Shapeshifter/Buffyverse

**Shapeshifting** was the ability to change one's own physical form at will. The effect could range from minor alterations in appearance to assuming the form of a different species. Some demons possessed this ability naturally, while other beings could use magic to change their form.

While shapeshifting referred to the actual change in one's anatomy, this was not the case for distortions in perception, such as in glamours and hypnosis. Changing the form of another being or object was known as transmogrification.

## Contents

* 1Examples
	+ 1.1Demons
	+ 1.2Half-demons
	+ 1.3Witchcraft
	+ 1.4Others
* 2References

## Examples

### Demons

* Vampires had the inherent ability to morph their face between their human appearance and their predatory "vamp face." By the 23rd century, most vampires had forgotten about this ability.
* The She-Mantis manifested a human disguise that concealed her larger mantis-like form.
* Vengeance demons could conceal their demonic form by assuming the skin texture from their previous human appearance.
* Hans and Gretta Strauss was the name a large tusked creature assumed when it disguised itself as two human children.
* Members of the Ano-Movic Clan could shift their appearance to disguise themselves as humans.
* Deevak
* Sahjhan[*citation needed*]
* Wraith-er demons were capable of assuming human form. With time, they gradually reverted to their demonic visage and become more violent as well.
* Despite her human appearance, Lissa reverted fully to her demonic form in death.
* Ken was a thricewise who disguised his demonic appearance to live as a human in college.
* Courtesan demons could shift into their human appearance, concealing their wings, horns, tail, and crimson skin.
* New vampires had new abilities that included turning into a giant bat, panther, wolf, bee swarm, and mist. Buffy later limited their shapeshifting powers to nighttime.

### Half-demons

* The half-Brachen demonsDoyle and Rieff's mother pretended to be human in order not to attract attention in human society. While in their demonic form, they would become stronger and their senses keener.
* Whistler could shift between his human appearance to a demonic appearance, becoming taller, growing horns, and glowing a blue fire.
* Mal Fraser could shift from his mostly human appearance to manifest horns and wings.

### Witchcraft

* During nighttime, Dracula was able to transform during into bat, panther, wolf, mist, and bee swarm.
* Toru and his pack had access to Dracula's magic and assumed the same shapeshifting abilities as him.
* Amy Madison performed a spell that made herself a rat twice, and once turned into a cat.
* Willow Rosenberg once disguised herself as a seagull to fly over into the new Slayer Organization hideout.

### Others

* The vengeance spirit Hus could turn into a flock of crows, a coyote, and a bear.
* While werewolves commonly transformed into a lupine creature every month without their will, some werewolves such as Oz, Bayarmaa, and Monroe trained enough to control the transformation and shapeshift at will.
* The First Evil could manifest assuming the appearance of any deceased or undead individual.
* While reincarnated in the body of Fred, Illyria could shift from her bluer appearance into recreating Fred's skin, hair, and clothing at will.