Corpse Possession

Corpse Possession
Raziel (Legacy of Kain) possesses a corpse in order to enter the Material Realm.
Power/Ability to:	Inhabit dead bodies.

"You are a powerful mystic that can raise the true-hearted dead."

― Summary of the Retributionist role (Town of Salem)

The power to possess and animate dead bodies. Sub-power of Meta-Possession.

Also Called

• Cold Meat Suit Riding
• Undead Possession

Capabilities

Users are capable of possessing the bodies of the dead and animating them, whether it's their own corpse or that of others. Some users can use their powers while in the corpse.

Associations

• Meta-Possession
• Necromancy
• Possession
• Undead Physiology

Limitations

• May be unable to restore any decay-related damage to the body possessed.
• Possessed corpses may deteriorate at varying speeds.
• Extended possession may harm the user, unless they are already dead.

Known Users

See Also: Possessing a Dead Body

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Kurome (Akame Ga Kill!); via Yatsufusa
• Devils/Fiends (Chainsaw Man)
  • Power; Blood Devil in possession
  • Beam; Shark Devil in possession
  • Galgali; Violence Devil in possession
  • Aki Hayakawa; possessed by the Gun Devil
• Ena (Corpse Princess)
• Cheon Ma's Familiars (Myst, Might, Mayhem)
  • Blue Spirit
  • Demonic Monk
  • Gyu Soha
  • Go Chan
• Agent Number Seven (Hero Killer)
• Puppeteer (Hero Killer)
• Ikalgo (Hunter x Hunter)
• Shibugarasu (InuYasha)
• Foo Fighters (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean)
• Kenjaku (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Masamichi Yaga (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Kiriko (My Daemon)
• Rinnegan Users (Naruto); Six Paths of Pain
  • Nagato/Pain
  • Tobi/Obito Uchiha
• Slimes (Slime Saint)

Cartoons/Comics

• Purgatori (Chaos Comics)
• Luca Aldine (Marvel Comics)
• Mark 12/Vic Shade (Marvel Comics); in Nanite Form
• Quareen (Marvel Comics)
• Madelyne Pryor (Marvel Comics); intend to take over Jean Grey's corpse
• Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

Literature

• Shade/Legion (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
• Light/Dark Souls (The Viral Superhero)
  • Erica LaPlante
  • Nigel
  • Seila

Live Television/Movies

• Inti (Aliados)
• The Strangers (Dark City)
• Starro the Conqueror (DC Extended Universe); via extensions
• The Gelth (Doctor Who)
• Cartoon Monster (Roxanne)
• Johann Krauss (Hellboy)
• Demons (I, Frankenstein)
• Jumbo (Killer Klowns from Outer Space)
• Demons (Lucifer)
• Goddess (Lucifer)
• Hive (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
• Doctor Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Alien Slug Creeps (Night of the Creeps)
• Splinter Fungus (Splinter)
• Demons (Supernatural)
• Castiel (Supernatural)
• Dahlia (The Originals)

Video Game

• Prophet (Crysis)
• Yomiel (Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective)
• Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
• Hylden (Legacy of Kain)
• Lissandra (League of Legends)
• Yorick (League of Legends)
• Ing (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
• The Prisoner (Dead Cells)
• Ethan Winters (Resident Evil)
• Retributionist (Town of Salem)
• Necromancer (Town of Salem)

Tabletop Games

• Unknown/Millenium (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)

Web Series

• The Demonic Cubes (Charlie The Unicorn)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Kurome (Akame Ga Kill!) using her katana, Yatsufusa, to reanimate and manipulate up to eight corpses.

Power (Chainsaw Man) is a Fiend, a devil who has possessed a human corpse, who is "rational" and "intelligent".

Nagato (Naruto) turned corpses into the Six Paths of Pain.

Obito Uchiha/Tobi (Naruto) created his own Six Paths of Pain using the reincarnated Jinchūriki.

Foo Fighters (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean) is the sentient stand of a plankton colony who would later on possess the corpse of the dead prisoner, Atroe.

A slime (Slime Saint) is possessing the human corpse of a saint named Jelly Aspic.

Live Action Films/Television

Hive (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) can possess corpses.

The Strangers (Dark City)

Anyone possessed by an extension (DC Extended Universe) dies and then reanimates as zombie controlled by Starro the Conqueror.

Cartoon Monster (Evil Toons) possessed the corpse of Roxanne.

Jumbo (Killer Klowns from Outer Space) killed Officer Mooney and possessed his corpse as though he was a puppet.

Alien Slug Creeps (Night of the Creeps) possessing a frat boy.

Video Games

The Dark Troopers (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes) are the result of the Ing possessing the bodies of deceased Federation troopers.

The Prisoner (Dead Cells)

Videos

Examples

Night of the Creeps (1986) - Slug-Infested Zombie Scene - Movieclips

Night of the Creeps (1986) - Zombie at the Window Scare Scene - Movieclips

Night of the Creeps (1986) - Bathroom Slug Attack Campy Scene - Movieclips

Night of the Creeps (1986) - Cops vs. Axe-Wielding Zombie Scene - Movieclips

Night of the Creeps (1986) - Zombie Boyfriend Breakup Scene - Movieclips

Night of the Creeps (1986) - Your Dates Are Here. Bad News Is They're Dead Scene - Movieclips

Night of the Creeps (1986) - Flamethrower vs. Zombies Scene - Movieclips

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (6-11) Movie CLIP - Human Puppet (1988) HD-2

Evil Toons (1992) - Madison Stone - Chair Panties-2

SPLINTER - Severed Hand (2008) Movie CLIP HD-2

The Suicide Squad (2021) - Starro scene 4K 60fps-2

Sam Gets Help from a Wicked Individual - Supernatural-2

I Know What You Did Last Summer - Supernatural-2

When You’ve Just Gotten Home and There’s Already an Issue - Supernatural-2

EP 1- Origin - METROGENERIC-2

Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 1 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2

Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 2 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2

Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 3 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2

Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 4 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2

Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 5 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2

Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 6 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2

Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 7 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2

Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 8 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2

Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 9 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2

Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode Final Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2

Music

Naruto Shippuden Opening 7 - Toumei Datta Sekai (HD)