Illusion Manipulation


 * For a gallery of examples for Illusion Manipulation, see here.

The power to create and manipulate illusions.

Also Called

 * Genjutsu
 * Hallucinogen
 * Hallucikinesis
 * Illusion Casting
 * Illusions
 * Mirage Generation
 * Vision Manipulation
 * Visual Projection

Capabilities
User can create and manipulate illusions, causing people to see, hear, touch, smell and/or taste things which do not actually exist or cause them to perceive things differently from what they truly are. Some users can create complex and detailed worlds, others may be able to only alter the way they or the target are perceived.

Applications

 * Afterimage Creation
 * Death by Illusion: If the illusion is powerful enough, it can literally convince the brain to copy anything that happens to the victim within the illusion, making it possible to kill the target with illusions.
 * Illusion of Death: Target thinks they are being killed over and over again. This may lead to insanity.
 * Decoy Creation
 * Holographic Projection: Users of Light Manipulation can create illusions out of pure light.
 * Illusive Appearance: Most users who are not exactly combat savvy would use their ability as a defense mechanism to camouflage themselves, and even alter their physical appearance to look like someone or something else.
 * Mazes: Users display large walls.
 * Pain Illusion
 * Phobia Exploitation: Targets experience their worst fears.
 * Sensory Overload: Targets are forced with overlapping visions, causing several negative symptoms.
 * Torment Inducement

Techniques

 * Bottomless Pit Creation
 * Illusion Physiology
 * Illusion Transformation
 * Illusory Combat
 * Time Perception Manipulation

Variations

 * Hallucination Solidification the ability to solidify any/all illusions or hallucinations.
 * Illusion Eye: To project illusions via eyes.
 * Mental Hallucination, also called Delusion Inducing or the Psychedelic Effect is a faculty of Illusion in which one can induce psychedelic hallucinations in subjects at will. This ability psychically causes the subject's imagination to overact, resulting in paranoia and delirium. This ability may even cause the foe to feel as though only experiencing that which is pleasurable to him instead of what’s actually happening (called the Rose-Colored Glasses Effect) or the like. This ability has no need for the user's imagination; the subject's mind does all of the work (and has a compelling sense of the hallucination’s reality).
 * Mirage Inducing is a version of Illusion (a mix of Summoning or limited Reality Warping and Illusion) in which the user can generate illusions which last, and are entirely real, as long as the targets do not know that they are illusions. One with this ability could cause any type of illusion they desire, but the second that someone calls out “It’s not real!”, shakes subjects out of their deluded state or the subjects see the illusionist working his power, then the illusions will wear off, entirely (or until the user can go unnoticed to use his ability again).
 * Psychosomatic Illusion is the ability to create illusions that are so realistic and powerful they can cause physical effects on the target.
 * Self Perception  The user can alter their own perception of reality
 * Quixotic Force or Delusional Illusion is the ability to subliminally generate illusions, without even knowing that one has generated the illusions (or for that matter, that they are even illusions). This ability would be most advantageous in appearing realistically afraid of illusory creatures, or to keep people from discovering that the user is behind the illusions (because he isn’t even visibly trying to cause them; they simply occur as a defense-mechanism, or as the result of an overactive imagination… or even a diseased mind). This ability is often accompanied by the Insanity Inducement.

Associations

 * Absolute Illusion
 * Hypnosis
 * Illusory Power Replication
 * Imagination Manipulation
 * Light Manipulation
 * Mental Manipulation
 * Mind Control
 * Sense Manipulation
 * True Illusion

Limitations

 * Some users are limited to creating illusions that affect only certain senses, sight being the most common as a result people with Enhanced Senses might be able to see through it.
 * Some users might have to limit the amount of mental powers to control the illusion.
 * Some targets might be immune, mainly those who either have this ability as well or other mental ability.
 * User may be unable to create accurate illusions, such as making things that don't exist or situations that would never happen in a million years. One common mistake is misplacing a feature on a person, or forgetting to add shadows to their forms.
 * Illusion Awareness
 * Psychic Shield
 * People with Danger Sense may be able to distinguish a fake illusion by telling which one is really a threat.

