- "I used to make fun of Green Lantern for being vulnerable to the colour yellow! Then I choked on my orange juice one morning and nearly suffocated."
- ― T-Rex, Dinosaur Comics
- "I hate magic."
- ― Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman's opinion on Magic (DC Comics)
- "You're feeling it now, aren't you? What the rest of us live with every day. Your own mortality."
- ― Batman to Superman after weakening him with a Kryptonite Arrow. (The Dark Knight Returns Part 2)
The condition to have a supernatural weakness when in contact with a certain object, occurring event, or emotion. Opposite to Affinity and Immunity.
Also Called[]
- Kryptonite Factor
- Porkfat (CatDog)
- Specific Weakening/Vulnerability
- Weakness/Limitation/Disability
Effects[]
As a trait, the users become weaker when they come in contact with a certain object, event, or emotion. It is also possible to weaken or nullify existing powers as well. Long-term exposure to the aversion may result in fatal bodily conditions (e.g: Cancer), or even death.
Major Aversions[]
- Darkness Aversion: become weaker when exposed to darkness.
- Day Aversion: become weaker during the day.
- Dead Aversion: gain weakness from the dead.
- Dead Aversion Inducement: make others become weak when near or in close contact with dead's/death's powers.
- Dimensional Aversion: become weaker when in contact with certain dimensions and/or dimensional forces.
- Elemental Aversion: become weaker when in contact with a certain elemental force.
- Darkness Aversion: become weaker when exposed to darkness.
- Earth Aversion: become weaker when exposed to earth.
- Electricity Aversion: become weaker when exposed to electricity.
- Fire Aversion: become weaker when exposed to fire.
- Ice Aversion: become weaker when exposed to ice.
- Light Aversion: become weaker when exposed to light.
- Metal Aversion: become weaker when exposed to metal.
- Sound Aversion: become weaker when a certain sound or song is heard.
- Water Aversion: become weaker when exposed to water.
- Wind Aversion: become weaker when exposed to wind/air.
- Energy Aversion: become weaker when in contact with a certain form of energy.
- Environmental Aversion: become weaker when in certain landscapes.
- Emotional Aversion: become weaker when feeling (or in contact with someone's feeling) certain emotions.
- Anger Aversion: become weaker when feeling or exposed to anger.
- Fear Aversion: become weaker when feeling or exposed to fear.
- Greed Aversion: become weaker when feeling or exposed to greed.
- Happiness Aversion: become weaker when feeling or exposed to happiness.
- Humor Aversion: become weaker when feeling or exposed to humor.
- Hatred Aversion: become weaker when feeling or exposed to hatred.
- Love Aversion: become weaker when feeling or exposed to love.
- Pride Aversion: become weaker when feeling or exposed to pride.
- Sadness Aversion: become weaker when feeling or exposed to sadness.
- Evil Aversion: become weaker around anything evil or impure.
- Unholy Aversion: become weaker around unholy items, elements, places and entities.
- Good Aversion: become weaker around anything good or pure.
- Holy Aversion: become weaker around holy items, elements, places and entities.
- Invitation Requirement: require an invitation to enter a private home without being repelled, weakened, or killed.
- Life Aversion: become weaker with more living things near.
- Life Aversion Inducement: make others become weak when near or in close contact with life's powers
- Karma Aversion: become weaker depending on a person's morale.
- Magic Aversion: become weaker when in contact with magic.
- Night Aversion: become weaker during the night
- Object Aversion: become weaker when in contact with a certain object.
- Food Aversion: become weaker when in contact to certain foods.
- Physical Aversion: possess a physical weak point/vulnerability in/on the body.
- Thermal Aversion: become weaker when in contact with abnormal temperatures.
- Heat Aversion: become weaker when in contact with higher temperatures.
- Cold Aversion: become weaker when in contact with lower temperatures.
- Randomized Weakness: gains a random weakness when in contact with a certain object.
- Wood Aversion: become weaker when in contact with wood.
Applications[]
- Power Absorption
- Power Deactivation
- Power Destruction
- Power Dilution
- Power Erasure
- Power Fluctuation
- Power Negation
- Power Opposition
- Power Overload
- Power Reduction
Associations/Relationships[]
- May accompany some form of detection in order to know when their aversion is close by.
- Aversion Manipulation
- Slayer Powers
Flaws[]
- Target has no control over this condition.
- Target must be in range in order for this power to work.
- Users of Limitation Transcendence transcend their limits.
