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| 7 | ->'''Narrator:''' Meet the Fantastic Four -- whose powers line up perfectly with their Fantastic Fore-shadowing.\ |
| 8 | '''Victor:''' ''[to Reed]'' Same old Reed, always stretching.\ |
| 9 | '''Victor:''' ''[to Ben]'' I see you're still doing all the heavy lifting.\ |
| 10 | '''Susan:''' ''[while becoming invisible]'' ... to be seen and heard.\ |
| 11 | '''Nurse:''' ''[to Johnny]'' Oh, you're hot!\ |
| 12 | '''Johnny:''' ''[with a beeping thermometer in his mouth]'' Why, thank you, so are you. |
| 13 | -->-- '''WebVideo/HonestTrailers''' for ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' |
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| 15 | Often, when there's a superhero team, their powers will reflect their personalities with the most blatant symbolism possible. Someone with sun or light-based powers will be optimistic and sunny, while someone with moon or night-based powers will border on moody and dark. |
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| 17 | Mystical characters may have this as part of their SuperHeroOrigin; the moon spirits seek out those who are dark and moody, or having all that moon energy in your body makes you dark and moody. But this is rare; often, it just happens that the optimistic and sunny guy is the one who gets caught in the FreakLabAccident involving concentrated solar power. |
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| 19 | This trope is too convenient to be a notably DiscreditedTrope. As a result, it is almost as common for superheroes to have the exact opposite personality that one would expect, with sun guy being dark and night guy being happy -- see PowerStereotypeFlip for examples of this. It's much rarer to simply [[AvertedTrope ignore the trope]] and make the powers truly random, so they don't coincide or contrast with anybody's personality. |
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| 21 | If you count mythology, and godly portfolios as powers, this is OlderThanFeudalism. Greek mythology, with its very human gods, is probably the most blatant, with the sun god Helios being inspiring and alive, while his sister, the moon goddess Selene, is aloof and solitary, and so on for most of the other gods. Of course, these are justified; the Greco-Roman gods were [[AnthropomorphicPersonification incarnations]] of that which they represented. |
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| 23 | This trope is a bit of a ChickenAndEggParadox. If a person has a set of abilities long enough, it can influence their personality. In other cases, their personality is what influences the powers they get. It's not always entirely clear which way the causal arrow goes, or if they're even causally linked at all. |
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| 25 | [[folder:Common Forms of Personality Powers]] |
| 26 | * ''{{Animal|ThemedSuperbeing}}s'': People with animal-based powers often look or act like that animal before they got the powers -- or more frequently, [[AnimalMotifs like that animal is often used symbolically]], e.g. a bull-guy may be easily provoked like a real bull. |
| 27 | * ''ElementalPersonalities'': See the trope page for more on this. |
| 28 | * ''[[PoisonousPerson Emitting Poisons]]'': Anyone who controls or is made of poison/toxic waste/diseases will be a very lonely, petty, and cruel person with a [[DeadpanSnarker cutting tongue]]. Alternatively, they may instead be a sad person who just [[TheWoobie wants (and needs) a hug]]. |
| 29 | * ''FlyingBrick'': Superman expys [[PhysicalGod being what they are]], their personality can come in a variety of flavors (mainly revolving around being ''waaay'' better than [[TheAce everyone else]]). You have the typical [[TheParagon role model]] hero who is looked up to by everyone in the world and is [[TheCape near-perfect]]. Indeed, this is such a well-known combination that [[BewareTheSuperman subversions and deconstructions]] that are depicted as [[ComicBook/{{Exiles}} arrogant]], [[Literature/SteelHeart god-like]], and [[ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}} evil]] have become just as wide-spread and well-known. Regardless of being good or evil, having arguably the most versatile and [[SuperpowerLottery best powerset]] will make damn near anyone into a SmugSuper. |
| 30 | * ''[[BarrierWarrior Generating Shields]]'': Those with shielding powers tend to be a [[TheHeart kind, caring person]], and at least a TechnicalPacifist if not an ActualPacifist. |
| 31 | * '' [[MasterOfIllusion Illusions]]'': Among the more (if not the most) complex and difficult characters to understand. They are deep, metaphorical, and prone to speaking in riddles. Expect them to be dangerously [[ConsummateLiar good liars]] and [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bastards]], that it's very hard to trust them fully. Don't expect them to [[NotQuiteDead go down so easily either]], for this power is infamous for faking death. Both Heroic and Villainous examples, tend to show these characters concealing hidden thoughts and ideas behind a facade. |
| 32 | * ''MagnetismManipulation'': This power can be a reflection of a character's own social magnetism [[MagneticHero due to charisma]] and other eye-catching traits. If it's portrayed in a less positive way, magnetic powers can be associated with a DoomMagnet or a WeirdnessMagnet. |
| 33 | * ''[[TheBigGuy Musclemen]]'': A character whose only power is being big and tough will be [[DumbMuscle dumber than a bag of rocks]]. If they're good, they're doggedly loyal and probably InspirationallyDisadvantaged. If they're evil, they're bullies and thugs. While this is [[GeniusBruiser turned around]] as often as any of the other Personality Powers, a smart muscleman is particularly likely to surprise people in the story. |
| 34 | * '' {{Reality Warp|er}}ing'': Reality warpers tend to be determined, strong-willed, and/or wanting to realize their dreams or wishes. {{Manipulative|Bastard}}ness is also a common trait. |
| 35 | * ''ShapeShifting'': People with VoluntaryShapeshifting are almost always a ShapeshiftingTrickster, using their many forms to good advantage (this, too, goes straight back to mythology). Of course, this is one of the more justified chicken/egg scenarios, as if you did have shape-shifting powers, this is the kind of thing you would do. Similarly, those with InvoluntaryShapeshifting, or who only shift to a specific form, will exhibit the personality characteristics associated with that form. Side effects may include suffering from an identity crisis. |
| 36 | * ''[[SoulPower Souls and Spirits]]'': Those with power over spirits and/or spiritual energy are likely to be creepy, quiet, and/or stoic. |
| 37 | * ''[[{{Invisibility}} Stealthy]] [[{{Ninja}} Guy]]'': No-nonsense, subdued action, hushed tone, love of surprises. Alternatively, a trickster who likes [[InvisibleJerkass playing pranks on people]], or someone who [[InvisibleIntrovert really doesn't like being the center of attention]]. |
| 38 | * ''[[RubberMan Stretchy Body]]'': Those who can manipulate their body like rubber are often FunPersonified who like morphing their body into strange shapes. They tend to have quite the tactical prowess and creativity with how they use the ability, even if they may [[SmarterThanYouLook look dumb at first glance]]. |
| 39 | * ''{{Super Speed}}sters'': Impatient, twitchy, impulsive, and brash. Brag more than anyone, like a drag racer or old-time motorhead. Frequently explained as a side effect of the fact that the character's super-speed makes the rest of the world seem very slow by comparison. In other words, a male speedster is usually a {{Keet}}, a female is a GenkiGirl. |
| 40 | * ''[[MindOverMatter Telekinesis]]'': Characters who have telekinetic powers tend to have a controlling nature and authority or need to have more control in their own life. |
| 41 | * ''{{Telepathy}}'': Somebody who reads or controls minds comes in two flavors. Heroes will be [[MindOverManners wise, and almost mystically philosophical (if they aren't actual monks)]]. TheFace of the group will have something like this. Villains will be manipulative, crafty, and probably a ControlFreak (strangely, a villain who relies on mind control rarely gets lazy and unused to manipulating people the old-fashioned way). But in a neutral way, it can reflect someone's curiosity about what people think about others. |
| 42 | ** ''MindControl'': As mentioned above and being often an extension of {{Telepathy}}, this one will belong with [[ControlFreak naturally controlling characters.]] Inversely, it can be paired with ExtremeDoormat characters who need assertiveness or authority. |
| 43 | * ''{{Teleportation}}'': People able to teleport are those who need to be at many places at the same time or have just an evasive nature for different reasons. |
| 44 | * ''TimeTravel'': Anyone who can move through time is usually airy and disconnected, often saying that they can [[OmniscientMoralityLicense use their knowledge of the future to "do no wrong."]] Expect them to be AboveGoodAndEvil if they're adept at [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight controlling the past]] to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong suit their whims]]. |
| 45 | * ''TimeMaster'': Similarly, those who can warp time (such as reversing it, stopping it, hastening it, etc.) tend to be rather whimsical and carefree people who tend not to think about the consequences of their actions and likes to get away with anything. Especially dangerous if they're the villain. |
| 46 | * ''WeatherManipulation'': Characters with passive-aggressive tendencies, who are mood-swinging, representing good and bad weather. |
| 47 | * ''WizardsAndWitches'': In a superhero tale where [[ScienceFantasy magic and high technology co-exist]], a magic user is deadly serious, pompous, creepy, or all three. Also, due to the usually epic amount of study involved, academic. |
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| 50 | Oftentimes, SuperTrope of TransformationConventions (the object or being a character transforms into fits their personality). Compare PlanetOfHats, SplitMindSplitPowers, and BadPowersBadPeople. See also AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance. Contrast EmotionalPowers, GoodPowersBadPeople, BadPowersGoodPeople and PowerStereotypeFlip. Supertrope to ElementalPersonalities and, through that, of PsychoElectro. |
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| 52 | !!Example subpages: |
| 53 | [[index]] |
| 54 | * PersonalityPowers/AnimeAndManga |
| 55 | [[/index]] |
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| 57 | !!Other examples: |
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| 61 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': Apollo literally [[{{Pollyanna}} runs on sunshine]], while Midnighter's powers relate exclusively to beating the crap out of his opponents [[AwesomenessByAnalysis in the most efficient way possible]]. However, how much of Midnighter's disposition comes from natural cynicism, and [[SelfFulfillingProphecy how much of it comes from being the ruthless killing machine among more, er, constructive powers]], is up for debate. |
| 63 | * ''Franchise/TheDCU'': |
| 64 | * %%* ''ComicBook/ElongatedMan'': The main character admired rubber men while growing up and sought a means to make himself like it.%%And is an example of this why? |
| 65 | ** ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': |
| 66 | *** Bart Allen (aka ComicBook/{{Impulse}}) plays this trope straight. Due to being raised in a virtual world, he was left with no attention span or concept of danger -- leading him to [[LeeroyJenkins rush at everything with little forethought]] (hence the codename). These aspects were taken away when the character was {{ReTool}}ed into Kid Flash; however, his speedy personality returned when he came BackFromTheDead in ''[[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Legion of 3 Worlds]]''. |
| 67 | *** Wally West, MediaNotes/{{the Modern Age|OfComicBooks}} Flash, is also rather [[FieryRedhead impulsive]], and he mentions that it's why he wouldn't work well as Impulse's mentor (he'd lose his patience too quickly). He generally does his best to control it after CharacterDevelopment, though. (Not so much for the [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse cartoon]] version though.) |
| 68 | ** ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'': Obsidian's powers ended up changing his personality, becoming darker and more deranged until he reached true villainy. He got better, though. |
| 69 | ** ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': |
| 70 | *** ComicBook/CosmicBoy is (usually) a MagneticHero with MagnetismManipulation powers. He is less charismatic in some later versions. |
| 71 | *** In the "Threeboot" version Creator/MarkWaid brought this trope in a much more subtle way than done before, basically saying that their powers changed them and so people are looking at them differently, how they interact with people is different. Chameleon, the team shapeshifter has a malleable personality so he mimics those who he is surrounded by. Dream Girl is now literally a dream. More info found [[http://legionabstract.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-have-cracked-freaking-code.html here]]. |
| 72 | ** ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'': Plastic Man is a case of someone becoming what their powers allow them to be. Eel O'Brian was a small-time gangster who got doused by a vat of chemicals, came out with superpowers, and made a HeelFaceTurn, becoming a superhero. Over time, he developed into a superpowered Creator/JimCarrey-style comedian. |
| 73 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Rudy Jones was a pathetic janitor that had no qualms about bumming food and money off of people nice enough to share them with him such as [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark Kent]]. So, of course, he gained superpowers that reflected this as the Parasite. |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'': Willy Pete is a wild and destructive villain whose body is covered in fire hotter than the surface of the sun. |
| 75 | * ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'': |
| 76 | ** ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': In the early days of the comic book, the fire-throwing Human Torch was a hot-tempered grease monkey, the Invisible Girl was shy and meek, the brilliant scientist Mr. Fantastic had powers based on being flexible and adaptable, and the musclebound, monstrous Thing, while not stupid, maintained a "Brooklyn bruiser" persona and had trouble expressing his feelings. Although this is less evident in more recent comics, it's still sometimes referred to. |
| 77 | *** ''ComicBook/WhatIf'': In #6, the FF get different powers that ''still'' reflect their personalities. Sue gets the Mr. Fantastic powers, with her meekness being described as a "pliable" personality. The other three powers are completely different (Reed is a living brain, Johnny's interest in mechanics makes him a robot, and Ben's love of flight causes him to grow wings). |
| 78 | *** A later ''What If'' issue (v2 #11) explored what might have happened had all four gained the same power, and suggested that, while the Invisible Girl/Woman would always be happiest with her power, Johnny might actually be happier as Mr. Fantastic (which he used to become a popular entertainer, more akin to the "sillier" Plastic Man and Elongated Man), while Ben would have been the most comfortable as the Human Torch (which helped in his job as a test pilot, allowed him to become a stuntman, and ultimately led him to become a popular solo superhero). |
| 79 | *** [[DependingOnTheWriter More recent interpretations]] have emphasized the Invisible Woman's forcefield power as related to her TeamMom or MamaBear traits. Likewise Mr. Fantastic's malleable body is shown as an extension of his expansive and malleable mind. |
| 80 | *** ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'': This is a case of powers causing personality for Reed as he's revealed to be stretching his brain to make himself smarter. This perhaps helps explain why building a teleporter took him so long while his Time Machine was built in a relatively trivial fashion off-screen. |
| 81 | *** A number of adaptations depict what powers the team obtained as being based on what was happening to them at the moment the Cosmic Rays hit their ship: Johnny was caught on fire, Susan was trying to lift debris that was trapping her (which explains her making forcefields; some adaptations have her being hit by a shockwave instead); Reed is stretching himself out (either to get ahold of the controls or trying to reach Susan) while being pinned down by debris as well; and Ben is usually slammed with meteors or has the highest amount of exposure to the rays (which explains his transformation being the most drastic among the four), whislt exerting his strength to help save his crew. |
| 82 | ** ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers'': Subverted and supported simultaneously by Flatman of the GLA/GLX/Lightning Rods/whatever they're calling themselves now. On the one hand, his primary power is exactly that of Reed Richards (who he looks almost exactly like, strangely enough), flexing and bending all over the place while having the personality of wet cardboard. But then again, he's got stretching and bending powers -- except that he is utterly and completely flat, matching his droning lectures and utter lack of interestingness. |
| 83 | ** ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': |
| 84 | *** As far as the Hulk himself, his powers are actually ''based'' on his personality. As the Hulk himself notes, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "the angrier Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets"]], as his strength, speed, and HealingFactor all increase with his emotions. Partially {{justified|Trope}} by the suggestion that the Hulk's powers are in fact tied to his body's adrenaline production -- the more stress chemicals his body produces, the stronger his powers become. |
| 85 | *** Gamma mutants like the Hulk have transformations directly linked to their mental state. In the case of the Hulk, his transformation is linked to Banner's repressed anger issues combined with [[SplitPersonality multiple personality disorder]]. His cousin, Jen Walters, was a meek, sexually repressed woman, but as ComicBook/SheHulk she becomes the ideal woman; strong, independent, beautiful, and sexually liberated. Doc Samson's transformation was based on a repressed desire to be a hero. Sam Sterns was a bit of a moron who envied the smarter people he worked around, and he became the Leader, one of (if not the) smartest people in the Marvel Universe. Emil Blonsky was filled with self-loathing, and he became the Abomination. The general powers of these individuals are mostly the same (except for the Leader), but the manifestation varies widely based on the personality of the person being affected by gamma. |
| 86 | *** Thunderbolt Ross hunted the Hulk for years but secretly envied and coveted the Hulk's power all that time. So it's no surprise that his mutated ComicBook/RedHulk form looks almost exactly like the big green guy except for the coloring. |
| 87 | *** There's a degree of variance in how the Hulk's powers manifest depending on which Hulk personality is ascendant -- his baseline strength and intellect, potential strength, HealingFactor, what triggers his transformation (Banner getting angry or nightfall), and whether any secondary powers show up (like LivingLieDetector) are all open to change when a new Hulk manifests. |
| 88 | ** ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'': Kamala Khan is a shapeshifter, but unlike [[ShapeshiftingTrickster most examples]] she's honest and genuinely heroic. Rather, it factors into her being a Pakistani-American Muslim teenager and feeling uncomfortable in her own skin. The lesson she has to learn in her first story is that she has to accept herself for everything she is, rather than try to be a watered-down version of someone else. As she turns into other people less frequently, she instead primarily uses her powers to [[RubberMan change the proportions of her body]], emphasizing her teenage [[FunPersonified playful streak]] and her intelligence as she uses the laws of physics to her advantage. |
