The ability to undergo a transformation into a powerful, and more sinister form. Possible side effect of Darkside View. Opposite to Light Form. Not to be confused with Shadow Mimicry.
Also Called
- Dark Mode/Side/Transformation
- Superpowered Evil Side
Other Terms
- Villainous Mode and Supervillain (Dragon Ball Xenoverse series)
Capabilities
User can transform into a state of being, mostly due to the influence of dark or negative forces, in which their darkest intentions, emotion, and powers are fully fledged. In this form, the user's power are greatly enhanced and are able to manipulate powerful dark forces. However, in this form, the user is highly aggressive and very quick to anger, making them a threat to anyone around them as well as themselves.
Applications
- Anger Empowerment: Users are empowered by the emotion of anger and tend act more aggressive.
- Dark Powers: User's are granted destructive dark powers.
- Dark Arts: Gain access to dangerously powerful forms of dark magic
- Dark Element Manipulation: Manipulate dark elemental forces.
- Dark Energy Manipulation: Posses an unlimited reservoir of negative energy.
- Darkness Manipulation: Control and manipulate the darkness around an area.
- Inner Darkness Externalization: The user's inner darkness is brought to the surface.
- Enhanced Condition/Supernatural Condition: Due to being imbued with dark powers, the user's body is vastly stronger than the average being.
- Enhanced Durability: The user's body is capable of withstanding a great amount of physical pain.
- Enhanced Speed: The user is capable of moving at speeds faster than the eye can see.
- Enhanced Strength: The user's abilities is also coupled by unbelievable strength.
Associations
- Cursed Physiology
- Darkside View
- Demonic Empowerment
- Divided Mind
- Fallen Physiology
- Hyper Form
- Legendary Form
- Malevolence Release
- Powered Form
- Sin Empowerment
- Super Form
- If one also possesses a Light Form, they are able to achieve balance within them.
Limitations
- One's aggression may be their downfall.
- May be overpowered by light based abilities.
- One's sanity may be lost.
- Could be corrupted by their dark powers.
- Sometimes the dark form may posses a consciousness of its own, allowing it to manifest itself into a physical form.
Known Users
- Zola (Blue Dragon)
- Dark Willow (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Mr. Nasty (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
- Dark Danny (Danny Phantom)
- Dark Talbane (Darkstalkers)
- Spirit (Date A Live); via Inverse Form
- Raven (DC Comics)
- Users of Dark Digivolution (Digimon)
- Dark Kain (Final Fantasy IV)
- Those infected by the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague)
- Eclipse Celestial Spirits (Fairy Tail)
- Rogue (Fairy Tail); via his shadows
- Ruriko Ikusawa (Gate Keepers); via her dark gate keeper form
- Nick Burkhardt (Grimm)
- Dark Invizimals (Invizimals)
- Dark Jak (Jak and Daxter)
- Dark Pit (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
- Anti Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
- Dark Mode Riku (Kingdom Hearts)
- Dark Mode Riku Replica (Kingdom Hearts)
- Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)
- Dark Avatar (The Legend of Korra)
- Dark Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Shadow Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Orb of Caldia (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- The Void/Dark Sentry (Marvel Comics)
- Dark Megaman.EXE (Megaman BN); via Dark Chip
- Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Sci-Twi/Midnight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games)
- Meliodas (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto series); formerly via the Cursed Seal of Heaven
- Jūgo's clan (Naruto series ); via Sage Transformation
- Jūgo (Naruto series ); via Sage Transformation
- Dark Travis (No More Heroes)
- Dark Prince (Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones)
- Mad Jack (Samurai Jack)
- Ghoul Slugs (SlugTerra)
- Davis Bloome/Doomsday (Smallville); formerly
- Dark Sonic (Sonic X)
- Super Sonic (Sonic the Comic)
- Evil Ryu (Street Fighter series)
- Oni (Street Fighter series)
- Violent Ken (Street Fighter series)
- Jinpachi Mishima (Tekken)
- Darkwin (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Dark Spyro (The Legend of Spyro)
- Dark Cynder (The Legend of Spyro)
- Malefor (The Legend of Spyro)
- Majin Vegeta (Dragon Ball series)
- Users of Villainous Mode (Dragon Ball Xenoverse)
- Fanoxean (The Young Guardians)
- Arata Kasuga (Trinity Seven); via Astral Trinity
- Dark Raiden (Mortal Kombat)
- Corrupted Shinnok (Mortal Kombat)
- Negi Springfield (Mahou Sensei Negima); via Magia Erebea
- Dark Bloom (Winx Club)
- Shadow Jago (Killer Instinct)
- Raiden (Metal Gear); via Ripper Mode
- Bad Ash (Evil Dead)
- Black Django (Boktai)
- Shadow Mewtwo (Pokkén Tournament)
- Shadow Pokémon (Pokemon)
- Sara (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch)
- NegaScott (Scott Pilgrim series)
- Dark Baymax (Kingdom Hearts III)
- Dark Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
- Dark Star/Dark Bowser (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story)
- Dr. Ivo Robotnik (Sonic the Comic)
- Dark Aurite/Kinshiro Kusatsu (Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!)
