History Main / ChromeChampion

* ''[[VideoGame/HiryuNoKen Flying Dragon]]'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} featured metallized versions of the playable characters as sub-bosses.

* While fish aren't actually made of metal, many species' scales [[https://phys.org/news/2008-01-mystery-metallic-sheen-fish.html give off the illusion]] of being metallic due to containing pigment cells called [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatophore#Iridophores_and_leucophores iridophores]]. These cells are so good at creating reflective, crome-like surfaces that they're currently being used as inspiration for new optical devices. As for the fish that use them: their silvery scales allow them to reflect scattered sunlight such that a predator can't detect them by looking for their shadow.

** ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX'': Mercury is of the liquid metal variety... except her hair, which remains red for [[HeroesWantRedHeads some reason]]. She's a {{shapeshift|ing}}er instead of strong. The element mercury is associated with the color red for a couple of reasons: First, "Everyone knows" mercury is the stuff in thermometers; some thermometers are ''clearly'' full of a red liquid. Second, Mercury ''compounds'' are often red; vermilion and cinnabar are both mercury compounds.

* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' has several:

** Waverider from ''ComicBook/Armageddon2001'' had parts of his body in a shiny metallic form when he became a time traveler.

* ''ComicBook/TheGoon'' had Dr. Alloy, who was a MadScientist AntiVillain [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned]] Klutz. A few of the trade paperbacks include some design sketches for the character, with artist Creator/EricPowell lamenting that too many of the early designs just look like the ComicBook/SilverSurfer cosplaying as [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Mr. Freeze]].

** ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'' has Mettle, who actually is a red variant compared to the standard silver.

** ComicBook/IronMan's new Model 51 'Endo-Sym' armor.
** Mercury of ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX'' is of the liquid metal variety... except her hair, which remains red for [[HeroesWantRedHeads some reason]]. She's a {{shapeshift|ing}}er instead of strong. The element mercury is associated with the color red for a couple of reasons: First, "Everyone knows" mercury is the stuff in thermometers; some thermometers are ''clearly'' full of a red liquid. Second, Mercury ''compounds'' are often red; vermilion and cinnabar are both mercury compounds.
** The ComicBook/SilverSurfer is the epitome of the [[SuperpowerLottery cosmically powered]] Chrome Champion. A [[HumanAliens Zenn-Lavian]] granted a fraction of the Power Cosmic and coated with a [[NighInvulnerability radiation/pressure/cold-resistant metal shell]], he's so powerful he's one of the few {{Flying Brick}}s who can easily best most characters in the MU. (At least a few stories have shown the Surfer's outer coating removed, leaving an ordinary-looking bald guy underneath. It's suggested that he requires said protection to fly through space and survive, but it's never explained why none of the other heralds of [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]] other than Nova seem to require it...)

** In ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', Victor Van Damme is transformed into a being of living metal by the teleportation experiment that he sabotaged.
** Colossus from ''ComicBook/XMen'' is a super-strong and tough type, who can transform at will from a normal (though fairly large and muscular) flesh-and-blood human to what the comics refer to as "organic" osmium steel).
* ''Vengeance of ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': The character Passion was a living construct of shiny silver metal. She was created by a woman who lost her son to werewolves to serve as an instrument of vengeance against evil-doers.

These types generally have one of two power sets. They either are [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]] and have SuperStrength or [[SuperWeight are fairly high up in terms of power]], usually being {{Reality Warper}}s or in control of some fundamental natural force.

** ComicBook/CaptainAtom, [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Citizen Steel]], and [[ComicBook/SevenSoldiers Bulleteer]]. Captain Atom is of the "cosmic" and "super strong" varieties, being a man with the substance of an extradimensional organism grafted to his flesh. Citizen Steel is super strong and tough, with the twist of having a very limited sense of touch due to his organic steel skin. The Bulleteer is super strong and tough, thanks to an accident involving metallic smartskin.

* Mr. 1 from ''Manga/OnePiece'' ate the Supa Supa no Mi (Dice-Dice Fruit) which turned his body into one.
* [[spoiler: Setsuna]] becomes one of these at the end of ''Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer''.

