Where would we be without drug ? Half the smashing melodic performances of the twentieth century would n’t exist . There would be no Mork and Mindy . Walter Bishop would have nothing to barrack his research .
But that ’s not all that drug do for us — they also give us awesome superpowers . Here ’s a list of fictional drug and substances that could give you superstrength , superspeed and other kinds of superness . mention : We ’re not including magical potion here , since otherwise this list would be near - endless . Update : We added a caboodle more entryway !
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AkiraIn this manga and Zanzibar copal , Tetsuo Shima reach ESP abilities and then gets experiment upon and give drugs to curb his powers , but they continue to increase in any case . Tetsuo scarper from the governance , and grade himself some street tab called “ Peanut ” , which most cause Tetsuo to let loose armageddon .
The elongate ManRalph Dibny , also known as the Elongated Man or L’Homme Etendu , drankthe distilled burden of the Gingo fruit , which is used in the soft drinkable Gingold , and it gave him stretchable limbs , similar to Reed Richards or Plastic Man . So of course , he decide to become one of the world ’s greatest detective , because stretchability mechanically makes you a great sleuthhound .
HourmanRex Tylerdeveloped a drugthat would give him miraculous magnate — so of course he called it Miraclo , because what else would you call a miracle drug ? The only snatch ? It only lasts an hour , which he calls his “ Hour of Power . ” The only other catch ? This drug was highly habit-forming and the climb-down symptom were a nightmare . The third other catch ? When his son tried to take Miraclo , it caused him to get awful superintendent - cancer .
DragonballIn the Dragonball world , a magical senzu bean will make you heal up from almost anything . It wo n’t cure diseases , but it can bring around a gape hole through your chest , like when Yamcha battle Dr. Gero and Android 19 . They are mature in Korin ’s Tower , taste like Pisces the Fishes , and will dramatically increase one ’s weight unit and girth if deplete liberally .
True BloodIn dead on target Blood , V , or Vampire Blood , is a very rare and expensive drug which has several curious effects . It can cure almost anything , it ’s an aphrodisiac , and it ’ll make a sort of spider - sense - prickle - telepathy between the donor and recipient .
Mario Bros. In the Mario Bros. universe , several item give Mario , Luigi , Yoshi or other playable persona a various array of mogul . Eating mushrooms will make your character originate , while flowers give you pyrokinetic major power !
Doctor WhoIn Doctor Who , there are many essence that have peculiar timber , include River Song ’s hallucinogenic lip rouge and the Doctor ’s poison gaseous state - sense celery joystick . But in “ The Caves of Androzani , ” there ’s a herculean drug called Spectrox that gives you eternal youth … for a price . The drug comes from the bats who inhabit the cave on the smaller planet — but watch out for the unrefined spectrox . Also , in “ Fires of Pompeii , ” mass get quasi - psychic powers from inhale vent fumes .
Star WarsRemember the Spice Mines of Kessel , which are mentioned in the original Star Wars ? According to some of the tie - in books and cartoon strip , they ’re the author of Spice , which is a family of drug , the most potent of which is plausibly Glitterstim . Created from the webs of spiciness spiders , Glitterstim gives mass some telepathic abilities for a little while , and also heightens your genial commonwealth . Han Solo tried the stuff and found that he really did gain psychic tycoon — but over - use can degenerate your nerve and make cecity , twitching and paranoia .
The Dark CrystalIn Jim Henson ’s The Dark Crystal , the evil reptilian Skeksis conquer the world of Thra , and enslave its inhabitants , the Podlings . The Skeksis expend the Dark Crystal to drain the liquid “ perfume ” from the Podlings , storing it in ampoule . This get the Podlings more docile , but also the “ essence ” has rejuvenating properties . Now that “ essence ” is hard to hail by , only the Emperor get to drink it .
LimitlessIn this book and motion picture , Eddie Morra conduct a pill called NZT that supercharges his brainpower , to the point where he can remember everything he ever learned and make awing deduction on the fly front . The withdrawal symptoms are a nightmare , though , and it ’s extremely addictive . Oh , and the memory loss can be reasonably nasty , as well . [ Thanks to Feeble for cue us of this one ! ]
Flander ’s CompanyCaleb gains the power of poor - range teleportation after drinking an norm of eight liters of coffee a day for a while . The more coffee he booze , the more hefty he gets , until he can finally teleport a whole construction at one point .
The New GuardiansThe notorious supervillain Snowflame appeared gains superpowers from doing cocain , and including superstrength , pyrokinesis , an exemption to pain and super - speed . He also revered cocain as a kind of God .
Wolf ’s RainIn this Zanzibar copal series , booze consecrate Quent Yaden the power to see through the wolves ’ human disguises , rent him see their true form . On the downside , the inebriant also makes him a worse stab .
Darker than BlackIn this Zanzibar copal , people who use illusion are contractually obligated to do something in return — and this can involve something uncanny , like eating cigarettes or breaking your own finger . For instance , April drinks intoxicant to keep her powers .
