Communication Shift

Communication Shift
Ra's Al Ghul's Tower of Babble (DC Comics) uses technology to disrupt the language-processing centers of every brain on the planet, making all communication impossible.
Power/Ability to:	Alter communicative abilities.

"I can't understand a thing your saying!!"

― Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)

"Well, Da. It looks like all your "dur" have come "ter."

"Ahh... My sons first stroke"

― Homer and Abraham Simpson (The Simpsons)

"MEOW! MEOW!"

"That's it. That's all it ever says. I've got a translator, but it doesn't understand him."

― Robot Meow and Emo Space Dandy (Space Dandy)

The ability to alter the communicative abilities of others. Sub-power of Mental Manipulation. Technique of Communication Manipulation.

Also Called

• Language Shift
• Speak Shift
• Translation

Capabilities

The user can alter the communicative abilities of others and render them incapable of delivering certain messages to others. They can cause others to speak nothing by but gibberish or speak an entirely different language. This ability is effective against those who require speaking certain languages or gestures to combat opponents.

Applications

• Alternative Communication

Associations

• Bio-Acoustics Manipulation
• Mental Manipulation
• Speech Manipulation

Limitations

• Beings incapable of communication render this power ineffective.
• May be incapable of altering hand gestures or communication tactics such as Morse Code.
• May be limited to one person at a time.
• May be temporary.
• If makes others speak different languages, Omnilingualism can effectively counter.

Known Users

• Bruce Nolan (Bruce Almighty)
• Rane (Elf Princess Rane)
• Maddie Van Pelt (Every Witch Way)
• Eleggua (Marvel Comics)
• God (Religion)
• Nymph (Sora No Otoshimono)

Known Objects

• Shriek's Babel Tower (Batman Beyond)
• Tower of Babble (DC Comics)
• Arsenal Gear (Metal Gear Solid 2)
• Babel Stones (Warehouse 13)

Gallery

Walter Shreeve/Shriek (Batman Beyond) once rigged a building to act as a massive tuning fork to disrupt air molecules throughout Gotham and make speech impossible

Eleggua (Marvel Comics) can alter the communicative abilities of others.

Nymph's (Sora no Otoshimono) singing ended up destroying every living things linguistic ability, completely destroying all language on earth and possibly beyond.