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[[Beret Guy]] is a very strange character. Sometimes he takes these strange tendencies into the supernatural.
  
 
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===List of abilities===
 
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#[[248]]: Manages to create a hypothetical situation (trapping him and his friend).
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#[[248]]: Creates hypothetical situations which trap him and others around him. These situations are spaces, formed with thin, flexible walls that can be torn open with a knife.
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#[[1032]]: Photocopies a burrito
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#[[1032]]: Is able to photocopy 3d objects to create clones of said object
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#[[1088]]: Capable of waiting in the same place for five years, presumably without sustenance
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#[[1088]]: Capable of waiting in the same place for highly extended periods of time, presumably without sustenance
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#[[1099]]: He has infinite wings.
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#[[1099]]: He has the ability to grow wings at will, which can extend infinitely if he chooses to do so.  
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#[[1135]]: Makes spiders weave him a shirt.
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#[[1135]]: He can will spiders to spin their silk in such a way that it forms a wearable shirt.
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#[[1158]]: Creates a rubber sheet to pull & release ball via his imagination.
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#[[1158]]: He can use his imagination to manifest physical objects
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#[[1293]]: Pours soup from power socket.
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#[[1293]]: His office has an outlet which can dispense soup when needed.
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#[[1388]]: Subducts through the floor to form mountains in his room.
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#[[1388]]: He can subduct himself through the floor to form mountains in his room.
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#[[1395]]: Inflates a laptop through a power cord so that it floats like a helium balloon.
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#[[1395]]: Is able to inflate a laptop by blowing into a power cord, implying that 1) he exhales helium and 2) he can change the properties of any object at will.
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#[[1422]]: Makes a phone with an old battery behave like a dying star.
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#[[1422]]: His phone has the same properties as a dying star, expanding and exploding as it runs out of power.
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#[[1486]]: Uses the vacuum energy to fly and "gain unlimited power" with a vacuum cleaner.
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#[[1486]]: He is able to harness the energy of a vacuum cleaner and fly using it.  
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#[[1490]]: Sees the individual atoms, and can distinguish the different elements. But he cannot see what they are actually a part of, like a human or a dog.
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#[[1490]]: He can see individual atoms and distinguish elements apart, but he cannot discern what these atoms make up (he cannot distinguish a human from a dog).  
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#[[1522]]: Can examine life on exoplanets around distant stars through a magnifying glass just by standing on a ladder.
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#[[1522]]: By standing on a stepladder and looking through a magnifying glass, he can examine life on exoplanets in detail.  
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#[[1614]]: A little less clear what his powers are in this. But first he is walking a flying/floating dog, and then he returns flying on (or as) a kite, while the dog holds on to the line of the kite.
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#[[1614]]: Another example of changing the properties of objects at will.
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#[[1617]]: Living by eating newspaper and without breathing oxygen for several years in a sealed and buried box.
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#[[1617]]: He can survive without oxygen for many years. He is also able to gain all necessary nutrients via eating newspaper.
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#[[1922]]: Riding in the air above two small dogs combined into a larger dog through interferometry
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#[[1922]]: Yet another example of changing the properties of objects. He is also apparently able to make dogs follow his exact commands.
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#[[2310]]: Being able to sleep on the vertical side of walls due to a much higher than normal attraction to the {{w|Great Attractor}}, because of higher dimensional bones.
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#[[2310]]: He has higher dimensional bones, leading to a much greater than normal attraction to the {{w|Great attractor}}. This allows him to sleep and rest on walls and ceilings.
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#[[2325]]: Beret Guy attracts water so it flows to him rather than running out towards the nearby oceans. He thus claims he is like an endorheic basin, which is a limited drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water.
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#[[2325]]: Nearby flowing water flows towards him rather than towards the nearest drainage basin. It appears that he is not capable of controlling this.  
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#[[2376]]: Claims to have the ability to do battle with ghosts, although this is not shown because Beret Guy did not have a cursed amulet that makes ghosts angry.
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#[[2376]]: Has the knowledge of a cursed amulet that attracts malicious ghosts. He claims that the can do battle with ghosts, although it is unknown whether this is an ability of his or just him being odd as normal.
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#[[2446]]: He creates a huge spike protein outside his body after receiving the [[:Category:COVID-19_vaccine|COVID-19 vaccine]].
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#[[2446]]: He has the ability to create very large clumps of {{w|Spike proteins}} after receiving the COVID vaccine.
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#[[2534]]: He managed to create a retractable "rocket" that can extend and deliver payload to the ISS and then return to its starting position without the base ever leaving the ground.
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#[[2534]]: He can construct an object which can stretch and flex to at least 254 miles in length.
 
#[[2695]]: He created volcano seeds which, when planted, create a tiny volcano.
 
