The power to manipulate the personality of oneself and/or others. Technique of Mental Manipulation.
Also Called
- Mindset Alteration/Manipulation
- Personality Alteration
- Reprogramming
Capabilities
The user can manipulate the personalities of oneself or others, altering their minds and permanently changing their personality partially or entirely.
Applications
- Behavior Manipulation
- Divided Mind
- Extrovertism Inducement
- Introvertism Inducement
- Mind Control
- Personality Merging
- Personality Rewrite
- Personality Splitting
- Truth Inducement
Associations
- Accelerated Reprogramming
- Anima Manipulation
- Character Imitation
- Darkside View
- Inhibition Release
- Lightside View
- Memory Manipulation
- Mental Manipulation
- Persona Manipulation
Limitations
- May be irreversible.
- May only be able to alter the personalities of oneself or others, not both.
- Users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
- May be limited to a certain range to work, including touch only.
- May be limited to a certain number of targets at a time.
- Users of Brainlessness are immune.
Known Users
- Maury Parkman (Heroes)
- Kurumi (Needless)
- Hakuryuu Ren (Magi Labyrinth of Magic)
- Malevolent Mame (Luke French: Alien Hunter); via a Mind Bug
- Rohan Kishibe (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV Diamonds are Unbreakable); via Heaven's Door
- Vriska Serket (MS Paint Adventures)
- Babidi (Dragon Ball Z)
- Zophise (Konjiki no Gash Bell!)
- Shiori (Konjiki no Gash Bell!); limited to her demon Koruru
- Kahlan Amnell (Sword of Truth/Legend of the Seeker)
- HIM (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Jean Grey (Marvel Comics)
- Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
- Emma Frost (Marvel Comics)
- Mesmero (Marvel Comics)
- Reverser (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Darcy (Winx Club)
- Valtor (Winx Club)
- Peter Petrelli (Heroes)
- Makuta Teridax (BIONICLE)
- Toa Onewa (BIONICLE)
- SCP-1237 - The Epsilon Wave (SCP Foundation)
- Andrew McGee (Stephen King's Firestarter)
- Kira Hudson (Push)
- Lelouch vi Britania (Code Geass)
- Serena (Daughters of the Moon)
- Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club)
- Swirly (Lilo and Stitch TV series)
- Marcus (Blood Omen 2)
- Khan (Paradox Saga)
- Aravis Vadamus (Scorpius: Treachery)
- Eve (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
- Bane Mother (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
- Robert Patrick Modell (The X-Files)
- Linda Bowman (The X-Files)
- Phyllis Paddock (The X-Files)
- Kaa (The Jungle Book)
- Sublimino (Ben 10)
- Daphne Powell (No Ordinary Family)
- CeleCele (Sailor Moon)
- The Lich (Adventure Time)
- Megabyte (ReBoot)
- Daemon (ReBoot)
- Moloch the Corruptor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Betta George (Angel: After the Fall)
- Pillar Zelenin (Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey)
- Nyarlathotep (Shin Megami Tensei: Persona)
- Sasori (Naruto)
- Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Voxai (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Nina Theroux (Alphas)
- Ruka Souen (Vampire Knight)
- Discord (My Little Pony series)
- Dimentio (Super Paper Mario)
- Vriska Serket (Homestuck)
- Hitomi (Code:Breaker)
- Shigeki Katsumata (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Yukie Tezuka (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Daniel Friedkin (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- M'arrillians (Chaotic)
- Ivan Ooze (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
- Graham Holt (The 4400)
- Tess Doerner (The 4400)
- Ixis Naugus (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Enerjak (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Mammoth Mogul (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Angel (Maximum Ride)
- Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)
- Ansen Weems (Supernatural)
- NeoCortex (Mighty Med)
- Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
- Joie/Joa (Toriko); via Taste Change
- Persona (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Ruby Webber (WITS Academy); via Spell Casting
- Chou Chou (Mugen Souls)
- Wall Eehto (Fairy Tail)
- Joker (DC Comics)
- Deacon Maybury (Skulduggery Pleasant)
Known Objects
- The Squarer (Doraemon)
- Boomerang (Ed Edd n Eddy)
- Zombie Tattoo (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Butterfly Miraculous/Akumas (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir)
- SCP-1127 - A Film Festival (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1248 - Personality Recorder (SCP Foundation)
Gallery
As a Machias, Wall Eehto (Fairy Tail) can alter his own personality to better suit his current predicament; for example, while fighting Laxus Dreyar, he discarded his carefree persona and adopted that of an emotionless fighting machine.
Zophise (Konjiki no Gash Bell!) has the ability to alter the personalities of the humans under his mind control so they'll feel nothing but the need to fight.
When Shiori (Konjiki no Gash Bell!) reads the spell of Zeruku, her demon, Koruru's pacifist personality changes to a bloodthirsty one suited for battle.
With Belial's mind controlling magic Hakuryuu (Magi the Labyrinth of Magic) can remove aspects of people's personality such as fear and mercy...
The spread of the Zombie Tattoo (Marchen Awakens Romance) began to influence Alviss, making him yearn to be by Phantom's side for eternity.
The Rowdyruff Boys had their similar personalities altered by HIM (The Powerpuff Girls) after he resurrected them, making Brick the hotheaded leader, Boomer the loudmouth dimwit, and Butch the borderline psychopath.
The Joker (DC Comics) is stated to suffer from a type of "super-sanity", altering his personality each day; he can either be a vicious killer or a harmless clown, depending on which one benefits him the most.
NeoCortex's (Mighty Med) telepathic powers allow him to manipulate and control the thoughts/minds of others and alter them to change a person personality as he did making Oliver personality to be more like Kaz.