The ability to have an artificial heart. Variation of Artificial Limbs.
Capabilities
The user has scientifically/magically created artificial heart to sustain their life or increase their abilities.
Applications
Associations
Limitations
- The artificial heart may gain sentience and develop its own will.
- If mechanical in nature, the heart may be susceptible to Electromagnetic Pulses.
Known Users
- Zorndyke (Blue Submarine No. 6)
- Kazuki Muto (Buso Renkin)
- Anthony "Tony" Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
- Raven (Tales of Vesperia)
- Chev Chelios (Crank)
- Chihiro Furuya (Sankarea)
- Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek): due to near fatal damage to his heart in his youth.
- Shigeru Washizu (Taimanin Asagi)
- King Kong (King Kong Lives)
- Metallo (DC Comics)
- Red Lanterns (DC Comics)
- Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
- Zombina (Monster Musume)
- Ice King (Adventure Time)
- Gowther (Nanatsu No Taizai)
- Kū (Naruto)
- Mala Mala Jong (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Raksha (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Forsworn Briarhearts (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
- General Falx Carius (The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn)
- Ildari Sarothril (The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn)
- Katsura Mafune (Godzilla series)
- SCP-2292 - Gorilla beringei necromantiae (SCP Foundation)
- Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy)
Known Objects
- Kakugane (Buso Renkin)
- Dr. Finkelstein's Artificial Heart (Kingdom Hearts)
- Arc Reactor (Marvel Comics)
- Briar Heart (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
- Heart Stone (The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn)
- Heart of Jong (Xiaolin Showdown)
Gallery
Red Lanterns' (DC Comics) Power Ring replaces the functions of their heart. While this makes them immune to any attack that would normally target their heart, they will die if they ever remove their ring.
Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy) possesses a clockwork heart, which he can crank up...
...to enhance his speed and reflexes...
...or fake his own death.
Senator Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance) has a nanomachine-primed metallic heart.
Kū (Naruto) implanted an artificial heart into himself, extending his wavering life.
After having his heart stolen by Chinese medics, Chev Chelios (Crank) got an artificial one which he must regularly give electrical jolts to stay alive.
The Heart of Jong (Xiaolin Showdown) give an inanimate object a artificial heart plus bring it to life.
Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel Cinematic Universe) became dependent on an arc reactor in his chest to keep his heart beating after getting caught in an explosion and having shrapnel lodged in his chest.
