Immortal Cloning

Immortal Cloning
Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars) cheated death by transferring his essence into multiple clone bodies.
Power/Ability to:	Cheating death by transferring one's mind/soul into a clone.

"The dying is painful... the transition is not an enjoyable experience. But the suffering is a small price to pay... for eternal life."

― Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars Legends)

The ability to transfer one's mind/soul into a clone to cheat death. Variation of Immortality.

Also Called

• Artificial Immortality
• False/Pseudo Immortality
• Immortality Through/Via Cloning
• Reinvigoration

Capabilities

User can transfer their mind/soul into a clone, gaining a form of immortality.

Applications

• Clone Physiology
• Immortality
• Self-Resurrection

Associations

• Consciousness Transferal
• Self-Puppetry
• Soul Transferal

Limitations

• May take time to transfer to a new body.
• May be weaker in a clone body due to non-familiarity to it.
• They may lose chunks of their soul the more they transfer/the longer they wait to transfer.
• Soul Destruction can kill the user.
• New body may be unstable.
• May have a limited number of clone bodies available.

Known Users

See Also: Body Backup Drive.

• Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty); via Operation Phoenix
• Anton (The Amazing World of Gumball)
• Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars)
• Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars Legends)
• Angels (Preacher)
  • Fiore
  • DeBlanc
  • Susan
• Michael Drucker (The 6th Day)
• Overlord (H.I.V.E.); via Animus.
• Humanoid Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
• Astra Crew Parents (Kanata no Astra)
• Bai Yin/Faceless (Karakuri Circus)
• Ayanami Rei (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Alucard (Rosario + Vampire: Season II)
• Takeru Yamato (Maken-Ki!)
• Sigma (Mega Man X)
• Mister Sinister (Marvel Comics)
• Touko Aozaki (Kara no Kyoukai)
• Dr Tiger Ninestein (Terrahawks)
• Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
• Homer Simpson (The Simpsons); via Professor Frink's intervention
• Robots (Futurama); via wireless backup unit
• Omanushi (Samurai 7)
• Asgard (Stargate SG-1)
• M. Bison (Street Fighter)
• Meca One (Exo-Force)
• Decagon Vreedle (Ben 10)
• Octagon and Rhomboid Vreedle (Ben 10)
• Funny Valentine (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 Steel Ball Run)
• Orochimaru (Naruto)
• Jimmy (Hardcore Henry)
• Kuroto Dan (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)
• Furons (Destroy All Humans!)
• Agent Bishop (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Baxter Stockman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Rimururu Tempest (That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime); via Soul Corridor and Multi Existence
• Lewis/Xephos (Yoglabs)
• Simon/Honeydew (Yoglabs)

Gallery

Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)

A younger clone of Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars Legends), serves as a temporary vessel for the Sith Lord's spirit.

Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

To extend their lifespans, The Asgard (Stargate SG-1) began to use cloning technology "downloading" them into memory crystals and then in new cloned body. Making them effectively immortal at the cost of the ability to reproduce sexually.

Born in the early 19th century, Agent Bishop (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) uses cloned bodies to live as the years go by.

Baxter Stockman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) successfully transfers from being a brain in a jar to a cloned body...

...before it went horribly wrong on him.

Mister Sinister (Marvel Comics)