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 Senses
• Environmental Adaptation
  • Urban Adaptation
• Powerful Bite
• Prey Instinct
  • Enhanced Stealth

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: Climbing (N-A only), Needle Projection
  • 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
      • Naked Mole Rat Physiology: Cancer Immunity
• Sciuromorph Physiology (squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, flying squirrels, dormice)
  • Sciuridae Physiology (tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, flying squirrels, and prairie dogs): Climbing, Enhanced Dexterity, Enhanced Vision, 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
• Tesso Physiology: Revenant Physiology, Revenge Empowerment

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

Limitations

• Can fall victim to those that mind control rats.

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)
• Mobian rodents (Sonic SatAM/Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Humanimalian rodents (Extinctioners)

Movies

• Anthropomorphic rodents (Zootopia)
• Rodents (The Nut Job)
• Ginger (The Magic Pudding)
• Anthropomorphic rodents (The Adventures of the American Rabbit)
• Trevor the Rat (Meet the Feebles)
• Newspaper Mouse (Meet the Feebles)
• Vietnamese Gophers (Meet the Feebles)

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)
• Beaver (Dragon)
• Maisy (Maisy)
• Cyril (Maisy)
• 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

• Verminous Skumm (Captain Planet)
• RatTrap (Beast Wars/Beast Machines Transformers)
• Rocky the Flying Squirrel (The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends)
• Mouscedes King (Monster High)
• Other Mr. Bobinsky (Coraline)
• Rufus (Kim Possible)
• Experiment 507 "Woody" (Lilo & Stitch)
• Experiment 319 "Spike" (Lilo & Stitch)
• Strudel's Squirrel assistants (Pound Puppies)
• Norbert and Daggett (The Angry Beavers)
• Beaver (Franklin)
• Buster Nut (Super Mansion)
• 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)
• 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)
• Loopy (Pororo the Little Penguin)
• Jiggers (Iggy Arbuckle)
• Zoop (Iggy Arbuckle)
• Kira (Iggy Arbuckle)
• Chip (Iggy Arbuckle)
• Stumpy (Kaeloo)
• Anthropomorphic rodents (Almost Naked Animals)

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)
• SCP-2050 - Sciurine Crusaders (SCP Foundation)

Web Comics

• Grace Sciuridae (El Goonish Shive)
• Scarlet, Violet, Amber and Jade (Sequential Art)

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)
• Bakuryu the Mole (Bloody Roar)
• Kohryu the Iron Mole (Bloody Roar)
• Ratatoskr (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Rotte(Valkyrie Crusade)
• Mouser (Super Mario Bros. Series)
• Nazrin (Touhou Project)
• Corvo (Dishonored)
• Ratatoskr (SMITE)
• Makoto Nanaya (Blazblue)

Gallery

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

Angelica (Fairy Tail) is a giant rat.

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.

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

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

Verminous Skumm (Captain Planet)

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

Fievel Mousekewitz (An American Tail)

Mrs. Brisby and Nicodemus (The Secret of NIMH)

Experiment 507 "Woody" (Lilo & Stitch)

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

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

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)

Ratatoskr (SMITE) The Sly Messenger.

Nazrin (Touhou Project) The Little Dowser General.

Rufus (Kim Possible)