16 Moments When Our Favorite Characters Turned Into Monsters
![16 Moments When Our Favorite Characters Turned Into Monsters](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/5/9/878459_320x180.jpg)
We’ve all had that day. You know the one. The one day in which something didn’t turn out right. Sheesh, it’s a day in which everything didn’t turn out right. It turned wrong. Way wrong. So wrong that you not only lost yourself, but you lost your humanity, too. Congrats, you’re a monster.
No, no, not metaphorically, and not you losing your temper like an asshole. We’re talking about actually turning into a wolfman, vampire, mutant, or some other creature. We’ve all had those days, including some of your favorite pop culture icons from film, TV, video games, cartoons, and comics. Fictional characters are just like us in that way.
So which iconic characters had a bad day or bad story arc that caused them to become more beastly and/or horror-iconic than before? Well, you’re about to find out. Here are some pop culture characters that have transformed into monsters for our additional entertainment.
Wonder Woman
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS I--I FEEL GREATHERA! I'VE BEEN STRANGE! CHANGED INTO A GORILLA! WONDER WOMAN GETS ZAPPED INTO BECOMING A SPACE GORILLA Old-timey comics just went for it, y'all. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/7/878477.jpg)
DC
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES BECOME TEENAGE MONSTER NINJA TURTLES During the ninth and tenth seasons of the original cartoon series, the TMNT would occasionally turn into Giant Hulking Turtle Monsters (GHTM) due to their unstable mutation, before the show was ultimately canceled. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/8/878478.jpg)
Fred Wolf Films
Steven Universe
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS STEVEN UNIVERSE'S STRESS AND TRAUMA TURN HIM INTO A KAIJU Steven never had the time to process what happened to him in the previous seasons, which snowballs and transforms him into a giant pink dragon creature. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/6/878476.jpg)
Cartoon Network
Spider-Man
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS SPIDER-MAN BECOMES A MAN-SPIDER In Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Peter's initial radioactive spider bite evolves into him becoming more spider and less man. (Не gets better, though.) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/5/878475.jpg)
Marvel Entertainment Group
Sonic the Hedgehog
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS SONIC THE HEDGEHOG GAINS A WEREWOLF FORM For the Sonic Unleashed game, the blue speedy hedgehog becomes a werehog to make Sonic lore, erm, less confusing and easier to follow? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/3/878473.jpg)
Sega
Batman's Villains
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS BATMAN'S ROGUE GALLERY GETS MUTATED In Batman VS. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman's villains get oozed into various animal/ human hybrids (that conveniently appear rather fitting to their names or personalities). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/4/878474.jpg)
Warner Bros. Animation
The Punisher
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS S-SAVED... KAKKE SAVED... YOU... THE PUNISHER BECOMES FRANKEN-CASTLE After being sliced to death by Wolverine's son Daken, Frank Castle's remains are sewn up, scienced up, and reanimated by an underground monster community. (Remember when he'd just shoot up mob bosses?) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/1/878471.jpg)
Marvel
South Park
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS THE DENIZENS OF SOUTH PARK TURN INTO ZOMBIES During a Halloween episode, several of the townspeople become brain-hungry zombies after being diagnosed with pinkeye. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/2/878472.jpg)
Comedy Central
Nash
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS NASH GETS FRANKENSTEINED For his return in Street Fighter V, Nash (or Charlie, or Charlie Nash, depending on which Сарсот game you play) the resurrected character is sewn up like Frankenstein to continue his battle against M. Bison. (Or Vega, depending on which country you live in. Man, Сарсот names are confusing.) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/9/878469.jpg)
Capcom
Jughead
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS JUGHEAD TURNS INTO A WEREWOLF In the limited comic book series Jughead: The Hunger, the burger enthusiast becomes S a human enthusiast as he kills Riverdale residents in werewolf form. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/7/0/878470.jpg)
Archie Comics
Jubilee
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS JUBILEE TURNS INTO A VAMPIRE A vampire terrorist releases a bioweapon that gives Jubes her new vampire powers, and she becomes permanently a vampire after being bitten by Dracula's son. (She then gets cured, gets her sparkly powers back, adopts a baby, and becomes a teacher, because X-Men lovvvvvve insane soap opera drama.) CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/8/878468.jpg)
Marvel
Finn Bálor
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS FINN BÁLOR BECOMES THE DEMON For a time in WWE, whenever Bálor felt the need, he would unlock his Demon persona to wrestle more viciously and play mind games with his body paint. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/7/878467.jpg)
Captain America
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS A CAPTAIN AMERICA BECOMES A WEREWOLF In Captain America #402-#408, Cap-Wolf is introduced in a story arc in which Steve Rogers is captured and given a wolf serum. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/4/878464.jpg)
Marvel
Beast
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS BEAST TURNS INTO A CAT-LIKE BEAST, THEN A GORILLA-LIKE BEAST They give weak story reasons sometimes, but Hank McCoy is given a different look to change things up aesthetically every handful of years. The Wolverine- haircut furball strongman to lion-face furball to were-gorilla are just some of the transitions. WOR CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/5/878465.jpg)
Marvel
Batman
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS BATMAN IS UNDEAD IN DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL A twist within this storyline is that Bats has been dead all along (which explains why he's able to wield a Black Lantern ring). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/6/878466.jpg)
DC
Superman
![CHARACTERS TURNING INTO MONSTERS SUPERMAN'S COSTUME IN ITS JAWS! OH, NO... THIS KRYPTONIAN MONSTER HAS KILLED SUPERMAN! SUPERMAN TRANSFORMS INTO A KRYPTONIAN DRAGON In Action Comics #303, some writer decided that Red Kryptonite should turn the Man of Steel into a giant, one-horned, furry Luck Dragon (or drang, as they're called on Krypton). WHY IS JIMMY RECOILING? I THOUGHT THAT BY HOLDING MY COSTUME IN MY JAWS I WOULD MAKE HIM REALIZE THE TRUTH...THAT I AM SUPERMANITVE GOT TO MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO ME! CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/6/3/878463.jpg)
DC