- "S..so this is...Ren Pa...A Great General who fought even General Ou Ki to a standstill after countless clashes in the past...it's true that just like General Ou Ki, standing near him is enough to feel as if you're under an incredible pressure!!"
- ― Ri Shin on Ren Pa (Kingdom)
- "Someone said setup, hands slid towards holstered pistols. Someone said cops and I put the charge aside in case, but it made no sense... Someone said Punisher and the room turned arctic, if only for a second. Gratifying. But way too flattering."
- ― Frank Castle/Punisher (Marvel's MAX series)
- "Give your quarry something to fear, some hellish thing from a fever'd dream, and men will drop to their knees pleading for their Lord before aught else!"
- ― Blackbeard (Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag)
- "The only thing they fear... is you."
- ― Doom Eternal trailer
- "If the Earth Kingdom discovers us, they'll have us killed."
"But if the Fire Nation discovers us, we'll be turned over to Azula."
"Earth Kingdom it is." - ― Zuko and Iroh admitting how scary Azula is. (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- "You can never escape me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I know... pain. Sometimes, I share it... with someone like you."
- ― Batman (Batman: Year One)
The power to possess an innate understanding and ability of intimidation. Variation of Intuitive Aptitude. Real world version of Fear Inducement.
Contents
Also Called
- Fear Intuition
- Master Intimidator
- Intimidation Pressure (Kingdom)
Capabilities
The user possesses an incredible and innate understanding/knowledge of intimidation and can use it to instill fear in their opponents and command respect from others. The user has an intuitive mastery of the associated body language and choice of words subtly sending all the signals to others, completely breaking their wills and causing them to fully yield to the user.
Unlike Fear Inducement, intimidation is mostly about the action of intimidating someone rather induce fear via supernatural means.
Applications
- Authority
- Discouragement
- Domestication
- Interrogation Intuition
- Killing Intent
- Mental Pressure
- Phobia Intuition
- Psychological Intuition
- Rhetoric Intuition
- Subliminal Messaging
- Submission
- Will Breaking
Techniques
Associations
Limitations
- Limited to intimidating actions.
- Maybe overpowered by Courage Inducement.
- Useless against users of Fearlessness.
Known Users
See Also: The Dreaded.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Levi Ackerman (Attack on Titan)
- Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan)
- Claire Stanfield (Baccano)
- Yuujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
- Guts (Berserk)
- Apostles (Berserk)
- Yami Sukehiro (Black Clover)
- Various Characters (Bleach)
- Mori Ougai (Bungou Stray Dogs)
- Schneizel el Britannia (Code Geass)
- Gods of Destruction (Dragon Ball Super)
- Frieza (Dragon Ball series)
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball series)
- Jiren (Dragon Ball Super)
- Grand Minister (Dragon Ball Super)
- Grand Zeno (Dragon Ball Super)
- Hit (Dragon Ball Super)
- Muzan Kibutsuji (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Members of the Yato tribe (Gintama)
- Housen
- Kankou/Umibouzu
- Johan Liebert (Monster)
- Kurama/Nine-Tailed Fox (Naruto); formerly
- Most Uchiha clan members (Naruto)
- Madara Uchiha
- Itachi Uchiha
- Obito Uchiha
- Sasuke Uchiha
- Kaguya Otsutsuki (Naruto)
- The Four Emperors/Yonko (One Piece)
- Rocks Pirates (One Piece)
- Sakazuki (One Piece)
- Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
- King (One-Punch Man)
- Momonga/Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
- Sebas Tian (Overlord)
- Various Floor Guardians (Overlord)
- Various Characters (Kingdom)
- Great Generals
- Various Generals
- Various Officials
- Kang Han Soo (FFF-Class Trashero)
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Various Characters & Creatures (Toriko)
- Parasites (Parasyte)
- Migi
- Tamiya Ryouko
- Gotou
- Shinichi Izumi (Parasyte); after merging with Migi’s cells
- Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling); after his Second Awakening
- Tatsuya Shiba (The Irregular at Magic High School)
- Drakken Joe (Edens Zero)
- Thorkell (Vinland Saga)
Cartoons/Comics
- Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
- Terry McGinnis/Batman Beyond (DCAU/DC Comics)
- Joker (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow (DC Comics)
- Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
- Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin (Marvel Comics)
- Matthew "Matt" Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
- Frank Castle/Punisher (Marvel Comics)
- James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- Bruce Banner/Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Amadeus Cho/Brawn (Marvel Comics)
- Discord (My Little Pony series)
- Bigby Wolf (Fables)
- Oroku Saki/The Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Necrafa (Mysticons)
- Marv (Sin City)
- Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Thragg (Image Comics)
- Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
- Miyamato Usagi (Usagi Yojimbo)
Literature
- Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
- Severus Snape (Harry Potter)
- Keill Randor (Last Legionary)
- Horde Prime (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Professor Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes novels )
Live Television/Movies
- Darth Sidious (Star Wars)
- Darth Vader (Star Wars)
- Boba Fett (Star Wars)
- Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
- Castiel (Supernatural)
- Lucifer (Supernatural)
- Valkyries (Lost Girl)
- Tywin Lannister (Game of Thrones)
- Terminators (Terminator)
- Number Five (The Umbrella Academy)
Video Games
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Doom Guy/Slayer (DOOM series)
- Last Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim); to Dragons especially
- Kratos (God of War)
- Spartan II's (Halo)
- John-117
- Atriox (Halo)
- Herrscher of the Void (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
- Arcturus Mengsk (Starcraft)
- Pokémon with the "Intimidate" ability (Pokémon)
- Nemesis (Resident Evil)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Yami Sukehiro (Black Clover)
While kind and motherly on the surface, Retsu Unohana (Bleach) is one of the most feared Shinigami in all of Soul Society due to her potential for cruelty, even to those who are unaware of her true self.
