- "Do you feel a void in your life? Everyone does, whether they know it or not. Think about it. You can feel it inside you right now: a heavy emptiness in the middle of your chest. It’s a reflection of the one in your existence, like particles in quantum entanglement. Do you remember how we talked about quantum entanglement? Nod "yes". Yes, you do. Yes, you feel the emptiness (...) Hear the music now. This is not a metaphor. If your will is strong enough, there will be music now. Remember now that nothing in this book is a metaphor."
- ― Chapter 2, Section 3: "The Hole You Exist Around, SCP-1425 - Star Signals (SCP Foundation)
The power to manipulate matter. Sub-power of Physics Manipulation. Opposite to Antimatter Manipulation and Immaterial Manipulation.
Also Called
- Materia Manipulation
- Material Manipulation
- Matter Alteration/Control
- Materiokinesis
- Substance Manipulation
Capabilities
The user can shape and manipulate matter, i.e. anything in the universe that has substance and mass/physical form, starting from molecules and atoms, to planets and other astronomical features.
Applications
- Inorganic/Organic Manipulation: Manipulate matter of inorganic and organic types.
- Biological Manipulation: Manipulate the biological aspect of living organisms.
- Matter Absorption: Absorb matter of any kind.
- Matter Creation/Destruction: Create and destroy matter.
- Matter Detection: Detect and sense matter and possibly gain detailed understanding about the matter they are sensing.
- Matter Redistribution: Redistribute matter anywhere.
- Material Swapping: A user can swap or switch their matter into something else.
- Matter Melding: Meld, mix and combine matter.
- Matter Transmutation: Reconfigure and change the forms of matter.
- Materiokinetic Warping: Users can twist reality by controlling matter.
- Personal Matter: Be able to manipulate one's own matter.
- Property Manipulation: Alter the physical properties of matter
- Elemental Manipulation: A matter manipulator control elements. Elements are the simplest parts any material thing consists.
- Matter State Manipulation: Manipulate the many states of matter like turning rocks into lava.
- Solid Manipulation: Control the solid or hard state of matter.
- Liquid Manipulation: Control the liquid state of matter.
- Gas Manipulation: Control the gaseous state of matter.
- Plasma Manipulation: Control the plasma or hot state of matter.
- Modern Matter State Manipulation: The user can manipulate the modern states of matter.
- Telekinesis: Move/lift matter at nearly any speed whether in/on a surface, air, water, or in a vacuum of space.
Variations
- Atomic/Molecular/Subatomic Manipulation
- Bio-Matter Manipulation
- Chaos Matter Manipulation
- Colloid Manipulation
- Dark Matter Manipulation
- Esoteric Material Manipulation
- Exotic Matter Manipulation
- Extra-Dimensional Matter Manipulation
- Magical Matter Manipulation
- Matter Embodiment
- Matter Magic
- Meta Matter Manipulation
- Mirror Matter Manipulation
- Mythic Matter Manipulation
- Omni Atomic Manipulation
- Psychic Matter Manipulation
- Prima Materia Manipulation
- Semisolid Manipulation
- Spiritual Matter Manipulation
- Symbiotic Substance Manipulation
Associations
- Corporeality Manipulation
- Matterlock Manipulation
- Nature Manipulation
- Prima Materia Manipulation
- Reality Warping; seems to be associated with this ability
- Structure Manipulation
- Telekinesis; Possible basis for this ability
- Universal Force Manipulation - Matter is one of the universal forces.
Limitations
- Non-Atomic Body.
- Energy, being massless, is not matter, so while a matter manipulator may be able to generate energy, they are unlikely to directly control it.
- There are ways to get around this particular limit:
- Energy Transduction
- Energy Matter Manipulation is a technical combination of the two.
- There are ways to get around this particular limit:
- Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user.
- Users of Meta Matter Manipulation or Reality Warping can overpower matter manipulators.
- May be unable to create matter, only control it.
- Completely useless against immaterial.
- Antimatter Manipulation may destroy matter on contact.
- Destruction/Erasure/Nothingness Manipulation may delete matter from existence.
