Double network hydrogels (DN gels), consisting of two networks with strongly asymmetric network structures and properties, are one of most investigated high strength hydrogels. In most cases, the first network of DN gels is rigid, brittle and tightly crosslinked, while the second network is soft, ductile and loosely crosslinked. Because of the tunable and diverse network structures, DN gels with controlled shape deformation have attracted great attention in recent years. The shape deformation of DN gels can be controlled by first network, second network, or both networks. In this mini review, the shape deformation of DN gels via different networks will be summarized, and the application and future perspectives also are discussed. REVIEW usually soft, ductile, and loosely crosslinked which acts as "hidden length" to protect the integrity of DN gel after the first network fractured. Generally, the molar concentration of second network is 20-30 times higher than that of first network, and the two networks are strongly entangled with each other. The first network is also stiffer and more brittle than second network. "Stiffer" means the first network has higher elastic modulus than second network, while "more brittle" means the first network is often fracture earlier than second network. In this way, the first network bears stress firstly and is fractured to dissipate energy. Gong and co-workers 42 developed a two-step sequential free-radical polymerization method to synthesize the first fully chemically crosslinked poly(2-acrylamido-2methylpropanesulfonic acid)/polyacrylamide (PAMPS/PAAm) DN hydrogels (named as chemical DN gels, i.e., both first and second network were crosslinked by covalent bonds), which can achieve fracture toughness of 10 2 -10 3 J m −2 , fracture tensile stress of 1-10 MPa, and fracture tensile strain of 1000-2000%. Since then, various chemical DN gels have been prepared, including microgel-reinforced gels, 48 "molecular stent" DN gels, 49 void-DN gels, 50 inverse DN gels, 51 and nanocomposite DN (NC-DN) gels. 52-56 However, chemical DN gels often suffer from severe softening phenomenon and are lack of fatigue resistance. If one of the networks is crosslinked by physical interactions (such as ionic interactions, hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic associations, coordination interactions, etc.), while the other network is covalently crosslinked, the DN gels are named hybrid DN gels. If both the networks are crosslinked by physical interactions, the DN gels are called fully physical DN gels (i.e., physical DN gels). In recent years, hybrid DN gels and physical DN gels have been successfully developed. Representatively, Suo et al. 57 reported Ca 2+ -alginate/polyacrylamide (Caalginate/PAAm) hybrid gels, which exhibited extremely high toughness of 10 4 J/m 2 . Our group also developed a robust