- "Where there's a whip (WHIPCRACK) there's a way."
- ― The Return of the King (the 1980 animated version by Rankin/Bass Productions)
- "When a problem comes along,
- You must whip it!"
- ― Devo, "Whip It"
The ability to manipulate whips. Variation of Weapon Manipulation.
Also Called[]
- Mastígiokinesis
- Whip Control
Capabilities[]
User can create, summon, shape, manipulate and use any kind of whips with perfect skill, shaping and combining them as needed, or moving them with telekinesis. They are able to use flexible materials as makeshift whips or manipulate the density of their whips allowing them to clash with sharper weapons use whips as shields.
Applications[]
- Improbable Weapon Proficiency with anything flexible or whip-like.
- Manipulate the properties of whips.
- Move/lift whips.
- Flight using whips.
- Matter Surfing by riding whips.
- Unarmed Weapon Wielding: use whips without touching them.
- Object Attacks using whips.
- Weapon Calling
- Weapon Constructs using whips.
- Weapon Regeneration
- Weapon Summoning
- Whip Generation
- Whip Proficiency
- Whip Transmutation
Variations[]
Techniques[]
- Infusion using whips.
- Weapon Aura
- Weapon Transformation into whips.
Associations[]
- Chain Manipulation
- Enhanced Accuracy
- Enhanced Combat
- Grapnel Manipulation
- Leather Manipulation
- Rope Manipulation
- Thread Manipulation
- Weapon Manipulation
- Weapon Transmutation
- Wire Manipulation
Limitations[]
- May be unable to create whips, being limited to manipulating only from already existing sources.
- Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user and their power's natural limits.
- Users could be limited by how strong the density of their whip can be.
Known Users[]
- Zorro
- Indiana Jones
- Catwoman (DC Comics)
- Tygra (ThunderCats)
- Benders (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
- Renji Abarai (Bleach)
- Ryo Utagawa (Bleach)
- Belmont Clan (Castlevania)
- Fury (Darksiders)
- Shuka (Darwin's Game)
- Rosemon (Digimon)
- Ban (Nanatsu No Taizai/The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail); via Fleuve d'etoiles
- Lucy Ashley (Fairy Tail); via her magic whip
- Mak Sapyeong (Gosu)
- Sa Paecheon (Gosu)
- Sesshomaru (Inuyasha); Anime only
- Ira Gamagori (Kill La Kill)
- Whiplash (Marvel Comics)
- Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Dan Ketch
- Eviless/Saturna (DC Comics)
- Whip (DC Comics)
- Daigoro Banjo/Lariat (My Hero Academia)
- Izuku Midoriya/Deku (My Hero Academia); via One For All
- Makie Sasaki (Negima)
- Various Pokémon (Pokémon); via Vine Whip or Power Whip
- Rosa (Rave Master)
- Sanderson ManSnoozie/Sandman (The Guardians of Childhood/Rise of the Guardians)
- Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon)
- Bellion (Solo Leveling)
- Isabelle Lightwood (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Amethyst (Steven Universe)
- Alexandrite (Steven Universe)
- Sugilite (Steven Universe)
- Smoky Quartz (Steven Universe)
- Holly Blue Agate (Steven Universe)
- Tabuu (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
- Yuri Tanima/Angel Lily (Wedding Peach)
- Sanggwan Chaek (Yongbi the Invincible)
- Shuichi Minamino/Yoko Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Chameleon June (Saint Seiya/Knights of the Zodiac)
- Balron Lune (Saint Seiya/Knights of the Zodiac)
- Leh Näfel (Choushinsei Flashman)
- Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)