Auxiliary Organs

Auxiliary Organs
Midnighter (WildStorm/DC Comics) has a second heart should the main one be rendered unusable.
Power/Ability to:	Possess a secondary copy of an internal organ.

"Dr. Hibbert, I thought you located another kidney for Grampa?"

"Larry Hagman took it! He's got five of them now. And three hearts. We didn't want to give them to him, but he overpowered us"

― Lisa Simpson and Julius Hibbert (The Simpsons)

The power to possess a secondary copy of an internal organ. Variation of Appendage Generation. Opposite of Atrophy.

Also Called

• Double Set of Organs
• Multiple Organs
• Numerous Organs

Capabilities

The user has or can create one or more auxiliary organs (brain, heart, nervous system, etc.) should their main ones be rendered useless. The additional organs may also enable enhanced physical attributes.

Applications

• Enhanced Intelligence - due to having more than one brain.
• Enhanced Lung Capacity/Breath - due to having more than two pairs of lungs.
• Super Eating - due to having more than one stomach.

Variations

• External Nervous-System
• Multiple Brains
• Multiple Ears
• Multiple Faces
• Multiple Hearts
• Multiple Tongues

Associations

• Alien Physiology; some aliens have extra organs
• Artificial Heart
• Biological Manipulation
• Body Manipulation
• Connective Tissue Manipulation

Limitations

• Unclear if users could clone an organ to allow the original one to be destroyed.
• Room within the body is always an issue unless the users have a way to fix it, like Bone Manipulation.
• May only apply to internal organs, such as the heart, brain, lungs, stomach, etc.

Known Users

• Andalites (Animorphs)
• Muzan Kibutsuji (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Fantomex (Marvel Comics)
• Marrow (Marvel Comics)
• Kakuzu (Naruto)
• Cereans (Star Wars)
  • Ki-Adi-Mundi
• Krogans (Mass Effect)
• Kryptonians (DC Comics)
• Klingons (Star Trek)
• Time Lords (Doctor Who)
• Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)
• Terumi Yuuki (BlazBlue)
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach)
• Decapodians (Futurama)
• Styne Family (Supernatural)
• Godzilla (Godzilla)
• Midnighter (WildStorm/DC Comics)
• Josuke Higashikata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion)

Gallery

Andalites (Animorphs) have three hearts.

The Doctor (Doctor Who) like all Time Lords, has two hearts.

While one was destroyed, Kakuzu (Naruto) ordinarily possess five hearts.

Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000) have a second heart, third lung, third kidney and second stomach.

The Krogan (Mass Effect) have a secondary nervous system, two hearts, four lungs, and four testicles.

Cereans (Star Wars) like Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi possess a binary brain and two hearts to support it.

Godzilla (Godzilla) has a second brain where his tail and torso meet.

Fantomex (Marvel Comics) has three separate brains and a secondary nervous system.

Marrow (Marvel Comics)

Due to being the fusion of Yoshikage Kira and Josefumi Kujo, Josuke Higashikata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion) has 4 testicles, 4 eyeballs and 2 tongues.