The power to take on the appearance of others. Sub-power of Shapeshifting. Physical equivalent of Mental Mimicry. Not to be confused with 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[]
- Action Replication
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- DNA Replication
- Face Replication
- Skill Replication
- Superpower Replication
- Species-Shifting
- Vocal Replication
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Disguise Mastery
- Doppelgänger Physiology
- Glamouring
- Identity Manipulation
- Illusive Appearance
- Malleable Anatomy
- Mimicry
- Replication
- Shapeshifting
- Total Mimicry
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
- Doppelganger (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- 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[]
- Jack (D-Wars Also Dragon Wars)
- 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)
- Plastic Man (DC Comics)
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[]
- No. 00 (Animal Kaiser)
- 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)