Animation

> Well technically alive, implies the existence of a soul, free will, and the ability to enjoy fondue. I would just call this animated.
>
> Doofenshmirtz explaining how his Animate-Inator works (Milo Murphy's Law)

The power to **animate inanimate targets**. Sub-power of ***Life-Force Manipulation***. Not to be confused with ***Life Creation*** or ***Sentience Inducement***. Opposite to ***Inanimation***.

## Also Called

* Animatopathy
* **Animate Projection**
* Effigy Animation/Animatopathy
* Life to the Lifeless
* Motion to the Motionless

## Capabilities

The user can give life to inanimate ***objects***/***matter***/***energy***/***concepts***, animating them to ***act***/***move*** on their own accord. Though capable of operating purely independent of their animator's control, they can still function as extensions of their will, allowing the animator to potentially be able to ***command***, ***control*** and otherwise ***influence*** them to varying degrees, which can even include ***causing*** the target to fly on their own power. In some cases, the user's power over their material can allow them to shape and ***mold*** it into a variety of forms and make it ***resemble*** various objects, ***entities***, ***images*** and other ***shapes*** that can change at will. The element could even be used as a medium for the user to display ***thoughts*** and memories, as well as any ***sounds*** or ***visuals*** they encounter.

## Applications

* Action Inducement
* Audio/Visual Recording
* Command Inducement
* Control Inducement
* Motion Bestowal
	+ Flight Bestowal
* Reshaping
* Shapeshifting Inducement
* ***Sound Sculpting***

## Variations

* ***Artistic Animation*** *Artistic Manifestation, Drawing Animation*
	+ The power to bestow sentience to drawings, illustrations, sketches, etc. The creations assume a 2D life, traveling along walls, or even coming into 3D reality.
	+ Use an Etch-A-Sketch to bring art to life.
		- If mixed with Technology Manipulation, digital drawing or photo can be brought to life.
* ***Clay Animation***
	+ Create figures out of clay and bring them to life.
* ***Digital Animation***
	+ The power to bestow motion to digitally generated imagery.
* ***Elemental Animation***
	+ Bring any Elements to life, fire, water, wind, earth, wood, etc.
* ***Literary Animation*** *Literary Manifestation, Narrative Animation, or Storytelling*
	+ The power in which one can project narrative stories into reality. The user can read a book aloud causing the narrative to assume tangible life, with the characters and environments manifesting within the user’s present surroundings.
* ***Object Animation***
	+ Bring any sort of object to life, such as statues, game stations, rugs, bottles, etc.
* Reanimation
	+ The ability to reanimate dead beings, possibly restoring their consciousness.
* ***Sentience Inducement***
* ***Toy Manipulation***
	+ Bring toys, like a Barbie doll or action figures, to life and make part of an army.
	+ Make toy/water gunfire live rounds including toy tanks.
	+ Bring game pieces to life.
	+ Use construction sets, like building blocks, to create a weapon or turn a toy vehicle to life-size and use it as a *real* vehicle.
	+ Complete an image puzzle in order to give life to the picture.

## Associations

* ***Activation & Deactivation***
* ***Animation Manipulation***
* ***Animation Retention***
* ***Constructs Creation***
* ***Life-Force Manipulation***
* ***Object Possession***
* ***Reality Inducement***

## Known Users

### Comics/Cartoons

* Mana Users (*Ben 10*)
	+ Psyphon
	+ Hex
	+ Charmcaster
	+ Adwaita
	+ Gwen Tennyson
* Reality Warping/Animation Users (*Danny Phantom*)
	+ Desiree
* Various characters (*Stitch!*)

## Gallery

112Toons.jpegExperiment 112 "Toons" (Stitch!)McGonagall animates statues.gifProfessor McGonagall (Harry Potter) animates the statues of Hogwarts.