Obtain abilities by ingesting specialized drugs. Though not a power in itself, it does grant powers to the user. Variation of Chemical-Based Powers and Equipment Usage.
Also Called
- Drug Augmentation
- Drug Empowerment
- Drug Enhancement
Capabilities
The user can obtain superpowers by taking special drugs. However, most of the time the powers are either temporary or single use effect, and the user must continue to take the drugs to maintain their strength.
Applications
- Conditional Powers
- Healing - Sometimes the drugs taken by the user holds healing abilities.
- Lethal Dose
Associations
- Chemical-Based Powers
- High Empowerment
- Medicine Manipulation
- Potion Creation - The ability to make these special drugs.
- Power Bestowal - Is used when the drugs grants special but temporary power to the user.
- Powerful Objects - The drugs are known to be a powerful object.
- Powers Via Object - Powers are obtained via the object.
Limitations
- May become overdependent and/or addicted.
- User may be powerless without the drugs.
- May cause drowsiness.
- User may suffer from an overdose or withdrawal.
- Many other potential side-effects.
Known Drugs
- ZenMetsu-gan Pill (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
- NZT-48 (Limitless franchise)
- Rumble Ball (One Piece)
- Energy Steroids (One Piece)
- Three Coloured Pills (Naruto/Naruto: Shippuden)
- Mind Awakening Pill (Naruto)
- Military Rations Pill (Naruto)
- Blood Increasing Pill (Naruto)
- Venom (DC Comics)
- Titan (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
- Plasmids (Bioshock)
- Mutant Growth Hormone (Marvel Comics)
- Super Soldier Serum (Marvel Comics)
- Extremis Serum (Marvel Comics)
- Infinity Formula (Marvel Comics)
- Pym Particles (Marvel Comics)
- Velocity 9 (DC Comics)
- 5-U-83-R (Injustice: Gods Among Us)
- Goblin Formula (Marvel Comics)
- D-Lite (Marvel Comics)
- The Formula (Heroes)
- Crank (Crank)
- Regimen (Nikita)
- ADAM (Bioshock)
- EVE (Bioshock)
- Catastrophe-A (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
- Draysha Gas (Champions Online)
- Chems (The Bourne Legacy)
- Celebre (GANGSTA.)
- CPH4 (Lucy)
- GH.325 (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Centipede Serum (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Drive (Xenogears)
- Xemorene (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Known Users
- Akame (Akame ga Kill)
- Immortal Ship Committee (Knights of Sidonia)
- Titan Henchmen (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
- Riley Finn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Seiko Kimura(Danganronpa)
- All Initiative operatives (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Bane (DC Comics)
- Hourman (DC Comics)
- NKVDemon (DC Comics)
- Twilights (GANGSTA.)
- Joker (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
- New Fishman Pirates (One Piece)
- Vinsmoke Sora (One Piece)
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)
- Snowflame (DC)
- Akimichi Clan (Naruto/Naruto: Shippuden)
- Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto/Naruto: Shippuden)
- Orochimaru (Naruto/Naruto: Shippuden)
- Captain America (Marvel); via Super Soldier Serum
- Sentry (Marvel); via Super Soldier Serum but 1000X more powerful
- Eddie Morra (Limitless)
- Brian Finch (Limitless series)
- Mayuri Kurotsuchi (Bleach)
- Dr. Mario (Super Mario)
- Splicers (Bioshock)
- Misfits Gang (MisFits); they had they're powers reversed when they took ecstasy
- Everyone (DWP)
- Scott (Heroes)
- Issac Mendez (Heroes)
- Mohinder Suresh (Heroes)
- Ando Masahasi (Heroes)
- Nathan Petrelli (Heroes)
- Tracy Strauss (Heroes)
- Niki Sanders (Heroes)
- Barbara (Heroes)
- Several humans (Heroes); Alternate future
- Johnny Quick (DC); Earth-3
- The Dark Sage (Ninjustsu series) gave Human Rashi a special pill which unlock power but had a side effect
- Patriot (Marvel)
- Popeye (Popeye comic strip)
- Mr. Hyde (Marvel)
- Elongated Man (DC Comics)
- Guardians (Nikita)
- Owen Elliot/Sam Matthews (Nikita)
- Patrick Miller (Nikita)
- Jeff Shore (Nikita)
- Dana Winters (Nikita)
- Brandon (Nikita)
- Tim (Nikita)
- Motoki Yaze (Strike the Blood)
- Tadao Yokoshima (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
- Jason Brody (Far Cry 3)
- Lucy (Lucy)
- Treadstone Assassins (The Bourne Identity)
- Members of Operation Outcome (The Bourne Legacy)
- Aaron Cross (The Bourne Legacy)
- Number Three (The Bourne Legacy)
- LARX-03 (The Bourne Legacy)
- NKVDemon (DC)
- Mike Peterson/Deathlok (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Elhaym "Elly" Van Houten (Xenogears)
- Basil (Dragon Ball Super)