Defense Mechanism

Defense Mechanism
When his life is in danger, Inuyasha (InuYasha) transforms into a powerful full-fledged yokai, though the transformation slowly degrades his sanity.
Condition to:	Gain powers when in danger.

"The Avatar State is a defense mechanism, designed to empower you with all the skills and knowledge of all the past Avatars."

― Avatar Roku to Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

The circumstance of gaining power when in danger. Variation of Conditional Power.

Capabilities

The users possess a defense mechanism; a systemic form of defense when users can gain a tremendous power(s) when in dangerous situations. This defense mechanism can be a passives when users abilities reactive automatically in order to defend the users in any stressful or dangerous encounters they may face reassuring the users safety.

Applications

• Automatic Attack
• Automatic Defense
• Automatic Support
• Situational Strength
• Life-Force Release

Associations

• Conditional Power
• Danger Empowerment
• Reactive Adaptation
• Safe Mode

Limitations

• The power may fade when the danger passes.
• The user may not be able to willingly access powers unless with intense training.
• The user may lack full control over their powers during the defense mechanism.

Known Users

See also: Defense Mechanism Superpower

• Avatars (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Yoshino Himekawa (Date A Live); via Ice Barrier/Ice Field
• Son Gohan (Dragon Ball); formerly
• Inuyasha (InuYasha)
• Iron Giant (The Iron Giant)
• Shizuka Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); via Achtung Baby
• En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
• Bruce Banner/Hulk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Gaara (Naruto)
• Bowser (Super Mario)
• Index (Toaru Majutsu no Index/A Certain Magical Index); via Johns Pen Mode

Gallery

Before they learn to control it at will, Avatars such as Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) can only access the Avatar State when in life-threatening danger.

Before he trained and learned how to access it, Son Gohan (Dragon Ball) could only access his hidden powers when angry or in danger....

...such as when Piccolo threw him at a mountain.

Shizuka Joestar's (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Stand, Achtung Baby acts as her defense mechanism that makes her and any surroundings in a short distance invisible based on her stress level.

En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse's (Marvel Comics) molecular structure adapts to adversity allowing him to combat different kinds of assaults and harmful environments.

In addition to activating when angry, Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe) can also transform into the Hulk when in danger, including through suicide.

Gaara's (Naruto) sand-based defenses activate automatically to defend him against threats.

When in mortal danger, such as being crushed by a heavy object, Bowser (Super Mario) is not only able to revive himself through massive burst of adrenaline, but become a giant as well.

Videos

-Futurama- Zoidberg - Ink Pouch

Family guy - Peter molts into another Peter-2