Camouflage

Camouflage
Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell) activating her therm-optic camouflage.
Power/Ability to:	Visually blend into surroundings.

The power to visually blend into immediate environment.

Also Called

• Chameleon Effect
• Camouflage Mode
• Dynamic Camouflage

Capabilities

The user can visually blend into surroundings by blending in with the coloration and form of their background to avoid optical perception. Some users can affect their attire by means of "static camouflage".

Variations

• Body Heat Camouflage
• Shadow Camouflage

Associations

• Cephalopod Physiology
• Chameleon Physiology
• Chameleonic Nature
• Color Manipulation
• Enhanced Stealth
• Invisibility
• Reflection Manipulation
• Skin Color Manipulation
  • Skin Color Shifting

Limitations

• Must be able to have similar colors as the location one is at.
• Users of Enhanced Senses can detect the users.
• May be limited to visible light.
• May still cast a shadow.
• May have to stay still.

Known Users

See Also: Chameleon Camouflage.

Anime/Manga

• Gekkou CLIII (Akatsuki Otokojuku)
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach)
• Kisuke Urahara (Bleach)
• Cyan Sung-Sun (Bleach)
• Yukio Hans Vorarlberna (Bleach)
• Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach)
• Kagerōza Inaba (Bleach)
• Sendou Ryuuichi (Code:Breaker)
• Chamelemon (Digimon)
• Nigrisshi (Dragon Ball Super)
• August (Fairy Tail)
• Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
• Risotto Nero (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Vento Aureo); via Metallica
• Tsuyu Asui (My Hero Academia)
• Zetsu (Naruto)
• Sebastian (One Piece)
• Psycho P. (One Piece)
• Zeo (One Piece)
• Pisces Aphrodite (Saint Seiya)
• Diabound (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• E-65 Gorru-Gaooh (Sonic X)

Cartoons/Comics

• Erma Ermine (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Kevin Levin (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Merlinisapiens (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien/Ben 10: Omniverse)
  • ChamAlien
  • Prisoner 775
  • Subdora
• Martians (DC Comics)
  • Martian Manhunter
  • Miss Martian
• The Chameleon (Godzilla: The Series)
• Blendin Blandin (Gravity Falls)
• Changewings (How to Train Your Dragon)
• Daolon Wong (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• A-Bomb (Marvel Comics)
• Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
• Namorita (Marvel Comics)
• Anole (Marvel Comics)
• Miles Morales/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• Venom (Marvel Comics)
• Randall (Monsters Inc.)
• Flora (Winx Club)
• TJ Botsford (WordGirl)
• Kevin's Flashback Mutation (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• Chuluun (The Lion Guard)

Literature

• Bug (Gone series)
• Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games)
• Fang (Maximum Ride)
• RainWings (Wings of Fire)

Live Television/Movies

• Mari McCabe/Vixen (Arrowverse)
• Kamacuras (Godzilla Final Wars)
• Chameleon Girl (Heroes)
• Gadgetmobile (Inspector Gadget)
• Indominus rex (Jurassic World)
• Karen (Misfits)
• Trent Fernadez (Power Rangers: Dino Thunder)
• Cammile (Power Rangers: Jungle Fury)
• The Predator (Predator series)
• Wampas (Star Wars)
• Tyler Jessop (Strange Days at Blake Holsey High)
• T-1000 (Terminator 2)
• Desserians (Tracker)
  • Nestov
  • Zareth
  • Logan Dunn
  • Yahir
  • Suudor
• Hammie (Uchu Sentai Kyuranger)

Video Games

• Stealthed Units/Structures (Command & Conquer series)
• Sting Chameleon (Mega Man X)
• Lizaflos (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
• Eric Kirby (LEGO Jurassic World)
• Owen Grady (LEGO Jurassic World)
• Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
• Laughing Octopus (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
• Quiet (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
• Parasite Unit (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
• Deerling (Pokemon)
• Kecleon and select others via move Camouflage (Pokemon)
• Mothim (Pokemon)
• Sawsbuck (Pokemon)
• Sewaddle (Pokemon); only by breeding
• Staryu (Pokemon)
• Stunfisk (Pokemon)
• Nilin Cartier-Wells (Remember Me)
• Espio the Chameleon (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Web Series

• Ilia Amitola (RWBY)
• SCP-165 - The Creeping, Hungry Sands of Tule (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-408 - Illusory Butterflies (SCP Foundation)

Other

• Squidstrictor (Ben 10: Power of the Omnitrix)
• Great Kanohi Volitak (Bionicle)
  • Toa Chiara
  • Toa Nidhiki
  • Toa Nuparu
• Makuta (Bionicle)
• Rahkshi of Chameleon (Bionicle)
• Roporak (Bionicle)

Known Items

• Cam Foil (Artemis Fowl)
• Mirror Ship (Dragon Ball Z)
• Camouflage Suit (G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra); via mirror camera paneling
• OctoCamo (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
• Vortex Armor (Terraria)

Gallery

Terry McGinnis' (Batman Beyond) Batsuit comes equipped with stealth camo.

Ryūichi Sendō (Code: Breaker) using Black Out to change the color of his skin to act as camouflage.

Mari McCabe/Vixen (Arrowverse/DC Comics)

Miss Martian (DC Comics) can change the appearance of her form, to bend the light waves around her to become near-invisible.

A-Bomb (Marvel Comics)

Changewing (How to Train Your Dragon) truly lives up to its name.

August (Fairy Tail) is known as the Magic King among his fellow Spriggan 12 members which he is able to camouflage himself and his allies from radar and detection.

The 'Chameleon Girl' (Heroes) blends in with her environment but to no avail.

With the right disguise, Agent 47 (Hitman) can blend into any environment almost perfectly.

Due his time frosting cakes at the bakery, Peeta (The Hunger Games) knows how to paint himself to disappear into his surroundings.

Daolon Wong (Jackie Chan Adventures)

Risotto Nero's Stand, Metallica (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo) can stick fine particles of iron onto his body, causing him to reflect light and blend into the background.

Because she has cuttlefish DNA, the Indominus Rex (Jurassic World) is able to camouflage.

Venom (Marvel Comics) blends into a brick wall.

Laughing Octopus (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)

Gray Fox's (Metal Gear) exoskeleton is equipped with stealth camo.

Karen (Misfits)

Randall (Monsters Inc.) can change his skin to camouflage the surroundings.

Stunfisk (Pokémon) using Camouflage.

Espio the Chameleon (Sonic the Hedgehog)

E-65 Gorru-Gaooh (Sonic X)

Erma Ermine (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

The T-1000 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day) takes on the appearance of a checker tile floor to hide.

As a chameleon Faunus, Ilia Amitola (RWBY) is capable of altering her skin color for camouflage.

As a Desserian, Nestov (Tracker), has the ability to camouflage himself very effectively.

Diabound (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using "Dark Camouflage" to hide in the darkness, but is ineffective in the light.

Kevin's Flashback Mutation (Ben 10: Omniverse)

Chuluun (The Lion Guard)

Chameleonmon (Digimon)

Sting Chameleon (Mega Man X)

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