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|vulnerabilities= [[Silver]] bullet or blade through the heart, decapitation.
|appearance= Humanoid; can appear as any person they see or come into contact with.
|episodes= [[1.06 Skin]]<br>[[2.12 Nightshifter]]<br>[[2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign]] (mentioned)<br>[[4.01 Lazarus Rising]] (mentioned)<br>[[4.05 Monster Movie]]<br>[[6.02 Two and a Half Men]]<br>[[6.10 Caged Heat]]<br>[[6.19 Mommy Dearest]] (as a [[Jefferson Starships|hybrid]])<br>[[9.16 Blade Runners]]<br>[[9.20 Bloodlines]]<br>[[10.06 Ask Jeeves]]<br>[[12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes]]<br>[[13.04 The Big Empty]]<br>[[14.10 Nihilism]]
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==Characteristics==
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[[File:RetinalFlare.jpg|right|thumb|350px|A [[shapeshifter]] in a supermarket shows its retinal flare on the security cameras.]]
Shapeshifters can change their form so as to appear as any person living, dead, or fictional. Unlike most [[monsters]], shifters have appeared to have purely human drives that have ranged from jealously, greed and loneliness. It appears that not all the shapeshifters have the exact same abilities: [[Dean]] says that the one they encounter in Milwaukee shifts faster than the one they saw in St. Louis.<ref name="two12"/> Some must shed their skin, teeth, and nails to change from one form to another.<ref name="one06">[[1.06 Skin]]</ref><ref name="two12">[[2.12 Nightshifter]]</ref> However, [[Sam]] and Dean have encountered shapeshifters, such as the [[Alpha Shapeshifter]] -- the progenitor of all shapeshifters -- that do not require themselves to shed their skin when they change.<ref>[[6.19 Mommy Dearest]]</ref><ref>[[9.16 Blade Runners]]</ref><ref>[[9.20 Bloodlines]]</ref> Shapeshifters that shed their skin were born of one human mother or father while shifters that morph into the likeness of other people were conceived by the union of two shifters.
===Powers and Abilitiesabilities===* Take on a living person’s physical appearance and access the thoughts of the person they Crossbreeding – Shifters are mimickingable to have children by impregnating human women.<ref>[[6.02 Two and a Half Men]]</ref><ref name="one06">[[10.06 Ask Jeeves]]</ref>* Take [[Shapeshifting]] – As their name suggests, shapeshifters can take on a living person’s physical appearance. Shifters can also take on a deceased or fictional person's physical appearance, from pictures or from film.Shifters can perfectly copy a person from their fingerprints to their teeth<ref name="four05">[[4.05 Monster Movie]]</ref><ref>[[10.06 Ask Jeeves]]</ref>When a shifter changes into another person they will shed their skin, how fast a shifter changes can vary with some having been known to shift instantly, much like the [[Alpha Shapeshifter]].* Have children by impregnating human womenSuper strength – A shapeshifter's strength can far exceed that of a humans, with shifters being able to easily overpower and even rip humans apart with their bare hands.<ref>* [[6.02 Two and a Half MenTelepathy]]– As long as a shifter keeps their victim alive, they have access the thoughts of the person they are mimicking.</ref><ref>[[10.06 Ask Jeeves]]<name="one06"/ref>
===Weaknesses===
* Piercing the heart with [[silverAnimals sensing the paranormal]]– Dogs have been shown to react aggressively around the presence of shapeshifters.* Decapitation – Like most things, a shifter can be killed by cutting off it's head.<ref name="one06"/><ref name="four05"/><ref name="two12six10"/> * Iridium– The rare metal iridium was shown to be the only thing capable of injuring the [[Alpha Shapeshifter]]. Crowley discovered this while experimenting on other shifters.<ref name="six10">[[6.10 Caged Heat]]</ref>* Decapitation<ref name="six10"/>* Can [[Retinal flare]]s – Shapeshifters can be identified by the retinal flares they give off on videos.* [[Silver]] – Piercing the heart with [[silver]] will kill a shapeshifter, while general contact with silver can also cause them harm.<ref name="one06"/><ref name="four05"/><ref name="two12"/> * [[Vamptonite]] - – According to [[Edgar]], the [[Leviathan]] food additive has been engineered to kill all monsters, including shifters.
