- "It's as if millions of cells were forming at incredible speed! In a matter of minutes...I've actually become a New Man!!"
- ― Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)
The power to gain strength and powers through artificial enhancements. Not to be confused with Artificial Physiology.
Contents
Also Called
- Artificially Enhanced Condition/Physiology
Capabilities
The user's body is artificially enhanced, granting them a variety of strength and powers. The enhancements vary from being genetic to cybernetic, by specialized drugs, experimentation, etc.
Variations
- Artificial Heart
- Artificial Limbs
- Bionic Physiology
- Bio-Augmentation
- Homunculus Physiology
- Magically Enhanced Physiology
- Super Soldier Physiology
- Science Attuned Physiology
- Transhuman Physiology
Levels
Associations
- Ability Creation
- Ability Learning
- Artificial Physiology
- Bio-Technology
- DNA Manipulation
- Drug Usage
- Physical Augmentation
- Power Augmentation
- Power Bestowal
Known Users
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Kurume (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Helios MK2 (Bakugan)
- Kageroza Inaba (Bleach)
- Eri Haruue (A Certain Scientific Railgun); via Ability Body Crystal
- Android 17 (Dragon Ball series)
- Android 18 (Dragon Ball series)
- Pandora (Freezing)
- Noumu (My Hero Academia)
- Franky (One Piece)
- Bartholomew Kuma (One Piece)
- Pacifista (One Piece)
- Genos (One Punch Man)
- Kang Horyang (Tower of God)
- Beniamino Cassano (Tower of God)
- Beta (Tower of God)
- 25th Baam/Jyu Viole Grace (Tower of God)
- Rudol von Stoheim ("JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency")
Cartoons/Comics
- Inque (Batman Beyond)
- Sevenseven (Ben 10)
- Ben Tennyson (Ben 10)
- Azrael (DC Comics)
- Bane (DC Comics); via Venom
- Midnighter (DC Comics)
- Anarky (DC Comics)
- Clayface (DC Comics)
- Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson (DC Comics)
- Vandal Savage (DC Comics)
- Breach (Generator Rex); by the power/ability-amplification pack Van Kleiss created
- Various Characters (Image Comics)
- Cooch (Super Mansion)
- Brad (Super Mansion)
- Josiah al hajj Saddiq/Justice (Marvel Comics)
- Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics/Marvel 2099)
- James Bradley/Doctor Nemesis (Marvel Comics)
- Elijah Bradley/Patriot (Marvel Comics)
- Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics); via Super-Soldier Serum
- James Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Marvel Comics); via Infinity Formula and Bionic Arm
- Natalia Romanova/Black Widow (Marvel Comics); via variant Super-Soldier Serum
- Nathaniel Essex/Mr. Sinister (Marvel Comics)
- Victor Creed/Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)
- James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- Ajax (Marvel Comics)
- Steve Rogers/Captain America (Ultimate Marvel); via Super-Soldier Serum
- Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Experiment 627 (Lilo & Stitch)
- Prince Artemibs (My Little Pony Friendship is Magic)
Live Television/Movies
- Ripley 8 (Alien: Resurrection)
- Aaron Cross (The Bourne Legacy)
- Jason Bourne (The Bourne Series)
- Riley Finn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Adam (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Biomechanical demonoids (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- X5 Series supersoldiers (Dark Angel)
- Max Guevara (Dark Angel)
- Peyton Westlake (Darkman)
- Wes Keenan (Smallville)
- Augments (Star Trek)
- Khan Noonien Singh
- Julian Bashir
- Brixton Lore (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw)
- Joshua (No Ordinary Family)
- Ultimate Predator (Predator)
- Steven Grant Rogers (Marvel Cinematic Universe); via Super-Soldier Serum
- James Buchanan Barnes (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Michael Peterson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Luke Cage (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Jessica Jones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Trish Walker (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- The Processed (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
- Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
- FEV Mutants (Fallout series)
- Spartan II's (Halo)
- Spartan III's (Halo)
- Spartan IV's (Halo)
- Forerunners (Halo)
- Jack (Mass Effect)
- Genome Soldiers (Metal Gear Solid)
- Vermaak 88/The Ice Gang (Infamous 2)
- Jak (Jak and Daxter)
- Soldier 76 (Overwatch)
- Gabriel Reyes/Reaper (Overwatch)
- Mewtwo (Pokémon)
- Genesect (Pokémon)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype 2)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Big Al (Ratchet and Clank)
- Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
- Tyrants (Resident Evil)
- Malefor (Skylanders)
- Dr. Krankcase (Skylanders)
- Witchers (The Witcher)
- Geralt of Rivia
Gallery
XII (Anima: Beyond Fantasy) is one of Crows that survived the Process, a technomagical experiment that replace all subject's blood with an unknown black fluid, granting him supernatural conditions and powers.
SOLDIERs (Final Fantasy 7) are all infused with the cells and genes of an extraterrestrial, significantly increasing their overall physiology and condition.
Adam (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is an undead being, a self-described bio-mechanical demonoid, created as part of the 314 Project.
Quint Lane (Underworld: Awakening) was greatly enhanced through repeated injections of the Corvinus Strain.
Luke Cage (Marvel Comics) possesses various superhuman physical enhancements after undergoing a Super-Soldier experiment known as the Burstein Process, which was designed to increase his body's cellular regeneration rate.
The Nemesis-T Type (Resident Evil) is an elite variant of the Tyrant created by further augmenting the T-103 with the NE-α Type parasite.
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