Mana

Mana (alternatively spelled as Manna) is the hidden mystic life energy that permeates all of nature, being found in everything from aliens to humans to plants, with the known exception of Ectonurites, and is the substance of magic.In Charm's Way All the mana in the universe flows from Legerdomain.CharmcasterWhere the Magic HappensMystery, Incorporeal
==Known Uses==
Theoretically, any sapient species can potentially learn to manipulate mana through study and practice. While anyone can learn to harness mana, Anodites, a race of "energy beings", are entirely comprised of mana and thus have a strong innate capacity for manipulating it.
===Projection===
HEWTL (431).png|Mana Wave
EfA (141).png|Mana Beam
VV (503).png|Phasing Mana Beam
TP (408).png|Cutting Mana Beam
GCBC (375).png|Mana Heat Vision
BoaF (29).png|Mana Explosion
Mana can be projected from one's hands, such as in the form of wavesHit 'Em Where They Live and beams.Escape From Aggregor 
Mana beams can phase through the ground, as shown when Gwen used one to hit Octagon from afar.Don't Fear the Repo
Mana can be used as a laser to break free of restraintsThe Final Battle: Part 1Viktor: The SpoilsThe Purge or cut through the ground.Time Heals It can also be fired from one's eyes as a form of heat vision.Max OutGood Copy, Bad Copy
Mana users can create a mana explosion by firing a blast of mana at the ground.Birds of a Feather If given enough mana, they can send out a burst of it from their hands to achieve the same effect at a greater scale.
===Constructs===
UC (541).png|Mana Crushing Weight
I13 (146).png|Mana Blade
MI (239).png|Mana Tendrils
MI (375).png|Mana Discs
UA (486).png|Mana Disc Boomerang
B10kR (132).png|Mana Whip
MHR (503).png|Mana Shield
FaFBM (702).png|Mana Bubble
MI (308).png|Mana Dome
GCBC (251).png|Mana Bolas
Primus (36).png|Mana Arm
TFoC (85).png|Mana Lasso
EoMF (89).png|Mana Chains
NIBaC (516).png|Mana Cuffs
TFoW2 (205).png|Mana Restraining Tape
FaFBM (506).png|Mana Shackles
TG (32).png|Mana Walls
AP1 (325).png|Mana Cage
IAEF (309).png|Mana Cushion
TSoC (345).png|Mana Slide
TFKC (307).png|Mana Stepping Stones
The More Things Change, Part 1 (88).png|Mana Ramp
FaFBM (651).png|Mana Platform
B10kR (100).png|Mana Light Orb
Mana can be used in the form of constructs, such as crushing weights,Undercover blades,Inspector #13 tendrils, throwing discs, and whipsBen 10,000 Returns as offensive attacks; shields,Many Happy Returns bubbles,For a Few Brains More and domes to protect oneself and others; bolases, armsPrimus and lassoesThe Forge of Creation to grab or throw people or objects; chains to tether oneself to othersEnemy of My Frenemy; cuffs,...Nor Iron Bars a Cage tapes,The Frogs of War: Part 2 shackles, walls,The Gauntlet and cagesAbsolute Power: Part 1 to restrain others; and cushions,If All Else Fails slides,The Secret of Chromastone stepping stones,The Flame Keepers' Circle ramps,The More Things Change: Part 1 and platforms as forms of transport or to allow a safe fall.
