Shapeshifting

Shapeshifting is a magical ability featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It first appears in the second episode of the first season.

Known Ways to Shapeshift

 * Anti-Transformation Powder
 * Fairy Magic
 * Fairy Dust
 * Dark Fairy Dust (to insects)
 * Flying Monkey's bite (human to Flying Monkey)
 * Glamour Spell
 * Maleficent's ability (human to dragon and back)
 * Sea Bracelets (mermaid to human and back)


 * Shadow ability
 * Shapeshifting Spell
 * Siren ability
 * Six-Leaf Clover's glamour spell
 * Tear of lost love (human to tree and back)
 * Transformation Potions
 * Spell of Mor'du (human to bear)
 * Werewolf ability (human to wolf and back)

Trivia

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On-Screen Notes

 * According to Rumplestiltskin, it takes months to learn a glamour spell.
 * A glamour spell affects the whole body of the user, including its heart.
 * A glamour is an illusion, it only affects the perception of people who see the glamoured person or object, as opposed to changing its actual form.
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Production Notes

 * The way glamour spells are depicted on screen varies according to what the writers want to show.
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Other Notes

 * In magic lore, a glamour is a spell cast on somebody to make them see something the spell-caster wishes them to see, when in fact they are not what they seem to be. Shapeshifting, on the other hand, is a common theme in mythology, folklore and fantasy fiction, which refers to the ability to physically transform into another being or form.

Appearances

 * Shapeshifting is mentioned in the Underworld Storybook in "Last Rites".