- "Imagine if you could be smarter, stronger, healthier. What if you could even have amazing powers, light fires with your mind… That's what Plasmids do for a man."
- ― Atlas (BioShock)
Obtain abilities by ingesting specialized drugs. Though not a power in itself, it does grant powers to the user. Variation of Chemical-Based Powers and Powers Via Object.
Also Called
- Drug Augmentation
- Drug Empowerment
- Drug Enhancement
Capabilities
The user can obtain superpowers by taking special drugs. However, most of the time the powers are either temporary or single use effect, and the user must continue to take the drugs to maintain their strength.
Applications
- Conditional Powers
- Healing - Sometimes the drugs taken by the user holds healing abilities.
- Lethal Dose
Associations
- Chemical-Based Powers
- High Empowerment
- Medicine Manipulation
- Potion Creation - The ability to make these special drugs.
- Power Bestowal - Is used when the drugs grants special but temporary power to the user.
- Powerful Objects - The drugs are known to be a powerful object.
- Powers Via Object - Powers are obtained via the object.
Limitations
- May become overdependent and/or dangerously addicted.
- User may be powerless without the drugs.
- May cause drowsiness.
- User may suffer from an overdose or withdrawal.
- Many other potential side-effects.
Known Drugs
Comics/Cartoons
- Velocity 9 (DC Comics)
- Venom (DC Comics)
- D-Lite (Marvel Comics)
- Extremis Serum (Marvel Comics)
- Goblin Formula (Marvel Comics)
- Infinity Formula (Marvel Comics)
- Mutant Growth Hormone (Marvel Comics)
- Pym Particles (Marvel Comics)
- Super Soldier Serum (Marvel Comics)
- Xemorene (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic)
Anime/Manga
- ZenMetsu-gan Pill (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
- Three Coloured Pills (Naruto)
- Mind Awakening Pill (Naruto)
- Military Rations Pill (Naruto)
- Blood Increasing Pill (Naruto)
- Rumble Ball (One Piece)
- Energy Steroids (One Piece)
- Catastrophe-A (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
- Celebre (GANGSTA.)
- CPH4 (Lucy)
Video Games
- Titan (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
- ADAM (Bioshock)
- Plasmids (Bioshock)
- EVE (Bioshock)
- 5-U-83-R (Injustice: Gods Among Us)
- Draysha Gas (Champions Online)
- Joy (LISA)
- Drive (Xenogears)
Live Television/Movies
- The Formula (Heroes)
- Nightshade (Luke Cage)
- Chems (The Bourne Legacy)
- GH.325 (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Centipede Serum (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- NZT-48 (Limitless franchise)
- Crank (Crank)
- Regimen (Nikita)
- Neurochem (Altered Carbon)
- Empathin (Altered Carbon)
Known Users
Cartoons/Comics
- Bane (DC Comics)
- Elongated Man (DC Comics)
- Hourman (DC Comics)
- Johnny Quick (DC Comics); Earth-3
- NKVDemon (DC Comics)
- NKVDemon (DC Comics)
- Snowflame (DC Comics)
- Captain America (Marvel Comics); via Super Soldier Serum
- Mr. Hyde (Marvel Comics)
- Patriot (Marvel Comics)
- Sentry (Marvel Comics); via Super Soldier Serum but 1000X more powerful
- Popeye (Popeye comic strip)
Anime/Manga
- Akame (Akame ga Kill)
- Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach)
- Basil (Dragon Ball Super)
- Akimichi Clan (Naruto/Naruto: Shippuden)
- Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto/Naruto: Shippuden)
- Orochimaru (Naruto/Naruto: Shippuden)
- New Fishman Pirates (One Piece)
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)
- Vinsmoke Sora (One Piece)
- Seiko Kimura(Danganronpa)
- Twilights (GANGSTA.)
- Tadao Yokoshima (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
- Motoki Yaze (Strike the Blood)
Video Games
- Joker (Batman: Arkham Asylum); via Titan
- Titan Henchmen (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
- Splicers (Bioshock)
- Dr. Mario (Super Mario)
- Jason Brody (Far Cry 3)
- Immortal Ship Committee (Knights of Sidonia)
- The Dark Sage (Ninjustsu series) gave Human Rashi a special pill which unlock power but had a side effect
- Elhaym "Elly" Van Houten (Xenogears)
Live Television/Movies
- Neurochem users (Altered Carbon)
- Takeshi Kovacs (Altered Carbon)
- Empathin users (Altered Carbon)
- Riley Finn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- All Initiative operatives (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Eddie Morra (Limitless series)
- Brian Finch (Limitless series)
- Misfits Gang (MisFits); they had they're powers reversed when they took ecstasy
- Ando Masahasi (Heroes)
- Barbara (Heroes)
- Issac Mendez (Heroes)
- Mohinder Suresh (Heroes)
- Nathan Petrelli (Heroes)
- Niki Sanders (Heroes)
- Several humans (Heroes); Alternate future
- Tracy Strauss (Heroes)
- Scott (Heroes)
- Lucy (Lucy)
- Guardians (Nikita)
- Owen Elliot/Sam Matthews
- Patrick Miller
- Jeff Shore
- Dana Winters
- Brandon
- Tim
- Treadstone Assassins (The Bourne Identity)
- Members of Operation Outcome (The Bourne Legacy)
- Aaron Cross (The Bourne Legacy)
- Number Three (The Bourne Legacy)
- LARX-03 (The Bourne Legacy)
- Bushmaster (Luke Cage)
- Mike Peterson/Deathlok (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)