Armor Mimicry

Armor Mimicry
The Skull Knight (Berserk) is an animated suit of armor probably inhabited by the spirit of King Gaiseric.
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of armor.

The power to use the abilities of a suit of armor. Technique of Armor Manipulation. Variation of Object Mimicry.

Also Called

• Armor Mimicry
• Armor Set/Suit Mimicry/Physiology
• Exoskeleton Mimicry/Physiology
• Set/Suit of Armor Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

The user with this ability either is or can transform into a suit of armor. Users' transformed form is anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of base matter, in which case it contains all their organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternatively, the user can transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.

Applications

• Anatomical Liberation
• Armor Imprisonment
  • Possession
• Dermal Armor
• Enhanced/Supernatural Defense
• Enhanced/Supernatural Durability
• Layered Durability
• Plating Protrusion
• Redundant Physiology
• Skin Hardening
  • Thick Skin to Unbreakable Skin
• Shield Protrusion

Variations

• Body made of plastic, wood, ceramics, stone, cloth or metal.

Associations

• Armor Manipulation
• Artificial Element Constructs
• Artificial Element Mimicry
• Artificial Intelligence Physiology
  • Autopilot
  • Technological Possession
• Bionic Physiology
  • Automaton Physiology
• Ghost Knight
• Hollow Physiology
• Spirit Physiology
  • Possession

Limitations

• Because the user is made of multiple individual armor pieces, they could be easily taken apart.
• May actually not be sentient - created as robot-like weapons through magic or science - making it easy to outsmart.
• The user could not move by their own and maintain their physical shape, so they may need a wearer/host to control them or be controlled by them.

Known Users

See also: Animated Armor

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

• Tyrant (Akame ga Kill!); as Incursio
• Skull Knight (Berserk)
• Dragon Jet/Dragon (Brave Exkaiser)
• Armor of Mars (Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture)
• Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Barry the Chopper (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Slicer Brothers (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Ring Armor (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• TPG11S Hawkeye (Mechanical Buddy Universe)
• Living Armor (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
• Perfect Zanaffar (Slayers)
• Shadow Soldiers (Solo Leveling)
  • Igris
• Borr/Buster Borr (SSSS.GRIDMAN)
• Max/Battle Tracto Max (SSSS.GRIDMAN)
• Vit/Sky Vitter (SSSS.GRIDMAN)
• Powered Zenon (SSSS.GRIDMAN)
• Goldburn/Big Goldburn (SSSS.DYNAZENON)
• Shield of Brightness/Darkness (Yo-kai Watch Shadowside)

Cartoons/Comics

• Ship (Ben 10)
• Glitch (Ben 10 Reboot); as Glitch Armor
• Upgrade (Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United); as the Upgrade Suit
• Annihilator (DC Animated Universe)
• Felix Faust (DC Animated Universe); via the Annihilator
• Suits of Armor (Hotel Transylvania)
• Destroyer (Marvel Comics)
• Just Another Rather Very Intelligent System (J.A.R.V.I.S.) (Marvel Comics); via Iron Man Armors

Literature

• Heartless Horsemen (Geronimo Stilton: The Kingdom of Fantasy)

Live Action Movies/Television Series

• Armor of Darkness (Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger)
• Murphy K9 (Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger); as the Battlizer
• Cheeda Nick (Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters); via a GB Custom Visor
• Gorisaki Banana (Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters); via a GB Custom Visor
• Usada Lettuce (Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters); via a GB Custom Visor
• Dogold (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger)
• Gaisoulg (Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger)
• Suits of Armor (The Haunted Mansion)
• Gouram (Kamen Rider Kuuga)
• Generation-3 Extension/G3-X (Kamen Rider Agito); formerly
• Kamen Rider Dread (Kamen Rider Gotchard)
• F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Marvel Cinematic Universe); via Iron Man Armors except the Mark I
• First Iron Legion (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Just Another Rather Very Intelligent System (J.A.R.V.I.S.) (Marvel Cinematic Universe); via Iron Man Armors except the Mark I
• Robotic Interactive Canine (R.I.C.) (Power Rangers S.P.D.); as the S.P.D. Battlizer
• Cruise (Power Rangers Beast Morphers); via a Beast-X Visor
• Jax (Power Rangers Beast Morphers); via a Beast-X Visor
• Smash (Power Rangers Beast Morphers); via a Beast-X Visor
• Black Knight Ghost (Scooby-Doo 2: Monster Unleashed)
• Jetfire (Transformers film series)
• Mirage (Transformers reboot films)
• Armored Darkness (Ultraman series)
• Firdran (Ultraman Blazar)