| 89 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': |
| 90 | *** {{Goth}} girl Nico is a witch whose spells are powered by {{blood|Magic}}. |
| 91 | *** Subverted by Karolina. She is flighty, cheerful, and has powers that involve the sun, light, and flying. However, her cheerful flightiness is [[StepfordSmiler an act]]. |
| 92 | ** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': |
| 93 | *** There's a mind-numbing amount of animal-themed Personality Powers, along with an occasional MeaningfulName or StevenUlyssesPerhero. Otto Octavius has tentacles like an octopus, and he's grasping and manipulative. The Vulture is a mean, bitter man who preys on the weak (and even looks like a vulture with his [[BaldOfEvil bald head]] and [[SinisterSchnoz hooked nose]]). The Rhino is big, tough, and stupid. Eventually, Creator/JMichaelStraczynski did a LampshadeHanging on it, suggesting that these villains are totemic representations, and unconsciously target Spider-Man because ''his'' totemic representation is "true" while theirs are false. |
| 94 | *** At first glance, Spider-Man himself seems to be an aversion. He's a genuinely good guy, and even maintained his Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man image during the days of the NinetiesAntiHero. However, the public's perception of Spider-Man is very much like that of a spider. He is misunderstood, sometimes hated or hunted, dangerous when threatened, but ultimately a helpful force in that he acts as a form of pest control. |
| 95 | ** ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 96 | *** For the first two issues, the Beast played this trope straight. He was bombastic, brutish, and blunt-brained, just as you'd expect a musclebound lunk to be. The writers quickly discovered the comic potential in a "beastly brute" who recited eloquent Shakespeare, however, and by issue three the Beast's well-known Harvard-educated persona was in place. |
| 97 | *** Nightcrawler is a deliberate aversion on two fronts, both hinging on the fact that he has looked like a blue demon since the day he was born. Creator/ChrisClaremont quickly decided that Kurt [[AngstAversion shouldn't be overly angst-ridden]], but instead made him an upbeat, cheery charmer and Creator/ErrolFlynn idolizer, as well as having him eventually decide that he should be "out and proud" as a mutant, rather than disguise himself. And in contrast to his demonic appearance, he is [[RealMenLoveJesus a devout and practicing Catholic]] who eventually became a priest. Adaptations have tended to play up his angst, though. |
| 98 | *** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, an anti-social [[TheBerserker berserker]] who considers civilization suffocating, has claws, super-strength, a strong sense of smell, and a strong resistance and regeneration power. These powers all make him come off as a wild animal in human clothing. |
| 99 | *** Rogue zigzags this. Her main comics depiction tends toward being a cheerful, outgoing woman... with an uncontrollable death touch. Other media versions cast her as a gloomy, withdrawn goth with an uncontrollable death touch. |
| 100 | * ''ComicBook/TheLibertyProject'': Among the members, the firestarter is aggressive and has rage issues, while Slick, whose body can generate an incredibly slippery liquid, has a personality that matches his name. |
| 101 | * ''ComicBook/NoHero'' justifies this by having the drug [=FX7=] granting powers by bringing out what was inside. |
| 102 | * ''ComicBook/TheUltraverse'': Prime from ''Ultraforce'' is a thirteen-year-old boy with the power to form a pseudo-organic shell around himself with powers and appearance that reflect his belief of what makes a hero. When he first manifested his abilities he was a huge fan of comic book superheroes and he could transform into a muscular caped FlyingBrick. Later, after meeting individualistic cynical antiheroes and suffering from inner doubts, his new Prime form resembled a typical NinetiesAntiHero. After reconciling his newfound cynicism with his original ideals, his final Prime form is a mix of the two that leans more towards his original [[TheCape Cape]] form. Another hero named Elven with the same powers as Prime was a fan of ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' and other HighFantasy works and turned into an elf warrior with magical powers. |
| 103 | * ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': The original comic plays this trope much straighter than the cartoon adaptation does. CloudCuckoolander Hay Lin [[BlowYouAway controls air]], grounded, skeptical DeadpanSnarker Cornelia [[DishingOutDirt controls earth]], while Taranee is an ironic reversal of the usual PlayingWithFire type, being very shy and gentle and thus reliable enough to be entrusted with the most easily destructive element (you should still BewareTheNiceOnes, though). Irma, who [[MakingASplash controls water]] is kindhearted and laid-back, but also impulsive. Will, who [[ShockAndAwe controls energy and electricity]], is emotional and volatile, but also determined. ''All'' generations of Guardians have similar personalities linked to their power. This was a source of anguish for Will, as her predecessor [[FallenHero became a villain]]. |
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| 106 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 107 | * ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': |
| 108 | ** At first glance, Luz Noceda having a PowerParasite ability doesn't seem to fit her, having a [[GenkiGirl completely different personality]] to [[CardCarryingVillain the previous user]]. All For One speculates that the reason Luz received this Quirk was, instead of {{Greed}}, due to her subconscious desire to take power away from those who had power over her and made her feel small, weak, and powerless. |
| 109 | ** Being a practicing Christian girl, its fitting Julia Wittebane's Quirk is thorny vines. |
| 110 | ** Stanley has NervesOfSteel so its fitting he has SuperToughness, giving him an equally tough body. |
| 111 | ** Camila Noceda has been given the Quirk "Repair", a HealingHands power, which goes well with her KindlyVet job and NiceGirl nature. She also wants to "Repair" her relationship with her daughter after what happened to Luz at [[DeadlyGame Reality Check Summer Camp]]. |
| 112 | ** [[spoiler:Odalia's]] Quirk is called "Stockpile" that gets StrongerWithAge. Ever since she got it, she has strived to become a "stronger" ([[TookALevelInKindness and better]]) person ever since she had a reality check in her encounter with [[BigBad All For One]] that nearly cost her everything. |
| 113 | * ''Fanfic/TheArithmancer'': Hermione considers inventing a [[TheToothHurts Tooth-Drilling Hex]] for Harry to use in the Triwizard Tournament, but eventually decides to [[InvokedTrope save it for herself]] as the daughter of two dentists. |
| 114 | * ''Fanfic/ABetterClassOfCriminal'': Bookworm, as shameless a geek and nerd as any, gains libriomancy, the power to make small items from books real. |
| 115 | * ''Fanfic/BetweenMyBrotherAndMeMorsOmnibus'': |
| 116 | ** Yvonne Maxa has the skills to summon strings like a puppeteer due to her love of puppetry while simultaneously being capable of murder. She uses the Shaddoll deck whose gimmick is that they're zombified monsters of previous archetypes resurrected the purple strands of El Shaddoll Construct. This also reflects how Yvonne Maxa became reborn from a timid girl nearly killed by a mob boss to the strong and confident Grand Lorde Guignol. |
| 117 | ** When Dawn is [[CameBackStrong "repurposed"]], her augment is strength in her arms. It's mentioned in the prequel that all Dawn wanted to do was hug her brother -- who HatesBeingTouched -- but she dies just when she finally gets to hug him. Once she's [[spoiler:resurrected as a Dark Signer]], the curious Ayu Ayukawa can look into the past of a location if relates to a question that's on her mind. |
| 118 | * ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'': Played with. There is an element in Burnscar and Labyrinth's powers -- the pyrokinetic that is compelled to burn and the girl that literally gets lost in imaginary worlds. Others are less clear -- like Charnel and Auspice. Justified in the former case (she's a girl profoundly transformed by a villainous wetware tinker), and the latter case is an abstract Thinker power (though considering the owner's BookWorm tenancies...) |
| 119 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'': |
| 120 | ** Thor is the GodOfThunder and Lightning ([[RunningGag not Reason and Understanding]]) and the Lord of Storms, and like the weather he can flip moods pretty dramatically from calm and steady to UnstoppableRage pretty quickly -- especially when someone threatens his son. |
| 121 | ** Jean-Paul zig-zags the tropes, being a light-hearted [[SuperSpeed speedster]] who apparently zips from one casual relationship to another and moves on pretty quickly from changes. However, this seems to be something of [[ObfuscatingStupidity a façade]], with his actual personality being more detached, pragmatic, and at times, cold, calculating, and terrifyingly ruthless. |
| 122 | ** Diana also zig-zags the trope. On the one hand, she's an [[PsychicPowers Empath]], among other things, and a gentle, kind, and friendly person in the MindOverManners sort of way. On the other hand, she's also TheBerserker, something she actively tries to suppress. |
| 123 | ** Harry pretty much plays it straight. He's brilliant with fire, and, once he begins to open up and acknowledge his feelings more, he proves to be quite HotBlooded. And then there's [[spoiler: the Phoenix...]] But, at the same time, he's also warm and kind. You just really, really don't [[KillItWithFire want to piss him off]]. He even eventually settles as a textbook example of FieryStoic. |
| 124 | * ''Fanfic/CindersAndAshesTheChroniclesOfKamenRiderDante'' has Hoshi don the [[PlayingWithFire Volcano Belt]], which at first seems to fit with being HotBlooded, although it's later shown that the powers, which includes [[IncendiaryExponent being set on fire]] and [[AngstNuke exploding when his anger is at critical mass]], highlights the darker aspects of Hoshi. Namely, his self-destructive behaviour and his anger at [[ILetGwenStacyDie letting close friends die]]. This follows through as he swaps Belts for the more efficient Volcannik Driver, which ''doesn't'' set him on fire or make him explode, mirroring how Hoshi cooled down over his emotions. It's revealed that the other Rider Belts function similarly, being [[EmotionalPowers powered by different emotions]] and as such, their users tend to gravitate towards those mindsets. |
| 125 | * ''Fanfic/CultivatingEmpathy'' gives some upgrade to the naturally diplomatic and understanding Lan Xichen by turning him into TheEmpath and later having him accessing [[{{Omniglot}} the Gift of Tongues]] after he's Chosen to be a Herald, so he's able to communicate with ''anybody''. Rather a fitting power for a future political figure. |
| 126 | * ''Fanfic/{{Empathy}}'': Riley Anderson, was already a friendly, social girl with a strong moral compass (if her Friendship, Goofball, and Honesty Islands were any indication) before she became an empath capable of sensing the emotions of others and hearing her emotions talk in her head. |
| 127 | * ''Fanfic/TheGamesWePlayTheGamerRWBY'': This is not outright stated but implied with Adam. At first, all he could do with his Semblance was take in energy and release it as an attack, reflecting how he absorbed his frustration with and hatred of the world and threw it back. He eventually learns to control the absorbed energy, first to buff his sword strikes and then to buff himself directly, reflecting how he changed to absorb the hurt and draw strength from it. |
| 128 | * ''Fanfic/IWokeUpAsADungeonNowWhat'': {{Downplayed}} with evocation magic. All evocations are aligned with one of seven personality traits (kindness, calmness, knowledge, justice, passion, determination, and bravery), and it's easiest to cast evocations aligned with your dominant personality traits. So, for example, because lightning is aligned with ''justice'', it's easier to use lightning evocations if you have a strong sense of fairness and desire for justice. |
| 129 | * ''Fanfic/JojosAlienAdventure'': Ben's Stand, Emerald Ace, reflects his own personality, but in a somewhat different manner than most Stands. Instead of the power relating to his personality, it's how he calls it: the Stand reflexively acts upon someone being in trouble, such as helping Jotaro against Avdol or removing the flesh bud from Kakyoin. This fits with Ben's ChronicHeroSyndrome and his reckless personality, and his {{Kiai}} ("HERORORORORO!") shows that when Ben fights, it's always with the intent of helping others. |
| 130 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12459102/1/Loud-heroes Loud Heroes]]'': This is discussed prominently in Chapter 4 when [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse Lincoln]] questions why he and each of his sisters got different superpowers following Lisa's lab accident that they were all affected by at the beginning of the fic, figuring out that it has something to do with their different personalities. |
| 131 | ** Lincoln concludes that his own [[PlayingWithFire fire-based powers]] are based on the consistent temper and stress he has had living with his sisters, which Lori sums up as "catching fire". |
| 132 | ** Lori is told by Lincoln how rapidly organized she is when it comes to both her personal issues and her leadership over the rest of the siblings, hence her SuperSpeed. |
| 133 | ** Leni's superpower is creating clones of herself, which Lincoln mentions to be related to how she tends to be "split" when it comes to making decisions with various options, especially her fashion hobby. |
| 134 | ** Luna's various powers, which [[ShockAndAwe use electricity in a number of ways]], fit her "electrifying" personality and use of electric guitars and amplifiers. |
| 135 | ** Luan can turn herself invisible to be stealthy, much like how she prioritizes when it comes to [[ThePrankster setting up pranks]]. |
| 136 | ** Lynn has SuperStrength, mentioned by Lincoln to be due to how she largely uses her athletic physical prowess in place of thinking. |
| 137 | ** Lucy's [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] are said by her to correspond to the expression of "giving people the cold shoulder", matching her character of enclosing her emotions to herself and being largely emotionless when talking to others. |
| 138 | ** Lana's ability to shapeshift into a variety of animals is attributed by Lincoln to her being an AnimalLover. |
| 139 | ** Lola has the power of materializing crystals (including on her own body) capable of cutting almost anything, based on her favorite aesthetic regarding riches, elegancy, princesses, etc. |
| 140 | ** Lisa's [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] comes from her ChildProdigy status and tendency to multi-task. |
| 141 | ** The sole exception is Lily, whose [[GreenThumb powers to create plants and manipulate existing ones]] are guessed by Lisa to be because of [[MeaningfulName her name matching that of a flower species]]. |
| 142 | * ''Fanfic/{{Manynette}}'': Marinette is akumatized into Manynette after becoming overwhelmed with stress and exhaustion. She becomes a group of copies, with each copy having limitless energy to carry out one of Marinette's responsibilities. Furthermore, [[spoiler:the real Marinette is revealed to be Napinette, the one who sleeps constantly. This means [[MundaneUtility her power is to create clones to do her tasks while she rests]]]]. |
| 143 | * ''Fanfic/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace'': Splash Woman is vain and self-centered, and her powers make robots enamored with her. If she wanted she could have everyone worship her. |
| 144 | * ''Fanfic/MyMiraculousAcademia'': It's established that, while it takes a certain personality type to be a proper wielder of their miraculous, the miraculous in turn affects their wielders. For example, while Izuku was meek to begin with, wielding the Butterfly Miraculous (butterflies often treated as fragile, its powers being support-based and providing empathetic abilities) makes him into a stuttering mess whenever he interacts with people. |
| 145 | * ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'': The [[ParodySue SUEs]] often have powers that reflect the effect various Mary Sue archetypes have on canon. |
| 146 | ** Mariko Suou is a Classic Mary Sue and has the power to make people consider her the most important person in her lives, much like how Sues are immediately loved by everyone in their stories. Her Child, Baldur, can revive her if she's mourned while dying (patterened after a DisneyDeath cliche common to Suefics), but this never comes up because she dies while alone (Turns out, being the most important person in everyone's lives is a bit of a [[BlessedWithSuck sucky blessing]] when the local superheroines fight with their most important person's lives on the line). |
| 147 | ** Hitomi the JerkSue has a Child that can torture people and is capable of mind-control, reflecting how Sues force other characters to act unnaturally in their story. |
| 148 | ** Shizune Otonashi is a fundamentalist Christian who seeks to impose her beliefs on everyone else, and she has PowerNullifier abilities that reflect both her personal desire to subjugate others and how the presence of Sues commonly renders other characters incompetent to make Sues look better in comparison. |
| 149 | ** Bachiko can rewrite personalities, much like how Sue writers make others OutOfCharacter to enable the story. |
| 150 | ** [[spoiler: Meiko]] can rewrite memories, reflecting how Sues insert themselves into canon events (i.e. being a sibling or childhood friend of a canon character). |
| 151 | ** Makoto is a shapeshifter, thus making her the perfect copycat. |
| 152 | ** [[BigBad The Usurper]], who seeks to impose his will on the world, has the ability to [[spoiler:possess and control someone]]. |
| 153 | * ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': The Elements of Harmony and the Elements of Chaos both work this way, giving their users superpowers based on how they represent it (though this is only seen in the [[BadFuture Dark World]] as the main timeline versions don't use their's often enough to develop the powers). For example, Fluttercruel is a SerialKiller and a Psychopathic Manchild, so her Element of Cruelty manifests by letting her make weapons from her body. [[spoiler:When [[PowerParasite Rarity gets it]] (via her Element of Desire), she's a ''lot'' less restricted in what she can make and what its made of (ranging from weapons to shields to walls and composed of anything from diamond to platinum), likely due to ''not'' representing a single aspect of the Element of Cruelty like Cruel did. When Dark World Diamond gets it in LooseCanon as Cruelty's RedeemingReplacement, the power changes completely to WordsCanBreakMyBones.]] Other examples include the paradox-loving Element of Laughter Apple Pie having the ability to alter or disrupt the flow of mana via invoking {{Logic Bomb}}s and the {{Determinator}} Element of Loyalty Derpy Hooves getting SuperToughness and a LimitBreak that lets her continue fighting in order to protect what she cares about. |
| 154 | * ''Fanfic/APosseAdEsse'': Zigzagged. Rather than mapping specifically to their personalities, the superpowers map to whatever therapeutic mindset or "stage" the [[VideoGame/DieAnstalt disabled cuddly toys]] were at the time. EG: Since Kroko is at the stage where he believes he is an eagle, the power surge enables him to fly and gives him enhanced vision; since Sly is in a high-speed tail-obsessed circuity mental state, he gets the SuperSpeed and [[ShockAndAwe electric]] powers; etc. |
