Also Called
- Animal Mimicry
- Animal Power Mimicry/Replication
- Faunal Imitation/Mimicry
- Zoanthrophy
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.
Variations
- Animal Instinct Imprinting: the ability to psychically impose animal mannerisms on subjects’ minds.
- Animal Limbs
- Animal Soul
Types of Animals
- Cnidarian Physiology
- Deuterostome Physiology
- Plankton Physiology
- Protostome Physiology
- Sponge Physiology
- Symbiote Physiology
Techniques
Associations
- Alien Physiology - Imitate extraterrestrial animals.
- Animal Blending
- Animal Empowerment
- Animal Manipulation
- Animal Morphing
- Animalia Manipulation
- Beast Master
- Chimerism
- Total Mimicry
- Unicellular Mimicry
- Virus Mimicry
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
- Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach)
- Buddy Baker/Animal Man (DC Comics)
- Master of Games (Teen Titans/DC Comics)
- Kevin Wendell Crumb via The Beast (Split)
- Vixen (DC Comics)
- B'wana Beast (DC Comics)
- Meggan (Marvel Comics)
- Nora Darhk (Legends Of Tomorrow/DC Comics); formerly
- Roxy (Winx Club)
- Ted Bear (Cyanide & Happiness)
- Hahli Mahri (Bionicle)
- Toa Lesovikk (Bionicle)
- Kasukabe You (Mondaiji-Tachi Ga Isekai Kara Kuru So Desu Yo?)
- Kim Diehl (Soul Eater); Tanuki
- Medusa (Soul Eater); Snake
- Mizune(s) (Soul Eater); Mouse
- Eruka Frog (Soul Eater); Frog
- Arachne (Soul Eater); Spider
- Eunice (Ben 10 Ultimate Alien)
- Shido Fuyuki (Get Backers)
- Andalites and the Animorphs (Animorphs)
- Ben Sherman (Misfits! QQ)
- Jeremy (Misfits)
- Dragon Slayers (Fairy Tail)
- Pete (Pete's Dragon)
- Mowgli (The Jungle Book)
- Inuzuka Clan (Naruto)
- Sai (Naruto); via Animation
- Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Gau (Final Fantasy VI)
- Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2); via Neko-ken
- 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
- Ikuto Tsukiyomi (Shugo Chara!); as Black Lynx
- San (Princess Mononoke); wolf
- Taryn Antoinette (UN Comics)
- Leone (Akame Ga Kill!); via Lionelle
- Sticks the Badger (Sonic Boom)
- The Kratt Brothers (Wild Kratts); using the Creature Power Suit
- The Katroid race (Sprucia and Gilli); via humanoid cats
- Zoo Dopant (Kamen Rider W)
- Regina Olympia Folnar (Swordsman of Magic Technique School and Summoned Vasreus)
Known Objects
- Creature Power Suits and Discs (Wild Kratts)
- Spirit Totem/Anansi Totem (DC Comics/Arrowverse)
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.
Live Television
Amaya Jiwe/Vixen (Arrowverse/DC Comics) 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, high schooler Peter Parker (Marvel Comics) developed powers and abilities similar to that of a spider.
Anime/Manga
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.
Regina Olympia Folnar (Swordsman of Magic Technique School and Summoned Vasreus) can uses the natural abilities of different animals even while in her human form, but on much higher levels.
Video Games
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