Peter PanTinkerbell leaves behind a lead of shimmerying fairy dust , or imp dust , that allows people to pilot . And Peter Pan seems to have gained the power permanently , after foresightful - term exposure .
FringeWe already mentioned Walter Bishop ’s recreational drug use above , but there ’s also the fantastic drug Cortexiphan , which seems to give a assortment of superpower , including pyrokinesis and telepathy — not to cite the ability to journey between universes , in Olivia ’s grammatical case . ( Thanks to everyone who remind us of this one ! )
John Dies at the EndIn David Wong ’s novel , a drug called “ soy sauce ” allows you to see forbidden imaginativeness , include E.S.P. . Thanks to LuckyAmeliza for remind us of this one !
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UnderdogAs Simon Elias Haddad reminds us , Underdog pay back his superpowers from a anovulant which he keeps inside a compartment in his gang . In the clipping at left , provided by Simon , Underdog fall back his index because his mob is in for repairs .
Batman : KnightfallThanks to everyone who reminded us of this one — Bane takes the drug Venom to give himself super - speciality and a kind of frenzied rampaging energy . This give him some of the boundary he needs to take down Batman — although Batman himself also got hooked on Venom , for a while .
The FlashVarious reference advance superspeed power from drug use , including Johnny Quick — and in one storyline , Vandal Savage sells a drug called Velocity-9 which gives the exploiter superspeed . Sadly , when the drug wears off , you ’re sort of hump . Thanks , chalkshark !
maitre d' AmericaAs seen in the recent movie , Steve Rogers blend from a 99 - pound doormat to a monumental superhuman fighting political machine after ingesting the mysterious Super Soldier Serum , a variant of which also help give the Abomination his powers in the Incredible Hulk movie . Also , in some versions of the Nick Fury origin story , a drug keeps Nick Fury from get on . Thanks , omgwtflolbbqbye !
HeroesIsaac Mendez credibly does n’t get his precog power from using heroin — but he seems to be able to employ them a wad better when he ’s high , paint huge view that show the future . Plus funny books , and sort other objets d’art .
DuneThe Spice Melange may give you glowing blue centre , but it also makes you able to glimpse the future — and therefore , able-bodied to navigate in space . If you consume it in bombastic doses , though , the Spice transforms you into a weird fish - like blob that must live in Spice gas forever . Also , in the movie version , the Mentats are shown using a drug called Sapho , to intensify their ability .
One PieceIn this manga and anime , rarified fruits give anyone who eats them particular powers . Much like Ralph Dibny , one character named Monkey D. Luffy eats the Gum Gum fruit , collapse him stretchable - limb powers . Buggy the Clown , meanwhile , corrode the Chop Chop fruit , which allows him to slay parts of his body at will . Meanwhile , another nub called Logia countenance you to sprain yourself into an element .
Aeon Flux , “ Reraizure”In this episode , a drug call off Bliss is harvest from a small turtle - like creature called a Narghile , whose skin spread out up to expose its organs , including the wonder pellet . The pill stimulate a identification number of side event , including memory loss . One dupe of the drug , Rory , want to set up all of the Narghiles into ambit because he ’s lost his past due to the drug .
Alice in WonderlandPerhaps the most famous drug metaphors ( or just drugs ) in any fantasy story . Alice bump a bottle and cake which sayDRINK ME and rust ME , and they cause her to shrivel up and grow , severally . Not to mention the Hookah - Smoking Caterpillar .
Naked LunchWilliam Lee protrude out by shooting up “ microbe powder , ” or eradicator ’s poisonous substance , which cause him to realize that his typewriter is in fact an anus - mouthed mallet , and his party boss in a secret organization . Later , Lee have a drug called “ The Black heart , ” which is made out of jumbo centipedes . Finally , he sucks “ independent jism ” out of the mugwump head that his typewriter has become , appropriate him to have more teaching and uncover a drug - fueled cabal .
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeThe philosophers' stone or serum created by Dr. Jekyll give him a fragmented personality , basically change state him into the Incredible Hulk long before Lee and Kirby produce Bruce Banner . finally , he ’s stuck as the beastly Mr. Hyde . And in Alan Moore ’s League of Extraorinary Gentlemen , Hyde has become enormous and secure enough to rip someone apart with his marginal hand .
The Invisible ManIn H.G. Wells ’ novel , Griffin takes opium and another drug , then processes the results through a “ radiator railway locomotive . ” This turns him invisible , but the process is irreversible .
Battlestar GalacticaPresident Laura Roslin use a hallucinogenic drug called “ chamalla ” to handle her cancer after even drugs ca n’t help with her pain any more . Roslin ’s hallucinations include clues to the position of Earth , plus dreams of Leoben being shot out of an air lock , and a dozen writhing snakes .
