History Main / Transflormation

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': There's an episode where Poison Ivy turns rich people into trees. Unlike most versions, the artistic-license chemistry version she's using takes several days, at least at the dosages she was initially using.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': At the climax of "Northwest Mansion Mystery", the MonsterOfTheWeek turns the guests at the Northwest's party into tree-like [[TakenForGranite statues]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Hearts and Minds", to stop Despero's army of soldiers powered by the Py'tar, [[spoiler: the Py'tar itself transforms them into trees, to prevent them from attacking other worlds.]]

* ''ComicBook/DistrictX'' has a man whose mutant power is slowly transforming into a tree whenever he sleeps. His family prevents this by waking him up and pruning any roots and branches but they get separated and he becomes a full blown tree in the sewers.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': In the fourth issue, Morpheus muses on how {{Hell}} has changed just before coming upon the wood of suicides (as seen in the ''[[Literature/TheDivineComedy Inferno]]''. He hears one of the trees say he thought taking pills would stop his pain and notes there were once so few suicides to only take up a grove. Since his last visit, there are so many of them that they make up a forest.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'' comic book story "The Little Tree", Lumberjack Smurf finds out that an elf's sister has been turned into an evergreen tree and spares her from being cut down.

* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story arc ''ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind'', after being infected with the "Plant Scourge", ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} can unwillingly transform any living being near her into a vegetal.

* ''Film/{{Annihilation|2018}}'': While inside [[EldritchLocation the Shimmer]], the expedition discovers a field full of plants in the shapes of humans. They're not sure whether they used to be humans, or are just [[InvertedTrope plants that grew into that shape]]. While they are near that field, [[spoiler:leaves start to sprout from Josie's arms. She commits suicide by letting herself become one of those plants.]]

* ''Film/TheRookies'': The movie's plot involves a bio-weapon dubbed the "Green Virus", which can cause plants to grow on the skin of humans, and prolonged exposure will turn human beings into trees. The BigBad, leader of an EcoTerrorist syndicate, intends to use the virus to "cleanse the earth" by turning the world's human population into plants, and a major scene of the film involves the virus being unleashed into New York, turning much of the populace into tree-people.

* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'': The sisters invoke this trope with a spell to bypass the recently acquired CompleteImmortality of an episode's villain -- because [[LoopholeAbuse trees are immortal too]].

* ''Series/SwampThing'': The pilot episode for the TV series has the title character fuse a bad guy into a tree as punishment for killing one of Dr. Arcane's escaped test subjects.

* ''VisualNovel/YourTurnToDie'' plays up the BodyHorror flavour of this trope should [[spoiler:[[DeathOfAChild Kanna be voted for death]] in chapter 2-2]], leading to the execution [[spoiler:”The Human Flower”, where seeds are released from Kanna’s collar into her body, causing the root to burst from under her skin, eventually leading to a rose sprouting from her head as the final touch]].

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* Music/{{Radiohead}}'s music video for "There There" ends with frontman Thom Yorke becoming a tree as his apparent punishment for stealing some enchanted clothing he found in the woods. [[BodyHorror It's a lot more graphic than it sounds.]]

* ''VideoGame/SwordOfMana'': [[spoiler:The heroine]] transforms into (or fuses with) the [[WorldTree Mana Tree]] to restore it after its power is drained.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'':
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyAdventure'', the Mana Tree dies after the battle. The heroine, as the sole surviving member of the Mana Tribe, must stay and become the new tree.
** In ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'', you discover that your mother is part of the mana tree, and that that is the fate of all the women in the mana clan.
** In ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'', your Faerie friend who accompanied you the entire adventure is actually a seed of the [[WorldTree Mana Tree]].
** ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana'' ends with you killing the mana goddess inside the mana tree and then disappearing from the world. No explanation is given, but we can expect you've become a mana tree because it keeps happening in the Mana series.
%% ** ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana'': [need context here]

* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': "[[Recap/AaahhRealMonstersS2E9RoshOMonsterTreeOfIckis Tree of Ickis]]" has this happen to Ickis after he eats a seed pod, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin turning him into a tree]], and Oblina and Krumm have to gather up [[TermiteTrouble termites]] to free him from his wooden prison before he is cut down and sliced to pieces by a [[LumberMillMayhem sawmill]] [[ConveyorBeltODoom conveyor belt]] and [[TreesIntoToothpicks turned into baseball bats]]. Gooloog, another monster Ickis meets, also suffered the same issue he did, and moments after Oblina and Krumm save him, he offers Gooloog the termites used on him, but he declines, having grown fond of his current state and saying it's too much responsibility to be free.

* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': "[[Recap/AaahhRealMonstersS2E9RoshOMonsterTreeOfIckis Tree of Ickis]]" has this happen to Ickis after he eats a seed pod, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin turning him into a tree]], and Oblina and Krumm have to gather up [[TermiteTrouble termites]] to free him from his wooden prison before he is cut down and sliced to pieces by a [[LumberMillMayhem sawmill]] [[ConveyorBeltODoom conveyor belt]]. Gooloog, another monster Ickis meets, also suffered the same issue he did, and moments after Oblina and Krumm save him, he offers Gooloog the termites used on him, but he declines, having grown fond of his current state and saying it's too much responsibility to be free.

* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': "[[Recap/AaahhRealMonstersS2E9RoshOMonsterTreeOfIckis Tree of Ickis]]" has this happen to Ickis after he eats a seed pod, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin turning him into a tree]], and Oblina and Krumm have to gather up [[TermiteTrouble termites]] to free him from his wooden prison before he is cut down and sliced to pieces by a [[LumberMillMayhem sawmill]] [[ConveyorBeltODoom conveyor belt]]. Gooloog, another monster Ickis meets, also suffered the same issue he did, and moments after Oblina and Krumm save him, he offers Gooloog the termites used on him, but he declines.

* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': This happens to Ickis in "[[Recap/AaahhRealMonstersS2E9RoshOMonsterTreeOfIckis Tree of Ickis]]" after he eats a seed pod, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin turning him into a tree]], and Oblina and Krumm have to gather up [[TermiteTrouble termites]] to free him from his wooden prison before he is cut down and sliced to pieces by a [[LumberMillMayhem sawmill]] [[ConveyorBeltODoom conveyor belt]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'': This happens to Ickis in "[[Recap/AaahhRealMonstersS2E9RoshOMonsterTreeOfIckis Tree of Ickis]]" after he eats a seed pod, turning him into a tree, and Oblina and Krumm have to gather up [[TermiteTrouble termites]] to free him from his wooden prison before he is cut down and sliced to pieces by a [[LumberMillMayhem sawmill]] [[ConveyorBeltODoom conveyor belt]].

* There's also the [[FairyTale/{{EgleTheQueenOfSerpents}} tale of]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglė_the_Queen_of_Serpents of ''Eglė, The Queen of Serpents'']], from Lithuanian folklore. A woman named Eglė married a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting snake who can turn into a handsome human prince]] and together they had three sons and one daughter. When Eglė's family threatens to kill her husband and attempts to get information out of the children, the sons kept their mouths shut but the frightened daughter squealed, leading to her maternal family killing her father ([[SinisterScythe with scythes]], no less). Upon learning of this fact, Eglė curses herself and her children into trees: her strong sons into sturdy oak, ash, and birch, while her weak daughter a quaking aspen. Eglė herself turned into a spruce tree.

* There's also [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglė_the_Queen_of_Serpents the tale of Eglė]] from Lithuanian folklore. A woman named Eglė married a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting snake who can turn into a handsome human prince]] and together they had three sons and one daughter. When Eglė's family threatens to kill her husband and attempts to get information out of the children, the sons kept their mouths shut but the frightened daughter squealed, leading to her maternal family killing her father ([[SinisterScythe with scythes]], no less). Upon learning of this fact, Eglė curses herself and her children into trees: her strong sons into sturdy oak, ash, and birch, while her weak daughter a quaking aspen. Eglė herself turned into a spruce tree.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': The population of a lumberjack village is turned into trees due to a forest spirit's curse, then restored after the heroes break the curse. One NPC is balanced precariously over a stream, if you don't move her to safety before removing the curse, she drowns.

* In ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' the [[spoiler:Amiable Vagabond]] is forced to literally put down roots if you turn his attempted betrayal against him and then choose to save him from falling down Old Tom's Well. Given his love of exploring the Skies, this is a living hell for him.

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* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10:'' Ben can voluntarily transform into the alien forms Wildvine and Swampfire, which are [[PlantPerson Plant People.]] Well, PlantAliens.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}:'' In the episode "Core-uption," Waffle becomes a potted flower as a result of Gordon turning the world into a SugarBowl.
* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck:'' Dr. Reginald Bushroot went a step further than Poison Ivy and injected himself with his experimental serum. This resulted in chlorophyll going through his veins instead of blood and plant tissue growing from inside his body: His feet turning into roots and leaves sprouting thanks to sunlight. He is now more plant than duck since even getting shredded leads to his regeneration.

* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall:'' This is the M.O. of the Beast, the shadowy soul-stealing BigBad--those close to death or or past the DespairEventHorizon turn into edelwood trees, which are then used to keep his lantern lit. [[spoiler:The lantern is also his SoulJar, so he's essentially consuming their souls to stay alive]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeamGalaxy'' episode " Strange Fruit", an hungry Josh eats a fruit from an unknown alien planet without analyzing or trying to identify it first. Turns out to be a MutagenicFood which slowly turns him into a giant version of the fruit. He gets better at the end but not before some TransformationHorror when near the completion of his transformation Josh loses the ability to speak and starts [[BodyHorror rotting awayas he gets much too ripe]]... The protagonists also use the fruit's abilities to fight off the villains of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012:'' Raphael is turned into a plant in the first episode of Season 3 when the turtles battle The Creep, a mutant plant monster.

