Most strange and ridiculous power EVER!

[Arakune]

My top 3:

1-) From Jojo Bizarre Adventure 6th Villian
Made in Heaven (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Pucci)


Claimed by Dio Brando as the ultimate Stand, Made in Heaven has the ability to control the gravitational forces of the earth, moon and possibly the entire universe. As gravity changes, Made in Heaven is able to speed up the flow of time to a point where it is impossible for any living being to catch up, with the exception of its user and God. As time continues to travel, the universe will hit the vanishing point, and a new universe will be created where everything repeats itself accordingly to "fate". However, anyone that is killed by this Stand in the previous universe will not cease to exist, but simply replaced by a similar substitute. The Stand's user may then alter things and create the perfect world they desire.


Immortality? Pufff. Super streght? Pufff. Meet the manga (and more effective) version of Reed Richards.
Don't like the new universe? No problem, just make another!

2-) The Hypothetical true power of the stand of the 3rd Jojo Bizarre Adventure Villian

The World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dio_Brando)

The World, very similar to Jotaro's Star Platinum, is a stand with phenomenal strength, senses and stamina - but is also faster and more accurate.[10] It can also stop time (for a longer duration as well).[10] He also has at least a measure of Joseph's psychic abilities[9] (specifically, the ability to create a vision on a photograph). A possible explanation for the fact that The World has psychic powers that are only used once is that Hirohiko Araki (The creator of the manga) implied for it to have the power of all of the stands.

Think about Hiro power of stopping time, but it lasts as long as he wants (but only when he got full control of this ability, currently he can only stop time for 10s) AND you have a ghost-like-thing that can torn apart a car (or a tank, who knows?) like it's made of paper!

The number two went to Jotaro (similar power) since Dio died.

3-) The 5th Villian of Jojo bizarre adventure, arguably the REAL responsible for all this mess.

King Crimson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diavolo)

A light red humanoid whose face appears to have a smaller copy of itself in its forehead, perhaps to mirror Diavolo's psyche. King Crimson has the power to cause a time skip, where everything except itself and Diavolo is suddenly changed to be in the state they would have been a short time later (usually 3-10 seconds later). Time still flows normally for Diavolo, who can interact with the time-skipped objects for the amount of time that would have normally intervened (to Diavolo this appears in the form of the would-have-been intervening objects' states being superimposed on each other, in a fashion akin to Nude Descending a Staircase). The nature of the time skip is such that, for example, a bullet that would have hit Diavolo will suddenly be shifted to be on his other side as where it would be seconds later.

"Bottle are in the other side of room and there is someone there, his shoes have a bit of mud.
You: Hey dude, give me that bottle.
King Krinson!
You: Just give me that bottle!
Other guy: But it's in your hand!
You: ... when did it got here? And how the hell did you get here?!
Other guy: I dunno. Walked? There's my footsteps in the flour. (But I don't remember coming here...)
Both: Weird...."

Okay, this one is a confuse. Long story short, no one can defeat you while you are aware of the danger.

Since this is my top 3 I will stop now, but in 4th comes the Golden Experience Requiem (same manga, different chapter) and in 5th comes the Cream stand (same manga, different chapter).

Okay, I'm guilty for choosing all of them from the same manga, but most of their powers range from the WhatKindOfCrappyPowerIsHeart to WTFOMG!!!

What's yours?

[Irenaeus]

Dogwelder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogwelder) - He has the power to weld dogs to peoples' faces.

He still needs an arc welder to do this.

Edit: Come to think of it, all of Section 8's members are pretty good contenders in this, but Dogwelder just seems to outclass them.

New Edit: New and better link: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/09/28/365-reasons-to-love-comics-271/

[Arakune]

Dogwelder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogwelder) - He has the power to weld dogs to peoples' faces.

He still needs an arc welder to do this.

Edit: Come to think of it, all of Section 8's members are pretty good contenders in this, but Dogwelder just seems to outclass them.

