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| {{Infobox power
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| | image = Adoptive muscle memory.jpg
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| | caption = [[Monica]] replicates a difficult gymnastics move.
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| | held by = [[Monica Dawson]]
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| | ability to = Replicate any physical action
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| '''Adoptive muscle memory''', also referred to as '''muscle mimicry''', is the [[ability]] to replicate any physical action after seeing it performed once.
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| ==Characters==
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| * [[Monica Dawson]] is the only character known to have this ability. (''[[The Kindness of Strangers]]'')
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| ==Limits==
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| [[Monica Dawson|Monica]]'s ability requires that she actually sees the action performed, though not necessarily in person. Monica is able to use her ability with or without active concentration. She has cut a tomato into a rose without consciously thinking about it while watching the said action. Monica was also surprised after she performed a wrestling move against a robber instinctively. Also, in ''[[Fight or Flight]]'', she states that she's unable to play the piano while playing the piano. Micah realized Monica was playing before she realized it herself.
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| It is currently not clear whether Monica retains an acquired skill permanently or "forgets" it after a period of time.
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| ==Selected [[Examples of adoptive muscle memory|Examples]]==
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Powers monica rose.jpg|Monica carves a tomato into a rose after seeing the action performed by a [[cooking show host]]. <br />(''[[The Kindness of Strangers]]'')
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| Image:Powers monica save that for later.jpg|Monica sees a [[wrestler]] perform a move...
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| Image:Roundoff kick.jpg|...and later knocks back a [[Burger Bonanza robber|robber]] with it. <br />(''[[The Kindness of Strangers]]'')
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| Image:Powers monica double dutch 2.jpg|Monica learns double dutch after watching another girl..
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| Image:Powers monica double dutch 3.jpg|..and copies it perfectly.<br />(''[[Fight or Flight]]'')
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| Image:Powers monica flip 2.jpg|Monica replicates several advanced martial arts moves after seeing Jason Scott Lee do the same moves in ''Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story''. <br />(''[[Fight or Flight]]'')
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| Image:Powers monica parkour 2.jpg|Monica's [[Eye alteration|eyes]] and mind records parkour to break in to a [[New Orleans gang's hideout|house]]..
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| Image:Powers monica parkour 1.jpg|..from her [[ipod]].<br>(''[[Truth & Consequences]]'') | |
| </gallery>
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| ==Memorable Quotes==
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| "''I shouldn't be able to do this. I saw it on TV.''"
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| :- [[Monica]] (''[[Fight or Flight]]'')
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| ==Notes==
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| * In a [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12172 CBR Q&A session], [[Joe Pokaski]] and [[Aron Coleite]] elaborated on Monica's powers. "[[Monica]] can only do things within her physical limit. Now as an athletic 20-year-old girl, there are a lot of things within her limit. But, no--if she saw [[Nathan]] [[fly]], she couldn't fly."
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| * [[Micah]] identifies [[St. Joan]], from a ''[[9th Wonders!]]'' comic, as a muscle mimic. (''[[Fight or Flight]]'')
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| * [[Heroes: Survival]] describes [[Miles Lecomte]] as having an ability called "memory theft", which seems to have some similar (and some different) aspects as Monica's ability.
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| ==See Also==
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| *{{seealsodisambig|memory}}
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| *{{seealsodisambig|mimic}}
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| [[Category:Galleries]]
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| [[de:Adaptives Muskelgedächtnis]]
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