- For a gallery of examples for Elasticity, see here.
The ability to stretch, deform, expand, or contract one's body into any form imaginable.
Also Called
- Elastic Powers
- Elongation
- Plasticity
- Stretch Powers
- 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
- Extreme (boneless) Flexibility allowing Stretching, Flattening, Compacting, etc.
- Constriction
- Dermal Armor
- Elastic Jaws
- Enhanced Breath/Lung Capacity (their lungs can expand in order to take and blow vast amounts of air)
- Enhanced Eating (their organs can expand in order to fit more food and fluids)
- Enhanced Durability/Invulnerability (most attacks either bounce off or the user's body stretches enough to reduce damage)
- 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)
Techniques
Associations
- Enhanced Flexibility
- Body Manipulation
- Boneless Body
- Rubber Mimicry
- Plastic Mimicry
- Self-Liquification
- Shapeshifting
- Size Manipulation
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
- Wildvine (Ben 10)
- Mr. Fantastic (Marvel)
- Elastigirl (The Incredibles)
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
- Rubber-Band Man (Static Shock)
- Plastic Man (DC Comics)
- Elongated Man (DC Comics)
- Spectre (DC Comics)
- Dominic Pisano (Dream Team)
- Jake (Adventure Time)
- Rainicorns (Adventure Time)
- Rubber mane (Mane-online)
- Mister Shifter (Sonic the Comic)
- Glen Belland (Charmed); while under the stretch your mind spell
- Makuta (BIONICLE)
- Rahkshi (BIONICLE)
- Kraata (BIONICLE)
- 4th Brother (Ten Brothers)
- Lash (Sky High)
- Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Sonic the Werehog (Sonic Unleashed)
- Pete Ross (Smallville); while infected with kryptonite-laced gum
- Eugene Victor Tooms (The X-Files)
- Goop (Ben 10)
- Bart Simpson as Stretch Dude (Simpsons' TreeHouse of Horrors X)
- Orochimaru (Naruto)
- Misumi Tsurugi (Naruto)
- Rubber Chucky (Yin Yang Yo!)
- 345/Elastico (Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
- Byonko (Zatch Bell)
- Hydran (Sonic the Comic)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
- Piper (Heroes)
- Rubber Ducky (Tick)
- Metamorpho (DC Comics)
- Bunnie Rabbot (Sonic the Hedgehog/Archie Comics)
- Bender Bending Rodriguez (Futurama)
- Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- 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)
- Git Hoskins (Spider-Man Unlimited)
- Mecha Sonic (Super Mario Bros. Z)
- Spidercide (Marvel Comics)
- Dynomutt (Dynomutt, Dog Wonder)
- Metallix Mark II (Sonic the Comic)
- Madame Rouge (DC Comics)
- Gameboy (Captain N: The Game Master)
- Lastikman (Filipino Komiks by Mars Ravelo)
- Lastika (Lastik Man's Main Villain (Movie))
- Users of Lotus Twister (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Slender Man (Slender Online Game)
- Necro (Street Fighter)
- Twelve (Street Fighter)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Regenerators (Resident Evil 4)
- Bandersnatches (Resident Evil Code: Veronica)
- Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
- Miss Martian (DC Comics)
- Inque (Batman Beyond)
- Super-Skrull (Marvel Comics)
- Clayface (DC Comics)
- Anole (Marvel Comics)
- Composite Superman (DC Comics)
- Dhalsim (Street Fighter)
- Sandman (DC Comics)
- Rubberduck (DC Comics)
- Dusiel (Guardian Archangels)
- Craig (Sanjay and Craig)
- Undergrowth (Danny Phantom)
- Cathy (Monster Buster Club)
- Pilar (Combo Ninos)
- Najimi Ajimu (Medaka Box); with Giraffe Neck (Biological Skill) allows lengthen neck
- SpongeBob (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
- Michael Jordan (Space Jam)
- B.O.B (Monsters Vs Aliens)