The power to mimic the abilities, traits, and behavior of animals. Technique of Animalia Manipulation. Not to be confused with Animal Morphing.
Also Called
- Animal Mimicry
- Animal Power Mimicry/Replication
- Faunal Imitation/Mimicry
- Zooanthrophy
Capabilities
The user can use/imitate animal powers, they can run like an ostrich, swing like a monkey, sprint like a cheetah, move like a cat, take the strength of an ant, track like a dog, hide like a turtle, constrict like a snake, etc. They cannot transform into animals, as this power only enables the user to mimic animalistic traits while still in their original form. Some users can mimic multiple animals at once.
Applications
- Use and imitate animal traits and abilities.
- Possess any special abilities of animals.
- Animal Life-Force Control
- Animalistic Vocalization
- Indomitable Nature
Variations
- Animal Instinct Imprinting: the ability to psychically impose animal mannerisms on subjects’ minds.
- Animal Limbs
- Animal Soul
- Animal Strength
Types of Animals
Species
- Cnidarian Physiology
- Deuterostome Physiology
- Plankton Physiology
- Protostome Physiology
- Sponge Physiology
- Symbiote Physiology
- Unicellular Physiology
Other
- Extinct Lifeform Physiology
- Extremophile Mimicry
- Futuristic Lifeform Physiology
- Microorganism Physiology
- Mortal Physiology
- Predator Physiology
- Prey Physiology
- Sea Animal Physiology
- Superior Alien Physiology
- Superior Animal Physiology
- Superior Human Physiology
- Superorganism Physiology
- Superpowered Physiology
- Transcendent Alien Physiology
- Transcendent Animal Physiology
- Transcendent Meta Physiology
- Transcendent Mortal Physiology
- Transcendent Superior Human Physiology
- Transhuman Physiology
Techniques
Associations
- Alien Physiology - Imitate extraterrestrial animals.
- Animal Blending
- Animal Empowerment
- Animal Manipulation
- Animal Morphing
- Animalia Manipulation
- Beast Master
- Chimerism
- Total Mimicry
- Zoo-Mechanical Physiology
Limitations
- Cannot transform into animals.
- May be limited to mimicking only the animals they have observed.
- May take on specific traits of an animal, such as wanting to find rotting things if impersonating a fly, or feeling territorial if impersonating lions.
- May be limited to mimicking one animal at a time or are limited on how long they can mimic animals.
- Some abilities may be compromised by size differences.
- May experience different weaknesses of animals, such as a dog having to constantly hear ultrasound waves, or having an urge to play with a ball of yarn like a cat.
Known Users
- Seri Koyuki (A Destructive God Sits Next to Me)
- Wren (Action Pack)
- Leone (Akame Ga Kill!); via Lionelle
- Andalites and the Animorphs (Animorphs)
- Beast Titan (Attack on Titan)
- Eunice (Ben 10 Ultimate Alien)
- Hahli Mahri (Bionicle)
- Toa Lesovikk (Bionicle)
- Initiator(Black Bullet)
- Yoruichi Shihōin (Bleach)
- Various Hollows and Arrancar (Bleach)
- Watchdog Man (One-Punch Man)
- Garou (One-Punch Man)
- Ted Bear (Cyanide & Happiness)
- Buddy Baker/Animal Man (DC Comics)
- Vixen (DC Comics)
- B'wana Beast (DC Comics)
- Beast Boy (DC Comics)
- Jayna (DC Comics)
- Lisanna Strauss (Fairy Tail) via Takeover: Animal Soul
- Dragon Slayers (Fairy Tail)
- Gau (Final Fantasy VI)
- Shido Fuyuki (Get Backers)
- Udyr (League of Legends)
- Nora Darhk (Legends Of Tomorrow/DC Comics); formerly
- Zoo Dopant (Kamen Rider W)
- Kamen Rider Revi and Kamen Rider Vice (Kamen Rider Revice); via Remix Forms
- Kirby (Kirby series) via Animal copy ability
- Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Certain Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- Meggan
- Kyle Gibney/Wild Child
- T'challa/Black Panther (Marvel Comics)
- Shuri/Aja-Adanna (Marvel Comics)
- Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter (Marvel Comics); via calypso serum
- Vladimir Kravinoff/Grim Hunter (Marvel Comics); via calypso serum
- Ava Ayala/White Tiger (Marvel Comics); via jade tiger amulet
- Greer Nelson/Tigra (Marvel Comics)
- Maria de Guadalupe Santiago/Silverclaw (Marvel Comics)
- Azari (Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow)
- Ava Ayala/White Tiger (Ultimate Spiderman); via white tiger amulet
- Jeremy (Misfits)
- Kasukabe You (Mondaiji-Tachi Ga Isekai Kara Kuru So Desu Yo?)
