- "As amazing as it seems, he can manipulate his body on the genetic level. The changes are instantaneous: everything, even the clothing is imitated. Tissue differentiated and transformed - on the fly. I want it on a slab. I need to know what makes it tick."
- ― Director McMullan on Alex Mercer (PROTOTYPE)
The power to manipulate bodies. Sub-power of Biological Manipulation, Form Manipulation and Matter Manipulation.
Also Called[]
- Anatomy/Physiology Alteration/Control/Manipulation
- Anatomical Alteration/Control/Manipulation
- Auto-Biokinesis
- Body Alteration/Control
- Corporikinesis
- Sómakinesis
Capabilities[]
Users have complete control over the bodies and anatomies of oneself or others allowing them to freely alter and manipulate them. Users can manipulate bodies on a chemical and cellular/sub-cellular level. This can also allow the user to telekinetically move another human through their bodies. The user might also be able to manipulate the bodies of other species, such as animals or even extraterrestrial creatures.
More advanced users might even be able to interact and exert control over the bodies of metaphysical beings, such as ghosts and spirits or even the likes of deities.
Applications[]
- Anatomical Liberation
- Anatomy Constructs
- Appendage Generation
- Atrophy
- Bodily Aspect Enhancement
- Bodily Attribute Augmentation
- Bodily Gas Manipulation
- Bodily Production Manipulation
- Body Adjustment
- Body Attacks
- Body Chemistry Manipulation
- Body Creation
- Body Destruction
- Body Dismemberment
- Body Distortion
- Body Hardening
- Body Immobilization
- Body Imprisonment
- Body Link
- Body Modification
- Body Part Manipulation
- Body Restoration
- Body Storage
- Body Supremacy
- Body Swapping
- Body Transcendence
- Body Temperature Manipulation
- Carcass Manipulation
- Cell Manipulation
- Connective Tissue Manipulation
- DNA Manipulation
- Fatigue Manipulation (physical only)
- Fitness Manipulation
- Foreign Forces Removal
- Function Scramble
- Immune System Manipulation
- Internal System Manipulation
- Lipid Manipulation
- Maximum Bodily Capacity
- Metabolism Acceleration
- Metabolism Manipulation
- Motor-Skill Manipulation
- Mutilation
- Organ Relocation
- Organic Attacks
- Organic Combat
- Organic Generation
- Orifice Manipulation
- Prehensility Manipulation
- Protein Manipulation
- Regeneration Manipulation
- Retractable Body
- Sanitization
- Size Manipulation (bodies only)
- Self-Hardness Manipulation
- Shapeshifting/Organic Shapeshifting (through manipulation of Cells, DNA and/or Hormones)
- Synchronized Movement
- Unraveling
- Voluntariness Manipulation
- manipulate the properties of bodies
Techniques[]
- Body Combat
- Body Defense
- Body Function Manipulation
- Body Recreation
- Elasticity
- Internal Color Manipulation
- Pregnancy Detection
- Trick Body
Variations[]
- Blood Manipulation
- Bodily Mass Manipulation
- Body Length Manipulation
- Body Magic
- Fat Manipulation
- Feather Manipulation
- Flesh Manipulation
- Foreign Forces Manipulation
- Hair Manipulation
- Joint Manipulation
- Keratin Manipulation
- Leanness Manipulation
- Muscle Manipulation
- Nail Manipulation
- Nerve Manipulation
- Pheromone Manipulation
- Reproduction Manipulation
- Sense Manipulation
- Skin Manipulation
- Teeth Manipulation
- Thorax Manipulation
- Vein Manipulation
Associations[]
- Amalgamation
- Autopotence
- Biological Manipulation
- Biomass Manipulation
- Body Adaptation
- Body Physics Manipulation
- Life Manipulation
- Organic Manipulation
- Remolding
- Self-Essence Shifting
- Self-Molecular Manipulation
- Thread Manipulation
- Unnatural Quality
- Wire Manipulation
Limitations[]
- Users of Status Lock.
- Users of Decodification via DNA.
- May be limited if user has a permanent injury.
- May be limited to manipulating the body of either oneself or others.
- May be limited to certain parts of oneself of others' bodies.
- May be limited to manipulating bodies of their own species.
- Users might be unable to manipulate the bodies of those with malleable forms.
- May need tools/time to control.
