Doppelgänger Morphing

Doppelgänger Morphing
Sylar (Heroes) taking on Danko's form.
Power/Ability to:	Take the appearance of other beings.

"If I was an imitation, a perfect imitation, how would you know if it was really me?"

― Childs, The Thing

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

Also Called

• Appearance Mimicry
• Changeling
• Glamouring
• 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
• Skill Replication
• Vocal Replication

Variations

• Character Imitation
• Flesh Masking
• Mimicry Form
• Perfect Doppelgänger

Associations

• Disguise Mastery
• Identity Manipulation
• Illusive Appearance
• Malleable Anatomy
• 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)
• Diva (Blood+)
• Mimicry-Species (Denma)
  • Mandragora
  • Beer-Lahai-Roi Imitatros
• Users of Shapeshifting Quanx ability (Denma)
  • A twin
• Alucard (Hellsing)
• Naraku (Inuyasha)
• Oolong (Dragon Ball)
• Puar (Dragon Ball)
• Ozotto (Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S.)
• The Mirror Card (Card Captor Sakura)
• Bentham (One Piece)
• Charlotte Brûlée (One Piece)
• Catarina Devon (One Piece)
• Porter Jackson (Wingin' It)
• Mirajane Strauss (Fairy Tail)
• Velveno (Fairy Tail)
• Gemini (Fairy Tail)
• Imitatia (Fairy Tail)
• 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 (Powerpuff Girls Z)
• Grubber/Lunk of the Gangreen Gang (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)
  • Pandora's Actor
• 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)
• Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Tina Greer (Smallville)
• Sylar (Heroes)
• Shapeshifters (Charmed)
• 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+
• Dr. Wrath (Mighty Med)
• Ug and Lee (Critters)
• General Xaviax (Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight)

Cartoons/Comics

• Blorgulax (Futurama)
• Lady Lux (FreeFonix)
• Sisyphus (Class of the Titans)
• 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)
• Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H.)
• Camille Leon (Kim Possible)
• Jake Long (American Dragon: Jake Long); temporary
• Kelpie (American Dragon: Jake Long); via feeding powers of others
• Dark Danny (Danny Phantom)
• Shape Shifter (Gravity Falls)
• Mutagen Man (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV series)
• Changelings (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
• Walter Naugus (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Mimic (IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Morpho (Sonic Boom)
• Chameleon (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Chamille (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Leroy (Leroy & Stitch)
• Megabyte (Reboot); as a Trojan Horse Virus
• Genie (Disney's Aladdin)
• Jafar (Disney's Aladdin)
• Carnage (Ultimate Marvel); via Haemokinetic Shapeshifting
• Sun Wukong (Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny)

Literature

• Animorphs (Animorphs); via DNA Replication
• Andalites (Animorphs); via DNA Replication
• 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)

Game

• Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
• Peyton Westlake (Darkman)
• Melona (Queen's Blade)
• Kisaragi Saemon (Basilisk)
• Ixis Naugus (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Decoy Octopus (Metal Gear Solid)
• Neeko (League of Legends)
• La Clown (Metal Gear Acid)
• Reaper Conduits (Infamous)
• Ditto (Pokémon)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• James Heller (Prototype 2)

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)
• Mane Mane no Mi (One Piece)
• 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)

Gallery

Cartoon/Comics

Kelpie (American Dragon: Jake Long)

Albedo (Ben 10) can take on the appearance of Ben Tennyson.

Lenopans (Ben 10)

Sisyphus (Class of the Titans)

Blorgulax (Futurama)

Shape Shifter (Gravity Falls)

Camille Leon (Kim Possible)

Changelings (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Mutagen Man (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV Series)

Magic Vitamin Pills (Igor)

Leroy (Leroy & Stitch)

Mimic (IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Walter Naugus (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), takes form of Nigel Acorn.

Morpho (Sonic Boom)

With the use of Haemokinetic Shapeshifting, Carnage (Ultimate Marvel) can shapeshift itself to mimic Richard Parker’s body, much to Peter Parker’s/Spider-Man’s shock.

Sun Wukong (Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny)

Sedusa (Powerpuff Girls)

Anime/Manga

Royd Lloyd (Bleach) can become a perfect copy of any person, including copying their memories and personality, but not their abilities.

Diva (Blood+) can assume the shape of those who's blood she drinks.

Mirajane (Fairy Tail) transformation into Lucy.

Pluto (Marchen Awakens Romance) can transform into anyone when she uses her Dimension ÄRM, Lippenstift.

Bentham (One Piece) ate the Mane Mane no Mi, and can become a perfect clone of anyone whose face he touches.

With the Mira Mira no Mi, Charlotte Brûlée (One Piece) has the ability to become the mirror image of any person.

Sedusa (Powerpuff Girls Z)

Experiment 316 "Morpholomew" (Stitch!)

Live Television/Movies

Drake (Blade: Trinity) can assume the shape of any human he can think of.

Paige Matthews (Charmed) glamouring into Sylvia.

Paige Matthews (Charmed) removing the Billie disguise.

The Beldam (Coraline)

Mater Mater (Disney's Cars) disguises himself as Ivan the tow truck, with the usage of Deployable Holographic Disguise Emitter.

Prisoner Zero (Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour) takes on the form of the Doctor and young Amy Pond.

The Flesh (Doctor Who)

Kate (Doctor Who) reveals herself to be a zygon.

Saibra (Doctor Who) is a mutant human who can replicate a person by touching any part of their organic matter.

Formula 55 (Jacqueline Hyde)

Photostatic Veil (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Disguise Generator Watch (Megamind)

Serleena (Men In Black 2) disguises herself as a lingerie model.

Lucy (Misfits)

Drake Stone (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) masquerades himself as Dave Stutler, also his weird smile.

Denise Simmons (Wingin' It)

After his power became more powerful, Lucas (Los Protegidos) no need to touch a person to transform into anyone.

Tessa Gray (The Shadowhunter Chronicles) can take the form of anyone she forms a psychic link with.

Polyjuice Potion (Harry Potter)

Skrulls (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

General Xaviax (Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight)

Alice (Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen)

Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles)

Video Games

Decoy Octopus (Metal Gear Solid) can mimic others to the point of copying their blood.

Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)

The Doppelganger taking the form of Trevor Belmont (Castlevania)