Tabletop/Video Games

• Animated Armors (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
  • Macbeth
• Arm Legion (Astral Chain)
• Users of the Susanoo Unit (BlazBlue)
  • Hakumen
  • Susanoo/Yuuki Terumi
• Bow (Breath of Fire II); via Shaman Form
• Iron Golem (Dark Souls)
• Ironclad Soldiers (Dark Souls II)
• Ruin Sentinels (Dark Souls II)
• Smelter Demon (Dark Souls II)
• Possessed Armor (Dark Souls II: Crown of the Old Iron King)
• Dragonslayer Armour (Dark Souls III)
• HEV Suit (Half-Life)
• CFW Judge (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
• Guard Armor (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Opposite Armor
• No Heart (Kingdom Hearts)
• Terra (Kingdom Hearts); as the Lingering Will
• Trinity Armor (Kingdom Hearts)
• Mordekaiser (League of Legends)
• Tough Possessor (Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon)
• Rush (Mega Man); as the Rush Adaptors
• Biometals (Mega Man ZX)
• Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear); via Screaming Mantis' suit
• Calamitous Armors (Miitopia)
• Cursed Armors (Miitopia)
• "Party Member" Armor (Miitopia)
• Durahans (Monster Rancher)
• Inferno (Soulcalibur); as Nightmare
• Tin Soldiers (Spyro the Dragon)
• Living Armor (Tales series)
• Tenno (Warframe); via Warframes

Known Objects

• Malware Armor (Ben 10)
• Mechamorph Armor (Ben 10)
• King Roader (Brave Exkaiser)
• Gun Bike (Brave Police J-Decker)
• Dyna Dragon (Gridman the Hyper Agent)
• God Zenon (Gridman the Hyper Agent)
• Dynazenon (SSSS.DYNAZENON)
• Balance Breaker Regulus Rey Leather Rex (Highschool DxD)
• Trans-Armor Cycle (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue)
• Black Dragon Zord (Boom Studio's Power Rangers)

Gallery

Tyrant's (Akame ga Kill!) flesh and consciousness was converted into...

...Incursio, an armor-type Teigu.

Macbeth (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)

Arm Legion (Astral Chain)

The Armor of Darkness (Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger) is an animated armor knight from Dino Earth that turns its wearer into a senseless monster hell-bent on destroying everything in sight and it is transmitted between people when another person defeats (or kills) the person who carries it.

Murphy K9 (Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger)/Robotic Interactive Canine (R.I.C.) (Power Rangers S.P.D.) can be used as the Battlizer/S.P.D. Battlizer for Deka Red/the S.P.D. Red Ranger.

Cheeda Nick, Gorisaki Banana, and Usada Lettuce (Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters)/Cruise, Smash, and Jax (Power Rangers Beast Morphers) can become armor modules for core three Go-Busters/Grid Battleforce Rangers via the GB Custom Visors/Beast-X Visors.

Dogold (Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger) is a suit of sentient, magical oni-themed armor created by Deboth.

Gaisoulg (Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger) is a set of animated knight armor which developed its own evil sentience with an insatiable desire to hunt strong opponents to make them hosts against their will.

Malware Armor (Ben 10)

Mechamorph Armor (Ben 10)

Ship (Ben 10) can transform into a suit of armor, allowing Julie to wear him.

Glitch (Ben 10 Reboot) as Glitch Armor.

Upgrade (Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United) bonds with Rex Salazar, forming the Upgrade Suit.

Hakumen (BlazBlue)

Susanoo/Yuuki Terumi (BlazBlue)

The King Roader (Brave Exkaiser) becomes a suit of armor for Exkaiser, transforming him into King Exkaiser.

And the Dragon Jet/Dragon (Brave Exkaiser) becomes another armor suit for Exkaiser, transforming him into Dragon Kaiser.

Lastly, both vehicles can be combined into one armor suit that allows Exkaiser to transform into Great Exkaiser.

The Gun Bike (Brave Police J-Decker) becomes a power suit for GunMax, transforming him into GunMax Armor.

The Annihilator (DC Animated Universe) is a semi-sentient suit of armor built by Hephaestus for his brother Ares.

Felix Faust (DC Animated Universe) possessed the Annihilator, effectively becoming a living armor himself.

The Armor of Mars (Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture) is a living set of armor that holds the essence of the god of war, Mars.

In order to save his brother from alchemical sacrifice, Edward Elric binds the soul of his brother Alphonse (Fullmetal Alchemist) onto a suit of armor.

Under government experimentation, death-row criminal Barry the Chopper (Fullmetal Alchemist) had his soul implanted into a suit of armor.

After government experimentation, serial killers the Slicer Brothers (Fullmetal Alchemist) had their souls transferred into a suit of armor, one occupying the head while the other occupies the torso.

God Zenon (Gridman the Hyper Agent) becomes a power armor for Gridman, transforming him into Thunder Gridman.

