- "People can list any number of reasons to be afraid. This is because at the most fundamental level, 'comfort' leads to 'life', whilst 'fear' leads to 'death'. While people cannot give a clear answer why they want to live, they can give any number of answers why they do not wish to die. Thus, it is impossible to be unaffected by fear as long as you are alive."
- ― Äs Nödt (Bleach)
The power to evoke extreme fear and horror in others. Sub-power of Fear Manipulation. Variation of Emotion Inducement. Opposite to Courage Inducement.
Also Called
- Bogeyman Effect
- Fear Induction
- Intimidation
- Panic Inducement
- Terror Inducement
Capabilities
The user can evoke and increase fear and horror in others causing the target’s brain to release fear-inducing chemicals.
The victim’s perception may be altered, causing them to see their environment as ominous and the user as dark and foreboding, or even seen as a monster.
Techniques
- Fear Augmentation: enhance any feelings of fear until the victim literally dies of fright.
- Fearful Scream: scream with fear echoing in every sound-wave.
- Insanity Inducement: making others feel fear to the point they will become traumatized.
- Killing Intent: control one's own killing intention and use it to intimidate the victims.
- Paralysis Inducement: make the target literally 'paralyzed with fear'.
- Unknown Inducement: cause a fear so powerful that others tune users presence out of sight and mind.
Associations
- Bogeyman Physiology
- Despair Inducement
- Emotion Inducement
- Emotion Manipulation
- Fear Manipulation
- Mental Inducement
- Mental Manipulation
- Phobia-Initiated Ability Manifestation
- Surprise Inducement
Limitations
- Users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
- Users of Fearlessness or Indomitable Will are highly resistant.
- May be overpowered by Courage Inducement.
- May be constantly active.
Known Users
See Also: The Dreaded and Supernatural Fear Inducer.
- Hades/Pluto (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Phobos (Greek Mythology)
- Äs Nodt (Bleach)
- Retsu "Yachiru" Unohana (Bleach)
- Frieza (Dragon Ball Z)
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
- Beerus (Dragon Ball Super)
- Zen-Oh (Dragon Ball Super)
- Kuudo Hinokage (Medaka Box)
- Mongor (Thundercats)
- Alma Wade (F.E.A.R. Series)
- Ronnie Schiatto (Baccano)
- Haoshoku Haki users (One Piece)
- Yonko (One Piece)
- Sakazuki (One Piece)
- Doomguy (DOOM)
- Many Bishokuya (Toriko)
- Batman (DC Comics)
- Raven (Teen Titans/DC Comics)
- Parallax (DC Comics)
- Spin (DC Comics)
- Sinestro Corps (DC Comics)
- Scarecrow (DC Comics)
- The Joker (DC Comics)
- Turahk (Bionicle)
- Barbas (Charmed)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street Series)
- Scarecrow (Marvel Comics)
- The Lizard (Marvel Comics)
- Mr. Fear (Marvel Comics)
- Alexander Aaron (Marvel Comics)
- Phobos (Marvel Comics)
- Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
- Caliban (Marvel Comics)
- Turahk (BIONICLE)
- SCP-959 (SCP Foundation); involuntary
- SCP-303 (SCP FOundation); involuntary
- Tyrant Morax/Moloch (Shin Megam Tensei: Strange Journey)
- Pennywise the Dancing Clown/It (Stephen King's It)
- Jeggorabax Energy Entity (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
- Gachnar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Golden Fear Serpent (Skylanders)
- Thesulac Demons (Angel)
- Chaos (Sonic the Comic)
- Cluster Gems (Steven Universe)
- Cynder (The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon)
- Boggart (Harry Potter); via shapeshifting
- Jericho Cross (Darkwatch)
- Maury Parkman (Heroes)
- Guillame (Heroes)
- Nurarihyon (Nurarihyon no Mago)
- Nura Rihan (Nurarihyon no Mago)
- Nura Rikuo (Nurarihyon no Mago)
- The Dragoborn (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim); via Dismay Shout, rout, Hysteria and fear spells and various fear poisons and fear enchanted weapons
- Shadow Selves (Persona Series)
- Shinobi that use Killing Intent (Naruto)
- Darkrai (Pokémon)
- Pitch Black (Rise of the Guardians)
- Toepick (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- The Fear (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- The Thing (The Thing Series)
