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The power to take on the appearance of others. Sub-power of Shapeshifting. Physical equivalent of Mental Mimicry.

Also Called[]

  • Appearance Mimicry
  • Changeling
  • Clone Morphing
  • Clone Transformation
  • Doppelgänger Shapeshifting
  • Doppelgänger Transformation
  • Imitation
  • Impersonation
  • Mimicry

Capabilities[]

The user can alter their form to take on the appearance of others, typically when they've seen said other at least once.

Applications[]

Variations[]

Associations[]

Limitations[]

  • Can only take the physical appearance of another, not create a completely new form.
  • May be limited to the user's own body mass and size.
  • May have some flaw or be penetrable in specific ways. Traditionally the user may keep some minor aspect of their true form or their reflection/shadow doesn't change.
  • May not extend to any actual superpowers, skills, or memories the copied person has.
  • Clothing and tools may remain unchanged, requiring the user to manually change.

Known Users[]

Anime/Manga[]

  • Grey (Black Clover)
  • Rhya (Black Clover)
  • Diva (Blood+)
  • Mimicry-Species (Denma)
  • Users of Shapeshifting Quanx ability (Denma)
  • Alucard (Hellsing)
  • Naraku (Inuyasha)
  • Oolong (Dragon Ball)
  • Puar (Dragon Ball)
  • Ozotto (Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S.)
  • The Mirror Card (Card Captor Sakura)
  • Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto/Boruto); Via Transformation Jutsu
  • Bentham (One Piece)
  • Charlotte Brûlée (One Piece)
  • Catarina Devon (One Piece)
  • Kurozumi Higurashi (One Piece)
  • Porter Jackson (Wingin' It)
  • Mirajane Strauss (Fairy Tail)
  • Velveno (Fairy Tail)
  • Gemini (Fairy Tail)
  • Imitatia (Fairy Tail)
  • Aldoron (Fairy Tail: The 100 Years Quest); via God Seeds
  • Loyd Lloyd (Bleach)
  • Royd Lloyd (Bleach)
  • Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  • Pluto (Marchen Awakens Romance); via Dimension ÄRM, Lippenstift
  • Prankster Imps (Nanatsu no Taizai)
  • Ninjas (Naruto); via Transformation Technique
  • Zenet (Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders)
  • Ditto (Pokémon)
  • Sedusa and Grubber (Powerpuff Girls Z)
  • Elf November (Senyu)
  • Enra Enra (Shaman King)
  • Rubber Soul (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Yellow Temperance
  • Zenyatta/Oingo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Khnum
  • Berg-Katze (Gatchaman Crowds)
  • Copycat Ken (Ranma 1/2)
  • Pluto (Marchen Awakens Romance)
  • Doppelgangers (Medaka Box)
  • For (D.Gray-man)
  • Doppelgängers (Overlord)
  • Experiment 316 "Morpholomew" (Stitch!)

Live Television/Movies[]

  • Nasedo (Roswell)
  • Lucas (Los Protegidos)
  • Carl Montclaire (Wingin' It)
  • Serleena (Men In Black 2)
  • Maxim Horvath (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
  • Drake Stone (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
  • T-1000 (Terminator)
  • T-X (Terminator)
  • T-3000 (Terminator)
  • Rev-9 (Terminator: Dark Fate)
  • Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Tina Greer (Smallville)
  • Sylar (Heroes)
  • Shapeshifters (Charmed)
  • Witches (Charmed); via Spells
  • Whitelighters (Charmed)
  • Anton (Charmed)
  • Jackson (Charmed)
  • Vornac (Charmed)
  • Katya (Charmed)
  • Paige Matthews (Charmed)
  • Stillman Sisters (Charmed)
  • Kieran Demons (Charmed)
  • Zile (Charmed)
  • Pilar, Patra and Phoenix (Charmed)
  • Slick (Charmed)
  • Skrulls (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
  • The Beldam (Coraline)
  • Jonathan Levinson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Illyria (Angel)
  • Ghouls (Supernatural)
  • Leviathans (Supernatural)
  • Shapeshifters (Supernatural)
  • Chase Collins (The Covenant)
  • Mater (Disney's Cars/Cars 2)
  • Balthazar Bratt (Despicable Me 3)
  • Mystique (X-Men Franchise)
  • Alice (Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen)
  • Denise Simmons (Wingin' It)
  • Lucy (Misfits)
  • Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles)
  • Doppelganger (The Healing - Star Cinema Film)
  • Penelope Gardiner/Athena Browning (Witches of East End)
  • Zygons (Doctor Who)
  • Saibra (Doctor Who)
  • The Flesh (Doctor Who)
  • Prisoner Zero (Doctor Who)
  • Poseidon (Mako: Island of Secrets); via a potion+
  • Ug and Lee (Critters)
  • General Xaviax (Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight)
  • Killan (Spy in Disguise)

Cartoons/Comics[]

