The power to absorb anything and utilize it in some way. Opposite to Expulsion.
Also Called
- Assimilation
- Leeching
- Omni-Absorption
- Swallowing
Capabilities
The user can absorb anything/everything, including matter/energy, power, concepts, etc., while removing it from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as power source etc., either temporarily or permanently.
Applications
Variations
- Absorption Field Projection
- Absorption Slash
- Adaptation Absorption
- Age Absorption
- Chemical Absorption
- Color Absorption
- Concept Absorption
- Digestive Assimilation
- Dream Absorption
- Duplication Absorption
- Elemental Absorption
- Emotion Absorption
- Environmental Absorption
- Experience Absorption
- Explosion Absorption
- History Absorption
- Impact Absorption
- Inertia Absorption
- Insanity Absorption
- Knowledge Absorption
- Life-Force Absorption
- Luck Absorption
- Magical Energy Absorption
- Matter Absorption
- Memory Absorption
- Organic Absorption
- Psychic Energy Absorption
- Soul Absorption
- Space-Time Absorption
- Spell Absorption
- Stamina Absorption
- Suffering Absorption
- Weapon Assimilation
Associations
- Absolute Storage
- Absorbing Replication
- Consumptive Replication
- Energy Drain
- Matter Ingestion
- Parasitic Energy Manipulation
- Power Absorption
- Property Absorption
- Speed Theft
- Talent Theft
- Will Theft
Limitations
- May be limited to how much one can absorb.
- May have limited range, including touch only.
- Anti Storage users are immune to this power.
- May not be protected from the damage caused by the absorbed substance/energy.
- May be limited to what one can absorb (such as organic over technological).
Known Users
- Xenomorphs (Alien franchise); through breeding with any living creature
- Chromastone (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- Jetray (Ben 10: Alien Force)
- AmpFibian (Ben 10)
- NRG (Ben 10)
- Verdona Tennyson (Ben 10)
- Waterhazard (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Aggregor (Ben 10)
- Kevin Levin (Ben 10)
- Osmosians (Ben 10)
- Charmcaster (Ben 10)
- Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
- Michael Morningstar/Darkstar (Ben 10)
- Makuta Icarax (Bionicle)
- Makuta Teridax (Bionicle)
- Yammy Llargo (Bleach)
- Baura (Bleach)
- Hollows (Bleach)
- Bounts (Bleach)
- Slime Demons (Charmed)
- Tall Man (Charmed)
- Masselin (Charmed)
- Soul Collectors (Charmed)
- Zankou (Charmed)
- The Hollow (Charmed)
- The Source of all Evil (Charmed)
- The Lantern Corps (DC Comics)
- Black Witch (DC Comics)
- Black Hand (DC Comics)
- Black Alice (DC Comics)
- Entropy (DC Comics)
- Parasite (DC Comics)
- Virgil Hawkins/Static Shock (DC)
- KiloWalt (Teen Titans)
- Overload (Teen Titans)
- Livewire (DC)
- The Flash (DC Comics)
- Shriek (Batman Beyond)
- Amazing-Man (DC Comics)
- Martial Manhunter (DC Comics)
- Supernova (DC Comics)
- Zenturion (DC Comics)
- Monarch (DC Comics)
- Metamorpho (DC Comics)
- Superman (DC Comics)
- Superboy (DC Comics)
- Supergirl (DC Comics)
- Kryptonians and Daxamites (DC Comics)
- Tamaraneans (DC Comics)
- White Monster (Teen Titans)
- Necromorphs (Dead Space)
- Digimons (Digimon Tamers); via data absorption
- Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z/GT)
- Naturon Shenron (Dragon Ball)
- D-Reaper (Digimon)
- Franmalth (Fairy Tail)
- Fukuro ("Fairy Tail")
- Vidaldus Taka ("Fairy Tail")
- Gluttony (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Mikan Sakura (Gakuen Alice)
- Aptom (Guyver)
- Flood (Halo)
- Fire Lord (Hero Factory)
- Kessler (Infamous)
- Deilson Rowe (Infamous second son)
- Naraku (InuYasha)
- The Creeper (Jeepers Creepers)
- The Thing (John Carpenter's The Thing)
- Neo Organism (Kamen Rider)
- The Rot (Marvel)
- Symbiotes (Marvel); taking hosts
- Venom (Ultimate Marvel)
- Atrocity (Spider-Man: Edge of Time)
- Bishop (Marvel Comics)
- Sebastian Shaw (Marvel, Inner Circle)
