Multitude

* Polymouse
* Multimouse
* Monarch

### User:

**Multitude** is the special superpower granted by the Mouse Miraculous to its owner.

## Description

This superpower allows the user to shrink down and split into any number of equally small clones. It is activated by the user speaking its name.

### Miraculous owner

There are three seen ways of activating the power. The first one, seen in "Kwamibuster", consists of the Mouse Miraculous owner jumps to the skip rope, then tosses it into the air. The skip rope then falls back to them and surrounds the Miraculous owner like a cocoon. Once the rope unravels, the Mouse Miraculous owner's legs begin to shine. The tiny clones appear from the shining legs, with the original shrinking down to match the clones size in the process. The second way, seen in "Mega Leech" and "Ephemeral", consists of the Mouse Miraculous holder instantly exploding into as many clones as they desire. The third way, seen in "Multiplication", "Illusion", "Transmission", "Deflagration", and "Pretension", consists of the Mouse Miraculous holder's body shining and shrinking down while the clones split out from the original, either spreading out to one side or to both sides.

Regardless, all of these methods have the same effect, they allow the user to multiply themselves into as many duplicates as they want and they all cause the user to shrink down. The clones can be as few or many as the user desires, ranging from a just a couple to several million. In "Strikeback", it is revealed that the clones are also able to split into more, even smaller clones after the initial multiplication.

In "Deflagration", it is implied that all the clones are mentally linked. When Monarch's clones paralyzed and stole the Ladybug Miraculous from Alya Césaire, he seemed to already know that his other clones already stole the Cat Miraculous from Zoé Lee.

In "Strikeback", "Multiplication", "Miraculous Paris", "Transmission" and "Pretension", it is shown that the user can choose to shrink only a couple of inches (or a couple meters, depending on the size of the user) and make clones of themselves that are only slightly smaller than their normal height, though this has only been seen done with a small number of clones. In "Deflagration", it appears that the size of the clones is inversely proportional to the number, the more clones there are, the smaller the user and the clones become. It should be noted however, that while the users maximum size appears to be limited by the greater the number of clones, it seems that there is no minimum size and the user can make themselves as small as they want. When she transformed into Multimouse, Marinette only multiplied herself into a dozen and she still shrunk down to roughly near the size of a small insect, a size that is very small, even compared to the Kwamis.

Any item the user is in possession of at the time of the powers activation will also be shrunken and duplicated along with them. However, in "Kwamibuster", when Multimouse used the superpower, the inactive Miraculouses she was wearing were not duplicated. It is currently unknown what would happen if Multitude was used while a Mouse Miraculous holder was unified with another Miraculous. Although, in "Illusion", when Monarch used Multitude with the Mouse Miraculous that had been reforged into a ring, the charged Butterfly Miraculous was duplicated with him, as were the other Miraculouses that had been reforged into rings he was using at the time. It is currently unknown if the circumstance of the rings changes the rules.

As seen in "Deflagration", the Mouse Miraculous owner can recombine with their clones and return to their normal size by speaking the cancellation phrase: "**Fall In**". This same phrase can also be used to recombine only some of the clones, allowing the remaining clones to grow slightly bigger. An alternate cancellation phrase: "**Unite**", was used in "Illusion" to allow the Mouse Miraculous owner to recombine with all of their clones and return to normal size. As seen in "Miraculous Paris", the original and their clones don't have to all be together to recombine. If they are all in separate places, the clones will turn into a ball of magic energy and fly back to the original.

When recombining and returning to normal size when the power is deactivated, it is not necessary to have every last clone, as seen in "Ephemeral" when Polymouse returned to normal after some of her clones had been transformed into coins.

### Mullo

The effects of Mullo's Multitude are unknown, but it would most certainly be unconstrained and results in some kind of catastrophe though she would be able to restrain it somewhat.

## Weaknesses

As seen in Multiplication", "Transmission" and "Pretension", since the user splits into perfectly identical copies, if an Akumatized object is duplicated with the user, just one needs to be broken, damaged, or destroyed in order to release the Akuma. The original will be deakumatized and return to their normal self, while the rest of the clones will simply disappear.

As seen in "Illusion", while the user shrinking down can be a valuable asset, it can also be a crippling weakness. Ladybug covered the miniaturized Monarch's with shredded cheese, causing them to be attacked and chased away by a group of sewer rats. The small size also makes them unsuitable for physical battle, so they must outsmart their opponents in a fight.

However, as seen in "Multiplication" and "Transmission", this weakness is much less of a problem if the user is gigantic. Although this is a bit of an unknown weakness because as seen in "Kwamibuster", Multimouse shrunk to 12 copies of herself but she was small enough to fit in the kwamis' mouths, it´s unknown if the user can change their size from microscopic to their normal height no matter how many clones they create.

One more weakness is that there is a way to tell the difference between the original and the clones. As seen in "Kwamibuster", if the holder is wearing something that can't be multiplied or copied with Multitude then the original can be found among the clones.

However, as seen in "Miraculous Paris", this is not always true since, after Monarch used the Multitude while also carrying the Miraculous he had not activated, they split with him.

In "Miraculous Paris", it is revealed that using the special superpower uses vital energy from the Kwami, but also from the Miraculous holder. It's one thing for an adult holder, but for an underage holder, who is less physically and mentally capable of handling the strain, there is a security system in place that limits them to only using their special power once and causes them to detransform before it becomes dangerous. However, using the Miraculous for evil overrides the limiter, allowing an underage holder to use their powers to their full potential. As previously stated, a younger holder cannot handle the strain; dark veins of corruption will gradually spread across their body, and they will inevitably be destroyed.

## Trivia

* This power is a reference to the rapid rate at which rodents reproduce.
* As seen in "Kwamibuster", the Mouse Miraculous is duplicated to each miniature clone.
	+ If the user wear multiple Miraculouses, they are not duplicated, but would shrink with the original user and retain their powers.
* It's unknown if there's a limit on how many copies of themselves the user of Multitude is capable of making, since Polymouse created **millions** of copies of herself in "Mega Leech".
* The miniature clones might be reference to Futurama: Season 6, Episode 17: Benderama.
* Multitude is the second Miraculous superpower to be used by an akumatized villain, following Liberation, the Eagle Miraculous superpower, and the first to do so thanks to the Alliance rings.