| 155 | * ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse'': Unicorn ponies' spells are generally tied to their special talent, which is in turn tied to their personality. This also shows up to a lesser degree with the other two tribes, as more of their magic is internal. |
| 156 | * ''Fanfic/TheresSomethingAboutMarinette'': Heart Baker, the akumatized [[spoiler:Marinette Dupain-Cheng]], is a multi-level example. She is a love-themed baker with the ability to take people's hearts in the form of baked treats. What she pulls out of their chests depends on their feelings for her civilian self. This symbolizes her desire to be loved. She also has a horror motif, due to her finding love terrifying: She was terrified to try and confess to her crush and [[spoiler:her first kiss with Chloes terrified her]]. The thing that got her akumatized was her fear that she would die alone after said crush seems to reject her. |
| 157 | * ''Fanfic/ATypicalPokemonJourney'': The characters typically have Pokémon based on their personalities. For example, Lucy, who has a rather sweet personality, has a Clefairy as her starter Pokémon (though aside from being cute Clefairy is also rather smart and a kleptomaniac). Sometimes however the characters will have a Pokémon that one would not typically expect them to have, such as the nerdy Ned having a Gyarados. |
| 158 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12137994/6/A-World-Without-Zeref A World Without Zeref]]'': Magic, especially Maker magic, is said to be just as much reflecting a person's soul as it [[InvertedTrope shapes the user's soul]]. Mika Fullbuster in the Zeref less timeline was said to orignally be a kind and gentle woman. However, her jealousy of how close her husband Silver and Ur were becoming caused great resentment, leading her to learn [[PlayingWithFire Fire Maker Magic]] to not only counter Ur's Ice Maker Magic but also teach it to her son Gray. The end result is her becoming a hot-headed and fiery woman powered by hatred, which ended up pushing her husband away. |
| 159 | * ''Fanfic/WorldsApartMLP'': Blizzard is a stoic Earth pony with [[AnIcePerson ice powers]]. |
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| 161 | |
| 162 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 163 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'': The Madrigal family's respective magical gifts compliment their personality in some manner or another. |
| 164 | ** Julieta is a caretaker by nature, and her power lets her heal people's injuries by [[HealthFood feeding them food that she made]]. |
| 165 | ** Overly dramatic and [[MoodSwinger emotionally volatile]], Pepa's gift is influencing (and often drastically and instantaneously changing) the weather around her. |
| 166 | ** The way Isabela makes her surroundings blossom with her GreenThumb, specifically how precise and graceful her control over her gift is, represents her status as a golden child striving for perfection. [[spoiler: Notably, when she finally lets out her true feelings and lashes out in anger, she seemingly makes a spiky plant like a cactus for the first time in her life. During her subsequent IAmBecomingSong, it's implied that Isabela has a genuine interest in botany and horticulture considering her vast knowledge of tropical and desert plants.]] |
| 167 | ** Luisa is the dependable child who strives to be a strong figure others can lean on. She has SuperStrength. |
| 168 | ** Dolores is a quiet and introverted person, so her SuperHearing allows her to get information without actually talking to anyone. Perhaps because of this, she is a bit of a gossip. |
| 169 | ** According to his official description, Camilo "doesn't quite know who he is yet", which is portrayed with both him possessing an ability to shapeshift into other people. He also frequently uses it to engage in mischief, such as shapeshifting into Dolores in order to sneak extra helpings at meal times and taking on the form of Mariano, Isabela's potential fiancee, when teasing her about their relationship. |
| 170 | ** Antonio is quiet and not comfortable talking with most people, preferring to spend time with animals. He gains the ability to [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Speak Fluent Animal]]. |
| 171 | ** Bruno is the worrywart of the family, as described by the movie's creators, and thus [[BlessedWithSuck can literally only see bad things in the future]]. However, [[spoiler:he gave Isabela an undeniably good prophecy and Mirabel later helps him experience a positive vision, implying that he would be able to see more good futures if he got a more positive outlook on the world.]] |
| 172 | * ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': Justified. Elsa's {{psychoactive|Powers}} [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] strongly influence her personality. She hides from the world by acting [[IceQueen emotionally detached]] because she's afraid of what might happen to her or what she herself might end up doing if she doesn't control her powers, and [[TragicIceCharacter suffers greatly from that]]. |
| 173 | * ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'' plays this straight with the Parrs. Bob the father gets super strength because he's the foundation for the family. Helen the mom gets super-stretching because mothers tend to do many tasks simultaneously. [[ShrinkingViolet Violet]], an insecure teenager, gets invisibility and forcefields. Dash, the hyperactive kid, gets SuperSpeed. Jack-Jack, the baby, gets a grab-bag of powers, a metaphor for the vast potential of infants. There's also the cool and collected Frozone. |
| 174 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' connects Miles Morales, aka [[LegacyCharacter Spider-Man II]], as a fearful and insecure kid with his [[{{Invisibility}} camouflage ability]]. It's initially the only power he can use semi-reliably as he [[HowDoIShotWeb tries to figure out his abilities]]. |
| 175 | [[/folder]] |
| 176 | |
| 177 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 178 | %%* ''Film/TheFantasticFour'' explains that the four heroes received their powers based on their personalities.%%ZCE. How? |
| 179 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': |
| 180 | ** Loki is the Norse God of Mischief, so naturally, he's gifted with MasterOfIllusion and some PsychicPowers. |
| 181 | ** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': The SuperSoldier Serum always grants enhanced strength, but its other effects are extrapolations of what the recipient is like; "good becomes great; bad becomes worse." After seeing what the prototype serum did to the ComicBook/RedSkull, Doctor Erskine refuses to give the serum to a candidate who is in much better shape than Steve Rogers but is also a bully. |
| 182 | ** ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': It's [[CerebusRetcon explained]] that the backstory established by ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' was that Banner had been attempting to replicate the serum, having been told by the military that it was a way to make soldiers resistant to radiation, only learning the truth ''after'' he used himself as a lab-rat. It's inferred that in Banner, it vastly magnified his suppressed rage, while Blonsky ended up losing control to his BloodKnight tendencies. |
| 183 | * ''Film/Shazam2019'' has each member of Billy's [[OrphanageOfLove foster]] [[FamilyOfChoice family]] get the full FlyingBrick powerset but they could each utilize one right away, under duress, without the learning curve Billy had been going through for most of the movie -- HeroWorshipper with [[DisabilityNegatingSuperpower mobility issues]] Freddy gets flight, [[AsianAndNerdy tech geek]] Eugene gets electricity control, [[WeightWoe wannabe bodybuilder]] Pedro gets strength, and MotorMouth Darla gets speed. |
| 184 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': Professor Charles Xavier is cerebral and emotional, and his {{Telepathy}} happens to impact both of these domains in other people. |
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| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 188 | * ''Literature/AllTheSkillsADeckbuildingLitRPG'': |
| 189 | ** A common belief is that cards in the Heart Deck (and ''especially'' the very first one) will affect a person's personality. Arthur worries about accepting the Thief class he obtains from his skills because he worries this will make him more likely to steal. |
| 190 | ** Likewise, personally building a card out of shards will manifest a card related to the person who made it--though not necessarily what they actually ''want''. Because of this, it's traditional for people to build their first card for their Heart Deck themselves. |
| 191 | * ''Literature/BloodMemories'': Vampires each develop a different kind of hypnotic aura based on their strongest personality trait in life. This aura is used to help the vampire get prey. Eleisha, who was a small, delicate, sweet-natured girl in life, makes people see her as innocent and helpless. Edward, who was outgoing and likable in life, becomes incredibly charming and charismatic. Maggie and Philip, who were both considered extremely attractive and sexy in life, gain the ability to inspire sexual attraction in others. Julian, who others found creepy and off-putting even in life, gains the ability to paralyze his victims with fear. |
| 192 | * ''Literature/CiaphasCain'': Jurgen, faithful sidekick of everyone's favorite HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, the single most unclean, untidy, and unattractive soldier in the Imperial Guard, and certainly one of the most [[DumbIsGood simple-minded]] ones who, as Cain likes to point out, has a refreshing lack of thought of his own, is a "blank", a person who is immune to and cancels out psykers and any Warp-related powers. Justified, in that him being unattractive and devoid of much character is a direct consequence of his power. His rather obvious lack of hygiene is actually a way to give others an explanation for the uncomfortable sense of "weirdness" that his power gives off. |
| 193 | * ''Literature/{{Digitesque}}'': The gifts seem to influence the people who have them. Pathfinders are repeatedly stated to be non-violent, and several people are caught off-guard by one attacking from stealth, while warriors and hunters are seen as too eager for violence. |
| 194 | * ''Literature/{{Domina}}'': This is how powers operate. Derek wanted to protect people; he became a BarrierWarrior. Laura wanted to know when people were lying; she became a LivingLieDetector. Akane wanted her sword to be useful; she gained SuperSpeed. [[spoiler:Lilith loves everyone in the city and sees herself as empty without them; she got the [[AllYourPowersCombined power to use the power of anyone who loves her back]]]]. WordOfGod is that there is some subconscious decision-making going on, however. For example, Laura accidentally locked herself into a bad upgrade path by insisting on ''always'' having the ability to know when people are lying; since her power is so easy to use, using it doesn't improve it at all. On the other hand, Ling is usually quite a bit stupider than Laura, but she has enough gaming experience that she was able to unconsciously [[MinMaxing MinMax]] her DishingOutDirt power a bit. |
| 195 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' have two examples: the divinely-empowered Knights of the Cross and the more complicated wizards. |
| 196 | ** The Knights wield powerful, glowing swords that are each named after a particular virtue, and will only function as the magical, priceless artifacts they are when wielded by someone who embodies that virtue. Given that the Swords of the Cross are literally distributed by angels, you can more or less expect someone who uses one to be an incorruptible, fearsome force for good. |
| 197 | ** Wizards share at least some common spells and magical abilities such as the Sight, but all wizards eventually specialize during their training, becoming expert at one or two aspects of magic that are relevant to their personality. |
| 198 | *** Harry Dresden is a passionate, bluntly honest wizard who prefers combat to the intellectual politicking of his peers, has a temper problem, and often finds himself needing to take the fight to his enemies (or track down and rescue his allies); because of this, he specializes in conjuring fire and making spells that track people. (The latter is also useful in his day job as a [[OccultDetective private investigator]].) |
| 199 | *** Molly Carpenter is an insightful teenager whose [[PerkyGoth personality]] juxtaposes an innocent, very strong ''desire'' to do good with the trauma-induced cynicism of her later years. This translates into her becoming a "sensitive" -- a magician who specializes in mind magic (illusions, invisibility, brainwashing...) but who has an empathic connection to all beings (good or evil, happy or sad) around her that she cannot turn off. Also, mind magic can be adapted to help in nearly any situation, but it counts as black magic -- which is literally addictive and hurts your soul. |
| 200 | * ''Literature/TheEggMan'': Each person is born with one of their senses hyper-evolved, and one character claims that each person is shaped by that sense. Thus, Smells are [[NeatFreak fussy and anal-retentive]], Feels are perpetually horny, Tastes end up [[BigEater getting fat]], Sounds are [[TheParanoiac paranoid]] and Sights are [[NosyNeighbor always spying and snooping]]. |
| 201 | * ''Literature/TheExtraordinarySecretsOfAprilMayAndJune'': |
| 202 | ** Brainy, focused eldest sister April has the ability to [[OmniscientHero see the future]]. |
| 203 | ** [[FriendlessBackground Lone wolf]] [[MiddleChildSyndrome middle child]] May has the ability to turn invisible. |
| 204 | ** Youngest June, who desperately seeks to be popular and cares a lot about how she is seen by others, has the ability to [[BewareTheMindReader read people's minds]]. |
| 205 | * ''Literature/{{GONE}}'' series by Michael Grant; |
| 206 | ** [[TheHero Sam Temple]] can [[LightEmUp emit light and warmth from his hands]]. He's the warm-hearted, heroic force of good. He is also afraid of the dark. |
| 207 | ** His long lost twin brother [[BigBad Caine Soren]] has [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], the power to control every inanimate object and even people, moving and levitating them to his every whim...He's a controlling, power-hungry dictator who loves to manipulate situations. He also developed a power that impressed Diana. |
| 208 | ** Caine's girlfriend Diana has the power to tell [[RandomPowerRanking if someone has powers, and how powerful they are if they do have powers,]] or basically "to read" someone... she's also super judgemental and sarcastic and can read everyone's flaws as well as their powers. |
| 209 | ** [[GenkiGirl Brianna]] is a zippy, hyperactive, borderline ADHD thirteen-year-old girl who talks way too fast... and has SuperSpeed. |
| 210 | ** [[TheWoobie Brittney]] is resilient and never gives up, even when all seems hopeless... [[CompleteImmortality she's immortal and cannot die]]. |
| 211 | ** Computer Jack develops super-strength, a power that would impress Diana. |
| 212 | ** Lana and Orc gain their powers to survive a coyote attack. |
| 213 | ** Bug gains his powers in order to hide from his AbusiveParents. |
| 214 | * ''Literature/TheGuardiansMeljeanBrook'': Each Guardian has a Gift related to their life. Someone who yearned to see the world and was trapped in their hometown will gain the Gift of {{teleportation}}, while someone who strove to be honest will gain the Gift of [[LivingLieDetector detecting truth and lies]]. |
| 215 | * ''Literature/HarryPotter'': |
| 216 | ** The animal shape that an Animagus can take is the animal they are most like. |
| 217 | ** Patroni also seem to be influenced by the caster's personality. Sometimes indirectly, though: many Patroni, fitting with their Protector intent, take the animal representation of people they are particularly close to. Harry's patronus is a stag, like his father. There are examples of Patroni changing after a significant alteration in the caster's life, although it's not clear whether this is conscious or something that just happens. Tonks' Patronus changes [[spoiler:into a wolf after she falls for Lupin, a werewolf]], and [[spoiler:there's no way that Snape's started out as a doe. The doe represented Lily, whom he loved enough to commit his life to constant danger as a spy.]] |
| 218 | * ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' has daemons, which are a physical representation of the soul. Each person has only one, and a momentous event in a person's life is when their daemon "settles" into one animal form, meaning that it can no longer change shape freely and that the person in question has realised who they are. Daemons are very useful in combat (especially a child's daemon, because it can become any animal imaginable) and therefore act as a variant of this trope. |
| 219 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Gandalf is especially adept with fire magic and also has a hot temper. |
| 220 | * ''Literature/MagicExLibris'': The libriomancers can magically recreate small items, magic or high tech, from books and at higher levels duplicate literary spells and powers. No person seems to gain this power without already being a dedicated and enthusiastic reader. |
| 221 | * ''Literature/{{Manifestation}}'': Multiple characters have this, but the most notable is [[spoiler: one of the main characters, Tock Zipporah. She is studying mechanical engineering, and she ends up with a power that can repair mechanical and electric devices.]] |
| 222 | * ''Literature/{{Midnighters}}'' plays it straight, with the implication that your personality affects your powers and your powers affect your personality. Team leader Rex wears [[NerdGlasses absurdly thick glasses]] and is a Seer. Anti-social {{Goth}} Melissa has {{Telepathy}} that she can't turn off and [[HumansAreBastards hates people]] because she has to listen to their petty thoughts ALL THE TIME. Polymath (read as Math Whiz) Dess doesn't want to get involved in the politics of the group; numbers are so much simpler. [[MeaningfulName Jessica Day]] turns out to be [[spoiler: a Flame Bringer]] and flighty, happy-go-lucky Jonathan, who just wants to have some fun, is an [[IBelieveICanFly Acrobat]]. |
| 223 | * ''Literature/ThePowerlessOfThisWorld'': Most characters don't seem to fit this, at least not in any obvious way. However, there's also Grigori Petelin, by the nickname of Yadozub (literally translated as "Poisontooth"), whose "superpower" is his [[WhatKindOfLamePowerisHeartAnyway extraordinary ability to hate people]]. At the culmination of the novel, it apparently allows him to [[spoiler:hate his unlucky target, some fifty innocent bystanders, and himself to death]]. Anyway, that's just what he does, and it's his defining personality trait. It doesn't exactly win him friends. |
| 224 | * In ''Literature/ThePrecipice'', Grace Philips is a geeky workaholic who gains mental powers that allow her to learn and intuit at superhuman speeds, going from a freshman student to building a zero-point power generator in just a few weeks. |
| 225 | * ''Literature/TheQuestOfTheUnaligned'': Mages in the kingdom of Cadaeren are impacted by the type of elemental magic that they use. This means that, as they use their powers, shamais (water) tend to become staunch, hidebound traditionalists; aeshes (fire) grow to be intelligent, innovative, and iconoclastic; aretzes (earth) tend to be stable, kind, and reliable; and ruahks (air) grow flighty and hyperactive. |
| 226 | * ''Literature/TheRapeOfTheLock'': [[MrExposition Ariel the sylph explains for the audience's benefit]] that, when young women die, their personalities determine their roles in the afterlife: stuffy prudes become gnomes and live in the earth; romantic, emotional girls become watery nymphs; hot-tempered {{Tsundere}}s become fiery salamanders, and the coquettes who stay above real emotional connection become sylphs and live in the air. They spend their afterlives perpetuating their favorite activities: Ariel, a sylph, exists to help Belinda be even more of a flirt and heartbreaker than she already is. However, when Belinda's [[TraumaticHaircut hair is stolen]] and she declares war on the race of men, Ariel can no longer influence her, and she falls under the power of the gnomes. |