- Perfect Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Dark Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Midna (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
- Towa (Dragon Ball series)
- Dark Alice (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Dark Cinderella (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Nega-Wisp (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Dark Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Merry Nightmare (Yumekui Merry); as Gatekeeper Merry
- Awakened Zero (Mega Man X5)
- Dark MegaMan (Mega Man Battle Network)
- Violent Ken (Street Fighter)
Gallery
Television
Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) assumes the form of Dark Willow whenever she taps into dark magic.
Cartoons
Mr. Nasty (Courage the Cowardly Dog) is the living embodiment of Eustace Bagge's cruelty and nastiness, brought into existence by Benton Tarantella.
Mad Jack (Samurai Jack) is a creation of Aku's magic. Aku saw the anger within Jack and spawned Mad Jack out his own hatred. He is Jack's dark-side and possesses all the skills that Jack does.
Dark Danny (Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy) is the result of when Danny's ghost half fused with Vlad's, and Vlad's evil nature overwhelmed him.
After merging with the dark spirit Vaatu, Unalaq (The Legend of Korra) became the Dark Avatar, the polar opposite of the Avatar Spirit.
Feeling shunned that her faithful subjects played in the day but "shunned" the night and slept through it, Princess Luna (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) became bitter and jealous. Eventually, her bitterness transformed her into the wicked Mare of the Moon, Nightmare Moon.
After become corrupted by the Equestrian magic she collected, Sci-Twi (My Little Pony Equestria Girls) became Midnight Sparkle, a darkangel-like form obssessed with the understanding of magic.
Raven (Teen Titans) has a very powerful dark side that is unleashed through great anger.
Bloom (Winx Club) assumed the form of Dark Bloom after being corrupted by Lord Darkar.
Comics
The Void/Dark Sentry (Marvel Comics) is the Sentry's dark side.
NegaScott (Scott Pilgrim series) is Scott's alter ego and dark side. He is the manifestation of all of Scott's callousness, spite, faults, and flaws, and rather than accepting them and himself, he runs from them, thus creating Nega Scott's existence.
After being exposed to Chaos Energy, Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Comic) was able to take on the form of Super Sonic, a crazed, sadistic, demonic entity, whenever he was stressed or extremely angry.
Manga/Anime
Whenever his anger is at its most intense, Sonic (Sonic X) is able to transform into a darker and angrier form, known as Dark Sonic. In this form, Sonic experiences a massive increase in speed and strength, allowing him to destroy Metarex robots, Gold and Silver, in mere seconds.
After deliberately subjecting himself to Babidi's Manipulation Sorcery, Vegeta's (Dragon Ball Z) negative emotions and inner evil are brought to the surface, turning him into Majin Vegeta. In this form, Vegeta possesses power great enough to rival that of a Super Saiyan 2.
Negi Springfield (Mahou Sensei Negima) under the influence of the dark spell Magia Erebea.
Due to her feelings of anger and betrayal after being seemingly abandoned by her human lover, Sara (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch) was corrupted into the Black Mermaid Princess.
Yuma and Astral (Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal) combine into Dark ZEXAL.
ShineGreymon (Digimon Data Squad) in his Ruin Mode, a corrupted version of his Burst Mode.
Under the influence of the Digimon Emperor's Dark Spiral, Agumon (Digimon Adventure 02) is transformed into a corrupted version of MetalGreymon.
After feeding on enough evil energy, Orb (Marchen Awakens Romance) was able to obtain his darkest form. The ugliness of his final form represents the darkness inside people's hearts.
Video Games
Those affected by Demigra's dark magic, such as Frieza (Dragon Ball Xenoverse) enter a darker, more powerful state known as Villainous Mode.
Janemba (Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2) in the Supervillain form, a variation of Villainous Mode that shaves off the user's life for power.
Towa (Dragon Ball) in the form of Darkness Towa, a more powerful state of being triggered by her hatred.
Riku (Kingdom Hearts) using Dark Mode.
Riku (Kingdom Hearts) took on the form of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness as a result of being forced to tap into his darkness to defeat Roxas.
