Manipulation Mastery

The power to be a master of manipulation, either innately or through training. Sub-power of Psychological Mastery and Tactical Analysis. Not to be confused with Deception Mastery.
==Also Called==
*Expert/Skilled Manipulator
*Manipulation Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Proficiency/Prowess
*Master Manipulator
*Machiavellianism Mastery 
*Psychological Manipulation Mastery
*Master/Mastery of Manipulation
==Capabilities==
The user is a master of psychological manipulation, the act of using subterfuge designed to influence or control others, usually in a manner which facilitates one's personal aims. The user excels at playing to and manipulating others' emotions, perspectives, and mental states, exploiting their personal flaws to their own ends.
The user can manipulate others so flawlessly that most people who are influenced do not even realize they are being manipulated- and even if they do realize they are being manipulated, they cannot break free. Each manipulation technique the user utilizes will be objectively and unanimously perfect in every facet, aspect and detail. Each manipulation technique the user utilizes will be an immediate unmatched success in every way.
The user may have a charismatic and manipulative personality and is capable of causing sudden and profound changes in others very quickly and easily. With enough time, the user can charm and manipulate basically any person or social system, and influence them to act in accordance with the user's desires.
This also allows the user to dominate manipulation-based competitions easily, even at advanced levels.
==Applications==
*Acting Mastery
*Business Mastery
*Character Judgement Mastery
*Charisma Mastery
*Cooperation Mastery
*Deception Mastery
*Desire Intuition
*Disguise Mastery
*Elucidation
* Enhanced Charisma
*Haggling Mastery
*Leadership Mastery 
*Lie Proficiency
*Misdirection
*Negotiation Mastery 
*Political Mastery 
*Propaganda Mastery 
*Psychological Combat
*Rhetoric Mastery
*Seduction Mastery
*Social Mastery
*Solidarity Mastery
*Status Mastery
* Storytelling Mastery
* Taunting
== Techniques ==
* Psychological Combat
==Associations==
*Annoyance Inducement
*Enhanced Social Skills
*Psychological Mastery
*Tactical Analysis
*Con Artist
*Trickster
*Shōnen Antagonist
*Seinen Protagonist
==Limitations==
*May not work on those with a Indomitable Will and Personal Mastery of a higher level.
*May require a degree of training or exposure.
*May take time to achieve such mastery.
==Known Users==
See also: Manipulative Bastard, Guile Hero, and Batman Gambit.
===Anime/Manga/Manhwa===
===Comics===
===Cartoons===
===Literature===
===Live Television===
===Movies===
===Mythology/Folklore===
*Satan/Lucifer (Christianity)
*Haman the Agagite (Christianity)
*Rebekah (Christianity)
===Tabletop Games===
*Various Villains (Dungeons & Dragons/Forgotten Realms)
*Roboute Guilliman (Warhammer 40k)
*Chaos (Warhammer 40k)
*Tzeentch (Warhammer 40k)
*The C'tan (Warhammer 40k)
*Asdrubael Vect (Warhammer 40k)
*Eldar (Warhammer 40k)
*Erebus (Warhammer 40k)
*The Skaven (Warhammer 40k)
===Video Games===
===Others===
==Known Powers ==
*Persuasion (Dragon Ball Series)
== Known Objects ==
* NZT (Limitless)
* SCP-035 - Possessive Mask (SCP Foundation)
* Swell's Stick (Marvel Comics)
==Gallery==
Aladdin-Jafar.png|Jafar (Disney's Aladdin)
Scar (Lion King 1994).png|Scar (The Lion King)
Arifureta-LN-v06-006.png|Eri Nakamura (Arifureta Sekai Saikyou) is a genius manipulator, able to perfectly deceive and manipulate her classmates into a death trap including the sharp-minded Shizuku.
Arifureta-LN-JP-Cover-v09.png|Shizuku Yaegashi (Arifureta Sekai Saikyou) is extremely sharp and perceptive towards people's personalities and relationships.
Ehit Manipulator.jpg|Ehit (Arifureta Sekai Saikyou) is an extremely crafty and manipulative Evil God who has manipulated the people of Tortus into fighting millennia of brutal wars for his twisted entertainment...
Ehit Manipulator 2.jpg|...even defeated his archenemies the Liberators by cleverly manipulating his victims to turn against them.
Hajime Nagumo (Arifureta Sekai Saikyou).png|Nagumo Hajime (Arifureta Sekai Saikyou) proved himself to be a more cunning manipulator than the Evil God Ehit, being to deceive the Humans of Tortus Ehit's own pawns to turn against him.
