into one of the many mouths he continuously sprouts and ''hope'' that he has enough of a stomach to digest it.
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* ''Bluehilda'' by ''Creator/JamesSugrue'' features an energetic young witch who loves to change shape to emphasize what she's talking about.
* ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}}'':

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* ''Bluehilda'' by ''Creator/JamesSugrue'' Creator/JamesSugrue features an energetic young witch who loves to change shape to emphasize what she's talking about.
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation:'' SCP-[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7955 7955]] is a shapeshifter who is gradually losing control of his powers thanks to dementia. Consequently, the final stage of his condition features him being unable to hold a single shape at any time, leaving him constantly shifting from form to form even when he's asleep. It's so bad that Foundation staff have given up on trying to dress him, because [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing he'll just grow or shrink out of whatever he's wearing]], and in order to feed him, they have to aim a spoon into one of the many mouths he continuously sprouts and ''hope'' that he has enough of a stomach to digest it.

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* ''Website/SCPFoundation:'' SCP-[[https://scp-wiki.''Website/SCPFoundation'' [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7955 7955]] SCP-7955]] is a shapeshifter who is gradually losing control of his powers thanks to dementia. Consequently, the final stage of his condition features him being unable to hold a single shape at any time, leaving him constantly shifting from form to form even when he's asleep. It's so bad that Foundation staff have given up on trying to dress him, because [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing he'll just grow or shrink out of whatever he's wearing]], and in order to feed him, they have to aim a spoon into one of the many mouths he continuously sprouts and ''hope'' that he has enough of a stomach to digest it.
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* ''Website/SCPFoundation:'' SCP-[[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7955 7955]] is a shapeshifter who is gradually losing control of his powers thanks to dementia. Consequently, the final stage of his condition features him being unable to hold a single shape at any time, leaving him constantly shifting from form to form even when he's asleep. It's so bad that Foundation staff have given up on trying to dress him, because [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing he'll just grow or shrink out of whatever he's wearing]], and in order to feed him, they have to aim a spoon into one of the many mouths he continuously sprouts and ''hope'' that he has enough of a stomach to digest it.

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