- "Why don't you take my mind? 'Cause you already own my life."
- ― The Browning - Sick Minds
The power to transfer consciousness between bodies. Sub-power of Telepathy. Not to be confused with Mind Exchange.
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Also Called
- Consciousness Projection/Transference
- Essence Transference/Transferal/Projection
- Immortality via Transference
- Mind Transferal/Transference/Projection
Capabilities
The user can transfer the mind/spirit/consciousness of oneself or others into another body. When done on oneself, the user had the potential of retaining all of their powers and skills, which grants them a variation of immortality. Depending on the user, they may have lifeless, empty bodies for their mind to possess, possessing a comatose/brain-dead person, or just possessing someone else.
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 the consciousness through the Space-Time.
- Dimensioskimming - Transfer consciousness through alternate dimensions or realities.
Associations
- Aspect Expulsion
- Astral Manipulation
- Enhanced Caution
- Enhanced Preparedness
- Immortality
- Mental Manipulation
- Non-Corporeal Form
- Possessive Teleportation
- Separation
- Soul Absorption
- Soul Exchange
- Soul Manipulation
- Soul Transferal
- 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 original body may be destroyed upon transfer.
Known Users
See Also: Body Surf.
- Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty - The Rickshank Rickdemption)
- Amon (Starcraft)
- Delilah Copperspoon (Dishonored)
- Ferdinand (Ni no Kuni 2)
- Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
- Rintaro Okabe (Steins;Gate)
- Humanoid Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
- Puck (Captain Earth)
- Ichinomiya Shingo (Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou!); became Wendelin Von Benno Baumeister
- Bai Jin (Karakuri Circus)
- The Batman Who Laughs/The Darkest Knight (DC Comics); had his brain transplanted into the body of the Final Bruce Wayne
- Arnim Zola (Marvel Comics)
- Ultron (Marvel Comics/MCU)
- Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- Charles Xavier (Marvel Comics)
- Emma Frost (Marvel Comics)
- Jean Grey (Marvel Comics)
- Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics)
- Neosaurus (Marvel Comics)
- Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister (Marvel Comics); via Hive Mind of Sinister Species
- Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (Marvel Comics); became "Peter Parker"/Superior Spider-Man
- Alistair Smythe/Spider Slayer (Marvel Comics)
- Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House)
- Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars)
- Valkorion (Star Wars)
- Darth Andeddu (Star Wars Legends)
- Darth Zash (Star Wars Legends)
- Darth Bane (Star Wars)
- Set Harth (Star Wars)
- Ōko Yushima (Bleach)
- Ledina (Doraemon)
- Rinichirō Hagire (Deadman Wonderland)
- Ryūzan Hayashi (Gintama)
- Herrscher of the Corruption (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Yamanaka Clan (Naruto)
- Ino Yamanaka
- Inoichi Yamanaka
- Fū Yamanaka
- Inojin Yamanaka
- Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
- Orochimaru (Naruto)
- Fūka (Naruto)
- Mass-Produced Robots (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
- Darrell
- Shannon
- Raymond
- Ernesto
- Jethro
- Mikayla
- Rao Vantika (Star Trek)
- Dr Ira Graves (Star Trek)
- Dr Noonien Soong (Star Trek)
- Sargon & Sargon's race (Star Trek)
- V'Ger (Star Trek)
- Vulcans (Star Trek)
- Spock (Star Trek)
- Prue Halliwell (Charmed); season 9
- Some telepaths (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Horde Prime (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Kiryuu Sabato (Taimanin Asagi)
- Carmilla (Vampire Hunter D)
- Alex Wesker (Resident Evil: Revelation 2); as Nadia Korda (Bad Ending)
- Travelers (The Vampire Diaries)
- Markos
- Julian
- Katherine Pierce
- Witches (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Esther
- Finn
- Kol
- Travelers
- Markos
- Julian
- Katherine Pierce
- Gentooans (Space Dandy)
- Adelie
- Steven (Steven Universe)
- En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (X-Men Movies)
- C'drall (Battle Chasers Nightwar)
- Kami-sama (Dragon Ball)
- Dragons (Inheritance Cycle) into Eldunarí
- SCP-035-Possessive Mask (SCP Foundation)
- Brady Hartsfield (End of Watch)
- Simon Jarrett, PATHOS-II personnel (SOMA); via Pilot Seat
- Max (dog) (Denma); via Artificial Neuro-sensor cell chip
- Dummies (Denma); via Neuro-scanning socket
- Dike Heubing (Denma)
- Edel (Arcel)
- God
- Clifford DeVoe/The Thinker (Arrowverse/The Flash 2014); via his Hoverchair and essence transference ring.
- Connor (Detroit: Become Human); into other RK800 models
- TOM (Toonami)
- Dr. Eggman (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Myrrah (Gears of War)
Known Devices
- Cortical Stack (Altered Carbon)
- Link unit (Avatar)
- Neuro-scanning socket (Denma)
- Artificial Neuro-sensor cell chip (Denma)
- Orb of Drakaron (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
Known Locations
- Tree of Souls (Avatar); via Consciousness Transfer
Gallery
The Link Unit (Avatar) allows a person to transfer their consciousness into their avatar body.
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.
Charles Xavier (Marvel Comics) 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.
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 split off from Inaba's original form...
...which when combined, the original Yushima's personality returns in a much stronger body.
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.
Ino Yamanaka (Naruto) uses the Mind Body Switch Technique to temporarily transfer her mind into Sakura's body.
Orochimaru (Naruto) using the Living Corpse Reincarnation to permanently transfer his mind to another body, completely taking over it.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) reawakens within Madara's body when Black Zetsu, her will, took over the body.
Fūka (Naruto) can switch her consciousness between several stored bodies due to her hair housing her soul.
Exploiting Babbo's ability to hold human consciousness, Diana (Marchen Awakens Romance) corrupted him by transferring the evil minds of the Orb into him.
TOM (Toonami) has repeatedly transferred his consciousness into different bodies after the previous ones have been destroyed.
In his original robotic form, Dr. Eggman (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) created several replacement robot bodies to transfer his mind into.
Juniper (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee) using the Orb of Drakaron to transfer Ray Ray's brain into a new body.
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.
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.
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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.
With his Hoverchair and portable ring, DeVoe (The Flash) can transfer his consciousness into other beings body's taking them over and gaining their powers.
Apocalypse (X-Men Movies)
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Video
Jake getting his mind transferred at the tree of souls
SCP-035 Possessive Mask (SCP Animation)
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