Mana discs can act as boomerangs, as shown when Gwen fired one to hit Galapagus from behind.Ultimate Aggregor
Mana domes can protect anyone inside them from being affected by Dagon's mind wave.The Ultimate Enemy: Part 1
Mana bubbles can envelop part of someone's body in addition to their entire body. Using this, mana users can knock opponents' heads together.Reflected Glory 
Since mana constructs are airtight, they can be used to suffocate someoneCon of Rath or put out fires.Simian Says
A floating orb of mana can be used as a light source.Fool's GoldGhost Town
===Communication===
Mana users can communicate with others through the mana field, as displayed by Gwen when she called Verdona while struggling with fighting Sunny.Girl Trouble
Mana users can receive telepathic messages through their energy field. They can also project a hologram of the sender, as shown when Gwen projected a hologram of Helen when she sent her a telepathic SOS.Voided
===Aura Reading and Dowsing===
Mana users can detect someone's mana signature as a form of dowsing, allowing them to track them down by either following their energy trail; detecting the traces of mana that they left on their belongings;Too Hot to HandleCatch a Falling Star or being at one with the cosmic mana.Plumbers' Helpers Detecting someone's mana signature also allows the mana user to discern what the person being tracked is doing at the current moment.X = Ben + 2 If the person being tracked is "losing touch with [them]self", it makes their mana signature weaker and harder to track, as was the case with Jennifer Nocturne. Dowsing can also be used to identify someone even if the person in question is deceased, as was the case with Victor Valadis.Revenge of the Swarm
Mana users can distinguish beings with physical similarities, such as Ben and Albedo, by reading their auras.
Mana users can discern multiple minds inhabiting one body, such as when Gwen was able to detect Ra'ad when he had fused with Ben as Ampfibian.Fused
Mana users can notice the absence of someone's mana signature, as shown when Gwen detected billions of mana signatures had disappeared after almost everyone on Earth had been turned into Esoterica.
===Reality Warping===
WALGMO (295.5).png|Object Creation
WALGMO (267).png|Object Reparation
WALGMO (366).png|Object Dissipation
Mana can be used to warp reality to an unknown extent. For example, Verdona undid the damage to Gwen's house caused by her battle against Ben, Gwen, and Kevin with the snap of her fingers, shifting Ben and Kevin back into their human forms in the process.What Are Little Girls Made Of? Her reality warping abilities also allow her to create, repair, and dissipate objects, seen when she fixed a broken glass at Gwen's house, created duct tape around Ben's mouth, and later made the duct tape disappear.
===Magic===
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Magic is powered by mana,Gwen Tennyson and beings with a magical aura can utilize it.A Change of Face
A key distinction is that this form of mana manipulation relies on the casting of spells; a "spell" being the word used to signify the means employed to carry out a magical action. A spell can consist of a ritual action, a set of words, a verse, a gesture or any combination of these. Some spells may require celestial events, such as a solar eclipseTough Luck or a full moon, and the use of talismans,It's Not Easy Being Gwen potions and other ingredientsCharmed, I'm Sure to achieve the desired results.
===Other===
PH (109).png|Mana Trail Formation
FaFBM (381).png|Mana Telekinesis
B10R2 (296).png|Clairvoyance
Voided (222).png|Portal Creation
BB (14).png|High-Level Technology Detection
THtH (186).png|Object Parsing
DAA (1296).png|Hologram Disruption
AKtR (94).png|Dimensional Vision
CS (106).png|Mana Scanning Grids
Mana users can leave mana discs on the ground to form a trail.Perplexahedron 
By enveloping a person or object in mana, mana users can move them around as a form of telekinesis.The Eggman Cometh
Mana can be used to perceive people and events beyond what normal senses would allow, as seen when Gwen scanned a Highbreed ship to look for Max.Ben 10 Returns: Part 2
Mana can be used to create portals and dimensional vortexes. One way she can do this is by retracing the energy path from a telepathic message they have received.
By exploiting the incompatibility between mana and high-tech machines, mana users can send out a wave of mana to intentionally disrupt a nearby piece of high-tech machinery.Busy Box
By encasing objects in mana, mana users can read objects to figure out how they work, as Gwen once attempted on P'andor's containment suit.
Mana can be used to disrupt holograms.Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens
Mana can be used to see through dimensional barriers, as shown when Gwen scanned Dagon's world to look for Esoterica.A Knight to Remember
Mana grids can be used to scan an area to discern if the individuals within it have been placed under a spell.Charm School
==Colors==
Mana appears as different colors based on its manipulator's methods, area of focus, and experience:
*Pink is the color of mana in its purest form. It can be accessed by magic users that are highly trained, such as Charmcaster and Addwaitya, or by Anodites, as they normally manipulate mana very purely.
*Yellow is the color of mana that comes from the original Charms of Bezel, and from Bezel himself.
*Blue is the color of mana that is wielded by poorly-trained Anodites.
