The power to embody the archetype of a polymath. Opposite to Specialist.
Also Called[]
- Hezârfen
Properties[]
The user is a polymath, an individual whose knowledge spans a significant number of subjects and are known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific problems. This grants them great expertise in and knowledge of various different fields, be they academic, mystical, and/or physical skills.
Associated Powers[]
- Encyclopedic Knowledge
- Enhanced Memory/Panmnesia
- Exceptional Skill
- Elucidation
- Hypercompetence
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Peak Human Combat/Enhanced Combat/Supernatural Combat
Relationships[]
Flaws/Weaknesses[]
- Some subjects may be out of the user's expertise.
Known Users[]
See Also Renaissance Man.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Senku Ishigami (Dr. Stone)
- L (Death Note)
- Near (Death Note)
- Mello (Death Note)
- Light Yagami (Death Note)
- Loid Forger/Twilight (Spy x Family)
Cartoons
- Vlad Dracula (Castlevania)
- Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory)
Comics
- Mammoth Mogul (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Bane (DC Comics)
- Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
- Alfred Pennyworth (DC Comics)
- Vandal Savage (DC Comics)
- Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics)
- Dane Whitman/Black Knight (Marvel Comics)
- Jeanne Foucault/Finesse (Marvel Comics)
- Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Marvel Comics)
- Dr. Victor Von Doom (Marvel Comics)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Micro (Extinctioners)
Literature
- The Women of Herland (The Herland Trilogy)
- Judge Holden (Blood Meridian)
Live Television/Movies
- River Tam (Firefly/Serenity)
- Various Characters (Star Trek)
- Various Characters (Supernatural)
- Bobby Singer
- John Winchester
- Dean Winchester
- Sam Winchester
Video Games
- Bentley (Sly Cooper)
Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original
- Various Characters (Dominic Deegan: Oracle For Hire)
- Various Characters (The Order of the Stick)
- Various Characters (General Protection Fault/GPF)
Gallery[]
Cartoons[]
While specializing in robotics, Dexter (Dexter's Laboratory) is also a master geneticist, chemist, engineer, builder, combatant, strategist and pilot.
Comics[]
Due to his expanded life span and longevity, Ra's al Ghul (DC Comics) has accumulated a vast knowledge and abilities excelling that of Batman's, including hand-to-hand combat, detective skills, chemistry, physics, and martial arts.
Batman (DC Comics) is at the peak of human potential both physically and mentally. He is an expert in the art of disguise and a master of every fighting style known to man, has perfected escape artistry, sword fighting, detective skills, stealth, has a photographic memory, earned 12 master's degrees, an expert marksman, and is vastly knowledgeable in pressure points.
Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics) in various fields such as magic, the supernatural, the cosmos & its powers, tactics, manipulation, & unarmed combat.
Micro (Extinctioners) is a bio-mechanical marsupial mouse who has personal size altering powers as well as a quantum computer for a brain, as such he has mastered most science and will continue to learn indefinitely.
Wilson Fisk/Kingpin (Marvel Comics)
Michael Holt/Mister Terrific (DC Comics) is also a polymath who has specialized in multiple fields of medicine, engineering, and science. He possesses 14 Ph.D.'s (two of which are in engineering and physics-including assorted doctorates and masters in degrees in Law, Psychology, Chemistry, Political Science, Computer Science, Rocket Science, and Mathematics).
Serving his master, Alfred Pennyworth (DC Comics) is also multi-talented polymath himself in home economics, drama, engineering, technology, computer programming, intelligence analysis and assessment and even medicine.
Video Games[]
Bentley (Sly Cooper) is a master hacker, mathematician, clue decipherer, inventor, gadgeteer, chemist, biologist, tactician, pickpocketer and a demolitions expert which can contribute to him actually being a polymath.
Videos[]
Kingpin Origin
Batman risks it all in his best scene - Justice League Unlimited-2
Supernatural - Bobby speaks japanese-2
Samuel - You're A Stranger S6E10-2
Supernatural - Dean and Crowley fight demons - S9E11 - Logoless
-SUPERNATURAL 13x10- No Sam, it's a LIZARD-2