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A transmogrifier is a device which transforms or metamorphoses an object into another object, most...

A transmogrifier is a device which transforms or metamorphoses an object into another object, most commonly found in fiction. In Bill Watterson's comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, the transmogrifier is a fictional device invented by Calvin capable of transmogrifying any object into any other object. The first transmogrifier Calvin invents consists of an upside-down cardboard box (first appeared March 23, 1987) with the word "transmogrifier" handwritten on the side in marker. A dial on the side of the box may be pointed towards one of several settings, also marked on the box in marker. More settings can be added by simply writing them around the dial. A button initiates the transmogrification process, turning the thing under the box into whatever is indicated on the dial always accompanied by a loud "zap!" sound when activated. Calvin used his transmogrifier to great effect in the comic strip, transforming himself into a tiger, dinosaur, elephant and other animals. Calvin made subsequent improvements upon the transmogrifier technology, turning the box into a duplicator (by turning it on its side and writing "duplicator" on the side) and a time machine (by turning the box upright and