- "It will hurt no less if I kill you in this form."
- ― Thor after being transformed into Sif by Loki (Thor: The Dark World)
The power to retain one's abilities even when altered. Sub-power of Capability Manipulation and Potential Manipulation.
Also Called
- Ability/Characteristic Retainment/Retention
- Capability/Characteristic Retainment
Capabilities
The user retains their powers, abilities, skills, attributes, sentience, levels, traits, properties, etc., even when shapeshifting, being transformed, transmuted into object, etc.
Applications
- Animation Retention
- Attribute Retention
- Condition Retention
- Memory Retention
- Motion Retention
- Native Forces Retention
- Power Retention
- Property Retention
- Sentience Retention
- Self-Retention
- Skill Retention
Associations
Limitations
- May lose control of their abilities when transformed.
- May not be able to stop others from using their powers when transformed.
Known Users
- Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Vegito (Dragon Ball Z)
- Hercules (Hercules: The Animated Series)
- Frog Hermit (Ranma 1/2)
- Optimus Prime (Transformers Generation 1)
Gallery
Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel) retained his vampire capabilities even when transformed into a puppet.
Vegito (Dragon Ball Z) retained his full power, sentience, and mobility after Super Buu turned him into a coffee-flavored jawbreaker.
Even when he was revived into a robotic zombie state, Optimus Prime (Transformers Generation 1) was able to overpower Galvatron and the Decepticons forcing them to retreat...
...take on his successor, Hot Rod in hand to hand combat especially after regaining the Matrix of Leadership from Rodimus...
...and leave the young Autobot leader at his mercy until he overcame the Quintessons evil programming.