

There are several exceeds known, and as far as I can remember, only
Pantherlily and Samuel are shown to turn into human form.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VUHABl.png)

So, why can't other exceeds like Happy and Carla change into human form as
well?


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Why are not all Exceeds able to transform into an anthropoid (humanlike) form?


A possible theory is that only certain Exceeds with special conditions can
have a battle form.

Samuel was raised by the Legion Corps upon birth, prompting his devotion to
them. He has learnt combat from the Legion Corps and has great wisdom. His
knowledge is what that enabled him to unlock the key to have a battle form.

Pantherlily is born in Edolas and is an Exceed that used to work for the
kingdom of Edolas as the Magic Militia's First Division Commander of the Royal
Army. He should be able to do it with talent and stay in his battle form or he
wouldn't be the leader in the Royal Army.


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The reasons that I think is the most probable would be that:

  1. They both have combat experience. They learnt how to fight and their body adapted to be that form to allowed them to fight to their fullest.

  2. They wanted to make Lily special because he was the only exceed that came into the human world and joined Fairy Tail during the Edolas Arc.(Samuel was not canon)

  3. My last point is that they both have better magic capabilities/power/amount compared to all the other exceed as lily mentioned that it was difficult to maintain the battle form in Earthland compared to Edolas. Since both was brought up like a soldier they would be stronger in physical terms and magical terms.


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Well, up until the Edolas arc, Carla and Happy were the only Exceeds in Earth
Land, and since Exceeds are the only living beings in Edolas with magic power
flowing through them, they would have plenty of time to learn, whereas Carla
and Happy knew nothing of their heritage until that arc.


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Well, if you had listened to Samuel, he said that both him and Pantherlily are
the older generation of the Exceeds. Maybe that's the reason why.


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As of Fairy Tail chapter 420,

> Carla has taken on a human-esque form, similar to Pantherlily and Samuel. It
> might be age-related, or age combined with maturity to get to this second
> form of appearance.


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I am not sure that this applies for Pantherlily and Samuel, but in chapter
421, Charle could transform into anthropoid (human-like form) because she
learned transformation magic.

![chapter 421](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Im3YA.png)

This may be the cause that Pantherlily and Samuel could transform, and
Pantherlily saying that he could maintain that form for certain time only when
he's worn out in battle because it requires magic to maintain it.


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