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[Ymir](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Ymir_\(Anime\)) became an
intelligent titan when she ate
[Marcel](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Marcel_\(Anime\)) without his
consent. [Grisha
Jaeger](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Grisha_Jaeger_\(Anime\))
inherited the founding titan's power when he ate [Frieda
Reiss](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Frieda_Reiss_\(Anime\)), without
her consent.

But when a random no-name Titan ate [Eren
Jaeger](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Eren_Jaeger_\(Anime\))... well
that's when Eren Jaeger transformed into a Titan for the first time, inside
the titan that ate him.

My question is... why didn't Marcel and why didn't Frieda transform after they
were eaten?

Maybe Marcel had his legs eaten off, first (I don't remember), and his body
was unable to transform because it was recovering, but then, when [Reiner
Braun](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Reiner_Braun_\(Anime\)) had a
sword through his neck he was able to transform into a Titan, no problem.

Similarly, Frieda might have been exhausted from her fight with Grisha, but
when Eren was exhausted after training with his newly enhanced armor ability
he was still able to transform, albeit to a smaller Titan.

Any ideas or is this a plot hole?


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Why didn't Marcel or Frieda Reiss transform when being eaten?


For Marcel, this is mostly my interpretation. Because of the situation and
their lack of experience in exploring Paradis, [Marcel most likely panicked
and was unable to
transform](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/53392/why-didnt-marcel-
turn-into-a-titan-to-avoid-being-eaten-by-ymir/53393#53393). He only had time
to push Reiner out of the way and had no time to react. He was also feeling
guilty during that time when he revealed that Reiner was enlisted not because
of his skills but because he (Marcel) wanted to save his brother. This could
have also distracted him and clouded his judgement.

As for Frieda, she lacked experience and was severely injured. As mentioned
[here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/44553/why-couldnt-eren-
yeager-transform-into-a-titan-in-the-last-episode-of-season-2),

> If a human emerges from their Titan form and receives severe injury, this
> person cannot transform into a Titan again until said injuries have healed.

Given that Grisha bit her out of her Titan form, as seen in **Chapter 63** ,
that would have caused serious or fatal injuries even before she would be
swallowed and since she already made a prior transformation, _she cannot do so
again unless her injuries would heal but it was too late_.


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