Also Called
- Symbiotic Exchange/Relationship
Capabilities
The user has a symbiotic relationship with other beings/entities, becoming hosts to another being/entity that lives in or on the user, generally granting them enhanced condition and new powers/abilities. The being/entity may be a spirit, angel, demon, dimensional entity, deity, or even something as a simple as a parasite and any powers it gives is likely to vary depending on what it is.
The symbiote usually requires the essence of the host in order to survive. They may feed off its host's body, mind, soul, emotions, life force etc. but in return they give the host greater power similar to the ways of equivalent exchange.
Applications
- Ability Transcendence
- Augmentation
- Divided Mind
- Hybrid Soul
- Living Conduit
- Personality Sharing
- Power Bestowal
- Psychic Shield
- Self Power Link
- Self Transcendence
- Sensory Sharing
- Sentient Power
- Symbiote Summoning
- Symbiotic Connection
- Symbiotic Constructs
- Symbiotic Flight
- Symbiotic Portal Creation
- Symbiotic Substance Attacks
- Symbiotic Teleportation
- Symbiotic Transformation
Techniques
- Entity Bonding
- Symbiotic Aura
- Symbiotic Combat
- Symbiotic Defense
- Symbiotic Healing
- Symbiotic Regeneration
Variations
- Aether Symbiosis
- Angelic Symbiosis
- Antithetical Symbiosis
- Anti-Magic Symbiosis
- Apocalyptic Symbiosis
- Avatar Symbiosis
- Biological Symbiosis
- Blessed Symbiosis
- Chaos Symbiosis
- Composite Symbiosis
- Conceptual Symbiosis
- Corrupted Symbiosis
- Cosmic Symbiosis
- Creation Symbiosis
- Cursed Symbiosis
- Demonic Symbiosis
- Destruction Symbiosis
- Dragon Symbiosis
- Digital Symbiosis
- Elemental Symbiosis
- Emotional Symbiosis
- Entropy Symbiosis
- Environmental Symbiosis
- Extra-Dimensional Symbiosis
- Healing Symbiosis
- Illusory Symbiosis
- Imaginary Symbiosis
- Inner Beast Symbiosis
- Interaction Symbiosis
- Magical Symbiosis
- Mechanical Symbiosis
- Monster Symbiosis
- Multi Symbiosis
- Natural Symbiosis
- Nether Symbiosis
- Order Symbiosis
- Power Symbiosis
- Primordial Symbiosis
- Probability Symbiosis
- Psychic Symbiosis
- Purified Symbiosis
- Quantum Symbiosis
- Reality Symbiosis
- Remote Symbiosis
- Spiritual Symbiosis
- Summon Symbiosis
- Symbiotic Element Manipulation
- Symbiotic Energy Manipulation
- Symbiotic Magic
- Symbiotic Tattoos
- Symbiotic Technology Manipulation
- Technomagical Symbiosis
- Technorganic Symbiosis
- Thermal Symbiosis
- Undead Symbiosis
- Universal Force Symbiosis
- Vibration Symbiosis
- Volatile Symbiosis
- Weather Symbiosis
- Zodiac Symbiosis
Associations
- Divine Vessel
- Enigma Force
- Idiosyncratic Manipulation
- Inner Beast
- Personal Seal
- Possessive Enhancement
- Symbiote Creation
- Symbiote Manipulation
- Symbiote Physiology
- Symbiotic Costume
- Symbiotic Weaponry
- Unholy Vessel
Limitations
- Bond Destruction/Symbiote Manipulation could defeat the user.
- The symbiote may take over the user completely.
- Host may be driven insane by symbiote.
- Both symbiote and host may need each other to survive.
- Both symbiote and host may need a mutual relationship on any degree.
Known Users
Cartoons/Comics
- Helmet of Fate/Doctor Fate/Zatanna (Young Justice/DC Comics)
- Danila (Bubble Comics)
- Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle (DC Comics)
- Halo (DC Comics); inhabited by an energy being called Aurakle.
- Alan Scott (DC comics); via the Starheart
- Sodom Yat (DC Comics); via Ion
- Lantern Entity (DC Comics)
- Christopher Kent (DC Comics)
- Guardians of the Universe (DC Comics)
- Hellspawns (Image Comics)
- Spawn/Al Simmons (Image Comics)
- Redeemers (Image Comics)
- Witchblade (Image Comics/Witchblade)
- Darkness (Image Comics/Witchblade)
- Angelus (Image Comics/Witchblade)
- Sara Pezzini (Image Comics/Witchblade)
- Danielle Baptiste (Image Comics/Witchblade)
- Jackie Estacado (Image Comics/Witchblade)
- Klyntar/Symbiotes (Marvel Comics)
- Venom
- Agent Venom
- Carnage
- Toxin
- Lasher
- Scott Washington/Hybrid
- Scream
- Phage
- She-Venom
- Krobaa
- Payback
- Mania
- Scarlet Spiders/Team Red (Marvel Comics)
- Riot (Marvel Comics)
- Dreadface (Marvel Comics)
- Hosts of the Phoenix (Marvel Comics)
- Hosts of Captain Universe (Marvel Comics)
- Storm (Marvel Comics); when possessed by Eternity
- Hawk God (Marvel Comics)
- Zak Saturday (The Secret Saturdays)
- Chiro (Super Robot Monkey Team HyperForce Go!)
