- "The dying is painful… the transition is not an enjoyable experience. But the suffering is a small price to pay… for eternal life."
- ― Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars)
The ability to transfer one's mind/soul into a clone to cheat death. Variation of Immortality.
Also Called
- False Immortality
- Immortality Through/Via Cloning
- Reinvigoration
Capabilities
User can transfer their mind/soul into a clone, gaining a form of immortality.
Applications
Associations
Limitations
- May take time to transfer to a new body.
- May be weaker in a clone body due to non-familiarity to it.
- They may lose chunks of their soul the more they transfer/the longer they wait to transfer.
- New body may be unstable.
Known Users
See Also: Body Backup Drive.
- Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty); via Operation Phoenix
- Anton (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Darth Sidious/Palpatine (Star Wars)
- Angels (Preacher)
- Fiore
- DeBlanc
- Susan
- Michael Drucker (The 6th Day)
- Overlord (H.I.V.E.); via Animus.
- Humanoid Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
- Ayanami Rei (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Alucard (Rosario + Vampire: Season II)
- Takeru Yamato (Maken-Ki!)
- Sigma (Mega Man X)
- Mister Sinister (Marvel Comics)
- Touko Aozaki (Kara no Kyoukai)
- Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
- Homer Simpson (The Simpsons); via Professor Frink's intervention
- Robots (Futurama); via wireless backup unit
- Omanushi (Samurai 7)
- Asgard (Stargate SG-1)
- M. Bison (Street Fighter)
- Meca One (Exo-Force)
- Octagon and Rhomboid Vreedle (Ben 10)
- Funny Valentine (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7 Steel Ball Run)
- Orochimaru (Naruto)
- Jimmy (Hardcore Henry)
- Kuroto Dan (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)
- Furons (Destroy All Humans!)
- Agent Bishop (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Baxter Stockman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)