Serial Experiments LainAccela is a nanomachine - stimulant that seems to tie the user into the Wired ( aka the computer realm . )
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonThe eponymous drug has the unequaled place of allowing users to trip out in the veridical and practical ( Metaverse ) worlds .
“ Wait a minute of arc , Juanita . Make up your psyche . This Snow Crash thing - is it a computer virus , a drug , or a faith ? ” Juanita shrug . “ What ’s the dispute ? ”
The drug ( or virus ) makes the infect into minions of the novel ’s resister , L. Bob Rife ( a sendup of L. Ron Hubbard , no doubt )
Judge DreddIn Judge Dredd , world harvest the glands from an foreign race call The Stookies . They give immortality to humans as long as they are consumed — but stopping cold - turkey results in accelerated ripening .
TransmetropolitanThis serial contains innumerable drugs , but Mechanics is in particular interesting . It is a nanotech drug that cyborg - ifies one ’s consistence . In addition , there exists AI drug , since Spider Jerusalem remarks several of his menage appliances are gamey .
Logan ’s RunA drug called “ Muscle ” doubles your reaction speed . Basically a futuristic superamphetamine . It “ shakes you to pieces - hie everything up to a blur , ” consort to Logan in an other draft of the screenplay .
Star TrekHarry Mudd notably traffic the “ Venus Drug ” that supposedly increase one ’s innate romantic temptingness dramatically .
ScannersEphemerol is meant to relieve dayspring sickness . However , side - effects may let in rashes , dizziness , telepathy , telekinesis , pyrokenesis , and blowing up head from a aloofness .
Cowboy BebopRed Eye gives one superhuman stop number and smoke - time perception . One character , Asimov Solensan uses it to fly incredibly fast ships .
DeadpoolWade Wilson have an experimental drug for his cancer . This increases his healing factor well , but also speed his genus Cancer – therefore his body is forever deteriorating and healing simultaneously . Another notable side - effect is his notorious insanity .
IslandMoksha Medecine is often dominate by Aldous Huxley ’s other fictional drug , Soma . This drug is conversely used in widespread fashion as a religious rite of passage , which are used by tike and adult alike , for “ religious and cosmological insight . ”
Re - AnimatorRe - Agent is a burn immature chemical that brings the dead back to life — and we see Herbert West using it for recreational purposes , in a deleted scene .
Tom StrangeStrange developsAlosun , a distillate serum of sun atom . This give him superhuman enduringness , to magnate to fly and impregnability .
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Kurt VonnegutIn Vonnegut ’s short story , Anti - Gerasone is a liquid that halt the aging procedure — and a new version , super - anti - gerasone , is opine to produce actual rejuvenation .
The MatrixThe Red and Blue Pills let you choose between blissful ignorance in the Matrix and a post - apocalyptic barren existence in which you are prophesized to become a martyr .
Morpheus : The pill you took is part of a trace program . It ’s designed to disrupt your input / output carrier signal so we can nail your location . Neo : What does that mean?Cypher : It mean tighten your rump bash Dorothy , ‘ cause Kansas is go bye - bye .
OutlandSean Connery ’s grapheme plays a High Noon sheriff - like law enforcer who investigate trafficking in a super - amphetamine , Polydichloric euthimal , on a mining outpost . This drug lets you work more than doubly as fast , but then probably drives you crazy and kills you .
Powerpuff GirlsMixing Chemical X with sugar and spicery and everything nice result in the materialization of three superhuman girls who can flee and combat evil scamp flex on taking over the world . Initially Professor Utonium tried creating a single , perfect small daughter with all the above - bring up properties , but by disgorge the chemical substance in his formula , he created three girls with a respective quality : Blubbles , Blossom and Buttercup .
leaf blade of the ImmortalIn this manga , the protagonist , Manji , is given kessen - chu ( sacred bloodworm ) that make him immortal . The ronin is often dismembered and wounded as a resultant of his lifestyle , but can withstand any form of punishment . However , he dislike his immortality . He must pour down 1000 evil men to atone for his sinful past , after which the nun buoy who “ cursed ” him will bring around him of his burden .
An American Werewolf in ParisIn this awful film , Serafine tries to evolve a serum to moderate her lycanthropy . Instead , the drug causes her to instantly become a lycanthrope .
New X - MenMutant Growth Hormone is extract from mutants and used to give normal hoi polloi superpower .
NarutoThe Three Coloured Pills are drug used by the Akimichi clan . The Green Spinach Pill , the Yellow Curry Pill , the Red Chilli Pill all give the user a boost in power . The ruby-red oral contraceptive is reputed to increase one ’s business leader 100 - fold . However , the user risk death by swallowing all three .
Babylon 5A drug called Dust temporarily unlock uncontrollable psychic powers .
The 4400A drug call Promicin gives you a 50 % potential of unlocking superintendent - might , and 50 % opportunity of die on the spot .
The Lawnmower Man – Project 5In this film , Jobe acquires telekinetic and pyrokinetic world power from a mixture of drug and practical reality .
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