New Edit: New and better link: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/09/28/365-reasons-to-love-comics-271/

That sure falls in the ridiculous and strange (in a very wrong way) part. How do you found THAT?!

[Invisible Queen]

Dogwelder is legendary in all the "worst superhero" and similar contests. My first thought when I saw this thread was about him. I mean, no one else even gets close.

[sikyon]

I saw this one on superdickery where superman uses "super mathmatics" to do normal math and gets it wrong anyways.

[Rare Pink Leech]

I seem to remember from quite a few years ago (maybe ten) a comic where everyone had ridiculous powers. One guy could control anything plaid, and another could rip of and re-attach his arms at will. Those are pretty useless.

Oh, and the Defenestrator from Section 8 is quite possibly the coolest superhero evar. That's right, I said EVAR.

[W Herzog Zwei]

Bueno Excellente fights evil with the power of perversion...

Hehe, rear...

Ps. I could not UNDERSTAND ONE SINGLE WORD in the spoiler parts in OP. Not a single word. The explanations themselves, yes, but the actual text, no.

[Nerd-o-rama]

That's probably as intended, given that it's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

ZA WARUDO!

Anyway, Dogwelder probably wins this, but Superventriloquism (http://www.superdickery.com/stupor/33.html) is pretty stupid, then there's Fatman the Human Flying Saucer (http://www.superdickery.com/stupor/9.html).

[Arakune]

Bueno Excellente fights evil with the power of perversion...

Hehe, rear...

Ps. I could not UNDERSTAND ONE SINGLE WORD in the spoiler parts in OP. Not a single word. The explanations themselves, yes, but the actual text, no.

In the spoilers :smallconfused: section? Maybe you need to follow the link to be more clear, since I just ctrl+c ctrl+v the section in the wikipedia article.

Edit:

Also, try to stop to list all of the silver age superman powers. Just say, "silver super" and where done. :smalltongue:

[Ethrael]

All of the Great Lake Avengers, especially Doorman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doorman_%28comics%29) with his old powers: the ability to teleport anywhere in the world............as long as it's next door.

[JabberwockySupafly]

Crime Cannibal is a good mention here, as is Fernslinger. Not to mention Baby Boomerangutan, Sarcastro, and of course, The Living Doll. Of course, these all come form both the animated and comic book series of The Tick, which lives off of absurdity. Here's a link to understand better. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_characters_in_The_Tick)

[Shraik]

Mystery Men, anyone?

[Tirian]

Like JabberwockySupafly suggests, the top three finishers were all designed by Ben Edlund.

I'll give the edge to Hurricane Betty from The Tick: Karma Tornado #5, whose power was to simulate a tropical storm by hurling her sweat with ninety MPH winds.

[Sixscimitars]

Everybody in the Legion of Substitute Heroes. Okay, not so much weird as totally useless, but still...

[technoextreme]

SuperDickery (http://www.superdickery.com/stupor/1.html)
The list of weird super powers.

Kite Man
Supermathematics
Super Kisses
Tiger-Man
Bouncing
Super Weaving
Asbestos Man
Rainbow Man
I think I win the contest.

[Guyinthestreet]

My top 3:

1-) From Jojo Bizarre Adventure 6th Villian
Made in Heaven (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Pucci)


Claimed by Dio Brando as the ultimate Stand, Made in Heaven has the ability to control the gravitational forces of the earth, moon and possibly the entire universe. As gravity changes, Made in Heaven is able to speed up the flow of time to a point where it is impossible for any living being to catch up, with the exception of its user and God. As time continues to travel, the universe will hit the vanishing point, and a new universe will be created where everything repeats itself accordingly to "fate". However, anyone that is killed by this Stand in the previous universe will not cease to exist, but simply replaced by a similar substitute. The Stand's user may then alter things and create the perfect world they desire.


