Atavism

Atavism
Waylon Jones/Killer Croc (DC Comics) is an evolutionary throwback.
Power/Ability to:	Revert into a primal form.

The power to gain traits that have been lost or disappeared years ago. Variation of Evolution. Not to be confused with Devolution.

Also Called

• Evolutionary Throwback
• Primal Form/Reversion
• Regressive Atavism/Evolution

Capabilities

The user reverts into a primal form, becoming an evolutionary throwback with traits which have disappeared generations before.

Applications

• Enhanced/Supernatural Body
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Durability
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Endurance
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Speed
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
• Feral Mind
  • Enhanced Instincts
    • Killing Instinct
    • Predator Instinct
    • Prey Instinct
• Intuitive Empathy
  • Emotional Intelligence
• Natural Weaponry
  • Claw Retraction
  • Fang Retraction
• Primal Imprint
  • Ancestral Evocation
  • Evolutionary Template
  • Genetic Memory
  • True Form
• Transformation
  • Partial Transformation

Associations

• Evolution Manipulation
  • Devolution
  • Evolution
• Monster Morphing
  • Animal Morphing
  • Primal Morphing

Limitations

• Users may have a limited intellect.
• Users may not have control of their primitive instinct and urges.
• Users' physiology may be unstable.

Known Users

• Orb and Decka's Species (Ben 10: Alien Force)
  • Decka
• Phyllis (Blind Girl Isekai)
• Turok-Han (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Antarcticians (Centaur no Nayami)
• Waylon Jones/Killer Croc (DC Comics)
• Cheaters (Deathtopia)
• Professor Richard Lazarus (Doctor Who); via sonic micro-field manipulator
• Goombas (Super Mario Bros. Movie)
• Tony Rivers (I Was a Teenage Werewolf)
• Dr. Henry Mccoy/Beast (Marvel Comics)
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Xraven (Marvel Comics)
• Galarian Darmanitan (Pokémon); in Zen Mode
• Mad-Man (Primal)
• Victoria Samanark (Restaurant to Another World)
• SCP-3769 (SCP Foundation); previously
• Andrea Talbott (The She Creature)
• Victims of Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome (Star Trek)
• Apocalypse World vampires (Supernatural)
• Nanao Tachibana (Testament of Sister New Devil)
• Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Gnar (League of Legends)

Known Objects

• Gibia Virus (Gibiate)
• Devo Chamber (Super Mario Bros. Movie)
• Purple mutagen (Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Gallery

The Turok-Han (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a primordial breed of vampires more powerful than ordinary ones.

Lazarus (Doctor Who) becomes a hideous monster after his genes are manipulated.

The Atavism of the Mazoku (Yu Yu Hakusho).

Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho) battles Sensui after his resurrection…

…During the fight, his Mazoku DNA was awaken which transformed him…

…Yusuke after reverting to his human form.

James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics) was reverted to a primal state after rejecting Genesis' Adamantium bonding process.

Due to a lack of human blood to feed on, the vampires of the Apocalypse World (Supernatural) have reverted to a primal state, becoming more bestial and animalistic.

The purple mutagen (Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) works by reverting the subjects back to the DNA of their animal ancestors, allowing such things as turning the Turtles into humans.

The Devo Chamber (Super Mario Bros. Movie) is often used to reset the inhabitants of Dinohattan to a stage in their racial evolution that is somewhere between that of their saurian-ancestors and their current humanoid form...

...creating Goombas.

Xraven (Marvel Comics)

Despite being born to two pureblood humans, Victoria Samanark (Restaurant to Another World) is a half-elf due to possessing elven ancestry and atavism.

Gnar (League of Legends)

When Galarian Darmanitan (Pokémon) enters Zen Mode, its dormant flame sac reignites, inducing an uncontrollable rage.

Videos

Beast VS Goliath (Marvel VS Gargoyles) - DEATH BATTLE!-2