- Ben Sherman (Misfits! QQ)
- Inuzuka Clan (Naruto)
- Sai (Naruto); via Animation
- Zoan Devil Fruit User (One Piece)
- Pete (Pete's Dragon)
- San (Princess Mononoke); wolves
- Rangers of Beast Morphers (Power Rangers Beast Morphers)
- Rangers of Jungle Fury (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
- Rangers of Wild Force (Power Rangers Wild Force)
- Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2); via Neko-ken
- SCP-4043 - Gaia (SCP Foundation)
- Ikuto Tsukiyomi (Shugo Chara!); as Black Lynx
- Sticks the Badger (Sonic Boom)
- Kim Diehl (Soul Eater); Tanuki
- Medusa (Soul Eater); Snake
- Mizune(s) (Soul Eater); Mouse
- Eruka Frog (Soul Eater); Frog
- Arachne (Soul Eater); Spider
- Kevin Wendell Crumb via The Beast (Split)
- The Katroid race (Sprucia and Gilli); via humanoid cats
- Regina Olympia Folnar (Swordsman of Magic Technique School and Summoned Vasreus)
- Marvin Mange (The Animal); via experiment from Dr. Wilder
- Rianna Holmes (The Animal); via experiment from Dr. Wilder
- Mowgli (The Jungle Book)
- Tarzan (Tarzan)
- Master of Games (Teen Titans/DC Comics)
- Mew Ichigo (Tokyo Mew Mew); cat
- Mew Mint (Tokyo Mew Mew); bird
- Mew Lettuce (Tokyo Mew Mew); porpoise
- Mew Pudding (Tokyo Mew Mew); monkey
- Mew Zakuro (Tokyo Mew Mew); wolf
- Mew Berry (Tokyo Mew Mew); cat and rabbit
- Mew Ringo (Tokyo Mew Mew); penguin
- Taryn Antoinette (UN Comics)
- The Kratt Brothers (Wild Kratts); using the Creature Power Suit
- Kraven the Hunter (Spiderman and his Amazing Friends)
- Hunter (Spiderman Unlimited)
- Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter (Spiderman: The Animated Series)
- Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter (The Spectacular Spiderman)
- Jayna (Super Friends)
- Beast Boy (Teen Titans)
- Shifter (Justice League Unlimited/DC Animated Universe/DCAU)
- Vixen (Justice League Unlimited/DC Animated Universe/DCAU)
- Vixen (Justice League Action)
- B'wana Beast (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)
- Vixen (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)
- Mari McCabe/Vixen (Vixen The Movie)
- Vamp (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths)
- Kevin Plunder/Ka-Zar (Marvel Comics)
- Roxy (Winx Club)
- Tsuyu Asui/Froppy ("My Hero Academia"); Frogs
Known Objects
- Tantu Totem/Spirit Totem (DC Comics/Arrowverse)
- Vistamps (Kamen Rider Revice)
- Creature Power Suits and Discs (Wild Kratts)
- Calypso Serum (Marvel Comics)
- Jade Tiger Amulet (Marvel Comics/Ultimate Spiderman)
Gallery
Movies
After his parents died in a car accident, Pete (Pete's Dragon) began a life in the forest. Having spent 6 years away from human contact and surrounded by animals, Pete acts more like an animal and less like a human.
Abandoned by her parents as a baby, San (Princess Mononoke) was taken in by the wolf tribe and grew up with them. As a result, she denies her humanity and behaves like a wolf.
Aaron (Hybrid) after he received an eye transplant from wolves eyes which unintentionally altered him gained traits of lycanthropy, making e him capable of imitating wolve like qualities in a human, including feral and predatory levels which made him dangerous.
Mari McCabe/Vixen (Vixen: The Movie) possesses the Spirit Totem of Zambesi that allows her to tap into the lifeforce of animals through their spirits, thus harnessing the unique abilities and traits of the animal she chooses such as...
Live Television
Amaya Jiwe/Vixen (Arrowverse) can mimic animals due to a mystical totem that grants her the abilities to mimic any animal from the animal kingdom she can mimic a gorilla...
Literature
Cartoons/Comics
Eunice (Ben 10) showing her Lagomorph Physiology when she leaps very high and fast.
As a result of a radioactive spider bite, Peter Parker (Marvel Comics) developed powers and abilities similar to that of a spider.
Kraven the Hunter (Marvel Comics) is well known for his animal-like strength, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes, fighting style, and hunting skills.
Grim Hunter (Marvel Comics) not only possesses the same animal-like traits as his father does, he can also track his prey very far by scent like a wild animal as well.
T'challa (Marvel Comics) possesses enhanced strength, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes, endurance, & acute senses that are similar to a panther.
Shuri (Marvel Comics) receive the same panther-like abilities & traits after becoming the new protector of Wakanda.
Azari (Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow) is born with panther-like agility, speed, strength, reflexes, traits, prowess, and acute senses.
Ava Ayala (Ultimate Spiderman) possesses tiger-like strength, speed, agility, reflexes, traits, acute senses, and prowess, thanks to her jade tiger amulet.
Kraven the Hunter (Spiderman and his Amazing Friends) uses jungle potions that give him the strength & speed of any animal...
Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter (Spiderman: The Animated Series) has developed animal-like skills and senses after taking a genetic drug...
…This allows him to become more faster/agile, able to fight off wild beasts like lions with his bare hands, and even track his prey by scent like a wild jungle animal.
Kraven the Hunter (The Spectacular Spiderman) is a highly skilled hunter with animal-like abilities and traits that allows him to track & bring down his prey with his bare hands.
Tarzan (Tarzan) has animal-like abilities and skills that allows him to understand/speak to animals, mimic their sounds, and even imitate their fighting styles.
Mowgli (The Jungle Book) was able to gain skills of every animal he met in the jungle and even interpret animal facial expressions.
Vamp (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths) is the evil counterpart of Vixen who can mimic the abilities of any animal she chooses while taking animal form with her mythical totem.
Beast Boy (Teen Titans) can mimic the abilities of any animal he wants to be while taking animal form.
B'wana Beast (Batman: The Brave and the Bold) is shown to fight with the skill of a jungle animal, thanks to his wild-like agility and beast-like prowess.
Vixen (Batman: The Brave and the Bold) can mimic the abilities of any animal she chooses with her magic totem like...
Vixen (Justice League Action) has the power to imitate the abilities of the animal kingdom with her mythical totem like...
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Dragon Slayers (Fairy Tail) use magic to take upon the characteristics of Dragons. They can eat, resist, and generate their respective Dragon element (Mythical Creature).
Constantly shielding her emotions behind her mask, Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance) has the silence and ferocity of a beast.