- "You're no longer Sylar...no longer Gabriel Gray...that life is over...Sylar is dead. You're no longer Sylar (Sylar)..you're no longer Sylar no longer Gabriel Gray...your life is over Sylar... he's dead! You're now Nathan...Petrelli Nathan Petrelli....son, brother, father, senator, Nathan...Petrelli."
- ― - Matt Parkman to Sylar, when changing his thoughts, personality and memories to Nathan Petrelli (Heroes)
The power to overwrite the memories, personalities, and intentions of the user or others. Sub-power of Personality Alteration.
Capabilities
The user can overwrite the memories, personalities, intentions, preferences, and habits of oneself or others with another character they choose.
Associations
- Divided Mind
- Identity Manipulation
- Memory Manipulation
- Mental Manipulation
- Mind Control
- Personality Alteration
- Thought Manipulation
Limitations
- May not able to be their true selves again.
- If they think they are serial killers, bank robbers, cult members, or any other type of criminal, it will lead to dangerous results.
- May rewrite their own or others personality.
- They'll become a character that depends on what character they saw, created or acted on.
- Might be overwritten by fictional characters only.
Known Users
- Joker (Batman: Arkham Knight); via Mutagenic Blood
- FATE (Chrono Cross)
- Matt Parkman (Heroes)
- Helen Collins/Amanda (Nikita)
- Quinella (Sword Art Online)
- Shadi (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Joker of Earth -22 (DC Comics); via Miasma Emission
- The Weapon X Program (Marvel Comics)
- Discord (My Little Pony Series)
- Rohan Kishibe (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV Diamonds are Unbreakable); via Heaven’s Door
- Cyber Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
Known Objects
- World Harmony (Lupin the Third: The Italian Adventure)
- SCP-963-1 - Immortality (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1248 - Personality Recorder (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2310 - The House That Makes You Sarah Palmer
- SCP-3512 - The More You Know (SCP Foundation)
Gallery
The Joker (Batman: Arkham) injected five individuals with his blood, which overwrote their identities and personalities with aspects of his own...
...with Albert King taking on his brutality and sadism...
...Christina Bell gaining his obsession with Batman...
...Johnny Charisma gaining his egomania and theatrical flourishes...
...Henry Adams gaining his brilliant scheming...
...and Batman developing a split personality based on the Joker himself.
After killing his world's Joker (DC Comics), the Batman of Earth -22 was exposed to a powerful strain of Joker gas that caused him to develop Joker-esque personality traits...
...such as laughing at inappropriate moments...
... desire to be evil and "win" against all that stood in his way by any means necessary, especially killing, starting with the rest of the Batman Family...
...and culminating with his entire world, completing his transformation into The Batman Who Laughs.
Amanda (Nikita) brainwashed Division agent Sam Matthews, giving him a new identity and personality, turning him into Owen Elliot.
After an attempt to hack into the Foot Clan's computer mainframe, Viral's (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series) identity and personality were overwritten by a digital copy of Ch'rell, converting her into the Cyber Shredder.