Reversed Effect

Reversed Effect
Lanturn (Pokémon) has the abilities Water and Volt Absorb, which increases its HP when hit by a Water or Electric attack respectively.
Power/Ability to:	Reverse the effects of an occurrence into forming the opposite results.

The power to reverse the effects of an occurrence into forming the opposite results. May stem from Reality Warping, Negative Zone Creation and Paradox Inducement. Not to be confused with Causality Reversal and Effect Reversal.

Also Called

• Inverse Effect
• Opposite Effect
• The Antithesis

Capabilities

The user is able to reverse the effects of an occurrence into forming the opposite results. For example, if something harmful happens to the user, such as getting punched in the face, the user receives positive effects from that outcome and feels pleasure and vigor as opposed to pain and damage.

Applications

• If the user consumes unhealthy or harmful substances, they will become healthier.
• If the user never bathes, they will not give off body odor or release unpleasant fragrances.
• If the user goes bankrupt, they will become rich instead.
• If the user does not sleep, they will become energetic and awake.
• If the user is hostile to others, the ones targeted will become amicable to the user.

Associations

• Logic Manipulation
• Reversal Manipulation

Limitations

• If the user commits an action that normally benefits themselves, the opposite effect will occur.
• This power might only apply to certain effects/attacks.

Known Users

• Kagura (Aquarion Evol)
• Uryū Ishida (Bleach); via The Antithesis
• Nilbog (Dungeons & Dragons); Goblins possessed by trickster spirits that transmutes damage into hitpoints and are damaged by curative magic
• Ray Starling (Infinite Dendrogram); via The Flag Flying the Reversal
• Shiria Ootsuka (Maken-Ki); via Reverse
• Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
• Undead Mobs (Minecraft) are healed by Potions of Harming and harmed by Potions of Healing
• Pokémon with Contrary, Poison Heal, Volt Absorb or Water Absorb (Pokémon)
• Demon King (Seven Deadly Sins); via The Ruler
• Ichiryū (Toriko); via Minority World
• Seija Kijin (Touhou Project); has the ability to "turn anything upside-down"
• Shen (Undead Unluck)

Known Objects

• Doomgiver (Book of Swords)
• Subtraction Soup (Phantom Tollbooth)
• Reversing Mirror (Xiaolin Showdown)

Gallery

As he gains his power from sins and misdeeds, Blackheart (Marvel Comics) is not only immune to the Ghost Rider's Penance Stare, which forces the victim to relive their past sins and the pain of their victims, but empowered by it.

The Demon King's (Seven Deadly Sins) signature power The Ruler reverses the effects of all powers; damaging attacks heal, weakening magic strengthens, and healing effects damage.

The Reversing Mirror (Xiaolin Showdown) has the power to reverse the powers of Shen Gong Wu

Shen (Undead Unluck) can negate any conscious thought his target has, causing them to do the opposite.