- Weakness Removal/Weakness Immunity
Known/Example Characters[]
See Also: Weaksauce Weakness and Kryptonite Factor.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Gastrea (Black Bullet); can be killed by Varanium
- Demons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba); can be killed by sunlight & wisteria, decapitated by Nichirin Blades
- Saiyans (Dragon Ball series); become paralyzed and weak if their tails are being squeezed
- Echo (Dragonar Academy); become weak when she got bitten on her horn buds
- Deer-Horses (The Fruit of Evolution)
- Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist); becomes useless when wet
- Homunculi (Fullmetal Alchemist 2003); become weak when they come in contact with a place or object from their former lives
- Utsuro (Gintama)
- Kouka (Gintama)
- Kuon Ohara (Island); dies/becomes mortally weak when in contact with sunlight
- Vampires (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); disintegrate when they come in contact with sunlight
- DIO Brando
- Vanilla Ice
- Pillar Men (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency); inter a petrified state when they come in contact with sunlight
- Esidisi
- Kars
- Santana
- Wamuu
- Devil Fruit Users (One Piece); the sea rejects/hates them, and they become helpless while submerged in water
- Moka Akashiya (Rosario + Vampire); weakened whenever in water
- Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire); weakened by extreme heat
- Crocell Family (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun); weakened by excess emotion
Cartoons/Comics[]
- Dragons (American Dragon: Jake Long); Sphinx Hair weakens their powers.
- Roger’s species (American Dad); become sick and weak if they don’t unleash their inner bitch
- Firebenders (Avatar the Last Airbender); abilities are nullified when a solar eclipse occurs
- Waterbenders (Avatar the Last Airbender); abilities are nullified when a lunar eclipse occurs
- Ultimos (Ben 10); becomes weak and sick when exposed to Sucrotaxonite, a chemical found in chocolate
- Zs'Skayr (Ben 10); can be destroyed by ultra-violet rays, such as sunlight
- Captain Planet (Captain Planet and the Planeteers); loses his powers when near pollution and radiation
- Ghosts and Half-Ghosts (Danny Phantom); are harmed or can be killed by Anti-Ghost Weapons, Ecto-Ranium, and Blood Blossoms. Half-Ghosts are immune to them in their human form.
- Jackie Estacado (The Darkness); becomes weaker in light or the sun
- Alan Scott/Green Lantern (DC Comics); in the Golden Age his ring was weak against wood
- Bizarro (DC Comics); becomes weaker with Blue Kryptonite
- Daxamites (DC Comics); lead robs them of their powers and causes them to suffer fatal lead poisoning
- Green Lanterns (DC Comics); in the Silver Age they became weak against the color yellow
- Kryptonians (DC Comics); become weaker with Green/Gold Kryptonite and are rendered powerless by red solar radiation & magic
- Martians (DC Comics); become weaker when near flames
- Martian Manhunter
- Miss Martian
- White Martians
- Raven (DC Comics); loses control over her powers when under extreme anger or loses control of any of her emotions
- Ultraman (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths); becomes weaker with Blue Kryptonite
- Various Dragon Species (How To Train Your Dragon); poison by Blue Oleander and Dragonvine, Dragon Root plants make them go wild or if weaponize it renders them weak and vulnerable unless they are given an antidote, can get disoriented by loud noises, have blind spots and vulnerable areas/weak spots, Grimora parasites cause dragons to revert to a feral state, and has a fear of eels which makes them very sick and gives them Eel Pox.
- Night Furies; if at least one of their tailfin is damaged or cut off they cannot fly.
- Skrills; cannot channel electricity and loses all firepower when it is wet.
- Whispering Deaths; have a sensitivity to sunlight because of their poor eyesight and being essentially underground cave dwellers. They are also unable to break through metal plating, specifically cast iron.
- Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics); is weak against loud noises and strong smells because of his enhanced senses
- Symbiotes (Marvel Comics); become weaker when exposed to sonic waves or fire
- Carnage
- Toxin
- Venom
- Mutants (Marvel Comics); Terrigen Mist is fatally toxic to them
- Peter PArker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics); weak to pesticides
- James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics); can be killed by the Muramasa Blade, his healing factor can also be nullified when struck by Carbonatium bullets/blades
- Elemental Masters (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); Vengestone, Chronosteel, and Blue Crystal can either absorb or disable their elemental powers
- Ghost Warriors (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); Water and Deepstone can disrupt their ghost form and send them back to the Curse Realm/The Preeminent
- Aku (Samurai Jack); can only be hurt by either Jack’s sword or divine artifacts
- Scamlar (Totally Spies); vaporized by anything salty
- Captain Lightspeed (Netflix Fearless); Palladium
Folklore[]
- Sun Wukong (Mythology); become weakened when in bodies of water like the sea.
