Darkness Mimicry

Darkness Mimicry
Shadows (Kingdom Hearts) are a type of Heartless that can transform into shadows to avoid attacks and sneak up on foes.
Power/Ability to:	Have a body made up of darkness/shadows.

"What's Vashta Nerada?"
"It's what's in the dark. It's what's always in the dark."

― Doctor Who

"Ace... You're body is made of fire, right? Zehahahaha. My body... is darkness!"

― Marshall D. Teach (One Piece)

The power to transform into or have a physical body made up of darkness/shadows. Technique of Darkness Manipulation. Variation of Elemental Mimicry. Opposite to Light Mimicry. Not to be confused with Dark Form.

Also Called

• Darkness Body/Physiology
• Living Shadow/Darkness Body/Mimicry/Physiology
• Shade Body/Mimicry/Physiology
• Shadow Body/Form/Physiology/Mimicry
• Umbrakinetic Body/Mimicry/Physiology
• Umbral Body/Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

The user is made up of or can transform their body completely into darkness/shadows. A user's transformed form is anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of darkness/shadows, in which case, it contains all organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately, the user can transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.

The user can assume a two-dimensional form, extend outward to become a larger shadow, blend into the darkness/shadows completely, or even teleport through them.

Although not part of Energy Physiology, this power shares much with it:

Nigh Formed Darkness/Shadow Beings are or can change into mostly physical beings, with the darkness/shadows flowing through their being, fortifying their cells, bones and muscles. Their power is mostly focused on their bodies and while they gain some amount of energy-attacks, the changes and applications are mostly internal.

Full-Formed Darkness/Shadow Beings are completely formed of darkness/shadows, without anything truly left from their physical form. They gain impressive control over their form and vast capacity to expel energy in various ways.

Applications

Nigh Formed Darkness/Shadow Beings

• Limited Darkness Manipulation
• Disease Immunity
• Enhanced Condition
  • Contaminant Immunity
  • Enhanced Agility
  • Enhanced Dexterity
  • Enhanced Lung Capacity/Oxygen Independence
  • Enhanced Speed
• Flat Body
• Invulnerability
• Pain Suppression
• Shadow Camouflage
• Shadow Generation
• Thermal Resistance

Full-Formed Darkness/Shadow Beings

• Contaminant Immunity
• Darkness Manipulation
• Disease Immunity
• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Dexterity
• Enhanced Lung Capacity/Oxygen Independence
• Flat Body
• Flight/High-Speed Flight
• Intangibility
• Invulnerability
• Pain Suppression
• Quintessence Force
• Self-Sustenance
• Shadow Camouflage
• Shadow Generation
• Size Manipulation
• Supernatural Condition
  • Supernatural Speed
• Thermal Resistance
• Umbrageous Teleportation

Techniques

• Umbrakinetic Shapeshifting

Variations

• Dark Energy Physiology

Associations

• Amorphous Physiology
• Animated Shadow
• Darkness Manipulation
• Force Armor Generation
• Light Absorption
• Light-Darkness Mimicry
• Personal Void
• Scattering - some users are able spread their transformed form over vast areas.
• Shadow Being Physiology
• Shadow Energy Absorption
  • Shadow Energy Assimilation
• Superior Human Physiology
• Umbrakinetic Creature Creation
• Umbrakinetic Immunity
• Umbrakinetic Regeneration

Limitations

• May be harmed by light.
• May be affected by light as if it was a physical force.
• Light Manipulation and other effects that create bright light are especially effective against the user.
• May be limited to moving like a normal shadow, on solid surfaces.

Known Users

See Also: Living Shadow.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• The Shadow Card (CardCaptor Sakura)
• Shade (CardCaptor Sakura: Clear Cards)
• Rui Hachiōji (Code: Breaker)
• Saechika (Code: Breaker)
• Rogue Cheney (Fairy Tail)
• Skiadrum (Fairy Tail)
• Gajeel Redfox (Fairy Tail)
• Sting Eucliffe (Fairy Tail)
• Kageyama (Fairy Tail)
• Chase (Fairy Tail)
• Shihai Kuroiro/Scheming Hero: Vantablack (My Hero Academia)
• Gajeel Redfox (Fairy Tail); via Iron Shadow Dragon Mode
• Kagerō (Flame of Recca)
• Pride (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
• Alucard (Hellsing Series)
• Chandra (Kubera)
• Dokurokushe (Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure)
• One-Eyed Shadow (Sidekicks)
• Jiraiya (Naruto)
• Misty (Super Doll Licca-chan)
• Gekko Moriah (One Piece)
• Marshall D. Teach (One Piece); via Yami Yami no Mi
• Nightmare (Paradox Saga)
• Sarutoru (Ranma 1/2: Nihao My Concubine)
• Rionette (Rave Master)
• Makora (Samurai Deeper Kyo)
• Shadow Soldiers (Solo Leveling)
• Star Wolves (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
• Varete (Witch Hunter)
• Polpo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo); via Black Sabbath
• E-91 Lady Ninja (Sonic X)