==Episodes==
[[File:Skinone.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A shapeshifter shedding its skin.]]
===[[1.06 Skin]]===
:''Shapeshifter:'' [[The Shapeshifter]]
A shapeshifter takes on people’s forms to get close to and kill their loved ones. The shapeshifter hints at his own origins: “Maybe this thing was born human but was different. Hideous and hated. Until he learned to become someone else.”
Dean is blamed by the police for the killings committed by the shapeshifter, and even though he is “killed,” this eventually brings him to the attention of [[Special Agent Victor Henriksen]] and the FBI.
===[[2.07 The Usual Suspects]]===[[Dean]] tells detective Sheridan "Oh, yeah. That wasn't me either. That was a shapeshifter creature that only looked like me." [[File:SherriDeath.jpg|left|thumb|300px|[[Dean]] kills [[Sherri|Shapeshifter!Sherri]].]]
===[[2.12 Nightshifter]]===
A shapeshifter is killing people and taking on their appearances in order to commit robberiesin Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bank employee [[Ronald Resnick]] works out that something not human is behind the crimes. He incorrectly identifies it as a [[Mandroid]], a part-man, part-machine creature that can take on people’s forms.
At a bank it intends to rob, the shapeshifter is identified by [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] based on retinal flare in security footagethey assume the shifter will strike the City Bank of Milwaukee as it had taken on the form of the bank manager. They are unable to kill it because Ronald takes the people in the bank hostage, searching for the Mandroid. Sam and Dean take control of the hostage situation, and but the creature shifts more than once in an attempt to escape them. It is in takes on the form of a bank teller, [[Sherri]] , and pretends to be deceased so the Winchesters will kill the real Sherri. But when the real Sherri faints when confronted, Sam realizes what the shifter had done. When the FBI and police break into the bank, the shapeshifter attacks Dean and escapes again to the boiler room where. Dean finally chases it down and eventually manages to gain the upper hand and stabs it the shapeshifter in the heart with a silver letter opener. The real Sherri survives, killing it.
===[[2.14 Born Under a Bad Sign]]===
When [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] find the corpse of [[Steve Wandell]], and watch video footage of what appears to be Sam killing him. Dean suggests it may be a shapeshifter, but the suggestion is shot down by Sam, because the lack of eye retinal flare or distortion on the video.
===[[4.01 Lazarus Rising]]===
[[Image:MonsterMovieDracula.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Lucy/Dracula/Shapeshifter|Shapeshifter!Dracula]]]]
===[[4.05 Monster Movie]]===
[[File:BobbyJohn.jpg|left|thumb|300px|[[Bobby John]], a shapeshifter baby.]]
===[[6.02 Two and a Half Men]]===
:''Shapeshifters:'' [[Alpha Shapeshifter]] and [[Bobby John]]
A shapeshifter is imitating men, impregnating their partners, and then returning when the child is six months old to kidnap it. Sam and Dean manage to rescue one baby, which they call [[Bobby John]]. While in a market getting supplies, the baby is crying and a woman approaches and offers help. Dean spots retinal flare in her eyes on the security cameras and, while the shifter tries to steal the baby, they manage to get away, only to find out that the baby itself is a shapeshifter when it changes from a Caucasian baby to an African American one based on an image it sees on a pack of diapers. The shifter from the store, now in the guise of a police officer, catches up to them in a motel room, and Sam shoots it through the heart, killing it.
