Jake Berenson

==Summary==
Jake Berenson is the leader of the Animorphs, acting with conviction and dedication. He was reluctant to lead the Animorphs initially, but quickly changed his mind when he found out that his older brother Tom had been infested by a Yeerk. He is Rachel's cousin, best friends with Marco since early childhood and romantically involved with Cassie, though their relationship eventually becomes strained.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | Varies from to depending on the form taken
Key: Original Body | While Morphed
Name: Jake Berenson, Fearless Leader, Prince Jake
Origin: Animorphs
Gender: Male
Age: 13 - 16 (Series Time Span)
Classification: Human with morphing ability
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Original Body= 
*Limited Biological Manipulation (Can "acquire" the DNA of any living creature he can physically touch)
*Limited Empathic Manipulation and Sleep Manipulation (The acquiring process causes some creatures to enter a temporary, calm trance like state)
*Shapeshifting (Can morph into any animal he has acquired)
*Power Mimicry
*Limited Size Manipulation (Capable of morphing into much smaller and much larger creatures)
*Limited Matter Manipulation (When morphing smaller creatures extra mass is pushed into "Z-space". The opposite is true of morphing larger creatures)
*Regeneration (Low-Mid) while morphing (The morphing process uses DNA to construct the new form so injuries that don't kill quickly enough will be repaired)
*Power Bestowal with Escafil Device
|-|While Morphed=
*Limited Shapeshifting (while morphed Jake can only return to his original body)
*Telepathy (while morphed, Jake can project his thoughts to those around him)
Depending on what morph he is in he also has; 
*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Flight
*Small Size (Types 0, 1 and 2)
*Large Size (Types 0 and 1)
*Enhanced Senses including Echolocation
*Natural Weaponry via claws and teeth
*Regeneration (Low-Mid at least)
*Surface Scaling
*Stealth Mastery
*Underwater Breathing
*Mind Reading (via the Leeran morph)
*Sound and Mind Manipulation via the Howler morph
*Limited Resistance to Mind Manipulation (While morphed the effects of the Howlers howl were lessened)
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Attack Potency: Athlete level | Varies from Below Average Human level (Can morph into a few different small animals and insects) to Wall level depending on the form taken (The Siberian Tiger is his standard battle morph but can also morph into a White Rhinoceros or Polar Bear for more power if needed).
Speed: Athletic Human | Varies from Below Average Human to Superhuman depending on which morph he is in, maxing out at Subsonic as Peregrine Falcon.
Lifting Strength: Athletic Human | Varies from Below Average to Superhuman depending on whatever morph he's in.
Striking Strength: Athlete level | Varies from Below Average Human level (in smaller morphs) to Wall level (While in larger morphs like Siberian Tiger and Rhino).
Durability: Athlete level | Varies from Below Average in smaller morphs to Wall level in his toughest morphs.
Stamina: Very High. Capable of completing back to back missions while morphing and unmorphing repeatedly which drains stamina at an accelerated rate.
Range: Standard Melee Range | Varies from below standard melee to Extended melee range depending on the morph.
Standard Equipment: Bike shorts and a skin tight undershirt 
Optional Equipment: The Escafil Device
Intelligence: Jake is a skilled leader and tactician, capable of assessing a situation and determining the most likely path for success giving his available resources. He managed to lead five highschool kids and one adolescent alien for three years in a secret war for the planet earth against an invading alien army, and managed to 
both keep all of them alive and keep their identities secret right up until the very end.
Weaknesses: While unmorphed, Jake is still human and therefore possesses the standard weaknesses. While morphed, Jake has a couple of factors working against him,
*First is the time limit. If Jake stays in a morph for more than two hours, then he will be permanently locked into it; unable to return to his human form, morph at all, or acquire new morphs.
*Second, while morphed the instincts for whatever animal he currently is rise up and try to take control and can sometimes succeed causing Jake to begin behaving exactly like whatever animal he has morphed. Jake has managed to minimize this problem and is able to remain in control of most morphs without much effort, but morphs with particularly strong instincts, such as eusocial insects, can override this.
*Thirdly, morphing takes several seconds and can leave Jake defenseless as limbs grow and shrink seemingly at random
Notable Morphs:
*Siberian Tiger - Jake's main battle morph. He favors it for its combination of power and agility.
*Peregrine Falcon - Jake's main morph for traveling long distances between missions. He's also made use of the falcon's famous dive speed for quick hit and run attacks.
*Rhinoceros - Jake's go to "tank" morph used whenever he needs more power then mobility.
*Orca - Jake's best aquatic morph, rarely used seeing as the Animorphs rarely have aquatic missions.
*Cockroach and Housefly - The standard spy morphs used by the Animorphs for recon missions.
*Hork-Bajir - A seven-foot-tall bipedal alien whose arms, legs, head and tail are covered in large, sharp bone blades. Hork-Bajir are large and strong enough to rival Jake's tiger morph, and their blades are sharp enough to disembowel it in a single blow. Jake rarely uses the Hork-Bajir morph, though, as the tiger is faster and more mobile and the rhino is stronger and tougher.
*Howler - Arguably Jake's strongest morph. One single Howler managed to hold off all 6 Animorphs at once. A Howler's waist can twist a full 360 degrees so as to never be caught from behind, and its eyes can detect major organs. A Howler's most dangerous ability is its signature Howl, which attacks complex, sentient brains, crippling and disorienting the target. Howlers are resistant to their own Howl.
*Leeran - A squat, toad-like, bipedal alien with four tentacles instead of arms. Leeran's are capable of telepathic communication and mind reading. They also possess High-Low to possibly Low-Mid regeneration. Jake has only ever used this morph once while on the Leeran's home planet. It is possible though, that due to the extremely unique circumstances at the time that this particular morph is no longer available to Jake.
For a full list of Jake's available morphs, go here.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
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