- "Why don't you take my mind? 'Cause you already own my life."
- ― The Browning - Sick Minds
The power to transfer consciousness between bodies in different locations. Sub-power of Consciousness State Manipulation, Sentience Manipulation and Astral Projection. Not to be confused with Mind Exchange or Uploaded Consciousness.
Also Called[]
- Consciousness Projection/Shifting/Transference/Transferring
- Essence Projection/Shifting/Transferal/Transference/Transferring
- Mind Projection/Shifting/Transferal/Transference/Transferring
Capabilities[]
The user has the ability to transfer the mind, spirit, consciousness, or soul of themselves or others into another body or vessel, which grants a variation of immortality. When this transfer is done on oneself, the user may retain all of their powers, abilities, and skills, although this is not always guaranteed and can depend on the individual’s abilities and consciousness. The user might transfer their mind into lifeless, empty bodies, possess a comatose or brain-dead person, or simply take over someone else's body.
Applications[]
- Consciousness Separation
- Essence Removal
- Immortal Cloning if possessing a clone body of the user.
- Information Transferal
- Mind Absorption
- Mind Exchange
- Possession
Variations[]
- Chronoskimming; transfer consciousness through space-time.
- Dimensioskimming; transfer consciousness through alternate dimensions or realities.
Associations[]
- Advanced Technology
- African Mysticism
- Ancient Power
- Aspect Expulsion
- Astral Manipulation
- Bionic Physiology
- Enhanced Caution
- Enhanced Preparedness
- Immortality
- Mental Continuation
- Mind Manipulation
- Non-Corporeal Form
- Possessive Teleportation
- Separation
- Soul Absorption
- Soul Exchange
- Soul Manipulation
- Soul Transferal
- Superior Human Physiology
- Telepathy
Limitations[]
- May be either irreversible or only temporal.
- Users of Indomitable Will/Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
- May have a limited range of transfer.
- A Divided Mind may complicate things.
- The user may retain a Vulnerable Prime Presence to which they must return.
Known Users[]
See Also: Body Surf.
Anime/Manga[]
- Ōko Yushima (Bleach)
- Puck (Captain Earth)
- Rinichirō Hagire (Deadman Wonderland)
- Dummies (Denma); via Neuro-scanning socket
- Max (dog) (Denma); via Artificial Neuro-sensor cell chip
- Ledina (Doraemon)
- Kami-sama (Dragon Ball)
- Ryūzan Hayashi (Gintama)
- Ichinomiya Shingo (Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou!); became Wendelin Von Benno Baumeister
- Bai Jin (Karakuri Circus)
- All For One (My Hero Academia)
- Yamanaka Clan (Naruto)
- Ino Yamanaka
- Inoichi Yamanaka
- Fū Yamanaka
- Inojin Yamanaka
- Orochimaru (Naruto)
- Fūka (Naruto)
- Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
- Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Gentooans (Space Dandy)
- Adelie
- Rintaro Okabe (Steins;Gate)
- Carmilla (Vampire Hunter D)
Comics/Cartoons[]
- Dr. Ivo Robotnik (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- The Batman Who Laughs (DC Comics); had his brain transplanted into the body of the Final Bruce Wayne
- Jericho (DC Comics)
- Lucrezia Mongfish (Girl Genius)
- Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse
- Emma Frost
- Jean Grey
- Rachel Summers
- Johann Shmidt/Red Skull (Marvel Comics)
- Maelstrom (Marvel Comics)
- Alistair Smythe/Spider Slayer (Marvel Comics)
- Arnim Zola (Marvel Comics)
- Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister (Marvel Comics); via Hive Mind of Sinister Species
- Neosaurus (Marvel Comics)
- Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (Marvel Comics); temporarily became "Peter Parker"/Superior Spider-Man
- Ultron (Marvel Comics)
- Mass-Produced Robots (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
- Darrell
- Ernesto
- Jethro
- Mikayla
- Raymond
- Shannon
- Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House)
- Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty - The Rickshank Rickdemption)
- Horde Prime (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Steven Universe (Steven Universe)
Literature
- Brady Hartsfield (End of Watch)
- Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars Legends); via "Transfer essence"
- Dragons (Inheritance Cycle) into Eldunarí
Live Television/Movies[]
- Humanoid Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
- Amahl Farouk/Shadow King (Legion)
- M3GAN (M3GAN); presumably
- Sargon's race (Star Trek)
- Vulcans (Star Trek)
- Dr. Ira Graves (Star Trek)
- Dr. Noonien Soong (Star Trek)
- Rao Vantika (Star Trek)
- V'Ger (Star Trek)
- Prue Halliwell (Charmed); season 9
- King Ghidorah (MonsterVerse); via Apex Technology
- Darth Bane (Star Wars)
- Set Harth (Star Wars)
- Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars); via "Transference"
- Valkorion (Star Wars)
- Darth Andeddu (Star Wars Legends)
- Darth Zash (Star Wars Legends)
- Travelers (The Vampire Diaries)
- Witches (The Vampire Diaries)
- Users of The Substance (The Substance)
- Elisabeth Sparkle/Sue
- The Nurse
- En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (X-Men Movies)
Video Games[]
- Deathless Black Snake (Arknights); as Kashchey and Koshelna
- C'drall (Battle Chasers Nightwar)
- Connor (Detroit: Become Human); into other RK800 models
- Delilah Copperspoon (Dishonored)
- Professor Hojo (Final Fantasy VII series)
- Myrrah (Gears of War)
- Fu Hua (Honkai series); via Fenghuang Down
