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Image:Powers monica save that for later.jpg|Monica sees a [[wrestler]] perform a move... |
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Image:Roundoff kick.jpg|...and later knocks back a [[Burger Bonanza robber|robber]] with it. <br />(''[[The Kindness of Strangers]]'') |
Image:Roundoff kick.jpg|...and later knocks back a [[Burger Bonanza robber|robber]] with it. <br />(''[[The Kindness of Strangers]]'') |
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Image:Powers monica piano 3.jpg|Monica starts playing the piano subconsciously after watching [[Micah]] do the same. <br />(''[[Fight or Flight]]'') |
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Image:Powers monica more tomato roses.jpg|Monica successfully recalls a previously learned skill to create more tomato roses. <br />(''[[Fight or Flight]]'') |
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Image:Powers monica double dutch 3.jpg|Monica learns double dutch after watching another girl do the same. <br />(''[[Fight or Flight]]'') |
Image:Powers monica double dutch 3.jpg|Monica learns double dutch after watching another girl do the same. <br />(''[[Fight or Flight]]'') |
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Image:Powers monica flip 2.jpg|Monica replicates several advanced martial arts moves after seeing Jason Scott Lee do the same moves in ''Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story''. <br />(''[[Fight or Flight]]'') |
Image:Powers monica flip 2.jpg|Monica replicates several advanced martial arts moves after seeing Jason Scott Lee do the same moves in ''Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story''. <br />(''[[Fight or Flight]]'') |
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Image:Adoptive muscle memory.jpg|Monica performs a series of acrobatic handsprings and backflips for [[Mohinder]] at a [[Company]] research facility. <br />(''[[The Line]]'') |
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| Adoptive muscle memory | |
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 Monica replicates a difficult gymnastics move. | |
| Held by: | Monica Dawson |
| Ability to: | Replicate any physical action |
| Examples of adoptive muscle memory | |
Adoptive muscle memory, also referred to as muscle mimicry, is the ability to replicate any physical action after seeing it performed once.
Characters
- Monica Dawson is the only character known to have this ability.
Limits
Monica's ability requires that she actually sees the action performed, though not in person. Monica can perform her ability with or without active concentration. She has cut a tomato into a rose without consciously thinking about it. Monica was also surprised after she performed the wrestling move against the robber instinctively. Also in Fight or Flight, she states that she's unable to play the piano while she playing the piano. Micah realized Monica was playing before she realized it herself.
It is currently not clear whether Monica retains an acquired skill permanently or "forgets" it after a period of time.
Selected Examples
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Monica carves a tomato into a rose after seeing the action performed by a cooking show host.
(The Kindness of Strangers) -
Monica sees a wrestler perform a move... -
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Monica learns double dutch after watching another girl do the same.
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Monica replicates several advanced martial arts moves after seeing Jason Scott Lee do the same moves in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.
(Fight or Flight)
Notes
- In a CBR Q&A session, Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite elaborated on Monica's powers. "Monica can only do things within her physical limit. Now as an athletic 20-year-old girl, there are a lot of things within her limit. But, no--if she saw Nathan fly, she couldn't fly."
- Micah identifies St. Joan, from a 9th Wonders! comic, as a muscle mimic. (Fight or Flight)
See Also
- For other uses of memory, see memory (disambig).
- For other uses of mimic, see mimic (disambig).
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| See Also: Extension:DynamicPageList3 (DPL3), version 3.6.1: Error: MediaWiki\Extension\DynamicPageList3\Query::buildAndSelect: The DynamicPageList3 extension (version 3.6.1) produced a SQL statement which led to a Database error.<br/>The reason may be an internal error of DynamicPageList3 or an error that you made; especially when using parameters like 'categoryregexp' or 'titleregexp'. Usage of non-greedy <code>*?</code> matching patterns are not supported.<br/>The error message was:<br/><code></code> • Examples of adoptive muscle memory | |||||