- "The fiercest hunters in the Tangle don’t seek out the mantises. They are the mantises."
- ― Tangle Mantis Flavor Text, Magic: The Gathering
- "Mantis riders know their mounts owe them no allegiance. Even a mantis ridden for years would consume a rider who loses focus for only a moment."
- ― Mantis Rider Flavor Text, Magic: The Gathering
Power to use the abilities of mantises. Variation of Insect Physiology.
Also Called[]
- Mantis Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology
- Mantis Body/Form/Mimicry
Capabilities[]
User with this ability either is or can mimic/transform into mantises.
Applications[]
- Antenna Protrusion
- Body Shedding
- Camouflage
- Dermal Armor
- Enhanced Agility
- Enhanced Balance
- Enhanced Bite
- Enhanced Dexterity
- Enhanced Leap
- Enhanced Senses
- Enhanced Speed
- Enhanced Strength
- Lunglessness
- Predator Instinct
- Quadrupedalism
- Raptorial Limbs
- Sextupedalism
- Size Reduction
- Wing Manifestation/Flight
Associations[]
Mantises are associated with great number of mystical and supernatural abilities and connections in mythology and folklore, thus user with this power may have access to: Supernatural Martial Arts, Enhanced Combat, Spiritual Meditation.
Limitations[]
- Females may be unable to fly.
Known Users[]
See Also: Slaying Mantis.
Anime/Manga[]
- Mantris (Bakugan)
- Mantonoid (Bakugan Reboot)
- Nnoitra Gilga (Bleach)
- Waineton (Bleach)
- Barikama (Mazica Party)
- Oka Makiri (Moriking)
- Kamakyuri (One Punch Man)
- Mkira (Samurai Deeper Kyo)
- Lord Mantid (Spider Riders)
- Kirihito Kamachi (Vigilante - My Hero Academia: Illegals)
Cartoons[]
- Mantises (Amphibia)
- Lex Lighting/Titanium Lex (Super Mansion)
- Frau Mantis (Super Mansion)
- Repo Mantis (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Caroleena (Growing Up Creepie)
- Mantor (Heroes of Goo jit zu)
- Mantis Bot (Sonic Boom)
- Zorak (Space Ghost)
Live Television/Movies[]
- She-Mantis (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Berotha Magia (Kamen Rider Zero-One)
- Kamen Rider Revi & Vice (Kamen Rider Revice); via Remix
- Houtarou Ichinose/Kamen Rider Gotchard (Kamen Rider Gotchard); via Odorimantis form
- Kamantis (Kamen Rider Gotchard)
- Mantis (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
- God Kamakiri (Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger)
- Praying Mantis (Power Rangers in Space)
- Mantevil (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue)
- Mantor (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
- Quinn (The Thundermans)
- Manny (A Bug's Life)
- Cheryl (Animal Behaviour)
- Kamacuras (Godzilla)
- Mantis (Kung Fu Panda)
RPGs[]
- Achaekek (Pathfinder)
Tabletop Games[]
- Guard Mantis (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Praying Mantis (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Traptrix Mantis (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Video Games[]
- Sickle Slinger (Balan Wonderworld)
- Ripper (Bombmerman)
- Mantids (Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling)
- Artis
- Kina
- Maki
- Preying Picantis (Bugsnax)
- Armantis (Dicefolk)
- Snimon (Digimon)
- Dark Mantis (Mega Man X8)
- Kleavor (Pokémon)
- Scizor (Pokémon)
- Scyther (Pokémon)
- Fomantis (Pokémon)
- Lurantis (Pokémon)
- Mantis Men (Portal 2/Lego Dimensions)
- Mantis robots (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Slicer
- Kamaki
Other[]
- Polonius Lartessa (The Dresden Files)
- Giant Praying Mantises (Goosebumps)
- Maehwa (Jungle Juice)
- Praying Mantis (Jungle Juice)
- Haemin Kwon (Jungle Juice) via Blackout
- Mantis (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
- Playing Mantis (Notebook of Doom)