Board 8 > ^King of the Mountain^ - Save My Shapeshifter - Nominations

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Who will be next to join the Hall of Kings?

Welcome to King of the Mountain, a long-running standard Save My contest whose purpose it is to crown the top character for various type of "job" tropes. This is the 28th iteration of the contest, and this time we'll be checking out Save My Shapeshifter as per the community nominations. Nomination rules are below:

Rules::

-You may nominate 5 characters every hour.
-The first 100 characters to reach 3 unique nominations will make up the field.
-Fictional characters from any media source are allowed.
-Former champions (listed above) are retired and cannot re-enter.
-No trading or rallying of nominations.
-I reserve the right to disqualify any entrant I find invalid for the contest's theme.

What is a Shapeshifter: A character possessing the ability to change their physical form. I consider a shapeshifter to be a character that possesses the ability to go back and forth between at least one form and another, and do so regularly. The ability to control the catalyst isn't necessarily important, but transformation needs to be often enough to warrant consideration as this. I will also allow characters that can bend and contort their bodies into other things, a good example of that is Elastigirl from The Incredibles. In closing, shapeshifting should be at the forefront of this character; it should be important to them, as always.

What I don't consider shapeshifting:

-No boss battle characters. Characters that go into that "final form" are a gameplay, typically, driven thing. So none of those please unless the character bosses the ability to do that outside of one specific battle with them.

-No "upgraded" characters. Putting on a cape doesn't make Clark Kent a shapeshifter (nor does undefined retro talents of Superman, for the record). Same goes for anyone in a game that gets an item and just upgrades; that's just part of a video game. Other media "power up" style characters aren't shapeshifters either.

That's about it, I think. Try to use your best judgement when nominating characters, as always. If you think you have to ask, please just don't nominate them. I'll handle all disqualifications once we reach the 100 character threshold. Have fun; let's nominate!
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Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII)
Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street)
Pennywise (IT)
T-1000 (Terminator 2)
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Amethyst (Steven Universe)
Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)
Yan (Love, Death & Robots)
Decker (Love, Death & Robots)
Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII)
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Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
Miss Martian (Young Justice)
Duplicas Ditto (Pokmon)
Mini-Dit (Pokmon)
Gumby (Gumby)
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Mavis (Hotel Transylvania)
Gnar (League of Legends)
Gatomon (Digimon)
Amethyst (Steven Universe)
Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
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Carnage (Marvel Comics)
The Thing (The Thing)
Irena Dubrovna Reed (Cat People)
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Lizard (Marvel Comics)
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Mimi (Super Paper Mario)
Doopliss (Paper Mario TTYD)
Penny (Gumball)
Aku, the Shapeshifting Master of Darkness(Samurai Jack)
Queen Chrysalis (My Little Pony)
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Queen Watevra Wa'Nabe (Lego Movie 2)
Tobias (Animorphs)
Rachel Berenson (Animorphs)
Shantae (Shantae)
Merlin (Disney's The Sword in the Stone)
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Doopliss (Paper Mario TTYD)
Gatomon (Digimon)
Dracula (Dracula)
Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan)
Bowser Jr (Super Mario Sunshine)
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Pantalaimon (The Golden Compass)
Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)
Doopliss (Paper Mario)
Morgana (Persona)
Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)
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Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Mystique (Marvel Comics)
Beast Boy (DC Comics)
Clayface (DC Comics)
Naraku (Inuyasha)
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Mystique (X-Men)
Ditto (Pokemon or Detective Pikachu or a trainer specific Ditto our however you want it handled)
Eren Yaeger (Attack on Titan)
Annie Leonhardt (Attack on Titan)
Aku
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Ditto (Pokmon)
Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach)
Morgana (Persona 5)
T-1000 (Terminator 2)
Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)
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Miss Martian (Young Justice)
Goku (Dragon Ball)
Sesshomaru (Inuyasha)
Kirara (Inuyasha)
Shippo (Inuyasha)
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Yuri Hyuga (Shadow Hearts)
Tobias (Animorphs)
Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)
Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)
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Grace (El Goonish Shive)
Elliot Dunkel (El Goonish Shive)
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Janaff (Fire Emblem)
Tibarn (Fire Emblem)
Morgana (Persona)
Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
Link (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) (does this count)
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Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach)
Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)
Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII)
Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)
Annie Leonhardt (Attack on Titan)
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MZero11 posted...

(does this count)

v_charon posted...

