Contact-Based Power Activation

Contact-Based Power Activation
As long as they are in contact with each other, Mas y Menos (Teen Titans) can move at superspeed.
Power/Ability of:	Gaining superpowers when in contact with someone.

The power to access and use super powers when in contact with one or more people.

Also Called

• Team Power

Capabilities

Users can utilize supernatural abilities when they are in physical contact with another individual. This allows them to work as a team in any situation.

Variations

• Bond Empowerment
• Companion Allegiance
• Friendship Embodiment
• Relationship Manipulation

Associations

• Amalgamation/Fusionism/Gestalt Form; users may have access to powers they didn't have before.
• Conditional Powers
• Team Combination

Limitations

• The user(s) may have to be in contact with a certain person or people.
• The user(s) may have to be within either a certain range or in contact in order to activate the power.
• The user(s) might have to remain in contact for the power to remain active.
• The user(s) might not get along with their partner and not be able to use the power to its full potential.

Known Users

Cartoons

• Yin and Yang (Lilo and Stitch: The Series)
• Mas y Menos (Teen Titans); both gain Enhanced Speed
• Touch and Go (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series); Mr. Touch gains Super Strength and Mr. Go gains Super Speed
• Julia/Jules and Julie Tournier (The Twins of Destiny); ​both gain several Telekinetic Powers when both their hands come into contact or both held hands tight
• Yin & Yang (Yin Yang Yo!); together they can use create a large Aura Construct

Comics

• Scylla (Boom! Studios Comics); Scylla, when close enough, could siphon off his brother's powers and gain Levitation and Energy Blast
• Sodom and Gomorrah (DC Comics); both gain the power the power to send out blasts that turn whatever they hit into salt
• TNT and Dyna-Mite (DC Comics); both gain Enhanced Strength and Energy Blast
• Wonder Twins (DC Comics); Zan gains Water Mimicry and Jayna gains Animal Mimicry
• Ball and Chain (Homage Comics)
• AC-DC (Marvel Comics); both gain Electricity Generation
• Aurora & Northstar (Marvel Comics); both gain gestalt Light Generation
• Lana & Lori Baumgartner (Marvel Comics); both gain Energy Blast
• Blood Brothers (Marvel Comics); both gain Enhanced Condition
• Crimson Crusader and Imp (Marvel Comics); Crimson Crusader gains Gravity Manipulation and Imp gains Light Manipulation
• Double Trouble (Marvel Comics); both gain Plasma Blasts and Flight
• Fenris (Marvel Comics); through Bio-Energy Manipulation both gain Levitation, Andreas gains Concussion Beams and Andrea gains Disentegration Beams
• Rogue (Marvel Comics); by touching someone, Rogue's Life-Force Absorption activates, causing her to gain the person's knowledge, memories, and powers if they have any
• The Purple Children (Marvel Comics); gain the Mind Control abilities when they touch each other
• Jade Dragons (Wildstorm/DC Comics); By lining their arms together, they could summon a dragon

Literature

• Melissa Glaser, Cassie Blake, Nick Armstrong, Jake Armstrong, Faye Chamberlain, Adam Conant & Diana Meade (The Secret Circle); only Cassie and Diana can use magic on their own

Live Television

• Cyd and Shelby (Best Friends Whenever); both gain Time Travel
• Vara and Olga as Varga (Varga); when both hold each of their hands together, they fuse and become a single person known as Varga, a very powerful superhuman who becomes a real heroine
• Kai Parker (The Vampire Diaries); via Magical Energy Absorption

Manga/Anime

• Hō and Ban (Bleach); can manipulate water with their dolls Guhl and Günther and can only control the dolls when the twins uses Telepathy
• Yui and Shōta Toyokawa (Bleach); both are capable of breaking high level powered barriers when they touch each others' palms
• The Twin Card (Cardcaptor Sakura); ​both become more able to fight in different combats when together and can perform Replication
• Tsubasa and Hikaru (Figure17)
• Psychics (Hand Shakers)
• Yugi and Atem (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Video Games

• Plusle and Minun (Pokémon); raises their attack power via their abilities Plus and Minus when the two are in battle together

Gallery

The Purple Children's (Marvel Comics) mind control powers activate when they touch each other.