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** ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016'': In "Ben Gen 10", the reboot's equivalent of the [[WesternAnimation/Ben10GeneratorRexHeroesUnited crossover]] with ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', Rex's [[{{Nanomachines}} nanites]] mess with the Omnitrix, causing it to transform people across the country. This has a negative effect on Ben's ability to transform, as seen by the icons becoming blurred.

Subtrope of LiquidAssets. Closely related to BequeathedPower, PhysicalAttributeSwap, and FreakyFridayFlip. PowersAsPrograms may sometimes be involved. Contrast with ViralTransformation and WerebeastTropes, which involve transformations that are spread and multiplied among multiple people without the original donors losing them. See also BodySurf.

* One ''[=XXXenophile=]'' story features a protagonist who'd been [[ForcedTransformation forcibly transformed]] into a centaur, and the mage that cast the spell was killed before he could be forced to remove it. When her boyfriend tries to assure her she is still beautiful (by having sex with her), she goes back to her human form ... but the boyfriend is now a centaur. They do solve the problem... [[spoiler: and we see the boyfriend's traumatized-looking horse with ''six'' legs.]]
* One ''Comicbook/{{Iznogoud}}'' story had a foreign prince cursed into a frog, and kissing the frog would transfer the curse to the kisser. At some point the curse was copied instead of transferred (no explanation for was given in the comic, but the AnimatedAdaptation had it happen when the frog kisses someone instead of the reverse).

* The ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Vis a Vis" combines this with BodySurf. A criminal has the ability to swap bodies with anyone he/she touches, and he/she ([[RiddleForTheAges we never learn the character's original gender]]) periodically does this to strap the unwilling recipients with the consequences of his/her actions. Initially interacting with the crew of ''Voyager'' as a man named Steth, the criminal swaps with Tom Paris (who becomes Steth) and later with Captain Janeway (who becomes Paris). The real Paris teams up with the real Steth (stuck as a woman named Daelen) to capture the criminal and restore everyone to their original bodies, with the real Steth subsequently vowing to follow the trail of all the people the criminal swapped with.

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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' most beneficial polymorph spells can only be cast on oneself, but the brown-fur transmuter has the extremely rare ability to apply them to its allies, on top of making the forms more powerful than usual.

* One ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode involved a cursed amulet necklace that changed the wearer into a fierce dragon [[HulkingOut whenever they got mad]]. Initially in the possession of a ghost princess mad that her mother wouldn't let her go to a ball, it gets worn by [[AlphaBitch Paulina Sanchez]], who gets mad that a trendy clothing item is out of stock, and then [[PerkyGoth Sam Manson]], who gets mad at Paulina's shallowness.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', Spider-Man is suffering from a mutation disease, making him transform into a monstrous Man-Spider sometimes. Vulture, who steals youth from other people to keep young, doesn't know about this when he steals Spider-Man's youth. He asks Curt Connors for help, but Connors double-crosses the Vulture, modifying his equipment to return Spider-Man's youth to him, but not the Man-Spider transformation.
* When [[MonkeyKingLite The Monkey King]] is unearthed in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', he's in the form of an inanimate wooden puppet, with instructions to pull his leg. Those who do so -- Jackie in one episode, and a hapless bystander in another -- are turned into lifeless puppets themselves. The transformation can be undone by either having the Monkey King pull the puppet's leg in return, or by turning him back into a puppet through other magical means.

* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': After Matsuri changes from a [[GenderBender boy-turned-girl]] to a boy ''[[LiteralSplitPersonality and]]'' a girl, the first theory is that the sex-changing spell was removed from Matsuri and turned into an ayakashi OppositeSexClone with the same memories. [[spoiler:Later on, it seems to actually be an inversion: girl Matsuri is the original human, but her original male ''form'' was taken away to create a boy Matsuri clone.]]

* When [[MonkeyKingLite The Monkey King]] is unearthed in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'', he's in the form of an inanimate wooden puppet, with instructions to pull his leg. Those who do so -- Jackie in one episode, and a hapless bystander in another -- are turned into lifeless puppets themselves. The transformation can be undone by either having the Monkey King pull the puppet's leg in return, or by turning him back into a puppet through other magical means.

Whenever characters have VoluntaryShapeshifting powers or are {{Baleful Polymorph}}s, the altered forms are usually an exclusive one-person deal. Only one individual can use a particular transformation or transformations.

If an undesirable BalefulPolymorph form is involved, expect the recipient to try and find the original donor to [[UnwantedGiftPlot force them to take it back]]. In other cases, a beneficial transformation may be stolen by the other character as a type of PowerCopying where the unwilling donor loses the transformation. Oftentimes, the alternate forms had already been passed down through a ChainOfDeals; if the transformations are distinct enough, they may even be treated as {{Legacy Character}}s.