Known Users[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Users of the Founding Titans power (Attack on Titan)
- Ymir Fritz
- Eren Yeager
- Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach)
- Pernida Parnkgjas (Bleach)
- Awakened Beings (Claymore)
- Demons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Hoon (Denma); via Space Distortion Quanx ability
- God (Denma); via Nano-matter Project
- Ji Ning (Desolate Era)
- Amon (Devilman)
- Jasdevi (D.Gray-Man)
- Lulu Bell (D.Gray-Man)
- Sheril Kamelot (D.Gray-Man)
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
- Baby (Dragon Ball GT)
- Maji-Kayo (Dragon Ball Super)
- Haumea (Fire Force)
- Katsuma (Evil Woman Executive)
- Puppeteer (Hero Killer)
- Mind Shocker (Hero Killer)
- Gabimaru (Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku)
- Hu Gong/Beom Hang (Heavenly Grand Archive’s Young Master)
- Machi (Hunter x Hunter)
- Pillar Men (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency)
- Oingo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Khnum
- Aya Tsuji (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable); via Cinderella
- Narciso Anasui (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean); via Diver Down
- Mahito (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Mine (Karneval)
- Ghost ÄRM Users (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Abel Walker (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
- Faputa (made in abyss)
- Jūgo (Naruto)
- Orochimaru (Naruto)
- Sasori (Naruto)
- Chiyo (Naruto)
- Black Zetsu (Naruto)
- Sapient God Trees (Boruto: Two Blue Vortex)
- Gemma Himuro (Ninja Scroll)
- Donquixote Donflamingo (One Piece)
- Kumadori (One Piece)
- Rob Lucci (One Piece)
- Breed (One Piece)
- Kelly Funk (One Piece)
- Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)
- Portgas D. Rouge (One Piece)
- Lord Orochi (One-Punch Man)
- Parasites (Parasyte)
- Macro Users (Fairy Tail)
- Maimakterion (The Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer)
- Humans (To Your Eternity) via nokker chips from Kaibara Cybernetics
- Elder Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Zeus (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie: Record of Ragnarok)
- Zerofuku (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie: Record of Ragnarok)
- Hajun (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie: Record of Ragnarok)
- Millennium Items users (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Bakura Ryou/Yami Bakura; via Millennium Ring
- Kalim; via Millennium Scales
- Marik Ishtar/Yami Marik; via Millennium Rod
- Maximillion Pegasus; via Millennium Eye
- Shadi; via Millennium Scales
- Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi/Atem; via Millennium Puzzle
- Andy (Undead Unluck)
- Victor (Undead Unluck)
Cartoons/Comics[]
- Jake (Adventure Time)
- Gumball Waterson (Amazing World of Gumball)
- Diamondhead (Ben 10)
- Wildvine (Ben 10)
- Swampfire (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Diamond Matter (Ben 10)
- Kevin 11,000 (Ben 10)
- Spectral Body Manipulation Users (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Burning Martians
- Green Martians
- White Martians
- Patrick "Eel" O'Brian/Plastic Man (DC Comics)
- Luke O'Brian (DC Comics)
- Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man (DC Comics)
- Swamp Thing (DC Comics)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
- Doctor Stephen Strange (Marvel Comics)
- Hulkling (Marvel Comics)
- Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Masque (Marvel Comics)
- Medusa (Marvel Comics)
- Mystique (Marvel Comics)
- Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Marvel Comics)
- Kl'rt/Super-Skrull (Marvel Comics)
- Susan Storm/Ultra Woman (Marvel Comics)
- Kenji Uedo/Zero (Marvel Comics)
- Wassi the Vast (The 99)
- Tyler Bowman (Supernoobs)
- Lucy Stretch/Elastic Beauty (The Dimensions)
- Impossible Jones (Impossible Jones)
- Mei (Erma)
- Plastiq (Super!)
- Plasti-Girl (Legion Unleashed)
- Dabung Girl (Dabung Girl)
- Dahlia (Galaxys For Hire)
- Madame Rouge (DC Comics)
- Martians (Invincible/Image Comics)
- Shapesmith
- Patty/Patty Putty (Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten)
- Henry Davenport/Microman (Sinister Squad)
- The rubber woman (Can you tell me another story?)
