- "Like the yellow dust that drifts on the westerly winds, my body can reduce to tiny fragments and reassemble. But that is all... That is all there is to my ability."
- ― Wu Tomoki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion)
The power to separate and disperse into smaller particles. Sub-power of Shapeshifting and Teleportation. Opposite to Reforming.
Also Called
- Dispersal/Dispersion
- Scattering Teleportation
- Self-Deconstruction/Dispersal/Dispersion
- Self-Fragmentation
- Swarming/Conceptuportation
- Swarm Form/Separation/Splitting
Capabilities
The user can disperse their body into smaller fragments, like someone who already is made of sand, insects, or water spreading themselves or vampires that can turn into a flock of bats, scattering into a large area while retaining control over their fragments instead of staying in relatively cohesive form and reforming from any part.
While this ability does not really make the best offense, as a defensive form it is almost invincible.
Applications
- Personal Deformation
- Reforming
- Self-Disintegration
- Spying/scouting large areas at once.
- Defensive dispersing making the user very hard to hurt and especially capture/kill since finding all of the fragments is practically impossible using normal methods.
Techniques
- Bullet Projection by launching fragments as projectiles.
- Shard Manipulation by manipulating fragments to attack.
- Sharpness Manipulation if the fragments are particle-sized, creating thin-bladed weapons.
- Construct Creation by restructuring the fragments into various formations.
Variations
Associations
- Ash Resurrection
- Disassembly
- Elemental Mimicry
- Evaporation
- Formlessness
- Form Shattering
- Fragoportation
- Granulation
- Intangibility/Elemental Intangibility
- Isoportation
- Liquid Mimicry
- Molecular Teleportation
- Multi-Shapeshifting
- Partial Teleportation
- Safe Mode
- Teleportation
- Unraveling
Limitations
- There's a limit for how far the scattered parts can be from any other part.
- May need most of the scattered pieces together to be able to reform.
- Missing parts may cause the inability to reform or cause reforming in a diminished/wounded state or partially complete.
- Number of scattered pieces may be limited by the user's body size.
- May require enhanced coordination to control all the fragments.
- If half or all the scattered parts are injured, the user will also be when they transform back.
- May be vulnerable to gas or other attacks that affect a wide area while in swarm form.
- May be limited to certain swarms to turn into.
- Animal Manipulation, if turned into any animal.
- Nature Manipulation, if turned into anything nature related such as fire, water, air, mud, sand , plants etc.
- Object Manipulation, if turned into objects.
Known Users
See also: One to Million to One and Super Smoke.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Meisa Ichikawa (Coppelion)
- Janemba (Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn)
- Hildegarn (Dragon Ball Z: Wraith of the Dragon)
- Shinra Kusakabe (Fire Force); via Light Speed Movement
- Baek-Ji (Hero Killer)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Shaiapouf (Hunter x Hunter)
- Wu Tomoki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: JoJolion)
- Ash (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Setsuna Tokage (My Hero Academia)
- Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)
- Gaara (Naruto)
- Katsuyu (Naruto)
- Konan (Naruto)
- Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
- Nagi Springfield (Negima!)
- Logia-Type Users (One Piece); except Blackbeard
- Buggy the Clown (One Piece)
- Captain Very Good (One Piece)
- Gekko Moriah (One Piece); via Doppelman
- Laglade (One Step Closer to the Demon King)
- Amoeba Boys (Powerpuff Girls Z)
- Reiri Kamura (Princess Resurrection)
- Medusa (Soul Eater)
- Arachne (Soul Eater)
- Mosquito (Soul Eater); 400 years ago form
- Genbu (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Comics
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Martian Manhunter
- Miss Martian
- White Martians
- Valerie Van Haaften/Puzzler (DC Comics)
- Sandy Hawkins/Sandman (DC Comics)
- William "Flint Marko" Baker/Sandman (Marvel Comics)
- Sooraya Qadir/Dust (Marvel Comics)
- Quicksand (Marvel Comics)
- Fritz von Meyer/Swarm (Marvel Comics)
- Miss Arrow/Ero/The Other (Marvel Comics)
Movies
- Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
- Hades (Clash of The Titans)
- Emily (Corpse Bride)
- Red Dragon (Dragon Hunters film)
- Vlad III Tepes/Dracula (Dracula Untold)
- Destroyah (Godzilla)
- Mina Harker (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
- Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Ravenna (Snow White and the Huntsman)
Tabletop Games
- Shardminds (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Anansi (Old World of Darkness)
- Changing Breeds (New World of Darkness)
Literature
- Hastur, Duke of Hell (Good Omens)
Live Television
- Alexander Lucard/Count Dracula (Dracula: The Series)
- Indigo/Brainiac 8 (Supergirl)
- Ray Terrill/The Ray (Freedom Fighters: The Ray)
- Gray Granite (Mighty Med)
Cartoons
- Party God (Adventure Time)
- Spectral Body Manipulation Users (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom
- Dark Danny
- Vlad Masters/Plasmius
- Style Queen (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Behemoth (Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate)
Video Games
- Birdman (Alan Wake: American Nightmare)
- Alice Lidell (Alice: Madness Returns)
- Stratos (Azure Striker Gunvolt)
- Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
- Jeanne (Bayonetta)
- Zaktan (Bionicle)
- Zealots of the Lady (BioShock Infinite)
- Trevor Belmont/Alucard (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2); via Bat Cloud
- Gabriel Belmont/Dracula (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2; via Plague of Rats
- Demitri Maximoff (Darkstalkers)
- Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
- Nevan the Lightning Witch (Devil May Cry 3)
- Shapeshifters (Dragon Age)
- Morrigan (Dragon Age)
- The Warden/Warden-Commander (Dragon Age: Origins)
- Vampire Lords (The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard)
- Harkon (The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard)
- Last Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard)
- Cole MacGrath (inFamous: Festival of Blood); via Shadow Swarm
- Celia Penderghast (inFamous: Paper Trail)
- Delsin Rowe (inFamous: Second Son); via Smoke
- Hank Daughtry (inFamous Second Son); via Smoke
- Kain (Legacy of Kain)
- Antasma (Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)
- Cackletta (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
- Yelow Devil (Mega Man series)
- Yellow Devil MK-II (Mega Man 3)
- Soulblighter (Myth)
- Sophie (Tales of Graces)
- Vampires (Touhou Project)
- Suika Ibuki (Touhou Project)
- Eternity Larva (Touhou Project)
- Beatrice (Umineko When they Cry)
- Vagullion (Ys Origin)
Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original
- Ruby Rose (RWBY)
- Neopolitan (RWBY)
- The Curious Cat (RWBY)
Known Objects
- Horde of Haiku (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Watermelon Egg (Roblox: Egg Hunt 2013)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Meisa Ichikawa (Coppelion) breaking apart at an atomic level to avoid attacks and launching fragments as projectiles.