#[[2695]]: He created volcano seeds which, when planted, create a tiny volcano.
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#[[2710]]: He created a hydroelectric dam that has achieved Q>1, meaning it has produced more water than has been put into it.
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#[[2710]]: He created a hydroelectric dam that produces more water than comes out of it.
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#[[2805]]: He flew off into the atmosphere holding a balloon and a basketball and survived for 1500 years, and then proceeded to get the perfect trick shot.
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#[[2805]]: He has infinite arm strength, as he is able to hold on to a balloon using one arm for at least 1500 years. He experiences no adverse affects during this time.
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#[[2850]]: By changing the setting for his house in Google Map he can make himself chief of the police forcing them to do as he says.
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#[[2850]]: He is able to influence human thoughts at will by changing the status of his house on Google Maps.
 
#[[2987]]: He stands still for an entire 20 years, presumably without any food or water, to tectonic surf; although he only moved about a meter in that time.
 
#[[2987]]: He stands still for an entire 20 years, presumably without any food or water, to tectonic surf; although he only moved about a meter in that time.
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#[[3046]]: Using a family tree site he manages to click his way back to find that he is related to {{w|Stromatolites}} fro a few billions years ago.
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#[[3046]]: He is able to utilize an anomalous ancestry site to figure out that he is related to long-extinct Stromatolites.
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#[[3179]]: When fishing, his rod gets stuck on a rock, and he can immediately measure the weight of the whole Earth by the pull on the rod.
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#[[3179]]: He is able to estimate the weight of any object that gets hooked onto a fishing rod he is holding.
 
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Revision as of 14:42, 19 February 2026

Beret Guy is a very strange character. Sometimes he takes these strange tendencies into the supernatural.

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Explanation

In the early comics he was mostly just a strange and naive guy. There is an early start to the strangeness, but that power could also be attributed to Cueball (at least it is a shared power) in 248.

From comic 1088, Beret Guy begins to appear frequently with these strange powers, typically not related to each other, except that he has some issues with electrical sockets and power cords as seen in 1293 and 1395. (See also 509: Induced Current and the title text of 614: Woodpecker, regarding power cords, but not these strange powers.) He is also capable of waiting for very long time as seen both in 1088, 1617 and 2987.

Many of these apparent powers manifest as objects behaving strangely around him. It is unclear whether these are in fact powers inherent to Beret Guy or whether the objects are simply cursed; as indicated in 1772, most of his possessions were acquired from shops specializing in cursed items.

Here is a list of the comics where Beret Guy displays strange powers that are beyond the realm of possibility.

List of abilities

  1. 248: Creates hypothetical situations which trap him and others around him. These situations are spaces, formed with thin, flexible walls that can be torn open with a knife.
  2. 1032: Is able to photocopy 3d objects to create clones of said object
  3. 1088: Capable of waiting in the same place for highly extended periods of time, presumably without sustenance
  4. 1099: He has the ability to grow wings at will, which can extend infinitely if he chooses to do so.
  5. 1135: He can will spiders to spin their silk in such a way that it forms a wearable shirt.
  6. 1158: He can use his imagination to manifest physical objects
  7. 1293: His office has an outlet which can dispense soup when needed.
  8. 1388: He can subduct himself through the floor to form mountains in his room.
  9. 1395: Is able to inflate a laptop by blowing into a power cord, implying that 1) he exhales helium and 2) he can change the properties of any object at will.
  10. 1422: His phone has the same properties as a dying star, expanding and exploding as it runs out of power.
  11. 1486: He is able to harness the energy of a vacuum cleaner and fly using it.
  12. 1490: He can see individual atoms and distinguish elements apart, but he cannot discern what these atoms make up (he cannot distinguish a human from a dog).
  13. 1522: By standing on a stepladder and looking through a magnifying glass, he can examine life on exoplanets in detail.
  14. 1614: Another example of changing the properties of objects at will.
  15. 1617: He can survive without oxygen for many years. He is also able to gain all necessary nutrients via eating newspaper.
  16. 1922: Yet another example of changing the properties of objects. He is also apparently able to make dogs follow his exact commands.
  17. 2310: He has higher dimensional bones, leading to a much greater than normal attraction to the Great attractor. This allows him to sleep and rest on walls and ceilings.
  18. 2325: Nearby flowing water flows towards him rather than towards the nearest drainage basin. It appears that he is not capable of controlling this.
  19. 2376: Has the knowledge of a cursed amulet that attracts malicious ghosts. He claims that the can do battle with ghosts, although it is unknown whether this is an ability of his or just him being odd as normal.
  20. 2446: He has the ability to create very large clumps of Spike proteins after receiving the COVID vaccine.
  21. 2534: He can construct an object which can stretch and flex to at least 254 miles in length.
  22. 2695: He created volcano seeds which, when planted, create a tiny volcano.
  23. 2710: He created a hydroelectric dam that produces more water than comes out of it.
  24. 2805: He has infinite arm strength, as he is able to hold on to a balloon using one arm for at least 1500 years. He experiences no adverse affects during this time.
  25. 2850: He is able to influence human thoughts at will by changing the status of his house on Google Maps.
  26. 2987: He stands still for an entire 20 years, presumably without any food or water, to tectonic surf; although he only moved about a meter in that time.
  27. 3046: He is able to utilize an anomalous ancestry site to figure out that he is related to long-extinct Stromatolites.
  28. 3179: He is able to estimate the weight of any object that gets hooked onto a fishing rod he is holding.


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