Bat Physiology

Bat Physiology
Kirk Langstrom/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. Variation of Mammalian Physiology.

Also Called

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

Capabilities

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

Applications

• Aerial Adaptation
• Atmospheric Adaptation
• Blood Consumption/Blood Empowerment
• Climbing/Wallcrawling
• Echolocation
• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Balance
• Enhanced Hearing
• Enhanced Smell
• Enhanced Stealth
• Fang Retraction
• Hibernation
• Hunting Intuition
• 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, Painless Damage (via saliva), Disease Immunity (Blood-Based)

Mythical Bats

• Popobawa Physiology

Associations

• Fear Inducement
• Mammalian Physiology
• Sonic Scream
• 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:

• (Asian cultures): Luck, Luck Bestowal, Decelerated Aging
• (Creek, Cherokee and Apache): Trickster
• (Mesoamerican cultures): Underworld Lordship, Disaster Manipulation
• (Western cultures): Dark Arts, Darkness Manipulation, Vampire Physiology, Spirit Physiology, Necromancy, Disease Manipulation

Limitations

• Would be more susceptible to Bat-related diseases, like white-nose syndrome
• May not be able to adapt to daylight.

Known Users

See Also: Bat out of Hell.

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

• 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
• Crocobats (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants)
• Batty (Funky Valley)
• Giant Bat (Godzilla: The Series)
• Fidget (The Great Mouse Detective)
• 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)
• 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)
• Wingnut (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Nightscream (Transformers)
• Batwing (Wide Eye)
• Max (summer camp island)

Anime/Manga

• Nana (+Anima)
• Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach)
• Taigokumaru (Inuyasha)
• DemiDevimon (Digimon)
• Pipismon (Digimon)
• Kōmori/The Bat (Hunter x Hunter)
• Kamira (Naruto)
• Batman (One Piece); via artificial Devil Fruit
• Zubat-Golbat-Crobat (Pokémon)
• Woobat-Swoobat (Pokémon)
• Noibat-Noivern (Pokémon)
• Lunala (Pokemon)
• Chii Suimori (Seton Academy: Join the Pack!)
• Dark Scream (Transformers: Robots in Disguise)
• Hidabat (Yo-kai Watch)

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
• Memorella (Power Ranger: Dino Charge)
• Necrolai (Power Ranger: Mystic Force)
• Bat Undead (Kamen Rider Blade)
• Night Rogue (Kamen Rider Build)
• Nariaki Utsumi/Kamen Rider Mad Rogue (Kamen Rider Build)
• Onycho Magia (Kamen Rider Zero-One)

Live Movies

• Gyaos (Gamera)
• Bat Gremlin (Gremlins 2: The New Batch)
• Jablogians (Star Wars)
  • Azmorigan
• Marishka (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 (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
• Brat Girl (Crash Bandicoot)
• Batwing Demons (Dark Souls)
• Tiamat (Darksiders)
• Bheithir (Darksider)
• Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
• Lilith (Darkstalkers)
• 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)
• Bats (Minecraft)
• 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)

Web Original

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

Other

• Makuta Vamprah (Bionicle)
• 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)

Gallery

Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) has bat-like traits like flight.

Lilith (Darkstalkers) has bat-like traits like flight.

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

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

Yagyu Lord (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), a Mobian bat.

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

Marishka (Van Helsing)

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

Kabagona (Krystala)

Dianne of Pedro Penduko (ang mga Engkantao)

Batreaux (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

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

Jenny the Bat (Bloody Roar)

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

Taigokumaru (InuYasha)

Bat spin (Skylanders Trap team)

Ulquiorra (Bleach) entering his Resurreccion.

Bat Babe (Valkyrie Crusade)

Experiment 277 "Snooty" (Lilo & Stitch)

Couverture (Grindhouse and Watercolors) possesses bat DNA.

A Krillitane (Doctor Who)

Misery (Extinctioners)

Moriko Chiro (Extinctioners)

Shade (Ty the Tasmanian Tiger)

Shadow (Ty the Tasmanian Tiger)

Werebat (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)

Shade and Marina (Silverwing)

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

Fidget (Dust: An Elysian Tail)

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

Brat Girl (Crash Bandicoot), an anthropomorphic bat.

Camazotz (SMITE) Deadly God of Bats.

Fruit bats (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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

Fidget (The Great Mouse Detective)

Wingnut (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

James Santini/Batwing (Marvel Comics)

Francine Lee/She-Bat (DC Comics)

Batfink (Batfink)

Adorabat (Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart)

Zubat (Pokémon)

Golbat (Pokemon)

Crobat (Pokemon)

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

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

Lunala (Pokemon)

Max is a bat, However he doesn't use bat abilities (summer camp island)

Pipismon (Digimon)

Bat Gremlin (Gremlins 2: The New Batch)

Hidabat (Yo-Kai Watch)