Earth Mimicry

Earth Mimicry
Terrax the Tamer (Marvel) former Herald of Galactus
Power/Ability to:	have a body made up of earth or earthen substance

Power to transform into or have a physical body made up of earth or other earthen substance. Variation of Elemental Mimicry, technique of Earth Manipulation.

Also Called

• Earth Physiology
• Earthen Mimicry/Physiology
• Terra/Geophysiology

Capabilities

User is made up of or can transform their body completely into earth, including soil, stone, metal, clay or other earthen substance. Users transformed form can be either anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of earth, in which case it contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately user can transform into homogenous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.

Exact physical abilities the user has depend on which variation they are using: sand, clay and soil are malleable and hard to truly harm; crystal, metal and stone are hard and grant powerful physical attacks but aren't particularly flexible.

Applications

• Dermal Armor
  • Natural Weaponry
  • Pain Suppression
• Contaminant Immunity
• Disease Immunity
• Enhanced Durability/Invulnerability
• Enhanced Endurance
• Enhanced Lung Capacity or Oxygen Independence
• Enhanced Strength
• Supernaturally Dense Tissue
• Thermal Resistance

Techniques

• Elemental Shapeshifting
• Geokinetic Invisibility

Variations

• Clay Mimicry
  • Soil Mimicry
• Coal Mimicry
• Crystal Mimicry
  • Diamond Mimicry
• Magma Mimicry
• Metal Mimicry
  • Gold Mimicry
  • Mercury Mimicry
  • Silver Mimicry
• Salt Mimicry
• Sand Mimicry
  • Dust Mimicry
• Stone Mimicry

Associations

• Amorphous Physiology
• Earth Manipulation
• Elemental Transmutation
• Geokinetic Creature Creation
• Geokinetic Regeneration
• Golem Creation - most golems have a variation of this power.
• Golem Physiology - most golems have a variation of this power.
• Scattering - some users are able spread their transformed form over wast areas.
• Terraportation

Limitations

• Very likely slows the user.
• May be restricted to single variation.
• Not exactly Invulnerability since limb can be broken off.

Known Users

• Tessai (Ninja Scroll)
• Bling!
• John White/ The Beast (inFamous 2)
• Sandman (Marvel (Spider-Man))
• Crocodile (One Piece)
• Dust (Marvel (X-Men))
• Rockslide (Marvel (X-men))
• Sol (Fairy Tail)
• Cornelia Hale (W.I.T.C.H.)
• Grey Gargoyle (Marvel)
• Lythos, the "Rock Titan" (Hercules)
• Pyros, the "Lava Titan" (Hercules)
• Antaeus (Hercules: The Animated Series)
• Gargoyles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
• Gargoyle species (Gargoyles)
• Josiah Power (DC Comics)
• Bash (Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure)
• Rubble (Kameo: Elements of Power)
• Stonies (Banjo-Tooie)
• Kakuzu (Naruto)
• Spire (Metroid Prime Hunters)
• Spirit of Earth (Shaman King)
• Terrax the Tamer (Marvel)
• Orc/Charles Merrimen (Gone)
• Little Larry (Sky High)

Gallery

Sandman (Marvel)

Spire (Metroid)

Crocodile (One Piece) using the ability of the Suna Suna no Mi to reform his body.

Tessai (Ninja Scroll) possessed this ability which was a deadly combination with his already large physique.

Kakuzu (Naruto) turning his skin into hardened earth.

Spirit of Earth (Shaman King)

Rock Mario (Super Mario)

Statue Mario (Super Mario)

Onix (Pokemon) and other ground-type Pokemon.

Pica (One Piece) can assimilate any stone into his own body, becoming and controlling all stone in the area.

Nagare (Naruto) using Assimilate All Creation Technique to take on the properties of a rock.

Tōkajin (InuYasha) implanted Shikon shards into his body, turning it into an armor of stone.