===[[6.10 Caged Heat]]===
:''Shapeshifter:'' [[Alpha Shapeshifter]]
[[Crowley]] has chained the [[Alpha Shapeshifter]] to a chair in his monster prison. It has assumed the form of Crowley's [[meatsuit]], and is not cooperating. The [[demon]] keeps demanding that the shapeshifter reveal the location of [[Purgatory]], but the [[Alpha]] claims that it doesn't know where to find it. Crowley comments that through experiments conducted on "lesser" shapeshifters, he has found something that will harm the [[Alpha]]: iridium. He holds up an iridium knife and threatens to start removing "the parts that stick out" if the shifter does not start talking. The Alpha still denies knowledge of [[Purgatory]], so Crowley stabs it. He then leans in close, and the Alpha spits blood at him. Infuriated, Crowley activates a baby monitor, over which crying can be heard, and reminds the Alpha that he holds several of its children hostage. He threatens to kill them in front of the shapeshifter, but the Alpha replies "Kill 'em all. We'll make more." [[Crowley]] turns away, grabs a machete, and beheads the [[Alpha]].
===[[6.16 ...And Then There Were None]]===
[[Bobby]] tells [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] "Shifters, six of them. Two hunters died taking them out."
===[[6.19 Mommy Dearest]]===
On examination of a number of corpses in a bar, Dean finds they have strange hybrid attributes - one creature has [[Vampires|vampiric]] teeth in addition to the spike of a [[wraith]] protruding from its wrist. Others seem to have shapeshifting abilities on top of these other attributes and display a retinal flare when filmed. Dean dubs these hybrids [[Jefferson Starships]].
===[[9.02 Devil May Care]]===
Irv, talking about Tracey, tells [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] "we did a shifter job in Sacramento together."
===[[9.16 Blade Runners]]===
===[[9.20 Bloodlines]]===
:''Shahpeshifters:'' [[David Lassiter]], [[Margo Lassiter]] and [[Sal Lassiter]]
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===[[10.06 Ask Jeeves]]===
:''Shapeshifter:'' [[Olivia (Shapeshifter)|Olivia]]
Several years ago, [[Bunny LaCroix]] had an affair on her husband with a shapeshifter and got pregnant. She passed the baby, [[Olivia (Shapeshifter)|Olivia]] off as her husband Lance's, but when they got home from the hospital, the shapeshifter father was waiting. He killed Lance when he tried to resist and tried to take Olivia, but was killed by [[Bobby Singer]] before he could. At the pleading of Bunny, Bobby agreed not to kill Olivia on the condition that Bunny lock her up for everyone's safety. Bunny agreed and asked Bobby to take care of Olivia if anything happened to her.
However, Olivia was not content with the state of affairs and took on the form of Bunny to scare the maid [[Colette (Ask Jeeves)|Colette]] when she tried to steal a pearl necklace. However, this resulted in Colette falling to her death. Phillip covered up the murder and hid Colette's body in the attic, claiming she'd gone off to clown college. When Bunny's family arrived for her funeral and will reading as well as Sam and Dean as Bobby's next of kin, Olivia decided to kill everyone, Sam and Dean for revenge against Bobby and the family out of disgust for their greed and the way they treated her mother. She started by taking on the form of Lance and decapitating [[Stanton]]. Phillip locked her in the attic again, but Dean released her, not knowing what she really was. Olivia then killed Phillip to pay him back for locking her up and after Dean found her out while she was in Phillip's form, quickly ran off and returned to her own form. After "finding" Phillip's body, Olivia took Sam and Dean to the silverware where they pulled out what they believed to be [[silver]] butter knives and gave one to Olivia to test her. As the knives were actually stainless steel, she passed the test. While everyone was distracted, Olivia murdered [[Detective Howard]] by drowning him in the toilet and then after Sam and Dean were locked up, confronted the rest of her family with Howard's gun. Olivia explained her connection to Bunny and reasons for killing everyone, but before she could harm anyone else, Sam and Dean escaped by shooting out the lock of the room they were in. Olivia and Sam engaged in a game of cat and mouse, with Olivia explaining Bobby's connection to her family. Olivia quickly realized Sam had no [[Silver Bullet|silver bullets]] as he wasn't firing at her and prepared to kill him. Before she could fire, Dean returned from the [[Impala]] with silver bullets and shot her through the heart from behind, killing her. Possibly under the influence of the [[Mark of Cain]], Dean then unloaded several more rounds into Olivia's body.