Hirudegarn (Dragon Ball Z: the Wrath of the Dragon) scattering into intangible ectoplasm to avoid attacks and move quickly.
Katsuyu (Naruto) dividing her own boneless body to many clones to avoid attacks and apply long-distance healing.
Itachi Uchiha (Naruto) using crows as a medium for his clones, which scatter when no longer needed.
Konan (Naruto) scatters into thousands of sheets of paper that can fold into origami.
Gaara (Naruto) deconstructing his own body into the sand, granting him invulnerability to attacks and flight.
Buggy (One Piece) scattering his body parts and levitating them, launching them at high speed for offense.
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Crocodile (One Piece) is a prime example of how Logia Devil Fruit users scatter their element-composed bodies — in his case, sand — for invulnerability.
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Gekko Moriah (One Piece) commanding his Doppelman clone to scatter into his Break Bat.
Very Good (One Piece) scattering his body into floating orbs, protecting him from blunt attacks and using the pieces as projectiles.
Monet (One Piece) scattering her own snowy body apart to prevent Tashigi from striking her with Haki.
Wu Tomoki's Stand, Doctor Wu (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion) can break his body into tiny particles that can move on the wind.
Cartoons/Comics
Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
Vlad Masters/Plasmius (Danny Phantom)
Dark Danny (Danny Phantom)
Fright Knight (Danny Phantom)
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Martians (DC Comics) being avid shapeshifters...
...are capable of scattering and then piecing themselves back together into any form imaginable, molecule by molecule.
The Puzzler's (DC Comics) body is able to be scattered into puzzle pieces which she can control...
...her ability in use.
Ero/The Other (Marvel Comics) scattering into a swarm of spiders.
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Sooraya Qadir/Dust (Marvel Comics) turning her body into a loose silicon sand blast for destructive purposes, which are also sharp enough to act as microscopic blades.
Spawn (Image Comics) can also transform into a swarm of bats and transports from place to place.
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Behemoth (Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate) turning himself into a pile of volcanic rocks.
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Red Dragon (Dragon Hunters film) can disperse into smaller segments of itself.
Video Games
Alice (Alice: Madness Returns) scatters into butterflies.
Cole MacGrath (inFamous: Festival of Blood) was turned into a vampire by Bloody Mary, so he is able to turn himself into a flock of bats.
Live Television/Movies
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Vlad III Tepes/Dracula (Dracula Untold)
Tia Dalma/Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Emily (Corpse Bride)
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Rama Khan (Arrowverse/Supergirl) separates his body as a pile of rock then reassembles himself.
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Stardust (The Thundermans: Undercover) can scatter his body as dust.
Buggy (Netflix’s One Piece)
Others
Zaktan (Bionicle) was blasted with The Shadowed One's disintegrator eyebeams, causing his body to become composed of trillions of microscopic protodites.
Vampires (Mythology) are famously known for their ability turn into a bat swarm.
Videos
The Birth of Sandman Scene - Spider-Man 3 (2007) Movie CLIP HD-2
Spider-Man vs Sandman - First Fight Scene - Spider-Man 3 (2007) Movie CLIP HD-2
One Piece(Netflix) - Buggy The Clown Also Ate Devil Fruit - Top Binge Action
Zoro, Nami, Luffy VS Buggy Full Fight - One Piece Live Action Netflix
Sandman's Bank Robbery - Spectacular Spider-Man (2008)
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008) - Spider-Man vs. Sandman Scene (S1E5)-2
The Spectacular Spider-Man - Giant Sandman Attack (S2E5) - Movieclips
The Spectacular Spider-Man - Sandman Stops the Oil Tanker Explosion (S2E5) - Movieclips
Spider-Man Fights Sandman on a Frozen River 🌊⏳ - Ultimate Spider-Man - @MarvelHQ