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{{familiar
|famid=40
|name=Doppelshifter
|H1=This amorphous blob
|H2=Can take on so many forms
|H3=Strange, yet familiar.
|ability=Randomly transforms into other familiars
|hatchling=doppelshifter egg
|equipment=tiny makeup kit
|function=Shifts its shape into a random other [[:Category:Familiars|familiar]] every fight.
|throne=!
|ucm=3
|sh=3
|oc=3
|hns=3
|hands=0
|wings=0
|animal=0
|clothes=0
|eyes=1
|mechanical=0
|sleaze=0
|undead=0
|hot=0
|biting=0
|quick=0
|flying=0
|evil=0
|bug=0}}

*At beginning of combat:
*:<name> changes into a <[[:Category:Familiars|familiar type]]>.
*Regular combat message:
*:<<[[:Category:Familiars|familiar type]]>'s combat message(s)>
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*:<<[[:Category:Familiars|familiar type]]>'s [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] message>
*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
*:<<[[:Category:Familiars|familiar type]]>'s [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] message>
*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
*:<<[[:Category:Familiars|familiar type]]>'s [[wax lips]] message>
*At end of combat:
*:<name> reverts to an amorphous blob.

==Arena Messages==
*None - familiar has no weaknesses.

==Notes==
*October 2005's item of the month from [[Mr. Store]].
*Changes into almost any familiar, not just the ones you own. It will not change into the [[Comma Chameleon]], [[Mad Hatrack]], [[Disembodied Hand]], [[Fancypants Scarecrow]], [[El Vibrato Megadrone (familiar)|El Vibrato Megadrone]], [[Reassembled Blackbird]] or into itself. As of April 2010, it can change into any of the [[April Fools' Familiars]].
*Due to [[White Wednesday]], the Doppelshifter was in [[Mr. Store]] for over a month (closer to 40 days), making it the longest-running Mr. Store familiar as of September 2007.
* [[tiny costume wardrobe]] gives +25 lbs of weight to Doppelshifters, +10 more than [[tiny makeup kit]].
===Notes on transforming into specific familiars===
*[[Temporal Riftlet]]: Does give extra adventures.
*[[Sweet Nutcracker]]: Does sometimes buff you.
*[[Wild Hare]]: Can give extra adventures.
*[[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Can give {{plural|toast}}.
*[[Astral Badger]]: Can give {{plural|astral mushroom}}.
*[[Ancient Yuletide Troll]]: Can give {{plural|disintegrating sheet music}}.
*[[Spirit Hobo]]: If your other familiar is charged, the Doppelshifter can use up its charges.
*[[Gluttonous Green Ghost]]: If your other familiar is charged, the Doppelshifter can use up its charges.
*[[Slimeling]]: If your other familiar is charged, the Doppelshifter can use up its charges.
*[[Penguin Goodfella]]: Can give (and use) {{plural|Goodfella contract}}.
*[[Green Pixie]]: Can give {{plural|tiny bottle of absinthe}}.
*[[Llama Lama]]: Can give {{plural|llama lama gong}}.
*[[Baby Sandworm]]: Can give {{plural|agua de vida}}.
*[[Purse Rat]]: Does not increase [[Monster Level]].
*[[Mini-Hipster]]: Can self equip an [[ironic moustache]] while not wearing another piece of familiar equipment.
*[[Jack-in-the-Box]]: Will give the item and stat bonuses on its third turn as this familiar.

==References==
*The name of this familiar is a [[wikipedia:portmanteau|combination]] of the words "[[wikipedia:Doppelgänger|doppelgänger]]" and "[[wikipedia:Shapeshifting|shapeshifter]]".
*The name also appears to be a play on the phrase "Doppler shift", another way of describing the [[wikipedia:Doppler effect|Doppler effect]].