- "He does not breath or eat. He has no internal organs and minimal fluids. He is almost solid throughout, nourished by solar energy he can store for a millennia if necessary."
- ― Bertron describing Doomsday (DC Comics)
The power to reduce or remove the need for necessities.
Also Called[]
- Self-Contained/Suppressed/Sustainment
- Deprivation
- Sustenance Repression/Suppression
Capabilities[]
The user's physical needs are greatly diminished or completely eliminated. These needs encompass air/breathing, sleep/rest, food, drink, bodily evacuations, shelter from environmental effects and their absence (heat/cold, dryness/wetness), etc. Additionally, the user can remain immobile without experiencing the usual effects. Advanced users' bodies could also self-sanitize, providing excellent health and immunity to any kind of disease.
Applications[]
- Digestive Expulsion Independence
- Disease/Contaminant Immunity
- Energy Independence
- Absolute Stamina (Since the user no longer needs to rest)
- Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Lung Capacity
- Hunger Suppression/Hungerlessness
- Hydro Independence
- Organ Independence
- Perpetual Nourishment
- Sanitization
- Sleeplessness
- Temperature Regulation/Immunity
- Bodily Fluid Independence
- Blood Independence
- Bloodlessness
Techniques[]
- Dimensional Independence
- Formlessness
- Friction Independence
- Fusion Independence
- Genelessness
- Gravity Independence
- Inertia Independence
- Logic Independence
- Physics Independence
- Reality Independence
- Solar Independence
- Soullessness
- Spatial Independence
- Temporal Independence
- Travel Independence
Variations[]
Associations[]
- African Mysticism
- Egyptian Mysticism
- Alien Physiology
- Amazon Physiology
- Bionic Physiology
- Discomfort Immunity
- Dependency Transcendence
- Divine Empowerment
- Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Condition
- Environmental Adaptation
- Greco-Roman Mysticism
- Hibernation
- Immortality
- Invulnerability
- Magically Enhanced Physiology
- Native American Mysticism
- Pain Suppression
- Regenerative Healing Factor
- Self-Sufficiency
- Superior Human Physiology
- Transcendent Physiology
Limitations[]
- May only be able to disregard some needs.
- May have limited time period available.
- Even user may not suffer from any physical effects, they may feel the psychological effects of hunger.
- Disregarding some needs may cause certain capacities to degrade, regardless of maintaining stable health. Eg: Forgoing eating may lead to muscular dystrophy, etc.
Known Users[]
See Also: The Needless and Perpetual Motion Monster.
Literature[]
- Invisible dragons (Invisible Dragon)
- Invisible Dragon
- Invisivisible Dragon
- Colbob (Invisible Dragon)
- Sally Sandwich (Sweet Story)
- Timmy Taco (Sweet Story)
Movies/Television[]
- Hypercognitive Alphas (Alphas)
- Stanton Parish (Alphas)
- Adam (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Davros (Doctor Who)
- The Golden Army (Hellboy II)
- Immortals (Highlander)
- Neil Cuddahy (Mutant X)
- Gods (New Legends Of Monkey)
- Changelings (Star Trek)
- Borg drones (Star Trek); only when connected to the Collective
- Data (Star Trek)
- Jem'Hadar (Star Trek); only when supplied with Ketracel White
- Angels (Supernatural)
- Terminators (Terminator Series)
- Daggon/Cole Hauser (Tracker)
- Hybrids (Twilight Saga)
- Various Supernatural Beings (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals/Legacies)
- Sheldon Sampson/Utopian (Jupiter’s Legacy)
- Walter Sampson/Brainwave (Jupiter’s Legacy)
- Grace Kennedy Sampson/Lady Liberty (Jupiter’s Legacy)
- George Hutchence/Skyfox (Jupiter’s Legacy)
- Brandon Sampson/Paragon (Jupiter’s Legacy)
Cartoons[]
- Kevin Levin (Ben 10); in his Ultimate form
- Professor Paradox (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Ghosts and Half-Ghosts (Danny Phantom)
- Vlad Masters/Plasmius
- Emotions (Inside Out)
- Aku (Samurai Jack)
- The Guardian (Samurai Jack)
- Gems (Steven Universe)
Comics[]
- Kryptonians (DC Comics); under a yellow or blue sun
- Doomsday (DC Comics)
- Firestorm (DC Comics)
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
- Captain Atom (DC Comics)
- The Flash (DC Comics)
- Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy (DC Comics)
- Dr. Manhattan (DC Comics)
- Amazons of Themyscira (DC Comics)
- Hippolyta
- Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
- Mr. Majestic (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
- Supreme (Image Comics)
- Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- Emma Frost (Marvel Comics); in diamond form
- Stepford Cuckoos (Marvel Comics); in diamond form
- /Piotr Rasputin/Colossus (Marvel Comics); in Steel form
- Cain Marko/Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
- Original Xorn (Marvel Comics)
- Sprite/Jia Jing (Marvel Comics)
- Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- A-Bomb (Marvel Comics)
- Skaar (Marvel Comics)
- Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
- Adam Brashear/Blue Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Adam Destine (Marvel Comics)
- Dead Girl (Marvel Comics)
- Heralds of Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- Asgardians (Marvel Comics)
- Thor Odinson
- Olympians (Marvel Comics)
- Hercules Panhellenios
- Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Emery Schaub/Butterball (Marvel Comics)
- Sentry (Marvel Comics)
- Sunspot (Marvel Comics)
- Hyperion (Marvel Comics)
- Chamber (Marvel Comics)
- Leonard Williams/Tyrone Cash (Ultimate Marvel)
- Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (Ultimate Marvel)
- Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Empty Cans (Akikan!)
