The ability to eliminate the powers of others. Sub-power of Superpower Manipulation. Variation of Erasure and Superpower Absorption. Opposite to Power Bestowal and Power Restoration.

Also Called

• Ability Erasure
• Ability/Power Extraction/Curing/Deletion/Nullification/Removal/Stripping
• Ability/Power Removing
• Bending Severing (The Legend of Korra)
• Depowering

Capabilities

The user can eliminate/remove the supernatural powers of others, so they won't have access to them.

Applications

• Buffering
• Power Deactivation

Variations

• Depowering Beam Emission
  • Depowering Chest Blasts
  • Depowering Vision
• Power Discarding
• Proximity-Based Power Deactivation
• Supernatural Arts Erasure

Associations

• Anti-Power Weaponry
• Animalization
• Conversion
• Energy Erasure
• Energy Scattering
• Erasure
• Healing Erasure
• Humanization
• Mortalization
• Phenomenon Elimination
• Physical Law Erasure
• Powerlessness Inducement
• Power Absorption
• Power Containment
• Power Destruction
• Power Negation
• Power Sharing Removal
• Skill Erasure
• Superior Human Physiology
• Superpower Manipulation

Limitations

• Power Restoration can reverse this power's effects.
• Cannot erase the user's powers of Absolute Immortality, Absolute Regeneration, Meta Resurrection and Omnilock.
• Useless against Meta Power Immunity.
• Users of Power Reflection can reflect the erasure back to the user.
• Adaptive abilities like Reactive Adaptation or Superior Adaptation could possibly become resistant / immune to the user's power.
• Cannot strip any power from those with Power Absorption Immunity, Power Anchoring or Singularity.
  • Offensive Immunity
• May have a limited distance/number of targets, including touch only.
• May be temporary.
• May kill the target.
• May kill user to restore their power.
• May not work if target is more powerful than user.

Known Users

See Also: De-Power.

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

Cartoons/Comics

Live Action TV/Movies

Video Games

• The God (Genshit Impact)
• Rhino (Growtopia)

Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original

• Satan (Helluva Boss)
• Southern Pantheon/Twelve Gods (The Order of the Stick)
• Cinder Fall (RWBY); via Grimm Arm
• Marcus Black (RWBY); via unknown Semblance
• Djoric/Dmatix SCP-001 Proposal - Thirty-Six (SCP Foundation)

Known Objects/Powers

• System (QUESTISM)

Known Natural Occurrences

• Lunar Eclipse (H2O: Just Add Water); reverting temporarily non-natural merpeople back into humans for twelve hours in an active Moon Pool
• Moon of Fifty Years (H2O: Just Add Water); reverting a non-natural merperson back into a regular human being permanently in an active Moon Pool

Known Objects

• Power/Energy Disruptor Ray (Justice League Unlimited)
• Power Stripping Potion (Charmed)
• Red-Eyed Mudfish juice (Danger Force)
• Anti-Promicin (The 4400)
• Quirk-Destroying Drug (My Hero Academia)
• Gold Kryptonite (DC Comics)
• Chronosteel (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu); via Energy Absorption/Elemental Absorption/Power Absorption
• Antidote X (The Powerpuff Girls)
• Gem Rejuvenator (Steven Universe: The Movie)
• Malvexium (The Thundermans)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

As the progenitor of all Quincy, Yhwach (Bleach) can grant and take away their powers as he sees fit.

Through severing and manipulating someone's true name, Ichibe'e Hyōsube (Bleach) can remove the powers of anyone he hits.

Mikan Sakura (Gakuen Alice) can permanently steal an Alice at will or by accident.

Enrico Pucci's Stand, Whitesnake (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean) can remove the Stands of others, storing them in discs. It also makes it able to bestowal these Stands upon others by inserting the discs on them.

Eraserhead's Quirk Erasure (My Hero Academia) temporarily disabling a group of villains' Quirks just by looking at them.

Quirk-Destroying Drug (My Hero Academia)

Thanks to the powers of the Yami Yami no Mi/Dark-Dark Fruit, Marshall D. Teach/Blackbeard (One Piece) can fully negate other Devil Fruit users' powers...

...through physical contact.

Cheon Yeo Woon (Wolyaverse/Nano Machine) destroying Cheon Jongsum's dantian (filed of elixir), the source of his chi and internal energy.

Bonzo/Comics

Edward Brock/Anti-Venom (Marvel Comics) tries to cure Spider-Man of his radioactive blood and his powers...

...and attempting to "erase" the Venom Symbiote from Mac Gargan's body.

Cartoons

Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) use Energybending to eliminate one's bending abilities.

Noatak/Amon (The Legend of Korra) can use Bloodbending to sever the connection between a bender and their bending abilities by disrupting their chi paths.

Lex Luthor (DCAU) invented an Energy Disruptor that had the ability to deprive/depowered any kind of super-powered beings of their powers, regardless of whether they were born with their abilities, or if something else was the source, such as the Green Lantern's power ring.

Through a contract, Hades (Disney's Hercules) erases Hercules' superhuman strength.

Strike (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes) is capable of stealing others' powers.

Antidote X (The Powerpuff Girls)

The Staff of Elements (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) was made from Chronosteel and with Blue Crystal, it can steal more than one Elemental Power.

...The Time Blades were created from Chronosteel, the only material that can steal elemental powers, to steal/drain the power of an Elemental Master, rendering the Master a normal person. However, if the Chronosteel is destroyed, any elements stolen by it will return to their original masters...

Live Action TV/Movies

Soldier Boy (The Boys) can emit radiation that burns Compound V out of a Supe's system, removing their powers.

Penny (Charmed) with the power stripping potion.

The Elders (Charmed 2018) stripping Harry's Whitelighter abilities.

When Danger Force, (Danger Force) except Captain Man and Schwoz, are exposed to red-eyed mudfish, the juice causes them to lose their powers.

Alex (Misfits) gained the power to remove a person's power through sexual intercourse after having a lung transplant from the previous owner of the power.

Tommy Clark (Heroes Reborn) erases Hiro's power just by being held by him.

Viktor Hargreeves/Number Seven (Umbrella Academy) can remove the powers of whoever he shares his powers with.

Arthur Petrelli (Heroes) draining Adam Monroe of his power.

Professor Crumbs (Wizards of Waverly Place) can also take a wizard's powers if they lose the Family Wizard contest.

Videos

Dress Up with Mojo Jojo - Classic Powerpuff Girls - Cartoon Network

Korra's FIRST Time Meeting Amon 😨 - Full Scene - Avatar

Korra & Mako Rescue Bolin From Amon 🔥 - Full Scene - The Legend of Korra

Korra vs. Amon 🩸 FINAL BATTLE - The Legend of Korra-2

Eraser Head To The Rescue - My Hero Academia- Vigilantes-2

Rogue VS Wonder Woman (Marvel VS DC) - DEATH BATTLE!-2