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The power to animate inanimate objects. Sub-power of Life-Force Manipulation. Not to be confused with Life Creation. Opposite to Inanimation.

Also Called

  • Life to the Lifeless
  • Motion to the Motionless

Capabilities

The user can give a life to inanimate objects/substances, animating them to act/move on their own accord out of the user’s control; however, they do seem to work in tandem to their animator.

Variations

  • Artistic Animation Artistic Manifestation, Drawing Animation
    • The power to bestow sentience to drawings, illustrations, sketches, etc. The creations assume a 2D life, traveling along walls, or even coming into 3D reality.
    • Use an Etch-A-Sketch to bring art to life.
  • Clay Animation
    • Create figures out of clay and bring them to life.
  • Elemental Animation
    • Bring any Elements to life, fire, water, wind, earth, wood, etc.
  • Literary Animation Literary Manifestation, Narrative Animation, or Storytelling
    • The power in which one can project narrative stories into reality. The user can read a book aloud causing the narrative to assume tangible life, with the characters and environments manifesting within the user’s present surroundings.
  • Object Animation
    • Bring any sort of object to life, such as statues, game stations, rugs, bottles, etc.
  • Reanimation
    • The ability to reanimate dead beings, possibly restoring their consciousness.
  • Toy Manipulation
    • Bring toys, like a Barbie Doll or Action Figures, to life and make part of an army.
    • Make toy/water gun fire live rounds including toy tanks.
    • Bring game pieces to life.
    • Use Construction sets, like building blocks, to create a weapon or turn a toy vehicle to life-size and use it like a real vehicle.
    • Complete an image puzzle in order to give life to the picture.

Associations

Limitations

  • May be limited on how long object stays animated.
  • May be limited to animating objects without controlling them.
  • May have to give specific orders or program the target, which cannot deviate from them.
  • May have to keep various levels of attention to the target, without which it will either continue to follow the last orders, start acting erratically or simply stop completely.

Known Users

Comics/Cartoons

  • Ancient Sleeping Magi of Life Giving (Adventure Time); via touch, the personality of the inanimate object is determined based on his mood, whether they be good or evil, etc.
  • Psyphon, Hex, Charmcaster, Adwaita,and Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
  • Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
  • Shendu (Jackie Chan Adventures)
  • Selene (Marvel Comics)
  • Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
  • Wiccan (Marvel Comics)
  • Le Dessinateur/Evillustrator (Miraculous Ladybug)
  • Discord (My Little Pony Friendship is Magic)
  • Jojo (Stitch!)
  • Toons, A.K.A. Experiment 112 (Stitch!)
  • Control Freak (Teen Titans)
  • Kirby (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series); via special gem on his pen
  • Nerissa (W.I.T.C.H.)
  • Will Vandom (W.I.T.C.H.)
  • Anna Maht (World of Quest)
  • Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown)

Anime/Manga

  • Gikon inside of Gigais (Bleach)
  • The Create Card (Card Captor Sakura)
  • Action Card (Card Captor Sakura: Clear Cards)
  • Zeref and Hades (Fairy Tail); via Living Magic
  • Cherry (Fairy Tail); via Doll Play Magic
  • Dante (Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 Anime)
  • Kotatsu (Inuyasha)
  • Ungaro (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
  • Giorno Giovanna (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part V Vento Aureo); via Gold Experience
  • Sai (Naruto)
  • Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece); via Soru Soru No Mi
  • Gekko Moriah (One Piece); via Kage Kage No Mi
  • Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater)
  • Mutsumi (Sgt. Frog/Keroro Gunsou)
  • Kriem (Tiger & Bunny)

Video Games

  • Sadida Class (Dofus/Wakfu)
  • Zeus (God of War)
  • Maxwell (Scribblenauts); via a magical notepad
  • Witches and warlocks (Shadow Falls)
  • Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls); as a witch
  • Pop Fizz (Skylanders); via purple potion
  • Kaos (Skylanders)
  • Master Hand (Super Smash Bros.); believed by many fans to be a metaphor for a child, who uses his/her imagination to 'animate' their toys and figurines
  • Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
  • Matt Groening (The Simpsons Game); as a boss, summons Bender and Zoidberg from "Futurama" out of a notebook to attack the player

Literature

  • Magickinds (Arkwell Academy)
  • Eric Shellhorn (Charlie Bone)
  • Magic Users (Harry Potter); via Spell Casting
  • Enoch O'Connor (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children)
  • Awakeners (Warbreaker)
  • Returned (Warbreaker)

Live Television/Movies

  • Kevin (Charmed)
  • Flora, Fauna, Merryweather (Disney's Sleeping Beauty)
  • Merlin (Disney’s The Sword in the Stone)
  • Weeping Angels (Doctor Who); limited to statues
  • Hervoken (Doctor Who: Forever Autumn)
  • Grandpa Mason (Grandpa in My Pocket); via his cap
  • Mo Folchart, Meggie Folchart, and Dário (Inkheart)
  • Erazer (MisFits)
  • Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
  • Reverend Henry Kane/The Beast (Poltergeist Series)
  • Lord Zedd (Power Rangers)
  • Sarah Ravencroft (Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost)
  • Kibaoni Army Corps (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger)
  • Black Bison (The Flash)
  • Prince Koura (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad)
  • Zeebad (The Magic Roundabout)
  • Sorcerers (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
  • Wizards (Wizards of Waverly Place); via Murrieta Animata spell

Others

Known Objects

  • Reality Gem of Life (Danny Phantom)
  • Psychomagnotheric Slime/Mood Slime (Ghostbusters)
  • Cosmic Forge (Wizardy)
  • Rat Talisman (Jackie Chan Adventures)
  • Heart of Jong (Xiaolin Showdown)
  • Phoenix Stone (Fairy Tail)
  • Youtenshin Sourai (Mamotte Shugogetten)
  • Tablet of Ahkmenrah (Night At The Museum)
  • Doodlebob (Spongebob Squarepants)
  • Teleki-Helmet (Johnny Test)
  • Chaos Emerald of Life (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Queen La's Staff (Legend of Tarzan)
  • Opal Starfire Gem (Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic)
  • Rasputin's Reliquary (Don Bluth’s Anastasia)

Known Spells

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