Possession

The power to inhabit the body of a living being. Sub-power of Meta-Possession. Opposite of Exorcism.

Also Called

Body Hijacking
Body Possession
Bodyjacking
Overshadowing
Psionic Possession
Take-Over Magic

Capabilities

User can possess or take over the body of any living being, whether sentient or not, by stealing their motor functions and senses. Users may or may not have to leave their own body for this to take place. Disembodied users such as spirits may use the body as their own.

Applications

Temporarily/permanently inhabit the body of the target.
Take complete control of a target's body, even using it as your own (the target is then known as a vessel).
Control a person's actions.
The user's mind/spirit/soul can leave their body freely.
Skilled users can possess multiple host bodies while retaining their own or even while occupying another vessel.
When the user possesses a body, they gain the skills and powers of the body.
Can possess a body which can be useful for espionage and can lie dormant inside the person's mind and body.
Utilize as a last resort to escape a dying body and to achieve immortality.

Variations

Animal Possession
Empathic Possession
Infestation/Orifice Invasion - Biological possession by entering the target's body.
Partial Possession
Possession Slash
Possessive Body
Possessive Teleportation - Warping from host to host.
Remote Possession

Associations

Astral Manipulation
Astral Projection
Body Manipulation - Alter the host to resemble their original forms.
Consciousness Transferal
Demon Physiology
Meta-Possession
Mind Manipulation
Parasite Physiology
Possessive Transformation
Telepathy

Limitations

Overtaken host may be able to fight back for their body.
May need to focus to return to original body.
May be overpowered by the host, placing the inhabitant in a sleep-like state.
May have to touch the target for transfer to be made.
May only work with one body at a time for new users.
May only be able to use another's body with the host's permission.
User can be exorcised from the host.
May be banished through Purification.
May need to switch bodies often in order to preserve their life.
May kill the host in the process by "crushing" them from the inside.
May die if the host is killed.
The inhabitant's actual body may be vulnerable to attack and the inhabitant may die or become trapped in the host if the possessor's body is damaged/destroyed beyond repair.
Users of Indomitable Will are either resistant or immune.
May not have control over the host body, but simply influence the host with Mind Control.
User may cause damage to the host (sheer power, physiology rejection, etc.).
Cannot possess those with Possession Immunity.
May require specific host bodies.

Known Users

Cartoons

The Lich (Adventure Time)
Terumi Yuuki (BlazeBlue)
Carrie (The Amazing World of Gumball)
Ectonurites (Ben 10)
- Ghostfreak
Diagon (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Alpha (Ben 10-Generator Rex: Heroes United)
Makuta Teridax (Bionicle)
Colonel H. Stinkmeaner (The Boondocks)
Casper (Casper the Friendly Ghost)
X.A.N.A. (Code Lyoko)
Demon in the Mattress (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
Ghosts (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom
Billy Joe Cobra (Dude, That's My Ghost)
Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
Ma and Pa (Gravity Falls)
Shendu (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Ghosts (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
Alpha/Leonard L. Church (Red vs. Blue)
Omega/ O'Malley (Red vs. Blue)
Unity (Rick and Morty)
Snake Jailbird (The Simpsons)
Kenny McCormick (South Park)
Ancestral Witches (Winx Club)
Sibini (Xiaolin Showdown)
Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown)
Gooey alien (Dexter's Laboratory); only get into brains
Brain worms (Teenage Mutatn Ninja Turtles; 2012 TV series); only get into noses
Alien rice weevils (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness); only get into ears
Billy (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)

Comics

A.D.A.M. (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
Vampy Cats/The Swell (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight)
Wisps (Charmed Comic)
Doctor Bedlam (DC Comics)
Daemonites (DC Comics)
Deadman (DC Comics)
Eclipso (DC Comics)
Jericho (DC Comics)
Lord Defile (DC Comics)
Lord Helspont (DC Comics)
Lord Hightower (DC Comics)
Parallax (DC Comics)
Kurt Kilgore (Image Comics)
Mammon (Image Comics)
Luca Aldine (Marvel Comics)
Rachel Summers (Marvel Comics)
Chthon (Marvel Comics)
Dream Catcher (Marvel Comics)
Jean Grey (Marvel Comics); when possessed by the Phoenix Force entity
Karma/Xi'an Manh (Marvel Comics)
Nocturne/T.J. Wagner (Marvel Comics)
Proteus (Marvel Comics)
Palpatine (Star Wars: Dark Empire); via Transfer essence

Films

Legion (5ive Girls)
Babadook (The Babadook)
Arousians (The Brain from Planet Arous)
- Gor
- Vol
Jimmy Lee (Double Dragon); via Double Dragon Medallion
Koga Shuko (Double Dragon); via Double Dragon Medallion
Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (The Evil Dead)
Pazuzu (The Exorcist)
Azazel (Fallen)
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
Zuul (Ghostbusters)
Vinz Clortho (Ghostbusters)
Deimata (Girl vs Monster)
Kayako Saeki (The Grudge)
Julia (Heart and Souls)
Harrison (Heart and Souls)
Milo (Heart and Souls)
Penny Washington (Heart and Souls)
Necromancer (Island of Lost Souls)
Elizabeth Masterson (Just Like Heaven)
Agents (The Matrix)
- Agent Smith
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Samara Morgan (The Ring 2)
Darconians (Super Buddies)
- Commander Drex
Prince Koura (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad)
Yan Lo (Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior)
The Monks (Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior)