- Vampires (Folklore); become weakened when near sunlight, crosses, woods, holy waters, and/or garlic.
- Werewolves (Folklore); become weakened when touching or near silver.
- Fairies (Folklore); become weakened when near iron
- Trolls (Scandinavian Folklore); explode or turn to stone when exposed to sunlight.
- Djinn (Islamic Folklore); become weak when in contact with iron.
- Asian dragons (Chinese/Japanese Folklore); become weak when touching iron.
Live Television/Movies[]
- The Gentlemen (Buffy the Vampire Slayer); human screams cause their heads to explode
- Danger Force (Danger Force); red-eyed mudfish juice can take away their powers, permanently
- John Hancock (Hancock); becomes weaker when near others of his race
- Ray Manchester/Captain Man (Henry Danger); Jolly Beetle’s Tears can take away his indestructibility
- Evos (Heroes); lose their powers during a solar eclipse
- Sportacus (LazyTown); becomes weak when he eats junk food
- Mermaids (Mako: Island of Secrets); the Trident drains their life-force
- Fairies (Maleficent); iron burns them
- Zelena (Once Upon a Time); light magic
- Kryptonians (Smallville); become weaker with Green/Gold/Blue Kryptonite
- Demons (Supernatural); weak against holy water, iron, salt, exorcisms, and lesser demons can’t step foot on consecrated ground
- Eve, the Mother of All Monsters (Supernatural); can be killed by Phoenix ash
- Fairies (Supernatural); cream intoxicates them, and they can’t resist counting every grain of salt when it’s thrown on the ground
- Ghosts (Supernatural); weak against salt/iron and can be "killed" by salting and burning their mortal remains
- Hellhounds (Supernatural); weak against iron, salt, graveyard dirt, holy water, pepper, and devil's shoelaces
- Leviathans (Supernatural); Borax burns their flesh like acid
- Supers (The Thundermans); if they touch Malvexium their powers are permanently destroyed, and the Achilles Comet makes their powers go wonky.
- The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz); water causes her to melt
Video Games[]
- Everlasting Dragons (Dark Souls); lightning peels off their scales, allowing them to be killed
- Cole MacGrath (inFAMOUS); becomes weaker when he enters water
- Gooigi (Luigi's Mansion 3); destroyed by water & fire
- Metroid (Metroid); weakened by extreme cold
- Apparitions (Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice); weak against Divine Confetti
- Toothpick (Sly Cooper); sensitive to loud noises
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog); can't swim
Literature[]
- Sandworms (Dune); can be killed by water in large quantities, it hurts them on contact
- Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter); feels pain whenever he was in contact with Harry’s love for his family and friends or his Horcruxes have been destroyed
- Frank Zhang (Heroes of Olympus); connected to a burned stick, causing him to feel pain whenever it is on fire and automatically die if it is completely incinerated. However, he eventually took control of his destiny and became free of his curse.