. If you think you have to ask, please just don't nominate them.

No
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Yan (Love, Death & Robots)
Decker (Love, Death & Robots)
Alucard (Castlevania)
Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
Jaqen H'ghar (Game of Thrones)
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Alucard (Castlevania)
Beast Boy (DC Comics)
Ben Tennyson (Ben 10)
Gumbi (Gumbi)
Pan (The Golden Compass)
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Plastic Man (DC Comics)
Elongated Man (DC Comics)
Elasti-Girl (Doom Patrol)
Inque (Batman Beyond)
Dingo (Sonic Underground)
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Eddie Van Blundht (The X-Files)
Clayface (DC Comics)
Plastic Man (DC Comics)
Jennifer Tate (Primal)
Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer)
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Dante (Devil May Cry)
Vergil (Devil May Cry)
Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Alucard (Castlevania)
Dracula (Dracula)
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Yooka (Yooka-Laylee)
Mr. Game and Watch
SpongeBob SquarePants
Loki (Marvel)
Young Link (Majora's Mask)
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Queen Chrysalis (My Little Pony)
Yuki (Wolf Children)
Shantae (Shantae)
Morgana (Persona)
Pantalaimon (The Golden Compass)
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Gnar (League of Legends)
Bowser Jr. (Super Mario Sunshine)
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Mr.2 Bon Clay (One Piece)
Toga Himiko (My Hero Academia)
Beast Boy (DC Comics)
Spy (TF2)
Queen Watevra Wa'Nabe (Lego Movie 2)
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Puar (Dragon Ball)
Oolong (Dragon Ball)
Ditto (Pokemon)
Mew (Pokemon)
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Alien Bounty Hunter (The X-Files)
Aku (Samurai Jack)
Genie (Aladdin)
Jafar (Aladdin)
Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
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Madame Rouge (Doom Patrol)
Venom (Spider-Man)
Puar (Dragon Ball)
Oolong (Dragon Ball)
General Jelly Jiggler (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
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Genie (Aladdin)
Queen Watevra Wa'Nabe (Lego Movie 2)
Pennywise (It)
Shippou (Inu-Yasha)
Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
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Alien Bounty Hunter (The X-Files)
The Beldam (Coraline)
Charlie (Legends of Tomorrow)
Morgan Yu (Prey)
Pennywise (IT)
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Genie (Aladdin)
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Kirby (Kirbys Dream Land)
Puar (Dragon Ball)
Oolong (Dragon Ball)
Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
Remus Lupin (Harry Potter)
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Oops Sirius already had 3.

Bowser Jr (Super Mario Sunshine)
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Jaqen H'ghar (Game of Thrones)
Arya Stark (Game of Thrones)
Beast Boy (Teen Titans)
The Blob (The Blob)
Sandman (Spiderman)
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Grace (El Goonish Shive)
Ryo-Ohki (Tenchi Muyo)
Mystique (Marvel Comics)
Inkling (Splatoon)
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Jaqen H'ghar (Game of Thrones)
Naesala (Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance)
Reyson (Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance)
Ryu (Breath of Fire)
The Man in Black (LOST)
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Plastic Man
Elongated Man
Odo (DS9)
Link
Zeus (Greek Mythology)
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Man In Black (LOST)
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Maleficent
Genie
Amethyst
Jaqen Hagar
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Looks like genie was already in so

Kirby
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Feel like Kirby shouldn't count in this. He has a very small handful of forms I'd consider to be shapeshifting based, which feels more like a consequence of his ability copying more than him actually being a shapeshifter.
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Kirby is a lot like Mario guys.
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Kirby changes form and color every time he copies and ability. In his fire ability he can morph into a fireball. And more importantly in his stone form, he can transform into different sizes and shapes of rocks.
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Can we get a tally please? On phone, might not even get to a computer until this is closed.
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Not sure I agree with that either since it's not a power-up as much as his inherent ability to copy the abilities of others that's letting him do that, so he's disqualified for a different reason entirely in my book.

But like, if Rogue steals the power of Mystique and gains the power to shapeshift temporarily it doesn't mean Rogue is a shapeshifter.
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v_charon posted...

Kirby is a lot like Mario guys.

The difference is Mario needs power ups to gain abilities. Kirbys body is designed to make these changes. A natural ability.
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I'm not gonna debate it mid-nominations; I'll count the nominations for now begrudgingly but I will almost surely DQ him. I wish you guys wouldn't do this.
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