* Cooler from the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' movies looks like this after fusing with The Big Gete Star[[spoiler: or rather his clones do]].
* In ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', the final form of General Rilldo looks like a naked humanoid alien made of steel.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Cang Du can coat his skin with a layer of iron to increase his durability.

* ''Creator/{{WildStorm}}'': Void and [[ComicBook/TheAuthority The Engineer]]. Void is a mysterious alien entity that bonded with a human woman, granting her teleportation and strange intuition. The Engineer is much like ComicBook/IronMan, but has replaced her blood with {{Nanomachines}} which act as SwissArmySuperpower -- and [[InstantArmor extrudes some of it through the pores of her skin]] as [[LatexSpaceSuit skin-tight armor]]. Yes, she is essentially running around naked. She's an exhibitionist.

** Captain Atom's EvilCounterpart (and also a member of ComicBook/GreenLantern's RoguesGallery) Major Force.
** Bombshell of the ComicBook/TeenTitans. Her powers are derived from the same source as Captain Atom.

** Piston Force, a cousin of D.C. Force of ''ComicBook/SuperboyAndTheRavers'', has silvery metallic skin, and his transformation is explicitly more than skin deep since his he no longer has human blood, instead possesses black circulatory fluid.
** The ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' villain Goldface. GL's ring doesn't work on him because, you know, yellow... gold... same dif. His protege, ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' villain Blacksmith, is much the same. There's also Blacksmith's cohort, the slow-witted behemoth Girder, who got his powers from being thrown in a vat of molten slag from STAR Labs after trying to assault a female coworker. He also rusts ''painfully'', and gets torn in half by Magenta's magnetic powers on more than one occasion.
** ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': The Legion has Ferro Lad (or just Ferro in the Postboot version), who can become living iron at will, all the way to his core. The properties of his metal self allowed the Preboot version to make a HeroicSacrifice by using himself as a conductor when the last-ditch weapon the Legion was using against a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sun Eater]] broke down.
** ''ComicBook/Superboy1994'' anti-villain Silver Sword is encased in a silvery substance that responds to his mental commands and works as armor, a morph-weapon, and a flight suit for him.
** Waverider from ''ComicBook/Armageddon2001'' had parts of his body in a shiny metallic form when he became a time traveler.
** Cyber-Cat, a very shiny cyborg assassin-thief with a cat theme who works for [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al-Ghul]], fought ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} and later showed up as part of Circe's group of villains in "[[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 The Witch and the Warrior]]".
** Peter Platinum, the ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'' counterpart of ComicBook/BoosterGold, wears an advanced version of Booster's [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman power suit]] that makes him look like he's completely coated in silvery material.
** August General in Iron, of the ComicBook/GreatTen, had his skin turned into living armor (which looks like rusted iron) as a side-effect of a cure for an alien infection. He also has an extremely stunted sense of touch.

** Galactus himself starts sporting this look in ''Ultimate Hunger'' [[spoiler:after merging with his ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' counterpart Gah Lak Tus, a HiveMind swarm of killer robots]].

