Spring Mimicry

Spring Form
Bellamy (One Piece) using Spring Hopper against Luffy.
Power/Ability to:	Transform completely or partially into springs.

The power to transform completely or partially into springs. Not to be confused with Spring Manipulation.

Also Called

• Spring Conversion/Mimicry/Transformation

Capabilities

The user can transform completely or partially into springs, aiding their jumping capabilities and granting ability to absorb attacks.

Applications

• Enhanced Leap
• Enhanced Speed
• Elasticity by extending springs.
• Transform wrist and foot into spring to enhance punches and kicks.
• Spinning Attack via twisting and winding up ones coils tightly they can create heavy hitting strikes augmented by centrifugal force.
• Utilize excessive springing sound to disorient opponents.
• Taking the amount of heft one exerts they can collide with objects using great speed & force.
• Projectile Enhancement users can become a makeshift firing mechanism by propelling objects off their bodies.
• Vibration Emission/Sonic Boom Generation By taking advantage of spring recoil.
• If one is strong enough to use air as a bouncing medium, one can perform Double Jump.

Variations

• Rubber Mimicry

Associations

• Cartoon Physics
• Elastic Energy Manipulation
• Jet Propulsion
• Organic Constructs

Limitations

• Spring requires solid surface to bounce off, making it useless in midair or soften surfaces such as water and mud. Can be countered if the user can use the air as a medium.
• Difficult to control.
• Springs may get tangled or bent from repeated usage.
• Trajectory is limited to straight-line movement, making user easy to predict. Can be countered if the user can use the spring's elasticity for bending.

Known Users

Cartoons

• Dynomutt (Dynomutt, Dog Wonder)
• Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget)
• Bouncer (Skylanders: Giants)
• Coil Man (The Impossibles)
• Judge Doom (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)

Comics

• Sonic Man (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)

Manga/Anime

• Bellamy (One Piece)
• Keith (Zatch Bell!)
• Springman (Kinnikuman)
• All for One (My Hero Academia)

Video Games

• Spring Man (Mega Man 7)
• MegaMan Volnutt (Mega Man Legends)
• Hitomonlee (Pokemon)
• Spring Mario (Super Mario)
• Spring Luigi (Super Mario)
• All Characters (ARMS)
• Rattle Shake (Skylanders Franchise)

Gallery

Sonic Man (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) using his Spring Shield.

Bellamy the Hyena (One Piece) using his Spring Death Knock.

Spring Mario (Super Mario) can jump to great heights.

Hitmonlee (left) has spring-like legs and (if trained) arms.

Boing Boing Betty (The Disrespectoids)

Rattle Shake (Skylanders SWAP Force)

Keith (Zatch Bell!) can turn his arms into springs with the spell Amu Garuginisu.