Hive Mind

Hive Mind
Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain (Naruto) all shared one mind.
Power/Ability to:	Share a collective consciousness between multiple bodies.

"Ask Mirabel. She and the Sculk are like a hive mind."

― Tina, "The Fungus Among Us"

"I am the large will created by the whole of the Misaka Network /return. Nice to meetcha☆ /return."

― The Will of the Whole Misaka Network to Kamijou Touma (Toaru Majutsu no Index)

The ability to share a collective consciousness between multiple bodies. Sub-power of Superorganism Manipulation. Lesser version of Mass Consciousness. Not to be confused with Mind Hive or Replication.

Also Called

• Brainwave/Psychic Network
• Gestalt/Group Mind
• Hive Mentality/Organism
• Shared Consciousness/Mind

Fiction-Specific Terms

• Force Meld (Star Wars)
• Telepathic Hive Mind (Marvel Comics/The Gifted)

Capabilities

Hive mind allows a group of people (often biologically related) "share" the same mind. In some cases, one person could take control of another separate body to add to the hive. Like most hive insects like bees and ants, each can work autonomously, though they think the same thing at the same time. The members have little individuality, more or less they are only marionettes controlled by a puppeteer.

In some cases, the members of the hive mind have separate brains, mindsets, personalities, and individuality. But both are basically the same, all members work as one, they can all see, hear, and know what the others do. All work as one, each think with the same "mind", not as a sum of its parts.

Applications

• Can be used to scout out areas being able to see and experience in multiple areas at once. If the subjects have any other powers, they act as their own team or unit.
• Control several bodies at the same time.
• Communicate with a person in the Hive Mind.
• Gain powers of the body connected to the Hive Mind.
• Hive Senses across all bodies.
• Increasing the personal powers of one another.
• Puppet Mastery
• Share calculations/problems with everyone connected to the Hive Mind.
• Species Telepathy
• Unified Speech

Variations

• Collective Intelligence
• Multi Hive Mind

Associations

• Fathomless Mind
• Mass Consciousness
• Mind Hive
• Population Control
• Replication
• Superorganism Manipulation
• Superorganism Physiology
• Telepathy

Limitations

• Rendered useless without the hive king/hive queen to guide.
• If one member of the hive is hurt, the rest will feel the same pain.
• Requires a leader class to control at least a small group.
• May have limited range, members straying too far may cause problems.
• Users of Indomitable Will and Psychic Shield may be able to resist the hive mind into some degree, with high-level user possibly being immune.
• If one of them is mind controlled, all of them will be.

Known Users

See Also: Hive Mind.

Cartoons

• The Core (Amphibia)
• Gary (Amphibia)
• Ectonurites (Ben 10 Series)
• Nanochips (Ben 10)
• Xerge (Ben 10 Reboot)
• The Bohrok (Bionicle)
• Delightful Children From Down The Lane (Codename: Kids Next Door)
• Melvinborg (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants); via BNA
• Queen Ribble/Ms. Tara Ribble (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants); via BNA
• Tad Mulholland (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)
• Vermillion (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
  • Blunk
  • Machia
  • Raggmunk
• Skraaldians (Men in Black: The Series)
• Darrell (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
• Lazarus 92 (Samurai Jack)
• Norbius (Sendokai Champions)
• Kraang (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
• Unity (Rick and Morty)
• Beta-7 (Rick and Morty)
• Million Ants (Rick and Morty)
• Horde Prime (She-Ra and The Princesses of Power)
• White Diamond (Steven Universe)
• The Arathim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance); via the Ascendancy

Comics

• Zazzala/Queen Bee (DC Comics)
• Parliament of Trees (DC Comics)
• Black Priests (Marvel Comics)
• Krakoa (Marvel Comics)
• Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister (Marvel Comics); via Hive Mind of Sinister Species
• The Stepford Cuckoos (Marvel Comics)
  • Celeste
  • Esme
  • Mindee (Irma)
  • Phoebe
  • Sophie
• Poison Queen (Marvel Comics)
• Light Side Users (Star Wars)
• Dionysus (The Wicked + The Divine)