Immortality? Pufff. Super streght? Pufff. Meet the manga (and more effective) version of Reed Richards.
Don't like the new universe? No problem, just make another!

2-) The Hypothetical true power of the stand of the 3rd Jojo Bizarre Adventure Villian

The World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dio_Brando)

The World, very similar to Jotaro's Star Platinum, is a stand with phenomenal strength, senses and stamina - but is also faster and more accurate.[10] It can also stop time (for a longer duration as well).[10] He also has at least a measure of Joseph's psychic abilities[9] (specifically, the ability to create a vision on a photograph). A possible explanation for the fact that The World has psychic powers that are only used once is that Hirohiko Araki (The creator of the manga) implied for it to have the power of all of the stands.

Think about Hiro power of stopping time, but it lasts as long as he wants (but only when he got full control of this ability, currently he can only stop time for 10s) AND you have a ghost-like-thing that can torn apart a car (or a tank, who knows?) like it's made of paper!

The number two went to Jotaro (similar power) since Dio died.

3-) The 5th Villian of Jojo bizarre adventure, arguably the REAL responsible for all this mess.

King Crimson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diavolo)

A light red humanoid whose face appears to have a smaller copy of itself in its forehead, perhaps to mirror Diavolo's psyche. King Crimson has the power to cause a time skip, where everything except itself and Diavolo is suddenly changed to be in the state they would have been a short time later (usually 3-10 seconds later). Time still flows normally for Diavolo, who can interact with the time-skipped objects for the amount of time that would have normally intervened (to Diavolo this appears in the form of the would-have-been intervening objects' states being superimposed on each other, in a fashion akin to Nude Descending a Staircase). The nature of the time skip is such that, for example, a bullet that would have hit Diavolo will suddenly be shifted to be on his other side as where it would be seconds later.

"Bottle are in the other side of room and there is someone there, his shoes have a bit of mud.
You: Hey dude, give me that bottle.
King Krinson!
You: Just give me that bottle!
Other guy: But it's in your hand!
You: ... when did it got here? And how the hell did you get here?!
Other guy: I dunno. Walked? There's my footsteps in the flour. (But I don't remember coming here...)
Both: Weird...."

Okay, this one is a confuse. Long story short, no one can defeat you while you are aware of the danger.

Since this is my top 3 I will stop now, but in 4th comes the Golden Experience Requiem (same manga, different chapter) and in 5th comes the Cream stand (same manga, different chapter).

Okay, I'm guilty for choosing all of them from the same manga, but most of their powers range from the WhatKindOfCrappyPowerIsHeart to WTFOMG!!!

What's yours?


Ah, a Jojo's Bizarre adventure fan.

Actually Dio's stand could stop time for only ten minutes for a time, and he needs to be at close range for that to work. And Jotaro's stand isn't as effective as Dio's stand (Star Platinum can stop time for around 3 minutes or 3 seconds, I forgot).

And who can forget Silver Chariot Requiem? That thing can switch souls. Even with animals and humans.

I don't know why, but I like Hanged Man the best. I guess it's influenced by the arcade game (one of Hol Horse's special involves Hanged Man).

I guess Hirohiko Araki's artwork improved over the years. His story and plot mechanisms were always good, but you can see a difference in his art from the first volume of Jojo's (the one where Dio first became a vampire and Steel Ball Run).

[Fenrir]

I once read somewhere about the ability to wear un-matching socks without anyone noticing...:smallconfused:

Of course there is this one movie where there is a guy who is invisible only when no one is watching him...

Those are the lamest ones I've read, whose to say no one can come up with something much more depressing

[Dorath]

The Codpiece.

Warning: Only partially safe for work, and intended for audiences over 18.
http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article59.htm

[Talyn]

Dorath: DO NOT WANT!

I need to go wash my brain now.

[Roderick_BR]

The Codpiece.

