- "People can list any number of reasons to be afraid. This is because at the most fundamental level, 'comfort' leads to 'life', whilst 'fear' leads to 'death'. While people cannot give a clear answer why they want to live, they can give any number of answers why they do not wish to die. Thus, it is impossible to be unaffected by fear as long as you are alive."
- ― Äs Nödt (Bleach)
- "Gotham, this is your only warning, abandon the city, or I will unleash your greatest fears."
- ― Scarecrow (Arkham Knight)
The power to evoke extreme fear and horror in others. Sub-power of Fear Manipulation. Variation of Emotion Inducement. Opposite to Courage Inducement.
Also Called
- Bogeyman Effect
- Fear Induction
- Intimidation
- Panic Inducement
- Terror Inducement
Capabilities
The user can evoke and increase fear and horror in others causing the target’s brain to release fear-inducing chemicals.
The victim’s perception may be altered, causing them to see their environment as ominous and the user as dark and foreboding, or even seen as a monster.
Techniques
- Fear Augmentation: enhance any feelings of fear until the victim literally dies of fright.
- Fearful Scream: scream with fear echoing in every sound-wave.
- Insanity Inducement: making others feel fear to the point they will become traumatized.
- Killing Intent: control one's own killing intention and use it to intimidate the victims.
- Paralysis Inducement: make the target literally 'paralyzed with fear'.
- Unknown Inducement: cause a fear so powerful that others tune users presence out of sight and mind.
Associations
- Bogeyman Physiology
- Despair Inducement
- Emotion Inducement
- Emotion Manipulation
- Fear Manipulation
- Mental Inducement
- Mental Manipulation
- Meta Fear Inducement
- Phobia-Initiated Ability Manifestation
- Surprise Inducement
Limitations
- Users of Psychic Shield/Indomitable Will (highly resistant) Psychic Immunity/Fearlessness (impervious).
- May be overpowered by Courage Inducement.
- May be constantly active.
Known Users
See Also: The Dreaded and Supernatural Fear Inducer.
- Hades/Pluto (Greco-Roman Mythology)
- Phobos (Greek Mythology)
- Äs Nodt (Bleach)
- Retsu "Yachiru" Unohana (Bleach)
- Frieza (Dragon Ball Z)
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
- Beerus (Dragon Ball Super)
- Kuudo Hinokage (Medaka Box)
- Mongor (Thundercats)
- Alma Wade (F.E.A.R. Series)
- Ronnie Schiatto (Baccano)
- Haoshoku Haki users (One Piece)
- Yonko (One Piece)
- Sakazuki (One Piece)
- Doomguy (DOOM)
- Many Bishokuya (Toriko)
- Batman (DC Comics)
- Raven (Teen Titans/DC Comics)
- Parallax (DC Comics)
- Spin (DC Comics)
- Darkseid (DC Comics)
- Sinestro Corps (DC Comics)
- Scarecrow (DC Comics)
- The Joker (DC Comics)
- Barbas (Charmed)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street Series)
- Scarecrow (Marvel Comics)
- The Lizard (Marvel Comics)
- Mr. Fear (Marvel Comics)
- Alexander Aaron (Marvel Comics)
- Phobos (Marvel Comics)
- Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Terrance Ward/Trauma (Marvel Comics); via Phobia-Initiated Ability Manifestation.
- Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
- Caliban (Marvel Comics)
- Turahk (BIONICLE)
- SCP-959 - The Bogeyman (SCP Foundation); involuntary
- SCP-303 - The Doorman (SCP Foundation); involuntary
- Tyrant Morax/Moloch (Shin Megam Tensei: Strange Journey)
- Pennywise the Dancing Clown/It (Stephen King's It)
- Jeggorabax Energy Entity (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
- Gachnar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Golden Fear Serpent (Skylanders)
- Thesulac Demons (Angel)
- Chaos (Sonic the Comic)
- Cluster Gems (Steven Universe)
- Cynder (The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon)
- Boggart (Harry Potter); via shapeshifting
- Dementors (Harry Potter)
- Jericho Cross (Darkwatch)
- Maury Parkman (Heroes)
- Guillame (Heroes)
- Nurarihyon (Nurarihyon no Mago)
- Nura Rihan (Nurarihyon no Mago)
- Nura Rikuo (Nurarihyon no Mago)
- The Dragoborn (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim); via Dismay Shout, Rout, Hysteria and fear spells and various fear poisons and fear enchanted weapons.