* One ''[=XXXenophile=]'' story featured a protagonist who'd been hit with a BalefulPolymorph into a centaur, and the mage that cast the spell was killed before he could be forced to remove it. When her boyfriend tries to assure her she is still beautiful (by having sex with her), she goes back to her human form ... but the boyfriend is now a centaur. They do solve the problem... [[spoiler: and we see the boyfriend's traumatized-looking horse with ''six'' legs.]]

However, the {{Shapeshifting}} characters may be able to pass the transformations on to other people while losing the transformations for themselves. Perhaps they found the transformations personally inconvenient, or perhaps the recipients are deemed more deserving of the alternate forms. Passing on the transformations may involve some magical form of EnergyDonation reliant on EquivalentExchange, or at least giving a unique TransformationTrinket to the other person. Whatever the reason or method, the result is that one person now has a transformation that formerly belonged to someone else.

Subtrope of LiquidAssets. Closely related to BequeathedPower and FreakyFridayFlip. PowersAsPrograms may sometimes be involved. Contrast with ViralTransformation and WerebeastTropes, which involve transformations that are spread and multiplied among multiple people without the original donors losing them. See also BodySurf.

* ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'': At one point, your party gets trapped on a ghost ship, where a ghost fanatic got cursed and turned into a ghost himself. Unfortunately, he transfers the curse to one of your party members, rendering them unusable for the duration of the dungeon. The other two party members understandably keep their distance once they find out about how the curse works.

* One Tockington quest in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI'' sees the party visit the town of Moonahan from ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII''. In the original ''II'', the Princess of Moonbrooke was transformed into a dog by Hargon's forces and had to wait for the two Princes to find a mirror that could change her back. In the Tockington quest, however, the mysterious character altering the stories of the previous ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' worlds made it where the Princess was able to change back prematurely at the expense of everyone ''else'' in Moonahan becoming dogs. She asks the Luminary to find the necessary item that will turn her into a dog again so the people of Moonahan can be uncursed.

Closely related to BequeathedPower and FreakyFridayFlip. PowersAsPrograms may sometimes be involved. Contrast with ViralTransformation and WerebeastTropes, which involve transformations that are spread and multiplied among multiple people without the original donors losing them. See also BodySurf.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Normally, absorbing too much of "nature energy" would turn one into a frog, and then a stone. Naruto eventually manages to "weaponize" this when he fights one of Pain's bodies, which specializes in EnergyAbsorption; when he grabs Naruto's body, the latter starts meditating to gather nature energy, causing said Pain body to absorb Naruto's nature-energy-infused chakra as well, morphing his body into having frog features and then turning him into stone.

* One ''[=XXXenophile=]'' story featured a protagonist who'd been hit with a BalefulPolymorph into a centaur, and the mage that cast the spell was killed before he could be forced to remove it. When her boyfriend tries to assure her she is still beautiful (by having sex with her), she goes back to her human form ... but the boyfriend is now a centaur.

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* One ''[=XXXenophile=]'' story featured a protagonist who'd been hit with a BalefulPolymorph into a centaur, and the mage that cast the spell was killed before he could be forced to remove it. When her boyfriend tried to assure her she was still beautiful (by having sex with her), she went back to her human form ... but the boyfriend was now a centaur.

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* ''Literature/PrincessesOfThePizzaParlor'': In ''Grandmothers and Other Fearsome Encounters'', when [[spoiler:Flora]] was about to undergo involuntary {{Transflormation}} due to a spell[[spoiler:-casting accident]], an enemy stole the spell, and underwent that transformation instead.

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* During the fourth season of ''Series/AgentsOfShield'', the ComicBook/GhostRider, whose usual host is Robbie Reyes, displays the ability to transfer itself to other hosts during the course of the season, and [[spoiler:was how Robbie originally gained the power of the Ghost Rider, through contact with its previous host Johnny Blaze]]. During the season finale, [[spoiler:the Rider possesses Coulson, allowing him to completely destroy Aida, the BigBad of the season in question]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', Spider-Man is suffering from a mutation disease, making him transform into a monstrous Man-Spider sometimes. Vulture, who steals youth from other people to keep young, doesn't know about this when he steals Spider-Man's youth. He asks Curt Connors for help, but Connors double-crosses the Vulture, modifying his equipment to return Spider-Man's youth to him, but not the Man-Spider transformation.

* ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana: At one point, your party gets trapped on a ghost ship, where a ghost fanatic got cursed and turned into a ghost himself. Unfortunately, he transfers the curse to one of your party members, rendering them unusable for the duration of the dungeon. The other two party members understandably keep their distance once they find out about how the curse works.

Closely related to BequeathedPower and FreakyFridayFlip. PowersAsPrograms may sometimes be involved. Contrast with ViralTransformation and WerebeastTropes, which involve transformations that are spread and multiplied among multiple people without the original donors losing them.