Video Games

• Makuta Teridax (Bionicle)
• Irnakk (Bionicle)
• Mask of Life (Bionicle)
• Black Suit (Blue Archive)
• Golconde & Decalcomanie (Blue Archive)
• Corvus (Call of Duty: Black Ops)
• Dawn (Contrast)
• Demon Hunters (Diablo III)
• Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored 2)
• Shadow (Disciples)
• Koga Shuko (Double Dragon)
• Zato-1 (Guilty Gear)
• Shadow Heartless (Kingdom Hearts)
• Cynder (Legend of Spyro)
• Gabriel Reyes/Reaper (Overwatch)
• Shadow Sirens (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
  • Beldam
  • Marilyn
  • Vivian
• Darkrai (Pokémon)
• Gengar (Pokémon)
• Giratina (Pokémon)
• Marshadow (Pokémon)
• Caterpillars (Rayman Games)
• Cynder (Skylanders)
• Trap Shadow (Skylanders: Swap Force)
• Various characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Midna (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
• Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat)
• Silence (Saga Frontier)
• Shadow Beasts (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow Energy Users (Shadow Fight); via Shadow Form
  • Shadow
• Shadow Mind (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow Seekers and Shadow creatures (Starshine Legacy/Star Stable)
• Shadow (Valkyrie Crusade)

Comics

• Torivors (Beyonders)
• Shadow Thief (DC Comics)
• Obsidian (DC Comics)
• Dallas Gibson/Specter (Marvel Comics)
• Valeria Von Doom (Marvel Comics)
• Erma Williams (Erma)
• Shadow (Starcraft II: Soits)
• James Herondale (The Last Hours)
• Shadow (Angel Wars: Guardian Force)

Cartoons

• Shadow (Xiaolin Chronicles)
• Faraboo the Caretaker (Aladdin TV series)
• Ebon/Ivan Evans (Static Shock)
• Shadowkhan (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• King Sombra (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
• Stygian/Pony of Shadows (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
• Aku (Samurai Jack)
• Cynder (Skylanders Academy)
• Shade Demons (American Dragon: Jake Long)
• Shade (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Shadow Creatures (Martin Mystery)
  • Barok the Faceless one
• The Darkness (The Fairly OddParents)
• Tinker Bell (Winx Club)
• Shadow creatures (Winx Club)
• Shadowman (Dynomutt, Dog Wonder)
• Lena De Spell (Ducktales)
• Black Velvet (Loonatics Unleashed)
• Spy Shadow (DePatie-Freleng Studios)

Movies

• Koga Shuko (Double Dragon)
• Whisp (Monster High: 13 Wishes)
• Pitch Black (Rise of the Guardians)
• Valak (The Conjuring Universe)
• Yaoguais (The Tiger's Apprentice 2024)

Literature

• Hades (Percy Jackson)
• Valkyrie Cain (Skulduggery Pleasant)
• Solomon Wreath (Skulduggery Pleasant)

Tabletop Games

• Shadow Dragons (AD&D)
  • Aurgloroasa
  • Shimmergloom

Live Television

• Shadow (Bear in the Big Blue House)
• The Darkness (Supernatural)
• Shadow Kin (Class)
  • Corakinus
• Saikou Shadow (Kamen Rider Saber)
• Linda Twist's shadow (Round the Twist)
• Randy Klein (Smallville)
• Parker Caine (Charmed 2018)
• Nichevo’yas (Shadow and Bone/Grishaverse)

Other

• Kinderfänger (Crypt TV)
• The Nightlanders (Fear Mythos)
• SCP-017 - Shadow Person (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-122-1 - No More Monsters (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-280 - Eyes in the Dark (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1002 - Demisers (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1983-2 - Doorway to Nowhere (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2997-2 - Ashes of the Fallen (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-7981-A Instances (SCP Foundation)
• The Auditor (Madness Combat)

Gallery

Shade Demons (American Dragon: Jake Long) are creatures of Darkness commanded by The Dark Dragon.

