Elasticity

The ability to stretch, deform, expand, or contract one's body into any form imaginable.

Also Called

Elastic/Stretchy/Stretch Powers
Elongation/Plasticity/Stretchability
Expandable/Malleable/Stretchable Body
Ductility/Mutability/Pliability
Super Stretching

Capabilities

The user is or can become extremely malleable and elastic, allowing them to stretch, flatten, deform, expand, and contract their whole body, including limbs, torso, neck, etc. They can control how elastic/flexible they or parts of them are, allowing user to change their bodies into various tools or other constructs.

They are extremely hard to wound or hurt due to their body reflexively absorbing damage by stretching with attacks, but may still feel pain.

Applications

Compressability
Constriction
Dermal Armor
Elastic Eye
Elastic Jaws
Enhanced Breath/Lung Capacity (their lungs can expand in order to take and blow vast amounts of air)
Enhanced/Supernatural Durability/Invulnerability (most attacks either bounce off or the user's body stretches enough to reduce damage)
Enhanced Eating (their organs can expand in order to fit more food and fluids)
Enhanced/Supernatural Flexibility
Expandability
Flat Body
Inflation
Impact Absorption
Limb Extension
Limb Expansion
Malleable Anatomy
Organic Constructs (self only)
Spherical Form (their elastic nature allows them to expand their skin and body into a spherical form)
Unsupported Motion

Techniques

Elastic Combat

Associations

Limitations

May have a limit on how far they can stretch.
May have to use kinetic force, such as punching or kicking, or even getting punched or kicked, in order to stretch.
May be more vulnerable against piercing or cutting attacks.

Known Users

See Also: Rubber Man

Comics

Mr. Fantastic (Marvel Comics)
Spidercide (Marvel Comics)
Super-Skrull (Marvel Comics)
Anole (Marvel Comics)
Montagu Mullarkey (Marvel Comics)
Modulus (Marvel Comics)
Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan (Marvel Comics)
Carnage (Marvel Comics)
Symbiots (Marvel Comics)
Paperdoll (Marvel Comics)
Rubbermaid (Marvel Comics)
Susan Storm/Ultra Woman (Marvel Comics)
Spanner (Marvel Comics)
Tommy (Marvel Comics)
Evan Sabahnur/Genesis (Marvel Comics)
Plastic Man (DC Comics)
Elongated Man (DC Comics)
Spectre (DC Comics)
Metamorpho (DC Comics)
Madame Rouge (DC Comics)
Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
Miss Martian (DC Comics)
Inque (DC Comics)
Clayface (DC Comics)
Ciji (DC Comics)
Composite Superman (DC Comics)
Rubberduck (DC Comics)
Crush (DC Comics)
Elongated Lass (DC Comics)
Lastikman (Filipino Komiks)
Gum Girl (The Gumazing Gum Girl)
Engineer (Image/Wildstorm)
BubbleGum Jane (Ka-Blam)
Mona (Mo & Jo Fighting together forever)
Mister Shifter (Sonic the Comic)
Hydran (Sonic the Comic)
Metallix Mark II (Sonic the Comic)
Bunnie D'Coolette (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
Rubber Ducky (Tick)
One (Trio)

Manga/Anime

Helen (Claymore)
Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
Lord Slug (Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug)
Namekians (Dragon Ball)
Pilaf Machine (Dragon Ball)
Catapy (Dragon Ball Z)
Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
Super Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
Janemba (Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn)
Cyclopian Guards (Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler)
Angila (Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug)
Princess Snake (Dragon Ball Z)
Franmalth (Fairy Tail)
Miki Hosokawa (Hell Teacher Nube)
Najimi Ajimu (Medaka Box); with Giraffe Neck (Biological Skill) allows lengthen neck
Orochimaru (Naruto)
Misumi Tsurugi (Naruto)
Nurari (Naruto)
Mitsuki (Naruto)
Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)
Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
Ruki (Senyu)
Land-Lord (Youkai Apartment no Yuuga)
Byonko (Zatch Bell)