The power to use the abilities of a monster. Variation of Cryptic Physiology.
Also Called
- Monster Form/Mimicry
- Monstrous Physiology
Capabilities
The user is or has the ability to take on the form of a monster, a creature that is often hideous and may produce fear or physical harm by either its appearance or its actions. The word "monster" derives from Latin monstrum, an aberrant occurrence, usually biological, that was taken as a sign that something was wrong within the natural order.
The word connotes something wrong or evil; a monster is generally morally objectionable, physically or psychologically hideous, and/or a freak of nature.
Applications
Variations
- Any Bodily Functional Powers
- Any Personal Physical Powers
- Divine Monster Physiology
- Flatwoods Monster Physiology
- Giant Monster Physiology
- Lake Monster Physiology
- Monster-Infused Mutated Physiology
- Monster Soul
- Monstrous Animal Physiology
- Monstrous Shape Physiology
- Mutant Physiology
- Mutated Monster Physiology
- Temporal Monster Physiology
- Undead-Monster Physiology
Associations
Limitations
- May lose sentience in transformed state.
- Changing may be difficult.
- May cause widespread panic if seen.
Known Users
- Athetos clones (Axiom Verge)
- Turel (Legacy of Kain: Defiance)
- Dumah (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver)
- Rahab (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver)
- Zephon (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver)
- Melchiah (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver)
- Raisa Volkova (Castlevania Lords of Shadows 2)
- Wallace/Were-Rabbit (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit)
- Freakshow (Marvel Comics)
- Various Skylanders (Skylanders)
- Chompy Mage (Skylanders)
- Mitch Baxter (The Young Guardians)
- Mason (The Young Guardians)
- Parker (The Young Guardians)
- Elfman Strauss (Fairy Tail)
- Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Blockbuster (DC Comics)
- Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
- Bruce Banner (Marvel Comics); via the Hulk
- Red Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Amshell Goldsmith (Blood Plus)
- Chiropterans (Blood Plus)
- Arrancars (Bleach)
- Vizoreds (Bleach)
- Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach); via Hollow Ichigo
- Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk (Marvel Comics); Anger Empowerment
- Red She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Wayland Jones/Killer Croc (DC Comics)
- Curt Conners (Marvel Comics); via the Lizard
- Man-Bat (DC Comics)
- Davis Bloome/Doomsday (Smallville)
- Thing/Ben Grimm (Marvel Comics)
- Venom (Marvel Comics)
- Carnage (Marvel Comics)
- Maryann Forrester (True Blood)
- Torque (The Suffering)
- Clayface ( DC Comics)
- Big Time (Batman Beyond)
- Beast Boy (Teen Titans)
- Joseph Bertrand III (inFamous 2)
- Dr. N. Brio (Crash Bandicoot)
- Ryoko Hakubi (Tenchi in Tokyo) via Jurai Light Stone
- Riki (Saga Frontier)
- The Clown (Soul Eater)
- The Black-Clown (Soul Eater)
- The Purple-Dyed Clown (Soul Eater)
- White Rabbit (Soul Eater)
- Moonlight (Soul Eater)
- Clown Kaguya (Soul Eater)
- Saiyans (Dragon Ball series)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Xion the Unborn (Bloody Roar)
- Nagi the Spurious (Bloody Roar)
- Uranus the Chimera (Bloody Roar)
- Xion (Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days)
- Sora (Kingdom Hearts) via Anti-Form & Monster Form
- Cadence Nash (The Troop)
- Gino Nash (The Troop)
- Sandman (Marvel Comics)
- Jennifer Tate (Primal)
- Zarbon (Dragon Ball Z)
- E.V.E. (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Metamorphia (Sonic the Comic)
- Kameo (Kameo: Elements of Power)
- Drake (Blade: Trinity)
- Cullen Bloodstone (Marvel Comics)
- Goblin Noir (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions)
- Green Goblin (Ultimate Marvel Comics)
- Richard Wilkins/Olvikan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
- Bowser (Super Mario)
- Giga Bowser (Super Smash Bros.)
- Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
- Vincent Valentine (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
- Caius Ballad (Final Fantasy XII-2)
- Carter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV series)
- Zoanoids (Guyver: The Bio-Boosted Armor)
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece); via Rumble Ball
- Jak (Jak and Daxter); via Dark Jak
- Daxter/Dark Daxter (Jak and Daxter)
- SonSon (Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes)
- Kaine Parker (Marvel Comics); via the Other
- SA-X (Metroid Fusion)
- Beastman (Masters of the Universe)
- Snake Men (Masters of the Universe)
- Mohinder Suresh (Heroes)
- Bedaxtra (Dexter's Laboratory)
- Mary (Mary Monster)
- Romi (Mary Monster)
- Najimi Ajimu (Medaka Box); with Strike Beast (Biological Skill)
- Jack-Jack Parr (The Incredibles)
- Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 series)
- Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 series)
- Leviathan (Weapon Zero)
- Mysterious Beings (One Punch Man)
- Monsters (Backyard Monsters)
- Monsters (Monsters vs. Aliens)
- Susan Murphy
- Dr. Cockroach
- The Missing Link
- B.O.B.
- Insectosaurus
- Stretch Monster (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
- Multi-Farious (Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters)
Gallery
Derek (Static Shock) in his monster form.
Tamra Lawerence (Static Shock) in her beast form.
Onyx (Static Shock)
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) turning into a monstrous form when she lost control of her powers.
Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece) in his Monster Point form.
Due to being experimented on with Dark Eco for two years, Jak (Jak and Daxter) can transform into "Dark Jak".
Kevin Levin (Ben 10) often takes on the form of a monstrous, chimeric fusion of aliens when he absorbs energy from the Omnitrix/Ultimatrix.
Joseph Bertrand III (Infamous) in the form of the Behemoth.
Zarbon (Dragon Ball Z) in his monster form.
With all seven Chaos Emeralds, Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog) becomes the leviathan-like Perfect Chaos.
Eclipse the Darkling (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) using Power Up: Monster Form.
Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) when he activates the Cursed Seal of Heaven.
Kimimaro when he activates the Cursed Seal of Earth.
Jūgo (Naruto) transforming
A mass amount of Cursed Seal users going berserk.
Tosen (Bleach) releasing his Resurreccion, Grillar Grillo, to transform into a gigantic cricket Hollow.
Sora (Kingdom Hearts) in his Anti-Form.
Sora's (Kingdom Hearts Series) Monster form in the Monsters Inc. World.
Daxter (Jak and Daxter) can transform into "Dark Daxter" due to further exposure to Dark Eco.
Richard Wilkins III (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) in the form of the snake demon Olvikan.
Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 1987 TV series) in their super mutant forms.
Carter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle; 1987 TV series) can transform into a yellow skinned creature with super-strength due to exposure to Mutagen.
Xion (Bloody Roar) in the form of the Unborn.
The monstrous Giga Bowser (Super Smash Bros.)
Ganondorf Dragmire (The Legend of Zelda) in his beast form, Ganon.
Vincent Valentine (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII) in the form of Chaos.
Saiyans (Dragon Ball) transform into feral Great Apes while under the influence of a full moon.
Goku (Dragonball Evolution) transforms into the monstrous Oozaru under a solar eclipse.
Sonson (Marvel vs. Capcom 2) can temporarily take on a more monstrous monkey form.
Cadence Nash (The Troop) is a human/Blood Thrasher hybrid, and can assume her Blood Thrasher form at will.
Kaine (Marvel Comics) as the monstrous Tarantula.
The SA-X (Metroid Fusion) in its monster form.
Mohinder (Heroes) slowly transforms into an insect monster.
Elfman strauss (Fairy tail) takes on a monstrous form
Grendel (Beowulf)
Gear REX (Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker)
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Bedaxtra (Dexter's laboratory)
Monsters (Monsters, Inc.)
Calvin Dion Avericci (Archie's Weird Mysteries) is a shopaholic so greedy, he sold his soul to keep buying, resulting in his demonification.
As a Lummox, Riki (Saga Frontier) has the ability to transform into and use the traits of any and all monsters.
Letting the Ghost ÄRM, Hydra erase whatever humanity was left in her heart, Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance) succeeded in obtaining the ÄRM’s power. Deprived of human feelings and sharing Hydra’s horrific body, Chimera had truly become a monster.