Rodent Physiology

Rodent Physiology
Ratatoskr (Norse Mythology), troublemaker of the World-Tree Yggdrasil.
Power/Ability to:	Use the traits of rodents.

"You want proof evolution is for real, don’t waste your time with fossils; just check out the New York City rat. They started out as immigrants, stowaways in some ship’s cargo hold. Only the survivors got to breed, and they’ve been improving with every new litter. Smarter, faster, stronger. Getting ready to rule. Manhattan wouldn’t be the first island they took over."

― Andrew Vachss, Another Life

"When the mouse laughs at the cat, there's a hole nearby."

― Nigerian Proverb

"I'm flying like the squirrel I always knew I was!"

― Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)

Power to use the abilities of rodents. Variation of Mammalian Physiology.

Also Called

• Rodent Body/Form/Mimicry

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can mimic/transform into rodents, including mice, rats, squirrels, porcupines, beavers, guinea pigs, and hamsters.

Applications

• Burrowing
• Camouflage
• Climbing
• Contaminant Immunity
• Disease Immunity
• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Balance
• Enhanced Bite
• Enhanced Senses
• Environmental Adaptation
  • Urban Adaptation
• Prey Instinct
  • Stealth Tactics

Techniques

• Rodent Swarming

Variations

• Castorimorph Physiology (beavers, pocket gophers, and kangaroo rats/mice):
  • Beaver Physiology: Speed Swimming, Cold Immunity, Enhanced Lung Capacity, Pressure Resistance, Enhanced Smell, Enhanced Hearing, Decelerated Aging
• Hystricomorph Physiology (porcupines, cavies, capybaras, guinea pigs, chinchillas)
  • Porcupine Physiology: Needle Projection, Enhanced Climbing (N-A only)
  • Chinchilla Physiology: Mountain Adaptation, Enhanced Leap
• Myomorph Physiology (mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, lemmings and voles): Environmental Adaptation
  • Jerboa Physiology: Desert Adaptation, Darkness Adaptation, Enhanced Speed, Burrowing
  • Muroidea Physiology (hamsters, gerbils, true mice and rats):
    • Spalacidae Physiology (blind mole rats, bamboo rats, root rats, and zokors): Burrowing, Darkness Adaptation
• Sciuromorph Physiology (squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, flying squirrels, dormice)
  • Sciuridae Physiology (tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, flying squirrels, and prairie dogs): Enhanced Dexterity, Enhanced Vision, Enhanced Climbing, Gliding (flying squirrel only), Burrowing (ground squirrels only)
  • Gliridae Physiology (dormouse): Hibernation, Enhanced Hearing

Mythical Rodents

• Ratatoskr Physiology: Enhanced Bite, Planeswalking, Trickster, Reality Consumption, Persuasion

Associations

• Mammalian Physiology
• Rodent Manipulation

Rodents are associated with great number of mystical and supernatural abilities and connections in mythology and folklore, thus user with this power may have access to:

• Beaver: Water Manipulation, Enhanced Crafting
• Porcupine: Missile Generation
• Rat: Enhanced Thievery

Known Users

See Also: Rodent Tropes.

Mythology/Folklore

• Ratatoskr (Norse Mythology)
• Tesso (Japanese Folklore/Mythology)

Comics

• Little Cheese (DC Comics)
• Ch'p (DC Comics)
• Squirrel Girl (Marvel)
• Sanji Yamamoto (Marvel)
• Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Rat King (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Mobian rodents (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Humanimalian rodents (Extinctioners)