Movies

• Xenomorphs (Alien series)
• Emperor Zurg (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command) via Uni-Mind
• The Strangers (Dark City)
• Mimics (Edge of Tomorrow)
• The thirteen Mayan aliens (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
• Kai (Kung Fu Panda); only jombies
• Ultron (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Kaiju (Pacific Rim)
• Toothiana/The Tooth Fairy (Rise of the Guardians) via Mini-Fairies
• Earl (Slither)

Literature

• Violet & Verbena Pollard (The Bad Place)
• Phoners (Cell)
• Othermind (Wings of Fire)
• The Killik (Star Wars Legends)
• Mnggal-Mnggal (Star Wars Legends)

Live Television

• Jason Miller (Alphas)
• The Body Jasmine (Angel)
• Bringers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Vampires (Charmed)
• Axons (Doctor Who); Connected to Axos
• Rutans (Doctor Who)
• The Borg (Star Trek)
• Replicators (Stargate series)
• Mirabel (The Fungus Among Us); the Sculk only
• Henry Creel/One/Vecna via the use of the Mind Flayer (Stranger Things)
• Frost Sisters (The Gifted)
  • Esme Frost
  • Phoebe Frost
  • Sophie Frost
  • Mindee (Irma) Frost
  • Celeste Frost

Anime/Manga

• The Pícaro (Bleach)
• Santa Claus (Chainsaw Man); via contract with the Doll Devil
• Dryad (Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody)
• The Vajra (Macross Frontier)
• Nagato/Pain (Naruto)
• Obito Uchiha (Naruto)
• The Misaka Clone Sisters (Toaru Majutsu no Index/Toaru Kagaku no Railgun)
• Will of the Whole Misaka Network (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
• Kihara Gensei (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun); via Level Upper
• Kiyama Harumi (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun); via Level Upper
• Radam (Tekkaman Blade)
• Tekkaman warriors (Tekkaman Blade)

Tabletop Games

• Hivemind Swarm (Pathfinder)
• Tyranids (Warhammer 40,000)

TCG

• The Sliver (Magic The Gathering)

Video Games

• Cerberus (Helltaker)
• Tyranids (Warhammer 40k)
• Eleanor Lamb (Bioshock 2); with Little Sisters
• Alpha Ceph (Crysis 3)
• Laurence "Prophet" Barnes (Crysis 3); after the neural blocks were removed
• Grandmatriarchs (Cookie Clicker)
• Necromorphs (Dead Space)
• Eaters (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth)
• Darkspawn (Dragon Age)
  • Archdemons
• Maenads (Final Fantasy IV: The After Years)
• The Flood/The Gravemind (Halo)
• The Reapers (inFamous)
• Aurum (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
• Dreamy Luigi and The Luiginoids (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)
• The Fold (Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2)
• Rachni (Mass Effect)
• D'Vorah (Mortal Kombat X)
• Unown (Pokémon)
• The Infected (Prototype)
• Zoni (Ratchet & Clank)
• Leeches (Resident Evil Zero)
• E-001/Eveline (Resident Evil 7: Biohazard)
• Black Arms (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Voxai (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)
• Tuatha (Project Argentum)
• Zerg (Starcraft series)
  • The Overmind
  • The Queen of Blades
• Aparoids (Star Fox: Assault)
• The Many (System Shock 2)
• Lord of Dust (Metal Gear Survive)
• Rom, The Vacuous Spider (Bloodborne)
• Naafiri (‘’League of Legends)

Web Original

• SCP-171 - Collective Brain Foam (SCP Foundation)
  • SCP-173 - The Sculpture (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-408 - Illusory Butterflies (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-414 - Regardless, I Might Prefer Myself Sick (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-428 - The Crowd (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1795 - The Star Womb (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1919 - Hotel of Duplicates (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2075 - The Way of All Flesh (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2106-1 - A Conspiracy of Ravens (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2316 - Field Trip (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2624 - Laika's Sweetheart Space-Beacon (SCP Foundation)
• The Convocation (Fear Mythos)
• The Intrusion (Fear Mythos)
• EAT (Fear Mythos)

Gallery

Eaters (Digimon) all operate under a single hive mind, controlled by the "Mother Eater". If one were to be separated from the hive mind, they would start evolving beyond any and all control.