- Strong Guy (Marvel)
- Sunspot (Marvel)
- Maverick/Agent Zero (Marvel)
- Electro (Marvel Comics)
- Galacta (Marvel)
- Galactus (Marvel)
- Omega Red (Marvel)
- Selene (Marvel)
- Rogue (Marvel)
- N'Garai (Marvel Comics)
- Trevor Fitzroy (Marvel Comics)
- Blade (Marvel Comics)
- Cloak (Marvel Comics)
- Krakoa (Marvel Comics)
- Mephisto (Marvel Comics)
- Proteus (Marvel Comics)
- Halflife (Marvel Comics)
- Prince Wayfinder (Marvel Comics)
- Hannibal King (Marvel Comics)
- Satana Hellstrom (Marvel Comics)
- Carnage (Marvel Comics)
- Dream Demon (Marvel Comics)
- Elixir (Marvel Comics)
- Paperdoll (Marvel Comics)
- Technarx (Marvel Comics)
- Mikaboshi (Marvel Comics)
- Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics)
- Aswang (Marvel Comics)
- Berserker (Marvel Comics)
- Captain Universe (Marvel Comics)
- Blade Doppelganger (Marvel Comics)
- Surge (Marvel)
- Dazzler (Marvel Comics)
- Siryn (Marvel Comics)
- Banshee (Marvel Comics)
- Spider-Man (Marvel Comics); via stealth suit
- Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
- The Blob (Marvel Comics)
- Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
- Cannonball (Marvel Comics)
- Speedball (Marvel Comics)
- Terror, Inc. (Marvel Comics)
- Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
- The Fury (Marvel Comics)
- Absorbing Man (Marvel Comics)
- Abraxas (Marvel Comics)
- Thanos (Marvel Comics)
- Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
- One-Above-All (Marvel Comics)
- Dormammu (Marvel Comics)
- Firelord (Marvel Comics)
- Omni-Man (Image Comics)
- Sandman (Marvel Comics)
- Stardust (Marvel Comics)
- Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- Junkpile (Marvel 2099)
- Metalhead (Marvel 2099)
- Cameron Hodge (Marvel Comics)
- Vision (Marvel Comics)
- Majesdanians (Marvel Comics)
- Kakuzu (Naruto)
- Preta Path (Naruto Shippuden)
- Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
- Leiel (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Gigabyte (ReBoot)
- Javier Hidalgo/V-Complex (Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles)
- Incompatible hosts of the Uroboros virus (Resident Evil 5)
- Cancer (Romantically Apocalyptic)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- N'rrgal (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Knuckles the Echidna/Enerjak (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Scourge the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Ixis Naugus (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Super Sonic (Sonic the Comic)
- Patrick Donovan (The Young Guardians)
- Tyranids (Warhammer 40,000)
- Vezon (Bionicle)
- Cole MacGrath (Infamous)
- Fujiwara Toki (Code: Breaker)
- Mindy Sprague (Heroes)
- Bombshell (Transformers)
- Sean Kelvin (Smallville)
- Jak (Jak and Daxter)
- Lana Lang (Smallville)
- Most Characters/Creatures (Final Fantasy)
- Pokémon with Leech Life or related moves (Pokémon)
- Jiangshis/Chi Vampires (Chinese Mythology)
- David Warner (inFamous)
- Kessler/Alternate Future Cole (inFamous)
- Imhotep (The Mummy)
- The Ghostmaker (Torchwood)
- Paragon (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)
- Mad Mod (Teen Titans); via jeweled cane
- Mem Aleph (Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey)
- Shibuya (Code: Breaker)
- Sakurakouji Sakura (Code: Breaker)
- Beelzebub (Code: Breaker)
- Houkabe (Code: Breaker)
- Daolon Wong (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Lou Landers/Hourglass (Superhero Movie)
- Metroid species (Metroid)
- Riku Replica (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
- Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
- Nocturnus Clan (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Shadow Queen (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- Shroobs (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)
- Slashuur (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus)
