Power to enter or leave a state where one has super powers, while their normal identity normally does not.
Also Called
- Civilian Form (if their super-self is the true form)
- Empowered Form
Capabilities
In some cases the user is a normal human or normal for their species until they activate this power. The user may gain a new costume or may have their body completely change into a new form. Unlike a secret identity, the user loses their powers while outside of this form, and unlike a Super Form the user is not increasing their power, but gaining it. Some users may have powers out side of their Powered Form that's different from their true powers.
Applications
- Keep their powers hidden or enhance them to a stronger degree.
- May be able to use a partial amount of their power.
- May be able to transform at will at a higher level.
Limitations
- May need a transformation device to transform.
- May need a phrase to transform.
- May have time limit or energy limit or both, meaning the transformation may undo itself if out of energy/time.
- Risk of being a target while in powerless form.
Known Users
- Captain Marvel (DC)
- Magical girls from various series, see Adult Mode, Magical Girl:
- Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon) and other Sailor Senshi
- Super Sentai from various series
- Most Power Rangers (Power Rangers)
- Almost all the Ultramen (Ultraman); via either Taking a human host or creating their own human form.
- Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider)
- Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach); must enter his shinigami form to fight. Hollow Ichigo
- Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom) transform
- Kazuma (S-cry-ed)
- Ryuho (S-cry-ed)
- Arrancar's Resurrección Forms (Bleach)
- Guardians of the Veil (W.I.T.C.H)
- Powerpuff Girls (Powerpuff Girls Z)
- Tokyo Mew Mew (Tokyo Mew Mew)
- Fairies (Winx Club)
- Kampfer (Kämpfer) Kämpfer (Magical Girl)
- Linkara (Atop the 4th Wall)
- Toby, Nick, Lucas and Jessica (Gormiti)
- Guardians of the Temples (Legend of the Dragon)
- Bad Wolf (Doctor Who)
- Ultraman (Ultraman franchise)
- Maron (Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne)
- Precure (Precure Series)
- Yui Kasuga (Corrector Yui)
- Haruna Kisaragi (Corrector Yui)
- Ai Shinozaki (Corrector Yui)
- Fairies (Balala Fairies)
- Tail Gear Users (Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu)
Gallery
Sailor Pluto (Sailor Moon) like many magical girls, is limited to using her powers while transformed.
Linkara - Zeo Ranger White.
Bad Wolf (Doctor Who)
Captain Marvel (DC) on the left is actually the powered form of normal 12-year old, Billy Batson (right).
Suite Precure transformation.
Mana Aiba (Doki Doki Precure) transformation.
Setsuna Higashi (Fresh Precure) transformation.
Itsuki Myoudouin (Heartcatch Precure) transformation.
Reika Aoki (Smile Precure) transformation.
Nozomi Yumehara (Precure 5) transformation.
Rin Natsuki (Yes! Precure 5 GOGO!) transformation.
Bridget (Mew Mew Power) transformation.
Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom) transformation.
Tsukasa Kadoya (Kamen Rider Decade) transforming into Kamen Rider Decade
Chase (Kamen Rider Drive) transforming into Kamen Rider Chaser