Assimilative Evolution

Assimilative Evolution
Primal Zergs (Starcraft 2) can consume other life forms and assimilate their useful genetic traits into a more powerful form.
Power/Ability to:	Digestively evolve into a powered state.

"Every living thing you consume makes you stronger. You take their shapes, and you take their memories."

― Alex Mercer to James Heller, Prototype 2

The ability to evolve by absorbing and consuming. Variation of Absorption. Combination of Digestive Assimilation and Evolution.

Also Called

• Absorption/Biological/Consumptive/Digestive/Organic Evolution

Capabilities

The user can absorb organic biomass and gain the abilities, traits, attributes and physiologies of the being the biomass was from. They can assimilate in order to survive anything.

Applications

• Adaptation Absorption
  • Adaptive Attribute Assimilation
  • Evolving Fusionism
• Consumption Shapeshifting
  • Consumption Mimicry
  • Shapeshifting
• Digestive Technoforming
  • Technology Mimicry
• Evolving Absorbing Replication
  • Digestive Assimilation
• Infinite Digestive System
  • Ingestion Transformation
    • Consumptive Replication
• Personal Mutation Manipulation
• Self-Evolution

Techniques

• Organic Absorption
• Symbiotic Absorption

Associations

• Absorption
• Biological Manipulation
  • Body Manipulation
• Evolution Manipulation
  • Evolution
• Genetic Mutation
• Organic Manipulation

Limitations

• Certain biomasses may be impossible to absorb.
• May only have certain traits until new ones are absorbed, especially if the new trait renders the previous one obsolete.
• Absorption Immunity/Absorption Negation

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Users of the Nine Titans (Attack on Titan)
  • Users of the Female Titan's power
• Aptom (Bio-Booster Armor Guyver)
• Hollows (Bleach)
  • Aaroniero Arruruerie
  • Ikomikidomoe
• Pernida Parnkgjas (Bleach)
• Liltotto Lamperd (Bleach)
• Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
• Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
• Moro (Dragon Ball Super)
• Franmalth (Fairy Tail)
• Take Over Users (Fairy Tail)
• Chimera Ants (Hunter x Hunter)
• Mōryōmaru (InuYasha)
• Naraku ("Inuyasha")
• Kaiju No. 9 (Kaiju No. 8)
• Tamaki Amajiki (My Hero Academia); via Manifest
• Goblin Rou (Re:Monster)
• Alucard (Rosario + Vampire)
• Shadow Dragons (Shadow Star Narutaru)
• Geld (That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime); via Starvation
• Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Gourmet Cell users (Toriko)
• Rentt Faina (The Unwanted Immortal Adventurer)

Comics

• Predator X (Marvel Comics)

Movies

• Mogwais (Gremlins); evolve if consuming after midnight or if injected with genetic material
• The Creeper (Jeepers Creepers)
• The Thing (John Carpenter's The Thing)

Literature

• Yidhra (Cthulhu Mythos)

Live Television

• Krillitanes (Doctor Who)

Tabletop Games

• Kroots (Warhammer 40,000)

Video Games

• The Monster/Carrion (Carrion)
• Eaters (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth)
• Aldrich, Devourer of Gods (Dark Souls III)
• Android 21 (Dragon Ball FighterZ)
• Mira (Dragon Ball Xenoverse)
• The Flood (Halo)
• The Monsters (Evolve)
• Bass.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• James Heller (Prototype 2)
• Riki (SaGa Frontier)
• Zerg (StarCraft)
  • Primal Zerg
• The Visitor (The Visitor)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

While users of any of The Nine Titans (Attack on Titan) can gain the powers of the others by devouring them...

...The Female Titan is most adept at this, easily able to mimic the other Eight Titan's powers by only consuming part of them.

Aaroniero Arruruerie (Bleach) is a unique Hollow (now an Arrancar) who gains all the powers, memories, and skills of any Hollow he cannibalizes, thus allowing him to evolve endlessly.

Ikomikidomoe (Bleach) can evolve endlessly by breaking down and integrate the full spiritual power of anything it devours, growing exponentially stronger without limit.

Pernida Parnkgjas (Bleach) can, amongst other methods, keep evolving through assimilating other beings into itself.

Eaters (Digimon) are named such not just because of their endless hunger for data, but also because they can evolve without limit through assimilation.

Cell (Dragon Ball Z) is able to increase power by absorbing others...

...and obtained his perfect form by absorbing Androids 17 and 18.

Moro (Dragon Ball Super) swallows Seven-Three whole...

...gaining the android's copied power, including Moro's own.

Franmalth (Fairy Tail) can Evolve by absorbing the souls of other beings.

Meruem (Hunter X Hunter) consumes the flesh of a Nen user, assimilating their aura and powers.

By repeatedly consuming other Ghouls, Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul) assimilated enough Rc cells to mutate into a powerful Kakuja.

Kapellmeister (Marchen Awakens Romance) transformed into a demonic being after absorbing his own Ghost Chess henchmen.

By continually absorbing/consuming other monsters, Alucard (Rosario + Vampire) evolved into a creature powerful enough to destroy the world.

Gourmet Cells (Toriko) evolve when their user consume delicious foods that suit them and the 'tastes' of the cells, enhancing the strength of the user and their abilities.

Comics

Predator X's (Marvel Comics) genetics were left intentionally incomplete, allowing its DNA strand to evolve with every meal. This allows for increased size and to form defensive attributes against powers similar to its victim's.

An Eater that has assimilated multiple humans therefore becomes much more humanoid in appearance.

Movies

The Thing (John Carpenter's The Thing)

Video Games

Aldrich, Devourer of Gods (Dark Souls III) is strongly implied to have assimilated the frail remains of Gwendoline, Nito, and Priscilla, creating the form that he has now.

Android 21 (Dragon Ball Fighter Z) evolved and obtained an entirely new level of power after absorbing Cell.

Mira (Dragon Ball Xenoverse) ascends to his Final Form by absorbing his creator, Towa, and Tokitoki's egg.

Bass.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network) evolved and obtained godlike power by absorbing the deleted data of viruses and other Navis.

Dehaka (Starcraft) is a notable Primal Zerg who can evolve by assimilation.

The Goliath (Evolve) is one of the monsters that are able to gain life, armor, abilities and grow in power by eating other life forms.

Videos

The Blood Test - The Thing (1982)-2