- Birdo (Super Mario series)
- Xion (Kingdom Hearts)
- Inca Mummy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Selene (Underworld)
- Oozes (Resident Evil: Revelations)
- Kimahri Ronso (Final Fantasy X)
- Wyrm (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Bloodsucker (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Black Tarantula (Fox Feature Syndicate)
- Simone Lenoir (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island)
- Elric (Conan the Barbarian)
- Vivi Orunitia (Final Fantasy IX/Kingdom Hearts)
- Demitri Maximoff (Darkstalkers)
- Non (Angel: After the Fall)
- Michael Pointer (House of M)
- RoboCop (RoboCop)
- Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars)
- Galactiac (Amalgam Comics)
- Count Dracula (Dracula)
- Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
- Skeletor (Masters of the Universe)
- Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
- Soul Eater Evans (Soul Eater)
- Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Demongo (Samurai Jack)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers)
- Liss Hubble (Angel: After the Fall)
- Soul Eaters (Angel)
- Lord Marshal Zhylaw (The Chronicles of Riddick)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Soulvex (Undertaker comics)
- Soul Bees (Darkstalkers)
- Q-Bee (Darkstalkers)
- Kathy Newman (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Mok'tugar Demons (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
- Splitface (Power Rangers Samurai)
- Gouki (YuYu Hakusho)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- Kikyo (InuYasha)
- Seymour Guado (Final Fantasy X)
- Castiel (Supernatural)
- Soma Cruz (Castlevania)
- Kaito Tenjo (Yu-Gi-Oh!); via Photon hand
- Demise/The Imprisoned (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- Demons (Kuroshitsuji)
- Vulgrim (Darksiders)
- The Gohma (Asura's Wrath)
- Yuka (Gakuen Alice)
- Severin (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine)
- Sisters of the Dark (Legend of the Seeker/Sword of Truth series)
- The Quillion (Sword of Truth series)
- The Dacra (Legend of the Seeker)
- Arthur Petrelli (Heroes)
- Kirby (Kirby franchise)
- Camille (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
- Darth Nihilus (Star Wars)
- Archangel (person) (Paradox Saga)
- MegaMan (MegaMan series)
- Sakura Mikan (Gakuen Alice)
- Teenage patient (Heroes)
- Benjamin Franklin (Heroes)
- Abe (Heroes)
- Yakon (Dragon Ball Z)
- Vampires (True Blood)
- Eric Northman (True Blood)
- Bill Compton (True Blood)
- Sound absorbing agent (Heroes)
- Linda Tavara (Heroes)
- Terumi Yuuki's Nox Nyctorus:Ourobous (BlazeBlu)
- Kallig (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
- Kilick (Soul Calibur)
- The Dovahkiin (Elder Scrolls: Skyrim)
- Cole MacGrath (Infamous)
- Left Hand (Vampire Hunter D)
- Cthulhu (Cthulhu Mythos)
- Chaos (Sailor Moon)
- Spore (Marvel Comics)
- Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Miroku (InuYasha)
- MegaMan DarkSoul (Mega Man NT Warrior)
- Asuka Tachibana (s-CRY-ed)
- Kazuma Torisuna (s-CRY-ed)
- Byron Moore (Smallville)
- Kyouji Mujo (s-CRY-ed)
- Aaroniero Arruruerie (Bleach);via Glutanoria
- Gryll (Chronicles of Amber)
- Slime Queen (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Man on Fire (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
Gallery
Offensive Absorption.
Consume, become.
Absorbing defenses...
...trees, sand, rocks, buildings...
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
Franmalth (Fairy Tail) is able to absorb souls and replicate their appearance and powers.
The Man on Fire (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain) can absorb such things as bullets and explosives and project them back at his attackers.
Slime Queen (Valkyrie Crusade) can absorb anything.
Entropy (DC Comics) was able to absorb anything and convert it into more anti-energy.