Anti Form Sora (Kingdom Hearts) is the physical representation of the darkness that lurks within his heart.
Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep) is the living embodiment of the darkness within Ventus' heart.
After being tainted by Malefor's darkness, Spyro (The Legend of Spyro) gained the power to transform into "Dark Spyro" through great emotional stress.
The Prince (Prince of Persia) developed the ability to transform into the Dark Prince after being infected by the Sands of Time.
After being under Dark Eco experimentation for two years, Jak (Jak and Daxter) is able to undergo a dark, aggressive, and very powerful transformation known as Dark Jak whenever he is angered.
After further exposure to Dark Eco, Daxter (Jak and Daxter) gained the power to transform into Dark Daxter.
Unknown (Tekken) is a demonic form of Jun Kazama.
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Whenever he gives in to the Satsui no Hadou, Ryu (Street Fighter) becomes Evil Ryu.
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Oni (Street Fighter) is the form Akuma will take should he allow the Satsui no Hadou to completely consume him.
When Ken (Street Fighter) absorbed the Orochi power, he fell to its influence and became filled with hatred, becoming Violent Ken.
Dark Link (Legend of Zelda series) is an evil shadow created by a magical force and is capable of matching Link's every move blow for blow.
Dark Pit (Kid Icarus: Uprising) is the physical manifestation of Pit's dark side, created when Pit looked into the Mirror of Truth.
After a failed suicide attack on the Dragon King Onaga, Raiden's (Mortal Kombat) essence was corrupted when his body reformed, causing him to take on the more malevolent and violent form of Dark Raiden.
Shadow Jago (Killer Instinct) is the form Jago takes when he succumbs to Gargos' corruption within him.
After draining energy from the Jinsei Chamber, Shinnok (Mortal Kombat) took on a more powerful demonic form, Corrupted Shinnok.
After absorbing demonic energy from deadites, Ash Williams (Evil Dead: Regeneration) is able to transform into his deadite alter-ego, Bad Ash.
Raiden (Metal Gear) uses Ripper Mode to revert to his darker, more violent, and more powerful persona of Jack the Ripper.
After being bitten by a vampire and partially purified, Django (Boktai) gained the ability to turn into Black Django, a darkness-wielding vampire.
Shadow Mewtwo (Pokkén Tournament) is a darker form of Mewtwo, the result of Mewtwo being corrupted by the Shadow Synergy Stone.
Shadow Lugia (Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness) is intended to be the ultimate Shadow Pokémon, completely impossible to purify.
Dark Baymax (Kingdom Hearts III) is Baymax's original body, reconstructed into a Heartless version of his former self.
After draining the Dark Star of half of its power, Fawful (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story) became Dark Fawful.
Perfect Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog) is the result of Chaos draining the negative energy of the Chaos Emeralds.
When fuelled by thoughts of evil, Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) becomes Dark Shadow, granting him temporary invincibility, access to Chaos Blast, and infinite ammunition for all weapons.
Shadow Pokémon (Pokémon) are Pokémon who have been corrupted into a dark form by Cipher, distinguishable by a black aura around their bodies.
The Dark Star (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story) is an evil star composed of and wielding incredible dark powers.
Dark Bowser (Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story) is the form the Dark Star takes after absorbing Bowser's DNA, wielding both Bowser's power and its own dark powers.
Midna (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) takes on a monstrous dark form by using the completed Fused Shadow.
Dark Kain (Final Fantasy IV) is the physical manifestation of the darkness in Kain Highwind's heart.
Dark Alice (Valkyrie Crusade) is the dark form of Alice.
Dark Cinderella (Valkyrie Crusade) is the dark form of Cinderella.
Nega-Wisps (Sonic the Hedgehog) are dark Wisps that have been corrupted into their current form by Eggman draining them of their energy.
Dark Chao (Sonic the Hedgehog) are darker, more malevolent Chao that are the product of being raised by villainous characters.
Dark Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog) is a manifestation of pure darkness and night who dwells within the planet Earth, awakening in an endless cycle to corrupt and eventually destroy the world with his dark powers.
After being exposed to Sigma's Colony Virus, which combined with the Sigma Virus he was already infected with, Zero (Mega Man X) was corrupted into Awakened Zero, reverting to his original malevolent programming.
Dark MegaMan (Mega Man Battle Network) is a dark version of MegaMan.EXE, created by the Dark Chips.
Having fully embraced his darkness, Malefor (The Legend of Spyro) is in a permanent dark form, and unlike Spyro, he has full control over himself.
Literature
After gathering enough negative energy, Fanoxean (The Young Guardians) can transform into a demonic form that possesses extraordinary power.