Which one-off morphs would you have liked to see more often? I know I would have liked the others who got elephant besides Rachel in 22 use them on occasion or maybe an excuse for Tobias to use his nartec morph again.
Ax: Rattlesnake! It's small, it's fast, and it's capable of taking down even an andalite (let alone a human) within seconds — usually without killing. IMHO this is the perfect blend of stealth and offensive power for an Animorph, especially because it can take a controller down without killing the host. Plus, it has plausible deniability if anyone does see it around, as a species native to California.
Marco: Cobra. Ibid everything I just said about rattlesnake, but with the added bonus that it's even faster. Plus, I'll never not love the moments in #21 and #37 where someone yeets cobra!Marco at their problems.
Jake: Anacon Okay, fine, I'll get off the snake train. Howler, then. It's got limited utility since it's basically a bomb: it can kill everyone in an area, or it can kill no one. However. That one anon specifically suggested using howler on the Blade ship in #54, which is a perfect use case, because the Animorph in question would be alone and surrounded by dozens of controllers.
Cassie: Rachel. I love Animorphs' concern with consent as being The thing that separates the heroes from the villains, and I understand how that translates to almost never using human morphs because you need the DNA donor's permission. But I love the idea of Cassie being cornered, about to be caught... and then morphing halfway into Rachel, because that's a thing Cassie and only Cassie can do. So now she still looks like a human girl, but one who's middle height with Black and white ancestry and mid-gold mid-length mid-straightness hair. And no one can identify her.
Rachel: Chimpanzee. Because they're fairly strong fighters, but can also use weapons. And Rachel is the most inclined to use weapons of anyone on the team, from the severed limbs of her enemies (or herself) to the dracon beams in #17 or #37.
Tobias: ??? It's hard because he's got fewer morphs than anyone else, and his unique morphs (taxxon, nartec, Ket Halpak, Taylor, Ax) tend to be sapient and thus have consent issues. I guess I'll vote Ax, since that morph is useful for stealth purposes but also plenty good at fighting.