Warning: Only partially safe for work, and intended for audiences over 18.
http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article59.htm
Sad thing, there's a game based on this concept... http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/428930

And wait, the OP said those powers he listed were strange or ridiculous? Because the ability to stop time is not ridiculous (I'm looking at you, D&D players). And the ability to hit the universe's reset button is strange, but awesome. The time skip may get confusing, though.

[Goats_o_Mjolnir]

May I direct you to

Maggot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggott)

he was actually pretty cool, although when I wiki'd this his power was listed as the ability to sort through trash bins, which isnt the case at all.

[Shatteredtower]

The Quiz, from Grant Morrison's run on Doom Patrol, whose super powers were every super power you hadn't thought of.

Then again, the Brotherhood of Dada, from the same series, was made for the weird superpowers. My favourite was Sleepwalk, who had super strength -- but only when she was asleep. Part of that was the costume, though, with little beds for epaulettes and a makeup design for that picture which could be either a candle or two people facing each other, so that her face could be seen to comprise the trinity Winken and Blinken (two little eyes) and Nod (her head).

[Cen]

http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/marvel%20alpha%20eye-scream.gif
Meet the Eye-scream. He can change his body into ice cream. Any flavour.

[Wish]

I remember rolling a D100 on Superheroes unlimited and getting exactly the character you described above (eye scream), hmmm how odd. I feel a faint bit of ***DIVINE INTERVENTION*** happening... I also saw my boss driving down the motorway today when I looked out the window what is the chances of that say 2% , next time I get some low percentage like that I want to see a Boeing 747 drive down the motorway. That would be better than the boss.

[Illiterate Scribe]

Flyclops.

Sure, he's got a generic eye-beam power too.

But, Flyclops.

[Darkantra]

Once again, Superdickery to the rescue!

I give you King Kandy (http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=36&Itemid=53&limitstart=28)

I haven't been able to find out what his power is but I suspect that it involves the power to have a flexible suit of hard candy.

[Diggs]

Squirrel Girl... with the awesome amazing power to..... talk to squirrels? Plus she dresses like said animal. What good is control over squirrels? She would be able to get them to cross the street without running back and forth 8 times, never ending supply of nuts is always good thing, OH knowing which tree to climb is a power I think mankind has been searching for, for years!!!

[Manga Shoggoth]

Squirrel Girl... with the awesome amazing power to..... talk to squirrels? Plus she dresses like said animal. What good is control over squirrels? She would be able to get them to cross the street without running back and forth 8 times, never ending supply of nuts is always good thing, OH knowing which tree to climb is a power I think mankind has been searching for, for years!!!

Actually, in her original appearance she took out Dr Doom with a very plausable two-pronged attack. Squirrels can cause a huge amount of damage... OK, she was a joke character, but one with a plausable mechanism.

And for those who have played Superhero League of Hoboken (OK, it's a game, but based on the idea of comic book heroes):


Creating Organisation Charts (The Crimson Tape - the only completely useless superpower in the game)
Really Good at Treading Water (Treader Man)
Seeing Inside Pizza Boxes Without Opening Them* (Madame Pepparami - The way the game was structured made this a really useful superpower...)
Eating Chillies without distress (The Iron Tummy)
Good at Folding Street Maps (Princess Glovebox)

[HolderofSecrets]

Plus she dresses like said animal. What good is control over squirrels?

Strangely enough that power is starting to become more common.

Besides Marvel's Squirrel Girl there has also been the Squirrel Girl on the Tick's Cartoon series who had the ability and Marsha Hart from "College Roomies from Hell!!!" had the ability to control by being overly cute. I believe this is becoming a common yet Unusual superpower.

[Silence]

Strangly enough, my frined made a comic about a guy with a superpower that involved his penis, and a thirty cal.

Don't ask.

I would link you to the comic, except that it's really explicit adult material.

[Illiterate Scribe]

Are you referring to Doom Patrol 070, Silence? I can send relevant parts (heh) of it to people if they'd like.

[Jayngfet]

Armless-Tigerman.