- Titans (Attack on Titan); only need sunlight to stay active
- Immortals (Baccano)
- Pseudomonas (Cells At Work)
- Klaxo-Sapiens and Klaxo-Sapien Hybrids (Darling In The FranXX)
- Shinigami (Death Note)
- Asato Tsuzuki (Descendants Of Darkness)
- Artificial Humans (Dragon Ball series)
- Namekians (Dragon Ball series); only require water
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball series)
- Angels (Dragon Ball Super)
- Dragon (Fire Force)
- Agni (Fire Punch)
- Kang Han Soo (Is This Hero For Real?)
- Immortals (Highlander: The Search for Vengeance)
- Colin Macleod
- Kyala
- Marcus Octavius
- Isaac Netero (Hunter X Hunter)
- Obito Uchiha (Naruto)
- Black Zetsu (Naruto)
- White Zetsu clones (Naruto)
- Genos (One-Punch Man)
- Demon Lord (Sekai Maou)
- Ban (Seven Deadly Sins)
- Ryoko Hakubi (Tenchi Muyo)
- Ladylee Tangleroad (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
- Tsukasa Tsukuyomi (Tonikaku Kawaii)
- Andy (Undead Unluck)
- Victor (Undead Unluck)
Video Games[]
- Skeletons (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
- Necromorphs (Dead Space)
- The Brethren Moons
- Darkspawn (Dragon Age)
- Ghouls (Fallout)
- Herrscher of the Void (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Reapers (Mass Effect)
- Porygon, Porygon2, & Porygon-Z (Pokémon)
- Androids (Detroit: Become human)
Tabletop Games[]
- Vampires (Vampire the Masquerade); only need blood to stay conscious
- Warforged (Dungeons & Dragons)
Web Comic/Series/Original[]
- Jones/Wandering Eye (Gunnerkrigg Court)
- Various SCPs (SCP Foundation)
- Monica Pinkston
- SCP-0001 - Meta Ike's Proposal - The Solution
- SCP-008 - Zombie Plague
- SCP-014 - The Concrete Man
- SCP-017 - Shadow Person
- SCP-029 - Daughter of Shadows
- SCP-049 - Plague Doctor
- SCP-083-D - Duke
- SCP-096 - The "Shy Guy"
- SCP-122-1 - No More Monsters
- SCP-149-DE
- SCP-280 - Eyes in the Dark
- SCP-723-D - Unkillable D-Class
- SCP-956 - The Child-Breaker
- SCP-2872 - A Fast Horse
- SCP-4043 - Gaia
- SCP-4233 - The Dreadnought
- SCP-4335 - A Welt In The Crucible
- SCP-5909 - The Endless Shrimp
Known Objects[]
- Cure-All Elixir (Baccano)
- Grand Panacea (Baccano)
- Eternal Atoms (Bastard!!)
- Oxy-Chew (Ducktales)
- Mayan Sun Amulet (Gargoyles)
- Ring of Sustenance (Overlord)
- Ambrosia (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
- Hourai Elixir (Tonikaku Kawaii)
- Perfected Hulk Serum Pill (Ultimate Marvel Comics)