Elasticity

"Relax, man. Relax. I'm not a mutant. I was bitten by a radioactive elephant, which turned my skin gray and gave me the power to stretch."

- Angelo Espinosa/Skin (Marvel Comics)

The ability to stretch, deform, expand, or contract one's body into any form imaginable.

Also Called

 * Elastic/Stretchy/Stretch Powers
 * Elongation/Plasticity/Stretchability
 * Expandable/Malleable/Stretchable Body
 * Ductility/Mutability/Pliability
 * Hyperelasticity
 * Super Stretching

Capabilities
The user is or can become extremely malleable and elastic, allowing them to stretch, flatten, deform, expand, and contract their whole body, including limbs, torso, neck, etc. They can control how elastic/flexible they or parts of them are, allowing user to change their bodies into various tools or other constructs.

They are extremely hard to wound or hurt due to their body reflexively absorbing damage by stretching with attacks, but may still feel pain.

Applications

 * Compressability
 * Constriction
 * Dermal Armor
 * Elastic Eye
 * Elastic Jaws
 * Elastic Neck
 * Elastic Skin
 * Enhanced Durability (attacks either bounce off or the user's body stretches enough to reduce/negate damage)
 * Enhanced Flexibility (their elasticity allows them to bend and twist in unimaginable ways)
 * Enhanced Lung Capacity (their lungs can expand in order to take and blow vast amounts of air)
 * Enhanced Breath
 * Expandability
 * Flat Body
 * Flexible Organs
 * Geometric Physiology (their elastic nature allows them to expand their skin and body into geometrical forms)
 * Inflation
 * Impact Absorption
 * Limb Extension
 * Limb Expansion
 * Malleable Anatomy
 * Organic Constructs
 * Prehensility
 * Self-Hole Forming
 * Super Eating (their organs can expand in order to fit more food and fluids)
 * Unsupported Motion

Techniques

 * Elastic Combat

Variations

 * Supernatural Durability
 * Supernatural Flexibility
 * Supernatural Lung Capacity

Associations

 * Absolute Flexibility
 * Absolute Lung Capacity
 * Amorphous Physiology
 * Elastic Energy Manipulation
 * Body Distortion
 * Body Manipulation
 * Body Length Manipulation
 * Boneless Body
 * Invulnerability
 * Liquid Mimicry
 * Material Strength Defiance
 * Rubber Mimicry
 * Plastic Mimicry
 * Reach Mode
 * Shapeshifting
 * Sharp Body
 * Size Manipulation

Limitations

 * May have a limit on how far they can stretch.
 * May have to use kinetic force, such as punching or kicking, or even getting punched or kicked, in order to stretch.
 * May be more vulnerable against piercing or cutting attacks.

Known Users
See Also: Rubber Man.

Comics
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 * Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Marvel Comics)
 * Peter Parker/Spidercide (Marvel Comics)
 * Kl'rt/Super-Skrull (Marvel Comics)
 * Montagu Mullarkey (Marvel Comics)
 * Modulus (Marvel Comics)
 * Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)
 * Carnage (Marvel Comics)
 * Symbiotes (Marvel Comics)
 * Piper Dali/Paper Doll (Marvel Comics)
 * Rubbermaid (Marvel Comics)
 * Susan Storm/Ultra Woman (Marvel Comics)
 * Thin Man (Marvel Comics)
 * Malleable Man (DC Comics)
 * Spanner (Marvel Comics)
 * Tommy (Marvel Comics)
 * Evan Sabahnur/Genesis (Marvel Comics)
 * Plastic Man (DC Comics)
 * Elongated Man (DC Comics)
 * Spectre (DC Comics)
 * Metamorpho (DC Comics)
 * Madame Rouge (DC Comics)
 * Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
 * Miss Martian (DC Comics)
 * Inque (DC Comics)
 * Clayface (DC Comics)
 * Ciji (DC Comics)
 * Composite Superman (DC Comics)
 * Rubberduck (DC Comics)
 * Crush (DC Comics)
 * Elongated Lass (DC Comics)
 * Lucy Lastic (DC Comics)
 * Lastikman (Filipino Komiks)
 * Gum Girl (The Gumazing Gum Girl)
 * Engineer (Image/Wildstorm)
 * BubbleGum Jane (Ka-Blam)
 * Mona (Mo & Jo: Fighting Together Forever)
 * Mister Shifter (Sonic the Comic)
 * Hydran (Sonic the Comic)
 * Metallix Mark II (Sonic the Comic)
 * Rubber Ducky (The Tick)
 * One (Trio)
 * Joey Lastic (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
 * Flux (The Gamma Gals)
 * Elasticity (Villain)

Manga/Anime

 * Priscilla (Claymore)
 * Helen (Claymore)
 * Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
 * Lord Slug (Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug)
 * Namekians (Dragon Ball)
 * Pilaf Machine (Dragon Ball)
 * Catapy (Dragon Ball Z)
 * Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
 * Super Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
 * Janemba (Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn)
 * Cyclopian Guards (Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler)
 * Angila (Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug)
 * Princess Snake (Dragon Ball Z)
 * Franmalth (Fairy Tail)
 * Miki Hosokawa (Hell Teacher Nube)
 * Najimi Ajimu (Medaka Box); with Giraffe Neck (Biological Skill) allows lengthen neck
 * Orochimaru (Naruto)
 * Misumi Tsurugi (Naruto)
 * Nurari (Naruto)
 * Mitsuki (Naruto)
 * Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)
 * Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
 * Ruki (Senyu)
 * Land-Lord (Youkai Apartment no Yuuga)
 * Byonko (Zatch Bell)
 * Tiger (My Hero Academia)
 * Edgeshot (My Hero Academia)
 * Maria Slime (Edens Zero)
 * Nene (Uten Kekko)}}

Live Television/Movies
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 * Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man (Arrowverse/DC Comics)
 * B-Dawg (Air Buddies); via Power Ring of Inspiron
 * Glen Belland (Charmed); while under the stretch your mind spell
 * Piper (Heroes)
 * Lastika (Lastikman Movie)
 * B.O.B (Monsters Vs Aliens)
 * Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
 * Lash (Sky High)
 * Pete Ross (Smallville); while infected with kryptonite-laced gum
 * Zam Wesell (Star Wars)
 * Link Evilman (The Thundermans)
 * 4th Brother (Ten Brothers)
 * Eugene Victor Tooms (The X-Files)
 * Stretchy Girl (Superhero Movie)

Video Games

 * Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
 * Hell Spawns (Quake: Dissolution of Eternity)
 * Hero (Drawn To Life)
 * Dusiel (Guardian Archangels)
 * Zant (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
 * Zac (League of Legends)
 * Alex Mercer (Prototype)
 * James Heller (Prototype 2)
 * Regenerators (Resident Evil 4)
 * Bandersnatches (Resident Evil Code: Veronica)
 * Spawns/Tarbabies (Quake Series)
 * Slender Man (Slender Online Game)
 * Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Mecha Sonic (Super Mario Bros. Z)
 * Dhalsim (Street Fighter)
 * Necro (Street Fighter)
 * Twelve (Street Fighter)
 * Chwing (Urban Rivals)
 * Mewtwo (Pokken Tournament); as Mega Mewtwo X
 * Shadow Mewtwo (Pokken Tournament); As Mega Shadow Mewtwo}}

Known Objects

 * Gingold (DC Comics)
 * Lotus Twister (Xiaolin Showdown)
 * Banyan Twister (Xiaolin Chronicles)
 * Inspiron Power Ring (Super Buddies)
 * Gum-Gum Fruit/Gomu Gomu no Mi (One Piece)