[Griemont]

Ah, a Jojo's Bizarre adventure fan.

Actually Dio's stand could stop time for only ten minutes for a time, and he needs to be at close range for that to work. And Jotaro's stand isn't as effective as Dio's stand (Star Platinum can stop time for around 3 minutes or 3 seconds, I forgot).

And who can forget Silver Chariot Requiem? That thing can switch souls. Even with animals and humans.

I don't know why, but I like Hanged Man the best. I guess it's influenced by the arcade game (one of Hol Horse's special involves Hanged Man).

I guess Hirohiko Araki's artwork improved over the years. His story and plot mechanisms were always good, but you can see a difference in his art from the first volume of Jojo's (the one where Dio first became a vampire and Steel Ball Run).

Dio: 10 seconds max, infinite if given more time to grow into his body. '
Jotaro: 5 seconds max (limit of humna endurance)

And the arcade game was made after (and based on) Series 3, Stardust Crusaders, silly. :smalltongue:
The manga came first, in all cases, but I too love Hanged Man :smallbiggrin:

[Guyinthestreet]

Dio: 10 seconds max, infinite if given more time to grow into his body. '
Jotaro: 5 seconds max (limit of humna endurance)

And the arcade game was made after (and based on) Series 3, Stardust Crusaders, silly. :smalltongue:
The manga came first, in all cases, but I too love Hanged Man :smallbiggrin:

No, I meant that I played the arcade game first, so I was influenced by the game. Then I read the manga.

And Rubber Soul was pretty impressive too. If that guy had more brains he might have been able to take out the whole party.

Guess you're right about 5 seconds.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2946/59451816wj5.jpg

[mabriss lethe]

I second the Quiz, but really, any member of the Brotherhood of Dada should suffice.

Agent ! and Danny the Street should probably be runner ups as well.

I think there were a few from "The Enigma" as well but I can't seem to find any reference to them... something about a group of supervillains who had the power to drive you mad by sneaking into your house while you were gone and re-arranging your furniture.

[TheThan]

For zany powers how about this:

Dommino (quote curtisy of Marvel website)



Domino is a mutant with the ability to subliminally and psionically initiate random telekinetic acts that affect probability in her favor by making improbable (but not impossible) things to occur within her line of sight, thus causing her to have "good luck" and her opponents to have "bad luck." This phenomenon can be anything from an enemy's equipment failure to hitting just the right switch with a stray shot to shut down an overloading nuclear reactor.


This unconsciously controlled talent is triggered when she is in a stressful situation (such as fighting or escaping). This effect constantly emanates from her body at all times and is completely subconscious. However, it is also largely participatory - in order for the luck to take effect, Domino herself must engage in an action whose chance she can affect.

For example, if debris falling from the sky was about to hit her in the head, she would still be hurt if she stood still. However, if she tried to avoid them, she would move perfectly to avoid each and every piece about to hit her. In addition if Domino were to stand before a hail of bullets she would be a bullet-ridden corpse. Instead, she must take action, attempting to avoid the gunfire and will miraculously bob and weave just perfectly to avoid every single shot. As a byproduct of her probability abilities, Domino's cerebral cortex emits a current of bio-electric pulses down her spine to instinctively guide her movements during such situations, which has the added effect of augmenting her natural reflexes and agility to near-superhuman levels.

Although Domino cannot consciously control her ability, she can activate it by putting herself in a position in which she could be harmed. The full extent of her powers is still unknown.



Not only is it krazy and zany but its also quite handy and dang cool.

[Death]

'ow 'bout Pepsiman from Japan, he even has a vidoe game. I don't even think he has a super power.

[the_last_samurai]

How about the ability to glow slightly? Or to melt in a puddle? Those were on a movie on.... umm..... the disney channel

Eheh.

[PhallicWarrior]

Don't be ashamed, I think I saw that one too.

Sky High?

