Reforming

Reforming
Cole Turner (Charmed) reforming after being destroyed.
Power/Ability to:	Rebuild oneself after being physically destroyed.

"I had to pull myself back together. Do you have any idea how hard that is?"

― John White/The Beast, Infamous 2

The ability to rebuild oneself after being destroyed. Variation of Resurrection and Sub-power of Regenerative Healing Factor. Opposite to Disassembly, Scattering, and Shattering.

Also Called

• Bodily Reconstitution/Reconstruction
• Reconstitution
• Reconstructing
• Self-Reconstruction/Reformation

Capabilities

The user will automatically reform upon the destruction of the body, completely restoring their body to its former state and reconstructing every piece of their body that was out of place.

Applications

• Survive abilities such as:
  • Biological Explosion
  • Combustion Inducement
  • Destruction
  • Disintegration
  • Explosion Inducement
  • Molecular Combustion
  • Shattering
  • Reform if frozen, then shattered.
  • Survive attacks by Fire-based abilities if they manage to disintegrate the body.
  • Survive a nuclear explosion.
  • Survive ANY explosion, even those made out pure energy.

Variation

• Congregative Reform

Associations

• Body Recreation
• Compound Fusion
• Culmination
• Regenerative Healing Factor/Supernatural Regeneration/Ultimate Regeneration
• Resurrection

Limitations

• Nothingness Manipulation and Erasure may still be able to defeat the user.
• Several methods (such as gunshots or stab wounds) will not trigger ability.
• In some cases, at least one component of the user's body (such as a single cell or molecule) must be intact to trigger ability.
• Weak against Dissolution.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Akira (Akira)
• Immortals (Baccano)
• Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach)
• Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach)
• Priscilla (Claymore)
• Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
• August (Fairy Tail)
• Juvia Loxar (Fairy Tail)
• Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail); via Fairy Heart
• Homunculi (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Alucard (Hellsing)
• Kuro Sakuragawa (In/Spectre)
• Naraku (InuYasha)
• Vampires (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
  • DIO Brando
  • Straizo
• Pillar Men (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency)
  • Santana
• Wu Tomoki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VIII: JoJolion); via Doctor Wu
• Lumiere (Kiddy Grade)
• Utsuro (Gintama)
• The Guyver Units (Guyver)
• Aptom (Guyver)
• Kai Chisaki (My Hero Academia)
• Galand (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• Tailed Beasts (Naruto); if their hosts are killed
• Individuals brought back by the Summoning Technique: Impure World Reincarnation (Naruto)
• Konan (Naruto)
• Suigetsu Hozuki (Naruto)
• Ice Griffin (The New Gate)
• Logia Devil Fruit Users (One Piece)
• Dopppelman (One Piece)
• Marco (One Piece)
• Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)
• Boros (One-Punch Man)
• Saffron (Ranma 1/2)
• Soul Eaters (Rising of The Shield Hero)
• Chamot's Fiends (Rokka no Yuusha)
• Shadow Soldiers (Solo Leveling)
• Revival Jam (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Marshmallon (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Cloudians (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Mist Body (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Elder Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Cartoons/Comics

• Rogue (American Dad!); while watching videos
• Goop (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Swampfire (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Lodestar (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Bloxx (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
• Bushroot (Darkwing Duck)
• Liquidator (Darkwing Duck)
• Black Lantern Corps (DC Comics)
• Brainiac (DC Comics)
• Darkseid (DC Comics); after gaining the New God Soul Cache
• Doomsday (DC Comics)
• Sanderson "Sandy" Hawkins/Sandman/Sand (DC Comics)
• Patrick "Eel" O'Brian/Plastic Man (DC Comics)
• Lobo (DC Comics)
• Plasmus (DC Comics)
• Plastic Man (DC Comics)
• Shaggy Man (DC Comics)
• Swamp Thing (DC Comics)
• Atlas (Erik Josten)
• Van Kleiss (Generator Rex)
• The Iron Giant (The Iron Giant)
• Tech E. Coyote (Loonatics Unleashed)
• Carl "Crusher" Creel/Absorbing Man (Marvel Comics)
• Nitro (Marvel Comics)
• Sandman (Marvel Comics)
• Man-Thing (Marvel Comics)
• Maestro (Marvel Comics)
• Shuma-Gorath (Marvel Comics)
• Rockslide (Marvel Comics)
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• Groot (Marvel Comics)
• Quicksand (Marvel Comics)
• Amoeba Boys (The Powerpuff Girls)
• Minions of Set (Samurai Jack)
• Rick Sanchez (Rick & Morty)
• Gems (Steven Universe)
• The Darkness (Top Cow)
• Dr. Manhattan (Watchmen)

Live Television/Movies

• Tucker Shockley (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
• Segmentasapiens (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• Dracula (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• The Source of All Evil (Charmed)
• Cole Turner (Charmed)
• Whitelighters (Charmed)
• Phoenix Witches (Charmed)
• Kurzon (Charmed)
• Devlin (Charmed)
• Necron (Charmed)
• Kolob (Children of the Dog Star)
• Blackheart/Legion (Ghost Rider)
• Monsters (Goosebumps 2015)
• The Golden Army (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)
• Ego (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Flint Marko/Sandman (Spider-Man 3)
• Jeebs (Men In Black)
• Gray Granite (Mighty Med)
• Bones (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
• Eye Guy (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
• The Thing (The Thing)
• Tom Turbo (Tom Turbo); when being hit by a special beam