Mother Eater (Digimon) regulates the Eater Hive mind, and makes sure that all assimilated data is shared equally amongst all units.

Eater Eden (Digimon) was separated from the Eater's hive mind and eventually fused with the entirety of Cyberspace Eden to rival Mother Eater in power.

Zazzala (DC Comics) is the queen of a race of bee-like aliens and controls their hive-mind.

The Parliament of Trees (DC Comics) have given up everyday speech and mobility, communicating through one unified mind.

The Aurum Brain (Kid Icarus: Uprising) is the hive mind behind the Aurum race.

Ultron Sentries (Marvel Cinematic Universe) act as a extension of Ultron himself.

Krakoa's (Marvel Comics) entire ecosystem operates under a hive mind.

Stepford Cuckoos (Marvel Comics)

Nagato (Naruto), who controls his Six Paths of Pain.

Obito Uchiha (Naruto) creates his own Six Paths of Pain using the reincarnated jinchūriki…

…which share the same vision Rinnegan and mind of each one simultaneously.

Elizabeth Greene (Prototype) and her legions of Infected.

Alex Mercer (Prototype) tapping into the Infected hive mind.

Beta-7 (left-far left) & Unity (far right) (Rick and Morty) are two variations of a hive-mind.

Million Ants (Rick and Morty) is made of multiple ants.

Lazarus 92 (Samurai Jack) is made of multiple poisonous leeches.

Dionysus (The Wicked + The Divine) is able to allow others into his collective hive-mind

The Lord of Dust (Metal Gear Survive) is the central focus of the Dread Dust hive mind and its byproducts, including the Wanderers.

The Gravemind (Halo) is the hive mind of the entire Flood species, connected to ever single Flood cell in existence.

Kraang Prime (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series) telepathically enslaved many Utroms…

…turning them into a hive-minded collective calling themselves the Kraang.

Those enslaved to Jasmine's (Angel) mind control become extensions of her mind and body...

...part of the Body Jasmine.

The Black Arms (Sonic the Hedgehog) all follow a hive mind under the command of their leader Black Doom.

Black Death (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) now controls the Black Arms' hive mind after the death of Black Doom.

Eclipse the Darkling (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) using the Black Arms' hive mind...

...to communicate with Shadow.

Shadow the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) tapping into the Black Arms hive mind.

The Nanochips (Ben 10) are hive-minded robotic insects that follow a queen.

Elena Validus (Ben 10) is the current queen of the Nanochips.

The Sisters (Toaru Majutsu no Index) are linked together.

The Will of the Whole Misaka Network (Toaru Majutsu no Index) is a thought entity, created from the gathering and consciousness and egos of the Sisters, due to this she is a hive mind of all the Sisters, including Last Order.

The Unown (Pokémon)

Kai (Kung Fu Panda) is able to transform his victims into a small jade ornament/amulet that he wears on his belt, and when needed, he can summon these figures, turning them into jade, statue-like creatures, and see through their eyes.

Toothiana (Rise of the Guardians) is able to separate herself into mini versions of herself called the...

...Mini-Fairies that are extensions of Tooth herself, that she can split herself into smaller copies, and she is mentally connected to all of them.

Horde Prime's (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) hive mind allows him to control his clones and can link others to it using Horde chips.

Rom, The Vacuous Spider (Bloodborne), protects himself with his minions who attack together making a seemingly easy boss fight more strategic.

The Strangers (Dark City)

There 4 (or more) types of hive minds, each of them has their own unique gimmick (note:click on the image to see it better)

Videos

Naruto Shippuden Opening 7 - Toumei Datta Sekai (HD)

The Foundation- SCP 2316 - YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE THE BODIES IN THE WATER (Horror SCP Short Film)-2

SCP-2316 - The Bodies in the Water-2

SCP-2316 │ Field Trip │ Keter │ Cognitohazard SCP │ Feat. djkaktus-2

HOUNDS OF IRON - Naafiri Cinematic - League of Legends-2