[jerichodrumm]

I like a lot of the Tick characters
Sarcastro Dressed like Castro and has Biting Sarcasm

Baby Boomerangutan He is dressed in a monkey costume and throws baby dolls that come back as boomerangs His Battle cry: "It's OK to play with dolls"

Chairface His head is a wooden chair.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Chairface His head is a wooden chair.That sounds more like a play on **** Tracy villains.

[jerichodrumm]

That sounds more like a play on **** Tracy villains.

He was much to sauve to be a Tracy villain.
http://www.thetick.ws/images/chairface2.jpg

[Aquillion]

Strangly enough, my frined made a comic about a guy with a superpower that involved his penis, and a thirty cal.

Don't ask.

I would link you to the comic, except that it's really explicit adult material.Uh, someone already linked to a comic about a guy with that ability.

For people whose abilities weren't intended to be stupid, Captain Boomerang is up there somewhere. I mean, seriously, Captain Boomerang.

[bosssmiley]

Dogwelder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogwelder) - He has the power to weld dogs to peoples' faces.

He still needs an arc welder to do this.

Edit: Come to think of it, all of Section 8's members are pretty good contenders in this, but Dogwelder just seems to outclass them.

New Edit: New and better link: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/09/28/365-reasons-to-love-comics-271/

Garth Ennis - there's a surprise. :smallamused:


I think there were a few from "The Enigma" as well but I can't seem to find any reference to them... something about a group of supervillains who had the power to drive you mad by sneaking into your house while you were gone and re-arranging your furniture.

Wasn't that the comic that had Envelope Girl in it? And the villain who sucked people's brains out with a straw? And the enlightened lizard narrator? A rich vein of bizarre indeed.

[TakeV]

No mention of these guys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p1KITKmC0A&feature=related), yet? I'm shocked.

Also, on the topic of squirrel girl, I'm told that her powers got a retcon, or something. New power is "Unable to lose". Not sure if this is right or not, though. Best power ever, though.

[herrhauptmann]

The would you rather series of books had a section about superpowers.
http://barry.warsaw.us/poems/wyr.html

[Aquillion]

Actually, in her original appearance she took out Dr Doom with a very plausable two-pronged attack. Squirrels can cause a huge amount of damage... OK, she was a joke character, but one with a plausable mechanism.Defeating Doctor Doom with squirrels is, by definition, not plausible. Although Squirrel Girl is a pretty implausible character in the first place, so it all evened out.

[chiasaur11]

Defeating Doctor Doom with squirrels is, by definition, not plausible. Although Squirrel Girl is a pretty implausible character in the first place, so it all evened out.

Yeah. Doreen is every supervillian's worst nightmare.

Anyone mentioned the legion of superheroes try outs?

There was a guy who could turn things green, Spaceopoly lad (He's really, really good at spaceopoly), aguy with a secret formula to make feathers heavy, Infectious Lass...

Then on the team itself there's Bouncing Boy and...
Matter Eater Lad.

[Irenaeus]

Garth Ennis - there's a surprise. :smallamused:Yeah. I mean, seriously, who could see that coming.

I'm also sure that what ever superpower Man-Eating Cow has, it is probably a strange one.

[Corlanthis]

The two that come to mind are. . .

Arms Fall Off Boy from the Legion of Super Heroes, whose power is self-evident, I should think. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Fall_Off_Boy

And Fortress Lad, also from the Legion. Who's race's power is to grow themselves into a large building. In Fortress Lad's case, there's a mishap while he's showing off his power that results in the Legion forgetting he was trying out to join him and moving into him as a new base

http://prismcomics.org/display_print.php?id=1610

[Laurentio II]

Actually, in her original appearance she took out Dr Doom with a very plausable two-pronged attack. Squirrels can cause a huge amount of damage...
...to armored opponents. Able, in any incarnation seen up to this moment (even robot doubles), to emit energy on the surface of it.

No way. Just, no way. Funny character, but no way.