Self-Sustenance

Self-Sustenance
Neil Cuddahy (Mutant X) has the ability to go without sleep while maintaining optimal mental faculties and health.
Power/Ability to:	Reduce/remove the need for bodily necessities.

The power to reduce or remove the need for bodily necessities.

Also Called

• Contained Metabolism
• Deprivation

Capabilities

Users physical needs are greatly reduced or completely removed. These needs include air/breathing, sleep/rest, food, drink, bodily evacuations, shelter from environmental effects and their lack (heat/cold, dryness/wetness), etc. User is also able to stay unmoving without normal effects this would have.

Applications

• Hunger Suppression/Hunger Negation
• Enhanced Lung Capacity/Oxygen Independence
• Sleeplessness

Associations

• Desert Adaptation
• Energy Independence
• Hibernation
• Immortality
• Regenerative Healing Factor
• Self Sufficiency
• Vacuum Adaptation

Limitations

• May only be able to disregard some needs.
• May have limited time period available.
• Disregarding some needs may cause certain capacities to degrade, regardless of of maintaining stable health. Eg: Forgoing eating may lead to muscular dystrophy, etc.

Known Users

See Also: The Needless and Perpetual Motion Monster.

Literature

• Sally Sandwich (Sweet Story)
• Timmy Taco (Sweet Story)

Movies/Television

• Adam (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Stanton Parish (Alphas)
• Neil Cuddahy (Mutant X)
• Daggon/Cole Hauser (Tracker)
• Jem'Hadar (Star Trek); only when supplied with Ketracel White
• Changelings (Star Trek)
• Borg Drones (Star Trek); only when connected to the Collective
• Data (Star Trek)
• Terminators (Terminator)
• The Golden Army (Hellboy II)

Cartoons

• Aku (Samurai Jack)
• Kevin Levin (Ben 10); in his Ultimate form
• Professor Paradox (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Vlad Plasmius (Danny Phantom)
• Gems (Steven Universe)
• Emotions (Inside Out)

Comics

• Kryptonians (DC Comics); while under a yellow or blue sun
• Firestorm (DC Comics)
• Martians (DC)
• Captain Atom (DC Comics)
• The Flash (DC Comics)
• Dr. Manhattan (DC Comics)
• Amazons of Themyscira (DC Comics)
  • Hippolyta (DC Comics)
• Emma Frost (Marvel Comics); while in diamond form
• Stepford Cuckoos (Marvel Comics); while in diamond form
• Colossus (Marvel Comics); while in Steel form
• Original Xorn (Marvel Comics)
• Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
• A-Bomb (Marvel Comics)
• Skaar (Marvel Comics)
• Heralds of Galactus (Marvel Comics)
• Asgardians (Marvel Comics)
• Olympians (Marvel Comics)
• Sentry (Marvel Comics)
• Sunspot (Marvel Comics)
• Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic (Ultimate Marvel Comics)

Manga/Anime

• Empty Cans (Akikan!)
• Titans (Attack on Titan); only need sunlight to stay active
• Demon Lord (Sekai Maou)
• Obito Uchiha (Naruto)
• Zetsu and clones (Naruto)
• Ryoko Hakubi (Tenchi Muyo)
• Asato Tsuzuki (Descendants Of Darkness)
• Shinigami (Death Note)
• Artificial Humans (Dragon Ball)
• Isaac bNetero (Hunter X Hunter)
• Genos (One Punch Man)

Video Games

• Porygon (Pokemon)
• Reapers (Mass Effect)
• Necromorphs (Dead Space)
• Ghouls (Fallout)

Tabletop Games

• Vampires (Vampire the Masquerade); only need blood to stay conscious

Known Objects

• Mayan Sun Amulet (Gargoyles)

Gallery

Due to the effects of yellow sun radiation, Superman (DC Comics) has no need for food or sleep, though he tends to eat and sleep out of habit.

Shinigami (Death Note) have no need to eat nor sleep, but do so to enjoy the sensation and laziness. They do, however, need to use the Death Note to extend their lifespan.

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Artificial Humans (Dragon Ball) like #16, #17, and #18 have an infinite energy reservoir, and thus, no need to sleep or eat.

Zetsu (Naruto) are self-sustained, as Black Zetsu is an artificial human created from Kaguya's materialized will, while White Zetsu are mutated humans. Although, White Zetsu can devour corpses to dispose of evidence.

Because Timmy Taco wished that he and Sally Sandwich (Sweet Story) would be "married forever", it made it so that neither could ever die - including immunity to the effects of starvation or thirst - the wish making sure that their marriage does not end through death due [they] part.

Gems (Steven Universe) are an alien race of functionally-immortal polymorphic Gemstones. They do not need to eat, drink, sleep or breath, and can recede into their gems should their bodies be mortally wounded to heal.

As long as the Amazons (DC Comics) stay on Themyscira, she does not require food, water or any other form of nourishment to maintain her health and vitality.

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Olympians (DC Comics)

Olympians (Marvel Comics)