diff --git a/core/variant/variant_utility.cpp b/core/variant/variant_utility.cpp
index fe7150bca98eea..2afc6a4fc90563 100644
--- a/core/variant/variant_utility.cpp
+++ b/core/variant/variant_utility.cpp
@@ -719,6 +719,90 @@ struct VariantUtilityFunctions {
 		return obj.get_type();
 	}
 
+	static inline Variant type_convert(const Variant &p_variant, const Variant::Type p_type) {
+		switch (p_type) {
+			case Variant::Type::NIL:
+				return Variant();
+			case Variant::Type::BOOL:
+				return p_variant.operator bool();
+			case Variant::Type::INT:
+				return p_variant.operator int64_t();
+			case Variant::Type::FLOAT:
+				return p_variant.operator double();
+			case Variant::Type::STRING:
+				return p_variant.operator String();
+			case Variant::Type::VECTOR2:
+				return p_variant.operator Vector2();
+			case Variant::Type::VECTOR2I:
+				return p_variant.operator Vector2i();
+			case Variant::Type::RECT2:
+				return p_variant.operator Rect2();
+			case Variant::Type::RECT2I:
+				return p_variant.operator Rect2i();
+			case Variant::Type::VECTOR3:
+				return p_variant.operator Vector3();
+			case Variant::Type::VECTOR3I:
+				return p_variant.operator Vector3i();
+			case Variant::Type::TRANSFORM2D:
+				return p_variant.operator Transform2D();
+			case Variant::Type::VECTOR4:
+				return p_variant.operator Vector4();
+			case Variant::Type::VECTOR4I:
+				return p_variant.operator Vector4i();
+			case Variant::Type::PLANE:
+				return p_variant.operator Plane();
+			case Variant::Type::QUATERNION:
+				return p_variant.operator Quaternion();
+			case Variant::Type::AABB:
+				return p_variant.operator ::AABB();
+			case Variant::Type::BASIS:
+				return p_variant.operator Basis();
+			case Variant::Type::TRANSFORM3D:
+				return p_variant.operator Transform3D();
+			case Variant::Type::PROJECTION:
+				return p_variant.operator Projection();
+			case Variant::Type::COLOR:
+				return p_variant.operator Color();
+			case Variant::Type::STRING_NAME:
+				return p_variant.operator StringName();
+			case Variant::Type::NODE_PATH:
+				return p_variant.operator NodePath();
+			case Variant::Type::RID:
+				return p_variant.operator ::RID();
+			case Variant::Type::OBJECT:
+				return p_variant.operator Object *();
+			case Variant::Type::CALLABLE:
+				return p_variant.operator Callable();
+			case Variant::Type::SIGNAL:
+				return p_variant.operator Signal();
+			case Variant::Type::DICTIONARY:
+				return p_variant.operator Dictionary();
+			case Variant::Type::ARRAY:
+				return p_variant.operator Array();
+			case Variant::Type::PACKED_BYTE_ARRAY:
+				return p_variant.operator PackedByteArray();
+			case Variant::Type::PACKED_INT32_ARRAY:
+				return p_variant.operator PackedInt32Array();
+			case Variant::Type::PACKED_INT64_ARRAY:
+				return p_variant.operator PackedInt64Array();
+			case Variant::Type::PACKED_FLOAT32_ARRAY:
+				return p_variant.operator PackedFloat32Array();
+			case Variant::Type::PACKED_FLOAT64_ARRAY:
+				return p_variant.operator PackedFloat64Array();
+			case Variant::Type::PACKED_STRING_ARRAY:
+				return p_variant.operator PackedStringArray();
+			case Variant::Type::PACKED_VECTOR2_ARRAY:
+				return p_variant.operator PackedVector2Array();
+			case Variant::Type::PACKED_VECTOR3_ARRAY:
+				return p_variant.operator PackedVector3Array();
+			case Variant::Type::PACKED_COLOR_ARRAY:
+				return p_variant.operator PackedColorArray();
+			default:
+				ERR_PRINT("Invalid type argument to type_convert(), use the TYPE_* constants. Returning the unconverted Variant.");
+				return p_variant;
+		}
+	}
+
 	static inline String str(const Variant **p_args, int p_arg_count, Callable::CallError &r_error) {
 		if (p_arg_count < 1) {
 			r_error.error = Callable::CallError::CALL_ERROR_TOO_FEW_ARGUMENTS;
@@ -1572,6 +1656,7 @@ void Variant::_register_variant_utility_functions() {
 
 	FUNCBINDVR(weakref, sarray("obj"), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
 	FUNCBINDR(_typeof, sarray("variable"), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
+	FUNCBINDR(type_convert, sarray("variant", "type"), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
 	FUNCBINDVARARGS(str, sarray(), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
 	FUNCBINDR(error_string, sarray("error"), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
 	FUNCBINDVARARGV(print, sarray(), Variant::UTILITY_FUNC_TYPE_GENERAL);
diff --git a/doc/classes/@GlobalScope.xml b/doc/classes/@GlobalScope.xml
index 7e7cb07cef244b..4c41e5e5cba541 100644
--- a/doc/classes/@GlobalScope.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/@GlobalScope.xml
@@ -1182,6 +1182,23 @@
 				[/codeblock]
 			</description>
 		</method>
+		<method name="type_convert">
+			<return type="Variant" />
+			<param index="0" name="variant" type="Variant" />
+			<param index="1" name="type" type="int" />
+			<description>
+				Converts the given [param variant] to the given [param type], using the [enum Variant.Type] values. This method is generous with how it handles types, it can automatically convert between array types, convert numeric [String]s to [int], and converting most things to [String].
+				If the type conversion cannot be done, this method will return the default value for that type, for example converting [Rect2] to [Vector2] will always return [code]Vector2.ZERO[/code]. This method will never show error messages as long as [param type] is a valid Variant type.
+				The returned value is a [Variant], but the data inside and the [enum Variant.Type] will be the same as the requested type.
+				[codeblock]
+				type_convert("Hi!", TYPE_INT) # Returns 0
+				type_convert("123", TYPE_INT) # Returns 123
+				type_convert(123.4, TYPE_INT) # Returns 123
+				type_convert(5, TYPE_VECTOR2) # Returns (0, 0)
+				type_convert("Hi!", TYPE_NIL) # Returns null
+				[/codeblock]
+			</description>
+		</method>
 		<method name="typeof">
 			<return type="int" />
 			<param index="0" name="variable" type="Variant" />