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| x Magic |
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Harry Potter |
In the Harry Potter series created by J. K. Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual laws of nature. Many fictional magical creatures exist in the series, while ordinary creatures sometimes exhibit new...
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| Ronald Weasley | |||
| Professor Minerva McGonagall | |||
| Nico Minoru | |||
| George Weasley | |||
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| x Flight |
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Peter Pan |
Flight is the process by which an object moves, through an atmosphere (especially the air) or beyond it (as in the case of spaceflight), by generating aerodynamic lift, propulsive thrust, aerostatically using buoyancy, or by ballistic movement,...
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| Karolina Dean | |||
| Superman | |||
| Aurora | |||
| Northstar | |||
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| x Work Avoidance | Wally | ||
| x Skateboarding |
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Y.T. |
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. Skateboarding can also be considered a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and...
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| x Superhuman strength | Molly Hayes |
Superhuman strength, also called superstrength, super-strength, or super strength, is an ability commonly employed in fiction. (Nonfiction instances of temporary extraordinary strength is usually specifically considered hysterical strength.) It is...
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| Bender Bending Rodríguez | |||
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| x Mutant | Quentin Quire |
In comic books published by Marvel Comics, a mutant is an organism (usually otherwise human) who possesses a genetic trait called an X-gene that allows the mutant to naturally develop superhuman powers and abilities. Human mutants are considered to...
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| Moira MacTaggert | |||
| Vulcan | |||
| Isolationist | |||
| Mule | |||
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| x Solar Absorption Physiology | Karolina Dean | ||
| x Shapeshifting |
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Xavin |
Shapeshifting is a common theme in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. It is also found in epic poems, science fiction literature, fantasy literature, children's literature, Shakespearean comedy, ballet, film, television, comics, and video games....
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| Gumby | |||
| Odo | |||
| Sauron | |||
| Swamp Thing | |||
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| x Levitation |
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Palpatine |
Levitation (from Latin levitas "lightness") is the process by which an object is suspended by a physical force against gravity, in a stable position without solid physical contact. A number of different techniques have been developed to levitate...
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| Anakin Skywalker | |||
| Qui-Gon Jinn | |||
| Luke Skywalker | |||
| Obi-Wan Kenobi | |||
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| x Salesman | Leopold Bloom | ||
| x The Force | Leia Organa |
The Force is a binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star Wars galaxy created by George Lucas. Mentioned in the first film in the series, it is integral to all subsequent incarnations of Star Wars, including...
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| Palpatine | |||
| Anakin Skywalker | |||
| Qui-Gon Jinn | |||
| Luke Skywalker | |||
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| x Fire breathing |
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Trogdor |
Fire breathing is the act of creating a fireball by breathing a fine mist of fuel over an open flame. Proper technique and the correct fuel create the illusion of danger to enhance the novelty of fire breathing, while reducing the risk to health and...
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| Dragon | |||
| Godzilla | |||
| Toothless | |||
| x Read the alethiometer | Lyra Belacqua | ||
| x Telepathy |
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Palpatine |
Telepathy (from the Greek τηλε, tele meaning "distant" and πάθη, pathe meaning "affliction, experience"), is the transmission of information from one person to another without using any of our known sensory channels or physical interaction. The term...
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| Anakin Skywalker | |||
| Qui-Gon Jinn | |||
| Luke Skywalker | |||
| Obi-Wan Kenobi | |||
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| x Psychokinesis |
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Lucy |
Psychokinesis (from the Greek ψυχή, "psyche", meaning mind, soul, heart, or breath; and κίνησις, "kinesis", meaning motion, movement; literally "mind-movement"), also referred to as telekinesis (Greek τῆλε + κίνησις, literally "distant-movement")...
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| Elizabeth Dehner | |||
| Ness | |||
| Doctor Occult | |||
| Mysterio | |||
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| x X-Ray Vision | Superman |
In science fiction stories or superhero comics, X-ray vision is the ability to see through physical objects at the discretion of the holder of this superpower. The most famous possessor of this ability is DC Comics' iconic superhero character,...
