Flat Body

Flat Body
Kate Moss (Family Guy)
Power/Ability to:	Flatten/compress into two-dimensional space.

The ability to flatten oneself and compress one's body into two-dimensional space. Sub-power of Elasticity. Combination of Dimension Shifting and Body Manipulation. Technique of Flatness Manipulation.

Also Called

• 2D/Flat/Two-Dimensional Form/Mimicry
• Pancake Flatness
• Self Compression

Capabilities

The user is or can make themselves turn completely flat with no or almost no depth. This ability can allow them to slide through cracks in walls, hide by standing sideways, stick to walls, and slide under locked doors. Some users can also choose freely shift parts of their body to become flat and sharp.

Associations

• Body Manipulation
• Blade Shifting
• Cartoon Physics
• Compressability
• Dimension Shifting
• Dimensional Manipulation
• Elasticity
• Enhanced Concealment/Supernatural Concealment
• Gliding
• Logic Manipulation
• Paper Mimicry
• Sharpness Manipulation
• Stick Figure Physiology
• String Physiology

Limitations

• In some cases, changing between the two can result in a time lag in transforming.
• Could reform in spaces that can't accommodate 3D size.
• May require a surface to travel upon.
• Most users can become extremely thin, but not fully two-dimensional.

​Known Users

Cartoons

• Prismo (Adventure Time)
• Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball)
• 2-D Man/Stuart Lowe (Batman Beyond/DC Animated Universe/DCAU)
• Snap (Chalkzone)
• Pancake Peggy (The Disrespectoids)
• Duchess (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
• Kate Moss (Family Guy)
• Ivan Evans/Ebon (Static Shock/DCAU)
• Adam Evans/Rubberband Man (Static Shock/DC Animated Universe/DCAU)
• Fungus (Zombie Hotel); one off
• The Mooninites (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
• Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)

Comics

• Elongated Man (DC Comics)
• The Folded Man (DC Comics)
• Plastic Man (DC Comics)
• Ron-Karr (DC Comics)
• Thomas Longacre/Stretch (DC Comics)
• Val Ventura/Flatman (Marvel Comics)
• Piper Dali/Paper Doll (Marvel Comics)
• Tommy (Marvel Comics)
• One (Trio)
• Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)
• BubbleGum Jane (Ka-Blam.com)
• Spanner (Marvel Comics)
• Paper (Teen Titans/DC Comics)

Movies

• Geese (Fairy Tail: Priestess of the Phoenix)
• Elastigirl (The Incredibles)
• Spinel (Steven Universe: The Movie)

Folklore/Mythology

• Mimi (Australian Aboriginal Mythology)

Live Television

• The Boneless (Doctor Who)
• Tom Turbo (Die heiße Spur/Tom Turbo)

Anime/Manga

• Kurisu Ryou (Enigma)
• Edgeshot (My Hero Academia)
• Yajima (Fairy Tail)
• Usui (Hitomi-sensei no Hokenshitsu)
• Jiraiya (Naruto)
• Konan (Naruto Shippuden); via Dance of the Shikigami
• Diamanté (One Piece)
• Gengar (Pokémon)
• Lian Gillan (Love Prisoner Lava)

Video Games

• Mei-Ling (Darkstalkers)
• Mr. Game & Watch (Game & Watch/Super Smash Bros)
• Link (The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds); via Ravio's bracelet
• Mario (Paper Mario)
• Prince Fluff (Kirby’s Epic Yarn)
• Yarn Kirby (Kirby’s Epic Yarn)

Literature

• Flat Stanley (Flat Stanley)

Web Original

• SCP-423 - Self-Inserting Character (SCP Foundation)

Known Objects

• Ravio's bracelet (The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds)
• Alvino Ray Gun (Batman)

Gallery

The Folded Man (DC Comics) wears a special suit that allows him to shift his dimensions, allowing him to flatten his own body at will.

Prismo (Adventure Time)

Teri (The Amazing World of Gumball)

Pancake Peggy (The Disrespectoids)

The Boneless (Doctor Who) are beings from a 2-dimensional universe.

Link (The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds) gained the ability to transform from corporeal form to painting form at will after being hit by one of Yuga's picture imprisoning spells whilst wearing a mysterious bracelet.

Val Ventura/Flatman (Marvel Comics)

Piper Dali/Paper Doll (Marvel Comics)...

...can compress her body to a flat form...

...including doing so selectively.

Tommy (Marvel Comics)

Jiraiya (Naruto) using Toad Flat: Shadow Manipulation Jutsu.

Diamanté (One Piece) using his Hira Hira no Mi powers to turn his objects…

…and himself into flattened states.

One (Trio)

Elastigirl (The Incredibles)

Tom Turbo (Tom Turbo) can make himself flat to crawl beneath doors using one of his 111 tricks.

Flat Stanley (Flat Stanley) was flattened in bed by a bulletin board that fell on him in his sleep.

Ebon (Static Shock/DCAU)

Adam Evans/Rubberband Man (Static Shock/DC Animated Universe/DCAU)

After being bombarded with dangerous levels of radiation, Stuart Lowe/2-D Man (Batman Beyond/DC Animated Universe/DCAU) became a two-dimensional being with the ability to stretch his body to incredible lengths.

Lian Gillan (Love prisoner Lava)

Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)

Paper (Teen Titans/DC Comics)

BubbleGum Jane (Ka-Blam)

Kurisu Ryou (Enigma) can flatten his body to enter photographs.

Videos

SCP-423 - Self-Inserting Character-2