Clay Mimicry

Clay Mimicry
Gumby (Gumby) is a young boy made entirely of clay.
Power/Ability to:	Have a body made up of clay.

The power to transform into or have a physical body made up of clay. Technique of Clay Manipulation. Variation of Earth Mimicry.

Also Called

• Clay Body/Physiology
• Clay Golem Physiology
• Lutumkinetic Body/Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

The user is made up of or can transform their body completely into clay. A user's transformed form is anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of clay, in which case it contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately the user can transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.

User's abilities depend on the level of moisture they contain semi-solid clay can simply absorb most attacks and even enemies or items, it is malleable and nearly impossible to actually hurt; dry clay is nearly stone-like in hardness but fragile.

Applications

• Contaminant Immunity
• Dermal Armor
  • Natural Weaponry
  • Pain Suppression
• Disease Immunity
• Enhanced Durability/Invulnerability
• Enhanced Endurance
• Enhanced Lung Capacity or Oxygen Independence
• Enhanced Strength
• Thermal Resistance

Dry Clay form:

• Enhanced Strength
• Invulnerability
• Scattering by willingly shattering into clay-dust.

Semi-Solid Clay form:

• Amorphous Physiology
• Attack Absorption
• Binding by trapping and/or engulfing objects
  • Constriction
• Enhanced Flexibility/Elasticity
• Malleable Anatomy

Techniques

• Geokinetic Invisibility
• Lutumkinetic Shapeshifting

Variations

• Brick Mimicry
• Soil Mimicry: Instead of clay user becomes soil/dirt, this power may grant some amount of Plant Mimicry as well:
  • Attack Absorption
  • Binding by trapping and/or engulfing objects
    • Constriction
  • Enhanced Flexibility/Elasticity
  • Malleable Anatomy
  • Scattering by willingly shattering into dry dirt-dust.

Associations

• Amorphous Physiology
• Clay Manipulation
• Earth Mimicry
• Elemental Transmutation
• Geokinetic Regeneration using clay.
• Golem Creation- many golems have a variation of this power.
• Golem Physiology - many golems have a variation of this power.
• Scattering - some users are able spread their transformed form over wide areas.
• Size Manipulation

Limitations

• Some users may not be able to return to their original body/form.
• Has a high likelihood of slowing down the user.
• May be restricted to being either wet or dry.
• May need outside source for moisture.
• May be vulnerable to heat-based attacks such as Incineration.

Known Users

• Clayton (The Amazing World of Gumball)
• Clay Blob (Battle for Dream Island)
• All Clay Fighters (Clay Fighters)
• Terra (Cybersix)
• Clayface (DC Comics)
• Lady Clay (DC Comics)
• Golems (Discworld)
• Bo Hweemuth/Claylossus (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants)
• Lan King (Glitch Busters: Stuck On You)
• All Characters (Gumby series)
• Emeth (Monster Musume Online)
• Morph (The Adventures of Morph)
• Chas (The Adventures of Morph)
• Grandmorph (The Adventures of Morph)
• Delilah (The Adventures of Morph)
• Gillespie (The Adventures of Morph)
• Klayens (The Neverhood)
• Baltoy/Claydol (Pokémon Series)
• Nick Park (The Simpsons)
• Mister Shifter (Sonic the Comic)
• Elemental Hero Clayman (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)

Gallery

Clayface (DCAU) is made up of mud-like clay.

Golems (Discworld)

Baltoy and Claydol (Pokémon Series)

Elemental Hero Clayman (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)

Terra (Cybersix)

Clayton (The Amazing World of Gumball)

Mister Shifter (Sonic the Comics) was a dangerous shape-changing being whose body consisted of a purple "radioactive meta-clay"

Ichabod (Clay Fighters)

Clayface (DC Comics)