Changes: Mind Exchange

Revision as of 06:16, 25 December 2014

The power to switch minds with other beings.

Also Called

Body Hopping/Swap/Switching
Brain Switch
Metempsychosis
Mind Swap

Capabilities

User can take over the mind of another, this may or may not accompany the target taking the mind of the user. Some users have changed so many times that they no longer know which body is their own. Some users can inhabit more than one mind at a time, producing a limited Hive Mind.

Associations

Limitations

May lose control over user's own body.
May not be able to return to a previous mind.
May not be in full control sharing the mind with target.
May have a limit on how long one can stay in a single mind.
May cause damage to host mind or body.
May be vulnerable while taking over another mind.
Transferring may take time.
May require physical contact or an object.
User cannot use targets memories or change them.
Users of Indomitable Will, Strong Heart and/or Psychic Shield are either immune or highly resistant.
May lose powers after minds after switched.
Cannot work against Divided Mind since the user can only take over one mind at a time.

Known Users

See Also: Body Snatcher, Grand Theft Me and Body Surf

Mao (Darker Than Black); only with animals
Manaphy/Phione (Pokemon); via Heart Swap
Karma (Marvel)
She-Hulk (Marvel)
Baby Land God (Dog Days)
Captain Ginyu (Dragonball Z)
Puppeteer (Top Cow's Freshmen)
Jen (MisFits)
Trafalgar Law (One Piece)
Charmcaster (Ben 10); using a spell
Cambiador (Combo Ninos)
Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap)
Patrick VanDusen (Super Smash Stadium)
355/Swapper (Lilo and Stitch: The Series)
Tren Krom (BIONICLE)
The Change Card (CardCaptor Sakura)
Astaroth (666 Satan/O-Parts Hunter)
Catherine Madison (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Marcus Roscoe (Angel)
Rao Vantika (Star trek)
Ambar (Aliados)
Witches (Charmed); via Potion Making
Soothsayers (Charmed)
Imara (Charmed); via Potion Making and Spell Casting
Ellen (The Witch's house)
Haruto Tokishima (Kakumeiki Valvrave)
Saki Rukino (Kakumeiki Valvrave)
The Great Race of Yith (H.P. Lovecraft's works)
Urara Shiraishi (Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches); via kiss
Wizards (Wizards of Waverly Place); via the Body-Switching Spell
Dash Gardiner (Witches of East End); via Spell Casting

Know Objects

Draconian Katra (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Enchanted Mirror (Jake Long: American Dragon)

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 ==Capabilities==
-Users can take over the mind of another, this may or may not accompany the target taking the mind of the user. Some users have changed so many times that they no longer know which body is their own. Some users can inhabit more than one mind at a time, producing a limited [[Hive Mind]].
+User can take over the mind of another, this may or may not accompany the target taking the mind of the user. Some users have changed so many times that they no longer know which body is their own. Some users can inhabit more than one mind at a time, producing a limited [[Hive Mind]].
 ==Associations==
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 *May not be in full control sharing the mind with target.
 *May have a limit on how long one can stay in a single mind.
-*User may cause damage to host mind or body.
+*May cause damage to host mind or body.
-*User may be vulnerable while taking another mind.
+*May be vulnerable while taking over another mind.
 *Transferring may take time.
-*Transferring may require physical contact or an object.
+*May require physical contact or an object.
-*The switch may occur involuntarily.
 *User cannot use targets memories or change them.
-*Users of [[Indomitable Will]], [[Strong Heart]] and/or [[Psychic Shield]] resist or are immune to this ability.
+*Users of [[Indomitable Will]], [[Strong Heart]] and/or [[Psychic Shield]] are either immune or highly resistant.
 *May lose powers after minds after switched.
 *Cannot work against [[Divided Mind]] since the user can only take over one mind at a time.
 ==Known Users==
+''See Also: [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BodySnatcher Body Snatcher], [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GrandTheftMe Grand Theft Me] and [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BodySurf Body Surf]''
-{{Scroll box|content=*Mao (''Darker than black''); only with animals
+{{Scroll box|content=*Mao (''Darker Than Black''); only with animals
 *Manaphy/Phione (''Pokemon''); via Heart Swap
 *Karma (''Marvel'')
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 [[Category:Mental Power]]
 [[Category:Mind Based Powers]]
-[[Category:Rare power]]
 [[Category:Psychic Powers]]
+[[Category:Rare power]]