Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting is the ability to change appearance and/or body structure. Different forms include:
- Metamorph (limited to human forms, unable to change mass, i.e. Mystique, Changeling)[citation needed]
- Micro/Megamorph (proportionate or disproportionate size-changing, i.e. Ant-Man/Giant-Man, Kidogo)[1]
- Polymorph (fluid shape-changing effects causing mass to expand, contract, stretch and reform, i.e. Mister Fantastic, Mercury)[2]
- Bodimorph (elemental state changes, such as turning into metal, diamond, wood, gases, liquids, etc., i.e. Absorbing Man, Husk)[citation needed]
- Transmorph (changing between two set forms, typically one "normal" and one superhuman)[3]
- See also Lycanthropes, other were-creatures
- Many examples exist of combined transmorph/bodimorph types, capable of a single state change, i.e. Colossus, Emma Frost, Hydro-Man, Sandman)
- Omnimorph (typically combines meta- and poly-morph capabilities, able to change mass and internal organ structure, assuming more complicated non-humanoid shapes)[4]
- Ubermorph[5]
Shapeshifting Races
Notable Shapeshifters
For a full list of shape-shifters, see here.