Bat Physiology

Bat Physiology
In an attempt to cure himself of deafness, Kirk Langstrom spliced his own genes with that of a bat, thus accidentally transforming himself into the monstrous Man-Bat. (DC Comics)
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of bats.

"For something is amiss or out of place
When mice with wings can wear a human face."

― Theodore Roethke, "The Bat"

The power to use the abilities of bats. Technique of Bat Manipulation. Variation of Mammalian Physiology. Not to be confused with Baseball Bat Mimicry.

Also Called

• Bat Body/Form/Mimicry/Transformation
• Chiroptera Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology/Transformation

Capabilities

The user with this ability either is or can mimic/transform into bats.

Applications

• Aerial Adaptation
• Atmospheric Adaptation
• Blood Consumption/Empowerment (Varies)
• Ceiling Adhesion
• Echolocation
• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Balance
• Enhanced Hearing
• Enhanced Smell
• Enhanced Speed - Some species can reach 100 mph/160 kilometers per hour.
• Enhanced Stealth
• Family/Group/Team Empowerment - Due to living in swarms.
• Fang Retraction
• Fruit & Vegetable Empowerment (Varies)
• Hibernation
• Hyper Climbing/Wallcrawling
• Hunting Mastery
• Night Vision
• Subterranean Adaptation
• Wing Manifestation which grants either Flight or Gliding.

Techniques

• Bat Swarming

Variations

• Megachiroptera Physiology (fruit bats/old world fruit bats, flying foxes.): Enhanced Vision, Enhanced Smell
  • Pteropus Physiology (flying foxes)
• Microchiroptera Physiology (echolocating bats): Echolocation, Hibernation, Darkness Adaptation
  • Desmodontinae Physiology (vampire bats): Blood Consumption, Blood Sense (via Thermoreception), Painless Damage (via saliva), Disease Immunity (Blood-based)

Mythical Bats

• Popobawa Physiology
• Werebat Physiology

Associations

• Bat Monster Physiology
• Fear Inducement
• Mammalian Physiology
• Sonic Scream
• Vampire Physiology
• Pseudo-Vampire Physiology

Bats are associated with great number of mystical and supernatural abilities and connections in mythology and folklore, thus user with this power may have access to: Androgyny, Darkness Embodiment, Divine Force Manipulation, Humanity Embodiment, Happiness Embodiment, Luckiness Manipulation, Protection Embodiment, Rebirth/Regeneration, Supernatural Power Level, Unknown Inducement, Weather Communication

• (Asian cultures): Luck, Luck Bestowal, Decelerated Aging
  • (Changsha Kingdom Confucianism) Afterlife Border, Afterlife Border Manipulation, Blessed Symbiosis, Divine Vessel, Door Magic, Heavenly Connection, Heaven Embodiment, Heaven Manipulation, Judgement Inducement, Judgement Manipulation, Primordial Air Manipulation, Sacred Wind Generation, Soul Manipulation, Spiritual Plane Manipulation, Taoism Mastery, World Connection, World Soul Manipulation, Yin & Yang Manipulation
• (Creek, Cherokee and Apache): Trickster
• (Mesoamerican cultures): Disaster Manipulation, Resurrective Rebirth, Underworld Lordship,
• (Western cultures): Dark Arts, Darkness Manipulation, Disease Manipulation, Necromancy, Spirit Physiology, Vampire Physiology

Limitations

• Would be more susceptible to Bat-related diseases, like white-nose syndrome
• May not be able to adapt to daylight. But the bats rarely fly on the days.

Known Users

See Also: Bat out of Hell, Bat People and Bloodsucking Bats.

Folklore/Mythology

• Vampires (Folklore/Mythology)
• Camazotz (Maya Mythology)

Comics

• Dr. Kurt Sallis/Bat-Thing (Amalgam Comics)
• Gus McCogan (American Vampire)
• Mobian bats (Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Kirk Langstrom/Man-Bat (DC Comics)
• Francine Lee/She-Bat (DC Comics)
• Humanimalian bats (Extinctioners)
• James Santini/Batwing (Marvel Comics)
• Ravna (Star Wars)

Cartoons

• Bartok (Anastasia 1997)
• Anthropomorphic Bats (Almost Naked Animals)
  • Batty
• Wolf-Bats (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• The Pesky Bats (The Baskervilles)
• Batfink (Batfink)
• Vladats (Ben 10)
  • Lord Transyl
  • Whampire
• Rarren (Chaotic)
• Crocobats (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants)
• Batty (Funky Valley)
• Batty (FernGully: The Last Rainforest)
• Batata (Ghostforce)
• Giant Bat (Godzilla: The Series)
• Fidget (The Great Mouse Detective)
• Vampiri (Gummibär)
• Battaxe (Heroes of Goo jit zu)
• Bat Shadow Khan (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• Jibralta (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)
• Geli (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)
• Experiment 277 "Snooty" (Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
• Adorabat (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart)
• Fire Bats (Masters of the Universe: Revelation)
• Bat (Maya the Bee)
• Batsy Claro (Monster High)
• Fruit bats (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
• Vampire Fruit Bats (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
• Scaredy Bat (Ruby Gloom)
• Colin (The Save-Ums!)
• Elizabat (The Save-Ums!)
• Bats (Silverwing)
• Max (Summer Camp Island)
• Wingnut (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Nightscream (Transformers)
• Batwing (Wide Eye)
• Pip (We Baby Bears)
• Kratt Brothers (Wild Kratts) via Little Brown Bat or Vampire Bat Power Discs