- Gaz (Invader Zim)
- Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Terror Dopant (Kamen Rider W)
- Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
- Phoenix Ikki (Saint Seiya)
- Fuyuki Hinata (Sgt Frog); only when truly angry
- Redjac (Star Trek)
- Tomokui Kanata/Rou (Re:Monster)
- Nobody Owens (The Graveyard Book)
- Frightgeist (Slugterra)
- Tara (Michael Vey)
- Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
- Slenderman (Slenderman franchise)
- Ring Wraiths/Nazgul (LoTR)
- Glenda (The Haunted Hathaways)
- Monsters (Girl vs. Monster)
- Buruburu (Supernatural)
- Huwara (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Myrddraal (The Wheel of Time)
- Padan Fain (The Wheel of Time)
- Cravex (Visionaries), via personal spell
- Dragons (Dungeons and Dragons)
- Diablo (Diablo)
- Gremloblin (Gravity Falls)
- Holo (Spice and Wolf); via her Wolf Form
- Fungus Humongus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2012 TV series)
- Bones (Power Rangers Dino Charge)
Known Objects
- The Soul Shredder (Danny Phantom)
- Phobia Mask (Chaotic)
- Various fear poisons and fear enchanted weapons (The Elder Scrolls)
- Scarecrow's Fear Toxin (DC Comics)
- King Sombra's Magic Door (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
- Left Hand of Horror (Grim adventures of billy and mandy)
Gallery
Äs Nodt the Stern Ritter "F" (Bleach) can amplify one's fear.
Batman (DC Comics) is well known for his ability to inspire fear in others...
...to the extent that he was chosen as a candidate for the Sinestro Corps.
Parallax (DC Comics), the living embodiment of all fear.
Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
Batman (DC Universe) under the influence of the Scarecrow's fear-inducing toxin.
Through the power of his sword, the Fright Knight (Danny Phantom) is able to send his victims to an alternate dimension where they are forced to experience their greatest fears.
Chaos (Sonic the Comic) possesses a powerful aura of fear that causes anyone in close proximity to him to become petrified with fear.
Boogeyman (Boogeyman 2)
Sinestro Corps (DC Comics)
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Scarecrow (Marvel Comics)
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Alexander Aaron (Marvel Comics)
Barbas, The Demon of Fear (Charmed) can literally scare people to death by bringing their fears to life.
The Fear (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater) truly lives up to his name.
Fear (Inside Out) is Riley's capacity to feel fear, making her feel fear whenever he's at the controls.
Kuudo Hinokage (Medaka Box) induces an intimidating presence so powerful people cast him out of conscious thought and cognitive perception.
It (Stephen King's It) in the form of Pennywise
In order to feed, The Jeggorabax Energy Entity (The Sarah Jane Adventures) induced fear into its victims
Huwawa (Valkyrie Crusade) terrifies all who see her eyes.
Darkrai (Pokémon) can inflict fear with its ability to make people see nightmares.
The prisoners of level 6 (One Piece) have committed crimes so vile even the newspapers refused to write about them. The world fears the inmates to the point that the World Government has to “erase” their existences from history.
Fungus Humongus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles;2012 Tv series) can produce hallucinatory spores which causes it's victims to experience their worst fears.
>Ss the Emperor of Evil, Frieza (Dragon Ball), was the most feared mortal in Universe 7, to the point that even decades after his death his sheer fear factor was stated to be the only thing keeping his empire from collapsing.
Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin (One Piece) is highly feared Pirate with fear factor so great that even the Giants do not dare speak her name.
Kaido's (One Piece) status as the "Strongest Creature in the World" makes him so feared that people would rather risk declaring war with the World Government than anger him.
While kind and motherly on the surface, Retsu Unohana (Bleach), is one of the most feared Shinigami in all of Soul Society, even to those who are unaware of her true self.