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| Meteor Man | |||
| Krypto | |||
| Commander Brutus | |||
| Superboy | |||
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| x Metamorphmagus | Nymphadora Tonks |
In the fictional universe of J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series, a metamorphmagus (meta-MORF-ma-gus) is a wizard born with the ability to change their shape at will. Only one such character has been introduced, so details about the power are...
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| x Extra-sensory perception | Elizabeth Dehner |
Extrasensory perception (ESP) involves reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. The term was coined by Frederic Myers, and adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote...
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| River Tam | |||
| Jean Grey | |||
| Professor X | |||
| Sailor Mars | |||
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| x Life extension | Ra's al Ghul |
Life extension science, also known as anti-aging medicine, experimental gerontology, and biomedical gerontology, is the study of slowing down or reversing the processes of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan. Some researchers in...
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| x Gymnastics |
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Harley Quinn |
Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG...
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| x Superhuman speed |
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3-D Man |
Super speed is the ability to travel (typically running) at speeds much higher than the average speed for that form of travel.
Super speed is generally associated with superheroes, as well as with many other fictional characters. For a list of...
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| Aardwolf | |||
| Adam Warlock | |||
| Adrenazon | |||
| Adversary | |||
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| x Invisibility |
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Rodney Skinner |
Invisibility is the state of an object that cannot be seen. An object in this state is said to be invisible (literally, "not visible"). The term is usually used as a fantasy/science fiction term, where objects are literally made unseeable by magical...
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| Motoko Kusanagi | |||
| Invisible Woman | |||
| Hades | |||
| Ghost | |||
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| x Superhuman vision | Supreme | ||
| Steve Austin | |||
| Deidara | |||
| Alianne of Pirate's Swoop | |||
| x Regeneration |
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Claire Bennet |
In biology, regeneration is the process of renewal, restoration, and growth that makes genomes, cells, organs, organisms, and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage. Every species is capable of...
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| Alucard | |||
| Wolverine | |||
| Amazon | |||
| Alexander Anderson | |||
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| x Time travel |
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Wally West |
Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or...
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| Mister E | |||
| Legion | |||
| The Shrike | |||
| Amalgam | |||
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| x Freeze Time | Hiro Nakamura | ||
| x Nigh-invulnerability | The Tick |
This is the ability to withstand damage much more than normal.
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| Kakuzu | |||
| Kimimaro | |||
| Glorificus | |||
| Roronoa Zoro | |||
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| x Cold-blooded |
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Cold-blooded is a generic term used to refer to a complex suite of characters that determine an animal's thermophysiology. These characters include:
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| x Spider web |
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Spider-Man |
A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web or cobweb (from the obsolete word coppe, meaning "spider") is a device built by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets.
Spider webs have existed for at least 141 million years, as...
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| x Shaolin kung fu |
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Shaolin Kung Fu refers to a collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the Shaolin Monastery.
Of the multitude styles of kung fu and wushu, only some are actually related to Shaolin. Aside from a few very well known systems, such...
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| x Chinese martial arts |
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Beatrix Kiddo |
Chinese martial arts, also referred to by the Mandarin Chinese term wushu (simplified Chinese: 武术; traditional Chinese: 武術; pinyin: wǔshù) and popularly as kung fu or gung fu (Chinese: 功夫; pinyin: gōngfu), are a number of fighting styles that have...
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| Stuff the Chinatown Kid | |||
| x Dim Mak | Beatrix Kiddo |
Dim Mak, (traditional Chinese: 點脈; simplified Chinese: 点脉; pinyin: diǎnmài; literally "press artery"; Jyutping: dim2 mak6), alternatively diǎnxuè (traditional Chinese: 點穴; simplified Chinese: 点穴), more famously known as the Death Touch, is an attack...
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| Pai Mei | |||
| x Teleportation | Nightcrawler |
Teleportation is the fictional or imagined process by which matter is instantaneously transferred from one place to another.
Teleportation may also refer to:
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| Doctor Manhattan | |||
| Junzo Muto | |||
| Microwave | |||
| Pipeline | |||
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| x Genius-level intellect | Roy Batty | ||
| Detective Chimp | |||
| Iron Man | |||
| Maximus | |||
| Lelouch Lamperouge | |||
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| x Prophetic dreaming | Buffy Summers | ||
| Isaac Mendez | |||
| x Agility | Asterix | ||
| Albert Wesker | |||
| Hayt | |||
| Sanji | |||
| Brook | |||
| x Eidetic memory | Paul Atreides |
Eidetic memory ( /aɪˈdɛtɪk/), commonly referred to as photographic memory, is a medical term, popularly defined as the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with extreme precision and in abundant volume. The word eidetic, referring...