Anime/Manga

• Nana (+Anima)
• Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach)
• Chiropteran Queens (Blood+)
  • Diva
  • Saya Otonashi
• Chiropterans (Blood+)
• Bat Devil (Chainsaw Man)
• DemiDevimon (Digimon)
• Pipismon (Digimon)
• Kōmori/The Bat (Hunter x Hunter)
• Taigokumaru (InuYasha)
• Zatz (Maya and the Three)
• Badphone (Mazica Party)
• Kamira (Naruto)
• Stussy (One Piece); via the Batto Batto no Mi
• Batman (One Piece); via artificial Devil Fruit
• Chii Suimori (Seton Academy: Join the Pack!)
• Dark Scream (Transformers: Robots in Disguise)
• Megatron/Galvatron (Transformers: Robots in Disguise 2001 TV series)
• Hidabat (Yo-kai Watch)

Literature

• Bats (Redwall)
  • Lord Cayvear
  • Lord Duskskin
  • Hiposir
• Various Bats (Silverwing series)
  • Shade Silverwing
  • Marina Brightwing
  • Goth
  • Throbb

Live Television

• Krillitanes (Doctor Who)
• Kabagona (Krystala TV Series)
• Kabagona (Krystala)
• Fly and Hummingbird (The Longhouse Tales)
• Dianne (Pedro Penduko at ang mga Engkantao); half Wak Wak
• Master Swoop (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
• Bat Spirit Ranger/Bat Animal Spirit (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
• Memorella (Power Ranger: Dino Charge)
• Necrolai (Power Ranger: Mystic Force)
• Bat Man (Kamen Rider)
• Bat Undead (Kamen Rider Blade)
• Night Rogue (Kamen Rider Build)
• Nariaki Utsumi/Kamen Rider Mad Rogue (Kamen Rider Build)
• Kamen Rider Evil/Live (Kamen Rider Revice)
• Onycho Magia (Kamen Rider Zero-One)
• Houtarou Ichinose/Kamen Rider Gotchard (Kamen Rider Gotchard); in Batkingrobo form
• Yamibat (Kamen Rider Gotchard)
• GekiBat (Juken Sentai Gekiranger)
• Master Bat Li (Juken Sentai Gekiranger)
• Cube Komori (Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger)
• Bat World (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger)
• Noiseler (Ultraman series)
• Draculas (Return of Ultraman)
• Batton (Ultraman Leo)
• Kyuranos (Ultraman Tiga)
• Future Predators (Primeval)
• Deathgleaner (The Future is Wild)

Live Movies

• Gyaos (Gamera)
• Bat Gremlin (Gremlins 2: The New Batch)
• Jablogians (Star Wars)
  • Azmorigan
• Vampires (Van Helsing)

Video Games

• Aero the Acro-Bat (Aero the Acro-Bat)
• Alucard (Castlevania)
• Lost Children of Antiquity (Bloodborne)
• Jenny the Bat (Bloody Roar)
• Bats (Conker series)
  • Barry (Conker's Bad Fur Day/Conker: Live & Reloaded)
  • Conker the Squirrel (Conker's Bad Fur Day/Conker: Live & Reloaded); as Bat Conker
• Bats (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
• Brat Girl (Crash Bandicoot)
• Batwing Demons (Dark Souls)
• Tiamat (Darksiders)
• Bheithir (Darksider)
• Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
• Lilith (Darkstalkers)
• Lilia Vanrouge (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland)
• Fidget (Dust: An Elysian Tail)
• Maria Notte (Freedom Planet)
• Cole MacGrath (inFAMOUS 2: Festival of Blood)
• Bloody Mary (inFAMOUS 2: Festival of Blood)
• Firstbloods (inFAMOUS 2: Festival of Blood)
• Bratbat (Invizimals)
• Batafire (Kirby & The Amazing Mirror)
• Alto Sonido (Shingata Medarot)
• CoffinBat (Medabots series)
• Goufbaret (Medabots series)
• Umbrebat (Medabots series)
• Bats (Minecraft)
• Eek (Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake)
• Dark Necrobat/Dark Dizzy (Mega Man X5)
• Paolumu (Monster Hunter series)
• Nightite & Nocgoyle (Nexomon)
• Umbra (Nikoderiko: The Magical World)
• Pepperoni Goblin Bat (Pizza Tower)
• Bat Pokémon (Pokémon)
  • Zubat/Golbat/Crobat
  • Gligar/Gliscor
  • Woobat/Swoobat
  • Noibat/Noivern
  • Lunala
• Rabie Baby (Poppy Playtime)
• BatGals (Shantae)
• Shantae (Shantae Half Genie Hero) via Bat transformation
• Bat Spin (Skylanders Trap Team)
• Camazotz (SMITE)
• Rouge the Bat (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Bats (Ty the Tasmanian Tiger)
  • Shade
  • Shadow
• Bat Babe (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Laylee (Yooka-Laylee)
• Raktavi (Hungry Dragon)