- Shadow Selves (Persona Series)
- Shinobi that use Killing Intent (Naruto)
- Darkrai (Pokémon)
- Pokémon with the ability "intimidate" (Pokémon)
- Pitch Black (Rise of the Guardians)
- The Fear (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- The Thing (The Thing Series)
- Gaz (Invader Zim)
- Mandy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Terror Dopant (Kamen Rider W)
- Fluttershy (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
- Phoenix Ikki (Saint Seiya)
- Fuyuki Hinata (Sgt Frog); only when truly angry.
- Redjac (Star Trek)
- Darth Vader (Star Wars)
- Tomokui Kanata/Rou (Re:Monster)
- Nobody Owens (The Graveyard Book)
- Frightgeist (Slugterra)
- Tara (Michael Vey)
- Twitch (TF2 Freak)
- Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
- Slenderman (Slenderman franchise)
- Ring Wraiths/Nazgul (LoTR)
- Glenda (The Haunted Hathaways)
- Monsters (Girl vs. Monster)
- Buruburu (Supernatural)
- Huwara (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Myrddraal (The Wheel of Time)
- Padan Fain (The Wheel of Time)
- Cravex (Visionaries), via personal spell
- Dragons (Dungeons and Dragons)
- Diablo (Diablo Series)
- Gremloblin (Gravity Falls)
- Holo (Spice and Wolf); via her Wolf Form.
- Fungus Humongus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2012 TV series)
- Bones (Power Rangers Dino Charge)
Known Objects
- The Soul Shredder (Danny Phantom)
- Phobia Mask (Chaotic)
- Various fear poisons and fear enchanted weapons (The Elder Scrolls)
- Scarecrow's Fear Toxin (DC Comics)
- King Sombra's Magic Door (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)
- Left Hand of Horror (Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy)
Known Locations
- Mansion of Night (Percy Jackson)
Gallery
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Äs Nodt (Bleach), Sternritter "F", can amplify one's fear to lethal levels.
While kind and motherly on the surface, Retsu Unohana (Bleach), is one of the most feared Shinigami in all of Soul Society, even to those who are unaware of her true self.
Batman (DC Comics) is well known for his ability to inspire fear in others...
...to the extent that he was chosen as a candidate for the Sinestro Corps.
Parallax (DC Comics), the living embodiment of all fear.
Batman (DC Universe) under the influence of the Scarecrow's fear-inducing toxin.
Sinestro Corps (DC Comics)
Through the power of his sword, the Fright Knight (Danny Phantom) is able to send his victims to an alternate dimension where they are forced to experience their greatest fears.
Chaos (Sonic the Comic) possesses a powerful aura of fear that causes anyone in close proximity to him to become petrified with fear.
Boogeyman (Boogeyman 2)
Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
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Scarecrow (Marvel Comics)
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Alexander Aaron (Marvel Comics)
Caliban (Marvel Comics)
Barbas, The Demon of Fear (Charmed) can literally scare people to death by bringing their fears to life.
The Fear (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater) truly lives up to his name.
Fear (Inside Out) is Riley's capacity to feel fear, making her feel fear whenever he's at the controls.
Kuudo Hinokage (Medaka Box) induces an intimidating presence so powerful people cast him out of conscious thought and cognitive perception.
It (Stephen King's It) in the form of Pennywise
In order to feed, The Jeggorabax Energy Entity (The Sarah Jane Adventures) induced fear into its victims
Huwawa (Valkyrie Crusade) terrifies all who see her eyes.
Darkrai (Pokémon) can inflict fear with its ability to make people see nightmares.
Fungus Humongus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles;2012 Tv series) can produce hallucinatory spores which causes it's victims to experience their worst fears.
As the Emperor of Evil, Frieza (Dragon Ball), was the most feared mortal in Universe 7, to the point that even decades after his death his sheer fear factor was stated to be the only thing keeping his empire from collapsing.
The prisoners of level 6 (One Piece) have committed crimes so vile even the newspapers refused to write about them. The world fears the inmates to the point that the World Government has to “erase” their existences from history.
Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin (One Piece) is a highly feared pirate with a fear factor so great that even the Giants do not dare speak her name.
Kaido's (One Piece) status as the "Strongest Creature in the World" makes him so feared that people would rather risk declaring war on the World Government than anger him.
Because of his sheer ruthlessness, Sakazuki (One Piece) is feared by both allies and enemies alike, including the dreaded Blackbeard Pirates.
As the chief enforcer of the Emperor's tyrannical will, Darth Vader (Star Wars) was one of the most feared beings in the galaxy.