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| image = Image-Sylar Shapeshift blone woman.jpg |
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| caption = Sylar shifts to his original appearance. |
| caption = [[Sylar]] shifts to his original appearance. |
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| held by = [[James Martin]] |
| held by = [[James Martin]] |
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| absorbed by = [[Sylar]] |
| absorbed by = [[Sylar]] |
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Image:Shapeshifting COG.jpg|James takes on the appearance of [[Agent Jenkins]].<br>(''[[COG]]'') |
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Image:Sergeant Jenkins(Fake one).JPG|As Jenkins, James infiltrates [[Danko's team]]... |
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Image:Shapeshift handshake.jpg|..shakes hands with [[Danko]]... |
Image:Shapeshift handshake.jpg|..shakes hands with [[Danko]]... |
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Image:Fake Danko.JPG|...and later pretends to be him. |
Image:Fake Danko.JPG|...and later pretends to be him.<br>{{epp|321}} |
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Image:Shapeshift hand touch.jpg|James touches |
Image:Shapeshift hand touch.jpg|James touches a [[janitor]]'s arm and shifts into a painful transformation... |
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Image:Painful transformation( |
Image:Painful transformation(3).JPG|...and successfully copies the host's physical appearance.<br>{{epp|321}} |
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Image:Fake Sylar.JPG|James pretends to be [[Sylar]].<br>{{epp|321}} |
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Image:Sylar turns to a woman.JPG|Sylar, after acquiring the ability, enjoys using it.<br>{{epp|321}} |
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Image:Sylar turns to a woman.JPG|...but is unsuccessfuly as Sylar enjoys his newly acquired ability.<br>{{epp|321}} |
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==See also== |
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*For a similar ability that can alter one's appearance, see ''[[illusion]]''. |
*For a similar ability that can alter one's appearance, see '''[[illusion]]'''. |
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* For other uses of ''shifting'', see '''[[shifting (disambig)]]''' |
* For other uses of ''shifting'', see '''[[shifting (disambig)]]''' |
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Revision as of 11:00, 31 March 2009
| Shape shifting | |
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 Sylar shifts to his original appearance. | |
| Originally held by: | James Martin |
| Absorbed by: | Sylar |
| Ability to: | Shift one's physical characteristics to match another's. |
| Examples of shape shifting | |
Shape shifting is the ability to alter one's own appearance to match another's.
Characters
- James Martin is the first character to use this ability on-screen.
- Sylar has acquired this ability from Martin.
Limits
Physical touch with the person that the user wishes to appear to be necessary. The ability also mimics the voice of the person the user shifted into. The process takes around 5 seconds and is painful to the shape shifter.
Martin is the first character shown to have shape shifting (Into Asylum). He first used it (off-screen) to surprise a group of Danko's men and kill them while they were hunting him. He then made his way into Danko's office and touched the Hunter, "taking" his form. He then runs when Sylar calls Danko and tells him Martin is a shape shifter. Martin, during the chase, touches another man to "take" his shape and shifts to appear like him and escape. Apparently, unless the person shifts back into their original form, the form they die in is the one they stay in. This phenomena was shown when James was killed by Sylar and Danko, where he stayed in Sylar's form even after death.
When he changed forms, it seemed to have caused Sylar a great deal of pain.
Selected
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As Jenkins, James infiltrates Danko's team... -
..shakes hands with Danko... -
...and later pretends to be him.
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James touches a janitor's arm and shifts into a painful transformation... -
...and successfully copies the host's physical appearance.
(Into Asylum) -
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Sylar, after acquiring the ability, enjoys using it.
(Into Asylum)
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Please refer to the following link for fan-created theories and other speculation.
See also
- For a similar ability that can alter one's appearance, see illusion.
- For other uses of shifting, see shifting (disambig)