The ability to induce confusion. Sub-power of Confusion Manipulation. Variation of Emotion Inducement and Mental Inducement.
Also Called[]
- Bewilderment Inducement
- Buffer Access
- Dizzy/Dizziness Inducement
Capabilities[]
User can cause confusion (temporary interference with the clear working of target's mind) in a person or group of people. Depending of the power of user and/or attack, this can cause momentary or longer lasting inability to focus attention, loss of orientation (ability to place oneself correctly in the world by time, location, and/or personal identity), disordered memory (ability to correctly recall previous events or learn new material).
Applications[]
- Misdirection
- Cause confusion in a person or crowd.
- Distract the target just long enough to slip by.
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Blood Removal
- Brainwave Manipulation
- Confusion Manipulation
- Fatigue Manipulation
- Emotion Inducement
- Hallucination Inducement
- Memory Manipulation
- Mental Inducement
- Mind Control
- Unknown Inducement
- Vertigo Inducement
- Will-O-The-Wisp Physiology
Limitations[]
- Users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
- Indomitable Will or focused people are likely to be able to resist this attack or at least recover quickly.
- Prolonged use of this ability may lead to severe - if not permanent - damage to the user's mind.
Known Users[]
- The Reaper (Assassination Classroom)
- Keerakh (BIONICLE); via Staffs of Confusion
- Shinji Hirako (Bleach)
- Kōga Kuchiki (Bleach)
- Muramasa (Bleach)
- Kooper (Paper Mario)
- Vivian (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- Ms. Mowz (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- Edgar Roni Figaro (Final Fantasy VI)
- Hibana (Fire Force)
- Arme (Grand Chase)
- Eris/Discordia (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Magic Users (Harry Potter); via the Confundus Charm
- Bleu (Konjiki no Gash!! 2); via Green Butterfly
- Taylor and Tara Ridley (Michael Vey series)
- Lê Chiến Kim/King Monkey (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Pokémon that can use confusion inducing attacks (Pokémon)
- Psychics (Psychonauts)
- Cobra (Psychonauts)
- Mutant Rats (Psychonauts)
- Murray (Sly Cooper series)
- Doctor Light (Teen Titans)
- Elan (The Order of the Stick)
- Ada Walker (The Nevers)
- Malkavian Vampires (Vampire: The Masquerade); via Dementation
Known Objects[]
- Staffs of Confusion (BIONICLE)
- Eye of Confusion (Lego Dreamzzz)
- Brain Tanks (Psychonauts)
- The Orb of Confusion (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Brain of Confusion (Terraria)
- Flowers of Forgetfulness (Thea Stilton: The Land of Flowers)
Gallery[]
Muramasa (Bleach) can cause a Zanpakutō spirit to be confused with his power, causing them to revolt against their Soul Reaper masters.
Kōga Kuchiki (Bleach) completely confusing his opponents by sending his spiritual pressure into them, throwing their perceptions off completely.
Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) using the Confundus Charm.
Psychics (Psychonauts) can induce confusion in the form of confusion grenades.
Armed with the brains of the psychic children of Whispering Rocks, the Brain Tanks (Psychonauts) are capable of tossing an endless supply of confusion grenades.
Cobra (Psychonauts) has the ability "Confusion Hood", which can induce confusion.
Due to the rich amount of psitanium in the food-chain, the Rats in Thorny Towers (Psychonauts) are able to self-destruct, leaving a cloud of confusion on anybody who is caught in it.
Murray (Sly Cooper series) using his Cuffs of Confusion.
Elan (The Order of the Stick) casting and using Minor Confusion on a Frost Giant Berserker.
The Orb of Confusion (SpongeBob SquarePants)
Videos[]
Shinji VS Bambietta (ENGLISH DUB) - BLEACH- Thousand-Year Blood War - VIZ