Examples of shape shifting

Shape shifting is the ability to change one's appearance to match another's. A full list of examples of the power in action follows.

Examples

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  James takes on the appearance of Agent Jenkins.
  (Cog)
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  James impersonates Agent Jenkins at Building 26...
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  ...as Jenkins, James shakes hands with Danko...
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  ...and later pretends to be him.
  (Into Asylum)
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  James touches a janitor's arm...
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  ...shifts into a painful transformation...
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  ...and successfully copies the host's physical appearance.
  (Into Asylum)
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  James pretends to be Sylar.
  (Into Asylum)
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  Sylar, after acquiring the ability, impersonates a female coroner...
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  ...then shifts back to his original form...
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  ...and corrects his own eye color.
  (Into Asylum)
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  After impersonating Danko...
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  ...Sylar morphs back...
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  ...to his original form.
  (Turn and Face the Strange)
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  After impersonating Sandra Bennet, Sylar morphs back to his normal face.
  (Turn and Face the Strange)
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  Sylar impersonates Senator Petrelli and gives a press conference as him.
  (1961)
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  Sylar shifts from Agent Taub's appearance to his own.
  (I Am Sylar)
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  Sylar uses his ability to pretend to have a conversation with his mother.
  (I Am Sylar)
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  Sylar takes on the appearance of Micah to help Micah evade capture...
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  ...and later takes on the appearance of Nathan.
  (I Am Sylar)
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  Sylar impersonates Claire, and answers the call from Noah.
  (An Invisible Thread)
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  Peter impersonates the President in order to take down Sylar.
  (An Invisible Thread)