- Antauri (Super Robot Monkey Team HyperForce Go!)
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions); Venom symbiote
- Bugsuckers (Dungeons & Dragons)
Anime/Manga
- Tenzen Yakushiji (Basilisk)
- Joujin (Basilisk)
- Shinigami/Soul Reapers (Bleach)
- Visored (Bleach)
- Baby (Dragon Ball GT)
- Jinchūriki (Naruto)
- Aburame Clan (Naruto)
- Samehada (Naruto)
- All Shamans (Shaman King)
- Yoh Asakura
- Crona (Soul Eater)
- Yugi Motou (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- D (Vampire Hunter D)
- Shō Fukamachi (Guyver); Guyver Unit 1
- Sean Barker (Guyver); Guyver Unit 2
- Goddramon (Digimon)
- Shinichi Izumi (Parasyte)
- Siegfried/Nightmare (Soul Calibur)
- Wild Card users (Shin Megami Tensei: Persona)
- Ferra & Torr (Mortal Kombat X)
- Vessels (Dream Eater Marry)
- Shinoa Hiragi (Owari no Seraph)
Live Television/Movies
- Trill (Star Trek)
- Jaffas (Stargate)
- Vindrizi (Babylon 5)
- Claire Bennett (Heroes) via the catalyst
- Commander USA (Commander USA's Groovie Movies)
- Boris The Animal (Men in Black)
Video Games
- The Lich King (Warcraft)
- Little Sisters (Bioshock) Via Sea Slugs
- Megamen and Biometal (Megaman ZX)
- Doctor Octopus/Monster-Ock (Spider-Man 2/Spider-Man Video Game)
- Cryptids (Call of Duty: Ghosts - Extinction)
Others
- Iskoort (Animorphs)
- Grim Jr (Grim Tales From Down Below)
- Kageyama Ritsu (Mob Psycho 100)
- Alexei Belitrov/SCP-2273-1 (SCP Foundation); via SCP-2273-2
- SCP-3731 - Normality Will Be Protected (SCP Foundation); via SCP-3996 - The Empyrean Parasite
- Sarkics (SCP Foundation); via Akuloth
- Cristalisations (Maliki)
Known Objects
- Shikon no Tama (InuYasha)
Gallery
Two organic symbioses, one psychic and other spiritual.
Tenzen Yakushiji's (Basilisk) symbiote "eats" away his wounds and restores any ravages of time or battle, even reattaching his head by sealing the cut. They also serve as a pair of extra eyes.
Joujin (Basilisk) gains the power of immortality via the symbiotic spirit of Tenzen, who died 10 years prior.
Danila (Bubble Comics) hosts the essence of Lucifer/Satan within his body art.
Retired superhero and TV movie host Commander USA (Commander USA's Groovie Movies) and his right hand man, Lefty. They met at the Finger Lakes and have been inseparable ever since.
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Guardians of the Universe (DC Comics)
Zatanna (DC Comics/Young Justice) puts on the Helmet of Fate.
Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle (DC Comics)
The Shikon no Tama (InuYasha) manifested from collective souls and empowers those who use its fragments.
After fusing with his mechanical arms, the tentacle's A.I. began to influence Doc Ock's (Marvel Comics) mind.
Scott Washington/Hybrid (Marvel Comics) wields a collective form born from the Agony, Lasher, Phage and Riot symbiotes.
Flash Thompson and the Venom symbiote (Marvel Comics) have a perfect and permanent relationship.
Ferra and Torr (Mortal Kombat X) are both part of a symbiotic Outworld race that works in pairs.
Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) played host to the Ten-Tails, the combined form of his mother, Kaguya, and the God Tree.
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The Aburame Clan (Naruto) live in symbiosis with various types of insects in their body, feeding them their chakra in exchange for their services.
Samehada (Naruto) has a symbiotic relationship with its owner, feeding off of their chakra in exchange for fighting for them...
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...or feeding them back chakra to regenerate their wounds.
Teal'c (Stargate), like all Jaffas, houses a Goa'uld larva inside an abdominal pouch that enhances his strength, speed, and longevity.
Left Hand (Vampire Hunter D)
Shinichi Izumi and the Parasite enity known as Migi (Parasyte)
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