Movies

• Magenta (Sky High)
• Anthropomorphic mice (Disney's Robin Hood)
  • Sexton Mouse
  • Little Sister
• Anthropomorphic gerbils and mice (Zootopia)
• Morkubine Porcupine (Disney's Chicken Little)
• Master Porcupine (Kung Fu Panda)
• Mice (The Rescuers)
• Roquefort (The Aristocats)
• Mice and rats (The Great Mouse Detective)
• Mice (Disney's Cinderella)
• Mice (An American Tail)
• Rats (Flushed Away)
  • Roddy St. James
  • Rita Malone
  • Sid
  • Spike
  • Whitey
• Hammy (Over the Hedge)
• Rodents (The Nut Job)
• Stuart Little (Stuart Little)
• Reginald Stout (Stuart Little)
• Camille Stout (Stuart Little)
• Ginger (The Magic Pudding)
• Anthropomorphic rodents (The Adventures of the American Rabbit)
• Mice and rats (The Secret of NIMH)

Literature

• The Rat King (The Nutcracker)
• Peter Pettigrew (Harry Potter)
• Rodents (The Chronicles of Narnia)
  • Reepicheep
• Mr. and Mrs. Beaver
• The Animorphs (Animorphs)
• Mailmouse (Dragon)
• Mice and rats (Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH/The Secret of NIMH)

Manga/Anime

• Angelica (Fairy Tail)
• Powell/Bakumaru (Eto Rangers)
• Tristan (One Piece)
• Hamsuke (Overlord)
• Mizune Family (Soul Eater)

Cartoons

• Martian Cave Mice (Biker Mice from Mars)
• Verminous Skumm (Captain Planet)
• RatTrap (Beast Wars/Beast Machines Transformers)
• Pinky and Brain (Pinky and the Brain)
• Rocket J. Squirrel (Rocky and Bullwinkle)
• Mouscedes King (Monster High)
• Other Mr. Bobinsky (Coraline)
• Squirrelanoids (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
• Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob SquarePants)
• Chipmunks (Alvin and the Chipmunks)
  • The Chipmunks
  • The Chipettes
• Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (Lilo & Stitch)
• Secret Squirrel (Secret Squirrel)
• Scaredy Squirrel (Scaredy Squirrel)
• Strudel's Squirrel assistants (Pound Puppies)
  • Mr. Nut Nut
  • Sparky
• Lu-Long (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomenes)
• Spike, A.K.A. Experiment 319 (Lilo & Stitch)
• Fastidious Beaver (Sonic Boom)
• Beaver (Franklin)
• Buster Nut (Super Mansion)
• Chip and Dale (Disney)
• Rodents (Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers)
• Anthropomorphic mice (Angelina Ballerina)
• Mouse (Roobarb and Custard Too)
• Anthropomorphic mice and rats (The Pinky and Perky Show)
• Conchita (Wide Eye)
• Mrs. Rat (Bananas in Pyjamas reboot)
• Marion (Bounty Hamster)
• Anthropomorphic mice (Sumo Mouse)
• Bullet (The Powerpuff Girls)
• Scamper (Bill and Ben)
• Scuff (Bill and Ben)
• Squirrel (Untalkative Bunny)
• Squirrel's son (Untalkative Bunny)
• Squirrel's daughter (Untalkative Bunny)
• Beaver (Untalkative Bunny)
• Anthropomorphic mice (Brambly Hedge)
• Angelmouse (Angelmouse)
• Professor Chi-Chi (Pat & Stan)
• Sinister Squirrel (The Twisted Whiskers Show)
• Mice (The Twisted Whiskers Show)
  • Horatio
  • Smidgeon

Web Original

• SCP-731-2 - Rathole Cover
• SCP-862 - Rats (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1166 - Perfect Lab Specimen (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1318 - Consultant Rats (SCP Foundation)

Web Comics

• Grace Sciuridae (El Goonish Shive)

Live Television

• Dirty Rat (Ace Lightning)
• Rat in a Hat (Bananas in Pyjamas)
• Anthropomorphic mice (Bear in the Big Blue House)
• Rat Demons (Charmed)
• Rattus P. Rattus (The Ferals/Feral TV)