Due to his immense power and fearlessness, Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach) was greatly feared and respected by his own army.
As the Emperor of Evil, Frieza (Dragon Ball series), 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.
Majin Buu (Dragon Ball series) instilled fear in everyone that knew about him, including the gods and Frieza.
As a God of Destruction, Beerus (Dragon Ball series) is highly feared for his power and temper, even by Frieza.
The Grand Priest (Dragon Ball Super) is of such power and authority that even Gods of Destruction and other Angels fear and respect him.
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The prisoners of Level 6 of Impel Down (One Piece) have committed crimes so vile and evil that even the newspapers refused to write about them, the world fearing the inmates to the point that the World Government has to “erase” their existences from history.
As one of the Four Emperors of the New World, Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) is a highly feared pirate who committed such heinous crimes that even the Giants do not dare speak her name.
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With his status as the Strongest Creature in the World, Kaido's (One Piece) mere presence makes him so feared that people would rather risk declaring war on the World Government than anger him.
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As one of the Yonko, Shanks (One Piece) is highly dreaded, to the point that he ended a war by merely threatening to get involved.
Because of his sheer ruthlessness, (Fleet) Admiral Sakazuki (One Piece) is feared by both allies and enemies alike, including the dreaded Blackbeard Pirates.
Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
Monkey D.Luffy (One Piece)
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Thanks to his title of The Strongest Man on Earth and his imposing appearance, King (One-Punch Man) can easily intimidate weaker-minded opponents despite his complete lack of any actual strength.
As a Great General of Heavens, Ou Ki the Monstrous Bird of Qin’s (Kingdom) entire being was so heavy that anyone who just stood near him could feel intimidated...
...and as a member of the Six Great Generals of Qin, enemies would gladly open their gates and surrender rather than face him and his army in battle.
The Ryo Fui Faction (Kingdom)
Despite his open face and friendly-looking nature, Ri Boku's (Kingdom) mere appearance caused those of military and martial backgrounds to either break out with sweat while flinching or be on extreme guard as he gave off an intense amount of Pressure during his visit to the state of Qin.
Ryo Fui (Kingdom)
As a general of the highest caliber, Kyou En of the Four Heavenly Kings (Kingdom)...
...needs only to point his arrow.
Rin Ko (Kingdom)
Kan Ki (Kingdom)
While a symbol of hope for many dwellers of the wastelands, Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star) is also feared by many evil warlords and their minions because of his mastery of Hokuto Shinken.
Toriko (Toriko)
Tamiya Ryouko (Parastye) threatening Shinichi Izumi.
After merging with Migi’s cells and surviving multiple near-death experiences, Shinichi Izumi (Parasyte) became quite an intimidating figure.
Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling)
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Thanks to his bottomless love for fighting, Thorkell (Vinland Saga)...
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...gave off so much pressure...
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...that he left poor Torgrim completely cationic.
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Madara Uchiha (Naruto) had a supreme legacy of endless battle and conquest. That even Tsunade regarded his mere name to be power itself.
Itachi Uchiha (Naruto) was feared by many for his powerful genjutsu and forward-thinking.
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Cartoons/Comics
Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender) specializes in controlling other people through fear and intimidation, making almost everyone who knows her afraid of her. Even her bother and uncle would rather risk getting killed than get turned over to her.
The Joker (DC Comics), due to his exceptional capacity for heinous torture and murder, commands a very intimidating presence, enough to frighten civilians, low-level thugs, and even superhumans.
James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin (Marvel Comics) is feared by his henchmen, scientists, and even some of his adversaries.
While usually viewed as a irritating idiot, Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics) can be a very intimidating figure when he wants to be.
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Thragg (Image Comics)
Mandy's (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) intimidating demeanor combined with her wits allow her to manipulate or intimidate those of weaker resolve.
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Live Television/Movies
As the chief enforcer of the Emperor's tyrannical will, Darth Vader (Star Wars) was one of the most feared beings in the galaxy that even all of his former friends and allies The Inquisitors fear him than death.
Due to their trademark lethality, Terminators (Terminator) are highly feared by any humans opposing them.
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Video Games
Asrua (Asura's Wrath) feared and revered more as a force of nature than a demigod throughout Gaea. Baring limitless strength matched only by his fury he frightens much of the corrupt celestial armed forces and their masters the Seven Deities.
Doom Guy/Slayer (DOOM series) is the single most feared to be to all of Hell; due to him killing countless of their strongest Demons in an everlasting crusade to exterminate them.
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A Dragonborn (Elder Scrolls) is greatly dreaded by Dragons, due to them being the only mortal able to permanently kill them.
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Spartan-II Super soldiers such as John-117 (Halo) are dreaded as "Demons" by the Covenant due to being nigh-unstoppable on the battlefield.
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The Nemesis-T Type (Resident Evil) is a nigh-unstoppable, bloodthirsty Bioweapon, spreading fear in anyone it targets.
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Kratos (God of War), the "Ghost of Sparta", is feared far and wide for his bloody massacre of the entire Greek Pantheon.
As one of the greatest warriors in the Milky Way, Commander Shepard (Mass Effect) induces respect and fear into almost anyone who knows them.
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