* ''The Tree Surgeon'', an [[WesternAnimation/MGMOneshotCartoons MGM cartoon]], has the titular surgeon sprouting roots and branches after accidentally poking himself with a syringe meant for a sick tree.

* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub:''

A Transflormation can be positive, negative, or even neutral under the right circumstances. Becoming a plant may be the result of a BalefulPolymorph in which the victim's consciousness is either rendered inert or [[AndIMustScream forced to look on in silence]]. On the other hand, it may instead take the form of a species change from {{Muggle|s}} to PlantPerson.

* ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'': The Magician Trent won the SuperpowerLottery with the power to transform any living organism into any other living organism. During his reign of terror, he hits quite a few of his enemies with {{Baleful Polymorph}}s of every size and shape. Then he figures out that trees are living organisms too, and just starts turning his enemies into trees.

** In an old ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine article a wizard was challenged to a duel. He snapped his fingers, cast a [[BalefulPolymorph Polymorph]] spell on the challenger and changed him into a plant, then said "Next?"

* In ''VideoGame/ConquestsOfTheLongbow'', if you pass the Green Man's [[RiddleMeThis riddle game]] he will grant you the ability to temporarily turn yourself into a tree. If you fail (or deliberately attack him otherwise), [[NonstandardGameOver he'll make you]] [[BalefulPolymorph one permanently.]]

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' has monsters that can [[BalefulPolymorph turn]] the player into a ''mobile eggplant.''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': In the episode "Sea Change", Rumble enters the Well of Transformation ([[VoluntaryShapeshifting which changes whoever is immersed into it to whatever form they think of]]) and is tricked by the heroes into turning himself into a tree, [[BalefulPolymorph immobilizing him]]. Luckily for Rumble, he reverts at the end of the episode when an explosion knocks his tree form into the water.

* In ''VideoGame/BugFables'', [[spoiler:when the [[BigBad Wasp King]] eats the last remaining leaf of [[ImmortalityInducer the Everlasting Sapling]], he turns into [[OneWingedAngel The Everlasting King]], a semi-plant immortal demigod with the huge regenerative power, and he attempts to use his newfound powers to destroy Team Snakemouth. After the defeat, he loses control of his powers and turns into an inanimate tree. Queen Elizant decides to keep it as a monument of their long struggle in search of the Sapling and a warning to not seek its power any longer.]]

* WildMagic Sorcerors have a 1-in-20 chance of a spell going wrong and becoming a RandomEffectSpell instead usually centred on themselves. One of the possibilities is to turn into a potted plant for one combat turn, if someone deals enough damage to you in potted plant form you revert to your original form however.

* One short story was about the Copses, a family of weretrees. They turned into trees to sleep for the winter... after murdering their neighbors and burying them in the yard for fertilizer.

** In ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'', using the Refresh Dance displays an image of Shantae in a lamia-like form with a large rose-covered root for a tail, blossoming vines for hair, and [[GardenGarment plant-based clothing]].

** In ''VideoGame/ShantaeAndTheSevenSirens'' using the Refresh Dance displays an image of Shantae in a lamia-like form with a large rose-covered root for a tail, blossoming vines for hair, and [[GardenGarment plant-based clothing]].

* In ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'', one of Shantae's optional transformations is a treant form that allows her to spend magic to grow oranges that restore health.

* Taken UpToEleven in the 2019 spy parody film, ''Film/TheRookies''. The movie's plot involves a bio-weapon dubbed the "Green Virus", which can cause plants to grow on the skin of humans, and prolonged exposure will turn human beings into trees. The BigBad, leader of an EcoTerrorist syndicate, intends to use the virus to "cleanse the earth" by turning the world's human population into plants, and a major scene of the film involves the virus being unleashed into New York, turning much of the populace into tree-people.

* The ''Franchise/DragonAge'' lore features this as the origin of [[PlantPerson Sylvans]], though it could be seen as more of an InvertedTrope; when spirits and/or demons cross over from the Fade, they typically seek out something ([[DemonicPossesion or someone]]) to posses, as their Fade forms are vulnerable and somewhat uncomfortable in the more grounded mortal realm. Unfortunately, if a spirit/demon exits the Fade in, say, an isolated forest, their options are limited, and indeed, many choose to posses trees themselves. This results in them getting trapped in said tree, which becomes their bodies, and they end up immobile until someone either releases them, or they manage to gain enough control over their bodies to begin moving around. Sadly, most sylvans you meet are driven insane, either from the trauma of crossing from the Fade or from being [[AndIMustScream trapped in a tree for gods know how long]], but you do meet one with a penchant for rhymes who refers to himself as a "[[JustForPun Poet-tree]]."