===[[11.13 Love Hurts]]===
When trying to figure what killed Staci Altman, [[Dean]] is given the nanny cam footage of her murder by Dan Harper, which shows him ripping her heart out at the same time he is at dinner with his wife. When Dean shows the footage to [[Sam]], Sam notices what appears to be a eye flare deducing that it is a shapeshifter. Sam and Dean first test the wife, [[Melissa Harper]], who passes. Later when Melissa seeks Sam and Dean's aid while she is being pursued by her dead husband, Dean shoots the doppelganger with silver bullets, which has no effect on him. Sam and Dean eventually learn they are dealing with a [[qareen]].
===[[12.17 The British Invasion]]===
[[Arthur Ketch]] and [[Mary Winchester]] report to Arthur's superiors that together they have killed eight shapeshifters.
===[[12.20 Twigs & Twine & Tasha Banes]]===
Ketch and Mary are interrogating a shapeshifter, who has taken Mary's form, for information on the whereabouts of it's family. The interrogation quickly moves to torture as Ketch begins driving silver spikes into the shifter. Telling the shifter he will stop torturing him if he just gives up his family, the shifter merely states that Ketch's eye twitches when he lies, prompting Ketch to tell him it always twitches before hitting him, causing the shifter to shapeshift into Ketch's form to taunt him. Eventually, the shifter is killed by Ketch, despite not getting any intel after the prolonged torture session.
===[[13.04 The Big Empty]]===
:''Shapeshifters:'' [[Buddy]] and [[Mia Vallens]]
Dean, Sam and Jack are investigating a case where people are being murdered by their supposedly dead loved ones. After ruling out [[ghost]] and [[revenant]] activity, the Winchesters and [[Jack]] connect the victims who were seeing the same therapist, [[Mia Vallens]].
Posing as brothers who had recently lost their mother, the three visit Mia. Sam notices blood on a sign and sneaks upstairs to discover skin, hair, and teeth remains in the bathroom. They accuse Mia of being a shapeshifter and murdering her clients. She admits that she is a shapeshifter but insists that she just wants to help grieving people get closure. After her alibi checks out, she suggests that the killings could be perpetrated by her ex Buddy, who is also a shifter, but with a sadistic streak. Dean and Jack go to check that Mia’s assistant isn’t really Buddy while Sam stays and reviews security camera footage. Sam recognizes that one of Mia’s patients as Buddy by his retinal flare on the video and borrows Mia's car to check him out.
When Dean and Jack return, Jack tells Mia about his mother and asks that she shift so that he can see her. Meanwhile, Buddy has arrived and taken Dean’s form after knocking him unconscious. He incapacitates Jack too and removes his Dean skin. Buddy gives Mia an ultimatum: either she kills Dean and Jack or he will kill her. Sam’s arrival distracts Buddy and he changes plan to try and shoot Sam as he opens the door, but Jack uses his powers to deflect the bullet and slams Buddy into the well. Sam kills Buddy with a silver bullet and the Winchesters and Jack leave Mia who promises to clean up the mess.
[[File:ShifterEyes.png|thumb|right|350px|A shifter reveals itself to [[Maggie (Apocalypse World)|Maggie]].]]
===[[14.10 Nihilism]]===
A shapeshifter kills and replaces a [[hunter]] named Tiger and tricks [[Maggie (Apocalypse World)|Maggie]] and the other hunters into leading him to [[the Bunker]]. Once there, the shapeshifter purposefully fails to lock the main door and exposes himself to the hunters once the other [[monsters]] arrive. During the fight that follows, the shapeshifter disarms Maggie, but mainly watches the fight from the sidelines. Along with the other four monsters, he is disintegrated by Jack after Jack taps into the power of his [[soul]].
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==Shapeshifters in Lore==
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