- Herrscher of the Corruption (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Herrscher Of Sentience (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Otto Apocalypse (Honkai Impact 3rd); via Void Archives
- Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
- Luxu (Kingdom Hearts)
- Alex Wesker (Resident Evil); as Natalia Korda (Bad Ending)
- Ferdinand (Ni no Kuni 2)
- Kiryuu Sabato (Taimanin Asagi)
- Simon Jarrett, PATHOS-II personnel (SOMA); via Pilot Seat
- Amon (StarCraft)
- Orokin High Class (Warframe); via Continuity
- Tenno (Warframe); via Transference
Others[]
- Some telepaths (Forgotten Realms/Dungeons & Dragons)
- Arthur Watts (Justice League x RWBY: Heroes & Huntsman)
- Dr. Jack Bright (SCP Foundation); via SCP-963
- SCP-035 - Possessive Mask (SCP Foundation)
- TOM (Toonami)
Known Objects[]
- Cortical Stack (Altered Carbon)
- Essence Transference Ring (Arrowverse)
- Hoverchair (Arrowverse)
- Link Unit (Avatar)
- Artificial Neuro-sensor cell chip (Denma)
- Mind-Control Headset (Minecraft: Story Mode)
- Neuro-scanning socket (Denma)
- Fenghuang Down (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Orb of Drakaron (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
- SCP-963 (SCP Foundation)
Known Locations[]
- Tree of Souls (Avatar); via Consciousness Transfer
Gallery[]
The Deathless Black Snake (Arknights) can implant some of their consciousness into the victim's psyche, allowing them to suggest or influence others into agreeing with their ideals over time. They are known to have two bodies: Kashchey, a duke of the Ursus Empire,...
...and Koshelna, a lecturer in a college.
With his Hoverchair and portable ring, DeVoe (Arrowverse) can transfer his consciousness into other beings body's taking them over and gaining their powers.
The Link Unit (Avatar) allows a person to transfer their consciousness into their avatar body.
Ōko Yushima (Bleach) transferred his very own mind into two Mod-Souls...
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...Kagerōza Inaba, who inherited most of his memories...
...and Nozomi Kujō, who somehow splits off from Inaba's original form...
...which when combined, the original Yushima's personality returns in a much stronger body.
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In the event that his physical body would die, the Batman Who Laughs (DC Comics) arranged for his brain and consciousness to be transplanted into the body of the nigh-omnipotent Final Bruce Wayne...
...transforming him into the Darkest Knight.
Rinichirō Hagire (Deadman Wonderland) utilized Chan and En's ability to transcribe his memories into another body, effectively taking over and extending his life, with Toto Sakigami being his third and last generation.
Ryūzan Hayashi (Gintama) converted his personality into computer data and installed it into No. 502, though data corruption led him to become an emotionless machine, until nearing his death did his humanity resurfaced.
Lucrezia Mongfish (Girl Genius) specialized in consciousness transferal as her main field of research.
Juniper Lee (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee) using the Orb of Drakaron to transfer Ray-Ray's brain into a new body.
Exploiting Babbo's ability to hold human consciousness, Diana (Marchen Awakens Romance) corrupted him by transferring the evil minds of the Orb into him.
Charles Xavier/Professor X (X-Men Movies) survived his death by Jean Grey/Phoenix by transferring his consciousness into his brain-dead brother Patrick.
Jean Grey (Marvel Comics) transferring her mind into Emma Frost's body.
Ultron (Marvel Comics) can transfer his consciousness to another body should his previous one be destroyed.
Ino Yamanaka (Naruto) uses the Mind Body Switch Technique to temporarily transfer her mind into Sakura's body.
Fūka (Naruto) can switch her consciousness between several stored bodies due to her hair housing her soul.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) reawakens within Madara's body when Black Zetsu, her will, took over the body.
Orochimaru (Naruto) using Living Corpse Reincarnation to permanently transfer his mind to another body, completely taking over it.
Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Mass-produced robots (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes) like Darrell,...
...Shannon,...
...Raymond,...
...Ernesto,...
...Jethro,...
...and Mikayla can transfer their consciousness into another body whenever their current one is destroyed.
In his original robotic form, Dr. Eggman (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) created several replacement robot bodies to transfer his mind into.
Through the Dark Side, Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars) can transfer his essence into a clone body upon death, or even into another being should they be corrupted enough.
TOM (Toonami) has repeatedly transferred his consciousness into different bodies after the previous ones have been destroyed.
En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (X-Men Movies) had the ability to transfer his consciousness from body to body and whenever he was close to death he’d simply take on a new body. Whenever he transferred his consciousness into the bodies of other mutants, this enabled him to absorb their powers and therefore become an all-powerful mutant.
Videos[]
Jake getting his mind transferred at the tree of souls
The Possessive Mask (Animation)-2
SCP-035 Possessive Mask (SCP Animation)