  • Bill (American Dad)
  • Jake Long (American Dragon: Jake Long); temporary
  • Kelpie (American Dragon: Jake Long); via feeding powers of others
  • Dark Danny (Danny Phantom)
  • Blorgulax (Futurama)
  • Lady Lux (FreeFonix)
  • Sisyphus (Class of the Titans)
  • Shapesmith (Invincible)
  • Doug "The Doppelganger" Shablowski (Regular Show)
  • Inque (Batman Beyond)
  • Albedo (Ben 10)
  • La Clown (Metal Gear Acid)
  • Matrix (DC Comics)
  • The Chameleon (FreeFonix)
  • Loki (Marvel Comics)
  • Mystique (Marvel Comics)
  • Hulkling (Marvel Comics)
  • Limaxs (Ben 10)
  • Amora the Enchantress (Marvel Comics)
  • Lenopans (Ben 10)
  • Ethan Edwards (Marvel Comics)
  • Chameleon (Marvel Comics)
  • Skrulls (Marvel Comics)
  • XL (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
  • Spawn (Image Comics)
  • DNA Mimic (Godzilla: The Series)
  • Maggie Nelson (Stan Lee's Mosaic)
  • Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H.)
  • Camille Leon (Kim Possible)
  • Shape Shifter (Gravity Falls)
  • Mutagen Man (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV series)
  • Walter Naugus (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Mimic (IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Double Trouble (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
  • Morpho (Sonic Boom)
  • Chameleon (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
  • Leroy (Leroy & Stitch)
  • Megabyte (Reboot); as a Trojan Horse Virus
  • Genie (Disney's Aladdin)
  • Jafar (Disney's Aladdin)
  • Carnage (Ultimate Marvel); via Haemokinetic Shapeshifting
  • Wadey Wilson/Deadpool (Ultimate Marvel); via Image Distortion Cloaking Device
  • The Chameleon (Kung Fu Panda)
  • Sun Wukong (Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny)
  • Imperiums (Justice League 2001 TV series)

Literature[]

  • Animorphs (Animorphs); via DNA Replication
  • Andalites (Animorphs); via DNA Replication
  • Jessica Byrn (Half Bad)
  • Gabriel Bountin (Half Bad)
  • Nathan Byrn (Half Bad)
  • Marcus Edge (Half Bad)
  • Ledger (Half Bad)
  • Tessa Gray (Shadowhunter Chronicles); Perfect Doppelgänger
  • Clary Fray (Shadowhunter Chronicles); via Symbol Magic
  • Shape-changers (The Arkwell Academy)
  • Paul Kirkwood (The Arkwell Academy); via a shape-change necklace
  • Dusty Everhart (The Arkwell Academy); via a shape-change necklace
  • Nanny (Red Queen)
  • Doppelgangers (City of Devils)

Video Games[]

  • Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
  • Ultimate Imposter (Danganronpa 2)
  • Orin The Red (Baldur's Gate III)
  • Peyton Westlake (Darkman)
  • Melona (Queen's Blade)
  • Kisaragi Saemon (Basilisk)
  • Ixis Naugus (Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog); only in Shadow's form
  • Decoy Octopus (Metal Gear)
  • Mimi (Super Paper Mario)
  • Neeko (League of Legends)
  • La Clown (Metal Gear Acid)
  • Reaper Conduits (Infamous)
  • Little Witch (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Ditto (Pokémon)
  • Alex Mercer (Prototype)
  • James Heller (Prototype 2)
  • Impostors (Among Us)
  • Reisdent Mind (HOURS)
  • X Parasites (Metroid)
  • Axl (Mega Man X)
  • New Generation Reploids (Mega Man X)
    • Copy Sigma
    • Guardroid σ
  • Ashe (Mega Man ZX); via Model A
  • Grey (Mega Man ZX); via Model A
  • Shapeshifters (Among Us)
  • Romeo (Minecraft: Story Mode)

Web Animation/Original[]

  • Satan (The Mandela Catalogue)
    • Alternates (The Mandela Catalogue)

Known Objects[]

  • Deployable Holographic Disguise Emitter (Cars)
  • Disguise Generator Watch (Megamind)
  • Disguise Spell/Transformation Spell (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
  • Formula 55 (Jacqueline Hyde)
  • Magic Vitamin Pills (Igor)
  • Clone-Clone Fruit/Mane Mane no Mi (One Piece)
  • Mirror-Mirror Fruit/Mira Mira no Mi (One Piece)
  • Inu Inu no Mi, Model: Kyubi (One Piece)
  • Photostatic Veil (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
  • Dimension ÄRM, Lippenstift (Marchen Awakens Romance)
  • Polyjuice Potion (Harry Potter)
  • Glamour Mask (Trollhunters)
  • Moby Morpher (Xiaolin Showdown)
  • Shift stones (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness)
  • Nanomorphic surgery (Kim Possible)
  • Holographic Disguise Matrix (Star Wars: Clone Wars)

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