Dyna Dragon (Gridman the Hyper Agent) becomes a power armor for Gridman, transforming him into King Gridman.

Max/Battle Tracto Max (SSSS.GRIDMAN) becomes a power armor for Gridman, transforming him into Max Gridman.

Borr/Buster Borr (SSSS.GRIDMAN) becomes a power armor for Gridman, transforming him into Buster Gridman.

Vit/Sky Vitter (SSSS.GRIDMAN) becomes a power armor for Gridman, transforming him into Sky Gridman.

Powered Zenon (SSSS.GRIDMAN) becomes a power armor for Gridman, transforming him into Full Powered Gridman.

Dynazenon and Goldburn/Big Goldburn (SSSS.DYNAZENON) combine into a suit of armor for Gridknight...

...and Gridman.

The HEV Suit (Half-Life) contains an on-board computer system that constantly monitors the user's health and vital signs, reacting to any changes in the user's condition with activation in the aforementioned apparatus, and a soothing female-computer voice.

Regulus (Highschool DxD) can activate his Balance Breaker Regulus Rey Leather Rex to become a suit of godlike armor that empowers its wearer.

The Suits of Armor (Hotel Transylvania) act as security for the Hotel.

CFW Judge (Hyperdimension Neptunia)

The Gouram (Kamen Rider Kuuga) is a stag beetle-like mechanical entity created by the Rinto tribe that was used as a horse armor and is later used as armor of the current Kuuga's motorcycles.

The Generation-3 Extension/G3-X (Kamen Rider Agito) was formerly able to be control by an advanced calculating onboard AI. If the operator could not coordinate with the AI, G3-X would act erratically by itself and damage the user's body in the process.

Kamen Rider Dread (Kamen Rider Gotchard)

Guard Armor (Kingdom Hearts) is a heartless that resembles a living suit of armor...

...Then after its first defeat, it switches positions in its pieces, becoming Opposite Armor.

After his body becomes possessed by Master Xehanort, Terra's (Kingdom Hearts) mind is transferred to his keyblade and suit of armor, becoming the Lingering Will.

No Heart (Kingdom Hearts) is the living armor of Master Xehanort.

The Tough Possessor (Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon) possessed a giant suit of armor while battling Luigi.

The Destroyer (Marvel Comics) is an enchanted suit of armor forged by a pantheon of the gods as a weapon to face a dark menace from the stars.

Starting from the Mark II to Mark XLIV/Hulkbuster, Just A Rather Very Intelligent System (J.A.R.V.I.S.) (Marvel Cinematic Universe) was the onboard AI of Iron Man Armors.

F.R.I.D.A.Y. (Marvel Cinematic Universe) replaced J.A.R.V.I.S. as the new onboard AI of Iron Man Armors since the Mark XLV.

First Iron Legion (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

The Destroyer (Marvel Cinematic Universe) is a magical suit or armor - capable of firing blasts of jet-fire from its face - set as security for the dangerous artifacts found in Odin's collection.

The TGP11S Hawkeye (Mechanical Buddy Universe) after being overhauled into a powered exoskeleton.

Rush (Mega Man) can become the Rush Power Adaptor,...

...Rush Jet Adaptor,...

...and Super Adaptor, allowing Mega Man to wear him.

Model X (Mega Man ZX) as armor.

Model ZX (Mega Man ZX)

Model A (Mega Man ZX) as armor.

Model F (Mega Man ZX) as armor.

Model H (Mega Man ZX) as armor.

Model L (Mega Man ZX) as armor.

Model P (Mega Man ZX) as armor.

Model Z (Mega Man ZX) as armor.

Living Armor (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)

Trans-Armor Cycle (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue)

The Black Knight Ghost (Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed) was a costume that, through occult mad-science, is transformed into a living suit of armor.

Igris (Solo Leveling), one of the strongest Shadow Soldiers that serve Sung Jinwoo.

Inferno (Soulcalibur) as Nightmare possessing Siegfried's discarded armor.

Tin Soldiers (Spyro the Dragon) are suits of armor brought to life by Blue Weather Wizards.

Living Armor (Tales series)

Jetfire (Transformers film series) chooses to sacrifice himself, so his parts can be used as armor in order to save Optimus' life.

Before his death, Mirage (Transformers reboot films) becomes an exo-suit while still remaining his consciousness, allowing Noah to wear him.

Armored Darkness (Ultraman series) is a suit of sentient armor that is capable of fighting on its own with full autonomy.

Firdran (Ultraman series) as the Firdran Armor.

Warframes (Warframe) are advanced combat suits remotely controlled by the Tenno by transferring their consciousness into the suits through Transference technology.

Ash (Warframe)

Excalibur (Warframe)

Ember (Warframe)

Videos

Luigi's Mansion- Dark Moon - Armored Knight Boss (HD)-2