Literature

Sarafine Duchannes (Caster Chronicles)
Ty'iga demons (The Chronicles of Amber)
Aura Triton (Daughters of the Moon)
The Cunning Man (Discworld)
Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
Souls (The Host)
- Wanda
Kronos (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls); once possessed Daniel's spirit body

Live Action TV

Diane (49 Days)
Luz (Aliados)
The Demon (American Horror Story: Asylum)
Burrower Demon (Angel)
Ethros Demons (Angel)
Demonic Hyena spirits (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Eyghon the Sleepwalker (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
The First Evil (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Ghosts (Being Human)
Andras (Charmed)
Terra (Charmed)
Ghosts (Charmed)
The Hollow (Charmed)
Possessor Demons (Charmed)
Guardians (Charmed)
The Source of All Evil (Charmed)
Androzani Trees (Doctor Who)
The Beast (Doctor Who)
Cassandra (Doctor Who)
The Eight Legs (Doctor Who)
The Great Intelligence (Doctor Who)
Isolus (Doctor Who)
The Mara (Doctor Who)
The Master (Doctor Who)
The Family of Blood (Doctor Who)
The Midnight Entity (Doctor Who)
Shadows (Ghost Whisperer)
Ghosts (The Haunted Hathaways)
- Glenda
- Louie
- Miles
- Ray
The Green Ghoul (The Haunted Thundermans)
Sylar (Heroes)
Evil spirits (Jessie)
Imagins (Kamen Rider Den-O)
Xaviax (Kamen Rider Dragon Knight)
Ankh and Kazari's Yummies (Kamen Rider OOO)
Erick (Los Protegidos)
Cornelius Sigan (Merlin)
Goblins (Merlin)
Leah (MisFits); via technology
Several Ranger villains (Power Rangers)
Diane (Pure Love)
Veil (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
- Androvax
Bizarro (Smallville)
Margaret Isobel Thoreaux (Smallville); limited to anyone who has the Mark of Transference
Ra (Stargate)
Anubis (Stargate SG1)
The Goa'uld (Stargate SG1)
- Amaunet
- Apophis
- Ba'al
- Klorel
- Osiris
Jolinar (Stargate SG1)
Various Super Sentai villains (Super Sentai franchise)
- Cursed Armor (Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger)
- Wicked Life God Dezumozorlya (Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger)
Angels (Supernatural)
Demons (Supernatural)
Eve (Supernatural)
Khan Worms (Supernatural)
Leviathans (Supernatural)
Reapers (Supernatural)
Dark Zagi (Ultraman Nexus)
Mor-Taxans (War of The Worlds)
Drill (The Whispers)

Manga/Anime

Hollow Ichigo (Bleach)
Tapeworm Hollow (Bleach)
The Sword (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Aya Mikage (Ceres, Celestial Legend)
Yuu Otosaka (Charlotte)
Mao (Darker than Black)
Baby (Dragon Ball GT)
Take-Over Users (Fairy Tail)
Atomsk (FLCL)
Envys parasitic from (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Dante (FullMetal Alchemist; 2003 anime)
Hohenheim of Lisht (Fullmetal Alchemist; 2003 anime)
Some types of Youkai (Inuyasha)
The Colorless King (K)
Mukurou Rokudou (Katekyo Hitman Reborn); Through use of the possession bullet
Ochiai (Knights of Sidonia)
Iihiko Shishime (Medaka Box)
Devaul (Super Doll Licca Chan)
Fraudrin (Nanatsu no Taizai)
Orochimaru (Naruto)
Kaguya Otsutsuki (Naruto)
Yamanaka Clan (Naruto)
Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor Moon); possessed by the spirit of Sailor Saturn
Nightshroud (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)
Yubel (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)
Gods (Saint Seiya)
Zakenna (Futari wa Pretty Cure)
Uzaina (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star)
Betelgeuse Romanee-Conti (Re:Zero)

Video Games

Chakravartin (Asura's Wrath)
Aiden (Beyond: Two Souls)
Cpt. Xavier Jones (Clive Barker's Jericho)
Cpt. Devin Ross (Clive Barker's Jericho); after bodily death
Cryptosporidium/Furons (Destroy All Humans)
Corvo Attano (Dishonored)
Delilah Copperspoon (Dishonored)
Ultimecia (Final Fantasy VIII)
Shuyin (Final Fantasy X-2)
John Raimi (Geist)
Chaos Kin (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
Ansem, Seeker of Darkness (Kingdom Hearts Series); via manipulation of another's inner Darkness, allowing him to overcome their Heart
Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts Series); via manipulation of anothers inner Darkness, allowing him to overcome their Heart
Xehanort's Guardian (Kingdom Hearts)
Hylden (Legacy of Kain)
The Priestess (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver)
Raziel (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver)
Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
Veran (The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages)
Bellum (The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass)
Malladus (The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks)
Link (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker); via Command Melody
The Grouchy Possessor (Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon)
Antasma (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)
Cackletta (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
Mudukons (Oddworld series)
Shadow Queen (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
Las Plagas (Resident Evil)
Ifrit (Sonic Rivals 2)
Dark Gaia (Sonic Unleashed)
Sith Emperor (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
Banshee (WarCraft III)
Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
Yo-kais (Yo-kai Watch)
Hisako (Killer Instinct)