| 227 | * ''Literature/{{Renegades}}'': Several prodigies, particularly among the Anarchists, have astonishingly appropriate powers, although one may argue their personalities were shaped by them. |
| 228 | ** The Detonator can create explosives with her mind and has the explosive personality to match. |
| 229 | ** The Puppeteer can MindControl children, and has a mind of a psychotic {{Manchild}}. |
| 230 | ** [[IKnowWhatYouFear Phobia]] dresses in all black and keeps apart from others. |
| 231 | * ''Literature/SassyMates'': Played with. For plot reasons, every female protagonist ends up becoming a werewolf -- even Nicole, a materialistic girly-girl who hates being out in the wilderness. Some enjoy their wolf forms more than others, but the writer makes it clear that a "wolfish" personality is not a prerequisite. |
| 232 | * ''Literature/ShadesChildren'': Ella, the technician and strategist, can create tools out of thin air. Ninde, the people-loving child is a telepath. Gold-eye, the survivalist, has precognition. Then there's Drum, who could be called an aversion; he is telekinetic, a power usually reserved for physiological weaklings to allow them to measure up to stronger allies, but Drum was given steroids throughout his childhood and is enormously strong. |
| 233 | * ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror'': [[BrokenBird Lyrah]] hates being weak and helpless more than anything, so of course her [[MasterOfOneMagic specialization]] is ''[[SuperStrength strength]].'' |
| 234 | * ''Literature/SoonIWillBeInvincible'': Feral, either an uplifted big cat or another form as a result of gene splicing, is brutal and violent and hides pain from others, while WordOfGod says he's gay. Fatale is a cyborg heavy-hitter and is analytic but slow at getting abstract connections and skeptical about magic. Mr. Mystic is a poor performing magician with access to the real stuff, tends to be creepy and withdrawn from normal society. Another character with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder is so transparent as to be invisible. |
| 235 | * ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': Surgebinders have to form a bond with a spren (spirit) to gain their powers. The spren choose who they bond with, and only bond with people who match their personalities. |
| 236 | ** As a Lightweaver, Shallan can cast illusions and to Soulcast, transforming one thing into another. A large part of her arc is lying about things (such as her wish to become Jasnah's ward or describing the deserter band as heroes) and then making them true. |
| 237 | ** Dalinar's driving goal is to unite the nations of Roshar against the threat of the Desolation. As a Bondsmith his powers let him stick things together, repair broken objects, and instantly learn someone's language by Connecting to them on a spiritual level. |
| 238 | %%* ''Literature/{{Sunshine}}'': The heroine suspects that a certain woman is a Were; however, she finds it impossible to guess what sort of animals she changes into.%%Why is this this trope? |
| 239 | * ''Literature/{{Swynmoor}}'' has enchanted pickles, which grant powers based on inner turmoil and personality traits. |
| 240 | * ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'': The Aerial Corps' first [[BreathWeapon fire-breathing]] dragon, Iskierka, is HotBlooded and spoiling for a fight even when fresh out of the egg. As a hatchling, she needs to be bodily restrained from flying into combat against dragons hundreds of times her size. |
| 241 | * ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' [[OurVampiresAreDifferent/{{Literature}} vampires]] are kind of like their human selves -- only enhanced. So, for example, a human who was "good at reading people" becomes a telepathic vampire. Some vampires seek out particularly skilled/talented humans to turn, knowing that they will make strong allies. The fourth book reveals that supernaturally-powered humans keep and expand their abilities when turned. |
| 242 | * ''Literature/TheUltraViolets'': The four main characters zig-zag between playing this straight and subverting it. |
| 243 | ** Iris is an imaginative and artistic person who has the power to create art anywhere. |
| 244 | ** Cheri's love for animals makes her perfect for her animal-communicating powers, but her math-based powers are at complete odds with her role as the fashionista. |
| 245 | ** Scarlet's DanceBattler powers don't fit her tomboyish personality [[spoiler: but her SuperStrength gained in the second book sure does.]] |
| 246 | ** Opal's [[spoiler: ShockAndAwe]] powers only truly manifest themselves after [[spoiler: she's become a much more aggressive and volatile person.]] |
| 247 | * ''Literature/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'': The various Summoning Ceremonies have different prerequisites and results. The First Ceremony 'frees' a summoner from their original self, grants them some supernatural/godlike traits. The Second wholly overwrites a summoner -- the god ("Material") summoned actually takes their place. The Third transforms someone other than the summoner, who remains in total control of the Material and can command them however s/he sees fit. [[spoiler:The Fourth was pioneered by a fiercely independent summoner who hated seeing Materials treated as slaves. Therefore, it requires the summoner and Material to fight alongside each other, switching out the Material's powers to suit the needs of the battle.]] |
| 248 | * ''Literature/VillainsCode'' gives us a SpicyLatina who can turn into a [[ManOnFire Woman on Fire]] and throw fireballs. On the other hand, her other power (SuperIntelligence) has nothing to do with her personality. Another character is an avid gamer, who gets the ability to pull any object out of a video game and use it (basically living every gamer's dream). |
| 249 | * ''Literature/WearingTheCape'': Justified. The psychological component of "breakthroughs" means that the powers of new-minted superhumans are seldom at odds with their personality types. Aggressive breakthroughs gain offensive powers, non-violent breakthroughs gain defensive powers, and so on. In Astra's case, she was a big fan of superhumans like Atlas for much of her life, and that combined with her being used to using physical force from being the youngest of multiple kids, all brothers, resulted in her getting powerful FlyingBrick powers. |
| 250 | * ''Literature/WildCards'': Justified, as mutations are caused by a burst of psychokinetic power brought on by the titular virus. While most folks tear themselves to pieces or set themselves on fire or otherwise destroy themselves, for those who survive and are left with powers ("Aces") or, more often, misshapen forms ("Jokers") it's considered quite likely that these are influenced by their subconscious desires or self-image. This allows truly Silver Age corniness (or simple dream logic) to exist in an otherwise realistic setting; Captain Trips, for instance, was a biochemist who was having trouble trying to "break in" with the hippie scene to get to the girl he loved. His powers triggered when he took a hit of acid, and now he needs drugs to turn into one of his "special friends," an alternate personality with superpowers. |
| 251 | * ''Literature/TheWitchlands'': Many witches have powers that match their witcheries. [[BlowYouAway Merik]] is usually calm, but can lose his cool much like the wind can suddenly pick up, Iseult has weaving magic and is slow and methodical in her approach, Vaness the [[ExtraOreDinary Metalwitch]] is strong-willed and unyielding, and so on. |
| 252 | * ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': A variation: powers are gained through a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening, and the new power is something that would be a solution to whatever problem caused the trauma. This means that the power gained depends a great deal on what kind of thing the new super would find horrifying enough to push them over the edge. For example, [[MindManipulation Master powers]] tend to be the result of long periods of social isolation, and Blaster triggers involving large numbers of threats result in powers that [[BeamSpam create large numbers of attacks]]. Later on, it's further explained that [[spoiler:powers are sentient, and can choose to not to manifest if they feel the potential bearer won't be a good fit personality-wise, or can nudge the bearer's personalities in a desired direction]]. Rachel was a foster child who was being constantly moved to different households and never learned to interact with other people outside of fights and conflict. The first creature she considered a friend was a stray dog that she started feeding and caring for. She gained powers when her foster mother found the dog and tried to drown it with Rachel watching. Rachel's power is to turn dogs into giant car-sized monsters that were extremely strong and tough -- a reflection both of Rachel's love for dogs and her use of violence to fix her problems. |
| 253 | * ''Literature/TheZombieKnight'': Most of the major characters have these. Generally, they have at least two pieces of symbolism, one each for the nature of their power and the way that they use them. For example, AxCrazy Desmond has transfiguration to sodium. An element as unstable as his personality, and he uses it for HavingABlast, by ripping off his limbs and throwing them. |
| 254 | [[/folder]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 257 | * ''Series/Charmed1998'': Loosely applied in the first season with the sisters. |
| 258 | ** Prue, who is motherly but also very controlling, gets [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]]. |
| 259 | ** Nervous, meek, and insecure Piper gets the power to [[TimeStandsStill stop time]], giving her an opportunity to calm down. |
| 260 | ** Phoebe, the youngest and most impulsive who lacks forethought, gains the power to literally [[{{Seers}} see the future]]. |
| 261 | ** Later, Prue essentially gains the power to [[SelfDuplication clone]] herself, when she feels the need to be in two places at once; Piper gains more confidence and learns to [[StuffBlowingUp blow stuff up;]] and a more caring Phoebe becomes TheEmpath (though that could be [[TookALevelInJerkass debatable]]). |
| 262 | ** Caring Leo was a former medic and in death, he became a [[OurAngelsAreDifferent whitelighter]] with the power to heal others. Later, after being promoted to Elder, he goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge and gains the ability to [[ShockAndAwe throw lightning]]. |
| 263 | ** Paige's powers have a genetic justification -- she's half witch, half Whitelighter. In accordance, her personality and control of her Whitelighter are different than what is demonstrated by Leo or other Whitelighters in the series. Other whitelighters are very collected and calm, with a rather [[TheStoic zen approach]] to life. Paige, a FieryRedhead, has a more emotional and temperamental approach to magic (not unlike her sisters), and often bumbles around awkwardly using varying levels of BuffySpeak to induce magic. Paige also grew up as an only child, not knowing about her family and not knowing her place in the world until she was already an adult. Much of her arc concerns her trying to find herself, spending a lot of episodes moving from job to job. Appropriately she has the power to teleport from place to place. |
| 264 | * ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'': Queen Luna, a woman obsessed with her spotless reputation, can cast illusion spells. |
| 265 | * ''Series/TheFlash2014'': A number of metahumans get powers that mirror their personalities. For example, [[LeetLingo Kilg%re]] is a programmer/hacker, so he becomes a {{Technopath}}. Becky has always been unlucky, so her ability is to manipulate probabilities. Izzy is a country singer and gets the power to emit powerful sonic waves, especially when focused by her fiddle. Tony has always been a bully, so his power gives him metal skin, which translates to SuperStrength and NighInvulnerability. Wally likes speed and participates in illegal drag races, so him getting SuperSpeed is a no-brainer. Henry Hewitt has a lot of suppressed anger, so when his powers manifest, they turn him into a raging "burning man" (no wonder they nickname him after a device for containing plasma). |
| 266 | * ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' has a handful of examples: |
| 267 | ** Nathan, an ambitious politician can fly. {{Subverted|Trope}} in Season 1, where Nathan is the biggest stick-in-the-mud of the cast, making his ability to fly somewhat odd, especially since he keeps it hidden. [[JustifiedTrope Unlike most of the cast]], Nathan's powers were given to him via SuperSerum. |
| 268 | ** Peter, an empathetic person who dreams of being someone else [[PowerCopying absorbs]] other people's powers. |
| 269 | ** Niki, a woman with [[SplitPersonality DID]] obsessed with protecting her son and who will stop at nothing to protect him has SuperStrength, initially only through one of her alters, [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Jessica]]. |
| 270 | ** And in something of an [[InvertedTrope inversion]], Matt the psychic is dyslexic almost to the point of being functionally illiterate; he can't read words, but he ''can'' read minds. |
| 271 | ** No longer simply a theory; flat-out stated in the volume 3 finale, although this was simply a character hypothesizing. However, once [[spoiler: Ando the resident sidekick was given powers by the formula, his ended up being the ability to enhance other supers' abilities.]] Simply put, [[spoiler: Ando]]'s superpower is that [[spoiler: he]]'s a really supportive friend. |
| 272 | ** It also happens in reverse, in a way. Sylar, no pillar of mental health himself, ends up acquiring the ability to shapeshift after going through a crisis of self. This actually starts to make him ''more'' crazy as he ''literally'' cannot control who he is anymore. |
| 273 | * ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Befitting his deceiving and manipulative nature, Sauron is a shape-shifter and a MasterOfIllusion. |
| 274 | * ''Series/{{Misfits}}'': Whilst never stated outright, it's made clear that the storm has taken people's strongest trait or desire and turned it into a superpower. In the main cast: the introverted and frequently ignored Simon can turn invisible; Curtis' regret over his past actions allows him to turn back time; Kelly's concern with what other people think of her gives allows her to read people's minds; the flirty and oversexed Alisha can drive people to uncontrollable lust by touching them; and [[spoiler:Nathan, whose smart-ass attitude lets him shake off whatever happens to him, is apparently indestructible.]] |
| 275 | * ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'' has the Powell family. Jim the father, is used to bearing the weight of his family's issues, so he has SuperStrength and NighInvulnerability. Stephenie, the mom, is a workaholic without enough time in the day, so she got SuperSpeed. Daphne, who is generally empathetic and doesn't like being lied to, gained various Telepathy-style powers. JJ, who had a learning disability, gains SuperIntelligence, the beauty of which is that his power is literally to learn fast and retain information for extended periods of time. Also, Daphne is [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent a teenage girl]], in a [[PopularityFoodChain social setting]] that fosters an obsession with what other people think of you, and now she knows exactly what other people are thinking about her. |
| 276 | * ''Franchise/PowerRangers'': In certain seasons, the Rangers have abilities outside of their typical enchanted fighting prowess in their spandex suits, and some examples of this are at play: |
| 277 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'': FriendToAllLivingThings Cole Evans can communicate with animals. |
| 278 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': Conner [=McKnight=], an energetic soccer star, has SuperSpeed, and Kira Ford, an aspiring singer who's unafraid to speak her mind, has a powerful [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic scream]]. Subverted by their teammate Ethan James, a TeenGenius who has InstantArmor and SuperStrength, though [[DareToBeBadass he grows into it]] through his CharacterDevelopment. |
| 279 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' has this apply to all of the Rangers: Jack Landors has the power to [[IntangibleMan walk through walls]], and he won't let any obstacle get in the way of him doing what is right. TheStoic Sky Tate is disciplined and distant from his teammates and shields himself as a BarrierWarrior. Bridge Carson is quirky but kind and very perceptive, and can literally see the best and worst of people through his AuraVision. Z Delgado was [[IJustWantToHaveFriends deeply lonely growing up]], and she can [[SelfDuplication make copies of herself]]. Syd Drew can grab objects, absorb their properties, and use them as a PowerFist, mirroring how as the LovableAlphaBitch, she's used to having everything at her fingertips until her CharacterDevelopment kicks in. |
| 280 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'': The Rangers have ElementalPowers. [[PlayingWithFire Nick]] is HotBlooded and impulsive. [[DishingOutDirt Xander Bly]] is TheLancer, and he's more [[{{Pun}} grounded]] than Nick. [[ShockAndAwe Chip Thorn]] is bright and passionate. [[MakingASplash Madison Rocca]] is reserved and serene, and her sister [[BlowYouAway Vida]] is tempestuous and tough. |
| 281 | * ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' does the ironic reversal by making its shapeshifting alien Odo a ControlFreak -- along with his [[PlanetOfHats entire species]]. |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Manhwa]] |
| 285 | * ''Manhwa/{{Yureka}}'': [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since "powers" are classes characters choose for themselves in a game, but still used for pretty clear symbolism and nuance: |
| 286 | ** Team Triple Threat pull IAmNotLeftHanded with their secondary classes, which align with their apparent personalities: Ah-dol is a SquishyWizard and TheSmartGuy, Boromid is a fighter and TheBigGuy, and Lotto is TheHero who fights with a sword. In their ''original'', preferred classes [[BewareTheNiceOnes Ah-dol is a vicious,]] [[HairTriggerTemper straightforward fighter]], Boromid [[LovableCoward stands in the background and buffs his teammates]] as a Cleric, and Lotto is a MagicKnight, [[AntiHero a dual class]] which calls for [[TheChessmaster more nuanced tactics]], [[HairTriggerTemper who falls back on]] PlayingWithFire. |
| 287 | ** Alpha is introduced as an enigma: his class can't be pinned down by observing his skills, and the battle tactics he use involve obfuscating his presence and using ConfusionFu on his enemies. |
| 288 | [[/folder]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 291 | * ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'': While not all of the cast received powers that reflect their personality, some characters did receive abilities that complement them: |
| 292 | ** Ciro gains the ability to create [[BarrierWarrior force-fields]], which are primarily useful for defense and reflect his nurturing, protective attitude towards others. |
| 293 | ** Finn has spent most of his high school life glued to the grapevine, gathering up gossip about other students. His power allows him to glean information [[{{Seers}} on future events]], and also get information from [[{{Psychometry}} any object he touches]]. |
| 294 | ** Ivan has the power to manipulate events from behind-the-scenes, which fits with how he's observational and quiet. |
| 295 | ** As [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] in his character bio, Jacob's ability to create miniaturized time loops is fitting for a ScheduleFanatic that's bound to his routine. |
| 296 | ** While Simon's power to manipulate fire and electricity doesn't say much about him, it ''does'' fit his evil side, the Dark Dragon, who's unpredictable, dangerous, and {{psycho|electro}}. |
