Muscle Mass Enhancement

Muscle Mass Enhancement
When in his Max Power state, Master Roshi (Dragon Ball) greatly increases in muscle mass.
Power/Ability to:	enhance muscles.

The power to enhance muscle mass of oneself or others. A sub-power of Muscle Manipulation.

Also Called

• Muscle Augmentation/Enhancement/Expansion

Capabilities

The user can increase the muscle mass (all or only certain muscles) of oneself and others, enhancing any physical abilities pertaining to muscle, such as strength, speed, stamina and durability.

Applications

• Enhanced Durability/Supernatural Durability
• Enhanced Endurance/Supernatural Endurance
• Enhanced Reflexes/Supernatural Reflexes
• Enhanced Speed/Supernatural Speed
• Enhanced Stamina/Supernatural Stamina
• Enhanced Strength/Supernatural Strength

Associations

• Enhanced Condition
• Limb Expansion
• Muscle Manipulation
• Skin Hardening
• Strength Calling

Limitations

• May be limited to increasing the muscles of others or only themselves.
• Overuse, use without proper training, or use without the proper anatomical adaptations may strain the user's body (even potentially causing damage).
• Power may rapidly drain the user's stamina and lead to fatal exhaustion, after prolonged use.

Known Users

• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• James Heller (Prototype)
• Gentle (Marvel)
• Agent X/Nijo (Marvel)
• Vibranium (Marvel)
• Hulk (Marvel)
• Captain America (Marvel)
• Bruiser (Marvel)
• Luke Cage (Marvel)
• Bane (DC Comics); via Venom
• Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Suzuki (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Kibano (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Luffy (One Piece); via Gear Fourth
• Urouge (One Piece)
• Vergo (One Piece)
• Popeye (Popeye the Sailor); via spinach
• Suigetsu Hozuki (Naruto)
• Mangetsu Hozuki (Naruto)
• Gozu (Naruto Shippuden)
• Master Roshi (Dragonball)
• Goku (Dragonball Z)
• Gohan (Dragonball Z)
• Broly (Dragonball Z)
• Saiyans (Dragonball Z)
• Majin Buu (Dragonball Z)
• Kid Buu (Dragonball Z)
• Garlic Jr. (Dragon Ball Z)
• Cell (Dragon Ball)
• Frieza (Dragon Ball)
• Chris Redfield (Resident Evil)
• Gaston King (The Immortal Knights)
• Baron Violent (The Tick)
• Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)
• Joy Fullbun (Fairy Tail)
• Ichiya (Fairy Tail)
• Vayne Carudas Solidor (Final Fantasy XII); as Vayne Novus
• Little Mac (Super Smash Bros)
• Gyanza Rujike (Black Cat)
• Toriko (Toriko)
• Mansam (Toriko)
• Shigematsu (Toriko)
• Tommyrod (Toriko)
• Knocking Master Jirou (Toriko)
• Meteor Garlic consumers (Toriko)
• Chin Chinchin (Toriko)
• Skull (Reborn)
• Raiden (Metal Gear)
• Arlee Hicks (Generation X)
• Metamorphia (Sonic the Comic)
• Fighting type Pokemon or using the move "Bulk Up" (Pokemon)
• Ikkaku Madarame (Bleach)
• Knox (Heroes)
• Undine (Claymore)
• Mikado Arm (Xiaolin Showdown)
• Edajima Heihachi (Sakigake Otokojuku)
• Akira Kongou (Kongou Banchou)

Gallery

Raiden's (Metal Gear) cybernetic body can expand its artificial muscle.

Vergo (One Piece) imbuing the muscles of his upper body with Busoshoku Haki.

Pica (One Piece) using Busoshoku Haki to bulk up his entire body.

Lao G (One Piece) using Jio-Ken to store up his chi from his youth, until he needs it later to boost his body strength.

Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) can increase his muscle mass to over 100%.

Everytime Gentle (Marvel) uses his power, he gets bigger and stronger.

Bane's (DC) size and strength greatly increase whenever he uses Venom.

Hulk (Marvel): The angrier he gets, the stronger he gets.

Little Mac (Super Smash Bros) after getting final smash to become Giga Mac.

Alex Mercer (Prototype) uses the Musclemass power to combat a Blackwatch super-soldier.

Ichiya (Fairy Tail) After taking a sniff of his 'Power Parfum'.

Suigetsu Hozuki (Naruto) Through the great water arm technique, can shift his own watery body fluids around to supplement his muscle mass.

In the 3rd Grade Super Saiyan form, Trunks (Dragon Ball Z) vastly increases his muscle mass to the point of decreasing in speed.

Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) uses Ichi Gorilla and Ni Gorilla to pump up his arm muscles.

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) uses Gear Fourth by infusing his body in Busoshoku Haki and then expanding his muscles.

At his 100% power, Frieza's (Dragon Ball) muscles greatly expand.

Cell (Dragon Ball) bulks up his muscles.

Kibano (Yu Yu Hakusho) expands his arm muscles by absorbing energy from his environment.