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"You can't change who people are without destroying who they were."
― Jason Treborn (The Butterfly Effect)

The power to cause a chaotic chain reaction from many different causes to many different effects. Sub-Power of Causality Manipulation. Combination & Variation of Chaos Manipulation and Domino Effect. Partial Basis of System Manipulation.

Also Called[]

  • Chaotic Causality Manipulation
  • Chaos Theory
  • Disordered/Irregular System Manipulation
  • Nonlinear Process Manipulation

Capabilities[]

User can control the butterfly effect, i.e. all the different causes and their reaction that can have a huge net effect on the whole system. All the causes may be small and completely unrelated to each other in both space and time, yet they can cause many big things in the flow of time which no one can predict. Notable example: a butterfly flapping its wings can cause a hurricane several weeks after.

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Limitations[]

  • Cause and/or outcome may be unpredictable.
  • Even the users are unable to control the entirety of the system.
  • When it begins, there is no way to stop it.
  • Opposing users with luck may lower or nullify the effectiveness of the ability.

Known Users[]

  • Butterfly (The Amazing World of Gumball)
  • Cyd Ripley and Shelby Marcus (Best Friends Whenever)
  • Evan Treborn (The Butterfly Effect - Film); via Time Travel
  • Jason Treborn (The Butterfly Effect - Film); via Time Travel
  • Nick Larson (The Butterfly Effect 2 - Film); via Time Travel
  • Sam Reide (The Butterfly Effect 3 - Film); via Time Travel
  • The Flash/Barry Allen (DC Comics); briefly during The Flashpoint event.
  • The Vestige (Elder Scrolls Online); via Time Travel
  • Hiro Nakamura (Heroes); via Time Travel
  • Main Characters of the Film (JOLOGS)
  • Maxine Caulfield (Life is Strange)
  • Giorno Giovanna (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo); via Gold Experience Requiem
  • Uriel (Lucifer)
  • The Males of the Murphy Family (Milo Murphy's Law)
    • Milo Murphy
    • Martin Murphy
    • Joey Murphy
    • Grandpa Murphy
    • Sheriff Murphy

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