Hibernation

The power to enter an intensively dormant state. Sub-power of Metabolism Manipulation. Opposite to Accelerated Metabolism.
==Also Called==
*Aestivation
*Deep Sleep
*Dormancy
*Hibernator Physiology 
*Self-Induced Unconsciousness
*Self-Suspended Animation
==Capabilities==
The user can enter hibernation, a state of inactivity and metabolic depression/suppression characterized by low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate. User may be able to slow the metabolism to the point of effective death. High level users may be able to set the duration and/or what will end hibernation.
The purposes of hibernation include conserving energy, safety reasons, healing, etc.
== Applications ==
* Coma Inducement (Self-Only)
* Sleep Inducement (Self-Only)
* Sleep Empowerment
* Suspended Animation Inducement
==Variations==
*Cryogenic Hibernation
*Petrifactive Hibernation
==Associations==
*Alien Physiology 
*Animal Imitation 
**Bear Physiology 
*Feign Death
*Healing Coma
*Immortal Sleep
*Metabolism Manipulation
*Oxygen Independence
*Regenerative Healing Factor
*Self-Sustenance
*Sleep Manipulation
*Superior Human Physiology 
**Prime Superior Human Physiology 
==Limitations==
*User is extremely vulnerable to attack while under hibernation.
*May require certain environmental factors such as cold temperatures to activate.
*User can still be woken up by Awakening or Insomnia Inducement.
*May not have a defined duration.
==Known Users==
==Gallery==
Lorophage Demon.jpg|Lorophage demons (Angel & Faith) enter hibernation for decades at a time until "the stars of the Old One's that birthed them align."
Avatar-iceberg.jpg|Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) was frozen in an iceberg for 100 years.
Saya Hibernation.jpg|As one of the current queens of the chiropteran race, Saya Otonashi (Blood+) periodically enters thirty-year hibernation cycles.
Generals going to sleep.jpeg|After so many failed attempts to conquer the Hair Kingdom, the sadistic forces of the Maruhage Empire (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) decided to enter a cryogenic sleep...
Maruhage Officers.jpeg|...so they could resume their conquest 100 years later with a surprise attack.
File:Great-cthulhu.jpg|Cthulhu (Cthulhu Mythos)
File:Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy).gif|Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Hellboy)
File:Goddess of Dawn.png|Goddess of Dawn (Invaders of the Rokujyoma)
Naraku.jpg|Naraku (InuYasha) can enter a deep hibernation.
Hibernating Creeper.jpg|The Creeper (Jeepers Creepers) spends much of its time hibernating, only awakening every twenty-three years for twenty-three days of spring.
File:Pillar Men (JoJo) hibernate.png|Pillar Men (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency)
File:Rock Humans (JoJolion).png|Rock Humans (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 8: JoJolion) hibernate for months at a time by turning into stone.
File:En Sabah Nur Apocalypse (Earth-616) 0008.jpg|Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
File:Dormant Sentimonster - feast.png|Dormant Sentimonster (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir) became dormant for 172 years after falling into a lava on Tibet, and was woken up after Mayura touches him. 
Snorlax.png|Snorlax (Pokémon) sleeping.
Necalli.jpg|Necalli (Street Fighter) hibernates for centuries at a time, only awakening during the "Hour of Battle" every few hundred years.
File:Nitros (Toriko).png|Nitros (Toriko)
Eugene Tooms.JPG|Eugene Tooms (X-Files) is a nearly immortal mutant who can enter a fifty-year hibernation after feeding on sufficient human livers.
File:ScorpionKing.jpg|The Scorpion King (The Mummy Returns), after completing his task, was separated from his human body and given a new body, that was between both human and scorpion and placed in hibernation as a curse by Anubis to remain in stasis until the year of the scorpion, once every five thousand years.
File:20240819 202549.jpg|On a daily basis, Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics) places himself onto a deep sleep hibernation lasting a maximum of three hours to recover more stamina and energy to maintain his vigilante lifestyle.
==Videos==
=== Examples ===
File:ジョジョ- Awaken, my masters! 『HD』
SCP-076 ABLE (SCP Animation)
=== Analyses/Discussions ===
File:The Insane Evolution of- Hibernation-2
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