Known Users
See Also: Master of Illusion

{{scroll box|content====Video Games===
 * Tisiphone (God of War)
 * Reisen Udongein Inaba (Touhou Project)
 * Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
 * Kanchome (Zatch Bell)
 * Mirage (Static Shock)
 * Zexion (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Tezca Tlipoca (Soul Eater)
 * Asura (Soul Eater)
 * Sasha (inFamous)
 * Talim (Soul Calibur)
 * Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)

Film

 * Naga Sadow (Star Wars)

Manga/Anime

 * Zorua and Zoroark (Pokemon)
 * Midnight (Fairy Tail)
 * Ai Enma (Hell Girl)
 * Ririn (Bleach)
 * Sosuke Aizen (Bleach); via blades release
 * Shinji Hirako (Bleach); via sword release
 * Muramasa (Bleach); via sword release
 * Koga Kuchiki (Bleach); via sword release
 * Chrome Dokuro, Rokudo Mukuro and Viper/Esper Mammon (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)
 * Fran (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)
 * The Illusion Card (Card Captor Sakura)
 * Ninja (Naruto); via Genjutsu
 * Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)
 * Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
 * The Uchiha Clan (Naruto)
 * Kurenai Yūhi (Naruto)
 * Mirage (Transformers)
 * JunJun/Sailor Juno (Sailor Moon)
 * Princess Snake (Dragon Ball)
 * Yoshikatsu Utsunomiya (Alive: The Final Evolution)

Literature

 * Pennywise the Dancing Clown (Stephen King's It)
 * Ghosts (Shadow Falls/Shadow Falls: After Dark)
 * Harry Potter (Harry Potter)
 * Zafrina (Twilight)
 * Larkin Kent (The Caster Chronicles); Illusionist Caster

Western Comic

 * Mastermind/Jason Wyngarde (Marvel Comics)
 * Lady Mastermind/Regan Wyngard (Marvel Comics)
 * Mastermind/Martinique Jason (Marvel Comics)
 * Professor X (Marvel Comics)
 * Mysterio (Marvel); via technology
 * Mesmero (Marvel)
 * Spellbinder (Batman Beyond)
 * Scarlet Witch (Marvel)
 * Pixie (Marvel Comics)
 * Myresto Mor (Angel: After the Fall)
 * Zatanna (DC Comics)
 * Betta George (Angel: After the Fall)
 * Scarecrow (DC)
 * Doctor Strange (Marvel)
 * Selene (Marvel)
 * Doctor Fate (DC Comics)
 * Wiccan (Marvel Comics)
 * Danielle Moonstar (Marvel Comics)
 * Circe (DC Comics)
 * Maxima (DC Comics)

Western Cartoon

 * Mirage (Aladdin: the Animated Series)
 * Chaos (Aladdin: the Animated Series)
 * Mirta (Winx Club)
 * Karzahni (Bionicle)
 * Makuta (Bionicle)
 * Matau (Bionicle)
 * Darcy (Winx Club)
 * Hobgoblin 2099 (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)
 * Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

Television

 * Ghosts (Ghost Whisperer)
 * Silas (The Vampire Diaries)
 * Candace Wilmer (Heroes)
 * Sylar of the Explosion future (Heroes)
 * Rex Buckland (Charmed)
 * Demon of Illusion (Charmed)
 * Black Heart (Charmed)
 * Avatars (Charmed)
 * Ban Mido (Get Backers!)
 * Tess Harding (Roswell)
 * Jace Beleren (Magic: The Gathering)
 * The Infectus Markers (Dead Space, Exodus Trilogy)
 * Nanase (El Goonish Shive)
 * Justin (El Goonish Shive)
 * Dr. Clef (SCP Foundation), his face does not appear in photographs
 * Illusionists (Mutant X)
 * Emma de Lauro (Mutant X)
 * ShadowEmz (Super/Lette)
 * Glarghk Guhl Kashmas’nik Demons (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * Ecliptor (Power Rangers in Space)
 * Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * Ixis Naugus (Sonic the Hedgehog/Archie Comics)
 * Mammoth Mogul (Sonic the Hedgehog/Archie Comics)
 * Tygra (Thundercats)
 * Terumi Yuuki (BlazBlue)
 * Jack Norman/Ultimate Abyss (Resident Evil: Revelations)
 * Skeletor (Masters of the Universe)
 * Raiti and Zaacro (Dragon Ball Z)
 * Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
 * Naraku (InuYasha)
 * Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid)
 * Psylocke (Marvel Comics)
 * Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
 * Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
 * MODOK (Marvel Comics)
 * Charmcaster (Ben 10)
 * Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)
 * Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Thuglett slugs (SlugTerra)
 * Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)
 * Rahkshi (BIONICLE)
 * Kraata (BIONICLE)
 * Mariska (Lollipop Chainsaw)
 * Calavera (Marvel Comics)
 * Baal (O-parts Hunter/666 Satan)
 * Nue (Air Gear)
 * Blackburn (Air Gear)
 * Lillith "Lily" Sullivan (Case 39)
 * Olivia Vertigo (Charlie Bone)
 * Zorin Blitz (Hellsing)
 * Kano Shuuya (Kagerou Project)
 * Penny (GONE Series)
 * Najimi Ajimu (Medaka Box); with Fantasy Illusion (Magic Skills)
 * Desann (Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast)
 * Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
 * Devils (Bastard!!)}}