Known Natural Occurrences[]
- Blue Moon (Charmed); turns the Charmed Ones into beasts
- Prophecy of the Twice-Blessed Child (Charmed); cancels out all magic on the day until said child is born
- Moonlight (Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld); cancels out demonic magic
- Lunar eclipse (H2O: Just Add Water); causes mermaids in the Moon Pool to lose their powers for 12 hours
- Moon of Fifty Years (H2O: Just Add Water); causes mermaids in the Moon Pool to lose their powers forever
- Solar eclipse (Heroes); cancels out all Evolved Humans' powers
- New Moon (InuYasha); Inuyasha temporarily becomes human until dawn
- Land Without Magic (Once Upon a Time/Once Upon a Time in Wonderland); no magic whilst outside the town border limit of Storybrooke
- Post-Full Moon (Shadow Falls); werewolves are weakest after the full moon
- Edom (Shadowhunter Chronicles); Magnus Bane is powerless there and angelic runes lose their power
- Lunar eclipse (Teen Wolf); cancels out werewolves' powers
- Achilles Comet (The Thundermans); renders superhuman powers uncontrollable while passing the Earth
- Mystic Falls (The Vampire Diaries); via Aversion Field and Humanization
- Sunlight (Various Franchises); destructive to vampires, and, in Asian folklore, spirits
- Bermuda Triangle (Wizards of Waverly Place); disables magic
Known Objects[]
Comics/Cartoons
- Sucrotaxonite (Ben 10); poisonous to Ultimos' species
- Various Kryptonites (DC Comics); different types cause various effects on Kryptonians
- Carbonadium bullets/blades (Marvel Comics)
- Muramasa Blade (Marvel Comics)
- Angelic Weapons/Blessed weapons (Hazbin hotel/Helluva Boss); deadly to all demons
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Nichirin Weapons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Sea-Prism Stone (One Piece); weakens Devil Fruit eaters and paralyzes them
- Galactica Bracelets (Sailor Moon); can steal any living being's Star Seed, killing them instantly
- Talisman (Sonic X); imprisoning Boom ghosts into their own dimension
Video/Games
- Thinner (Epic Mickey); causes Blotlings and Wasteland Toons to melt
- Keyblades (Kingdom Hearts); deadly to Heartless and Nobodies
- The Nobitsura Kage (Shadow Warrior); kills the otherwise-immortal Ancients
Live Television/Movies
- Daystar virus (Blade III: Trinity); can kill Dracula/Drake and vampires
- Darklighter Poison (Charmed); deadly to whitelighters and half-whitelighters
- Paranoia Crystals (Charmed); causes paranoia in witches
- Light (Darkness Falls); effective against Matilda Dixon's ghost
- Will's Aftershave (H2O: Just Add Water); makes mermaids sneeze
- Iron (Maleficent); burns fairies
- The Trident (Mako: Island of Secrets); weakens mermaids
- Vorpal blade (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland); effective against the Jabberwocky
- Borax (Supernatural); capable of harming Leviathans
- Phoenix ash (Supernatural); capable of killing Eve, the Mother of All Monsters
- Traveller Dagger (The Vampire Diaries); expels a Traveller's spirit
- Tuning Fork (The Vampire Diaries); its sound waves hurt witches and sirens
- Vervain (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals); effective against all vampires
- White Oak Stakes (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals); deadly to Original vampires and their entire species
- Dip (Who Framed Roger Rabbit); dissolves any Toon that touches it.
Literature
- Basilisk Venom (Harry Potter); destructive to Horcruxes
- Fiendfyre Spell (Harry Potter); destructive to Horcruxes
- The Killing Curse (Harry Potter); destructive to Horcruxes
- Sword of Gryffindor (Harry Potter); destructive to Horcruxes
- Bone Steel (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard); harmful to beings related to Norse Mythology
- Celestial Bronze (Percy Jackson and the Olympians); harmful to beings related to Greco-Roman mythology
- Imperial Gold (Percy Jackson and the Olympians); harmful to beings related to Greco-Roman mythology
- Skeptron and seraph blades (The Shadowhunter Chronicles); deadly to demons
- Fire (The Shadowhunter Chronicles); much more flammable to vampires than humans
- Salt, steel, gravesoil, rowan wood, and iron (The Shadowhunter Chronicles); effective against fairies
- Angelic runes (The Shadowhunter Chronicles); deadly to humans
General
- Light and dark (Various Franchises); effective against each other
- Electricity and water (Various Franchises); effective against each other
- Fire and ice/water (Various Franchises); effective against each other
- Wolfsbane (Various Franchises); effective against werewolves and Lycanthropic Infection
- Holy Water (Various Franchises); effective against vampires and other forms of the undead
- Garlic (Various Franchises); repels vampires
- Wooden Stakes (Various Franchises); deadly to vampires by driving it through the heart
- Silver (Various Franchises); effective against werewolves, and in some cases vampires
- Iron (Various Franchises); deadly to several mythical beings, such as fairies and sprites
- Gold (Various Franchises)
- Chocolate (Various Franchises); toxic to dogs
Others
- Offbrand Soda (Uncle Samsonite)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Forged from special minerals found on mountains constantly being bathed in sunlight, Nichirin/Sun Wheel Blades (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)…
As displayed here with Son Goku (Dragon Ball), a Saiyan's tail is so sensitive to touch that if grabbed, the Saiyan in question will become paralyzed and have their powers drained.
While Utsuro (Gintama) feeds off the Altana of his birthplace Earth to live, he cannot intake the Altana of any other planet as it is effectively poisonous to him, as Umibozu caused his body fatal damage with Kouan's crystalized Altana.