| 297 | ** PlayedForDrama with Daigo. His abusive father blames Daigo for 'sucking the life' out of his birth mother, so he's none too pleased when he gets a vampiric powerset. |
| 298 | ** Emmanuel got the power of SuperSpeed, while Michal can [[PlayingWithFire control fire]]. Both of them are reckless, impulsive, and rambly. |
| 299 | ** Luna is volatile and energetic, and so is her ability to [[ShockAndAwe control and turn into electricity]]. |
| 300 | * ''Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForumsChainsOfHorai'': The power of a Gnosis, a blessing from the gods of the setting, is generally based on the personality of the person wielding it. For instance, Todoroki, a HotBlooded swordsman seeking to be one of the best swordsmen in the Five Kingdoms, wields a [[PlayingWithFire Flamma]] Gnosis, while the icy, calm but devoted ninja Setsurou uses [[SnowMeansLove a Glacies]] [[AnIcePerson Gnosis]]. |
| 301 | * ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest: Evolution'': Despite the fact that the powers are completely randomized, some of the mutations ended up coincidentally fitting the characters' personalities. The most notable example would be Cristo Ruiz, a drug addict, having hallucinogenic venom secreting from under his fingernails. Lampshade hung in his profile's conclusion: |
| 302 | -->'''Conclusion''': So the drug addict now secretes a hallucinogen. Hm. |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 306 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Aberrant}}'': Superpowers occasionally match personality, but more often come themed with the way the person Erupted -- particularly if the Eruption was triggered by a dangerous situation. You may walk away from a car crash with super-toughness, and jumping out of a plane just might give you flying ability to save you... but you might get something completely different. (Such as, for instance, turning into steel so you'll survive the landing, or just becoming very light.) People who try to trigger an Eruption this way often plan out the strategy carefully to avoid "lame" powers. They also have a high mortality rate, since very few actually can become Novas in the first place. |
| 307 | * ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'': Seemings are based on what the changeling suffered through while in Arcadia, which could also affect their personality. So, for example, an Ogre may be prone to violence not because of their strength but because they were victims of violent abuse. The second edition opens it up so seemings can also be the product of how they escaped Arcadia, or how they approach the world now. |
| 308 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'': In the various settings, any player whose character has supernatural powers is encouraged to choose those powers with some thought to the character's personality. Nowhere is this more obvious than with the Harrowed, [[BackFromTheDead souls that were either too lucky or tough to stay dead]]. A particularly stealthy character might crawl out of the ground with a power like ''Silent as a Corpse'', while a skeptic might come back from the grave with some form of ''Arcane Protection'' (and considerable embarrassment about that "doubting Thomas" act). |
| 309 | * ''TabletopGame/DontRestYourHead'': Justified -- powers are closely linked with the Protagonists' insanity, and if it isn't already a manifestation of that madness, it will drive them mad in ways related to it. |
| 310 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': |
| 311 | ** The Dragon-Blooded Exalted are thematically linked to the Elements, which are a combination of the classical Greek and Chinese ones -- Air, Water, Fire, Wood, and Earth. While they are not locked to the powers iconic to each Elemental Caste (apart from anima powers unique to each Caste's type), those powers do come more naturally to them and are cheaper to use mechanically. The game also plays with the trope, encouraging you to explore other aspects of the elements; a Chosen of Fire isn't necessarily an impulsive hot-head but a passionate, yet self-restrained swordsman-socialite. Many Dragon-Blooded are aware of the flaws and traits their Aspects brings out in them, and specifically work to overcome or restrain them. It should be noted that Dragon-Blooded charms are centered around cooperation and working with other Terrestrial Exalts, as the elements themselves do. Celestial Exalts, who are chosen by the sun, moon, and stars, have charmsets focused on independence and personal deeds. |
| 312 | ** The other Exalt variants also fit this to a degree. The Solars (and the Abyssal and Infernal variants) are chosen and empowered as to how they deal with problems; the Dawn castes fight, the Zenith inspire, the Twilights think, the Night castes are sneaky, and the Eclipse negotiate. The Sidereals are chosen by fate itself, and their Caste chosen according to their personal view of life -- whether it is a journey, peace, a war, a mystery, or an ending. |
| 313 | ** Lunars are chosen for adaptability and the will to survive and gifted with shapeshifting abilities. This is often compared to the way that their patron, the moon goddess, changes forms as she moves across the sky. The third edition modifies Luna's preferences so they look for greatness, or the potential for it, with a particular fondness for outcasts, iconoclasts, dissidents, and resilient survivors. |
| 314 | %%* ''TabletopGame/GURPSSupers'': In Fourth Edition, the standard superhero templates come with personality powers. |
| 315 | * ''TabletopGame/HunterTheReckoning'': Your Creed and Edges are determined by your attitude towards other supernatural denizens. Want to research them and find out more about them? You're a Visionary, and your powers are tuned towards insight. Want to protect the innocent from them? You're a Defender, and your powers are centered around wards and safety. Want to show the bad ones that there's another way? You're a Redeemer, and your powers are centered around healing and rebukes. Want to kill them all and anyone who's standing next to them? You're a Wayward, and you're fucking nuts. |
| 316 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has five kinds of magic, which represent a mixture of mechanical limitations, personal philosophy, beliefs, personality traits, and goals. Creative's general approach is to have characters favour magic that aligns with their personality colours: characters with mostly Red traits (impulsivity, emotionality, a disdain for restriction and structure) generally end up as pyromancers or otherwise learn red-aligned spells, almost never blue or white ones. |
| 317 | * ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': Ofanim are speedsters and navigators, possessing a number of abilities themed around moving as quickly as possible. In personality, they're twitchy, hyperactive, impatient, and full of nervous energy in constant need of burning. |
| 318 | * ''TabletopGame/WorldTreeRPG'': The various gods all have personalities and temperaments matching the form of magic that they preside over: |
| 319 | ** The Verb gods selected the types of magic they'd sustain based on which ones fit their personalities better. Some matches are closer than others. |
| 320 | *** Accanax, god of Destruction magic, is sullen and violent. He mainly creates wild, sloppily-designed monsters on passing whims, which he scatters on the edges of civilizations. |
| 321 | *** Gnarn, goddess of Mutation magic, notably doesn't match her field very well -- her cruel moods and preference for creating elegantly-made and supremely deadly horrors would match Destruction better, but it's believed that she chose to let her younger brother Accanax have it instead. |
| 322 | *** Hren Tzen, goddess of Sustaining magic, is an adequate fit for her portfolio. She's more of an artistic sort than anything, but her creations are also very well-crafted and made to endure through the ages. The most notable is her Prime species, the Zi Ri, which she made to be ageless and everlasting. |
| 323 | *** Mircannis, goddess of Healing magic, is endlessly benevolent and primarily creates useful, unobtrusive creatures such as honeybees and medicinal plants. |
| 324 | *** Pararenenzu, god of Detection magic, is notable as a very poor fit for his field -- he's flighty, mercurial, and easily distracted, and consequently doesn't take his field very seriously. In-universe, this is the reason for the flat 5% fail rate of Detection spells. |
| 325 | *** Reluu, god of Ruling magic, is noble and honorable, and loves clean, clear hierarchies where everything has its proper place. |
| 326 | *** Virid, the goddess of Creation magic, has an artistic streak and a mild, personable temperament, and especially enjoys making living beings. |
| 327 | ** Noun gods and their elementals likewise tend to have thematically matching mindsets, and their associated magic is also often described as having similar "personalities": |
| 328 | *** Birkozon, god of Mentador, is obsessively controlling and self-centered, and has absolutely no compunctions about using his powers to control, influence and subvert the minds of others. His greatest desire is to rule the entirety of the World Tree someday. |
| 329 | *** Flokin, god of Pyrador, is aggressive, quick-tempered, and cheerfully destructive, and is infamous for his casual cruelty. Much like him, fire magic is difficult to control and prone to wriggling out a mage's grasp with hungry red fingers. |
| 330 | *** Hressh-Huu, goddess of Airador, is a wild and joyful trickster endlessly flitting from one amusement to the next; she used to run the weather as an ever-changing whirl of extremes, and had to be forced by the other gods to stick to a regular progression of seasons. The winds of the World Tree take after her in temperament, mischievously snatching and tossing objects to vex mortals. |
| 331 | *** Merklundum Harnipsundum, god of Aquador, is a lazy, passive, and constantly-sleeping deity, much as water itself would rather pour along downhill or sit in a depression than go sloshing off on its own accord. Likewise, water magic can be difficult to "motivate" and push into doing what you want. |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 335 | * ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': |
| 336 | ** While Tahu and Kopaka, the first Toa of Fire and Ice in the series, followed the concept of fire = quick temper/ice = cold shoulder very closely, Vakama and Nuju broke the mold. Vakama was very quiet and unconfrontational (until he went all LeeroyJenkins in the Visorak arc), while Nuju was less antagonistic towards the others ("Let's get this job over with" as opposed to Kopaka's "I work ''alone''"). The third Toa of Ice, Matoro, was even less "cold", and his heart made him the arc's ChosenOne. The trope also applies pretty well to the other heroes, who have Water, Earth, Stone, and Air as their powers. |
| 337 | ** It's worth noting that the writer deliberately went for an ironic power with one of Matoro's teammates: the cave-dwelling Toa of Earth is the one who got the Mask of {{Flight}} (the Toa of Air was not amused). |
| 338 | ** Likewise, Jaller's character upon upgrading into a Toa was specifically written around the notion of going against elemental "stereotypes", as he did not want to repeat the mistakes of the previous two fire-element leaders, Tahu and Vakama. This worked out fine -- until Matoro stepped forward as the one making decisions [[BecauseDestinySaysSo because his destiny said so]], which was when Jaller realized he'd failed to suppress one fiery personality trait: the belief that he has to be a central figure at all times. |
| 339 | ** Kongu from the same team was something of a DoubleSubversion -- he was surprisingly serious and stern for an Air-type, but due to the persuasion of Toa Lewa, he adopted the wise-cracking attitude typical of previous Air-Toa. |
| 340 | ** Rhotuka Spinners are a type of EnergyWeapon with this as a function: What the Spinner it launched did was different for each person. [[TheVamp Roodaka]]'s could [[ForcedTransformation mutate anyone into any shape she wanted]], [[BigBadWannabe Sidorak]]'s made people obey him for twenty-four hours, [[HeroOfAnotherStory Norik]]'s could slow people down, etc. |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 344 | %% Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * ''VideoGame/{{Angelique|KoeiTecmo}}'': The Guardians. |
| 345 | * ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'': In ''Backyard Skateboarding'', the personalities of the already-established characters affect their special moves. |
| 346 | * ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': Played with. TheHero Crono gets {{Light|EmUp}}([[ShockAndAwe ning]]) magic while Magus the [[BlackMage dark sorcerer]] is a [[CastingAShadow Shadow]] innate; on the other hand, Marle, the impulsive, RebelliousPrincess of the party, casts [[AnIcePerson Ice magic]] while the level-headed {{gadgeteer genius}} Lucca [[KillItWithFire hurls fireballs]]. It's notable that, in the alpha of the game, Marle could use fire magic. You can even see it on the original cover art. |
| 347 | * ''VideoGame/CopyKitty'': [[RandomlyGifted Entama]] in the setting are implied to gain powers based on their personality. The highly intelligent programmer Savant can program a spell to do [[SwissArmySuperpower nearly anything]] so long as he prepares it ahead of time. The energetic and excitable Lymia gained [[ShockAndAwe flashy electromagnetic powers]]. And the protagonist Boki idolized Entama superheroes and wanted powers like theirs, so [[ExactWords she gained the ability]] to [[PowerCopying copy powers like theirs]]. |
| 348 | * ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'': The Taken provide a neat inversion of this trope; whenever a being is Taken by Oryx, they are confronted by the Darkness with every fear and insecurity they've ever had (Vandals long for something to call their own, Thralls fear their own frailty, Phalanxes fear not being seen as anything more than a shield for their betters, etc.) When the Darkness shows them these fears, however, it bestows a power on the prospective Taken that alleviates this fear and provides comfort and peace of mind (Taken Vandals gain an energy shield bubble so they can have a space to call theirs, Taken Thralls gain a TeleportSpam that lets them dodge attacks and close distance, Taken Phalanxes have their shield made into a powerful cannon-like weapon so that they can contribute to the fight, etc.) The Vex are the only ones that don't have personalities (being a machine race and such), but the Darkness gives Taken Vex an ability that makes up for a flaw in their programming or helps them achieve their programmed orders (Goblins are supposed to protect machinery, so Taken Goblins gain an energy shield projection beam that renders any of their allies invulnerable until the Goblin is killed). |
| 349 | * ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'': Your PlayerParty of core stats has this: |
| 350 | ** Your INT skills all have calm, well-educated, SophisticatedAsHell personalities, are interested in culture, and give you the ability to work things out, talk cleverly, and lie in return for making you into a pretentious wanker. Politically, they are aligned with Communism -- the ideology stereotypically associated with academia, reading difficult books, and understanding theory. Pharmacologically, they're linked to cigarettes, the drug of every teenager trying to look intellectual. |
| 351 | ** Your PSY skills are very interested in other people, are insightful, tend to get really emotionally invested in things, and often have a tinge of madness about them. (Authority, the TokenEvilTeammate of the PSY stat, fits all of these points, he's just also a joyless jerk about it.) They make you more engaged with people and the world around you, in exchange for making you insane. Politically, they are aligned with Moralism (centrism/the status quo) -- the ideology stereotypically associated with apolitically wanting nobody to get hurt (but with that nasty streak of Authority in there, for the ideology that sees itself as the ''only option''). Pharmacologically, they're linked to pyrholidon, a hallucinogen. |
| 352 | ** Your FYZ skills all tend to be macho, abusive and operate on visceral emotions like paranoia, lust, and pain. They'll make you better at taking and giving blows and relating to other people through their bodies in return for making you a self-destructive, horny asshole with TestosteronePoisoning and a ''massive'' addiction to drugs. Politically, they are aligned with Fascism -- the ideology stereotypically associated with gut resentment, entitlement, and intellectual incoherence. Pharmacologically, they're linked to alcohol, the drug best known for its ability to make people impulsive, violent, and able to resist pain. |
| 353 | ** Your MOT skills all tend to have cool and flashy personalities, and are usually far more interested in things than in people. They make you better at dodging blows, being stylish, coming up with witty remarks, and [[MachineEmpathy understanding guns and machines]], but also unempathetic, fixated, and shallow. Politically, they are aligned with Ultraliberalism (free market capitalism), the ideology stereotypically associated with flashy materialism, a grinding work ethic, and delight in winning competition. Pharmacologically, they're linked to amphetamine, a drug that makes people feel quick-thinking, focused and impressed by themselves, but also twitchy, paranoid and obsessed with meaningless items. |
| 354 | * ''Franchise/DragonAge'': |
| 355 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morrigan]] is a shapeshifter, and acts more like a particularly cruel {{cat|sAreMean}} than a human. Likewise, Wynne is a healer/buffer mage and is a protective and motherly sort. |
| 356 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': Aveline is a defensive warrior and nigh-impossible to kill, and is very protective of her friends. Merrill, however, subverts this in a very extreme fashion by being a sweet innocent FishOutOfWater and being a blaster mage/demon-summoning {{blood mag|ic}}e. Anders is an interesting case; he combines compassion for mages and the war refugees he treats in his free clinic with [[WellIntentionedExtremist a ruthless hatred of]] [[CapeBusters templars]], and he's possessed by a demon of Vengeance. Symbolically of his dual nature (kind and ruthless and/or human and demon), he's a mode-shift CombatMedic; in Panacea mode, his healing abilities improve but he can't cast damage-dealing spells, whereas, in Vengeance mode, he deals more damage but [[SquishyWizard takes extra damage himself and can't be healed]]. |
| 357 | %%* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'': The remakes add one-word descriptions of all of your party members: "[[WideEyedIdealist Lout]]", "[[DumbMuscle Thug]]", "Crybaby", "[[TheSmartGuy Wit]]", "{{Tomboy}}", "[[AllMenArePerverts Lothario]]/[[RuleOfSexy Vamp]]", and so on. This actually has an effect on how their stats grow when they level up...%%ZCE. Explain how this trope is used. |
| 358 | * ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin2'' |
| 359 | ** Stefano Valentini is a photographer who documented the horrors of war, until his eye was mutilated by stray shrapnel, causing him to fixate on the more... let's call it "artistic" side of pain and death. In Union, Stefano's powers manifest in the form of creating [[StableTimeLoop Stable Time Loops]] to capture the gruesome deaths of his victims with his cameras. He is also able to manifest a massive eye resembling a camera lens that both watches Sebastian for him and attacks on his command. |
| 360 | ** Theodore Wallace is a ManipulativeBastard capable of digging into the repressed guilt of others to manipulate them, converting them to his cause. In Union, he takes the form of a SinisterMinister with a God complex, taking on a ReligiousHorror motif with [[PlayingWithFire command over fire]] and can mold people in both mind ''and'' body with his words. |
| 361 | * ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': |
| 362 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': |
