- "Chomp and munch, chew and crunch!
There's a lot here to destroy
Inch by inch, it's a cinch
Bringing down this big ol' boy!" - ― Computer virus (The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue)
- "Cy-Bugs are like a virus. They don't know they're in a game. All they know is eat, kill, multiply! Without a beacon to stop them, they'll consume Sugar Rush! But do you think they'll stop there?"
"Yes!"
"WRONG! Viruses do not stop! Once those Cy-Bugs finish off Sugar Rush, they'll invade every other game until this arcade is nothing but a smoking husk of forgotten dreams." - ― Sergeant Calhoun to Fix-It Felix Jr. about Cy-Bugs. (Wreck-It Ralph)
- "Because of you, Ralph, I'm now the most powerful virus in the arcade! I can take over any game I want! I should thank you! But it'd be more fun to kill you."
- ― Turbo/King Candy after fusing with a Cy-Bug (Wreck-It Ralph)
The ability to become a technological virus. Technique of Computer Virus Manipulation. Variation of Program Physiology. Opposite to Computer Anti-Virus Physiology.
Also Called[]
- Computer Virus Anatomy/Mimicry
- Digital Virus Anatomy/Mimicry/Physiology
Capabilities[]
Users of this ability are able to become a living computer virus. They are capable of spreading their virus and infecting a numerous amount of technology, allowing them to bend technical appliances to their will. Once the technical appliance has been hi-jacked, it is merely an extension of their control. Users are also capable of giving themselves a digital cybernetic body for physical purposes.
Despite the fact of the user becoming a virus, this power is not an evil power by itself due to the fact that this power can be used in good ways, like destroying villain's computers, dis-configuring or recovering data.
Applications[]
- Digital Evolution
- Duplicate yourself by using other people's power to create something.
- Duplication and self-duplication powers are included in the materialization powers.
- Some transformation powers are included if they imply creation of new material to increase the mass.
- Take control of Sprites and turn them into Virals' (Personal Servants/Allies).
- Technology-based abilities.
- Transformation
Variations[]
- Benign Virus: Spreads quickly through a system but doesn't directly harm it.
- Chaos Virus: Causes chaos and destruction to systems.
- Class-5 Virus: Drains energy and destroys systems.
- Control/Order Virus: Takes control of systems and its inhabitant's (Ex: Binomes).
- Cron Virus: Infects the entire net and orders a self-destruction, the strongest virus.
- Spectral Virus: Living, floating balls of energy that cannot reboot and create tears in a system.
- Super Virus: A higher class virus capable of intense destruction and powers.
- Trojan Horse Virus: Copy other programs' appearance and get past security programs.
- Viral Worm: Mindless en masse viruses that spread their infection indiscriminately.
Associations[]
- Artificial Intelligence Physiology
- Computer Program Physiology
- Computer Virus Manipulation
- Cyberpresence
- Digital Form
Limitations[]
- Transformation powers that respect the laws of conservation cannot be reprogrammed.
- Could be vulnerable to those outside of the data-based world (such as people using the computer they inhabit).
- Powers that only create mental objects or intangible energy (light, heat, force) are immune to it.
- Can be overpowered by anti-virus.
- Could be outwitted by users of Cyber Viral Immunity.
Known Users[]
Anime/Manga
- Evil and Virus attribute Digimon (Digimon)
- BEHEMOTH (Digimon Tamers)
- Diaboromon and all his other forms (Digimon: The Movie)
- Virus (Dragon Quest: Your Story)
- Virus (Mega Man NT Warrior)
- Ireul (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Wiruko (Sentou Jousai Masurawo)
- Love Machine (Summer Wars)
- Crashbug Archetype Monsters (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL)
Cartoons/Comics
- Virus (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Phage (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- X.A.N.A. (Code Lyoko)
- Megahurtz (Danger Mouse 2015)
- Alfred Protocol (DC Comics)
- Grid (DC Comics)
- Vril Dox I/Brainiac (DC Comics)
- Joker 2.0 (The Batmam TV series)
- Digital Overlord (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Experiment 223 "Glitch" (Lilo & Stitch)
- Absynthe (Marvel Comics)
- Daemon (ReBoot)
- Gigabyte (ReBoot)
- Hexadecimal (ReBoot)
- Killabyte (ReBoot)
- Medusa Bug (ReBoot)
- Megabyte (ReBoot)
- Powerlock (ReBoot)
- Phantom Virus (Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase)
- Viral (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
- Computer Virus (Wabbit/New Looney Tunes)
- Viruses (Winx Club)
- Turbo/King Candy (Wreck-It Ralph)
- Cybugs (Wreck-It Ralph)
- Artur (Ralph Breaks the Internet)
- Ralph Clones (Ralph Breaks the Internet)
Live Action Movies/Television Series
- Kaiju (Gridman the Hyper Agent)
- Kahn Digifier (Gridman the Hyper Agent)
- Rick Twitler's Computer Virus (Henry Danger)
- Bugsters (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)
- Gamedeus
- Graphite
- Kiriya Kujo/Kamen Rider Lazer; formerly
- Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Genm; formerly
- Lovelica Bugster/Ren Amagasaki
- Parado/Kamen Rider Para-DX
- Poppy Pipopapo/Asuna Karino/Kamen Rider Poppy
- Agent Smith (The Matrix)
- Psycho Yellow (Power Rangers in Space)
- Venjix/Evox (Power Rangers RPM/Beast Morphers)
- Brainiac (Smallville)
- Messiah (Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters)
Tabletop/Video Games
- Lina (Blade Strangers)
- Decagrammaton (Blue Archive)
- Corvus (Call of Duty: Black Ops)
- Glitchtrap (Five Nights at Freddy's)
- Herrscher of the Corruption (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Nightmare Mother (Mega Man X)
- Nightmare Viruses (Mega Man X)
- Nightmare Zero (Mega Man X)
- Sigma (Mega Man X); as the Sigma Virus
- Rush (Mega Man Battle Network)
- Zero.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network/Network Transmission)
- Life Virus (Mega Man Network Transmission)
- MS-Alice (Metal Slug); formerly
- White Baby (Metal Slug)
- The Redman (One Night at Flumpty's 2); as Redman.exe
- Pop-up Flumpty/Flumpty.exe (One Night at Flumpty's 3)
- Sonic.EXE (Sonic.EXE) via the Sonic.EXE CD
Others
- ViraBot (Animator vs. Animation)
- Mecha-Linkara (Channel Awesome)
- ViRUSES (CRiTORA)
- Herobrine (Creepypasta)
- 2BDamned/Doc (Madness Combat)
- Tricky (Madness Combat)
- SCP-1471 - MalO ver1.0.0 (SCP Foundation)