Live Television/Movies[]
- The Alien (John Carpenter's The Thing)
- Lucy (Lucy)
- Jane "Eleven" Hopper (Stranger Things)
- Gaxin (The New Legends Of Monkey)
- Dahlia (The Originals)
- Inadu Labonair (The Originals)
- Witches/Warlocks (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals/Legacies)
- Bonnie Bennett (The Vampire Diaries)
Literature[]
- Sun Wukong (Journey to the West)
- Jean-Paul "Alec" Vasil/Regent (Worm)
- Allied Mastercomputer/Adaptive Manipulator/Aggressive Menace/A.M. (I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream)
Video Games[]
- Lord Raptor (Darkstalkers)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Starecrown (Friday Night Funkin')
- Robloxians (ROBLOX); via WotAI: Limb Stretching Spell and Atomizer
- Yordle (League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra)
- Glamour users
- Gnar - Shapeshift
- Lulu
- Minimorph users
Tabletop[]
- Tzimisce Vampires (Vampire: The Masquerade); via Vicissitude
Web Animation/Comic/Original[]
- Bai Qiuran (My Three Thousand Years to the Sky)
- Tang Ruowei (My Three Thousand Years to the Sky)
- Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2006 - Too Spooky (SCP Foundation)
- The Hanged King (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-001-A - S. D. Locke's Proposal - When Day Breaks (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-042-CZ - A Formerly Winged Horse (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-070 - "Iron Wings" (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-343 - God (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-682 - Hard-To-Destroy Reptile (SCP Foundation)
- Sarkics (SCP Foundation)
- Siren Head (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
- Long Horse (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
- The God Of Roadkill (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
- Cartoon Cat (Trevor Henderson Mythos)
- Browbeat (Worm)
Other[]
- Jared Hopworth (The Magnus Archives)
- PHEN-228/The Boiled One (THE BOILED ONE PHENOMENON)
Known Objects[]
- Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- SCP-034 - Obsidian Ritual Knife (SCP Foundation)
Gallery[]
Self-Manipulation[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Dante Zogratis (Black Clover) can manipulate his own body using his innate magic attribute, Body Magic.
...such as growing clones out of severed limbs...
...shedding infected skin...
...growing a mouth to assimilate others...
...or growing extra eyes.
Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z) has absolute control of his own body's structure, down to the sub-molecular level.
Through his knowledge of pressure points, Hu Gong/Beom Hang (Heavenly Grand Archive’s Young Master) can manipulate his own body with Body Adjustment as he can readjust his bones and flesh, change his adult body into a child-like state,...
Gemma Himuro (Ninja Scroll) has mastered control of his entire body down to the tiniest bones and blood, gaining immortality.
The forbidden and horrendous Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance) attach and curse the user's body allowing them to change their qualities at will.
The Pillar Men (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency) can change and manipulate their bodies to greater degree and speed than any vampire created by the Stone Masks, being able to dislocate or even break their own bones as well as flatten organs in order to achieve any form they desire…
Through both sheer will and love for Ace, Portgas D. Rouge (One Piece) remained pregnant for 20 months all the while not showing signs of being pregnant until going into hiding, but this resulted in her death after giving birth to him.
Using his ability to see the future with Kenbunshoku/Observation Haki, Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)...
...can manipulate his body structure to avoid being hit due to his mastery of the Mochi Mochi no Mi.
Cartoons[]
Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom) has a standard ghost power called Spectral Body Manipulation to manipulate his own body for a variety of usage.
Patty Putty (Superhero Kindergarten) can rearrange her own molecular structure to that of putty, allowing her to stretch herself and turn into a ball.
Comics[]
Live Television[]
Video Games[]
Manipulation of Others[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Sheril Kamelot (D.Gray-Man) creating Dark Matter threads that can manipulate people's movements and bend them to horrible shapes.
Aya Tsuji's Stand, Cinderella (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable) could replace some parts of one's body by creating a replacement for it from the slots on its hand and then sliding the hand into the body to replace said part.
Donquixote Donflamingo (One Piece) can control his target's movement with his strings, as well as bifurcate them.
With his Puppet Mastery, Sasori (Naruto) can use Chakra Strings to manipulate his victims forcefully.
Black Zetsu (Naruto) could coat himself over a target in order to manipulate their body and abilities.
...disfigure and contort an opponent's body into a bloody mass of flesh by manipulating and pressing their hidden points.