** Mercury of ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX'' is of the liquid metal variety... except her hair, which remains red for [[HeroesWantRedHeads some reason]]. She's a {{shapeshift|ing}}er instead of strong. The element mercury is associated with the color red for a couple of reasons: First, "Everyone knows" mercury is the stuff in thermometers; some thermometers are ''clearly'' full of a red liquid. Second, Mercury ''compounds'' are often red; vermilion and cinnabar are both mercury compounds.
** In ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'', Victor Van Damme is transformed into a being of living metal by the teleportation experiment that he sabotaged.
** ''ComicBook/EarthX'':
*** Iron Maiden, who sounds like an ComicBook/IronMan ripoff, but she's simply coated in Vibranium, which she can manipulate. Not very shiny, though.
*** In ''Universe X'', Doctor Doom is redeemed after he died and helped kill Death (don't think about that too hard). In the wake of that, he becomes one of Captain Marvel's archangels, and along with Iron Man has a completely metallic skin.
** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
*** Spider-Man's foe The Molten Man, whose skin is bonded with a golden organic alloy.
*** Robin Vega from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan1990'' #82-83 is a mutant able to transform herself into any metal. She had shapeshifting, super strength and, if not [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]], [[{{Pun}} at least she was]] MadeOfIron. This was her only appearance, so [[HurricaneOfPuns she shined briefly]]. Given her abilities, it was a shame. Also kind of a [[{{Anvilicious}} living anvil]] against racism (in the form of FantasticRacism).
** ComicBook/IronMan's new Model 51 'Endo-Sym' armor.
** ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy'' has Mettle, who actually is a red variant compared to the standard silver.
* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' has several:
** El Robo of the Irregulars is a muscular young man covered in steel.
** Steeljack is a former super-villain whose entire body is covered in living metal. [[BlessedWithSuck It cuts down on his sense of touch,]] but he's completely human underneath. Worse, he's tarnishing with age, having been a supervillain for decades.
** In Los Angeles, the superhero Starpower is a silver man wrapped in a film strip, while the Platinum Blonde was a robotic villain who fought El Hombre.

* ''ComicBook/TheGoon'' had Dr. Alloy, who was a MadScientist AntiVillain [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned]] Klutz. A few of the trade paperbacks include some design sketches for the character, with artist Creator/EricPowell lamenting that too many of the early designs just look like the ComicBook/SilverSurfer cosplaying as [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Mr. Freeze]].
* Capitan Rivet from ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Family}}'': He isn't shown using it much, but Al apparently has the power to turn his body into metal.
* An early '90s indie comic, ''Chrome'', is about an astronaut who was melded with his silvery survival suit. Cut off from the outside world in the absence of electronic input.
* ''Vengeance of ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': The character Passion was a living construct of shiny silver metal. She was created by a woman who lost her son to werewolves to serve as an instrument of vengeance against evil-doers.

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* Just about everyone remembers the nude chrome {{Fembot}} of ''Pinball/{{Viper}}'' more than the game itself.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' Glitterboys are PoweredArmor examples, being [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]] and having SuperStrength. The brilliant silver armor was originally just a defence against laser weapons, but now that TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt has come and gone, the shining appearance has made them symbols of hope for humanity in the time AfterTheEnd.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has a spell called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Invulnerable Skin of Bronze]]. It's advised not to go swimming with that in use.
* In ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'', the Glass Walkers have the gift Steel Fur, which gives them an armor bonus while slightly reducing their dexterity.
* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' has the Body of Metal meta-trait which you can either have intrinsically or get via magic. Ultra-Tech has a nanobot suit of armor that makes you more durable, stronger, and faster.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has [[https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Karn Karn, Silver Golem]]. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A golem made of silver]]. Becomes a TinTyrant later on when possessed by Phyrexia, then goes back to being a Chrome Champion again.
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'' also has this, one of the mutations that a Champion of Chaos can get is the metal body. All of your flesh is turned into metal and you receive some really nice bonuses to toughness and strength as a result. Wizards of the Gold school also have a ritual that can turn your body into shiny, solid gold. Current leader and champion of the wizard orders, Balthazar Gelt has done this.

* Maxima from ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'' is made of some kind of golden metal. All she'll say is that 1: It's not actually gold, and 2: It's classified. Though apparently no one knows what it is anyway, so it's kind of moot. [[spoiler:A flashback shows her metal skin started to develop after she broke open a geode and was soaked in the unidentified fluid inside.]]
* Scale, the heroine of ''Webcomic/CameoComic'', received a [[SuperWristGadget wristband]] from the {{Magitek}} world of ''Webcomic/MagicalMisfits'', that can cover her body with an armor of liquid metal, as well as growing blades over her arms, T-1000-style.

* In ''Roleplay/DarwinsSoldiers'', Gustave [[PlayingWithSyringes injects himself]] with a SuperSerum that infuses his bones, claws, and teeth with metal in addition to granting him metallic skin.