| 363 | *** Terra automatically learns fire spells -- initially, it goes with the wild and potentially destructive nature of her esper side, but later in the game, it reflects her warm, caring, maternal side. Celes, meanwhile, learns ice to start with since she's a DefrostingIceQueen. |
| 364 | *** The brothers Edgar and Sabin both have a similar concept to their combat -- they have an increasing list of special largely physical combat moves they can do without using MP or taking other drawbacks -- but subtly altered for the way each brother has developed over the years. Edgar, the king, gets his new abilities by paying money for items associated with them and can then select them from a menu. Sabin, who abdicated for a simple life, has to access his abilities with memorized button input commands, but they come from his inherent character rather than from his possessions. |
| 365 | *** WildChild Gau, moogle Mog and yeti Umaro are all characters that go into an uncontrollable state where they will unleash powerful attacks, and all are either animals or associated with them. Gau, who is a human raised by animals, can travel with animals for a little while to learn a new ability, after which he can adopt their moves in combat; Mog, a magical animal, learns Dances associated with battling in various places that create a fixed sequence of spells he will use in a strict order; and Umaro, who is described as 'muscle' and is nowhere near as intelligent as Mog and Gau, just ploughs forward using either a physical or magical attack at random. |
| 366 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': |
| 367 | *** Cloud starts the game with Ice and Lightning magic and a truly ridiculous {{BFS}}, making him much more powerful and flexible than Barret, who can hold his own but doesn't even have the option to do as much. In terms of personality, Cloud is much more calm and aloof, thinking carefully about what he does, while Barret is more likely to plough forward based on his gut feelings. However, Cloud is, at heart, a much more aggressive and independent person, and all his weapons are melee ones, while Barret is a PapaBear so his weapons are long-range and literally a part of his body. |
| 368 | *** Aerith is a gardener, doesn't have much physical strength or agility compared to other characters, and her special abilities revolve around healing and powering up, but her actual specialism in combat is, for the most part, flattening everything with black magic, indicating her gentle, but streetwise and teasing personality. This is especially prominent in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' where her combat abilities, and her eagerness to fight people and monsters, are both made into a focus. |
| 369 | ** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': |
| 370 | *** Hope, TheHeart of the group (at least after [[CharacterDevelopment he gets past his angst and grief]]), happens to be the best [[TheMedic medic]]. |
| 371 | *** Sazh is a [[PapaBear very devoted father]] who spends the majority of the game protecting and shielding Vanille; he happens to be the best Synergist ([[StatusBuff spells that improve combat capabilities and protect against enemy attacks]]). Also, his primary element is Fire and he's a good representation of the warm and nurturing side of its nature. |
| 372 | *** Lightning's [[BlackMage Ravager]] specialization happens to be in the Thunder and Wind type spells. Given her name and disposition for the majority of the story, this is hardly a surprise. |
| 373 | *** Snow has a [[DeclarationOfProtection hero-complex]] and spends a lot of his time talking about protecting the world and his fiancée. He is the number one [[StoneWall Sentinel]]. However, being something of a hothead, he lacks the personality traits normally associated with his Ice specialty. |
| 374 | *** Fang, the strong, warrior woman from a LandDownunder is the best Commando and competes with Snow for the role of best Sentinel as well. |
| 375 | *** Vanille is a StepfordSmiler who blames herself (not entirely without reason) for being the instigator of all the shit that goes down in the game. She's also the best [[StatusEffects saboteur]] and once she gets over her own death wish she can learn the [[OneHitKill Death]] spell. |
| 376 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'': Some characters come with special skills that befit their personality. |
| 377 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'': |
| 378 | *** The [[GenkiGirl feisty Mia]] starts off with Vantage, which allows her to attack first even when it's the enemy's turn. |
| 379 | *** Shinon has [[IShallTauntYou a skill that can make enemies more likely to attack him]]. This isn't ideal for the Sniper class, which relies on keeping the enemy ''away'' from him, but [[JerkAss considering his personality]] it's rather fitting. |
| 380 | ** Elemental affinities seem to work this way. Characters with [[AnIcePerson Ice]] affinities are generally standoffish and aloof (such as [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Marisa and Innes]]) while [[DarkisNotEvil Dark]] implies more of a DarkAndTroubledPast than actually being affiliated with Dark magic. Micaiah, for example, is a [[LightEmUp Light magic-user]] with a Dark affinity. |
| 381 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' gave characters personality ''classes.'' For instance, Kellam can reclass into a Thief and a Priest, which sounds really odd for a [[MightyGlacier Knight]]. However, he lacks presence making him perfect for sneaking around enemies and aiding his allies. This doesn't necessarily extend out to the [[spoiler: second-generation children because their classes are determined by their parents.]] |
| 382 | ** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' gives every character a Personal Skill, which cannot be removed like the other games. One example of this trope is [[BloodKnight Peri]], whose "Bloodthirst" skill gives her a brief stat buff after defeating an enemy. |
| 383 | * ''VideoGame/FreedomForce'' touches this. One character comments that it is quite interesting that all the heroes have powers that match their personalities. It is never expanded upon, however. Most noticeably El Diablo, who is a hotheaded Latino with fire powers. |
| 384 | %%** Then there's poor Man-Bot... |
| 385 | ** Minuteman, a patriotic nuclear physicist who is imbued with powers that closely reflect his patriotism; Iron Ox, a British boxer who becomes a typical strongman; Bullet, a fighter jet pilot obsessed with speed becomes a version of ComicBook/TheFlash; Law and Order, a duo of a young, idealistic policeman and a judge's assistant, both of whom believe strongly in the law, are merged into a single body to met out justice; Man O' War, a Scottish fisherman who gains water-related powers. |
| 386 | ** On the villain side, Deja Vu is an escaped mental patient who gains the ability to clone himself and others at will. Talk about a split personality disorder. |
| 387 | ** The sequel adds The Bard, a man obsessed with Shakespeare, who is turned into a superhero able to sing hypnotic odes and throw exploding [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Yorick]] skulls. The villain Fortissimmo was an Italian opera singer before gaining the ability to destroy things with his voice (usually involves him holding a high note). |
| 388 | ** Mentor notes this in the original and gives the obvious example of El Diablo. Man-Bot asks what aspect of his personality lent himself to being such a conduit of Energy X and gets no answer. A possible answer is that he has tremendous potential that he never used, now he's literally bursting with energy. |
| 389 | * ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': The various characters with an ElementalPowers (called “Vision Holders”). Each element has a certain theme tied to it, which the wielders of that element embody. There are some exceptions to this rule, but in general they all have similar personalities and/or backstories. Those with Pyro visions tend to be high energy individuals (the most notable exception, Diluc, actually was when he received his vision). Those with Cryo visions have something about them that needs to be thawed out. Those with Electro visions tend to take charge and be in charge (althro with Fischl it's mostly in her mind). Those with Dendro seek learning. Those with Geo are determinators. Those with Anemo are coping with either a form of loss or an otherwise heavy burden. |
| 390 | * ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': |
| 391 | ** This trope is strongest around Fire Adepts, who are inevitably either HotBlooded or {{Fiery Redhead}}s, if not both. Being the one exception is probably part of the reason [[MagnificentBastard Saturos]] is [[EnsembleDarkhorse so popular with the fandom]]. |
| 392 | ** Earth Adepts seem prone to {{Chronic|HeroSyndrome}} [[HeroicMime Silent Hero]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Syndrome]], leadership roles, and puzzle-solving. |
| 393 | ** Water Adepts are calm, generally keep to themselves or are outright secretive, and are intellectual, usually trained as medics. They're also frequently the resident DeadpanSnarker, especially when it seems counterintuitive for them to be. |
| 394 | ** Wind Adepts tend to be mysterious and often have traditional PsychicPowers (mind-reading, clairvoyance, and precognition) in addition to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin wind]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] powers. Karis averts both the ESP and the mystery, and this might not be a coincidence. |
| 395 | * ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'': Zagreus, the hypothesized god of blood, is characterized most by his warmth, extraversion, and impulsivity -- i.e. his ''sanguinity.'' |
| 396 | * ''VideoGame/InFamous'': |
| 397 | ** Cole [=MacGrath=] from receives [[ShockAndAwe electric powers]] at the start of the game. As the game progresses, Cole's KarmaMeter effects not only his appearance but also the [[GoodColorsEvilColors color of his electricity]] ([[HeavenlyBlue blue and white for Hero]], [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black for Infamous]]) and [[PsychoactivePowers how his powers operate]]. When his karma is good, his powers can defeat enemies very quickly with precision. When his karma is bad, his powers cover a wider area but are also more likely to hit civilians in the process. |
| 398 | ** Sasha is a deranged, mentally unbalanced woman with a history of being manipulated by Kessler. Her conduit powers allow her to control those infected with her black tar, manipulating them and causing vivid hallucinations. |
| 399 | * ''VideoGame/InFamous2'': |
| 400 | ** Lucy Kuo is an altruistic government agent who looks to cold hard logic [[spoiler:until she finds out that the plan [[ThanatosGambit involves her dying]]]]. When her powers are activated, Kuo develops ice powers in the process. Her plans usually involve committing acts of altruism and general heroic acts, and when Cole follows her plans in good missions or uses ice powers he received from her from the Power Transfer Device, Cole gains good karma. |
| 401 | ** Nix is a wild and passionate {{Pyromaniac}} with a particular hatred of authority (ranging from the [[BlackAndWhiteMorality corrupt Militia to cops generally trying to serve the people]]). Fittingly enough, she is a conduit that possesses power over napalm (and [[PlayingWithFire fire]] by extension), having power over an explosive substance while being able to teleport in and out of a situation at will. Her plans usually involve manipulation and an utter disregard for the well-being of others, and when Cole follows her plans in evil missions or uses the napalm powers he received from her, he gains evil karma. |
| 402 | ** Joseph Betrand [=III=] is a corrupt, conduit-hating Christian crusader, who smites those who question his morality and values in the name of his Confederate forefathers and likes to convert people through fear and charm. His conduit powers allow him to turn himself [[TheCorrupter and others]] into mindless monsters. |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/JojosBizarreAdventureThe7thStandUser'' begins with a personality test, and your answers to that test determines what Stand you receive. |
| 404 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' features many. [[DishingOutDirt Earth-wielding]] Lexaeus is the strong, silent type. [[PlayingWithFire Fire wielder]] Axel[=/=]Lea is impulsive, Saix, [[{{Lunacy}} who gets his powers from the moon]], is both TheStoic ''and'' TheBerserker. WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck with his famous HairTriggerTemper had literal Firework magic. Ventus is innocent and lighthearted and has [[BlowYouAway Wind]] and {{Light|EmUp}} as his specialty. Sora is an AllLovingHero and ThePowerOfFriendship is literally his superpower. |
| 405 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': The [[MacGuffin Triforce]] is divided into three parts that are intrinsically linked to the three people [[ChosenOne chosen]] by the [[FantasyPantheon Golden Goddesses]] in the center of the ForeverWar for control of it; TheHero [[PlayerCharacter Link]] who holds the Triforce of Courage, the MagicKnight [[PrettyPrincessPowerhouse Princess Zelda]] with the Triforce of Wisdom, and the [[SatanicArchetype King of Evil]] [[HijackedByGanon Ganondorf]] who holds the Triforce of Power. |
| 406 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'': Commander Shepard's [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits crew]]. |
| 407 | ** Morinth fits the villain side of this trope, even after [[spoiler:Shepard recruits her]]. Being an Ardat-Yakshi, she has the power to [[OutWithABang kill her mates while melding]] and is obsessed with finding new partners to mate with, displaying her dominant attitude quite well. She also can't read her potential victims very well (as long as they don't fall under her spell first, or if her target has a strong mind), since she doesn't pick up on the fact that [[spoiler:Shepard is working with Samara until right before she walks in and pins her against a window]]. |
| 408 | ** The master thief Kasumi Goto fits the stealth trope (she ''is'' a thief), with impressive acrobatic skill and the ability to turn invisible for short periods of time. However, her movement is anything but subtle (watch her take out a gunship), but she is quite soft-spoken on the Normandy. She also fits the shape-shifter trope to an extent. She doesn't have the ability to shift her shape (she'll always be the kleptomaniac with the hood), but she can turn invisible, which allows her to sneak up behind enemies and give them a small fright(by snapping their spines). And she uses her tactical cloak for certain other... observational... tasks involving Jacob's workout routine. |
| 409 | %%** The Asari Justicar Samara fits the Telepathy trope ''very'' well, although, granted, she is a warrior-monk/KnightErrant with a strict code governing her every action.%%ZCE. HOW does she fit this trope? |
| 410 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': |
| 411 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'': The Cobras take the trope a step further, actually naming themselves after the emotion on which they base their particular ability. This includes the Sorrow, a spirit medium who converses with dead soldiers, the Fury, who torches everything in sight with his flamethrower, and the Pain, who's... [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway covered in bees]]. |
| 412 | ** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'': The Beauty & the Beast Corps are not associated with this trope, since their personalities and first part of their codenames (borrowed from the above Cobras of ''[=MGS3=]'') have nothing to do with their abilities and second part of their codenames (borrowed from the members of FOXHOUND from ''MGS''). |
| 413 | * ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Samus Aran is always in motion -- if she ''has'' a life outside of chasing down outlaws, we haven't seen it. Fittingly, the Chozo gave her extra-flexible [=DNA=], which helps her to curl tightly into an armor-covered ball that can quickly explore the many wild planets she travels to. |
| 414 | * ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' has a small list of personalities that affect gameplay both positively and negatively. Kind Miis have a chance to give allies healing items or try to talk with the monsters; Laid-Back ones tend to hide behind friends and conserve MP by using a weaker attack, but can also decide to get serious and hit harder; Airheaded Miis have a tendency to forget what they were doing and attack the wrong enemy or even fall asleep mid-battle; Cool Miis can ignore status effects, dodge attacks, and decide to use a stronger basic attack instead of a skill; Energetic Miis can cheer their allies on and cling to life against an otherwise fatal attack, Stubborn Miis can decide they're not satisfied with their turn and take another, but may refuse heals from allies; and Cautious Miis may delay an attack to double its effectiveness, strike a finishing blow on enemies, and procure extra healing items if the party runs out. |
| 415 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' revolves entirely around this -- the characters summon Personas, which are manifestations of their personalities. This starts getting really obvious in ''VideoGame/Persona3'' when the gameplay changed to make various party members only use one Persona -- one greatly befitting their personality and skills, typically. (TheLancer is the class clown and hothead, with the physical/fire affinity Persona Hermes, two childhood friends have the Gemini and the protagonist... All things considered we [[MessianicArchetype saw that coming]].) |
| 416 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'' has an additional variation in this with [[LimitBreak Theurgy skills]], which charges up more quickly for each character when they perform certain actions in battle related to their listed personality: the PlayerCharacter by swapping Personas, Yukari by keeping allies alive with healing spells, Junpei by building up confidence from landing critical hits, Akihiko by amping himself up with stat buffs, Mitsuru by exerting her will through the infliction of status ailments, Aigis by using physical attacks to complete her mission, Ken by pushing himself after using up at least half of his SP, Koromaru by getting excited after exploiting enemy weaknesses, and Shinjiro by being further motivated after losing at least half of his HP. The only outlier is non-combatant Fuuka, who simply builds up power for her Theurgy naturally over the course of battle while [[MissionControl providing support]]. |
| 417 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona4'': Played with. The one with [[PlayingWithFire Agi skills]] isn't [[CuteBruiser Chie]], but rather [[YamatoNadeshiko Yukiko]]. Instead, Chie, and later [[spoiler:{{Te|amPet}}ddie]] have [[AnIcePerson Bufu skills]]. On the other hand, they, and their Shadows, outright state they are [[LesYay quite close]]. Thus it makes sense that they would have the element that fits each other. Plus, Yukiko's Shadow mentions that she hates her name since snow is weak. This also plays to the central theme of the game, which is largely about accepting what's BeneathTheMask. Both Chie and Yukiko feel the opposite of how they act, and their real personalities fit the elemental stereotypes much better. To elaborate, Chie [[spoiler:is insecure for being a {{Tomboy}} and relies on acting as Yukiko's protector for any sense of self-worth]]. Yukiko [[spoiler:is the next-in-line owner of the Amagi Inn, and since childhood has been raised to be a fitting inn manager. She feels chained down by this and wants a sense of freedom and control over her life]]. |