306177.jpg|Rosemary Applefield (Ashita no Nadja) is a brilliant master manipulator.
Vilgax.jpg|Vilgax (Ben 10)
Griffith.jpg|Griffith (Berserk) is a brilliant master of manipulating others.
Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach).jpg|Sosuke Aizen (Bleach) is a brilliant master manipulator; he deceived Soul Society and manipulated the entire Gotei 13 with his mind games and even manipulated his own followers to join him for his cause.
Angel1.jpg|Angel/Angelus (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) displays incredible skill in manipulating others' psyches and emotional states.
Charlie Bartlett.gif|Charlie Bartlett (Charlie Bartlett) has a natural gift for understanding psychology.
Rosette Aion.jpg|Aion (Chrono Crusade) is a skilled master manipulator, being so brilliant at deceiving his enemies.
Criminal Minds.jpg|The Behavioral Analysis Unit, or B.A.U. for short (Criminal Minds) The mission of the BAU is to provide behavioral based investigative and/or operational support by applying case experience, research, and training to complex and time-sensitive crimes, which typically involve acts or threats of violence.
Vlad plasmius render.png|Vlad Masters/Plasmius (Danny Phantom)
L's Investigations (Death Note).jpg|L Lawliet (Death Note)
Trickery by John Constantine.jpg|Jonh Constantine (DC Comics)
Batman Gambit.jpg|Batman (DC Comics) regularly exploits his enemies' flaws to come out on top, even getting out of Harley Quinn's death trap by taking advantage of the Joker's ego.
Lucifer16.jpg|Lucifer Morningstar (DC Comics) is a master manipulator.
Max Lord IV Head of Checkmate.jpg|Maxwell Lord (DC Comics) is an incredibly adept schemer and planner thanks to his uncanny understanding of controlling other people's perspective.
Hugo.jpg|Hugo Strange (DC Comics) is a formidable enemy of Batman's, who is privy to the dark knight's secret identity...
Hugo Strango's Intuition.jpg|...instantly analyzing himself and Catwoman.
CalculatorDC.PNG|Noah Kuttler/Calculator (DC Comics) is a master manipulator.
Frieza or Freeza Dragon Ball.gif|Frieza (Dragon Ball series) is a master manipulator, being immensely skilled at deceiving others, including the Saiyans.
Supervegetavscell7.jpg|Created from their DNA, Cell (Dragon Ball Z) is a master of predicting the Z-Fighters' actions and how they'll react, even tricking Vegeta into helping him attain his perfect form by exploiting his pride and desire for challenging fights.
UsobukiTadashi-HypnoticEyes.jpg|Usobuki Tadashi (Funouhan) is very skilled at manipulating others psychologically, even killing them by making them believe they have been poisoned or a variety of other beliefs without even touching them.
Norra, The Pied Piper.png|Norra, The Pied Piper (Gate) is a notorious assassin that can psychologically manipulate everyone from benevolent elder people to innocent children into heartless killers to do her bidding.
Cobra Commander.jpg|Cobra Commander (G.I. Joe)
Weirdmageddon Gravity Falls Bill Cipher.jpg|Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls) is a master of manipulation, using this skill to achieve impressive feats.
Michael Myers.jpg|Michael Myers (Halloween) has shown to be highly manipulative, despite being completely silent.
Tao's Words.jpg|Tao (Image Comics)
Naraku.png|Naraku (InuYasha) was shown to be a master at manipulating both demons and humans alike. Throughout his life, he manipulated many people and demons to get what he wanted without getting his own hands dirty.
Dio glorious.png|DIO (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series) is a flawless master of manipulation, being able to use it to recruit his followers.
Ace Ukiyo.png|Ace Ukiyo (Kamen Rider Geats), like the fox, is known for lying and manipulating people to do his bidding.
Keiwa Sakurai.png|Keiwa Sakurai (Kamen Rider Geats) can be as cunning as Ace as shown when he manipulates Tsumuri into giving him the Bujin Sword buckle and tricking Kakera into gloating while Daichi rescues the hostages. 
Master Xehanort.jpg|Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts) is a brilliant and skillful master of manipulation, having been able to manipulate his own friend Eraqus into believing they were still friends, and was able to manipulate Terra into using the darkness so that he could make him his new vessel.
Nate Ford Leverage.jpg|Nate Ford's (Leverage) years as an insurance fraud investigator gives him an understanding of how his targets will react to certain situations.
