Resist the Beast/Playing With

Basic Trope: A character becoming a Tragic Monster tries to resist the murderous instincts that come with the change, but usually not for long.

• Straight: Bill is slowly turning into a viscious wereshark, and is trying to hold back the Unstoppable Rage.
• Exaggerated: ???
• Downplayed: Bill notices he is starting to become a total Jerkass, but can't stop himself no matter how hard he tries.
• Justified: ???
• Inverted: Bill's pet shark is in a Humanity Ensues situation tries to resist human urges.
• Subverted: The character feels themselves change, and gathers up all their Heroic Willpower to Resist the Beast, until … nothing. Their original mind remains perfectly intact.
• Double Subverted: ...but then begins the Slow Transformation anew.
• Parodied: A character who becomes a werewolf tries in vain to resist his animalistic urges to … chase his tail and play fetch.
• Averted: Bill becomes a wereshark - be it voluntary or involuntary, permanently or otherwise - but his human mind was never at risk of being lost to any kind of primal instinct.
• Enforced: The show needs a bit of transhuman drama to boost the ratings.
  • ...or the show's creators want to set up an "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight.
• Lampshaded: ???
• Discussed: ???
• Conversed: ???