The power to reduce or remove the need for bodily necessities.
Also Called
- Contained Metabolism
- Deprivation
- Self-Sufficiency
Capabilities
Users physical needs are greatly reduced or completely removed. These needs include air/breathing, sleep/rest, food, drink, bodily evacuations, shelter from environmental effects and their lack (heat/cold, dryness/wetness), etc. User is also able to stay unmoving without normal effects this would have.
Applications
Associations
Limitations
- May only be able to disregard some needs.
- May have limited time period available.
Known Users
- Stanton Parish (Alphas)
- Neil Cuddahy (Mutant X)
- Kevin Levin (Ben 10); in his Ultimate form
- Professor Paradox (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Kryptonians (DC Comics); while under a yellow or blue sun
- Firestorm (DC Comics)
- Captain Atom (DC Comics)
- The Flash (DC Comics)
- Emma Frost (Marvel); while in diamond form
- Stepford Cuckoos (Marvel); while in diamond form
- Original Xorn (Marvel)
- Hulk (Marvel)
- A-Bomb (Marvel)
- Skaar (Marvel)
- All Heralds of Galactus (Marvel)
- Asgardians (Marvel)
- Olympians (Marvel)
- Sentry (Marvel)
- Adam (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Vlad Plasmius (Danny Phantom)
- Freeza (Dragon Ball Z)
- Obito Uchiha (Naruto)
- Zetsu and clones (Naruto)
- Sunspot (Marvel)
Gallery
Due to the effects of yellow sun radiation, Superman (DC) has no need for food or sleep, though he tends to eat and sleep out of habit.
Due to being immortal, Nathan was able to survive starvation even though he was trapped in a coffin.