| 418 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' goes in the opposite direction as the previous game, with its theme largely being using one's power to reject systemic corruption, the protagonists' Personas awakening in response to injustices they suffer. Like ''Persona 4'', though, it also shakes up how powers are distributed: class clown Ryuji gets [[ShockAndAwe Zio skills]] while GenkiGirl Ann gets [[PlayingWithFire Agi skills]]. Calm and collected Yusuke gets [[AnIcePerson Bufu skills]], HotBlooded Makoto gets Frei skills, showy yet prim Haru gets [[MindOverMatter Psy skills]], and {{Otaku}} Futaba is a noncombatant whose Persona grants her analytical abilities while letting her grant buffs. |
| 419 | * ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': |
| 420 | ** The Grass-type Gym Leader Erika in the 1st generation fits the trope, being a kind-hearted friend of nature with green thumbs... it's her ''Pokémon'' that subvert it, Vileplume both in name and its paralyzing powder and smell being its strengths. In the remake ''Yellow'', it's downgraded to Gloom to match the anime, which still totally subverts the trope. Not to mention Victreebell/Weepinbell, which is an acid-spitting bug-eating plant. Erika is one of the few that benefited from the ''Yellow'' downscaling, as then in ''Gold/Silver'' Gloom was evolved to the sunny-dispositioned Bellossom itself, turning the subversion into a straight-up match. |
| 421 | ** Blaine was eccentric, but far from fiery or aggressive despite being the first Fire-type Gym Leader. He's actually a bit of a Pokemon nerd and loves trivia and riddles. That said, he is often described as HotBlooded. His hometown/island also fits the trope, being on a giant volcano and having a ruined lab full of Fire- and Poison-types. |
| 422 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'': The Sinnoh Elite Four. Flint is a fire trainer, and energetic and hotheaded. Lucian's the psychic trainer and is portrayed as fairly intellectual. |
| 423 | ** Most Legendary Pokémon are literal personifications of the elemental powers they represent. The lumbering juggernaut Regigigas even has an Ability to makes it start a battle slow but its strength builds as the fight goes on. |
| 424 | ** It's more evident in the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' series, where the boss or plot-important characters are often partially defined by their types. Your rival team in the first series is the bullish Ghost-type Gengar (who does a partial FaceHeelTurn later in the plot), and in the second series, it's a scheming Dark/Poison type Skuntank. They even treat Ninetales as a proper kitsune long before the other games or series did. Just the Guild members in the second series. Lovable buffoon Bidoof, cheerful ValleyGirl Sunflora, literal loudmouth Loudred (the species is based around sound-based voice attacks in general)... |
| 425 | ** Interestingly enough, some aspects to Natures will play this straight. For example, some like Hasty and Jolly are speed-promoting natures that happen to be extroverted traits while more introverted Calm and Modest ones promote Special Attack. Of course, the natures might zig-zag this since some natures sometimes don't seem to line up in description at times. |
| 426 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' continues the trend with its Gym Leaders. Milo, who grew up on a farm, uses Grass-type Pokemon while pink-loving senior Opal uses Fairy-types, martial artist Bea uses Fighting types, and gloomy Alistair uses Ghost-types, to name some examples. Team Yell, in addition, favors Dark-type Pokemon, as does their idol Marnie [[spoiler:and their leader, Marnie's brother, and Dark-type Gym Leader Piers, whose impoverished gym lacks a Power Spot and thus leaves him unable to Dynamax, although he refuses to use it in any scenario as a point of pride]]. |
| 427 | * ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' is an interesting example: fully qualified Psychonauts have access to a host of different powers, but the active agents you meet (and at least a few of the campers) tend to specialize in powers that fit their personalities. For example, {{Germanic Depressive|s}}, [[TheSpock emotionally]] [[TinMan closeted]] [[TheComicallySerious Sasha]] [[MeaningfulName Nein]] specializes in controlling emotions and turning them into mental blasts, while bubbly, [[MamaBear caring,]] fun-loving Milla [[MeaningfulName Vodello]] is a levitation expert, a power mainly used to reach new heights and escape danger. |
| 428 | * ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': Inverted. It's implied that the mutations inflicted upon those who transform into creatures other than zombies are actually linked in some way to the viral host's personality. This is theorized InUniverse in one of Wesker's personal logs in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles'', and most strongly suggested as being true with Alexia Ashford's mutation in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica''. |
| 429 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': |
| 430 | ** Sonic himself is the most blatant example, being an impulsive and carefree guy that loves freedom, and has super speed. Shadow, on the other hand, is a downbeat speedster on [[RollerbladeGood rocket skates.]] |
| 431 | ** Sonic is usually given some degree of [[BlowYouAway aerokinesis]], reflecting how he personifies the wind itself (which again, matches his carefree nature and inability to be tied down to one spot for long). |
| 432 | ** In ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' and ''VideoGame/SonicRushAdventure'', Blaze the Cat plays with this. Unusually for a [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic]], she's the serious and stoic contrast to the free-spirited Sonic; however, in dire situations, she shows a raging temper more befitting her name and powers. |
| 433 | * ''VisualNovel/SoranicaEle'' plays this one pretty straight. Water-powered Honoka is a calm, shy type. Fire user Naki is a hot-blooded determinator. Saya, who has earth powers, is the most grounded of the cast. Kaguya, with wind powers, is flighty, eccentric, and fragile. Zenobia, with dark powers, is aloof [[DarkIsNotEvil but not a bad person]], and Ophelia, with her power of light, is a guiding force that the rest of the cast looks up to. |
| 434 | * ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': |
| 435 | ** Reimu Hakurei's main ability is to [[{{Flight}} float away from the ground]], though this can be scaled all the way up to [[{{Intangibility}} floating away from reality.]] Fittingly, she's a very detached sort of person who treats everyone the same (with vague disrespect) whether they be friend or foe, and despite all the people she's [[DefeatMeansFriendship befriended]] over the years, she's described as being "[[AloneInACrowd alone in her heart]]". |
| 436 | ** Cirno is rash, reckless, self-confident and boisterous -- [[PlayingWithFire clearly a fire user, right?]] Nope! AnIcePerson. Fittingly, there is a popular fan-version of Cirno nicknamed "Achi Cirno" who '''is''' affiliated with fire. Even ZUN has gotten on this eventually -- in ''VideoGame/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons'', the playable characters are all affiliated with a season. Cirno's associated season is '''summer''' of all things, which is really appropriate for her personality but also really funny considering her power, especially given that Gensokyan fairies are effectively [[ElementalEmbodiment low-level elementals]]. |
| 437 | * ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': Toriel plays with this. She wields fire magic but isn't brash or impulsive -- rather, her personality reflects the warming, nurturing side of fire. |
| 438 | ** The final boss, Asgore, contrasts her by playing to fire's brutal and destructive side. However, as hinted at if you spare the various monsters, he's actually very similar to Toriel, in that his fire magic reflects his warm personality, his nurturing streak, and his devotion to the salvation of his people. [[spoiler: Which is no surprise, seeing as how he's Toriel's estranged husband; it makes sense their symbolism would be similar.]] |
| 439 | ** The final boss of the No Mercy route is highly notable: [[spoiler:Sans is BrilliantButLazy and is referred to in FlavorText as the weakest character in the entire game, with a measly one point in all of his stats, including HP. So how can he stand a chance against you? By [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou breaking the rules of the game's battle system]]. He will attack your cursor as you make your choices, and even though he can only deal 1 HP of damage at a time, you will not be granted MercyInvincibility, so he can shave your HP off in massive chunks. His final attack is simply ''disallowing you from taking your turn by making it his turn forever'' in the hopes that you'll give up and quit.]] |
| 440 | * ''VideoGame/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsterColiseum'': Many of the duelists' stages or monsters reflect something about them or their personalities. Hot-tempered Joey has all Fire monsters, and the greedy Bandit Keith's stage is a treasure trove of stolen riches. |
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| 442 | |
| 443 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 444 | * ''VisualNovel/BadEndTheater'': The "cast" all have prominent character traits that influence their decisions; the DamselInDistress has "polite" and "obedient", the EvilOverlord has "tyrant" and "antisocial", and so on. However, the main draw of the story is the ability to ''invert'' these traits (as well as uncover hidden ones), leading to changes in the script, with the goal of averting the titular Bad Ends. |
| 445 | * ''VisualNovel/SlayThePrincess'': The [[PlayerCharacter Player Character's]] Voices all grant him various supernatural abilities based on what they personify and the usefulness can range from making a situation worse, to evening the odds and [[RealityWarper reality warping powers]]. |
| 446 | [[/folder]] |
| 447 | |
| 448 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 449 | * ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'': Several of the inscribed have epithets that fit some aspect of their personality, though since even very young children seem to be able to use epithets it's unclear whether it's the personality informing the epithet or the epithet informing the personality. Sylvie even states that his main area of study is the interaction between Epithet and personality. |
| 450 | ** Molly's epithet is Dumb, which allows her to silence and simplify things, and is actually pretty useful despite often being underestimated due to its name. Molly is a young girl who is both [[TheMisophonic overstimulated by loud noises]] and unconfident in her abilities. Her power also negates the illusions created by her older sister Lorelai, which shows her role as the more [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling responsible and grounded of the two]]. |
| 451 | ** Lorelai has the epithet of Augment, which allows her to create augmented-reality "dream bubbles" which allow her to make custom-built fantasy worlds that she can hide away in and create any story she wants, but none of it is actually real. True to form, she's a very creative but childish individual who would rather hide in escapist fantasies than face reality. |
| 452 | ** Giovanni Potage has the epithet of Soup, which allows him to conjure and manipulate soup. Not only is Giovanni an excellent cook, but much like his epithet he is rather silly and a little bit dumb while still being [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower surprisingly good in a fight]]. |
| 453 | ** Ramsey's epithet is Goldbricker, which allows him to temporarily transform his body and anything he touches to solid gold and back. Ramsey is also a ConArtist and art forger whose trademark is trading heaps of gold made from his epithet for company stocks and bonds, and then transforming the gold back into dirt. |
| 454 | ** Mera Salamin's [[spoiler:Fragile]] is most notable for its physical effects, but it's hard to miss that she also has quite a brittle and prickly personality, being prone to {{Motive Rant}}s and spending much of episode 4 pushing ever closer to some kind of breakdown. [[spoiler:Of course, chronic pain is also known to cause anxiety and stress...]] |
| 455 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In Volume 5, Ren explains [[OnePersonOnePower Semblances]] to Oscar, stating that they are a bit of a puzzle on Remnant: some people theorise that the power is based on personality, some believe the reverse, and others think there's no connection at all. Ozpin adds that training can evolve Semblances, something also mentioned by Winter in Volume 3. Blake believes her clones reflect her sense of cowardice by taking the hits meant for her; when Ren unleashes his repressed emotions, his Semblance evolves from just [[EmotionSuppression masking]] to also [[TheEmpath unmasking]] emotions; and the normally pessimistic Qrow surprises himself by successfully channelling his memories of the optimistic, [[BornLucky lucky Clover]] to force his hated [[TheJinx bad luck Semblance]] to [[WindsOfDestinyChange produce]] some much needed good luck. |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 459 | * ''Webcomic/DaughterOfTheLilies'': |
| 460 | ** Margot the [[MakingASplash water mage]], is exceptionally cool and collected for someone who [[spoiler:found a giant demon tearing up the downtown]]. |
| 461 | ** Both Master Wu and [[spoiler:Thistle's]] magic glow gold when casting major spells, and they're two of the most morally upright characters in the story, literally following the GoldenRule. |
| 462 | * ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'' has an interesting aversion in Nishi'kanta, a powerful fire sorceress whose personality, as far as the reader can tell, seems to border on emotionlessness. Her sister, Sil'lice, starts as an aversion and turns a straight example through character growth. Before getting ejected from her clan by her sisters, Sil'lice was an almost hotheaded warrior who apparently valued honor above reason. Yes, her power is ice. However, after her clan's coup, she calms down and starts scheming. She starts holding a grudge... |
| 463 | %%* ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'': The characters tend towards Personality Powers. Felucca, Nanashi, and Tengu in particular. |
| 464 | * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': |
| 465 | ** Magic users acquire spells "[[http://egscomics.com/?date=2007-01-31 based on who you are and how you act]]", except [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-09-03 undesirable disturbances]]. Thus hiding too much leads to developing stealthy magic and "If You Make a [[MacrossMissileMassacre Cloud of Crows]], You Just Might be Goth". There's also the extremely uncomfortable fact that this means that rapists get date rape spells. It's one of the primary reasons for TheMasquerade. |
| 466 | --->'''Mr. Verres''': We're talking about a magic system that reflects the people who use it! What sort of people do ''you'' think are going to wind up with the ''most dangerous'' and ''violent'' magic?\ |
| 467 | '''Tedd''': ''Elliot'' has a freaking ''[[SuperGenderBender super heroine]]'' spell!\ |
| 468 | '''Mr. Verres''': ''Exceptions'' do ''not'' make the rule. And Elliot is a ''rare'' exception! [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Seriously, that kid's ridiculous. I think he was born wearing a scout's uniform or something]]. |
| 469 | ** Immortals can give people magical marks that allow them to cast a single spell related to something they wish for deeply (or something they have a natural affinity for, but those are rare). Normally immortals can only do this when the person truly deeply wishes for something, but Pandora is powerful enough that she can give marks to practically anyone. She's still limited to whatever they want the most, though, which annoys her when her options tend to be things like a spell to see through clothing, a spell to make yourself supernaturally attractive, and actual gaydar. |
| 470 | --->'''Pandora''': Cursed biological primary directive. |
| 471 | * ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' |
| 472 | ** The very calm and laid-back Andrew Smith has the ability to [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=385 subconsciously create order where there was none]], or, in Parley's words, "It's like his superpower is to make everything ''boring!''" |
| 473 | ** Annie's first creations with the blinker stone are all fire-related, but according to [[http://www.formspring.me/gunnerkrigg/q/1057498438 the word of Tom]], she wouldn't be able to use it for shield spells (while Anja Donlan ''can'' use her magic that way). Later revelations imply that Annie's power doesn't reflect her outbursts of anger or hot-headedness, rather the other way around: she gets angry and hot-headed ''because'' of them, and her mother is said to have been even more intense. [[spoiler:They're part fire-elemental.]] |
| 474 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': |
| 475 | ** Sburb players are given a title based on an aspect of themselves, or, in some cases, an aspect they are destined to have. (Kanaya theorizes that the game gives players their titles to challenge them.) To start off with, the title is more about the player's duties and role within the game, but when they ascend to God Tiers they become a [[WindsOfDestinyChange lot]] [[BlowYouAway more]] [[TimeMaster literal]]. |
| 476 | ** Vriska's PsychicPowers allow her to MindControl people and other creatures. Fitting this powerset, she's manipulative, controlling, and very self-centered. However, it's noted that her reliance on brute-forcing compliance with her powers means that she's actually really bad at manipulating people the old-fashioned way since she never does it -- something that stands in sharp contrast to her rival and former friend Terezi, who is very good at reading and predicting people. |
| 477 | * ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' averts the trope of a crafty and manipulative telepath. Without his powers, Psycho Mantis is terrible at persuasion, apparently having gotten so used to never needing to try that he no longer knows how to. This isn't helped by his tendency to go straight to telepathy the instant non-psychic persuasion doesn't [[http://gigaville.com/comic.php?id=237 work]]. |
| 478 | * ''Webcomic/MoltenBlade'': Samantha, who, having [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]], is somewhat impatient and irritable. Naturally, she also has [[FieryRedhead red hair]]. |
| 479 | * ''Webcomic/{{Panthera}}'': Leo controls the earth element and is the group's sensible, emotionally stable leader; the critical, easily angered Tigris bears fire; the adaptable, emotional Onca wields water; and the lighthearted, spiritual Pardus is associated with air. Given that each member was specifically chosen to undergo the experiment that gave them said powers, this may be a justified example. |
| 480 | ** The first story arc's BigBad has powers over aether, the legendary [[ElementNumberFive Fifth Element]]. We see that aether is an extremely powerful weapon, but it is something of an AllOrNothing ability with little use outside combat or destruction. Aether's wielder is impatient, greedy and insane, with little capacity for fine control and unchecked ego. This instance too is justified -- it's implied that, in this case, the experiment gave the person so much power that it wrecked [[spoiler:his]] sanity. |
| 481 | ** [[spoiler:Later chapters introduce an antagonist who was also empowered by the experiment --]] an extremist, emotionally volatile snow leopard who takes sadistic joy in taunting the protagonists as they search for him. It should come as no surprise that he bears lightning. |
| 482 | * ''Webcomic/SfeerTheory'': A very literal example. Sfeer abilities are classified as Introverted or Extroverted, and what sort of powers one has is dependent upon the cyclist's overall disposition. How powerful they are is literally based on the force of their personality. |
