The ability to give non-human creatures or inorganic items anthropomorphic traits. Sub-power of Anthropomorphism Manipulation. Combination of Animation and Humanization. Opposite of Anthropomorphic Reversal.
Also Called[]
- Personification
- Pinocchio Effect
Capabilities[]
The user can grant the attributions of human characteristics or behavior to non-living objects or even concepts life and anthropomorphic form/intelligence, change animals and plants into more humanoid in form and abilities and change pictures and paintings into three-dimensional beings. These new beings can use the abilities of their former state in addition to their new humanoid skills.
Applications[]
- Grant forces of nature, abstract concepts & various elements an anthropomorphic form.
- Give non-sentient organisms or nonliving beings the psychological abilities of thought & emotions.
- Grant them sentience inducement to give a conscious awareness.
- Bring photos, paintings, digital records, films, etc. to the real world and give them life.
- Grant objects like toys, machines & statues a life of their own (Golem Creation).
- Change animals, plants, fungi into humanoids.
- Grant all of the beings above the ability to speak.
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Anthrocephaly
- Anthropomorphism Manipulation
- Art Manipulation
- Elemental Manipulation
- Emotion Manipulation
- Evolution
- Evolution Manipulation
- Human Manipulation
- Life Manipulation
- Literary Manipulation
- Object Manipulation
- Organic Manipulation
- Technology Manipulation
- Transmutation
- Sentience Inducement
Limitations[]
- Power/skill define how many and how long these changes last.
- New beings may become independent and rebel.
- May require specific equipment.
- Absolute Restoration/Flawless Restoration/Anthropomorphic Reversal can undo the transmutation.
Known Users[]
See Also: Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphic Personification, Fantastic Sapient Species Tropes, Bishōnen Line, & Uplifted Animal.
Literature[]
- The Fairy with Turquoise Hair (The Adventures of Pinocchio)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Cell (Dragon Ball Z); via his "Perfect form"
- Various Digimon (Digimon); via Digivolving
- Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin (One Piece); via the Soru Soru no Mi
- Carmel (One Piece); via the Soru Soru no Mi
- Gekko Moriah (One Piece); via animating dead bodies with shadows
- Giorno Giovanna (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
- Diana (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Tomoyasu Chikazoku/Skeptic (My Hero Academia)
- Lordgenome (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Cartoons[]
- The Blue Fairy (Disney's Pinocchio)
- Master Yen Sid (Fantasia)
- Mickey Mouse (Fantasia)
- Fairies (Fairly Odd Parents)
- Timmy Turner (Fairy Odd Parents); via Wand
- Ancient Sleeping Magi of Life Giving (Adventure Time)
- Discord (My Little Pony Series)
- Fairy Godmother (Shrek 2)
- Dr. Luther Paradigm (Street Sharks)
Comics[]
- Gary, the Pathetic Fallacy (Jack of Fables)
- minus (minus)
- High Evolutionary (Marvel Comics)
Live Television/Movies[]
- The Fairy Queen of Sweet Dreams (Cinderella's Castle)
- Alex Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place); Via Spell.
Video Games[]
- Charlie Emily/The Puppet (Five Nights at Freddys)
- Poison Tea (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Alice Margatroid (Touhou Project)
- Saniwa (Touken Ranbu)}}
Known Objects[]
- Hōgyoku (Bleach)
- The Rat Talisman (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Yen Sid's Hat (Disney’s Fantasia)
- Sacred Pool of CHI (Legends of Chima)
- Mutagen (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Needle of Humanification (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Kage Kage no Mi/Shadow-Shadow Fruit (One Piece)
- Soru Soru no Mi/Soul-Soul Fruit (One Piece)
- Hito Hito no Mi/Human-Human Fruit (One Piece)
- Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Daibutsu (One Piece); potentially
- Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Onyudo (One Piece)
- Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika (One Piece); potentially
- Corona Aurora (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
- Great Tree (RWBY)
- DNA transformer (Totally Spies!); only animals
- Gene Bomb (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog); only animals and via human DNA
- Fish antidote (Help! I'm a Fish); only sea animals
- Brain Grain (We’re Back: A Dinosaur Story)
- Yooman Tonic (Yooka-Laylee)
Known Powers[]
- Magic words of the Star of Astoroth (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
Gallery[]
The Hōgyoku's (Bleach) ability to manifest the potential of any creature makes it one of the most guaranteed…
The Ancient Sleeping Magi of Life Giving (Adventure Time) is a wizard whose touch has the power to bestow life - complete with faces and limbs - to inanimate objects, their personalities depending on his mood.
...WarGreymon, a humanoid Dragon man wearing armor.
In the FNaF 2 minigame, Give Gifts Give Life, You play as The Puppet (Five Nights At Freddys) giving 4 (and a 5th one at the end) children masks representing the animatronics in the first game indicating they led the childrens spirits into the animatronics making them able to move freely
Gary, better known as "The Pathetic Fallacy" (Jack of Fables), is a literal that can bring any inanimate object to life - complete with faces and animation - by talking to them.
Yen Sid’s Hat (Disney’s Fantasia) is used by Mickey to bring his broom to life, compelling it to do his chores for him.
Diana (Marchen Awakens Romance) used powerful dark magic to bring a doll named Pinocchion to life and promised to go even further and make him human if he proved his worth.
The Hito Hito no Mi/Human-Human Fruit (One Piece) allows its consumer (wether it's an animal or an object) to transform into a human hybrid or a human at will while also granting them human intelligence.
Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) can use the souls of her subjects to give life and anthropic features to everyday household items, animals, plants, mountains, etc. …
Using his Spiral Power, Lordgenome (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) anthropomorphized animals into Beastmen.
Formerly a simple talking mouse, Little (RWBY) became the fully anthropomorphic Somewhat after ascending at the Great Tree.
Gen Bomb (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) rapidly accelerated the evolution of the entire animal kingdom, blending their DNA with that of humans to form the Mobian species.

