Video Games

• Pipsy the Mouse (Diddy Kong Racing)
• Conker the Squirrel (Diddy Kong Racing/Conker)
• Berri (Conker)
• Ratata (Pokémon)
• Raticate (Pokémon)
• Bakuryu the Mole (Bloody Roar)
• Kohryu the Iron Mole (Bloody Roar)
• Penelope Sly (Sly Cooper)
• Ratatoskr (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Rotte(Valkyrie Crusade)
• Mouser (Super Mario Bros. Series)
• Nazrin (Touhou Project)
• Corvo (Dishonored)
• Twiss (Armello)
• Tak (Legend of Kay)
• Chef Woody ( Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric)
• Ratatoskr (SMITE)
• Makoto Nanaya (Blazblue)

Gallery

Squirrel Girl (Marvel) is well-known for mimicking squirrels.

Angelica (Fairy Tail) is a giant rat.

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Peter Pettigrew (Harry Potter) can turn into a rat.

Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Rat King (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

The Squirrelanoids (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2012 TV series) are mutated squirrels, hence their name.

Penelope Sly (Sly Cooper) an anthropomorphic mouse.

Ratatoskr (Valkyrie Crusade)

Rotte (Valkyrie Crusade)

When searching for the ghost children's eyes, Coraline encounters Other Mr. Bobinsky (Coraline) who has been turned into a grotesque army of rats.

Sally Acorn (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), a mobian chipmunk.

Spike the Porcupine (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), a mobian porcupine.

Thunderbolt the Chinchilla (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), a mobian chinchilla.

Munch Rat (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog), a mobian rat.

Magenta (Sky High)

Sandy Cheeks (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel (Lilo & Stitch)

Verminous Skumm (Captain Planet)

Martian Mice (Biker Mice from Mars), anthropomorphic alien mice.

Secret Squirrel (Secret Squirrel), an anthropomorphic squirrel.

Scaredy Squirrel (Scaredy Squirrel), an anthropomorphic squirrel.

The Chipmunks (Alvin and the Chipmunks)

The Chipettes (Alvin and the Chipmunks)

Conker the Squirrel (Diddy Kong Racing/Conker), an anthropomorphic squirrel.

Berri (Conker), an anthropomorphic chipmunk.

Twiss (Armello), an anthropomorphic squirrel.

Lu-Long (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomenes), an anthropomorphic rat.

Mr. Nut Nut (Pound Puppies), one of Strudel's many squirrel assistants.

Master Porcupine (Kung Fu Panda), an anthropomorphic porcupine.

Morkubine Porcupine (Disney's Chicken Little), an anthropomorphic porcupine.

Chip and Dale (Disney)

Gadget Hackwrench (Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers)

Monterey Jack (Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers)

Jaq and Gus (Disney's Cinderella)

Mice (The Recuers)

Basil of Baker Street (The Great Mouse Detective)

Sexton Mouse (Disney's Robin Hood)

Little Sister (Disney's Robin Hood)

Anthropomorphic gerbils (Zootopia)

Fievel Mousekewitz (An American Tail)

Mrs. Brisby and Nicodemus (The Secret of NIMH)

Spike, A.K.A. Experiment 319 (Lilo & Stitch), a porcupine-like experiment.

Tristan (One Piece) is a squirrel mink who works as a nurse for Inuarashi.

Tak (Legend of Kay), an anthropomorphic rat.

Chef Woody (Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric), an anthropomorphic beaver.

Beaver (Franklin), an anthropomorphic beaver.

Buck (Scaredy Squirrel), an anthropomorphic beaver

Mizune Family (Soul Eater) Family performing...

...Merge...

Mr. and Mrs. Beaver (The Chronicles of Narnia)

Reepicheep and other mice (The Chronicles of Narnia)

Ratatoskr (SMITE) The Sly Messenger.

Nazrin (Touhou Project) The Little Dowser General.

Bullet (The Powerpuff Girls)

Jerry Mouse (Tom and Jerry)