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Jonathan Osterman
Dr. Manhattan
Alias(es) Jon Osterman
Dr. Manhattan
Appeared in Watchmen
Actor Billy Crudup
"We are all puppets, Laurie. I'm just the puppet who can see the strings."
―Jonathan Osterman[src]

Jonathan "Jon" Osterman is a member of the Watchmen known as Dr. Manhattan. He was once in a relationship, with Laurie Juspeczyk.

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Due to being exposed to Connective Energy, Osterman's "intrinsic field" was removed due to an accident that sent his atoms flying, leaving him with barely enough control over his DNA structure. Over time, he was able to re-evaluate his physiology and become Doctor Manhattan, a quantum being of nearly unlimited power.

  • Nigh-Omniscience: Osterman perceives time in a non-linear fashion. This means that he sees the past, present, and the future simultaneously. Likewise, he can grant others with this "atemporal" vision. While originally limited to only his perception of time, Osterman later learned to view the timelines of others, as well as possible timelines that never happened. He was able to see the entire timeline of the metaverse when reconstructing the changes he made to it. However, this power can be blocked by tachyons, restricting him to only the present as the only facet of time that he can see and actively experience, blocking his atemporal vision from probing far enough to perceive the future.
    • Precognition: Due to his ability to see the past, present, and future simultaneously, Osterman is able to look into the future of his own timeline, or any timeline he wishes.
    • Retrocognition: Due to his ability to see the past, present, and future simultaneously, Osterman can see past timelines that were erased or altered.
    • Time-Travel: Due to his ability to view the timestream from a third person perspective, Osterman is capable of traveling throughout the timeline at will. He can also pull others through time along with him. By altering the outcomes of certain events while travelling throughout time, Jon can create new timelines that splinter reality in both past and future.
  • Bio-Fission: Osterman is able to split and replicate himself. He is capable of dividing his quantum consciousness among other separate physical forms resembling his physical appearance.
    • Bio-Fusion: Likewise with his Bio-Fission ability, Osterman can bring his sentient copies back into his body without any adverse side effects.
  • Cosmic Awareness: Osterman possesses an understanding of the workings of the universe on a cosmic scale, and has the ability to oversee other universes as he wishes.
  • Dimensional Travel: Osterman is able to travel to other realities at will.
  • Electrokinesis: Osterman can generate sparks of electrical energy from his body, as well as from the objects he telekinetically levitates.
  • Elemental Control: Osterman is capable of manipulating elements at will. He was capable of creating an oxygen aura around Laurie Juspeczyk when he brought her to Mars. He was also able to instantly create water.
  • Enhanced Intellect: Osterman's mind is far more enhanced than that of a normal human. He has perceived events so tiny and so fast they can hardly be said to have occurred at all.
  • Enhanced Senses: Osterman's senses are far acuter than any normal human.
    • Enhanced Hearing: He has been able to sense the heartbeat of a child inside of an unnoticeably pregnant woman.
    • Enhanced Vision: Osterman states he is able to read atoms.
  • Energy Construct Creation: Osterman can create and manipulate various energies in a manner that creates matter from virtually nothing. It is unknown whether some of the creations he made were the manipulation of matter, molecules, or entirely quantum energy constructs. Osterman is also seemingly able to create life with his own power, as displayed when he used his energy to accelerate evolution on an uninhabited planet as an experiment.
  • Energy Projection: Osterman is able to manipulate multiple forms of energy with precision. He is able to cause massive explosions at will.
  • Flight: Manhattan is not restrained by basic physical laws and can levitate and fly at will.
  • Force Field: Osterman is capable of projecting powerful force-fields.
  • Immortality: Never seeming to age, Osterman never appears any older both physically and mentally after his accident. He stated that the world grew older around him.
  • Intangibility: Bullets and blows travel through Osterman; as such, he can allow all objects to pass through him without so much as a reaction. He can extend this ability to other people and objects. His intangibility coincides with his ability to phase through matter, allowing him to pass through solid substances without any considerable difficulty or loss of control. His intangibility has no specific emphasized drawbacks.
    • Phasing: Osterman is capable of phasing his body through solid matter.
  • Invulnerability: Osterman possesses incredible durability and is practically invulnerable to any physical harm. His durability has allowed him to walk across the sun unharmed.
  • Molecular Reconstruction: Osterman was able to restructure himself after the removal of his intrinsic field. Osterman is not limited to using this reconstruction power only on himself. He has taken apart most inanimate objects and even taken apart human beings as well as reconstructing Martian sand into large glass structures. He was also able to instantly transform water into milk.
    • Disintegration: Osterman is capable of using his power to completely disintegrate human beings,
    • Regeneration: Osterman can regenerate his entire body from total disintegration (down to the sub-atomic level), endlessly, as long as his consciousness survives. He was also able to instantly recover from a snapped neck.
  • Photokinesis: Osterman can shift the color frequencies of the light around him in order to hide his true appearance and make himself appear as he wishes others to see him.
  • Power Distribution: Osterman was capable of transferring his power to Cal Abar.
  • Radiation Production: Osterman's body emits some level of ultraviolet radiation.
    • Thermokinesis: When Osterman restructured his body, he produced great amounts of heat from his body's ultraviolet radiation. It was great enough to give nearby people sunburns.
  • Reality Alteration: Osterman can create new universes with even the most casual act, as well as destroy them.
  • Self-Sustenance: Osterman doesn't require food, sleep, or oxygen to survive.
  • Size Alteration: Able to grow or shrink incredibly fast without a seeming limit, Osterman displayed great abilities and focus while at these sizes without a loss of control in any fashion.
  • Superhuman Strength: While in microscopic size, superhuman heights or in a seemingly normal form, he displayed great physical strength such as hurling tanks, lifting planetary structures, and heaving delicate technological equipment about.
  • Telekinesis: Osterman is capable of manipulating the movement of objects with his mind. He could also use this ability to cause a person's head to forcefully explode.
  • Teleportation: By warping space around him, Osterman can teleport himself and others at will. Osterman had teleported huge and small objects, people and animals alike.

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