Akiyama.jpg|Akiyama Shinchi (Liar Game) is an absolute master of psychological manipulation and deceit, having been able to bankrupt an MLM company by ripping it off and outsmarting many other manipulators and deceivers through the rounds of the Liar Game.
Yokoya.jpg|Yokoya Norihiko (Liar Game) is just as skilled as Akiyama when it comes to controlling people, becoming even more dangerous due to the cruelty of his methods.
The Voice of Ebony Maw.jpg|A shrewd manipulator, Ebony Maw (Marvel Comics) can easily wrap a person's mind around his withered fingers.
Mister Fantastic's Psychological Intuition.jpg|Reed Richards (Marvel Comics)
Karnak Mander-Azur (Earth-616) from All-New All-Different Marvel Promotional Art 001.jpg|Karnak (Marvel Comics) of the Inhumans can find the faults of anything, and deduce the various aspects of another person's psychology, finding the faults to their personalities to better gain leverage over his opponents.
Raven Darkholme Mystique (Earth-616) Astonishing X-Men Vol 4 2 Character Variant Textless.jpg|Raven Darkholme/Mystique (Marvel Comics)
Charles Xavier Professor X (Marvel Comics) attack.jpg|Charles Xavier/Professor X (Marvel Comics)
JL0.jpg|Johan Liebert (Monster) is a skilled master manipulator.
All For One.png|All For One (My Hero Academia) possesses a charismatic personality to make people join his cause.
Face Obito Uchiha.png|Obito Uchiha (Naruto) is an incredible master manipulator, he masqueraded himself as the fourth Mizukage, manipulated Nagato into joining him and helping him achieve his goals, and even deceived most members of the Akatsuki into believing he was the most useless member, but in actuality, he’s the organization’s true leader.
Madara Uchiha, the Ghost Uchiha.gif|Madara Uchiha (Naruto) is an extremely skilled master manipulator, as he was able to manipulate the Hidden Mist Village into turning a girl named Rin into the Three-Tails Jinchuriki during the Third Shinobi World War, so he can turn his descendant, Obito, into his apprentice and successor.
Black Zetsu (Naruto).png|Black Zetsu (Naruto) has managed to surprisingly not only manipulate other people, but the entire shinobi world, as he has been manipulating events for over a thousand years so he can bring back Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, as he is the physical manifestation of her will.
Boro image.png|Boro (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) managed to create his own cult, manipulating them that the Infinite Tsukuyomi is a jutsu to salvation, and by 'saving' the lives of his cult after he himself corrupted the environment, which made them revere him as a great person, while in truth it's nothing but lies and deception.
Crocodile (One Piece) Sand-Sand Fruit.GIF|Sir Crocodile (One Piece) is a brilliant master manipulator and was able to use this skill to make others do his dirty work.
Akainu-anime.jpg|Sakazuki/Akainu (One Piece) is an excellent manipulator, using Squard and Ace's loyalty to Whitebeard to his advantage and successfully killing the latter by doing so.
Blackbeard (One Piece) Dark-Dark Fruit.GIF|Marshall D. Teach/Blackbeard (One Piece) is an impressive master of manipulation to the point that he deceived his former crewmates and can use his manipulation skills to talk down to his enemies allowing them to let their guard down before attacking them, and even used both sides of the Paramount War in order to steal Whitebeard’s Devil Fruit.
Doflamingo's smirk.gif|Donquixote Doflamingo (One Piece) is a master in the art of psychological warfare, deceiving and manipulating the entire citizenry of Dressrossa for ten years and while using the Birdcage, he turned the majority of the citizens and criminals against each other using fear and greed.
Kyuubi.png|Kyubey (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) the Incubator.
Malty Melromarc Light Novel.png|Malty S Melromarc (Rising of the Shield Hero) has always had a talent for manipulating others into believing her, usually by taking advantage of mental weaknesses or when they're at their lowest.
Salem Human (RWBY).png|Having since realized how people were easily swayed, Salem (RWBY) manipulated and fooled the first humanity to turn against the Brother Gods, claiming to have stolen immortality from them…
Salem (RWBY).png|…and millennia worth of experience made her a flawless manipulator, turning the current humanity against one another. None more notable than her allies, using all their egos, pasts, and desires to make them believe she wants to create a new world order, when she actually desires to destroy the world to end her curse. 