Known Users
- Eugene Sims (Infamous: Second Son)
- The Beast (inFAMOUS 2)
- Nova (Azure Striker: Gunvolt)
- Hex (Ben 10 Series)
- Atomix (Ben 10 Series)
- Kevin Levin (Ben 10)
- Telekinesis Users (Danny Phantom)
- Freakshow (Danny Phantom); via the Reality Gauntlet
- Anarcothe and Kain as Scion of Balance (Legacy of Kain)
- Fullbringers (Bleach); via Soul Manipulation
- Aion (Chrono Crusade)
- Darkseid (DC Comics)
- Ronald Raymond/Firestorm(DC Comics)
- Metamorphae (DC Comics)
- Mark Mandrill/Matter Master (DC Comics)
- Genma Shizume (Darker than Black)
- Users of Magic Materialism (Dragon Ball)
- Brandish μ (Fairy Tail)
- The God (Genshin Impact)
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
- Sauron (The Lord of the Rings)
- Morgoth (Silmarillion)
- Thor (Marvel Comics); via Mjolnir
- Jean Grey (Marvel Comics)
- Nate Grey (Marvel Comics)
- Owen Reece/Molecule Man (Marvel Comics)
- Max Eisenhardt/Magneto (Marvel Comics)
- Blackagar Boltagon/Black Bolt (Marvel Comics)
- Ahura Boltagon (Marvel Comics)
- Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
- Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics)
- Nathan Summers/Cable (Marvel Comics)
- Elizabeth Braddock/Psylocke (Marvel Comics)
- Quentin Quire/Kid Omega (Marvel Comics)
- Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
- w:c:marvel:Norrin_Radd_(Earth-616) Norrin Radd/Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
- Thanos (Marvel Comics)
- En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
- Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
- Loki Laufeyson (Marvel Comics)
- William Kaplan/Wiccan (Marvel Comics)
- Rick Wilder/Combo Man (Marvel Comics)
- Mister M (Marvel Comics)
- Rex Randolph/Edifice Rex ("Marvel Comics")
- Ego (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics)
- The Demiurge/The God of Flesh/Važjuma/Saklas/Samael/God-Eater/Devourer/His Undulating Vastness/The Great Winnower/The God of Flesh/Nüwa/The Dragon in the Great Brass Cage/Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
- The Hanged King (SCP Foundation)
- The Ambassador of Alagadda (SCP Foundation)
- The Masked Lords of Alagadda (SCP Foundation)
- The Fragmented One/WAN/he Eternal Network/Fuxi/The Maker of Machines/Hakhama/The Great Voice/Sophia/Mekhane/SCP-001 - TwistedGears/Kaktus Proposal - The Broken God (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-042-CZ - A Formerly Winged Horse (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-173 - The Sculpture (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-231 - Conquest (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-239 - The Witch Child (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-343 - God (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-536 - Physical Law Testing Chamber (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-784-ARC (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-795 - Reality Bending Cat (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1591 - Fallen Star (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1795 - The Star Womb (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1887 - Quantum Mechanic (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2599 - Not Good Enough (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2845 - THE DEER (SCP Foundation)
- Sam Howell/SCP-3812 - A Voice Behind Me (SCP Foundation)
- Sophia/Olympia/Subject/Zero/Olympia Zero/The Original/Europa (SCP Foundation)
- Robert Bumaro (SCP Foundation)
- Vultaas/Archons of Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
- Neverwere (SCP Foundation)
- Sorcerer-King of Adytum/Ozi̮rmok/Betrayer of Man/Destroyer of Progress/Heart of Man/Light of Lights/Grand Karcist Ion (SCP Foundation)
- Saturn (Saint Seiya)
- Dunamis Users (Saint Seiya)
- Yūji Sakai (Shakugan no Shana)
- Pops (Regular Show)
- Anti-Pops (Regular Show)
- Maxwell (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Melone; via Baby Face (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
- Vanya Hargreeeves/Number Seven/The White Violin (The Umbrella Academy)
- Lila Pitts/Number Eight (The Umbrella Academy) via Power Mimicry
- Dark Materia (Zevo-3)
- En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (X-Men Movies)
- Abram Adams/Divinity ("Valiant Comics")
- Sachiko/The Quiz (Doom Patrol)
- Admins (Minecraft Story Mode)
Known Objects
- Space Gem (Marvel Comics)
- SCP-001 - qntm's proposal - The Lock (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-044 - "World War II Era Molecular-Fission Cannon" (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-826 - Draws You into the Book (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1012 - Secret Chord (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1425 - Star Signals (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1968 - Global Retrocausality Torus (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2070-3 - The Fingers of God (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2501 - The Claw (SCP Foundation)
- Matter Manipulator (Starbound)
- Reality Gauntlet (Danny Phantom)
- Gem of the Form (Danny Phantom)
Gallery
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Fullbringers such as Kūgo Ginjō (Bleach), can freely manipulate the souls of matter to varying degrees.
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Aura Michibane (Bleach) is an exceptionally powerful Fullbringer, freely able to reconstitute any matter at will, even that of her own body.
Darkseid (DC Comics)
Ronald Raymond/Firestorm (DC Comics)
Rex Mason/Metamorpho (DC Comics) is one of the Metamorphae: beings born of mortal clay and gifted with the ability to control the elements of Earth.
Algon, The Ancient Element Man (DC Comics)
Ahk-Ton (DC Comics) an ancient Egyptian Metamorphae.
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Brandish μ (Fairy Tail) can manipulate matter using her magic, Command T.
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Mark Mandrill/Matter Master (DC Comics)
Norrin Radd/Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics) is arguably the most powerful matter manipulator in the Marvel Universe and can do almost anything on a planetary scale.
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Owen Reece/Molecule Man (Marvel Comics)
Max Eisenhardt/Magneto (Marvel Comics)
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Jean Grey (Marvel Comics) can manipulate, control and reshape matter with her telekinesis.
Kain as Scion of Balance has the powers of the States guardian,which allows him manipulate the States of matter,also being able to Manipulate Natural Phenomenon (by the powers of Nature Guardian),is able to manipulate "Elementary Particles" (Macro-Quantum Matter Manipulation).
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Quentin Quire/Kid Omega (Marvel Comics)
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Thanos (Marvel Comics)
En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
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Combo Man (Marvel Comics) possesses Silver Surfer's matter manipulation.
Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
Ego (Marvel Cinematic Universe) is a celestial that could manipulate matter around him, creating a planet-like shell around his true form and a human body for him to venture with.
En Sabah Nur (Marvel-X man Apocalipse) can manipulate the matter of the Cairo city building to build pyramids.
At his prime Morgoth (Silmarillion) spilled enormous oceans and destroyed mountain ranges. Even while greatly weakened he could create massive firestorms, huge craters, and curse his foes to sorrow and death.
Like his master Morgoth, Sauron (The Lord of the Rings) is capable of altering the physical substance of the world around him by mere effort of will.
Maxwell (Valkyrie Crusade) can manipulate matter on a molecular level.
Aion (Chrono Crusade)
...and uses materiokinesis to attacking Chrono.
Dark Materia (Zevo-3)
Abram Adams/Divinity (Valiant Comics) can manipulate matter in any way he sees fit.
Videos
SCP-1968 Global Retrocausality Torus (SCP Animation)-2