| 483 | * ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': No one is exactly sure how powers are determined, but they at least have ''something'' to do with personality. Team Alchemical's ElementalPowers all corresponded to their personalities -- [[BlowYouAway Sylvia]] is somewhat flighty, [[PlayingWithFire Sally]] is a FieryRedhead, [[DishingOutDirt Gwen]] is quiet and blunt, and [[MakingASplash Undine]] is polite and emotional. Rue has an internal monologue about this trope where she notes that her ThrowDownTheBomblet powers make it dangerous for her to work with close-range fighters and impractical to work with long-ranged ones, so it's like her powers are saying "I can handle it, give me some space". |
| 484 | * ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' tends to play fast and loose with this trope, playing with or against type as on an individual character basis. |
| 485 | * ''Webcomic/{{Talamak}}'' plays with this. Some characters have personalities that correspond with their elements, such as fun-loving and lighthearted Breena being a [[GreenThumb Flora]] elementalist. Others subvert this, such as the hot-headed and easily-flustered [[DishingOutDirt Earth]] elementalist Ray, or the grounded and cynical [[BlowYouAway Wind]] elementalist Jake. |
| 486 | %%* ''Webcomic/WaywardSons'': Everyone's powers seem to be related to their personality or pre-existing skills in some way.%%How? |
| 487 | [[/folder]] |
| 488 | |
| 489 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 490 | * ''Series/{{Noob}}'': Gaea is a ManipulativeBastard and acquires the power to use PeoplePuppets in Season 4. |
| 491 | %%* ''Literature/{{Phaeton}}'': The more of an element Trayen absorbs, the more his appearance and personality changes. |
| 492 | * ''Website/SCPFoundation'': Some human SCP items have these. |
| 493 | ** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-105 SCP-105]] is (or was prior to containment) an aspiring photographer and she can turn the photographs she takes with her personal camera (SCP-105-B) into {{Portal Picture}}s to the area in the photograph. |
| 494 | ** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-040 SCP-040]] is implied to have a creative/artistic disposition, due to her requests of art supplies, and she can [[LEGOGenetics create new life forms by manipulating the organic matter of preexisting life forms]]. |
| 495 | * ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': |
| 496 | ** The speedsters at the SuperHeroSchool Whateley Academy fit this trope. Scrambler is scatterbrained and talks at an unstoppable pace. Quickie needed almost a year to figure out why everyone thought her codename was so funny. Hyper is even worse. Aries, who's a speedster and also a brick, doesn't have the problem; but he's a very dangerous supervillain. |
| 497 | ** Fireball was a fiery flame manifestor who even dyed her hair flame-red to fit her motif. When she was turned into what looked like a flame demon, she became the darker version of the trope. |
| 498 | [[/folder]] |
| 499 | |
| 500 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 501 | * ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' has the Oracle Twins, Kara and Sara. Kara only has visions of good things that will happen in the future and Sara only has visions of bad things that will happen in the future. Played with in that Kara is always grim and depressed, while Sara is sunny and cheerful. One character even lampshades that they would have expected it to be the other way around, only for the girls to explain their outlooks on life: Kara has every nice surprise in life spoiled for her in advance and has become unable to truly enjoy anything as a result, while Sara sees horrific things so often in her visions that even the most banal events in her life are absolutely fantastic in comparison. |
| 502 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[ElementalPowers Bending]] is strongly linked to not only one's personality but the culture they were raised in. |
| 503 | -->'''Iroh''': Fire is the element of power. The people of the Fire Nation have desire and will and the energy and drive to achieve what they want. Earth is the element of substance. The people of the Earth Kingdom are diverse and strong. They are persistent and enduring. Air is the element of freedom. The Air Nomads detached themselves from worldly concerns and found peace and freedom. Also, they apparently had pretty good senses of humor. Water is the element of change. The people of the Water Tribe are capable and adapting to many things. They have a deep sense of community and love that holds them together through anything. |
| 504 | ** [[PlayingWithFire Firebending]] is fueled by "emotion and rage" but [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] by a lack thereof (or, more accurately, control over it). More to the point, firebending of any kind requires an [[StealthPun unbending]] will and a forceful, disciplined personality, which tends to lead to {{ambition|IsEvil}}. Later episodes reveal one reason the [[ElementalNation Fire Nation]] is so messed up is that their current bending style is corrupted and [[TheDarkSide focuses too much on anger]]. Zuko experiences this firsthand in "The Firebending Masters". After [[spoiler: he has a HeelFaceTurn]], he's less angry and can't fuel his fire the way he used to. He learns that fire can also be fueled by passion, which he still has plenty of. |
| 505 | ** A major roadblock for Aang when it comes to [[DishingOutDirt Earthbending]] is that he has to "stop thinking like an [[BlowYouAway Airbender]]" and learn how to "be steady and strong" like rock. |
| 506 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': |
| 507 | *** This issue is made explicit with the strong, brash MightyGlacier Korra as explained by her airbending teacher: |
| 508 | ---->'''Tenzin''': Often the element that's most difficult for the Avatar to master is the one most opposite to the Avatar's personality. For Aang, it was earthbending.\ |
| 509 | '''Korra''': Yeah, well, [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter I'm about as opposite an Airbender as you can get.]] |
| 510 | *** Oddly enough, while Korra is from the Southern Water Tribe, ''fire'' tends to be her go-to element in combat. This is likely due to her tendency to tackle most problems impulsively and with brute force, which is at odds with the evasive nature of airbending and even the adaptive qualities of her native waterbending (which would also require a water source of some kind, which she wouldn't have the patience to look for or the foresight to carry on her). Even when she learns airbending, she uses it in a manner most similar to the firebending style. |
| 511 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': WordOfGod describes the show's redevelopment of [[AnIcePerson Mr. Freeze]] this way -- his power is ice, so he should be cold and detached. However, they reasoned that people who act that way are actually the ''most'' emotional deep down, so they developed [[CynicismCatalyst his backstory about Nora]]. |
| 512 | * ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': Gaia chose her multiracial team of teenagers for certain personality traits suited to wielding the rings, and the Captain himself is an entity that exists for no purpose beyond defending the planet. |
| 513 | ** Ma-ti's kindness is the only thing stopping heart's power to mind control people from being terribly abused. |
| 514 | ** Wheeler is an impulsive, hot-headed kid with fire powers. |
| 515 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': |
| 516 | ** Freakazoid literally changes personality while the powers are active. Supposedly he's insane because he has all the information of the internet inside his head, and his powers are based on high energy, jumping around in bolts, moving through cyberspace and electrical lines, and being a cartoon. |
| 517 | ** Cobra Queen and Longhorn have their personalities match their respective animal. |
| 518 | ** Cave Guy is an aversion: he is actually very sophisticated and intellectual despite appearing like a prehistoric caveman. |
| 519 | * ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse2021'': Adam chooses to unlock Castle Grayskull to grant its power to all of his allies, each of them being empowered in unique ways to become Masters of the Universe. This is also reflected in Prince Keldor, who chose the Scepter of Havoc when first presented between it and the Sword of Power as he saw the sword as the tool of a soldier, a ''servant'', rather than a ruler. He was cursed with the power of Havoc to reflect his cruelty and selfishness. |
| 520 | -->'''He-Man:''' You know how Grayskull brought out the best in my friends? I think it brought out the worst in you! |
| 521 | * ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'': It really can't be a coincidence that Rex Splode has [[HavingABlast the power to make charge objects with explosive energy]] and seems to [[HairTriggerTemper have some serious anger issues]]. |
| 522 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Flash is a classic speedster personality. [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter J'onn J'onnz]] is a shapeshifter and a mind reader, but doesn't quite fit either mold because, in a fit of originality, the writers made him into TheSpock instead. |
| 523 | ** Being the Spock makes sense with telepathy, as it gives one the ability to understand and control one's own emotions. Also gives good reasons to control one's emotions, for fear you'll lose control of the power. (Vulcan's are telepathic, after all) |
| 524 | ** [[FridgeLogic Well, if you consider]] the [[PowerPerversionPotential potential]] of having both telepathy and shapeshifting, a logically driven character is much more likely to do good with these powers than a more emotionally driven one. Especially since the same combination is associated with [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubi...]] |
| 525 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': |
| 526 | ** [[MonsterOfTheWeek Akumatized villains]] have a tendency to get powers based around their personalities -- for example, the ConsummateLiar Lila gets illusion-based powers as Volpina, the wannabe weather girl Aurore becomes the weather-controlling Stormy Weather, the pigeon-loving Mr. Ramier can control them as Mr. Pigeon, the kendou practitioner Kagami gets fencing-related powers, and the shy artist Nathaniel becomes the ArtAttacker Evillustrator. |
| 527 | ** Ladybug's Lucky Charm becomes whatever it needs to be to fight evil, [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive and so does she]]. The [[BecomingTheMask gap]] between who Ladybug is normally and who she ''needs'' to be to protect Paris is often a source of dramatic conflict. She's also a creative person wielding the power of Creation. |
| 528 | ** Chat Noir's [[MakeThemRot Cataclysm]] power is ([[BadPowersGoodPeople thankfully]]) unrelated to his [[NiceGuy personality]], but it is an expression of his deepest repressed desire: to destroy the "cage", both metaphorical and literal, that isolates him from the outside world. |
| 529 | ** Interestingly shown in the Season 3 episode "Reflekdoll", when the duo ends up swapping Miraculouses -- and main powers. In Mister Bug's hands, the Lucky Charm is perfectly straightforward and gives him exactly what he wants (a mirror) but because he hasn't figured out what they actually need to do to defeat the villain, it's useless. Conversely, Lady Noir's attempt to use Cataclysm on the sentimonster fails to destroy it because she lacks the needed destructive desire. |
| 530 | * ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'': |
| 531 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'': |
| 532 | *** Whizzer, the fastest flier among the ponies, is impatient, prone to rushing into things, easily excited, and easily annoyed when things don't happen fast enough for her liking. |
| 533 | *** King Charlatan, a penguin king with icy EyeBeams, is arrogant, disdainful of others, and emotionally distant and cold towards his son. |
| 534 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 535 | *** Rainbow Dash, the faster flier alive, plays the impulsive, brash speedster personality right to the letter. |
| 536 | *** Earth ponies are patient and strong, better at farming than any other race, something particularly exemplified by the stubborn, down-to-earth, and practical-minded Applejack. However, Pinkie Pie, another earth pony, subverts it, being energetic, emotional, and hyperactive -- with good reason, as she was originally intended to be a pegasus. |
| 537 | *** The main characters are each tied to an Element of Harmony representative of their personalities. [[GenkiGirl Pinkie Pie]] is the Element of Laughter, and is simply energetic all the time, always wanting to make everyone around her as happy as can be. Gentle Fluttershy is the Element of Kindness and is always taking care of wild animals. Twilight Sparkle is the main character and is actually a double subversion, as she is the Element of Magic, but is a very skeptical pony who says everything must have a logical explanation. However, she claims that even magic is logical, [[MagicAIsMagicA because it works how you expect it to work]]. |
| 538 | *** To an extent, every pony alive fits this trope, as their cutie marks (marks that appear on a pony's flank after a certain age that represent his/her special talent) can also represent what job they have. Unicorns especially, since the magic they can use is specifically linked to their special talent. Rarity is a good example; she's a fashion designer who [[GemEncrusted loves working with jewels]], has three diamonds for a cutie mark, and uses a spell that lets her [[DowsingDevice locate buried gems with her horn]]. |
| 539 | *** Averted with the [[{{Lunacy}} moon-controlling]] Princess Luna. She's intimidating at first due to being a FishOutOfTemporalWater, but after learning AnAesop or two becomes very kind, fun-loving, and friendly. She's even nice enough to [[spoiler:swing by Scootaloo's dream to help her out of a scary nightmare]]. In contrast, the [[ThePowerOfTheSun sun-controlling]] Princess Celestia is warm, sensible, and motherly, matching the sun's warmth and life-sustaining rays. |
| 540 | * ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': {{Discussed|Trope}}. When asked to pick a superhero identity, [[TheBully Buford]] goes into a [[HiddenDepths surprisingly intellectual]] analysis of this trope and what a person's choice of superpower implies about them psychologically... and then picks [[{{Fartillery}} Belch Man]]. |
| 541 | * ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': |
| 542 | ** [[KidHero Steven]], like his mother [[PosthumousCharacter Rose Quartz]], is an AllLovingHero and has HealingHands. Steven is also TheEmpath, which reflects his [[WiseBeyondTheirYears high emotional intelligence]]. In a [[BadPowersGoodPeople darker twist]], he eventually discovers [[DemonicPossession he can possess people]], which relates to how his desire to be helpful [[CondescendingCompassion borders on invasive]] -- though his disastrous attempt at improving Lars' life by possessing him made Steven realize exactly that about himself. |
| 543 | ** [[ButchLesbian Ruby]] is HotBlooded and literally burns up when she's angry, while [[LipstickLesbian Sapphire]] is emotionally detached and AnIcePerson. Sapphire can also [[PrescienceIsPredictable see the future]], and thus has a [[YouCantFightFate fatalistic view]] of things (which she [[CharacterDevelopment slowly grows out of]]). |
| 544 | ** All of the main [[MagicalGirlWarrior Crystal Gems]] have the power to shapeshift, but it's notable that we see goofy [[FunPersonified Amethyst]] use it all the time when ControlFreak [[TheSmartGuy Pearl]] never does. |
| 545 | * ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'': The characters develop powers that provide {{escapism}} from the biggest sources of drama in their ordinary, adolescent lives: |
| 546 | ** The over-scheduled Jake Armstrong becomes the more flexible RubberMan Stretch. |
| 547 | ** Nathan Park gets weighed down by his insecurities and neurotic tendencies but rises free from them as the airborne glider Wingspan. |
| 548 | ** Ricardo Perez gets pulled out of place whenever he has to move but can stand firm as the size/mass-shifter Omni-Mass. |
| 549 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'': Apache Chief got his SizeShifter powers from a magic powder given to him by his tribe's shaman to overcome a giant bear. The shaman warned Apache Chief before using the powder that it would make whatever emotion was in his heart grow along with the rest of him, urging him to compose himself and banish his fear, or the powder would increase that fear and turn him into a coward. Giganta in this show stole the powder to gain the same power, which amplified the evil in her heart and made her a power-mad villainess. |
| 550 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': |
| 551 | ** Beast Boy is the usual {{shapeshifting}} trickster. Starfire flies, has solar bolts, and is perpetually cheerful, while Raven is a part-demon sorceress who is dark and moody. (In the FreakyFridayFlip episode, it is revealed that Raven and Starfire's powers are literally tied to their emotions; Star's to her joy and fury, Raven's to calmness and control.) |
| 552 | ** There are some cases of the power influencing the personality here: |
| 553 | *** When Raven's emotions get out of control, her powers are shown to go haywire in very scary ways, so it makes sense she'd do everything she could to clamp down on them, which explains both her brooding and her occasional outbursts of repressed emotions. |
| 554 | *** Beast Boy is also a vegan, which at first might seem odd for someone who regularly turns into carnivorous animals to fight, but the fact that [[LetsMeetTheMeat he knows exactly what it's like to be a cow]] means [[ShapeshiftingSquick he really doesn't want to eat one]]. |
| 555 | *** The recurring villain Jinx, who [[WindsOfDestinyChange causes bad luck]], [[spoiler:usually]] falls under BadPowersBadPeople. [[spoiler:At least until her HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 556 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': |
| 557 | ** Blitzwing actually has ''SplitPersonality'' powers, or rather weapons and modes. His calm side has a freeze ray and can take the form of a jet, his angry side has a flamethrower and tank, while his crazy side can apparently use either. He changes them when his temperament changes [[spoiler:whether he wants to or not]]. |
| 558 | ** The FiveManBand is a pretty charming display of Personality Powers themselves. Bumblebee is a caffeinated speedster, Prowl is a psuedoninja IneffectualLoner, Bulkhead is a big dumb guy ([[spoiler:subverted in the space bridge plot, but aside from his one intellectual specialty Bulkhead is still a tanky dolt]]). Optimus isn't on the above list, but his "modernised" archaic weapon is almost certainly an expression of his KnightInShiningArmor personality. Ratchet is a fun exception, as a medic who is a grouchy old cretin rather than a MysteriousWaif (but hey, this isn't a JRPG). |
| 559 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Visionaries}}'': The characters gain the power to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] into an animal based on their personalities. The heroes become lions and hawks and dolphins and such. The villains become sharks and insects and dragons and other nasties. BigBad Darkstorm is particularly offended at gaining the power to turn into a giant disgusting mollusk. |
| 560 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': Hay Lin's grandmother explicitly spells this out for the main characters. Irma got water because it can't be contained (like Irma when she decides to do something), Taranee got fire because she's the only one reliable enough to be trusted with it (as Cedric points out once, when Taranee gets pissed you must RUN. And he did so), Cornelia got Earth because she tends to function with hard logic, and Hay Lin got Air because she's a dreamer. The connection Will's powers have to her personality go unexplained in the show, but [[ComicBook/{{WITCH}} the original comics]] would simply define her as the balancing, mediative force that unites them all, something Will manages to fit once her character develops. |
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