Shadow (Angel Wars) is the Demon Lord of shadows, though he ironically does not possess one himself.

Black Suit (Blue Archive)

Golconde & Decalcomanie (Blue Archive)

Corvus (Call of Duty: Black Ops)

The Shadow (Cardcaptor Sakura) is a living mass of shadows, and can gain more power by absorbing more shadows.

Rui Hachiōji (Code: Breaker) merges with her own shadow for full power.

Saechika (Code: Breaker) using his Dark Side to create his shadow armor.

Dawn (Contrast) can physically merge with her own shadow.

Obsidian (DC Comics) can merge with his own shadow to become a living shadow.

You Li (The Doctor's Supremacy)

Rogue Cheney (Fairy Tail) becoming shadows and can fade into shadows to dodge attacks and move swiftly.

Chase (Fairy Tail) is able to transform his body into a shadow and move around surfaces.

Pride (Fullmetal Alchemist) uses his shadow powers, which is actually his body's true form, as his humanoid body is just a vessel.

Alucard (Hellsing)

Shadowkhans (Jackie Chan Adventures) are living shadow spirit warriors.

Polpo's Remote Control Stand, Black Sabbath (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)

Midna (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) is capable of hiding inside Link's shadow and does so to avoid the deadly light.

Black Velvet (Loonatics Unleashed)

The Auditor (Madness Combat)

Eric Brooks/Blade (Marvel Comics)

Ivan Evans/Ebon (Milestone Comics) can turn into living darkness to become intangible or to shapeshift.

After losing his physical form, King Sombra (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), was reduced to a literal shadow of his former self.

Stygian (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), who turned into an evil pony of darkness.

Jiraiya (Naruto) merging into Ryūsui's shadow and taking control of him, so long as he is holding his breath.

Gecko Moriah (One Piece) switching places with his shadow at any time he desires, allowing him to teleport.

After eating the Yami Yami no Mi/Dark-Dark Fruit, Marshell D. Teach (One Piece) gains the ability to turn his body into darkness.

Reaper (Overwatch) can turn into is a shadowy form to move swiftly across the field and become invincible while in that form.

Darkrai (Pokémon) becoming a shadow to escape danger and contact with humans.

Gengar (Pokémon) is the Shadow Pokémon, possessing shadow physiology and hiding in other people's shadows, draining them of their bodily heat.

Giratina (Pokémon) has the power to turn itself into a shadow.

Makora (Samurai Deeper Kyo) armors himself with the dimensional energy of his Shadow ability, allowing him to become intangible by absorbing all attacks.

Aku (Samurai Jack) is the self-proclaimed Shape-Shifting Master of Darkness and can transform his body of shadows into whatever he pleases.

SCP-017 - Shadow Person (SCP Foundation) is a hostile living shadow that will enshroud any object or being near it until the target is no longer present.

Shadow (Shadow Fight), the legendary hero who used to become a living shadow by the Gates of Shadows.

The Shadow Mind (Shadow Fight) is the core of all Shadow Energy, with sentience and an incomprehensible force.

James Herondale (The Shadowhunter Chronicles) can turn himself into a shadow.

Sung Jin-Woo's Shadow Soldiers (Solo Leveling)

Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog), is an amorphous of formless darkness until he absorbs a target's shadow to take on that form with subtle differences.

King Boom Boo (Sonic the Hedgehog)

E-91 Lady Ninja (Sonic X)

Shadow creatures (Starshine Legacy)

Shadow Seekers (Star Stable)

Shadow (Valkyrie Crusade)

Shadow creatures (Winx Club)

Selene Gallio (Marvel Comics)

Videos

SCP-017 Shadow Person (SCP Animation) -Shorts

SCP-017 - Shadow Person (SCP Orientation)

SCP-122 - No More Monsters (SCP Orientation)-2

SCP-280 Eyes In The Dark

SCP-1983 Doorway to Nowhere (SCP Animation)-2

Entering the Empire (The Crystal Empire) - MLP- FiM -HD--2