- "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)
- "Wanna get high?"
- ― Towelie (South Park)
- "Come to the purple light, Meg. Come taste infinity!"
- "Don't listen to him, Meg!"
- "But he's so talented and he's got so many drugs."
- ― Prince and Chris and Meg Griffin (Family Guy)
The ability to obtain abilities and enhanced traits by ingesting specialized drugs. 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 effects, and the user must continue to take the drugs to maintain their strength.
Applications
- Conditional Powers
- High Empowerment - gain powers by getting high on the drugs
Associations
- Chemical-Based Powers
- Lethal Dose
- Medicine Manipulation
- Potion Creation - The ability to make these special drugs.
- 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 1-9 Serums (Arrowverse/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)
- Compound V (The Boys)
Anime/Manga
- ZenMetsu-gan Pill (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
- Celebre (GANGSTA.)
- Catastrophe-A (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
- CPH4 (Lucy)
- Three Coloured Pills (Naruto)
- Mind Awakening Pill (Naruto)
- Military Rations Pill (Naruto)
- Blood Increasing Pill (Naruto)
- Rumble Ball (One Piece)
- Energy Steroids (One Piece)
Video Games
- Titan (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
- ADAM (Bioshock)
- EVE (Bioshock)
- Plasmids (Bioshock)
- Salts (Bioshock Infinite)
- Vigors (Bioshock Infinite)
- Draysha Gas (Champions Online)
- 5-U-83-R (Injustice: Gods Among Us)
- Joy (LISA)
- Drive (Xenogears)
Live Television/Movies
- Harun-El (Arrowverse/Supergirl)
- GH.325 (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Centipede Serum (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Neurochem (Altered Carbon)
- Empathin (Altered Carbon)
- Chems (The Bourne Legacy)
- Crank (Crank)
- The Formula (Heroes)
- NZT-48 (Limitless franchise)
- Nightshade (Luke Cage)
- Regimen (Nikita)
- Power ("Project Power")
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/Steve Rogers (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)
- Seiko Kimura (Danganronpa)
- Basil (Dragon Ball Super)
- Twilights (GANGSTA.)
- Tadao Yokoshima (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
- Akimichi Clan (Naruto)
- Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto)
- Orochimaru (Naruto)
- Amado (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- New Fishman Pirates (One Piece)
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)
- Vinsmoke Sora (One Piece)
- Motoki Yaze (Strike the Blood)
Video Games
- Octane (Apex Legends)
- Joker (Batman: Arkham Asylum); via Titan
- Titan Henchmen (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
- Splicers (Bioshock)
- Jason Brody (Far Cry 3)
- Immortal Ship Committee (Knights of Sidonia)
- Dr. Mario (Super Mario)
- Elhaym "Elly" Van Houten (Xenogears)
Live Television/Movies
- Mike Peterson/Deathlok (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Neurochem users (Altered Carbon)
- Takeshi Kovacs (Altered Carbon)
- Empathin users (Altered Carbon)
- Harun-El users (Arrowverse/Supergirl)
- Ben Lockwood
- Lex Luthor
- Eve Teschmacher
- James Olsen
- Treadstone Assassins (The Bourne Identity)
- Members of Operation Outcome (The Bourne Legacy)
- Aaron Cross
- Number Three
- LARX-03
- Riley Finn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- All Initiative Operatives (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- 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)
- Eddie Morra (Limitless series)
- Brian Finch (Limitless series)
- Lucy Miller (Lucy)
- Bushmaster (Luke Cage)
- Misfits Gang (MisFits); they had they're powers reversed when they took ecstasy
- Guardians (Nikita)
- Owen Elliot/Sam Matthews
- Patrick Miller
- Jeff Shore
- Dana Winters
- Brandon
- Tim