Shell-ter

* Carapace
* Jade Turtle
* Monarch Beta
* Monarch
* Miraculer
* The Pharaoh
* Kikou
* Riposte Prime
* Queen Mayor

### User:

**Shell-ter** is the special superpower granted by the Turtle Miraculous to its owner.

## Description

This superpower allows the user to materialize a protective barrier. It is activated by the user speaking its name.

### Miraculous owner

The Turtle Miraculous owner holds up the shield and materializes a transparent green spherical barrier with a segmented hexagonal pattern, like that of a turtle shell. The user can erect the barrier around themselves, or around someone or something else.

As seen in "Intuition", the barrier can even be erected from many kilometers away, even all the way in outer space.

The force field is incredibly strong and durable, enough that it can endure a massive, incredibly heavy structure, such as the Arc de Triomphe, the collapsing on top of it, and it can stop incoming projectiles, even very fast and powerful ones, like Penalteam's soccer ball or large structure sent flying by the power of Clout. In "Mega Leech" and "Rocketear", it is revealed that the barrier can also be used as a cage, it can even contain a herd of rampaging dinosaurs. Shell-ter is also capable of cutting through anything that crosses its border upon materialization, such as Anansi's webs.

Its size and shape can vary as the user wishes; in terms of its size, it has so far been seen to range from being small enough to protect only a single body part, as seen in "Miraculer", to large enough to cover an entire soccer field, as seen in "Rocketear". In terms of shape, it is revealed in "Kuro Neko" that Shell-ter doesn't have to be perfect a sphere or a dome, as the one Carapace used to capture Gigantitan was a long spheroid.

In "Optigami" and "Ephemeral", it is revealed that the barrier is also portable; it can move and follow anyone it's surrounding, as well fall to the ground when they do. This also means that if the barrier is only protecting a single body part, then the barrier will follow the user the same way a normal piece of armor would when it's being worn. Furthermore, as seen in "Mega Leech" and "Strikeback", if the barrier is surrounding something that is floating in mid air, then the barrier itself will float as well.

Notably, as seen in "Transmission", if the user of Shell-ter also has the Ox Miraculous superpower, Resistance, then the two powers can be combined to make the barrier impervious to superpowers, effectively making it truly impenetrable.

The Turtle Miraculous owner can dematerialize the barrier by speaking the cancellation phrase: **"Unshield"**.

### Wayzz

The effects of Wayzz's Shell-ter is unknown, but it would most certainly be unconstrained and results in some kind of catastrophe, though he would be able to restrain it somewhat.

## Weaknesses

The force field is strong, but not completely impenetrable. It can be broken with sufficient force. Several hits from a Sentimonster, or a herd of dinosaurs, was capable of cracking the barrier and eventually braking through it. What's more, Cataclysm is capable of breaking and destroying the barrier in a single hit/touch.

The barrier is transparent, however, as seen in "Transmission", the view can be obscured if the barrier is covered with something, such as ink.

As seen in "Party Crasher", the barrier can be bypassed by the power of Voyage. It is unknown if other teleportation powers, such as Doorman's would also be able to get through.

Assuming the user can use Shell-ter more than once, they would only be able to materialize and maintain one barrier at a time, as seen in "Miraculer" and "Protection".

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

* The name of the superpower is a play on the words "shell" and "shelter".
* In the French dub, this superpower is called "Protection".
* In the Korean dub, this superpower is called "Shield".
* In both Russian and Brazillian dubs, this superpower is called "Shell".
* In "Optigami", the deactivation phrase for Shell-ter is revealed to be "Shell off", which is also the detransformation phrase of the Turtle Miraculous itself. In "Ephemeral" and "Kuro Neko", another deactivation phrase for Shell-ter is revealed to be "Unshield".
	+ Following Mirage, Shell-ter is the second Miraculous superpower to have multiple cancellation phrases.
	+ It is possible the deactivation phrase was changed in order to not be confused with the detransformation phrase of the user.

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