Video Games

• Zaktan (Bionicle)
• Jenova (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
• John White/The Beast (inFAMOUS)
• Delsin Rowe (inFAMOUS: Second Son)
• Glacius (Killer Instinct)
• Geras (Mortal Kombat 11)
• Dark Samus (Metroid Prime)
• Gabriel Reyes/Reaper (Overwatch)
• Deoxys (Pokemon)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• Crusher (Skylanders)
• Kaguya Houraisan (Touhou Project)
• Vampires (TYPE-MOON)
• Ghosts/Spectres (Wolfenstein: Spear of Destiny)
• Albedo Piazolla (Xenosaga)

Web Original

• SCP-076-2 - "Able" (SCP Foundation); via SCP-076-1
• SCP-524 - Walter the Omnivorous Rabbit (SCP Foundation)

Known Objects

• Cure-All Elixir (Baccano)
• Grand Panacea (Baccano)
• Contract of San Venganza (Ghost Rider)

Known Powers

• Eternal Atoms (Bastard!!)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Priscilla (Claymore) completely reforming her body after getting sliced into little pieces.

As long as the nucleus in his head remains intact, Cell (Dragon Ball Z) can endlessly reform his body.

Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z) reforming after being blown apart by Vegeta's Final Explosion.

Omega Shenron (Dragon Ball GT) reforming his body from Electric Slime after being destroyed by Son Goku's Dragon Fist.

Wu Tomoki's Stand, Doctor Wu (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VIII: JoJolion)

Logia Devil Fruit Eaters (One Piece) can turn into their specific element at will and reform back into their original shape if damaged...

...Smoker...

...Crocodile...

...Kuzan/Aokiji...

...Portgas D. Ace...

...Borsalino/Kizaru...

...Monet.

Dopppelman (One Piece)

Nicknamed the Phoenix, Marco (One Piece) can reform his body thanks to the "Blue Flames of Resurrection".

Due to his mastery over his Mochi Mochi Fruit/no Mi, Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece) can reform his body akin to a Logia Devil Fruit user.

Boros (One-Punch Man) reforming himself after being reduced to a pulp by Saitama.

August (Fairy Tail) reforming after being diced into pieces by Gildart's Disassembly magic.

After absorbing Fairy Heart, Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail) is able to reform himself by rewinding time after being completely incinerated by Natsu.

Revival Slime (Yu-Gi-Oh!) is made completely of slime and will always reform himself, regardless of the attack.

Mist Body (Yu-Gi-Oh!) allows any monster to transition to and from the mist; allowing them to be immune to battle damage.

Sung Jin-Woo's Shadow Soldiers (Solo Leveling) reforming themselves.

Straizo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency) reforming after being blown up by Joseph Joestar's hand grenades.

A person brought back to life by the Summoning Jutsu: Reanimation/Summoning Technique: Impure World Reincarnation (Naruto) could reform their entire bodies even if it was blown to dust and ashes.

As a fluid, Guardian ÄRM, Vaqua (Marchen Awakens Romance) will always reform after being hit by a physical attack.

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Cartoons/Comics

Lodestar (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) is able to reform himself after being blown to pieces by a large explosion.

Bloxx (Ben 10: Omniverse)

Goop (Ben 10: Alien Force)

Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom) is one of the few ghost who has Reconstitution to heal fast enough to reform from being reduced to orange jelly by reality-warper Freakshow.

As Lobo (DC Comics) is banned from Death, he can reform himself from even a puddle of blood.

Patrick "Eel" O'Brian/Plastic Man (DC Comics) can be blown to smithereens and reform as along as his atomic structure stays intact.

The Minions of Set (Samurai Jack) could continually reform and regenerate themselves from any attack.

When Tom Turbo (Tom Turbo) gets destroyed, deactivated, or disabled, his boss can resurrect him with a special energy beam.

Tech E. Coyote (Loonatics Unleashed) reforming after being burned to ashes.

Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)

Thanks to the adaptive nature of his healing factor, James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics) can reform his entire body after getting caught in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki...

...and it has grown stronger over the years like when he took a full force explosion from the living bomb, Nitro...

...and reform his entire body down to the last sinew.

Whenever he is killed, Rick Sanchez (Rick & Morty) can rebuild his body through various methods.

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Live Television/Movies

Gray Granite (Mighty Med) stone body allows him to pull himself back together after he scatter himself into pieces to launch a sneak attack.

Eye Guy (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)

Tucker Shockley (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

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Video Games

John White/The Beast (inFAMOUS) was able to completely reconstruct himself after being hit with a nuclear missile and after each Ray Field blast that he causes.

Alex Mercer (Prototype) in the process of reconstructing his entire body after being blown apart in a nuclear detonation.

Deoxys (Pokémon) can reconstruct its body as long as its brain is intact.

Dark Samus (Metroid Prime) reforming in space after the destruction of Dark Aether.

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Videos

SCP-076 ABLE (SCP Animation)

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