Cinder Fall Maiden.png|To a far lesser extent compared to Salem, Cinder Fall (RWBY) is cunning enough to use nothing but deception to recruit minions with troubled pasts using words or threats. Lacking compassion or loyalties, Cinder has no issue lying and stabbing them in the back to get what she wants, even if it kills them, such as Watts and Neo.
Adam Taurus.png|Adam Taurus (RWBY) is a such a skilled manipulator, that he emotionally manipulates his fellow White Fang members such as Blake, his ex-partner and ex-lover, to stay by his side, making her believe he loved and cared about her, when in reality, he never did.
Wattsinfobox v7c2.png|Arthur Watts (RWBY) is not only skilled at manipulating technology, but also skilled at manipulating other people, as shown when he manipulated Jacque Schnee into helping him.
V9 Trailer 00017.jpg|Corrupted from abandonment, and a broken promise, The Curious Cat (RWBY) use their seemingly innocent interest and questions to manipulate and trick the Ever After visitors, almost breaking the incorruptible Ruby Rose in an attempt to possess her so they can leave the Ever After in order to find the answer of they their makers left them.
Scp--035--002.gif|SCP-035 - Possessive Mask (SCP Foundation) has an impressive understanding of how the brain works and can manually imitate others' behaviors and personalities.
Hannibal-lecter2.jpg|While Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Silents of the Limb/Hannibal) is clearly psychotic, he's fully aware of this and is still a genius in psychotherapy.
NeylaSly2 Artwork.png|Neyla (Sly Cooper) could perform a high level of psychological warfare; she could charm anyone before betraying them, as she betrayed the Cooper Gang, Interpol, and the Klaww Gang.
Squidward Tentacles.png|Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob SquarePants) is a highly skilled manipulator, and he mostly uses it to deceive his neighbors SpongeBob and Patrick.
Crowley.jpg|Crowley (Supernatural)
Xykon Owns Redcloaks Order of the Stick.jpg|While seen as a goofy villain, Xykon (The Order of the Stick) is master manipulator, having manipulated Redcloak to do his bidding for decades with playing with his emotions and goal of "saving goblins". 
Nana's act.png|Nana Hiiragi (Talentless Nana) is a skilled manipulator and actor, having been trained from a young age to kill the talented which has been successful while she shows an innocent look.
Tsurouka manipulation.png|Tatsumi Tsurouka (Talentless Nana) is a master manipulator, having groomed Nana into killing the talented, as well as he is skilled into committing evil deeds, his mere presence terrifies Nana. He is not above deceiving others that he is a good person.
Coronzon (Toaru Majutsu no Index).png|While possessing the body of Laura Stuart, Coronzon (Toaru Majutsu no Index) has manipulated the events surrounding Aleister Crowley to bring him to ruin, such as using her authority as an Archbishop Church of England to take control of Index and Karasuma Fran, moreover, using Hamazura Shiage as a pawn in order to cause the breakdown of the world and managed to deceive and use others for her own plans and purposes. 
Anna Sprengel (Adult).png|Anna Sprengel (Toaru Majutsu no Index) is cruel and manipulative in pursuit of her goals who looks down on most other people and things in the world with no regard for whoever or whatever is harmed in the process. Being the CEO of R&C Occultics allowed Anna the creation of many spiritual items that would benefit her goals. She also manipulated the Transcendents especially Alice into meeting Kamijou Touma. As well as giving Darris Hewlane power that caused the mass population disappearance in Los Angeles.
Anti-Spiral.png|Anti-Spiral (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Alejandro Burromuerto.png|Alejandro (Total Drama World Tour) uses his charms to manipulate others, including animals, making him untrustworthy.
Featherine Augustus Aurora.png|Featherine Augustus Aurora (Umineko: When They Cry)
Hannibal Roy Bean.jpg|Hannibal Roy Bean (Xiaolin Showdown)
Queen Chrysalis ID S9E8.png|Queen Chrysalis (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Cozy Glow ID S9E8.png|Cozy Glow (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Danny Phantom Spectra Absorbs Danny's Emotions.gif|Spectra (Danny Phantom) once posed as Casper High's School counselor, using this to make others feel miserable by using their future, looks, and confidence.
Green Goblin (Marvel Comics) hates Spider-Man.jpg|Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (Marvel Comics) is a master manipulator who excels at bringing out the worst in people as shown when he indirectly breaks Peter and Harry's friendship by turning the latter into his successor and in the Movies preying on the insecurities of Electro just so he can spite Peter.
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===Analysis & Discussions===
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