While Kouka (Gintama) feeds off the Altana of her birthplace Kouan to live, she cannot intake the Altana of any other planet as it is effectively poisonous to her, as she died when she immigrated to Rakuyo, far away from Kouan.
Devil Fruit Eaters (One Piece) such as Monkey D. Luffy and Brook are unable to swim and become powerless and immobilized if over half of their bodies is submerged in water.
When DIO Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) was turned into a vampire, only sunlight or Ripple/Hamon users could truly kill him.
Pillar Men (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II Battle Tendency) are vulnerable to the rays of the Sun and to the Ripple/Hamon.
Comics/Cartoons[]
Dragons (American Dragon: Jake Long) are the most powerful magical creatures but they are vulnerable to Sphinx Hair which can be weaponized to render them completely powerless, and too much exposure may even leave a dragon unconscious.
Eating chocolate is dangerous for Ultimos (Ben 10) as it contains a chemical called Sucrotaxonite that is poisonous towards his species.
Ghosts (Danny Phantom) are vulnerable to anti-ghost weapons, Ecto-Ranium, and Blood Blossoms which cause them extreme pain or injuries.
Kryptonians such as Superman/Kal-El/Clark Kent (DC Comics) become weaker with Green/Gold Kryptonite and can physically injured by red solar radiation & magic.
When exposure to fire, Martians like J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter (DC Comics) lose control of their powers, and in the case of extreme fire, causes them to lose control over their biomorphic form.
Raven (Teen Titans) loses control over her powers when under extreme anger or loses control of any of her emotions.
Various Dragon Species (HTTYD) have unique weakness of their own and common dragon weakness that include being poison by plants like Blue Oleander or Dragonvine. They are disoriented by loud noises and can easily be infected by Grimora parasites which causes them to revert to a feral state. Scratching a spot at the bottom of a dragon's neck will incapacitate them...
...They also have a fear of eel because by eating them, they get very sick and hostile, while increasing the number and power of their fireshots, even changing the color of the fire. It also disorients their senses; dragons see blurry and contorted images. This makes a dragon confused and frustrated, thus making them aggressive.
Night Furies (HTTYD) have no unique weakness of their own/very few weaknesses, making them hard to combat. However, they have common dragon weakness and can recover fast. Their primary weakness is their tailfins and if anything, bad happen to it would decrease its speed or prevents them from flying.
Since Skrills (HTTYD) are electrical dragons their primary weakness is water. and they cannot channel electricity, thus loses all firepower when it is wet. However, Skrills can quickly regain its ability to channel lightning and electricity after getting out of the water. Also due to their electrical properties they are attracted to metal and can be lured into traps.
While Whispering Deaths (HTTYD) are immune to Dragon Nip, they are sensitive to bright light because they live underground and have poor eyesight.
Mutants (Marvel Comics) are fatally vulnerable to the Terrigen Mists, causing them to develop a condition known as M-Pox.
Due to his spider DNA, Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) is vulnerable to pesticides like ethyl chloride, which weakens his powers.
As Aku (Samurai Jack) is literally made of Evil itself, he can only be harmed by either very powerful magic (such as that of gods)...
Tim's (Totally Spies) "Scamlar" can be vaporized by anything salty, such as saltwater taffy or salt water.
Captain Planet (Captain Planet and the Planeteers) gets weak and powerless when exposed to pollution or evil thoughts.
As opposed to Captain Pollution (Captain Planet and the Planeteers), his weakness is the opposite, as he gets weak from pure elements such as clean water, soil, or sunlight.
All Dragons (Supernatural Academy) are allergic to Dragonsbane an illegal and dangerous potion meant to repel dragons/dragon-shifters.
Obsidian (Onyx Equinox) is stone meant to repel supernatural creatures, monsters, demons, monstrous emissaries even The Gods.
Video Games[]
Live Television/Movies[]
Jolly Beetle’s Tears (Henry Danger) contain a special element, that can either increase or decrease molecular density, which is what makes Captain Man indestructible.
When Danger Force (Danger Force) except Captain Man and Schwoz, are exposed to red-eyed mudfish, the juice makes them loose their powers.
Leviathans (Supernatural) are vulnerable to Borax, a chemical found in most cleaning products that burns their flesh like acid.
The Achiles Comet (The Thundermans) is a dangerous comet that passes the Earth and messes up the Earth's magnetic field, causing supers' superpowers to go wonky.
Literature[]
Basilisk Venom (Harry Potter) is destructive to Horcruxes, while Basilisks cannot hear the crowing of roosters without dying.