Web Original

• Couverture (Grindhouse and Watercolors)
• Solomon (NES Godzilla Creepypasta)

Other

• Makuta Vamprah (Bionicle)
• Bainligor (Dungeons and Dragons)
• Bitewing (Geronimo Stilton: Creepella Von Cacklefur)
• Bat Tribe (Lego Legends of Chima)
• Werebat (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
• Yuma (RWBY)
• Bat Phantom (Scooby-Doo! The Beast of Blueberry Heights)

Objects

• Bat Full Bottle (Kamen Rider Build)
• Bat Vistamp (Kamen Rider Revice)
• Little Brown Bat & Vampire Bat Creature Power Discs (Wild Kratts)
• Batto Batto no Mi/Bat-Bat Fruit (One Piece)

Gallery

Anime/Manga

Nana (+Anima) can grow bat-like wings, use echolocation and increase the size of her ears to gain bat-like hearing

In his Resurrección - Murcielago, Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach) gains a bat-like appearance (Murciélago; Spanish for "Bat").

Pipismon (Digimon)

Taigokumaru (InuYasha)

Cartoons/Comics

Dr. Kurt Sallis/Bat-Thing (Amalgam Comics)

Wolf-Bats (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Batfink (Batfink)

Francine Lee/She-Bat (DC Comics)

Misery (Extinctioners)

Moriko Chiro (Extinctioners)

Batata (Ghostforce)

Fidget (The Great Mouse Detective)

Batricia (The Jungle Bunch)

Experiment 277 "Snooty" (Lilo & Stitch)

Adorabat (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart)

James Santini/Batwing (Marvel Comics)

Fire Bats (Masters of the Universe: Revelation)

Fruit bats (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Vampire fruit bats (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Bride of Rich Nights (Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog), a Mobian bat.

Lord Ravna (Star Wars) is a vampiric, batlike alien who can convert others into members of his species by scratching them.

Wingnut (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Wingnut (TMNT Mutant Mayhem)

Megatron (Transformers: Robots in Disguise 2001 TV Series) has a Bat mode.

Sherbat (Viva Piñata)

Pip (We Baby Bears)

Kratt Brothers (Wild Kratts) gain the abilities and characteristics of Bats with their creature power suits that vary based on the species of bat like the Little Brown Bat or....

the vampire bat.

Bat King (Hero 108)

Camazotz (Maya and the Three)

Geli (Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts)

Jibralta (Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts)

Live Television/Movies

A Krillitane (Doctor Who)

Bat Gremlin (Gremlins 2: The New Batch)

Bat Vistamp (Kamen Rider Revice)

Bat World (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger)

Kabagona (Krystala)

Dianne of Pedro Penduko (Pedro Penduko at ang Mga Engkantao)

Noiseler (Ultraman series) is based on the bat.

Kyuranos (Ultraman Tiga)

Marishka (Van Helsing)

Video Games

Aero the Acrobat (Balan Wonderworld)

The Lost Children of Antiquity (Bloodborne) are bat-like enemies found around Cainhurst Castle.

Brat Girl (Crash Bandicoot), an anthropomorphic bat.

Jenny the Bat (Bloody Roar)

Lilia Vanrouge (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland) is a bat fairy. He has bat-ear-shaped tufts of hair, can summon bat swarms, hates harsh sunlight and likes to hang upside down.

Fidget (Dust: An Elysian Tail)

Maria Notte (Freedom Planet), an anthropomorphic fruit bat.

Batreaux (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

Antasma the Bat King (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)

Dark Necrobat/Dark Dizzy (Mega Man X5)

Eek (Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake)

Paolumu (Monster Hunter series) is an bat-like Wyvern.

Nightite (Nexomon)

Nocgoyle (Nexomon)

Zubat (Pokémon) evolves into...

...Golbat, which evolves into...

...Crobat

Lunala (Pokémon) is a legendary pokemon resembling a bat.

Noivern (Pokémon) is a dragon-type pokemon with bat-like characteristics.

Rabie Baby (Poppy Playtime)

Bat spin (Skylanders Trap Team)

Camazotz (SMITE) Deadly God of Bats.

Rouge the Bat (Sonic the Hedgehog), an anthropomorphic bat.

Daria (Spiritfarer) is an anthropomorphic bat.

Shade (Ty the Tasmanian Tiger)

Shadow (Ty the Tasmanian Tiger)

Bat Babe (Valkyrie Crusade)

Hidabat (Yo-Kai Watch)

Laylee (Yooka-Laylee)

Raktavi (Hungry Dragon)

Others

Makuta Vamprah's (Bionicle) Kanohi Mask enables him to drain light or energy from a target in a vampiric way

Couverture (Grindhouse and Watercolors) possesses bat DNA.

Werebat (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)

Bat Phantom (Scooby-Doo! The Beast of Blueberry Heights)

Shade and Marina (Silverwing)