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| Shawn Spencer | |||
| Superman | |||
| Black Bat | |||
| Mercury | |||
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| x Power ring | Green Lantern |
A power ring is a fictional object featured in comic book titles published by DC Comics. It first appeared in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940).
The first appearance of a power ring was in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), the flagship title of...
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| Hal Jordan | |||
| Alan Scott | |||
| John Stewart | |||
| Atrocitus | |||
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| x Diplomacy |
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Jean-Luc Picard |
Diplomacy (from Latin diploma, meaning an official document, which in turn derives from the Greek δίπλωμα, meaning a folded paper/document) is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. It usually...
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| x Rasengan | Naruto Uzumaki | ||
| Konohamaru Sarutobi | |||
| Jiraiya | |||
| Minato Namikaze | |||
| x Shadow clone | Naruto Uzumaki | ||
| x Power absorption | Rogue | ||
| Sylar | |||
| x Computer programming |
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Hiro Protagonist |
Computer programming (often shortened to programming or coding) is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in one or more programming languages. The...
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| Da5id Meier | |||
| x Computer security |
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Hiro Protagonist |
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster,...
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| Da5id Meier | |||
| x Hacker | Hiro Protagonist |
Hacking means finding out weaknesses in a computer or computer network and exploiting them, though the term can also refer to someone with an advanced understanding of computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of...
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| Anarky | |||
| Barbara Gordon | |||
| Da5id Meier | |||
| Lisbeth Salander | |||
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| x Linguistics |
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Juanita Marquez |
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context. The earliest known descriptive linguistics activities are...
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| x Superhuman intelligence | Krona | ||
| Superman | |||
| Khan Noonien Singh | |||
| Valentine Michael Smith | |||
| Shikamaru Nara | |||
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| x Heat Ray Vision | Superman | ||
| Black Zero | |||
| Lar Gand | |||
| Supergirl | |||
| Kristin Wells | |||
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| x Superhuman Breath | Superman | ||
| Jiraiya | |||
| Kirby | |||
| King Dedede | |||
| x Faster-than-light |
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Superman |
Faster-than-light (also superluminal or FTL) communications and travel refer to the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light. Under the special theory of relativity, a particle (that has rest mass) with subluminal velocity...
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| Dawnstar | |||
| x Wu-Han Thumb of Death | Sensei Ping | ||
| x Precognition |
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Doctor Manhattan |
In parapsychology, precognition (from the Latin præ-, “before,” + cognitio, “acquiring knowledge”), also called future sight, and second sight, is a type of extrasensory perception that would involve the acquisition or effect of future information...
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| Trashman | |||
| Kristin Wells | |||
| Blindfold | |||
| Alley-Kat-Abra | |||
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| x Immortality |
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God |
Immortality is the ability to live forever, or put another way, it is an immunity from death. It is unknown whether human physical (material) immortality is an achievable condition —biological forms have inherent limitations which may or may not be...
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| Lucinda Nightbane | |||
| Contemplator | |||
| Allan Quatermain, Jr. | |||
| Cassidy | |||
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| x Stretching |
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Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately stretched, often by abduction from the torso, in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone. The...
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| x Forensics |
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Sherlock Holmes |
Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action. The word forensic comes from the Latin...
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| Lady Cop | |||
| x Natural deduction |
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Sherlock Holmes |
In logic and proof theory, natural deduction is a kind of proof calculus in which logical reasoning is expressed by inference rules closely related to the "natural" way of reasoning. This contrasts with the axiomatic systems which instead use axioms...
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| x Detection | Inspector Morse |
In general, detection is the extraction of particular information from a larger stream of information without specific cooperation from or synchronization with the sender.
In the history of radio communications, the term "detector" was first used...
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| Jason Todd | |||
| x Piano-playing | Adele Cecil | ||
| x Disguise | Sherlock Holmes | ||
| x Orbing | Paige Matthews | ||
| Whitelighter | |||
