The power to possess and animate dead bodies. Sub-power of Meta-Possession.
Capabilities
The user is capable of possessing the bodies of the dead and animating them. Some users can use their powers while in the corpse.
Associations
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
Live Television/Movies
- Inti (Aliados)
- The Gelth (Doctor Who)
- Demons (I, Frankenstein)
- Hive (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Demons (Supernatural)
Manga
- Ena (Corpse Princess)
- Ikalgo (Hunter x Hunter)
- Foo Fighters (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean)
- Rinnegan users (Naruto); Six Paths of Pain
- Nagato/Pain
- Tobi/Obito Uchiha
- Gecko Moira (One Piece); by Shadow Manipulation
Comics
- Quareen (Marvel Comics)
- Luca Aldine (Marvel Comics)
- Madelyne Pryor (Marvel Comics); intend to take over Jean Grey's corpse
Literature
- Shade/Legion (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
- Light/Dark Souls (The Viral Superhero)
- Erica LaPlante
- Nigel
- Seila
Video Game
- 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)
Tabletop Games
- Unknown/Millenium (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
Gallery
Hive (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) can possess corpses.
Nagato (Naruto) turned corpses into Six Paths of Pain.
Obito Uchiha (Naruto) creates his own Six Paths of Pain using the reincarnated jinchūriki.