Within reality, an Empath is known as a person who is able to apprehend the mental or emotional state of another individual. Empaths can greatly be found under the zodiac sign Cancer or under the Lifepath 11. Melanie Martinez depicts Empaths in her work as people with magical abilities, recognizing "softness" as a superpower. The following is a description of Empaths within the Cry Baby Universe, and not reality.
Empaths can be found in all of Martinez's work within the Cry Baby universe.
Background
- Most Empaths do not like to take advantage of their skills for their own benefit.
- There are most likely different types or stages of Empaths, but it is unknown.
- An example is the Empath, Lilith. Lilith is superior to other Empaths as shown in K-12.
- Lilith is both a Spirit and an Empath.
- An example is the Empath, Lilith. Lilith is superior to other Empaths as shown in K-12.
- When an Empath uses their abilities, their eyes become tinted black.
Known Abilities
- Physical Manipulation (Milk and Cookies & Pacify Her)
- Flesh Manipulation (Wheels on the Bus)
- Hair Manipulation (Class Fight)
- Bubble Manipulation (Soap, before Strawberry Shortcake & end of K-12)
- Chemokinesis (End of The Principal, Tag, You're It, Milk and Cookies & Mad Hatter)
- Coma Inducement (Nurse's Office)
- Future Vision (Tag, You're It)
- Hydrokinesis (Class Fight)
- Flood Creation (Cry Baby)
- Levitation (Class Fight)
- Life-Force Absorption (Class Fight)
- Mental/Psychical Disintegration (End of The Principal & end of Orange Juice)
- Mental/Psychical Reintegration (Start of Nurse's Office & Teacher's Pet)
- Mind Control (Detention)
- Mind Control Denial (Drama Club & Detention)
- Phone Manipulation (Milk and Cookies)
- Portal Generation (End of Nurse's Office & end of K-12)
- Pyrokinesis (End of Pity Party & prelude of Class Fight)
- Reincarnation (Mentioned in the end of Nurse's Office)
- Remote Viewing (Soap, Milk and Cookies & before The Principal)
- Shapeshifting (Show & Tell, Recess and Dollhouse)
- Telekinesis (Soap, Pacify Her & end of Wheels on the Bus)
- Telepathy (End of Lunchbox Friends & several other instances)
- Mental Hallucination (End of Wheels on the Bus & Detention)
- Psychic Communication (Class Fight & Orange Juice)
- Teleportation (Soap)
- Object Teleportation (Pacify Her)
- Remote Teleportation (Dollhouse)
Known Empaths
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Cry Baby using her abilities to oversee a conversation (20:38 in the K-12 Film)
Magnolia transferring thoughts to her friends' minds (49:04 in the K-12 Film)
Fleur using Telekinesis on an orange (49:10 in the K-12 Film)
Angelita turns Cry Baby from a doll back into a human (28:43 in the K-12 Film)
Celeste inflating Blue Boy's hands with air (6:01 in the K-12 Film)
Ben transferring thoughts to Cry Baby's mind (1:23:35 in the K-12 Film)
Lilith saving Cry Baby and Angelita from the Nurses (31:50 in the K-12 Film)
The Cashier transferring thoughts to Cry Baby's mind (2:11 in the "Tag, You're It" MV)
The Nurse holding Cry Baby after the delivery (1:25 in the "Cry Baby" MV)
The Nurse depicted as a hallucination in Mad Hatter
The Cashier depicted as a hallucination in Mad Hatter
Miss Victoria transferring thoughts to students' minds (2019 Revention Music Center K-12 Tour)