*Hex's mana appeared as redDon't Drink the Water and, later, primarily black with a red contour. This was because his own evil added impurities to whatever mana he manipulated.
*When Michael Morningstar is at full strength and absorbing/manipulating energy (mana included), it takes on a golden-yellow color and has a shimmering effect.
*When Michael is starved and operating as his persona Darkstar, or generally whenever he is fully draining someone of their mana, the mana turns pure black with a white contour. This is because Michael is absorbing all stray energy in his path, including light.
*White mana was shown exclusively as the color of a spell Ignaceous performed.
CHS (377).png|Pink
B10Mil (450.1).png|Yellow
BFAW (1349).png|Blue
CS (190).png|Red/Black
MI (583).png|Gold
MI (390).png|Black
EoMF (115).png|White
== Appearances ==
=== Ben 10 ===
==== Season 1 ====
* Lucky Girl (first appearance)
==== Season 2 ====
* Tough Luck
==== Season 3 ====
* Ben 10,000 (Original Series Future Timeline)
* A Change of Face
* The Visitor
==== Season 4 ====
* Divided We Stand
* Don't Drink the Water
* Big Fat Alien Wedding
* Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 1
* Ben 10 vs. Negative 10: Part 2
==== Movies ====
* Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix
* Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens
=== Alien Force ===
* Every episode except Above and Beyond
=== Ultimate Alien ===
* Every episode
=== Omniverse ===
==== Season 2 ====
* Showdown: Part 2 (first reappearance)
==== Season 3 ====
* Ben Again
==== Season 4 ====
* Evil's Encore (flashback)
==== Season 5 ====
* Mystery, Incorporeal
* Charmed, I'm Sure
==== Season 6 ====
* Weapon XI: Part 1
* Weapon XI: Part 2
==== Season 7 ====
* Charm School
==== Season 8 ====
* From Hedorium to Eternity (flashback)
* Third Time's a Charm
* The End of an Era (Omniverse Future Timeline)
==Known Users==
*Hex (yellow; red/black)
*Charmcaster (pink)
**Charmcaster (Time Heals Timeline) (pink)
*Gwen Tennyson (blue; pink) 
**Gwendolyn Tennyson (Original Series Future Timeline) (yellow)
**Gwendolyn Tennyson (Omniverse Future Timeline) (pink)
**Gwen Tennyson (Ultimate Alien Future Timeline)
*Darkstar (gold; black)
*Trina and Schoolgirls (white)
*Verdona (pink)
*Addwaitya (pink)
*Ultimate Kevin (pink)
*Sunny (pink)
*Ignaceous (white)
*Dagon (via controlling Gwen)
==Etymology==
*The word "mana" is derived from "manna", a food that fell from the sky in the Bible, keeping the Hebrews alive, in much the same way as mana is a life force for all beings.
*"Mana" also refers to the spiritual life force energy or healing power that permeates the universe in Melanesian and Polynesian culture. The term also means energy or power in the sense of authority in Te Reo Māori.
==Trivia==
*Mana users can pool their powers together for a greater effect.
*Verdona mentioned a mana field and, aside from it being used as a method for communication, very little is known about it.
**Gwen mentioned a seemingly similar "energy field".
* Mana is a very high-quality energy.Couples Retreat
* Mana is multidimensional.The Ultimate Enemy: Part 2
*There are other mana users on Earth than the ones who are known.
* While one doesn't necessarily need mana to live, if they live they produce mana.
**"Life energy" is a subset of mana.
**Ectonurites are the only known species who do not have mana present in them.
*Celestialsapiens can't manipulate mana directly. They would have to alter the universe to change the nature of mana first.
*The out-of-universe reason for Gwen's mana being recolored from blue to pink was because the crew decided that the color palette needed a review. Regardless, changing the color of Gwen's mana was not Duncan Rouleau's favorite choice.
*The decision to introduce Anodites and mana in Alien Force was influenced by Dwayne McDuffie's opinion that magic and science fiction shouldn't mix.
*In the reboot, Hex made mention of mana in The Greatest Lake.
==References==
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===Crew Statements===
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====Matt Wayne====
====Duncan Rouleau====
===Merchandise===
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==See Also ==
*Magic
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